tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post114147659150980973..comments2023-10-09T18:12:29.276+07:00Comments on Agelessbonding: It is a question of choiceUshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00179239922869639391noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1142161399902333562006-03-12T18:03:00.000+07:002006-03-12T18:03:00.000+07:00lioness, wait for a year and you can have 6 or 7 p...lioness, wait for a year and you can have 6 or 7 puppies- that's the idea of taking 2 of them along ok?Ushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179239922869639391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1142142500238310632006-03-12T12:48:00.000+07:002006-03-12T12:48:00.000+07:00Yeah..but one of the puppies would get stolen.. :P...Yeah..but one of the puppies would get stolen.. :Pherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13271427528180617819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1141915714732854112006-03-09T21:48:00.000+07:002006-03-09T21:48:00.000+07:00Lioness: Special boat huh? could you carry some of...Lioness: Special boat huh? could you carry some of my books along and a few cartons of tea and perhaps two puppies? Please?Ushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179239922869639391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1141834575142928562006-03-08T23:16:00.000+07:002006-03-08T23:16:00.000+07:00I shall probably ask someone else to jump in inste...I shall probably ask someone else to jump in instead of me..<BR/><BR/>I have already been given a special space boat.. :)<BR/><BR/>I am contented and am not afraid of death!herhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13271427528180617819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1141824930871814912006-03-08T20:35:00.000+07:002006-03-08T20:35:00.000+07:00Ravi, You're right but now that Vaish is coming al...Ravi, You're right but now that Vaish is coming along, I will hop in without any doubts !! ( and of course with forum 3 book)<BR/><BR/>Hey vaish, could we start teaching our own version of French over there to make a living!!!<BR/><BR/>Punky, Sure why not? Sounds like fun!<BR/><BR/>Oh..Thanks and to you too!Ushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179239922869639391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1141819826120712732006-03-08T19:10:00.000+07:002006-03-08T19:10:00.000+07:00Happy Women's day.Happy Women's day.ravihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02867845601182796491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1141803767264413992006-03-08T14:42:00.000+07:002006-03-08T14:42:00.000+07:00do your best. smoke pot like willie nelson and wai...do your best. smoke pot like willie nelson and wait for bono to sing a song about it.Pinchas Ben-Sashi von Hodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822318436640117965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1141742672267375852006-03-07T21:44:00.000+07:002006-03-07T21:44:00.000+07:00Not so fast, Usha! I'm taking you with me (and you...Not so fast, Usha! I'm taking you with me (and your 3b textbook!!)<BR/><BR/>;)Vaishnavi Tekumallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842568315665641921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1141732591991040562006-03-07T18:56:00.000+07:002006-03-07T18:56:00.000+07:00Hi Usha,Sorry to be here late..tied up since my re...Hi Usha,<BR/>Sorry to be here late..tied up since my return. Your post is very thought provoking. I certainly do not know what I would do; perhaps you are right...its better to perish with one's loved ones / things! Who knows what incompatabilities the alien place would offer?!<BR/>Cheers,<BR/>Ravi<BR/>PS: Congrats on the results re:french exams! It was but expected, eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1141732387589150192006-03-07T18:53:00.000+07:002006-03-07T18:53:00.000+07:00Mahadevan:The choice of letting things take their ...Mahadevan:The choice of letting things take their own course makes it all convenient to shift the blame unless someone pins us down to the fact that it was an exercise of choice too ( Not making a choice is a choice too as Paavai has said.)<BR/><BR/>Paavai: Absolutely. I do it most of the time too.Ushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179239922869639391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1141727559894642312006-03-07T17:32:00.000+07:002006-03-07T17:32:00.000+07:00Not exercising a choice is a choice by itself. I w...Not exercising a choice is a choice by itself. <BR/><BR/>I would like to plunge into life's waters and let it take me wherever it chooses to take me.<BR/><BR/>I tend to play by the heart than the head and it is a conscious choice :)-Paavaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06129053776027811224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1141695679392131982006-03-07T08:41:00.000+07:002006-03-07T08:41:00.000+07:00Pradeep, when people live under regimes that take ...Pradeep, when people live under regimes that take away their choices. I think they take away their most basic right in life. When some old people used to talk nostalgically about the quality of things and the administrative efficiency under the British Raj, I used to feel the same thoughts! Same with any dictatorship, however benevolent - when you abdicate your right to choose to other comforts, I think you are pawning away your life to ssome other system.<BR/><BR/>Kripa:The main thing is to be aware that there is a choice and exercise it - we do not always make the "right" ones. And none of these can be answered hypothetically. We surprise ourselves by some choices we make when we actually come to them. <BR/>Thanks re: the fr.exam. Treat, just drop by. an hour's notice would do!