tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413747325078450484.post748614454424738916..comments2023-07-02T07:46:01.745+00:00Comments on The Chinese Box - Divergent. Minimalist. Alternative. Quirky. Humorous. Deep.: Unforeseen Circumstances - Loose Bloggers ConsortiumRohithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773277278075374779noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413747325078450484.post-5146914333003283052011-08-07T22:20:28.871+00:002011-08-07T22:20:28.871+00:00@Grannymar: Lol I do feel like some wise old man o...@Grannymar: Lol I do feel like some wise old man of the mountains now. But I can assure you I am just like most other people my age in the "offline" world...I just have this obsession to know everything, and what you read here is but a side-effect of this at times annoying habit. But well if readers like it, why not!<br /><br />Beautiful quartet by Rice...thank you for sharing it! I will certainly try to live by it as much as I can :)Rohithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13773277278075374779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413747325078450484.post-85975208024636492822011-08-07T22:17:53.222+00:002011-08-07T22:17:53.222+00:00@Padmum: Hahaa..I completely understand what you s...@Padmum: Hahaa..I completely understand what you say. Strangely though I didn't really mind the dentist. Are you based in Mumbai btw? I have lived there for 15 years..I miss it every living moment that I am away! And yes I do trek, if it were up to me I would do it full time every day of the year. I will be posting on the recent one soon :)Rohithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13773277278075374779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413747325078450484.post-78444644618075266942011-08-06T11:19:46.044+00:002011-08-06T11:19:46.044+00:00Twenty two years of age and all that weight of kno...Twenty two years of age and all that weight of knowledge on your shoulders.... What in all the heavens will you be like when you reach my old age of 64? ;) :-)<br /><br />Years of childhood earache became my threshold marker for all pain that followed over the years. Nothing ever ranked near it, and it was nothing to do with any action of mine.<br /><br />My recipe for you is borrowed:_<br /><br />The more you give, the more you get,<br />The more you laugh, the less you fret,<br />The more you do unselfishly,<br />The more you live abundantly. [By. H.S. Rice]Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413747325078450484.post-91405864263895453832011-08-06T10:37:52.457+00:002011-08-06T10:37:52.457+00:00I forgot to tell you that like Rajesh khanna in &#...I forgot to tell you that like Rajesh khanna in 'Amar Prem' I hate dentists (he said 'tears'). My best friends are dentists but I go screaming, moaning and frothing at the mouth to the dentist. And I keep her busy talking about her problems and Mumbai (that we share)trying to postpone the evil hour when I have to open my mouth but keep mum like Manmohan Singh.<br /><br />And you trek! Kai karthose nahin, bala!padmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15322186309612774429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413747325078450484.post-32734168875905049012011-08-06T10:20:19.787+00:002011-08-06T10:20:19.787+00:00@Sir Ramana:
1. Hahaa I don't usually use thi...@Sir Ramana: <br />1. Hahaa I don't usually use this word but somehow it fit here quite well so thought why not.<br />2. As for your advice, always grateful! You are right about lightening up, and its only on this blog that I download this stuff. In the offline world things are very different :)<br />3. Exactly! We just assume unforeseen situations to be negative..conditioning at work again I suppose..Rohithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13773277278075374779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413747325078450484.post-52945790346764423722011-08-06T10:15:08.765+00:002011-08-06T10:15:08.765+00:00@Padmum: You are only kind! I do like your choice ...@Padmum: You are only kind! I do like your choice of words, however, I simply "carry" these thoughts. I wouldn't dare say they are mine, am only thankful for the grace of all those who taught me these things in one way or another..<br /><br />Glad you liked the blog though. And thanks for the blessing, its like a queue jump ticket! :)Rohithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13773277278075374779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413747325078450484.post-29168032496529429252011-08-06T10:10:07.377+00:002011-08-06T10:10:07.377+00:00@Delirious: Absolutely! Perhaps you would call thi...@Delirious: Absolutely! Perhaps you would call this the divine plan, but anyhow, its all the same really. We are playing out our roles...the only free will we truly have is in making the right choices and deciding which way to go I guess.Rohithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13773277278075374779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413747325078450484.post-14936279276476810832011-08-06T10:06:55.051+00:002011-08-06T10:06:55.051+00:00@Noor: You know I have an obsession with such stuf...@Noor: You know I have an obsession with such stuff lol! That sure was one hell of an experience. Again, at the time I cursed left, right and centre as to why me...but in retrospect I can only thank dear god for this as it increased my pain threshold a lot, which in course of time came in handy when I managed to sprain my ankle while trekking in the Himalayas this year...see how everything happens for a reason? If it wasn't for that, there was no way I could have put up with the pain and still trek for a week after that at that altitude. So only gratitude now :)<br /><br />When you say what this tells about a person, it reminded me of a quote which is something like - if you truly want to know how great someone is, look at the little things in their life and how they react to those; anyone can be strong in great problems, its the smaller pests of issues which expose the true colours<br /><br />cheerios!Rohithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13773277278075374779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413747325078450484.post-53839912261960706802011-08-06T06:33:01.599+00:002011-08-06T06:33:01.599+00:001. You have used a word that is very dear to me an...1. You have used a word that is very dear to me and is of great amusement to my British nephews and their mother - Bugger. Congratulations.<br />2. I endorse Padmum's observation that for a 22 year old, there is a lot of maturity sitting lightly on your shoulders. Take the advise of an old man who had that thrust on him at an even earlier age, learn to lighten up and play too.<br />3. We never ever talk about the unforeseen good things that happen to us. We are not made that way!Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413747325078450484.post-61594907299509856762011-08-06T05:00:10.416+00:002011-08-06T05:00:10.416+00:00I am speechless...are you only 22? You must be one...I am speechless...are you only 22? You must be one of those great realised souls who have to live through some remaining span of life. You carry the thoughts of a great thinker surely from a previous incarnation....amazing. Keep writing. I am learning from you. Read your blog out to my husband. Sukhi bhava!padmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15322186309612774429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413747325078450484.post-32634704345794850992011-08-06T03:02:07.204+00:002011-08-06T03:02:07.204+00:00Great post! I do believe that many things that ha...Great post! I do believe that many things that happen to us are just automatic results of living in this mortality. Because we are human, we get sick, we have accidents, we die. But there are still other things that happen that seem to be purposefully given us to teach us a lesson. I like your attitude in accepting those things, and looking for what is to be learned!<br /><br />My word verification is "piticart"....there is an analogy in there somewhere. :)Delirioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01564398770468606675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413747325078450484.post-92110248118378917532011-08-05T22:59:36.889+00:002011-08-05T22:59:36.889+00:00I love your philosophical look on life. Honestly, ...I love your philosophical look on life. Honestly, it's like you offer a very profound insight on things. <br /><br />LOL at running like a headless chicken. I'm glad you got your tooth fixed in the end. That must have been one experience. <br /><br />When you talk about how such situations keep us alert and motivate our thinking abilities, that's so true. And very well written too, I mean these situations, though dreaded, usually tell a lot about a person. <br /><br />I do agree. Things happen for a reason, and I really admire your conviction in that. It's hard to see it that way sometimes though.<br /><br />You end it perfectly!<br />"Life is a paradox after all, not all is what it seems like. Answers are all around, if only we have the courage to ask those difficult questions."Noorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171691438488980697noreply@blogger.com