The Zest for Life

2012-12-15T17:18:00.001+05:30

"Flying Without Wings"

Everybody's looking for a something
One thing that makes it all complete
You'll find it in the strangest places
Places you never knew it could be

Some find it in the face of their children
Some find it in their lover's eyes
Who can deny the joy it brings
When you've found that special thing
You're flying without wings

Some find it sharing every morning
Some in their solitary lives
You'll find it in the words of others
A simple line can make you laugh or cry

You'll find it in the deepest friendship
The kind you cherish all your life
And when you know how much it means
You've found that special thing
You're flying without wings

So, impossible as it may seem
You've got to fight for every dream
‘Cause who's to know which one you let go
Would have made you complete

Well, for me it's waking up beside you
To watch the sunrise on your face
To know that I can say I love you
At any given time or place

It's little things that only I know
Those are the things that make you mine
And it's like flying without wings
‘Cause you're my special thing
I'm flying without wings

And you're the place my life begins
And you'll be where it ends

I'm flying without wings
And that's the joy you bring
I'm flying without wings

Pop Art

2011-10-29T03:42:00.000+05:30

Pop Art (most commonly known as Comic Art) originated in the 1950's in Britain and later in the U.S.A. Pop art often takes as its imagery that which is currently in use in advertising. It is normally used to make comics, advertisements and mundane cultural objects. It is most often through the use of irony.It is also associated with the artists' use of mechanical means of reproduction or rendering techniques. Among those artists seen by some as producing work leading up to Pop art are Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Tom Wesselmann, Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Kurt Schwitters, and Man Ray.

These are some of my Photoshop Pop Art Pictures :

What is the Devil?

2011-10-29T02:26:00.001+05:30

Christianity: General
Christianity teaches that the devil (or Lucifer/Satan) is a fallen angel, after Isaiah 14:12: "How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn!" Lucifer was an angel who rebelled against God and was ejected from heaven.

Christianity: Catholicism
Catholics believe that the devil and other demons were angels created by God but became demonic--or adversaries of God--after their fall. Satan, lord of demons, exists and can cause humans harm, but he is still a creature and not equal to God.

Buddhism
The Buddhist concept of the devil is called Mara, the head of the heavenly demons and the Sense Desire realm. Buddhists believe that Siddhartha (later, the Buddha) was tempted by Mara before enlightenment, but he could not be swayed from his path. Mara symbolizes desire and everything that hinders humans from proceeding along the right path.

Hinduism
Though Hindus believe there is evil in the world, there is no single devil-like entity in Hinduism. However, there is a concept of asura, or evil sprit. Evil spirits do not remain evil forever--they are beings of Naraka, the lower plane, and can evolve to goodness. The Bhagavad Gita, one of Hinduism's most important texts, tells the story of Arjuna's fight against evil and lower desires, embodied by the army of Kauravas.

Islam
Iblis, the devil in Islam, is described in the Qur'an as "the adversary." Originally, he refused to obey God's commandment to prostrate himself before Adam. The devil in Islam tempts humans and tries to mislead them. Before beginning to read the Qur'an, Muslims recite the Ta'awud, in which they say, "I take refuge in God from Satan the stoned one"--praying that they may take refuge in Allah from the devil.

Judaism
Judaism teaches that humans were created with two inclinations, the yetzer tov, or good inclination, and the yetzer ra, the bad inclination. The inclination to do bad or be selfish is within a person, it is not the result of an outside force. The Jewish concept of Satan, the "hinderer," is that he is an angel who leads humans to evil, and people must struggle to overcome their evil inclinations.

Zoroastrianism
One of the earliest concepts of the devil comes from Zoroastrianism. Zoroaster, founder of Zoroastrianism, taught belief in two distinct entities: Angra Mainyu and Ahura Mazda. Mainyu was an evil spirit who tempted Zoroaster, but Zoroaster overcame evil in favor of Ahura Mazda, the supreme Zoroastrian god and "Wise Lord."