<BR/><BR/>Vinesh:You are right about making the choice when we are actually there. And how surprising our choices can be at times - these are moments of Truth when we come to understand ourselves better.Ushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179239922869639391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1141647333549728782006-03-06T19:15:00.000+07:002006-03-06T19:15:00.000+07:00I'm always stuck when I have to make such decision...I'm always stuck when I have to make such decisions :-(<BR/><BR/>Maybe when we're faced with the situation, we will naturally know what to take...Vineshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578673170981787471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1141636883148248512006-03-06T16:21:00.000+07:002006-03-06T16:21:00.000+07:00man...you topped the french exam is it? Congrats. ...man...you topped the french exam is it? Congrats. <BR/>Now that gives me some motivation to study.<BR/><BR/>cheers,.<BR/>so when are you treating?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14748867371010621685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1141635979654426482006-03-06T16:06:00.000+07:002006-03-06T16:06:00.000+07:00hey usha,that's an interesting question to put up....hey usha,<BR/>that's an interesting question to put up. <BR/>frankly i would not be able answer that until I face it in real.<BR/>if you ask me to give an answer offhand, i will probably be able to take both choices and give you equally convincing reasons for both.<BR/>am i going thro' the-quarter-life-crisis or something????...hehehe.<BR/>a nice food-for-thought post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14748867371010621685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1141629248189708222006-03-06T14:14:00.000+07:002006-03-06T14:14:00.000+07:00There is no life without choices. And, the best so...There is no life without choices. And, the best society is one which offers choices to its citizens. Choices are made depending upon the time and occasion. It's never to be regreted, but celebrated. We in India must be thankful for we have lots and lots of choices -- in whatever field it be.Pradeep Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873369124947878452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1141622639059359622006-03-06T12:23:00.000+07:002006-03-06T12:23:00.000+07:00Alex: Hi to you too!Akhila: Love it when someone ...Alex: Hi to you too!<BR/><BR/>Akhila: Love it when someone says: "I know what it is like!" you made my day!. <BR/>Don't mind - well, we both know somwonw who minds such spellings, don't we??<BR/>Been there , done that!No self promotion..Quite liked the posts.<BR/><BR/>Ram: Of course you merit it. You know how good it feesl when someone takes your rants seriously and actually makes an effort to counter or expand on it?<BR/>In the end that is all we take away with us - knowledge and may be goodwill although I wonder what we do with it "after".<BR/><BR/>Sashi: It is a very difficult choice to make and I agree Life's purpose seems to be to unearth that!<BR/><BR/>Mahadevan: yet another excellent quote - thank you. Perhaps the other three have a bearing on why we make a certain choice at a certain point.<BR/><BR/>Abhilash:I know!!can you imagine how terrible it is to realise so late that every choice actually "mattered" and we could have paid life alittle more "attention'?Ushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179239922869639391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1141619181853990482006-03-06T11:26:00.000+07:002006-03-06T11:26:00.000+07:00Ush, 2 things come to mind. 1stly, on the topic of...Ush, 2 things come to mind. 1stly, on the topic of hypothetical questions that force u to peer closely into the life we seemingly drift along with, thtere's the excellent "Book of Questions". It has similar queries with no "right" or 'wrong" answers.<BR/><BR/>Secondly...and I know you're going to curse me roundly for lazing off again in gavor of quoting someone else...its Richard Bach (!!!)- that mushy apologist of a writer, who put it brilliantly in "One"- the issue of choices. Something to the effect of having arrived at old age and suddenly realizing that every single choice mattered, all along the way, and you only ever realize it when its too late.<BR/><BR/> es, we do make choices every moment of the day, without even realizing the import. Hence Castaneda's stress on paying attanetion to every tricial thing one does. Ditto, Zen:- "when you're standing, stand; when you're sitting, sit. Above all, don't stumble!"<BR/><BR/>The key word, I suppose, is ATTENTION.A.R.Malikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07730096265453916468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1141549409383728642006-03-05T16:03:00.000+07:002006-03-05T16:03:00.000+07:00sorry, but, was that a hard decision to take? beca...sorry, but, was that a hard decision to take? because, even though I claim to be in love with life, as it is, for me it'd be very difficult to accept not-living, although "take what" is a difficult nut to crack. but, would I be wrong if I were to say that we're living to unearth just that answer?<BR/><BR/>an excellent post.Shashi Iyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02060911912015802382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1141529016822841862006-03-05T10:23:00.000+07:002006-03-05T10:23:00.000+07:00pretty much sums up a lot of feelings i have /am g...pretty much sums up a lot of feelings i have /am going thru!!!!<BR/><BR/>if you dont mind ppl writing things which spell like" whatz, thatz. 2..." etc drop in a line at akilamoni.blogspot.com<BR/><BR/>(how cheap can i get by promoting my own blog?;)! but i guess itz okie!!!)Akilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11717787420770291455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5974677.post-1141486240664058872006-03-04T22:30:00.000+07:002006-03-04T22:30:00.000+07:00Hi from NYC :)Hi from NYC :)High Power Rocketryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11537203640644706903noreply@blogger.com