Thoughts that make a Difference !!

Pictures from Anusha

noreply@blogger.com (Subconscious Mind) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:27:00 +0000

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Tips for Enhancing Memory

noreply@blogger.com (Subconscious Mind) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:30:00 +0000

Tips for Enhancing Memory

In worklife, there are times when we want to recall some detail and we can't. For Example, name of peer/ client, schedule/ venue or time of an important meeting. In most of the cases, we can significantly improve it by following a few simple tips.

1. Higher the depth of processing, better the recall: The more you think, reason, and comprehend, better the likelihood that you will retain and recall it later on. Good memory is a state of the active mind.

2. Interest and importance: When you are really interested, you pay greater attention and your brain releases chemicals to form deeper "symbol systems" that store memory.

3. Relaxed mind controls anxiety: Learn with a relaxed mind. Recall the learned material with a relaxed mind. High anxiety levels can impair ability to concentrate which limits the recall. If we are too anxious during an interview, we may not recall what we know very well.

4. Faith: If you believe you have a poor memory, your brain will do everything to prove you right.

5. Depressions impair the interest levels and joy in life events. As a result too little energy is left to recall anything. We often hear this phrase "I have lost my mind” when the mind is agitated.

6. Use your favorite sensory channel: Use symbols, Acronyms, Colours and shapes to store and represent information. If you prefer, discuss something with peers. More you process the information, lesser the chance that you would forget it. Use a combination of your sensory systems to stay organized and focused.

References:

http://users.ipfw.edu/abbott/120/AtkinsonShifrin.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Memory_processes

Courtesy: my friend, Narasimhan :)

Random Thought

noreply@blogger.com (Subconscious Mind) — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:55:00 +0000

Random Thoughts

Last week, while I was studying for my exams and busy preparing notes for my project my mind just pondered on a thought; why is it that we are always in a hurry to do something or the other? Why is it that we never stop for a while and think about how much we are missing in our lives!! We are so engrossed in our own life that we keep on missing life’s small joys and cheerful things.

Life is full of joyful and happy events which we should not miss even for a second. Think for a second, leave whatever you are doing right now and think. Think you are standing in a beach, blue skies when you look above, soft waves touch your feet, you feel the sand softer beneath your feet and the cool air around you just embraces you, where no one is there to disturb you, no meetings, nothing! Imagine that you are on a mountain top, it’s raining slightly, where cool breezy air kisses your cheeks, lifts your hair in a bounce!! All greenery around you, you soak in the air and take a deep breath…, hmmm…, sounds nice, isn’t it?? :) This is what I say is life!

But is it necessary that we always need a vacation to be cheerful in life? There are many small things in life which we ignore like for example people who travel in local trains would know, kids who accompany their moms esp. girls :) the way they talk, act, laugh everything about them makes you smile. The thought of kids brings smile to my face:)
Many of them I know are never interested in watching any ads while watching T.V. programs. But for just one day instead of skipping the ads if you watch it you would find it interesting enough esp. the latest ads of Vodafone about their promotional offers, the Zoozoos in the ad or the Max New York Life Insurance ad where the kid repeats words told by his father! Just the thought about the ad brought a smile to your face, isn’t it? :) I knew it. Just for one day you take a day off and spend the day with your family, you would notice the change.

Life is very short and we need to keep this in mind live it to the fullest. You never get a second chance. Like Abraham Lincoln said “And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.”

A Date To Be Remembered !!

noreply@blogger.com (Subconscious Mind) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:55:00 +0000

I came across this article in one of my mails ... just moved my heart ...

A date !

After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie.

She said I love you but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you.

The other woman that my wife w anted me to visit was my MOTHER, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally.

That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie.

"What's wrong, are you well," she asked? My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news.

"I thought that it would be pleasant to be with you," I responded. "Just the two of us."

She thought about it for a moment, and then said, "I would like that very much."

That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I noticed t hat she, too, seemed to be nervous about our date. She waited in the door with her coat on. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary.

She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angel's.

"I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they were impressed, "she said, as she got into the car. "They can't wait to hear about our meeting".

We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant, was very nice and cozy. My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down,

I had to read the menu. Large print. Half way through the entries, I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips.

"It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small," she said.

"Then it's time that you relax and let me return the favor," I responded.

During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation - nothing extraordinary, but catching up on recent events of each other's life. We talked so much that we missed the movie.

As we arrived at her house later, she said, "I'll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you." I agreed.

"How was your dinner date?" asked my wife when I got home. "Very nice. Much more so than I could have imagined," I answered.

A few days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I did to do anything for her.

Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy of a restaurant receipt from the same place mother and I had dined.