Satanism

Some religions worship the Devil. This can be in a polytheistic sense where "God", Satan, and others are all deities with Satan as the preferred patron; or it can be from a more monotheistic viewpoint, where God is regarded as a true god, but is nevertheless defied.

Some variants deny the existence of God and the Devil altogether, but still call themselves Satanists, such as Anton LaVey's Church Of Satan which sees Satan as a representation of the primal and natural state of mankind.

Much "Satanic" lore does not originate from actual Satanists, but from Christians. Best-known would be the medieval folklore and theology surrounding demons and witches. A more recent example is the Satanic ritual abuse scare of the 1980s – beginning with the memoir Michelle Remembers – which depicts Satanism as a vast (and unsubstantiated) conspiracy of elites with a predilection for child abuse and human sacrifice. This genre regularly describes Satan as actually appearing in person in order to receive worship.

Neopaganism

Christian tradition has frequently identified pagan religions and witchcraft with the influence of Satan. In the Early Modern Period, the Church accused alleged witches of consorting and conspiring with Satan. Several modern conservative Christian writers, such as Jack Chick and James Dobson, have depicted today's neopagan and witchcraft religions as explicitly Satanic.

Few neopagan reconstructionist traditions recognize Satan or the Devil outright. However, many neopagan groups worship some sort of Horned God, for example as a consort of the Great Goddess in Wicca. These gods usually reflect mythological figures such as Cernunnos or Pan, and any similarity they may have to the Christian Devil seems to date back only to the 19th century, when a Christian reaction to Pan's growing importance in literature and art resulted in his image being translated to that of the Devil.

Wicca
Wiccans do not have a concept of the devil in their beliefs or practices. Wiccans do not believe that good and evil come from a divine source, but instead individual humans are responsible for their actions.

New Age movement

Participants in the New Age movement have widely varied views about Satan, the Devil, and so forth. In some forms of Esoteric Christianity Satan remains as a being of evil, or at least a metaphor for sin and materialism, but the most widespread tendency is to deny his existence altogether. Lucifer, on the other hand, in the original Roman sense of "light-bringer", occasionally appears in the literature of certain groups as a metaphorical figure quite distinct from Satan, and without any implications of evil. For example, Theosophy founder Madame Blavatsky named her journal Lucifer since she intended it to be a "bringer of light". Many New Age schools of thought follow a nondualistic philosophy that does not recognize a primal force for evil.

Even when a dualistic model is followed, this is more often akin to the Chinese system of yin and yang, in which good and evil are explicitly not a complementary duality. Schools of thought that do stress a spiritual war between good and evil or light and darkness include the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, Agni Yoga, and the Church

Ancient Egypt

In the Ausarian drama we find that Ausar (Greek: Osiris) is chopped into 13 pieces by Set. Auset (Isis) collects all of his pieces save his phallus. Horus, son of Ausar and Auset sets out to avenge the death and dismemberment of his father by confronting Set. Horus is victorious over Set and Ausar, being brought back from the dead becomes lord of the underworld. It is this drama that gives us the cosmic conflict between good and evil, evil being embodied by Set. This is not to say that Set was always seen as an evil character in Ancient Egyptian theology. There are many times in Ancient Egyptian history where conflicts between different "houses" lead to the depreciation of one god relative to another.

As in most polytheistic faiths, the characters involved differentiate themselves from the Western tradition of a devil in that all the gods are closely related. In this case, numerous historic texts suggest that Set is the Uncle or Brother of Horus and in the "defeat" of Set, we see another separation from the norm in the devouring/assimilation of Set into Horus with the result of Horus having depictions of both the falcon head and the (unknown animal) head of Set. This (like Buddhism) represents a dissolution of dichotomy.

