I believe that no one is 'essential' on this planet - everyone will go one day and the earth will still rotate and the sun will still rise in the east and set in the west. People make and break relationships, intentionally or not, and believe it's the end of the world if that's happened....

So, a few thoughts on relationships - making and breaking them:

1. What do you talk about to strangers or friends if you don't like to talk about

• other people
• yourself
• things that you've seen or done

tough one to answer right? well.. my answer is probably that you should just say something strange or stupid and see how people react then,

• if they laugh in a dismissive way - no point making friends with these people
• if they laugh in a friendly way - the conversation will start by itself
• if they don't hear you ...just go away.

2. What are the characteristics of good housemates

• They like to talk to each other
• They like to make fun of each other
• They want to do things together
• They keep the house clean for you....
  

3. How to break up a relationship without breaking someone's heart? (Tough one again)

• Take a break from each other and let things move on in their natural course
• Talk about it and try to understand that it is the mutually beneficial thing to do ... of course you can only do that with someone rational enough. (does it make sense to talk about rationality when we are talking about emotions... i wonder..).
  
• Act in a weird way such that the other person is disgusted...e.g. have a piece of garlic, drink a few cans of beer, burp, fart, and break everything in the house... should not break a heart but break a house maybe....

4. How do you make friends and keep your friends close? buy a mobile phone!

Relationships are just connections i guess - they need a medium to exist (phone, meetings, eye contact, body contact, etc...) - cut the medium and you cut off the relationship.... but can you really cut off a connection that transcends the physical links.... e.g. the connection between two minds, two thoughts, two hearts....? I think you can't.

The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 1/Raja-Yoga/Prana - Wikisource

The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 1/Raja-Yoga/Prana - Wikisource

I'm back to blogging - things have changed so much since I wrote a few words here and most of my 'fans' have left me anyway.... But for those who will come to this page by some luck here's an update on what's been happening in my life in the last few years:
1. My dad passed away on the 8th of October 2007 - the saddest and hardest part of my life. No one meant more to me than him.
2. I thought i'd get married end of 2008 but it was not meant to be.
3. I made some new friends, lost some new friends, and got some old friends back.

I'm going back to being the same person I was. So here are some of my rambles :-)

a. What is summer in Southampton ?? 21 degrees is warm.

b. How do you open a door that has been locked from inside - there's a simple trick but my housemate wasn't patient enough to let me do it completely - remove the strip that is aligned against the edge of the door, push a sharp knife through the part where the lock is and voila! - we eventually broke the door of course,.... but i knew how to do it...

c. What do you do when you don't feel like talking to someone:
- turn off your phone (why this one first?)
- not talk
- make sure you don't make eye contact
- make sure you are not around that someone

d. Try listening to Darren Hayes's last album (This delicate thing we've made) - some of you find it hard but it's really refreshing music and good lyrics - tracks 2, 6 and 9 (disc 1) are my favourites.

Rambles of the day:

Been at home (home) for nearly a week now. Very warm and full of mosquitoes at night. Mosquito killing has become a big business in Mauritius now... Just wonder how many millions are being made just because of these insects... Just wonder how some people must be happy you are getting mosquito bites and that you will rush to buy their products...


Nothing feels better than being at home with family. For most people I asked about how good is staying at home with family the response was negative with a probability of 8/10.

Earlier this week i met 2 ex-classmates. What do Mauritians talk about when they meet after a while (nearly 3 years):
1. Work
2. Plans after work
3. Hours of work
Are we really off work if we are talking about it?


Today it's a bit cooler than usual... it rained a bit this afternoon. Mauritius is a nice place - forces you to enjoy the small things of a day... - warm & cold weather, rain & sun.

Rambles for the week (up to today):

Things that prevent you from posting to your blog every day:
1. you couldn't be bothered
2. you didn't have time (a lame excuse)
3. no internet connection
4. you could not think of anything interesting to write about...

What is a Japanese room? a three-bed room apparently.

A friend told me he'd rather live his life as a Kobe bull - get drunk, have a massage ... and any cow he wants... every day .. until he ends up on someone's plate. Everyone has to die at some point anyway.

Liverpool won 7-0 - all strikers scored - even Morientes... Did i just see a pig shoot off?

Rambles for the day:

We defected in a game today:
7 people go to a restaurant A- they are not guaranteed a table
4 people go to a restaurant A- they are nearly guaranteed a table
7 people go to restaurant B - they are all guaranteed a table

What do 3 people tell to 4 people when the latter invite the former for lunch to restaurant B? Well, the 3 said they would join the 4 later at B, but actually went to A.

Inviting friends over for dinner is great- good food & good talk - only now i have to do the washing up.

Japan is a strange place - you can buy a rail pass abroad but not inland...

With great responsibility comes great powers... only you have to realise them.

Rambles for the day:

People can keep playing Pro-evolution soccer for ages - (try Greece against any team on Pro-evo 4) - life would be much better if everything you did was as interesting as Pro-soccer :P

I learnt a new expression today: 'Given them enough rope and they will hang themselves'

I was so keen to have everyone rely on skype/msn for all their communication needs - it would be great - until today - the network failed miserably throughout the whole uni and we were cut off completely from the web for about 30 mins - the geeks complained most of course... - people who wanted to organise a telecon had to go through the good old phone...

When do you say Spring has arrived? When flowers start blossoming or when it's between 8-15 degrees?

How do you diplomatically say that you need to do some work and that the person standing next to your table isn't sure whether he has to leave:
- you say 'ok let's see' (success: medium)
- you say 'i've got some work to do so let's talk later' (success: high)
- you say 'ok' (success: very low)
- you say 'right, you go and do that and i'll try to work on this' (success: low)
- you say nothing (success: very high)

Rambles for the day:

Today there was a fire alarm in the dept - most people stayed in - those that left did so because of the noise rather than fear of fire... even though we had a big fire just a few months back.

Why do people not close their umbrella after it's stopped raining?
- it may pour in the next second..
- water drips from the edge of the umbrella giving the impression it's still raining..
- they simply forgot...

Does it matter if you don't understand the words in a song (e.g. if the song is written in another language you don't know or it's Michael Jackson singing)?

Swimming in a crowded pool can be so stressful - you have to make sure you don't touch anybody in front or hit anybody behind you with your feet.... all this without brakes and mirrors...