An attached note said: "I paid this bill in advance. I wasn't sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates - one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night meant for me. I love you, son."

At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time: "I LOVE YOU!" and to give our loved ones the time that they deserve.

Nothing in life is more important than God and your family. Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be put off till "some other time"

Love you forever !!

noreply@blogger.com (Subconscious Mind) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:45:00 +0000

Hey I really love you You mean the most to me

If words were just enough
You would know it is real
But words cannot measure
How you do make me feel

I don't want no body else
For you're my only desire
My soul only aches for you
No way can love be higher

I want to tell you the truth
But I cannot find the time
I want to open up my heart
And allow you to be mine

When you are around me
My heart is beating so fast
If only you'd understand
I know that we could last

Hours feel like seconds
And years feel like a day
For when I am with you
The time just flies away

For you my love, I'd die
Just to prove that I am true
I'd pick out all of the stars
And give them out to you

I could rip out my heart
And for you take the pain
For then I wouldn't ache
When I hear your name

I'd run across the sea
Or fly far into space
Or walk on the desert
Just to see your face
I'd jump into a fire
And I'd run a mile
All of this I would do
Just to see you smile
If it was life or death
Death is my choice
I'd walk to my grave
Only to hear your voice

Every night I dream of you
And you sit and talk to me
When I wake I only smile
Thinking maybe it could be
I'm dying for you
This love will never sever
If you exist only in dreams
Then I will sleep forever

Proud To Be An Indian !

noreply@blogger.com (Subconscious Mind) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:02:00 +0000

Its been months since i updated my blog...
and finally i got a topic!

It was just last week when i had been to my Doc for a usual health check-up i came across a magazine called 'ASIA MONEY'.It was an old issue(September 2007).I was just going through the articles since am into recruitment and i keep myself updated on banking,mutual funds,investments and the share market.

There was one article which made me wonder just how much India has made progress in the last few decades!The article was about the top 100 businessmen in Asia.I couldn't believe it .. it was Ratan Tata in the first place followed by Mukesh Ambani in the fourth place.There were a lot of Indians in the list.At that moment i realized soon enough India will be recognized as a developed country rather than a developing country.

We just criticize when we get chance at the Indian infrastructure,the govt.,the people etc here.Have you ever wondered if it hadn't been for these people, we won't be even recognized anywhere in world.Today if people all over the world recognize us its because of such people who have helped India gain such a position in such a competitive world!

you would even argue that whether the infrastructure has reached everyone? well that's right it has not reached but that doesn't mean it is not going to reach each and every person in India.give some time,you will realize that India is making progress in a way you have never known!why complain... if you feel that something is wrong in your society then start by correcting it.If not that at least stop complaining because just complaining is not gonna help!you will ask what have i done.. well at least i don't complain at first place.

Stop complaining,start making difference to the society!
Make India proud and be proud to be an Indian !

Great video !!! and also Inspirational !!

noreply@blogger.com (Subconscious Mind) — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:22:00 +0000

An interesting read for classic music lovers.......

noreply@blogger.com (Subconscious Mind) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:01:00 +0000

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (IPA: [ˈvɔlfgaŋ amaˈdeus ˈmoːtsart], baptizedJoannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart) (27 January 1756– 5 December1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. His output of over 600 compositions includes works widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano,operatic, and music. Mozart is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers and many of his works are part of the standard concert repertoire.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born to Leopold and Anna Maria Pertl Mozart in Getreidegasse 9 in Salzburg, the capital of the sovereign Archbishopric of Salzburg, in what is now Austria, then part of the Holy Roman Empire. His only sibling who survived past birth was his sister Maria Anna (1751-1829), called "Nannerl". Wolfgang was baptized the day after his birth at St. Rupert's Cathedral. The baptismal record gives his name in Latinized form as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. Mozart generally called himself "Wolfgang Amadé Mozart"as an adult, but there were many variants

Mozart's father Leopold Mozart(1719–1787) was deputy Kapellmeister to the court orchestra of the Archbishop of Salzburg and a minor composer. He was also an experienced teacher; in the year of Mozart's birth he published a successful violin textbook, Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule.

for more such info visit this page :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart

noreply@blogger.com (Subconscious Mind) — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 09:01:00 +0000

Interesting do read it :

Question and the Answer given by Candidates, oh
sorry, they are IAS Officers now.

