Happiness

Happiness to me lies in the small pleasures of life and comes from within!

Happiness  is when I wake up in the morning feeling contended and stress free!

Happiness is when I work passionately for something and the outcome is appreciated!

Happiness is when I workout hard and the weighing balance shows a loss of few Kgs!

Happiness is taking my new car out for a spin while a melodious song plays on the music system!

Happiness is reading the newspaper in the morning while sipping some piping hot coffee !

Happiness is reading a good book in the light of my bedside lamp before I go to sleep!

Happiness is heading off to a beautiful destinition for a holiday to break the monotony!

Happiness is riding my bicycle in the spring when the sun is hot and wind blows cold!

Happiness is sitting with my friends reminiscing the nostalgic memories!

Happiness is tending to my plants and seeing them grow!

Happiness is watching a good movie with a bag of popcorn in my hands!

Happiness is cuddling my furry pet in my arms!

Happiness is waking up to the first foggy morning of the winter season!

Happiness is sitting by the window watching the rain drum down onto the ground!

Happiness is waking up early in the morning and taking a long walk to soak in the sunrise!

Happiness is sitting on the beach watching the ships sail by!

Happiness is feeling enjoying the water in a swimming pool on a hot summer day!

Happiness is cracking a joke and making everybody laugh like crazy!

Happiness is gorging on your favourite food when you are completely famished!

Happiness is taking a warm shower after a long day at work!


Happiness is singing along loud when your favourite song is playing!

Happiness is listening to the birds chirp early in the morning!

Happiness is to see people smile when something you did helped them!

Happiness is finally getting to see your favourite music band play live!


Happiness is drinking a bottle of Coca Cola after spending long hours toiling in the hot sun!Happiness to me lies in the small pleasures of life and comes from within!

Happiness  is when I wake up in the morning feeling contended and stress free!

Happiness is when I work passionately for something and the outcome is appreciated!

Happiness is when I workout hard and the weighing balance shows a loss of few Kgs!

Happiness is taking my new car out for a spin while a melodious song plays on the music system!

Happiness is reading the newspaper in the morning while sipping some piping hot coffee !

Happiness is reading a good book in the light of my bedside lamp before I go to sleep!

Happiness is heading off to a beautiful destinition for a holiday to break the monotony!

Happiness is riding my bicycle in the spring when the sun is hot and wind blows cold!

Happiness is sitting with my friends reminiscing the nostalgic memories!

Happiness is tending to my plants and seeing them grow!

Happiness is watching a good movie with a bag of popcorn in my hands!

Happiness is cuddling my furry pet in my arms!

Happiness is waking up to the first foggy morning of the winter season!

Happiness is sitting by the window watching the rain drum down onto the ground!

Happiness is waking up early in the morning and taking a long walk to soak in the sunrise!

Happiness is sitting on the beach watching the ships sail by!

Happiness is feeling enjoying the water in a swimming pool on a hot summer day!

Happiness is cracking a joke and making everybody laugh like crazy!

Happiness is gorging on your favourite food when you are completely famished!

Happiness is taking a warm shower after a long day at work!

Happiness is being pampered by your parents!

Happiness is picking that old photo album and going down memory lane!

Happiness is watching a India vs Pakistan cricket match and rooting for your country!


Happiness is drinking a bottle of Coca Cola after spending long hours toiling in the hot sun!  http://CokeURL.com/96jnc.

Happiness is in every little thing I do. It's all about learning to appreciate the beauty that surrounds us! It's about focusing on the positives and working on improving the negatives  :)

Driving Home A Ford!

So finally I have graduated from a sedan to a SUV! I am the proud owner of a sporty,  sleek and elegant vehicle by FORD, The Ford Ecosport!

Ford launched this vehicle in India in 2013 and since then it's been reigning the roads! I had my heart set on it for a long time now and when my company put out an attractive offer to buy cars on a company lease policy with tax benefit,  I jumped on the oppurtunity.

The hulk of a vehicle comes in a number of colours and I was in a fix between Mars red and pearl white for my own car. Finally I decided on the pristine white as it made the car look bigger and better.

My first experience of taking the car out for a drive made me feel absolutely fabulous! It offers and extremely smooth drive, an easy to handle gear box, good road clearance not to forget it's quite a head turner on the road!

I'm Love the high quality music system, height adjustable driver's for seat and steering wheel among the multitude of features that this car has!

Indeed, driving has just become a whole lot more fun for me now!