World Folklore

In the Western Christian tradition, the Devil has entered popular folklore, particularly in his role as a trickster figure. As such, he is found as a character in a wide number of traditional folktales and legends from Ireland, Newfoundland, Italy and the United Kingdom, where he often attempts to trick or outwit other characters. In some of these tales, the Devil is portrayed as more of a folk villain than as the personification of evil. The Devil also features prominently in a number of hagiographical tales, or tales of the saints such as the popular tale of St. Dunstan, many of which may fall outside the authorized religious canon. The Devil is also a recurring feature in tales explaining the etymology of geographical names, lending his name to natural formations such as The Devil's Chimney.

Demons

In some religions and traditions, these titles are separate demons; others identify these names as guises of The Devil. Even when thought of as individual demons, some are often thought of being under the Devil's direct control. This identifies only those thought of as the Devil.

Atheism

It is a myth that Atheists worship Satan as a sort of metaphorical symbol for particular principles . They reject all beliefs in the existence of Gods. Hence they do not believe in the Devil either.

Darwin's Mistake (author unknown)

2011-03-30T23:50:00.001+05:30

Three monkeys sat on a coconut tree

Discussing things as they're said to be.

Said one to the others, "Now listen, you two,

There is a certain rumor that can't be true

That man descended from our noble race.

That very idea is a disgrace.

No monkey ever deserted his wife,

Starved her babies or ruined her life.

And another thing you will never see:

A monkey build a fence around a coconut tree

And let the coconuts go to waste

Forbidding all the other monkeys to taste.

If I put a fence around this tree,

Starvation would force you to steal from me.

Here's another thing a monkey won't do:

Go out at night and get on a stew,

And use a gun, or club, or knife

To take some other monkey's life.

Yes, man descended, the ornery cuss -

But, brother, he didn't descend from us.

No time to stand and stare!

2011-02-17T23:30:00.000+05:30

Often people use the term "No time to stand and stare." Did you know where this came from? ...

Here it is...

Leisure

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

-William Henry Davies

A Day Made of Glass... Made possible by Corning.

2011-02-16T11:15:00.000+05:30

Yes.... this actually could be our future...isn't it great!!? :)

"Love will keep us alive" - The Eagles {Valentine's Special}

2011-02-15T01:53:00.000+05:30

One of my all-time favorite Love songs.... The Eagles (Jim Capaldi, Paul Carrack, and Peter Vale) wrote this song in 1994.
This song is dedicated to all the couples , who go against all odds and want to be together come what may, for whom love will keep alive.

"Love will keep us alive" - The Eagles

I was standing
All alone against the world outside
You were searching
For a place to hide

Lost and lonely
Now you’ve given me the will to survive
When we’re hungry...love will keep us alive

Don’t you worry
Sometimes you’ve just gotta let it ride
The world is changing
Right before your eyes
Now I’ve found you
There’s no more emptiness inside
When we’re hungry...love will keep us alive

I would die for you
Climb the highest mountain
Baby, there’s nothing I wouldn’t do

I was standing
All alone against the worlk outside
You were searching
For a place to hide
Lost and lonely
Now you’ve given me the will to survive
When we’re hungry...love will keep us alive
When we’re hungry...love will keep us alive
When we’re hungry...love will keep us alive

Alice by Smokie {Valentine's day special}

2011-02-15T01:36:00.001+05:30

"Alice" - In 1972 hit the Australian charts at #35 at first and later became a worldwide hit!

This song is a story that says that Smokie never gets to tell Alice in 24years that he loves her , and then Sally says that she's available.
"Alice" makes me wonder three things.... 1} why did Smokie have to wait 24 years to let Alice know his feelings?! 2} Stupid Sally waited for that many years too! :D and 3} That after 24years still Smokie doesn't want to move on!!:D Bummer!!!

"Alice" - by the band "Smokie"

Sally called when she got the word,
And she said: "I suppose you've heard -
About Alice".
When I rushed to the window,
And I looked outside,
And I could hardly believe my eyes -
As a big limousine rolled up
Into Alice's drive...

