I LUUUVE CARROM..!!

I love carom! I really really really.. I mean REALLY love it..!! Since the day I saw my mom and dad playing it, I used to love it. So.. just as I told you guys in my previous post, I learned it..!! My mom and dad were my carrom gurus and now… I just can’t stop playing it..! When you start doing something you love, you end up with so many side effects. Good ones in particular. This is one good example I can share with you guys, to prove it’s right..!!

I ended up in a new project in May, after hanging in another projects for about 8 months. Now… the new one is good. The people are really good.. but they are damn professional.. ummm… which is a little bit errrr…. for me. Professional is good. But.. in my case, in all my previous projects, there was professionalism.. and there was a fun environment too. There were less people I knew in this new project. But work was really good. While I was quietly working.. the company’s Inter Account Carrom Tournament started with a big wave. The inner creature within me who always wants to get out at a situation like this, started to punch hard on me.. But umm.. knowing that I don’t have a chance, I stayed put. That’s when Dank called me up and asked me if I’d like to join their carrom team. Me : YES I DO…!! :D

That’s the start of Benchwarmers 2009! But I was hopeless. I wasn’t practicing in years. It’s been a long time I played for the carrom mixed doubles championship in the campus and grabbing the top notch with my partner. To be honest.. I was also going through.. let’s say.. a bad time too. But all of a sudden.. things changed! We won our first game! We got the 2nd game too as a walkover. Wow.. We were into Quarter Finals. Man..!! The things happened so fast like a blink of an eye!

The next game was the quarter finals game. The opponents were very strong. With so much luck… talent and strategy, we DID beat them off too. We had so much fun that day! What a victory! Dank is our captain in charge with a good strategy and a good game plan! Pubudu is quiet and nice.. and in the end, he does his job well… Razmi is our best player and he’s so sweet and nice. Punnadi.. Hehe.. She’s fun to be with and a nutsy… and mind you, she plays well too! Lastly, there’s me. The next one was the semi finals game. We have beaten 32 teams and were in the top 4. We actually started to practice then only. Sometimes, we would stay late and practice a little bit. In the end, we were even playing with our opponents. Nobody cared that they were the opponents.. :D We all have turned out to be good FRIENDS…!!

We lost our semi finals game. I won my game though. But it was never about the championship for us. We all wanted to have fun and enjoy the game. So we did it! :D I was telling you about the side effects you get when you start doing something you like, right? Here’s what I got…. I made loads of good friends cz of this whole carrom tournament thingy. People who never used to smile with me and people I never knew (though existed) became good friends with me. The project is definitely not a boring place for me. The BIGGEST thing I got : 4 more lovable best friends were added to my life. Razmi… Poo… Pubudu and Dank! <Hugs to them> Sooo… Shouldn’t I love carrom or what?? :D

JUST... ENJOY THE LIFE TO THE FULLEST..!!

It’s been a while the girl on the move (being me) has been away from her blog. Well.. I’ve been busy with carrom and was so much in to it, and I couldn’t find a quality time to sit, settle and write something good, I guess. I’ve been thinking about a lot of things in the past few weeks and I couldn’t help thinking about this certain fact, that I’m gonna share with you guys today. Just give it a thought and maybe you guys will be able to make a difference in your lives as well.

Life is always like a range of mountains. There’s a climb.. and then again, there’s a slope. Sometimes the climbs are higher; you have to try harder to get to the top. Sometimes it’s smooth and you just don’t have to put any effort at all to get to the top. The same goes with the slopes. There are steep slopes and yet again, there are smooth ones. You just have to be extra careful on steeper ones.

What’s bad in all of us is we always see life as a hard climb. We never tend to see the easy slope after a climb. More often, we give up hopes in life, when something bad comes our way. It gets worse when a series of unfortunate events comes our way in a queue. Most of us give in, when bad things happen. And moreover, we’re never satisfied with what we have with us, don’t you agree?

Yesterday, I took a piece of paper, divided it into two columns and wrote down what are the good things in my life and what are the things I miss in my life. Some of the good things I managed to list down: I have a home to call my own… Have a good family background and very supportive parents who have respectable jobs. Got a brother who’s learning to be a doctor and a sister who’s learning to be an architect. Got my education from a good school. I’m a graduate… Got a job with a satisfactory salary. Have loads of good friends to be by my side in good and bad…Loved by many… Lucky enough to learn and do most of the things I love to do.. Things I miss in y life: The things I’ll learn some day and fill out the rest of the list :D

People.. when you’re going through a bad time, it doesn’t mean you’ll be stuck there forever. God repays you with better things later on. Sometimes fate will get you out of your bad time. But sometimes, even fate needs some help from you. You have to stand up and you should try to push yourself up from the bad situation. Trust me. It works. It worked for me.. and still is working for me. Just that you need to have a little bit of faith in you… plus, you have to trust yourself. As long as you don’t try, you’re in that black hole forever. You need a distraction. Just try to be involved in something you like. Read.. watch a movie… play a musical instrument… listen to some music.. make new friends.. adopt a pet… go out and have fun with friends… Whatever! Just don’t be alone and float in the ocean of tears and sorrow! Pull yourself out of it.

Easier said than done? That’s because we don’t try enough, friends. I’ve learn that this life is not so bad after all. It’s not like a huge carnival, true. But it’s not like a dark empty abyss either. Whether you like it or not, we have to live this life. For the short time you live, do yourself a favor by enjoying your life to the fullest. Life can be defined as an echo too. If you give out love, life gives you back love. The same goes with everything as well. If you really love to do something, just do it. There was a time I was so obsessed with guitar music and I loved listening to those who play them. Then again.. it’s something I really love.. and I started learning it. It’s much more fun that way. I used to stare at how my mom used to knit beautiful things and how they come out like magic. For some time, I used to watch her creativity and then, I wanted to learn it. Now, I can knit as good as my mom. You never know whether you can do it or not, without actually trying it.

My friends… Life is short. Do the things you love to do. Start learning the things you always wanted to do. Maybe they are crazy things or desires like learning bungee jumping or sky diving. YET they’re the things you love to do. So.. give it a try. Life is far more interesting if you do them your way, rather than sitting and watching other people doing the things they love to do. Cheers..!!