Heard the following at a service yesterday, and just wanted to share it... :).. like an eye opener...makes your wanna be grateful...

What is a Blessing???

The Creator reminds us that blessings are counted in the way that we choose to look at them.

• Anything that has brought a smile to your lips, joy to your heart or a lightness to your step is a blessing.
• Anything that has made your life more comfortable, has lightened your burden or has brought warmth to your home is a blessing.
• Anything that has made supported your body, has increased your endurance or has opened your heart is a blessing
• Anything that has made you look deeper, has expanded your understanding or has increased your compassion is a blessing
• Anything that has tested your strength, has fortified your commitment or has forced you to grow is a blessing
• Anything that has reminded you of how precious life is and has taught you to treasure your relations is a blessing

~Jamie Sams

A Tribute

It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
- W. Somerset Maugham

I cannot deny that some days do feel like that, but something tells me today is not one of those...Woke up with this feeling of thanks for all the people I've met in my past and the difference they have made and make till date.

Looking back seems like, I've been blessed more than I ever thought I was. Its amazing how we just bond with certain people. How in spite of the way it seems when you first them, it always changes. People you think you could never befriend, end up making all difference by just the little or weirdest things they say or do...

And, how these people, are the only ones that are the types that give you this great feeling of "I don't care who you are, where your from, don't care what you did...as long as you love me!!!" (you know what I mean). And the best thing is that they always, or almost always, drop at strategic times.

All this makes stronger my beliefs that we are never alone... someone up there is watching.

I wish somehow, on days when I would prefer not to wake up, these feelings are as strong as now...cause now (with 8 hours sleep and a happy mind) that I think about it... It's a reason to live...a reason to hope...

I miss them all...all together..

Then and Now

Meeting old friends has always been fun.. Yesterday evening had been for this party where I met friends from school and I’m talking about friends from the 7th and 8th standard.. Good old times.. Good old memories..

Back then would've never thought we'd all end up in the same place 10-12 years later... :). But here we are!!!!
This friend whose b’day I went for was my partner in the 6th standard...am gonna relate a story to you that he told me, rather reminded me about last year when I met him again!!!!... This is one very distinct memory he has in connection with me.. you'll know why in a bit...

Well, I used to be naughty kid with the innocent looks, the kind that would run around in the class as soon as the teacher left the room… :) a few of my good friends reading this would disagree with the innocent part but trust me this one time.. i'm talking about 6th standard.. :)... Ok so I write something in my book, (wrote the word F***) and I'm whispering to this guy innocently ... "This is a bad word ok... Don’t use it…"
When he told me that last year obviously I had no memory of it but couldn’t help but laugh at that… I’m thinking.. Sha!!!!…I was so naive … Those were the days.. he he… the “good” old days….

My friends now.. will have a totally different story to tell… (Psst.. word of advice.. don’t believe em .. )..... :) <- my naughty ;)

Wierd/Facts about The Great Nanet

.... Whokay....

Hmmm 10 weird things or 8 facts… or was it 8 weird things and 10 facts.. whatever it is.. I’m just gonna write whatever I can thing of for now…

So weird things about me ….

mmmm… hmmmm…..uummmmm……arey i'm thinking…. Ah!!!!....ok… here goes..

1. The best compliment I think I’ve got till date is “You have a nice set of teeth”, from a dentist; I must add, I remember that day as one of my happiest.
2. Oh I sometimes brush with my left hand, just as practice if someday for some reason I cannot use my right…why???? Don’t ask…I don’t know
3. When I was younger I wanted to be an astronaut… but that I wouldn’t say is weird.
4. I talk to my code/computer when I work.. But I know a couple of people who do that; they work with me…. :-)
5. I cannot sit crossed legged on the floor… I’ve had friends laugh at me for that… I can sit on a bed like that but not on the floor :-|
6. I don’t like cheese, but I’ll eat it on a pizza or in a sandwich (if I don’t see/know it’s in there)

Some facts about me…

I can doze standing!!!!... This ability was discovered by my mom one evening in the church while attending mass
I love to sit idle
I enjoy making lists for trips or long journeys
I like to trouble kiddies but I like to play with them too :)
I love Karan Johar movies   (k......... series)
I like to read nething and evrything
I'm bad with colors. I cannot clearly distinguish some shades of green and blue and gray…
You’ll mostly find me in casuals, unless am going to church or some function
I don’t like to have white milk i.e. milk without any flavor or color. In college there were times I used to mix haldi when there was nothing else.
I can type (SMS/Keyboard) fast.. its the thoughts that come out slowly :)

This is it.. all I can think of for now…

SSSSPPPPPPAAAAARRRRTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!... Just received a SMS from Rohan which read that, so thats whats on my mind now... WOoops and that’s another one :) !!!!!

My Name is Tokatokuchi Katoteshikateku

the other day i called my friend thin,shes not. in fact shes a perfect figure for what models look like. that got me thinking.

now im kinda thin. there are times when i get even thinner makin me a lamp post model (see i make fun of myself as well).

so back to my point, if someone who is not fat or thin (average nanet) were to make fun of me, i would have to take it. but if the same person made fun of someone who is overweight, it would be frowned upon, makin average nanet an insensitive person. for that matter if i were to make fun of a person who is thin, that would put me in class of A1 jerk offs.

now if the thin person were to make fun of me, i have to bear it. and this ok!? is it that only thin people have some sort of social stigma attached to their girth? if some of them have psychological issues, medical issues - can't a person who is overweight have the same issues?

i can gain weight easily, i can't lose it very easily tho. i cant help that my metabolism leaves me this way. i cant find clothes to ever fit right. too loose, too tight, too short (stout n tall, thatd be me), oh yes and i cant find chappals to fit right even..

whats my point? er, i forget. the new flavor of the week at naturals icecream parlour shop made me forget.
on a easier note, i got somewhat hurt my back last nite. now that, laydeez n gennlemen is the right way to kick off a weekend.

and if u want to know what ur name is spelled like in japanese as in the title, use the table below. just received this in my inbox.

A - ka
B - tu
C - mi
D - te
E - ku
F - lu
G - ji
H - ri
I - ki
J - zu
K - me
L - ta
M - rin
N - to
O - mo
P - no
Q - ke
R - shi
S - ari
T - chi
U - do
V - ru
W - mei
X - na
Y - fu
Z - zi