A mind blogging question

I was recently reading the status updates of my friends in Facebook and there's this one that caught my eye and without delay my thinking light started to flicker.

"If you found out you only had 6 months to live...what would you change about your life? What would you do differently?

This question really linked very well to my blog theme: Live as if you were to die tomorrow.

What a happenstance (I love this word, its synonym to coincidence)! Hmmm...but what and how would I change about my life, I never really had paid any attention about that till...today maybe?.
These are the things that I might do if I was given only 6 months to live:

1. Acceptance
Then start to whine, curse, shout, get angry and cry as much as I can till there are no more tears left. I need to be prepared emotionally and mentally 1st so that I can be strong and move on to the next item on the list.

2. My own version of "bucket-list"
I got this inspiration from the movie The Bucket-List acted by 2 legendary actors Jack Nicholson & Morgan Freeman.
My Favorite Quote from the movie is “We live, we die, and the wheels on the bus go round and round”

3. I quit!
After 6 months they would definitely need to find a replacement, furthermore having a job might restrict me in fulfilling my bucket-list.

4. Paid for
Pre-arrange my funeral arrangements and maybe get it all paid and taken for, so that my family would not need to be troubled about it when the time comes.

5. Quality Time
Spend time with each of my family member and friends. Recollection of the good & bad times that we had shared and telling each one of them how they were significant in my life.

6. “Fat Tuesday” everyday
Eat food or delicacies that I have always longed for and don't even have the guts to eat before. The best part I don’t even have to worry about gaining weight or even the amount of calories intake.

7. Around the world
Travel to places that I have always wanted to go to, it might be a short trip, but that's ok. (I’m counting my days anyhow). Just like Queen Latifah in The Last Holidays.

8. Me,Myself & I
Write an autobiography of myself, everyone needs a little “The Life of ….” memoirs. This way I would still hold a place in my family tree for the future generations. Or at least do a voice recording; so that my family will be still able remember me and my voice.

9. Dear Loved Ones
Write a couple of letters to the people that I love, I prefer the traditional way: paper and pen.

10. Fear Factor.... NOT
Do bizarre things or even extreme adventures (well... I'm going to die in 6 months anyway, so what does it matter if it happens earlier, and that also while I'm either skydiving or swimming with the sharks. That's why this was placed the last on my list.)

Last but not least, I would do something (I'm not sure what it would be yet), that I would be remembered for but not regretted by. Something that would be beneficial to others.

I know it is easier to be said then to be done, that's why I have already started making and checking off my list by starting to look up at the sky and feel the sunshine on my skin (Just like the song "Feel the rain on your skin, no else can feel it for you" - by Natasha Bedingfield)

or at least the chill from the winter snow for now!

Live as if you were to die tomorrow!

Watch Natasha Bedingfield "Feel the Rain on Your Skin" : http://www.youtube.com

My Name is ...Khan

There are only 2 types of film in the movie world..the good one and the bad one. My Name is Khan is definitely the outstanding one!

I’m not going reiterate the plot of the stories, there are many exceptional movie critics that have done so by giving their opinions in the form of review. I in being different and write things that I have observed & learned from the movie.

I know we might have heard of all the preaching’s either from our parents, society and religion; however for some reason it sounds better and gives a noteworthy feeling since it is coming from Shah Rukh Khan. Only if life was just like a movie....

I loved the movie right from the story plot, to the songs, to the cinematography, to the excellent portrayal of the characters (especially Shah Rukh as an Asperger Syndrome man and Kajol as a Mom who fights all the odds inorder to seek justice for her son’s death due to racial tension). This is not your regular boy meets girl-fall in love-family objects- couple elope- dancing around trees- family heals & accepts- everyone lived happily ever after, type of Bollywood movie.

This movie was produced and taken to a whole new bold level of movie-making with a very strong motive and a message that everyone is equal despite neither his religion, faith nor his surname. Some extraordinary talents with a brilliant production team were in hands to construct this movie equivalent to any Hollywood production. It’s a movie loaded with essence of love, joy, laughter, friendships, relationships, faith, religion, society’s ignorance, vision, and will power.

My Name is Khan surely does proofs that your name doesn’t reflect who you are nor the religion you believe in, it only shows the origin of where you are from. It’s the humanitarian value, love and doing good deeds that show who you are. You are only a man if you are a human first inside out. Religion should not be the wall of hatred but the bond and the path of love between two hearts. Relative and relationships doesn’t have to be made only via blood bonds but is also made possible via pure friendships.

Just like what Rizwan Khan’s (character played by Shah Rukh) Ammi (mother) said “There are only 2 types of people in this world. A good one that does good deeds and a bad one that does evil. No one else.”

Khudafiz (Greetings).

Official website: http://www.mynameiskhan.co.in/
Please feel free to read the review at : http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/review/11915.html
Listen to the soul-touching songs at : http://www.in.com/music/my-name-is-khan/songs-74235.html

4x4 Suzuki Crossover SX4 experience

I have learned and experienced something that could really be a life saver! The type of car that you drive not only shows your personality but could be your safety too.

Uncle & I decided to venture out in the icy and heavy snow downfall to get some Buffalo Wings to celebrate Auntie's birthday. (Please bear in mind that we already had a winter storm blizzard that left us with 28 inches of snow and the road have yet to be plowed). Although Auntie had warned us that the roads were bad on her way back home, we being the "Champions" decided to go anyway taking an alternate route.

We drove Arul's new car the Suzuki Crossover SX4, all wheel drive, all the way to College Park, MD (its about 25 minutes from home). It was a metallic Jade Green. We have not driven this car in any snow conditions from the time of purchase, this was the perfect time to test drive it.

I have never felt so much in control driving in snow conditions before. The car really had a very very good traction, while driving on icy roads. At one point, we hit a lane that was nothing but just black ice, and I could see all the cars were sliding off the lane.

But thanks to my guardian angel, good grip of the steering and breaking techniques, and of course to the good traction system on Suzuki, we managed to maneuver the lane just fine, although the car did slide to the edge a couple of times.

I could really feel Uncle's lungs coming out through his mouth throughout this entire adventure. Thank GOD and to the makers of Suzuki that we made it home safe. No heart feelings to Toyota, but we did wanted to get the Prius at one time to be green conscious, sadly now it has some problems.

Unfortunately, we did not get any Buffalo Wings for dinner, as we were stuck in that traffic for almost 2 hours, with cars barely moving and I had to turn around to head home as the snow was falling really hard and we didn't want to get stuck in the middle of nowhere.

However Tacos with left over fillings from Sunday's Super Bowl did fill our tummys up.

Tonite's experience would be something that I will never ever forget and it sure does gets crossed out in my bucket list for : driving safe under extreme conditions.

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Welcome!

Well...here I am! I have always wanted to come up with an autobiography of my life and its adventures someday. Blogging might be a great way to get it started.

I have selected a quote from a legend that I admire the most, Mohandas Gandhi-ji (some say my nose looks like his :)) as my theme. "Live as if you were to die tomorrow & Learn as if you were to live forever". This quote exactly reflects me! Living life to the fullest, taking in everything that it has to offer, getting up and moving forward from the deepest downfalls.

This blog would be about my adventures, little things that I get fascinated about and pretty much about my daily encounters.

Since this is going to be my first time blogging, please do excuse me for grammatical errors and I'm going to try my best to keep it updated as much as possible.

Your comments & compliments are most welcomed!

Stay tuned! Will be back with some interesting posts.

LJ