Hurricane Irene and My experience

What if you will get to know that a Monster Hurricane might sweep your house away??  Or you realize that your city stands right in the middle path of deadly Hurricane?? Isn’t it Scary?? What would be your reaction to this event??

Even I was petrified to see in the news channel the destruction caused by Hurricane Irene in the Bahamas and is approaching towards the north east side of USA.  I live in Boston, one of the oldest cities of the United States where most of the houses are 100 years old.  Under such situation all ghastly things come to your mind and I was scared what if Irene rips off my house and take away all my precious belongings.

Emergency was alerted in most of the north east cities and in low lying areas people were asked to evacuate their houses. I have never experienced the natural disaster before and tracking the Irene path every now and then was the scariest experience of my life.  There were chances of the power outages, flooding and much more destruction but I was ready for the worst.

At that time my main concern was passport and all important documents which I packed in one carry bag if in case we have to leave our house and run for life. It might sound funny but even I noted down “Maha mrityunjaya Mantra” a prayer to lord Shiva for help in overcoming death.  At one point I even looked at my life line and thought it’s long enough to endure this deadly hurricane but instantly the thought of the end of the world made me panic again.

Constantly I was following the news channel for the latest updates and I was relieved when it was informed that Hurricane will turn into tropical storm by the time it will reach Boston.  At the same time I was praying for others lives and safety.  It was raining heavily the entire day on Saturday and Sunday and even could hear the roaring sound of the gusty winds but gradually it fainted.

Even though it caused less destruction as expected but took lives of 41 innocent people and my prayer go out  to all those that lost loved ones during the storm.

There is still a little girl inside me

No Matter How Much I grow,

There is still a little girl inside me,

Who at times wish to conquer the world

But is afraid to come out of Cocoon

There is still a little girl inside me,

Who loves to admire rising sun every morning,

Enlightening the whole world with new light ray ,

With a hope that one day Peace will embrace the entire world

Even though I am a grown up woman now,

But I still cry to see the world fighting,

And innocent child becoming victim of it,

Who yearns for nothing but love & gentle care.

May the little child inside lives forever in everyone’s heart,

Whose feelings remain tender and vulnerable,

And may live innocent, caring and loving life eternally,

To admire the beautiful life and peaceful world

How to lead a gleeful life??

It’s a well known fact that L³  is  the key to happiness in our life i.e. Live , Love and Laugh. But how many of us actually embrace it in our life??  Why do we forget that life is too short and beautiful to get sad and depressed about petty things?? It’s the time for Self Introspection before it’s too late to regret about it.

  

“The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne is one of my favourite books. Many lessons of life can be learnt from this book. As mentioned in this book “Fall in Love with Yourself” and world will fall in love with you. At times we feel we are deprived of the love we actually deserve and start deserting our self from the rest of the world. But this attitude can lead you nowhere. Love and respect yourself completely without blaming and criticizing anybody for screwing your happiness. Respect and love everyone without expecting anything in return and you will feel world will start loving you. Keep this in mind you alone can control your happiness.

Recently most of us must have watched famous Bollywood movie “ Zindagi Milegi na Dobara” . Very inspirational movie that actually make you think what you want from life. Make your dreams come true instead of wasting your time in ifs and buts of it.  Why to procrastinate it when you are unsure of your life tomorrow. Instead of running after success and money spend some time in the things which you enjoy the most or you always wanted to do.

In today’s world stress is the main factor leading to depression. Career, money, relationships are the key factor for this. Negativity in the environment is the cause of this sadness. Only Positive feeling will lead you to your destiny. Dr. Stephen Hawking is a world renowned physicist after Einstein. Inspite of all the Physical disabilities he strives hard to fulfil his dream and relive every moment. His story gives the courage to everyone to fight in every situation against all odds, towards success. Instead of mourning over difficult situation take the inspiration from these great heroes and fight towards it.

Laughter is the best medicine, we have often heard this many times. So what are you thinking?? Call your friend and share some jokes and good memories, this will certainly make you feel light and happy.

P.S- “ When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.” 

Proud to be an Indian

Today I got a mail to Join and celebrate our 65^th Independence Day in Boston, USA. I felt overwhelmed to receive the mail and instantly I forwarded it to rest of my Indian friends.  No wonder how far we are from our motherland, the love for our country will remain in heart.

Flag hoisting, Cultural programs and sweet distributions are the main event of the celebration in Boston.  New York has an Indian Independence day parade every Year.  Isn’t it amazing?? It’s the great way to teach our culture, tradition and values to small kids who are born and brought up here.

It’s a great feeling to remember the sacrifice of our freedom fighters and to see live our Prime Minister hoisting the flag at the Red Fort.  

Happy Independence Day celebrations!!!! 

Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge... At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India
will awake to life and freedom.”

Jawaharlal Nehru

Flying Cessna 172: Breathtaking Experience

Flying in an airplane has become very common now days.  Have we ever given a thought what is the mechanism behind it?? We all get fascinated by pilot uniform and even some of us dream of being a pilot. Even I got a chance to become a pilot for one day and fly Cessna 172. It was the experience of a life time for me.

Cessna 172 is a four seat aircraft and I was fortunate enough to sit in the co-pilot’s seat and get to experience everything what pilot was doing to fly it. We wore headset so that we could listen to the Air Traffic Control (ATC) and communicate with each other in the air as well. Before flying my co-pilot assured that seat belts were fastened properly and all doors were locked. He taught me the significance of each meter placed in front of us before flying.

We headed our plane into the wind as plane needs air under the wings to lift it. As guided by my pilot we accelerated the plane by pulling out the throttle knob smoothly at around 55 knots (63 mph) and nose was raised to 15 degree to increase lift from the wings. When we finally reached the level of 3500 feet my mounting anxiety subsided and I started enjoying the view.  ATC was helping throughout to spot other aircrafts and ensuring safe, orderly and smooth traffic flow.

Usually civilian passenger jets fly at an average height of 30,000 to 39,000 feet above the ground level and at this height all you can experience is clouds and sky. Cessna normally fly at an average height of 3500 feet and at this altitude I could clearly see the roads, buildings, moving cars, flowing river and greenery all over the ground.  At that time I felt like a superman flying over lake.

When we were at the ground I noticed temperature was 108 degree Fahrenheit and with every thousand feet above the ground it reduced by 3 degree.  After experiencing 40 minutes of flight we prepared our self for landing. He contacted ATC and informed them that we are about to land. In the air, plane was travelling at the speed of 80 knots and while landing, he assured speed to be at 60 knots by carefully dropping speed at the rate of 5 knots.  Then suddenly I felt the bump and rattle of tires on the ground. Then gently he pressed the brakes to reduce the speed and finally it came to halt.

It was a fun experience!!!!!