Tag: Life

  • Mystery!

    Life is a mystery.

    What is a mystery?
    – Something that we do not understand.
    – We do not understand because we have no answer.
    – But an answer is the response to a question.
    – We ask questions.
    – We find answers.
    – But the mysteries are never solved.

    Life is a mystery.
    – We ask questions.
    – We find answers.
    – Yet still we do not understand.

    What is life?
    – Life is breathing organisms that are sustained by their surrounding environment.
    – Life is the cycle we go through: Birth, childhood, puberty, marriage, death.
    – Life is the measure of the population of organisms.
    – Life is knowing what came before,
    – But not what is yet to come.
    – Life is an unfinished story.

    Life is a mystery.

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  • 69 things to do in 2069 #Wave – ISSUE #196

    These 69 crazy things to do in the year 2069BS are collected FROM the collection of Wave Magazine’s ISSUE # 196 (April 2012). After that I have added 20 more things to do.

    1. Shout at the drivers when they don’t stop while you are crossing the road on a zebra crossing.
    2. Watch a Nepali movie in a local theatre (QFX and Big Cinemas don’t count.)
    3. Drive/Ride to Malekhu just to eat the fish out there. It’s worth it.
    4. Go Bungee.
    5. Go Rock Climbing.
    6. Go Canyoning.
    7. Go Rafting.
    8. Go on a Trek.
    9. Don’t feel shy to pack the leftovers at a restaurant. After all, it’s you who paid for it.
    10. Go Paragliding.
    11. Do the ’69’with your partner. Be a little naughty. 😉
    12. Have a picnic at Garden of Dreams.
    13. Read a book while sipping on coffee at a café.
    14. Climb all the way to the top of Dharahara and take in the view.
    15. Drink local Beer. (Just taste if you dont drink.)
    17. Visit any of the villages.
    18. Skip trendy cafes popping in every galli and head down to your local chiya pasal.
    19. Write your own story as no one is as unique as you are.
    20. Buy a bold accessory to make a statement.
    21. Buy and support local products.
    22. Opt for organic coffee in cafes instead of snazzy Italian brands.
    23. Volunteer.
    24. Visit flea markets.
    25. Adopt pets from local shelters.
    26. Pretend to be a tourist for a day. Get your caps on, carry a camera and talk gibberish to make yourself sound like you are from Siberia.
    27. Go on a ghost tour.
    28. Be genuinely happy for a friend when he/she has accomplished something.
    29. Leave a positive note in a library book. You’ll never know who will gain from it. Maybe it will be you, 2 years down the road.
    30. Learn to play a song on the guitar.
    31. Perform in public.
    32. Upload a video of you performing the only song you can play on the guitar on YouTube.
    33. Give up a seat. You are young and fit. You can stand from Jawalakhel to Ratna Park.
    34. Crash a wedding. Before you are chased out, eat and drink to your heart’s content.
    35. Give more than a rupee to the beggars. No way, are you going to be poor with 10 rupees less in your pocket.
    36. Ladies, get a massage from a ‘Hajjam’.
    37. Set a ‘daura suruwal/gunyo cholo, (or your ethnic dress)’ Day.
    38. And men, go get a manicure and a pedicure. There’s no shame in looking nice and clean.
    39. Start something that scares you like a jigsaw puzzle or riding a bicycle on the congested roads. Make sure you complete it.
    40. Get an autograph from a local celebrity. Make them feel famous.
    41. Take a sexy picture of yourself and keep it safe, somewhere where your scorned ex won’t get hold of it.
    42. Write in to dailies and magazines if you have an opinion.
    43. Go all the way to Mustang to have authentic Thakali Khaana.
    44. Turn your mobile off for a week. Okay. 3 days maximum.
    45. While you are at it, deactivate your Facebook.
    46. Sit down your parents during load shedding and trace your family tree. You might be surprised at what you will find.
    47. Be involved in a protest rally for something you really care about.
    48. Or organise a rally. Let your voices be heard.
    49. Tell your parents you love them.
    50. Watch a play.
    51. Give blood.
    52. You might not afford a new bike/scooty but test driving one wouldn’t hurt.
    53. Taste those foods you have never dared put in your mouth i.e Sungur ko Khutta ko achar, Phokso, Goat’s brain. At least it would make a good bar conversation.
    54. Support a national sports team on home ground. Go all-out patriotic with face painted red, wearing the Nepal jersey and carrying Nepal’s flag.
    55. Learn sign language.
    56. Say ‘I Love you’ and mean it.
    57. If you are single, get your friends to set you up on a blind date.
    58. Make a dish from scratch, beginners could start with an omelette, others could try a full four course meal.
    59. Stop obsessing over those kgs you have to lose. Sadly obsessing about it doesn’t help… regular exercise regimen do!
    60. Sing Karaoke.
    61. Play matchmaker to your single friends.
    62. Select one important author who you missed in school, and read his/her books.
    63. Find an item of clothing you would never wear out in public, and then wear it in public.
    64. Plant a tree.
    65. Stay awake all night just to see the sun rise.
    66. Experiment with new hairstyles. It is just hair… and if it is really bad, well you could always shave it all off – that’s the ultimate ‘cool’ statement!
    67. Ask a couple of friends to join you on a cross country trip… Nepal is fascinating.
    68. Help someone without asking for anything in return… whether the other person acknowledges it or is grateful or not, doesn’t matter… you will feel better about yourself.
    69. Live your dreams instead of dreaming your life away.