Magical Monday/12

Mondays are full of madness! Mondays for most people brings out the colour blue (Monday Blues). But like so many things, is it just a figment of our imagination? So if we change our attitute, is it possible to change Manic Monday into Magic Monday? What if we feed it into our system that Monday will be a grand day? It will be a day when our energy levels will be the higest because we will be refreshed after a break and that we will start a new week with zest and high spirits! What if we tell ourselves at the start of the week that this week we will be unstoppable, be a powerhouse and race ahead,  could it change things? I believe it could :)

And believing is the first step towards changing things for good !! :)

This is my 12th  post in the Magical Monday series of inspirational stories aimed at motivating us to bring out our best on the first day of the week! 

Tragedy strikes everyone at some point or the other. How you deal with it, let it destroy you or emerge stronger, is what matters. Today the story is about a young army widow who chose to emerge stronger from the tragedy. 

At the young age of 23 years , Ruchi Verma became a young Army widow with a 3 year old child to support having lost her husband, an army major, in an insurgency hit area in India. Instead of living the rest of her life in self pity and feeling sorry for herself , this brave girl decided to make a life worth feeling proud of for herself. She decided to step into her husband's shoes and started training to become an officer herself. After undergoing  rigorous training which included hours of running and physical endurance training,  this young girl joined the Indian army as an officer.

Hats off to this braveheart who turned this tragedy into an oppurtunity and set an example for others.

Self Love-2

My definition of self love -working towards maintaining a great body and increasing my knowledge to always have the awesome feeling of growing and learning new things. Also, appreciating art, literature and philosophy to keep on stimulating the creative side. Travel to explore and learn more about our surroundings. These are the all important things in life according to me which increase self esteem and in turn self love!

Any exercise routine can get boring after a while. It needs constant reinvention and setting of new goals! Well my lastest exercise routine includes cycling and I am loving it as I am sweating it out and at the same time getting an oppurtunity to click some amazing ones!

Here are some of those...

A cowhand in traditional attire,  herding his cattle through concrete jungles

In search of green pastures which are rapidly disappearing as a  new township emerges.

I love to read as there always something interesting to learn from books. My latest read,  Aleph by Paulo Coelho. In this book Coelho describes the interesting fact about Chinese bamboo trees. Once the seed has been sown, you see nothing for about five years, apart from a tiny shoot. All the growth takes place underground, where a complex root system reaching upward and outward is being established. Then, at the end of the fifth year, the bamboo suddenly shoots up to a height of twenty-five meters.

This is so interesting and applicable to all of us isn't it? When ever we take part in a new venture success is gaureented as long the base work is strong and has been worked on carefully.

I hope you enjoyed reading about it as much as I did.

And lastly my 2 penny's worth about the Oscar winning movies. I loved loved loved 'Grand Budapest Hotel'. It's such an amazing movie! A brilliant comedy with a great story line. I feel that the director,Wes Anderson, did an absolutely wonderful job and I have a new favourite in him as comedy is my favourite genre in movies. Must watch,  if you haven't already seen it.

Others that I liked were Wiplash and Birdman for its story and depth,  Gone Girl for its suspense and Interstellar for its science fiction theme!

I made it to the Guinness Book of World Records

Well, its a dream come true and I have full bragging rights! I made it to the Guinness Book of World Records! My name will be etched into the most coveted book which celebrates unique feats achieved by people.

So how did I manage this difficult task? Well, all that I had to do was to wear a cap and a t-shirt and stand in a predefined Spot :)
Never thought that getting into the book and making a world record would be this easy!

The record that was attempted was that of the 'Largest Human Image of an Organ'. It was organized in Gurgaon , a city bordering India's capital city, and approximately 900 people took part. The organisers demarcated an area of land where in markings of an human heart were made. The markings were such that the heart had all the chambers and vessels as per medical textbooks. People who took part were given either white, blue, red or pink T-shirts and caps to wear and were asked to stand in predefined spots in the demarcated area.

That me on the screen next to the stage- celebrity moment

Participants standing on Predefined spots

This what the final picture looked like-birds eye view

The formation took near about one hour and a representative from the Guinness Book of World Records inspected the formation for any short coming. After complete satisfaction of the representative we  were told that the Guinness Record had been set and that we had made history!!

It was indeed great to be a part of this fun event and earn a place for myself in the world renouned book!

Safe to say that I once had a big heart which made history!