The Great Driving Challenge

Hey friends,

We entered the Great Driving Challenge cconducted by Mitsubishi Cedia Sports and we would like to seek your support in the form of votes and testimonials. Please click this link below and keep the votes flowing...

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This is going to be one helluva ride....

Motherhood..keyword is when?

Some women in India are choosing to store their ova in liquid nitrogen (for safekeeping up to 40 years) so that they need not forego their employment/career to raise children during key phases of their career.
They can freeze ova but not themselves... age catches up ..

Any pregnancy conceived after 35 is termed a high risk pregnancy by doctors.. and taken utmost care. The incidence of twins or triplets is high in mothers aged 35 + ( which also adds to high risk factor).There are ideas and then there are practical ideas.. In my opinion this idea of freezing ova is not a practical one applicable to the larger population.At 40 it has to be an assisted pregnancy,and not everyone can 'afford' the costly procedure involved.
Its always better to take the help of nature... these jobs, the material comforts .. the career notions are all man made... remove these filters from the eyes and anyone can see the right picture.
What we actually need is two or three year break in career, if companies help us by allowing unpaid break, that's sufficient... what is more precious ? the work? or health ?
Traditionally, companies have framed rules in corporate scenario to suit the male employee.Any woman if she wants to work has to mould herself into male domain. When man and woman are different by nature( physically) , does it not mean they need different rules when it comes to the point of conception and kids (by female employees ) ? The moment a working woman makes a choice about her kids, she is put in a quandary where she has to choose between career and kids ( or one of the things suffer)
since there are no existing rules allowing the above.. so, i took my break.. but many are forgoing health in order to work , don't know when this will change?

We have been to Mantralayam in Kurnool district (A.P) recently by car. We were planning to visit the sacred samadhi of Sri Guru Raghavendra Swamy since long but it materailised now. We could not take pictures inside the temple as it is not allowed.

Mantralyam is a Hindu religious place where the Moola Bridavanam of Sri Guru Raghavendra Swamy is located. Sri Guru Raghavendra Swamy, (1601-1671), was an influential saint in Hinduism. He advocated Vaishnavism (i.e. worship of Vishnu as the supreme God.) and Dvaita philosophy advocated by Sri Madhwacharya. He is considered to be a reincarnation of Prahlada, the devotee who was saved by Vishnu, in his avatar of Narasimha. Shri Raghavendra Swamy is said to have performed many miracles during his lifetime and is believed to continue to bless his devotees to this day.

On our way back, we were delighted to see vast expanses of Sunflower fileds... it was like a yellow treat to eyes.. we took pictures and played in fields like children... enjoy the pics..

Vacation

Hey,

I've disappeared for quite a while, didn't I ? I've been on a vacation from 25th April to 11th May and I'm back rejuvenated and relaxed. I've been to my hometown Visakhapatnam, the most beautiful place on earth, or so I feel. I was joined by my hubby after a week and we set out leaving our kids with their grand parents.

We have been to Puri and Konark in Orissa and Bhadrachalam in AP and must say the heat was too much. But we were undeterred and were waiting for a break from the routine, so we didnt complain. Visited the famous Jagannath Temple in Puri and The Konark Sun Temple in Orissa for which a detailed account will follow soon. 

Bhadrachalam, the abode of Sri Rama, is the other place that we visited and we were pleased with ourselves to see the famous temple and the jewellery that Bhakta Ramadas has offered to the lord. Legend goes that Ramadas who was an official in Md. Tanisha's court, made the jewellery for Rama, Sita , Lakshmana and Bharata from the tax money he collected, for which he was imprisoned. Lord Rama appeared in Tanisha's dream and offered him 10000 gold coins and ordered him to release his devotee, which the nijam obliged. It was in prison that Ramadas wrote the famous keerthanas like ''Seethammaku cheyisti chintaku patakamu'' in which the ardent devotee taunts the Lord himself saying '' evarabba sommani kulukuchu tirigevu ramachandra''. Must say it was a treat in a material and also spiritual sense, to see those famous jewels in the museum right beside the temple.

We had a great time and in spite of the heat, we made sure we enjoyed every bit of it.

10 Things I Hate about Cricket

I hate everything about Cricket
I hate the way Tendulkar creates new milestones every half a mile
I hate the way The Wall disappoints his critics all the while
I hate Laxman for letting his willow talk so eloquently
I hate Kumble for not letting his age catch up with him silently
I hate Mahi for combining power with strategy elegantly
I hate Gambhir for being irrestitably cute while hitting a sixer
I hate Yusuf Pathan for not letting the other batsman score in the Super Over
I hate the Deccan Chargers for forgetting that they finished last in previous season
I hate Gony for his smile, hell I dont need another reason
but mostly I hate the way I don't hate them all
Not even close, not even a little bit , not even at all


Inspired by '10 Things I hate about You' , one of the movies I like.

I' m lost

Oh my god I'm lost .. completely lost....
Nothing seems to matter anymore...
The birds, the bees,the beauty of flowers,
Everything in the universe seems to be momentarily meaningless.
My life has been reduced to mere existence now.
I've lost my connection to the world,
I can't hear my hubby' s voice
I can't pester my mom for the recipe of Shahi Paneer.
I can't click pictures of my two year old kid while she is at it again,
I never knew losing it would cause so much pain



OK chill guys , I just lost my CellPhone again.