Best moments -2016

A Complete life is a collection of happy moments & the best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it. So, I would like to open the kimono of my diary for the best moments in 2016.Have a happy reading!

Feeling the magic!

Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they are gonna fool you & then they do it.He..he... We’ve all seen on television regularly or on some occasions, experts doing magic, waving their magic wand & with that black hat.I too have watched in reality shows and talk shows but in 2016 it’s really a great experience for me with that guy.

Yeah! Mr.Ashok.He is by profession a magician & hypnotist but offers placement training for students as a part time job. We had two sessions & for one session he called a boy to perform magic & in the second, he called any girl to come forward & I went. Seeing the magic happening somewhere via television is nothing tantalising than that happens before my eyes that too played with me. So that was one of the best moments in 2016.

Visit to ISRO!

During every semester, my college arranges for an industrial visit as a part of its curriculum. But this year we went to ISRO, Sriharikota.(Rocket launch centre operated by ISRO) & I learnt so many exciting things. That was the dazzling trip of all the industrial visits we had before.

Being granted as state First!

Every year in honour of Teacher’s day, the government state associations conduct various competitions like essay writing, art, writing poems etc., 

This year my poem for the given title “my dream classroom” hit the first prize in district and state as well. I got this cup & certified. 

 It also fetched me an astonishing moment in 2016.

Re-entry of Ms.Lena!

Ms.Lena was my intimate bestie during my school days & of course even today! But we happened to depart for our high school. After completing my high school, I tried all the ways of contacting her but I can't. While after months I came to know that she had been to Oman due to her father’s transfer. I then lost hope & didn’t make any move further. But this year one fine day, she somehow has gone through my profile in social networking sites & gave me a surprise I ever had. My best friend’s re-entry happened this year that added an additional feather to the glory of 2016 in my life.

Blogging my passion!

Yeah! Blogging is my passion. But everything in life will take its own time to happen & it happened this year that made 2016 much wonderful to me!

Chetan Bhagat’s novel!

My fondness for reading books is eternal. This year I read three books completely & of those that one, made me more delighted is Chetan Bhagat’s  " The three mistakes of my life”.

Gosh! He has such an amazing fun and piece of writing in him. It was really fabulous & incredible. Within 2017, I wish to be relished & cherished with his other books.

My little tribute to the great era!

Yeah! All the above best moments fetched me an avalanche of happiness. But this is the one that suppressed me in doldrums of grief. Drawing & painting is my favourite hobby ever& this year I drew four pictures but this is little different 'cause it made me bereaved.So, I did it with much worries & this art I dedicate to the great era who is no more, Ms.Jayalalitha.It is special to me still.....because it’s not just my art, but my deep condolences for her demise.

These are just the " 7 wonders " ,but I had much more joyful moments this year.So,I thank the almighty for such beautiful days & wish the same by 2017.

With smiles...

Swathi Mohan 

(Investing myself completely in the art of living)

Voice of love...!!

We experience a lot in life, which enlighten us a great lesson that the books and curriculum cannot. Sometimes we feel great about what we learned from it & many times we forget to implement that in our lives. This is true especially for the experiences that are emotionally bonded to us.

That was one fine evening on October 24; 

I was sitting merely having my slambook opened & my mind enriched with the old memories.I was diverted abruptly and opened the chat as I heard the cling sound. It was the voice of love,my childhood friend Bhavadharini!

We hardly had two conversations & maybe it’s true.....A best friend can find your tone even with the letters you type.She was very sharp & crisp,”temme love, what’s your problem?”. I smiled & typed “nothing”. She typed back angrily,”oh, nothing! Then bye...”I typed,”no bow (I usually call her so)...Today is her birthday, so I was plunged by all those old memories. Every year we used to enjoy this day like anything & never surmised that a few years later we will be apart like this. You very well know how we were. She has been in all my extremes holding my hands tightly. Even if she can’t give better solutions at times, she never failed to cry along with me! Now nothing else is left than the misunderstandings. I earnestly don’t want to justify or being justified by anyone or any situation that prevailed exactly before 3 years, but still is everything over??????”

She replied, “I can help a person caught in the jaws of a crocodile. But how can I help a person caught in the jaws of a crocodile, while all she has is just the picture of a crocodile under her feet? The past has no reality except in the memory in which it is processed.Yet, you are caught up in the whirlpool & pretending that your past is still real dear!! By abusing your todays over the regrets of the past, you endlessly lose your todays that could’ve been used to build up your tomorrow”

I know she is right, but still, I didn’t break the silence.

She continued, “Nothing is a greater retardant to growth than the burden of the emotional baggage of your past.So, to unburden yourself from the past & to offload your emotional baggage embrace “forgiveness”. This can be the most selfish thing you do in life to liberate yourself from the clutches of hatred. Guilt is as much a retardant as hurt. Liberate yourself from both, because when you don’t forgive others, you suffer from hurt: and when you don’t forgive yourself, you suffer from guilt. Remind yourself that you are only human & humans err...”

I felt some profoundness in her words...but as she said, I remind,”am a human”. Sometimes our brain knows what is right, but it takes some time for the heart to realize it and honour it as well. Ha ha...I took these many  days!!!

Yes! It’s better to have loved & lost than to have not loved at all. It’s better to be cheated than to be a cheat. It’s better to have suffered the  wrong than to have done the wrong.Bitter yesterdays can create better tomorrow with all the maturity we gained out of those experiences.

So, I put a premium on my tears, so that I can encounter many more beautiful moments in my life, more worthy than my tears. There is a saying –“today can be the last day in your life”.This can be true in some cases, but equally true is the fact that today is the first day for the rest life.  I began today and you.....????

With smiles..

  Swathi  💚

(Investing myself  completely in the art of living)