    My Collection

    1. Go Mountain Flight.

    2. Donate your stuff to others.

    3. Learn to paint.

    4. Make a short movie.

    5. Pick up litter.

    6. Get up an hour earlier.

    7. Make a day a record breaking shopping day.

    8. Decide to tell the truth in every single interaction.

    9. Pray or meditate every morning.

    10. Write a blog post each day, any topic you want but daily… Start new blog if you don’t have.

    11. Make new friends. Reconnect with your old friends if you are out of contact with them.

    12. Give away Rs. 100 every month to random people.

    13. Take a photograph every day – maybe even of the same thing.

    14. Smile at people on the bus.

    15. Visit the nearest beach flying on a Jet.

    Now its your turn to add more… Cheers !!!

  • The 100 Rupees Note

    A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a 100 Rs. note. In the room of 200, he asked. “Who would like this 100 Rs. note?”
    Hands started going up. He said, “I am going to give this Rs. 100 to one of you – but first, let me do this.”

    He proceeded to crumple the Rs. 100 note up. He then asked. “Who still wants it?” Still the hands were up in the air.

    “Well,” he replied, “what if I do this?” He dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. “Now, who still wants it?”

    Still the hands went into the air.

    Friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth Rs. 100. Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless; but no matter what happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value.

    Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who love you. The worth of our lives comes, not in what we do or who we know, but by … WHO WE ARE.

    You are special – don’t ever forget it.

  • 12 Gifts

    At the wondrous moment you were born, as you took your first breath twelve magnificent gifts were granted to you.

    The first gift is STRENGTH. May you remember to call upon it whenever you need it.

    The second gift is BEAUTY. May your deeds reflect its depth.

    The third gift is COURAGE. May you speak and act with confidence and use courage to follow your own path.

    The fourth gift is COMPASSION. May you be gentle with yourself and others. May you forgive those who hurt you and yourself when you make mistakes.

    The fifth gift is HOPE. Through each passage and season, may you trust the goodness of life.

    The sixth gift is JOY. May it keep your heart open and filled with light.

    The seventh gift is TALENT. May you discover your own special abilities and contribute them toward a better world.

    The eighth gift is IMAGINATION. May it nourish your visions and dreams.

    The ninth gift is REVERENCE. May you appreciate the wonder that you are and the miracle of all creation.

    The tenth gift is WISDOM. Guiding your way, wisdom will lead you through knowledge to understanding. May you hear its soft voice.

    The eleventh gift is LOVE. It will grow each time you give it away.

    The twelfth gift is FAITH. May you believe.

    Now you know about your twelve gifts of birth. But there is more to the secret that you need to know. Use these 12 gifts well to discover new. See these noble gifts in other people.

    Finally you will find yourself as a precious GIFT… Enjoy your Life!

  • The Visit

    A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said “I don’t think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat.”

    “Is the man of the house home?”, they asked.