Oh, I don't know why she's leaving,
Or where she's gonna go,
I guess she's got her reasons,
But I just don't want to know,
'Cos for twenty-four years
I've been living next door to Alice.
Twenty-four years just waiting for a chance,
To tell her how I feel, and maybe get a second glance,
Now I've got to get used to not living next door to Alice...

We grew up together,
Two kids in the park,
We carved our initials,
Deep in the bark,
Me and Alice.
Now she walks through the door,
With her head held high,
Just for a moment, I caught her eye,
As a big limousine pulled slowly
Out of Alice's drive.

Oh, I don't know why she's leaving,
Or where she's gonna go,
I guess she's got her reasons,
But I just don't want to know,
'Cos for twenty-four years
I've been living next door to Alice.
Twenty-four years just waiting for a chance,
To tell her how I feel, and maybe get a second glance,
Now I gotta get used to not living next door to Alice...

And Sally called back and asked how I felt,
And she said: "I know how to help -
Get over Alice".
She said: "Now Alice is gone,
But I'm still here,
You know I've been waiting
For twenty-four years..."
And a big limousine dissapeared...

I don't know why she's leaving,
Or where she's gonna go,
I guess she's got her reasons,
But I just don't want to know,
'Cos for twenty-four years
I've been living next door to Alice.
Twenty-four years just waiting for a chance,
To tell her how I feel, and maybe get a second glance,
But I'll never get used to not living next door to Alice...

Now I'll never get used to not living next door to Alice...

The Voca People

2011-02-13T17:19:00.003+05:30

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While browsing through You Tube I came across this marvellous group of people(3 females and 5 males) called the voca people. They describe themselves "as friendly aliens from the planet Voca, somewhere behind the sun...where all communication is made by music and vocal expressions." Their shows are featured in Canada , Israel , Spain , Italy , Brazil , and the United Sates of America and are just brilliant! An evening of total excitement, music of all times, comedy and audience participation.They believe that life is music and music is life.

LIOR KALFO

CREATORS:

Lior Kalfo is the Creator, Producer & Artistic Director. He is also An award-winning comedian and creator."The Voca People" was yet another zany idea and a very different project that Lior carried in his brain for almost 4 years until the first rehearsals in February 2009. The first video clip of "The Voca People" was launched in April 2009 in the famous "YouTube" site and had more then 5,000,000 viewers world wide after only 4 months creating a great buzz and interest in this Unique vocal and visual group.

SHAI FISHMAN

Shai Fishman is the Composer, Musical Director and Arranger. He is the Founder and CEO of Fish-i, Inc. and Fish-i Studios.Composer of music for Films, Theater, Television and Multimedia productions He also Plays 7 Instruments: Piano, Trumpet, French Horn, Saxophone, Flute, Drums and Bass Guitar.In Israel he composed music for all the major theaters & is a composer and music producer for numerous Television shows.

MEET THE VOCAS:

Alta

Alt Singer

Guitars

Violins

Bari- Ton

Baritone Singer

Guitars

Percussion

Saxophone

Bagpipes

Beat - on

Drums

Didgeridoo

Sound Effects

Percussions

Mezzo

Mezzo Singer

Percussions

Guitars

Violins

Tubas

Bass Singer

Tuba

Bass Guitars

Acoustic Bass

Bagpipes

Scratcher

Drums

Percussions

Sound Effect

Scratching

Tenoro

Tenor Singer

Guitars

Percussions

Saxophone

Bagpipes

Soprana

Mezzo Soprano Singer

Percussion

Guitars

Trumpets

Bagpipes

Violins

God - My Belief

2011-02-13T16:16:00.002+05:30

The Lord God.... my support,strength,weakness,love,life, EVERYTHING!

Bible Quotes(this picture)"In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the satisfaction for our sins."

