Rose Par Rimtui

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" is a commonly quoted part of a dialogue in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. 
Here I am, writing about roses, never in my wildest dream i would've imagined  this, me sissy- no... but appreciating beauty where it is due.  
I have googled a number of sites whether rose have smell or not, some have written that roses do have smell in the early morning, but this smell dissipates once the sun comes up and the day goes on. 
I did smell some of the roses below, but couldn't recognized any sweet fragrance leave alone any odor coming out from those roses. Even my civilized nose is clueless. Who knows the day is already late ( mid-afternoon), but will try it once again in the early morning. Many of us would've heard this mizo song "rose par rimtui" which would be translated as the sweet fragrance rose, i was thinking the second part of this word , the rimtui or the sweet smell. I rest my case here, maybe they indeed have smell or not, but the sheer beauty of this flower is worth the look.
**update: i did smell those roses early this morning, indeed they have this peculiar fragrance
 
Now's the season when the roses are in full bloom, see this spectacular sight in the little garden of mine, i feel i should immortalize this in a blog. These photos are taken today with my primitive DSC H50, not editing , presenting as it is. I chose the image option as Original, the pages overshoots. 

Let me end this with a note of  apology - It's been ages since i'm inactive in this blogsphere, am still waiting for the day when i would regularly blog new post like so many others., just letting you know that i'm trying to improve on this front

Love or Hate - Ode to the Football Fans

The EPL's gonna be decided in less than 24 hours, thank God it has come down to this, to the 38th game of this year long season. To most of the football fans out there who are fed up of  the domination by Man U or Barcelona( who have this habit of taking the much coveted tropyy again and again)  we need change ( President Obama would totally agree on this).

And change it is, the La Liga has already gone to a team other than Barcelona, the EPL's gonna follow suit unless disaster struck at the Etihad Stadium tomorrow against the lowly QPR.

You know, I belong to those group of football lovers who would love to see the EPL or La Liga goes to any team other than Man U or Barcelona. Of course, I'm an ardent supporter of Chelsea FC who are nowhere in the picture (will definitely be rooting for them on the 19th at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany )  , but  I hate to confess that I always end up supporting the other team that play against Man U... This might change in future, I could end up mutating into one of those Man U or Barcelona lovers in future.

This is definitely not love, more of the hate part.

Same with teams playing against Barcelona, I tend to end up supporting the other team.

Here is an interesting analysis, may be it has to do more with the hate rather than any other reason. Search for any group such as Man U Haters, you will find plenty out there. Same with Barcelona Hate Groups and their theatrical acting skills on the ground ( offence intended). Here's a bonus pics...oops

What sayest thou!! May the best team wins

Updation required.....The weight loss saga continues

It's been ages since i updated my blog, you know it do makes me feel guilty not being able to update this one piece, and really admire all those who are regularly updating this blog post. The last time this blog of mine got updated was on Sunday, February 21, 2010, ages ago... 

This summer i.e. before the end of July 2012, if the Almighty loving God give me good health, am planning to shed at least 3/4 kilos ( 6.6/8.8 lbs). A impossible proposition you would say, but i hope to post here an update of this sometime in early Aug 2012 that I've achieved this. Check out this recent one, my weight is around 76/77 kilos right now... This should be pointing to around 72/73 kilos very soon.

 

  

 

I know it's not easy, I've been playing badminton regularly almost every morning for the past four years ; and my weight is almost constant throughout, hovering somewhere around 77/78 kilos. That means i need to do something extra, eat lots and lots of rice ( no ) maybe do more of running after playing and most importantly, eat a little bit less of lunch and dinner et cetera.

Wish me luck and lots and lots of perseverance on this endless saga...

how fast is too fast

"Can you control your bike at 60 km/hr? 
What if  someone suddenly cut in or some animal
crosses the road?"
Dr. K quipped as I rushed to his clinic for emergency
first aid & a shot of painkiller for the bike accident
I had just been in!!Well,that was already few months
away; but this one pertinent question still lingers on
my mind whenever i'm driving. Yelp it's true, the
more I thought of it, the more I see the wisdom in
those words...  

Anyone who have worked in a hazardous industries
like steel,oil,chemicals etc. would've easily testified
how strictly  we adhere to  those safety standards
being dictated and they were carried out without
any question; wherein safety is not a matter of
choice, it is followed religiously which  otherwise
the headcount would've been much higher....  

Safety tag lines like
"Be safe, your family needs you!!"
      "Safety first!!" 
"If it cannot be done safely, it need
       not be done in unsafe way!!" 

The keyword here is SAFETY , and when you take
care of yourself first, then only you can take care
of your family.  Some questions worth asking
yourself whenever you are tempted to zoom past
other motorists, switching lanes as in your
favorite action movies, the thrill of overtaking
others and watching them slowly disappear from
you as you zoom past them ...
Well then is the appropriate time to think about 
those tag lines once again. 

