The Race

Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. ( Phil 3:13,14 )

A little from what I spoke on Sunday at church.......

Christian life that's very much like a running race.

1. Christian life is a continuous process, a process of becoming strong, new and blameless.

2. Christian life is not a lazy life, its not about looking left or right... its about keeping your eyes at the finishing line.

3. Christian life is a life with Christ, and you're never alone.

4. Christian life has a goal, the crown of life from our Lord .. Jesus Christ !

Bangalooreeeeeeed

I recently read an article in a leading business weekly which said: ' Americans thought that their jobs were being 'Bangalooreeed' '.

I was in bangalore last weekend... and yea it was fun to meet my friends who work there in the software industry (most of them) . Life is not all that bright in bangalore , and it was a time to reflect on the age old Maxim ' All that glitters is not gold' . The hype about bangalore is about the wealth and the unending possibilities of building up promising careers. Yea true..but what do u gain ? a question I wanted to ask myself again and again and again!!!

People may call it the new world order....On one side I see material prosperity ; On another abject poverty ; On one I see the colours of love ; on another the labyrinth of moral nothingness !!!!

It must be my socialist inclinations...but is the wealth we make distributed equally.... Yes opportunites are equal but we should check again....
"If at 20, you are not a socialist, you are heartless. But at 40, if you are a socialist, you are headless."
- Adi Godrej

So if I'm too much forgive me ...its probably my age !

The garden city is now dusty city. I did not find even one person who dint say it wasnt dusty, most people have cough and chest infections year round. As I see it, its all on managing the money we make and putting it in infrastructure and regulating it responsibly ; which is the only way to keep the city as Garden City.

So much for being bangaloored !!!!!!

He who fashioned this.....

The other day, a friend of mine had this on as her msn status "Do I dare disturb the universe ?".

This pic was taken at Shangumugham beach in Trivandrum soon after sunset..look at the vastness of the skies..and the colours of the evening ..What is man compared to that???

I would make my own status "Do I dare go against the rules the Creator of the universe put forth?"

waahhhhhh

guys from my class
Originally uploaded by crossblade.

I miss my college..... I miss the wonderful frens I had there... I miss the care free evening strolls...I miss the boys and girls who stood by me... I miss the football field... I miss the bakery... I miss the hostel... I miss the prayer cell.. I miss the corporate worship... I miss ma classroom..... I miss the birthday bashes.... I miss the fights... I miss those exams..... I miss everything.........

life is soo short.... nothing lasts for long.... it just slips us even before we finish enjoying it.........

I just want to make every minute of my life.... every single second!!!
even these days of CHICKEN POX hehe.......

Ruth tagged me....

I'm doing this for dear Ruth , who by the way is a gifted writer.

Yes, I was tagged :)Here are 25 things I want to do before I die. They are not necessarily in order of importance, just as I think of them...

1. fall in love with the beautiful godly girl, He has prepared for me.
2. Marry the beautiful godly girl, prepared for me.
3. Have children 3 boys and one girl.....
4. Win my nation for the Lord.
5. Watch my sons grow up to be Strong Men and my daughter into a Graceful Woman.
6. Bring up my children in the ways of the Lord.
7. To be loved and love the beautiful,godly girl God gives me.
8. Swim across the river Ganges.
9. Sky Dive & Bungee Jump
10. Scuba Dive
11. take 50 pullups in one go.
12. Join the Indian Foreign Service
13. Buy my parents a Ford before I'm 30 and dismantle the Fiat!!!!
14. Own some farmland by the time I'm 40.
15. Play the guitar and sing 'God is love; all the time' in front of all (1700 families) my church memebers...
16. Be able to say "as for me and my household, we shall serve the Lord'.
17. To be able to "freely give/share, that which I freely recieved"
18. To be in touch with my friends at 60 as much as I am with them at 24.
19. See my sister get married.
20. To learn to write Tamil and speak, read and write French.
21. Author my own anthology of Poems.
22. Visit Israel
23. Visit Shimla, Kashmir, Calcutta, Assam and atleast one European country.
24. Visit the Starners and the Wests atleast once, and my other blog buddies, Nunzia, Jamie, Damien.......
25. Be contented with what I have.

I'm tagging Queenmum

Backslider's Anthem....

I wrote this for Radiantz....they're still working on the music..

Quality never goes out of style

well...
I'm being bombarded on all sides on the importance of quality and what process quality is (at work, well even in college I did learn a lot about this) and blah blah blah....

and I've been thinking of of this... is it always true...doesnt it depend on the how we define quality??
and doesnt it sometimes become a necessary evil?
hindering creativity..if there is any....

It is imporant..... but to what extend??
does it really go out of style?

confused as usual..

a testimony......

Last Tuesday(16th May) I wanted to go to church camp in Bangalore, a city in South India and I got ready...but my Dad said you don't go now.. your exams are approaching soon....your thesis work is not yet done.... you are not placed yet... God is a just God and He wants you to do things that are expected of you first..before you go out for Him...I was really bummed... I was little angry at my Dad too..but I took his advice half heatedly and stayed behind.... :)

and u know what ...out of the blue on Wednesday I got a call and email... saying that on Thursday 18th of May... I have a test and interview at US Technology Resources http://www.ustri.com/ (the biggest .... software company in kerala,my state) it was for Software Quality Assurance Engineer.
The interview was on the 18th and God gave me the job... isn't it wonderful how God works... If I had gone to Bangalore..I would not even have known of interview..cause I never check my mails while on travel...and I was planning not to take my cellphone...so I can be safe and free.. :)
I got the job on the eve of my birthday...it was God's birthday gift to me

God is so awesome..the job pays well... and is a good place to start a career..as the company has a real good corporate culture...

And for the first round of the selection process we had to do some English vocabulary and language correction and comprehension stuff..... and it was mostly complex...but God had made a provision by training me for that the previous day... my friend is in Australia doing his MS.... he wanted another girl a friend of us to help him work on his assignment..I mean..correct the grammatical errors....and she asked me to do it since she was tired and ill and not feeling well.....you know the practice I got, did help me in the test at the company...Isn't God awesome...HE knows what I need to improve and he gives me practice lessons.... And he used people in differnt parts of the world to do that for me.

sorie for the typos and grammar.... :)

God is blessing me Abundantly..I just cant keep quiet about it anymore....

I'll be joining on June 15th..do keep me in your prayers blog buddies

love

thomas

this is a picture a sweet friend of mine Carthi drew....
well here's whats going on in my mind right now...

"I fear complacency, it's a luxuary I don't think I can afford!!! "

Well..I guess that's all for now..and I know, all my blog buddies would understand what I meant....

Love!!!!!!

I recently recieved a forward, and it was about what little children thought about LOVE.....
Here is the one that touched me the most!!!

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day."
Mary Ann - age 4

There were more in the fwd, if any of my readers want it just leave me a message would be happy to pass it!!!!

Well, I dont know why it made me think this much..mabbe cause I own a dog and leave it alone all day, but by the end of the day it does cheer my up.....