    “No”, she replied. “He’s out.”

    “Then we cannot come in”, they replied.

    In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened.

    “Go tell them I am home and invite them in!”

    The woman went out and invited the men in”

    “We do not go into a House together,” they replied.

    “Why is that?” she asked.

    One of the old men explained: “His name is Wealth,” he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, “He is Success, and I am Love.” Then he added, “Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home.”

    The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. “How nice!!”, he said. “Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!”

    His wife disagreed. “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?”

    Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: “Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!”

    “Let us heed our daughter-in-law’s advice,” said the husband to his wife.

    “Go out and invite Love to be our guest.”

    The woman went out and asked the 3 old men, “Which one of you is Love?
    Please come in and be our guest.”

    Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other 2 also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: “I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?”

    The old men replied together: “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would’ve stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!!!”

  • Life…

    As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn’t supposed to ever let us down, probably will. You’ll have your heart broken and you’ll break others’ hearts. You’ll fight with your best friend or maybe even fall in love with them, and you’ll cry because time is flying by. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely, and love like you’ve never been hurt. Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances. you just have to live life to the fullest, tell someone what they mean to you and tell someone off, speak out, dance in the pouring rain, hold someone’s hand, comfort a friend, fall asleep watching the sun come up, stay up late, be a flirt, and smile until your face hurts. Don’t be afraid to take chances or fall in love and most of all, live in the moment because every second you spend angry or upset is a second of happiness you can never get back.
    Life is for having fun. Don’t be stupid and waste it on some guy/girl who is gonna act like he/she hates you tomorrow. Never waste it on some one who doesn’t want their friends to know they’re in love with you. Don’t give that person the rest of you tears or a month or a year of your life when he/she treats you badly and doesn’t mind to make you cry. Every person deserves some one who wants to brag about them. Every person deserves some one who makes them smile and laugh at their worst moments. We all deserve at least that.
    Life is all about risks and it requires you to jump. Don’t be a person who has to look back and wonder what they would have or could have had. No one waits forever.
    Sometimes you meet someone and before you know their name, before you know where they are from, you know that sometime in the future this person is going to mean something to you.
    I can’t get you out of my mind, I keep thinking of how much I love talking to you… how good you look when you smile, how much I love your laugh… I day-dream about you off and on, replaying pieces of our conversation, laughing at funny things that you said or did… I’ve memorized your face and the way that you look at me… I catch myself smiling again at what I imagine… I wonder what will happen the next time we are together, I know one thing for sure, your the best thing that ever happened to me in a long time.
    As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn’t supposed to ever let us down, probably will. You’ll have your heart broken and you’ll break others’ hearts. You’ll fight with your best friend and you’ll cry because time is flying by. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely, and love like you’ve never been hurt. Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances. you just have to live life to the fullest, tell someone what they mean to you and tell someone off, speak out, dance in the pouring rain, hold someone’s hand, comfort a friend, fall asleep watching the sun come up, stay up late, be a flirt, and smile until your face hurts. Don’t be afraid to take chances or fall in love and most of all, live in the moment because every second you spend angry or upset is a second of happiness you can never get back.
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    Life is for having fun. Don’t be stupid and waste it on some guy/girl who is gonna act like he/she hates you tomorrow. Never waste it on some one who doesn’t want their friends to know they’re in love with you. Don’t give that person the rest of you tears or a month or a year of your life when he/she treats you badly and doesn’t mind to make you cry. Every person deserves some one who wants to brag about them. Every person deserves some one who makes them smile and laugh at their worst moments. We all deserve at least that.
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    Life is all about risks and it requires you to jump. Don’t be a person who has to look back and wonder what they would have or could have had. No one waits forever.
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    Sometimes you meet someone and before you know their name, before you know where they are from, you know that sometime in the future this person is going to mean something to you.
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    I can’t get you out of my mind, I keep thinking of how much I love talking to you… how good you look when you smile, how much I love your laugh… I day-dream about you off and on, replaying pieces of our conversation, laughing at funny things that you said or did… I’ve memorized your face and the way that you look at me… I catch myself smiling again at what I imagine… I wonder what will happen the next time we are together, I know one thing for sure, your the best thing that ever happened to me in a long time.
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