~John 4:19~

Hardy Rizal – The Two Year Old Smoker

2011-02-13T16:12:00.001+05:30

The two-year Indonesian boy Hardy Rizal smokes 40 cigarettes a day and runs into hysterics, if you do not give him a cigarette. The boy can not play with other children because of health problems, But his father believes that his son being in perfect order. A child suffering from nicotine addiction since his father, Mohammed gave the boy first cigarette, when Hardy was 18 months.

Now the child moves a toy truck, producing a ring of cigarette smoke, because of poor health can not run together with other children. "He is completely dependent. If he does not get cigarettes, he gets angry, screams and beats his head against the wall.

He tells me that he felt dizzy, and sick ", - says the child's mother, 26-year-old Diana. Local authorities have promised to his parents - the inhabitants of a fishing village in South Sumatra, to buy a family car, if the boy quit.

However, Hardy's father, 30-year-old fishmonger Mohammed is no threat to the health of the child does not see.

Eminem ft Rihanna "I love the way you lie"

2011-02-13T03:40:00.002+05:30

Love The Way You Lie Lyrics

[Chorus - Rihanna]
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
Well that's alright because I like the way it hurts
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry
Well that's alright because I love the way you lie
Love the way you lie

[Verse 1 - Eminem]
I can't tell you what it really is
I can only tell you what it feels like
And right now there's a steel knife in my windpipe
I can't breathe but I still fight all I can fight
As long as the wrong feels right it's like I'm in flight

High off on love, drunk from my hate
It's like I'm huffin' paint and I love it
The more I suffer, I suffocate
Right before I'm about to drown, she resuscitates
Me, she fuckin' hates me, and I love it, Wait!
Where you going? I'm leaving you.
No you ain't. Come back. We're running right back

Here we go again, it's so insane
Cuz when it's going good, it's going great
I'm Superman with the wind in his back
She's Lois Lane
and when it's bad, it's awful
I feel so ashamed, I snap "Who's that dude?"
I don't even know his name
I laid hands on him, I never stood so low again
I guess I don't know my own strength

[Chorus - Rihanna]
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
Well that's alright because I like the way it hurts
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry
Well that's alright because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie

[Verse 2 - Eminem]
You ever love somebody so much,
you could barely breathe when you with 'em?
You meet, and neither one of you even know it hit 'em
Got that warm fuzzy feeling, yeah them chills you still get 'em
Now you gettin' fuckin' sick of lookin' at 'em
You swore you'd never hit 'em, never do nothing to hurt 'em
Now you're in each other's face spewing venom in your words when you spit 'em
You push, pull each other's hair, scratch, claw, bit 'em
Throw 'em down, pin 'em, so lost in the moments when you're with 'em

Mr .(?). is the culprit ..(?)..
Shawty say, you'd best to go your separate ways
Guess that they don't know ya cuz today,
That was yesterday, yesterday is over and it's a different day
Sound like broken records playing over
But you promised her, next time you'd show restraint
You don't get another chance
Life is no Nintendo Game
but you lied again
Now you get to watch her leave out the window
Guess that's why they call it "window pane"

[Chorus - Rihanna]
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
Well that's alright because I like the way it hurts
Just gonna stand there and hear my cry
Well that's alright because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie

[Verse 3 - Eminem]
Now I know we said things, did things that we didn't mean
And we fall back into the same patterns, same team
But your temper's just as bad as mine is
You're the same as me
When it comes to love you're just as blinded

Baby please come back, it wasn't you. Baby it was me.
Maybe our relationship isn't as crazy as it seems
Maybe that's what happens when a tornado meets a volcano
All I know is I love you too much, to walk away now
Come inside, pick up your bags off the sidewalk
Don't you hear sincerity in my voice when I talk?
I told you this is my fault, look me in the eyeball
Next time I'm pissed, I'll aim my fist at the drywall
Next time? There won't be no next time
I apologize, even though I know it's lies
I'm tired of the games, I just want her back. I know I'm a liar
If she ever tries to fuckin' leave again,
Ima tie her to the bed and set this house on fire
Just gonna

[Chorus - Rihanna]
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
Well that's alright because I like the way it hurts
Just gonna stand there and hear my cry
Well that's alright because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie

Autobiography of a Coin

2011-02-08T11:32:00.003+05:30

My life is excruciating , a life that I repent,
I was born in a mint ,not very far away.
Thousands of us, to a bank we were sent,
Now down the drain I lay.