Q.How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor
without cracking it?
A. Concrete floors are very hard to crack! (UPSC
Topper)

Q.If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how
long would it take four men to build it?
A. No time at all it is already built. (UPSC 23 rd
Rank Opted for IFS)

Q.If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand
and four apples and three oranges in the other
hand, what would you have?
A. Very large hands.(Good one) (UPSC 11 Rank Opted for
IPS)

Q. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?
A. It is not a problem, since you will never find an
elephant with one hand. (UPSC Rank 14 Opted for IES)

Q. How can a man go eight days without sleep?
A. No Probs, He sleeps at night. (UPSC IAS Rank 98)

Q. If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it
will become?
A. It will become Wet or Sink as simple as that. (UPSC
IAS Rank 2)

Q. What looks like half apple?
A : The other half. (UPSC - IAS Topper )

Q. What can you never eat for breakfast?
A : Dinner.

Q. What happened when wheel was invented?
A : It caused a revolution.

Q. Bay of Bengal is in which state?
A : Liquid State(UPSC 33Rank )

Interviewer said "I shall either ask you ten easy
questions or one really difficult question.
Think well before you make up your mind!" The boy
thought for a while and said, "my choice is one really
difficult question."

"Well, good luck to you, you have made your own
choice! Now tell me this.
"What comes first, Day or Night?"

The boy was jolted in! to reality as his admission
depends on the correctness of his answer, but he
thought for a while and said, "It's the DAY sir!"

"How ??" the interviewer asked,

"Sorry sir, you promised me that you will not ask
me a SECOND difficult question!"

He was selected for RIM !?

noreply@blogger.com (Subconscious Mind) — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:12:00 +0000

Vidyasagars's awesum composition....i just love it...

காற்றின் மொழி ஒழியா இசையா
பூவின் மொழி நிறமா மனமா
கடலின் மொழி அலையா நுறையா
காதல் மொழி விழியா இடழா

இயற்கையின் மொழிகள் புரிந்துவீதில்
மனிதரின் மொழிகள் தேவை இல்லை
இதயத்தின் மொழிகள் புரிந்துவீதில்
மனிதற்கு மொழியே தேவை இல்லை....

காற்றின் மொழி ஒழியா இசையா
பூவின் மொழி நிறமா மனமா

காற்று வீசும் போது திசைகள் கீடாயாது
காதல் பேசும் போது மொழிகள் கிடையாது
பேசும் வார்த்தை போல மௌனம் புரியாது
கண்கள் பேசும் வார்த்தை கடவுள் அறியாது
உலாவி திரியும் காத்திறுக்கு உருவம் தீத முடியாது
காதல் பேசும் மொழியெல்லாம் சப்தக்கூட்டில் அடங்காது

இயற்கையின் மொழிகள் புரிந்துவீதில்
மனிதரின் மொழிகள் தேவை இல்லை
இதயத்தின் மொழிகள் புரிந்துவீதில்
மனிதற்கு மொழியே தேவை இல்லை....

காற்றின் மொழி.....

வானம் பேசும் பேச்சு துளியாய் வெளியாகும்
வானவில்லின் பேச்சு நிறமாய் வெளியாகும்
உண்ன்மை ஊமை ஆனால் காணீர் மொழி ஆகம்
பேண்ன்மை ஊமை ஆனால் ஞானம் மொழி ஆகும்
ஓசை தூங்கும் ஜாமத்தில் உக்சி மீன்கள் மொழியாகும்
ஆசை தூங்கும் இதயத்தில் அசைவு கூட மொழியாகும்

இயற்கையின் மொழிகள் புரிந்துவீதில்
மனிதரின் மொழிகள் தேவை இல்லை
இதயத்தின் மொழிகள் புரிந்துவீதில்
மனிதற்கு மொழியே தேவை இல்லை....

Love is Beautiful!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Subconscious Mind) — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:14:00 +0000

It was a busy morning, approximately 8:30 am., when an elderly
gentleman in his 80's, arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He
stated that he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am.

I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be
over an hour before someone would  able to see him. I saw him
looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy with another
patient, I would evaluate his wound. On exam, it was well healed, so I
talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his
sutures and redress his wound.

While taking care of his wound, we began to engage in conversation.  I
asked him if he had another doctor's appointment this morning, as he
was in such a hurry. The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to
the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife.

I then inquired as to her health. He told me that she had been there
for a
while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer's disease.  As we
talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late.

He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not
recognized him in five years now.

I was surprised, and asked him, "And you still go every morning, even
though she doesn't know who you are?"

He smiled as he patted my hand and said, "She doesn't know me, but I
still know who she is."

I had to hold back tears as he left, I had goose bumps on my arm, and
thought, "That is the kind of love I want in my life."

True love is neither physical, nor romantic. True love is an
acceptance of all that is, has been, will be and will not be.