Here are few scenarios  : 
1) be it 50 km/hr or 75 km/hr or more, will you
be able to control your bike/car if suddenly
something unexpected happens. Not that i have
mellowed down, but in hindsight it's worth
asking yourself this question every once in a
while. 
2) it's never worth it - once you have had
experienced being in an accident or have seen a
number of accident victims, it's never worth the
risk considering that searing pain and all the
time it takes for an accident wound to heal. 

3) don't be in a hurry - i still remember the
day i got my first bike and someone close to
me say "mang, don't be in a hurry". A bit funny
and sissy at that time but as the years passed
on, i certainly see the wisdom in those words

So, for the sake of yourself, your soul, your
close circle of friends and family and even for
those generations that you would brought forth...
hehe!!!  It's always to be safe than sorry.

Nobody can determine how fast you should
go, you decide.

Thanks 

analysis of the World Cup final 2010

This world cup final 2010 has been a memorable one, one for that my team didn't lift the trophy,but the best team on that day won. This particular game will be remembered for a few reasons listed below -


the kungfu kick - the Nigel De Jong kungfu kick
on Alonso which would have been the envy of
even a 3rd Dan Black Belt kungfu master. Alonso, tough as he may be (as all Liverpool players), may end up with a few broken ribs. But this guy played on , such is the dedication of the Spanish players to the greater cause of the team.

the Arjen Robben misses - you don't expect to miss a sure goal chance like that two times and still expect to win a World Cup, my apologies Mr Arjen, it just doesn't work that way in spite of all your theatrics & gesticulations.

the Cesc Fabregas wonder- till the final Cesc has been playing not more than a total of 90 minutes in the previous matches. Fortune came in the form of extra-time where he finally get his one chance and he repaid that trust with that magnificent pass to Iniesta. Otherwise the headline almost says "so far yet so far away" is the Spanish coach Del Bosque listening, the world cup trophy was nearly the dream you would never had....u nearly waste that creative talent and the final gamble paid off handsomely.

the disappointment- Almost everyone was expecting a penalty shootout, bad timing indeed to score just 5 minutes to go. It should have gone to the penalty shootout, then at least the losing fans will get some consolation but this result is bitter sweet disappointment to many of us. I wouldn't even want the Organjes to score in the dying minutes, but that's the way it is

Son of the soil: the Facebook generations

the Facebook generations

I joined Facebook few months back, and I really don't know why!! I've been hit by this FB bug and would find myself logging in almost every day or at least make it a point to be online every once in a while. It’s really amazing how I catch up most of my old buddies and relatives here on FB, connections is the keyword here. Facebook indeed is a social utility that connects people.

Most of my online FB friends consists of different age groups, the distant relatives, friends of friends, co-workers, college buddies, secret crush and even our very own uncles and aunties (grannies soon to join this bandwagon, imagine how cool it would be!!). Today, FB is not only for those in their teens, I've seen people over 40s who are totally into it as much as school/college students. It transcends age, cultural and professional boundaries; you can be friends with anyone as long as you get their consent or being crazy enough to send them an invite :-). The rise of the urban keyboard trotting warriors.
And the amount of time we spend online varies, some would spend less than 1 hour daily while others would spend hours on FB and it's applications like Farmville, Mafia wars and brushing up certain skills like how to get night vision on mafia wars, or tend your own farms on Farmville etc. But a note of caution, one should be mature enough where to draw the line, too much of everything is never advisable. There is indeed a time for everything (Ecclesiastes 3)

While most of us would be online in the comforts of our home (thank God they blocked FB in the office!!) , some would even take it further and take great pains to be online even in the work place, fiddling on the mobile during crucial client meetings!! counter-productive isn't it?? Most of my online FB friends, i know them personally, some are friends of friends, some I am yet to meet them (hope it happens in this life.. he he ).I just presumed that whomever I shared more than thirty or more common friends is worth knowing, hence the request invite follows.

Who knows, so many of this present generations are so into FB that it wouldn't be long before we start to include our FB friends on our prayer list. Just adding "Lord I also pray for my FB friends, please be with them and keep them from harm!!" how cool would that be, wonder what God Himself would think about this!

How is this wonder called FB developed: In a nutshell, FB is developed using three basic languages, (you know that they have coined their own language specifically for FB out there in Palo Alto, California.). See Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook

1. FBML- Facebook markup language, a modified version of HTML (hypertext markup language), nothing much if you already know the basic fundas of HTML except that FBML is more fancy as each interaction starts and ends with a tag fb.
2. FQL - Facebook query language, very similar to SQL(structured query language), that allows applications to directly query Facebook internal data tables. Pretty much the same fundas as Select, Update and Delete statements in SQL.
3. FJSP - Facebook JSP, again a modified version of Java Server Pages, that language used for designing web pages. If you are already familiar with JSP, then you will pick it up quickly.

For those who have the hunger for more, visit http://developers.facebook.com