I was the shiniest of all my brothers and sisters,
I'm made of gold and copper.
Now I have blisters,
And though I'm rich ,I'm a pauper.

The man who took me from my house 'the bank' ,
Didn't like me as such.
He made me travel for miles to someplace near Mont Blanc,
He sold me to the meuseum ,they threw me away because I wasn't Dutch.

I rolled and rolled myself till I fell in this drain,
I can now neither see the sky , sun ,nor the rain.

Pratap Chandra Patro (my paternal grandfather)

2011-02-08T11:29:00.002+05:30

When I was told to write about one person in the Patro family, I immediately thought of Bapa. He was the most excited person when my mother was carrying for me. He kept telling my mother “It will be a boy! It will be a boy!” But when I was born he was disappointed that I was a girl. This disappointment soon changed into obsessive love and affection. My Bapa, always used to pick me up in his arms and take me away to his room whenever I was corrected, screaming at my parents for being harsh on me. I used to watch television in his room and used to love listening to his broken-speech. I used to crawl in between Santo and Bapa in the mosquito net and sleep. I used to use his huge paunch as my pillow and climb all over him. This used to make Bapa smile widely making his eyes look so tender and loving. He let me do things that others wouldn’t dare dream of doing like dotting his entire body with Nivea Cream or covering him with huge amounts of talcum powder. He used sing nonsensical little ditties to me.I am very lucky not to have been the recipient of his temper. I had heard about Bapa excelling in every field, cooking, language, literature and singing, but I am unfortunate not to have witnessed his extraordinary abilities because when I was born he had already lost his speech and had a paralytic stroke on his entire right side. But there is one thing I am very fortunate to have known at least one Grandfather. Standing six foot, fair and good features, he was still the most handsome person and exuded an air of authority His eyes always spoke so much to me though his tongue failed him every time. He never could take anyone’s name, but with great difficulty he made it a point to say “S- O- N- U!” Years went by and I grew to know Bapa more. He was becoming old, more and more mentally sick, though he had the constitution of an ox. He began failing to recognize people. I remember, one day I asked Bapa “Who am I?” he said, “I don’t know.” I wept copiously because he dint take my name, but then I thought, “Is he so ill, that he cant remember me?” That was the first time I got scared, only thinking that Bapa is deteriorating day by day. Days and years went by and as I feared, Bapa’s health, more so his memory, was failing. He was hospitalized. Eventually he succumbed to a heart attack at seven in the morning. It was on the 22nd of July 2008, the day before my birthday that Bapa passed away. I attended his funeral on my birthday. I was as it is numbed with pain that Bapa was no more, but on my birthday attending the person’s funeral, whom I loved the most in the world, was heart wrenching.Two years have elapsed, but the pain hasn’t dulled, and I only think of the fact that Bapa is no more. I am very happy only about one thing is that Bapa is at a better place - with God, away from pain that he went through. For everyone he has been a terror, but for me he has always been a besotted grandfather.

Lost Brethren

2011-02-08T11:24:00.002+05:30

By the green feilds and the open pastures,
Were some families who nestled there,
They loved each other and gave each other good gestures,
And never stopped to show they care.

Then there was a day when came the hurricane,
That crushed every little house and crop of the people,
It killed every plant ,even the ones that was cowbane,
And also broke their steeple.

Every man was for himself, every child was on their own,
They ran for their lives helter skelter.
Their confidence in themselves was blown,
Because there was not even a Church for shelter.

No one remembers them now, no one prays for the land that gloried,
It now is the remains, the remains where brotherhood is now buried.