Nice Flowers

Nice flowers symbolic of freedom from all negativities of the world as they stand upright in the scorching heat. They exuberate innocence, confidence and youthfulness in their brightness that shines through summers.

The Dahlia Treat

Such a delight to watch Dahlias in all their hues and shades. They add to the winter cheer.

The Pansy Show

Pretty flowers, aren't these? I love their colours and shading that make such awesome patterns.

Sunflowers

I have got extremely busy at work with a number of projects at hand. I have also been occupied with a personal project that I will soon share with everyone. I captured this sunflower with my camera this morning. This is our first one for the season. I can see more buds waiting to bloom and fill our garden with a chirpy yellow streak.

Bougainvillea Colours

 

Colour Me Mauve

Mauve in all its shades is a colour filled with life and joy. Fabrics, lip colour and nail paints of this colour look pretty with regal elegance. This flower here is one of my favourites as it brings liveliness to my garden.

Quotes For Today

Here are some more quotes and thoughts I have composed today:

1) Hopes are like little heels to tip toe to your dreams.
2) Can I believe I am perfect when I am criticizing somebody?
3) All living beings live for themselves, the selfless few who try to live for others are the real human beings.
4) Politeness conquers where anger is unable to reach.
5) You may avoid a celebration but you must never avoid being with someone in his/her grief.
6) Life is limited by years so make it worth remembering.
7) Imitate the real and genuine but do not copy the negative traits of others.
8) Work fills the gap between weekends.
9) Am I abnormal if I think differently from others? Or are others abnormal as they think differently from me?

My Quotes

Here are some more quotations composed by me today -

1) The wise know there is limited time while fools believe it is in abundance.
2) Being away from home brings you closer to it.
3) Upbringing lives with you till the end.
4) Daring to stand up for the right is a virtue of the courageous.
5) I met myself the day I chose to be different.
6) To think of changing the world without changing yourself is hypocrisy.
7) The best results come from having been through the worst.
8) Those who cannot create have no right to destroy.

Forward But In The Right Spirit

I had been thinking of writing on rules for forwarding mails for sometime but had not done so. I recently got a mail that spoke about email rules. This reminded me to write on the art of forwarding mails. I know that a lot of people do not want to receive such mails and especially the ones that want you to forward them to more people. This adds to work. To forward a mail one must try to make the mail as concise as possible so that the receiver’s inbox is not clogged. One can zip large attachments in a mail before forwarding it. I find it best to forward the main content of the mail from the forwarded mail and not just forward what I have received. This makes me bring down the size of say a 4 MB mail to as less as 0.25 MB. Names of all the people who have forwarded and received the previous mails is not required by those whom we want to forward the mail to. Nobody likes reading names of people whom they do not know. Caution and judgement are required in forwarding mails as to the age of the audience. There are times when mails have adult content that might need censoring if the mail is meant for a larger audience of mixed ages and tastes. Forwarding mails blindly is like acting as a post office. One thing that I would be implementing in my mails is to write the email ids under Bcc and not under To. This will help in non disclosure of personal email ids to others who will get the forwarded mails at a later date and it will also keep the mail content clean and crisp for my mail recipients. One must check with the mail recipients in advance if they like receiving global mails. I know I have not done this as I assumed that my friends and relatives would like the mails. I should have ideally checked with them so that I do not offend anyone. Greetings and language of the mail should be proper and polite. Non official mails should not read like official circulars or memos. Adding a personal touch to personal mails would be surely appreciated by the readers. Giving credit to the mail originator or the person who sent you the mail is also a good gesture. Another point needs to be noted while replying to a forwarded mail that had attachments. It is good to thank the person who sent you a nice mail but this should be done by deleting the attachments from the original mail so that the sender gets a 1kb mail instead of a 2 MB or 4 MB mail. Imagine having sent a big mail to 5 people and all 5 replying with attachments. In most likelihood four of these replies will bounce or get lost in the server. A separate thank you mail can also be sent to avoid replying with attachments. I can think of these main points as of now that I have noted in the forwarded mails that come to me. I will add to these rules later in case I notice something worth sharing.

Little Faces

Don't these flowers look like little children looking up to you for appreciation and affection.

The Trespasser

There was an eerie silence that whispered to him that someone had been in the room. His things were not in their place. He knew that his books had been touched. The album that now lay on the floor had been on the table in the morning. The pillow was out of place. He did not leave it in that corner that morning. Something was amiss!! He quickly reached to the drawer where he kept his money. He thanked God as his money was lying secure in his drawer. But he knew that his room had been searched. The feeling of a stranger having been in his room was unwelcome and horrifying. He wondered why anyone would walk in here and go through his possessions. It was unbelievable and disturbing. He was frowning and groaning at the same time as he was not ready to accept the fact that he had been robbed of his privacy. It was his room and its possessions belonged solely to him and he would not have anyone else close to them. He was slowly coming to terms with the situation as he got up from the bed and tried to walk towards the bathroom. He was petrified on reaching the door to the bathroom. He saw something glowing in the darkness, eyes of a Dracula!! It made a dash at him before he could switch on the bathroom light. A black cat ran out of the bathroom and headed out of his room to the terrace. “Ah”, he said heaving a sigh of relief, “So, that was the culprit!!”

A Rose

A rose by any other name would be as pretty ....................

A Nice Way To Say Good Morning