AHM 2017 - Another 10K run.

Not much of practice this time . However I was still able to scrape through . Wonderful weather today. Hope to improve my record next year.

Time : 1:02:01mins.

Chunar - Arijit Singh.

Hindi song that i liked.


Chunar, chunari or Chunariya is a long scarf worn by ladies.

O jheena jheena jheena re uDaa gulaal
maai teri chunariya lehraai

(as if) a light strip of color is flying in the air,
O mother, (in such a way) your scarf flies..

rang teri reet ka
rang teri preet ka
rang teri jeet ka hai layi, laayi, laayi..

the color of your ways,
the color of your love,
the color of your victory, it has brought..

rang teri reet ka, rang teri preet ka
maayi teri chunariya lehraayi

the color of your ways, the color of your love,
O mother, your scarf waves..

jab jab mujhpe hai, uTha sawaal
maai teri chunariya lehraai
jheena jheena re uDaa gulaal
maai teri chunariya lehraai

whenever there has been a question over me,
O mother, your scarf has waved..
like a light strip of color flying in the air,
O mother, your scarf flies in the air..

jag se haara nahi main
khud se haara hoon maa
ik din chamkoonga lekin
tera sitaara hoon maa
maai re, maai re..
tere bin main to adhoora rahaa
maai re, maai re..
mujhse hi rooThi meri parchhaayi

I haven’t lost to the world,
I have lost to myself, O mother..
One day I’ll shine though,
(after all), I am your star O mother..
O mother, O mother,
I remained incomplete without you.
O mother, O mother,
Even my shadow is angry with me..

o ho.. meri parchhai, tera khayal
maai teri chunariya lehraayi
jheena jheena jheena re, uDaa gulaal
maai teri chunariya lehraayi

My shadow, your thought,
O mother, your scarf has waved..
like a light strip of color flying in the air,
O mother, your scarf flies in the air..

rang teri reet ka
rang teri preet ka
rang teri jeet ka hai laayi, laayi, laayi..
rang teri reet ka, rang teri preet ka
maai teri chunariya lehraayi

jab jab mujhpe hai, uTha sawaal
maai teri choonariya lehraayi
jheena jheena re, uDaa gulaal
maai teri chunariya lehraayi

My godchild's Holy communion

A wonderful day . May God bless you Nichelle.

Smile

20-Mar-2017/

  Have fun..have a great life my son.Let that smile and spark be with you all along no matter what.

Commentaries on Living

"Fear is not an abstraction. It only exists in relationship to something. Fear does not exist by itself; it exists as a word but its felt only in contact with something else " -pg 10

The known looking at the unknown brings about fear; its this activity that causes fear - pg 11

The unknown cannot be experienced . You may think or specuate about the unknown or be afraid of it ; but thought cannot comprehend it. For thought is the outcome of the known, of experience. - pg 11.

Love is a strange thing; as long as thought is woven through it , it is not love...Love is the flame without the smoke of though, of jeaslousy , of antagonism.. which are things of the mind . - pg 13.



JK could have easily formed a cult (like SriSri , Satguru or Osho) but he did not. He stayed a philosopher and was against any form of organised religion , cult . I liked him for this.

This was my first experience reading his writings  Lot of great thoughts. Stopped in the middle . Should resume very soon.
- 9-Mar-2017

The Three Body Problem.

In the deep silence of the midnight, the universe revealed itself to its listeners - pg 294

No ,emptiness is not nothingness.Emptiness is a type of existence. You must use this existential emptiness to fill yourself - pg 206

The French Revolution was two hundred years ago, and we havent even taken a step beyond that . From this we can see the hypocrisy and selfishness of the human race - pg 334.

The first priority is to guarantee the existence of the human race and their comfortable life. Everything else is secondary - pg 335

Every era puts invisible shackles on those who have lived through it, and I can only dance in my chains - pg 429 (Author's postscript).


Completed - March 5 -2017

Great ideas in simple language. Hard SF. Rekindled my interest towards SciFi. Now looking to read stuff from KSR, Neal Stephenson and others an ofcourse the sequels of Three Body Problem.

Naina -

Loved these lines from the movie Dangal. Every parent would face this at some point .
Kudos to the author to bring out such emotions as a song.

Arijit Singh's voice is marvelous.

>>> Snip
naina.. jo saanjhe khwaab dekhte the
naina.. bichhaR ke aaj ro diye hain yoon
naina.. jo milke raat jaagte the
naina.. sehar mein palken meechte hain yoon

eyes, which used to dream together,
they have cried such on separation today.
eyes, which used to stay the nights awake together,
they shut such in the morning now...

juda huye kadam
jinhone li thi ye kasam
milke chalenge hardum
ab baanTte hain ye gham
bheege naina..

steps have gone apart,
which had taken this oath,
that they'd always be together,
and now this pain is borne together
by the wet eyes...

Mutual fund info.

Mid life means -- resposibility .. So one way to convince yourself is to plan for your retirement . After some searches, found this useful website.

https://freefincal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/How-to-select-an-equity-mutual-fund-June-2015.pdf?x64541

A good one.

Karate Belt test

Today was Jaishan's belt test. He passed it in flying (yellow) colors.