With all the jokes and fun that are in e-mails, sometimes there are
some that come along that have an important message,
and this is one of those kind.
Just had to share it with you all.

Oh, by the way, peace is seeing a sunset and
knowing who to thank.

The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
they just make the best of everything they have.

noreply@blogger.com (Subconscious Mind) — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:49:00 +0000

A MUST READ.......

Shame on Indian Media??? Really what a shame...

By the time u guys read this news, the body of Major Manish Pitambare, who was shot dead at Anantnag, would have been cremated with full military honors.

On Tuesday, this news swept across all the news channels 'Sanjay Dutt relieved by court'. 'Sirf Munna not a bhai' '13 saal ka vanvaas khatam' 'although found guilty for possession of armory, Sanjay can breath sigh of relief as all the TADA charges against him are withdrawn' Then many personalities like Salman Khan said 'He is a good person. We knew he will come out clean'. Mr Big B said "Dutt's family and our family have relations for years he's a good kid. He is like elder brother to Abhishek". His sister Priya Dutt said "we can sleep well tonight. It's a great relief"

In other news, Parliament was mad at Indian team for performing bad; Greg Chappell said something; Shah Rukh Khan replaces Amitabh in KBC and other such stuff. But most of the emphasis was given on Sanjay Dutt's "phoenix like" comeback from the ashes of terrorist charges. Surfing through the channels, one news on BBC startled me. It read "Hisbul Mujahidin's most wanted terrorist 'Sohel Faisal' killed in Anantnag , India . Indian Major leading the operation lost his life in the process. Four others are injured.

It was past midnight , I started visiting the stupid Indian channels, but Sanjay Dutt was still ruling. They were telling how Sanjay pleaded to the court saying 'I'm the sole bread earner for my family', 'I have a daughter who is studying in US' and so on. Then they showed how Sanjay was not wearing his lucky blue shirt while he was hearing the verdict and also how he went to every temple and prayed for the last few months. A suspect in Mumbai bomb blasts, convicted under armory act...was being transformed into a hero.

Sure Sanjay Dutt has a daughter; Sure he did not do any terrorist activity. Possessing an AK47 is considered too elementary in terrorist community and also one who possesses an AK47 has a right to possess a pistol so that again is not such a big crime; Sure Sanjay Dutt went to all the temples;

Sure he did a lot of Gandhigiri but then........ ..

Major Manish H Pitambare got the information from his sources about the terrorists' whereabouts. Wasting no time he attacked the camp, killed Hisbul Mujahidin's supremo and in the process lost his life to the bullets fired from an AK47. Just like Sunjay Dutt he is survived by a wife and daughter who's only 18 months old.

Major Manish never said 'I have a daughter' before he took the decision to attack the terrorists in the darkest of nights. He never thought about having a family and he being the bread earner. No news channel covered this since they were too busy hyping a former drug addict, a suspect who's linked to bomb blasts which killed hundreds. Their aim was to show how he defied the TADA charges and they were so successful that his conviction in possession of armory had no meaning. They also concluded that his parents in heaven must be happy and proud of him.

Parents of Major Manish are still living and they have to live rest of their lives without their beloved son. His daughter won't ever see her daddy again.

So guys, please forward this message around so that the media knows which news to give importance, as it is a shame for us since this Army Major's death news was given by a foreign TV channel like BBC !!! Where they know worth of Patriotism.

If you believe in it, don't feel shy in forwarding it.

Just Wanted You to Know: I Love You

noreply@blogger.com (Subconscious Mind) — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:12:00 +0000

Just wanted you to know: I love you.

Months have passed since we became close friends.

Every day I find I'm thinking of you,

Though no word from you that message sends.

And yet we share all other thoughts and feelings:

I cannot wait to tell you of my day,

And you give me the gist of all your dealings,

Which makes me hope we walk in the same way.

Telling you this is opening a door

That never can be closed again, and yet

I must, because I ache for something more,

Something that I must risk all to get.

Some night, perhaps, we'll go hang out somewhere;

I will reach for you, and you'll be there.

How Can I Tell You What I Feel for You

noreply@blogger.com (Subconscious Mind) — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:51:00 +0000

How can I tell you what I feel for you?
When I think of you my feelings twist inside
As if someone's fist reached in and grabbed a few,
And turned and turned them tight and tangled. I've tried
Somehow to say: You're the sun in my sky,
The wind that takes me where I want to go,
The sweet incense that makes me feel so high
That loving you seems all I need to know.
But it all sticks in my throat! It sounds too cute,
Empty as a wrinkled paper bag.
You won't believe it! Better I stay mute
Than offer you cliches that make you gag.
And yet I wish to tell you of my love,
If only love its own locks would remove!