SINGLE COFFEE

Alarm snoozed and i again resetted it. But next time when it snoozed it was 10:30 in te morning. Sun was shining and taunting me to be a late riser. I immediately woke up and rushed trough my chores, while rushing i realised whatever i do my turban is going to take it's own time. So, i decied to slow down and after getting ready simply bathed with her favourite perfume. Oh! let me introduce myself and her to you guys. I am Agam a jobless Computer engineer sounds ironical but it's the truth. She is Nazam (a poem) i need not to elaborate on her more now otherwise she'll kill me.I rushed to the nearby market and boughta bouquet of red roses he rfavourite chocolates and how can i forget her love Mr.poo h. Hope with all this i am able to make up for yesterday's goof up(not wishing on her birtday at 12'0 clock wen even the most distant cousin would have wished her). But isn't it so that special friends wish when it is most unexpected . So,many questions which will have there answers very soon. I started the car and was at her doorstep in minutes. While pressing the doorbell the same ad in which the boy gets an electric sock when he presses the bell was playing in my mind . Nevertheless , i pressed the bell and was safe till the time she opened the door. She opened and slammed it back on my face. Let's try once again ,same slamming.Then I just started to sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jingle at the top my voice and se had no oher option then to let me in. At last she opened the door with an ear to ear smile and let me in with sarcastic comments shooting specially designed for me . But no complaints i deserved as she was my best friend for past 12 years rigt from class 5. "So, at last you still remember this day", she complained. I simply took her into hug and presented her favourite red roses , chocolates and Mr. Pooh. She melted the facial expressions proved the fact no matter what may be the situation gifts can melt anyone..... even girls. But i was unaware that FBI is still on investigation. "Why didn't you called me yesterday at night?", she asked. "Iam sorry ", i replied. "Must have been busy flirting with some girl on chat", she accused me. "I am not that despo...ok . she replied,"I know you have been suffering from sinlge syndrome from past 22 years and won't let any opportunity go away ". We both are in the same boat don't nettle me much now otherwise I'll have to open y mouth which is really very wide. "Shut up you stupid", she rebuked me.
Ok leave it can we have some coffee and here came two large mugs. I simply love the way she cares about me. Nazam said, " Agam which was the first girl you proposed". You have again started. "No , I am worried with this homo thing plaguing the town you might hook up with someone," she teased me. Oh! thanks for your concern similiarly i am also lot worried about you. "HAHAHAHA come on answer my question", se replied. You will never mend your ways. It was way back in 9t standard."Whom you proposed and hided it from me" Nazam said. Rhea from the PRANK group.The group which i formed just to woo her.The most ironical part of the propose was that.... you remeber prashant 'P' of the PRANK group. "Of course i remember him ", nazam replied. Yeah the guy who hepled me in planning the proposal, choosing the lines , deciding the day etc was already involved with her.Nazam's eyes were wide open surprised at listening to all this. I came to know when i propsed Rhea. She said, "Why me. I can't i am your friend and iam already in love with prashant. Where is ee? "."But why prasant did all this" nazam asked. He was quite sure that when i'll propose rhea she'll slap me and he'll capture the bingo moment on phone and show it to everybody around and diminish my winning of headboy ship. "So, one sould never trust his own friends" , nazam asked. No, you stupid never propose a friend because what rhea did after this proposal fiasco rendered me helpless for next three years till class 12th. She told all her friends that i am despo kind of thing and one sould not dare go near agam. aahahaaaahahaa..... next moment Nazam was holding her stomach and laughing madly. "what happened", I asked. "Nothing you despo", nazam replied. OK......OK alot of laughing and giggling now tell me about yours. Nazam cried out loud," Why me ?".

nazam part to be carried in the next post...............hope you guys liked it ......so don't be shy in posting comments.They are my sole inspirations to carry story further.

An experiment seven days of positivity(day 7)

It's Final day today as usual starting was very difficult but ending is simply so easy. I would like to share that it is very easy to be a pessimist and run away from things , but being an optimist is really very difficult. When i started with this experiment it was difficult and with each passing day it became very difficult, by Monday i had hitted the lowest and the most negative point in life till date. A message to all those who quitted midway , start again don't lose hope. As hope is the only thing which we come here and hope is what we take along when we go from here. A simple example of hope. When we sleep at night we simply slip into the state of unconciousness, but we still have plans for the next day meetings , visits , tasks to be done and plethora of other things to be done. We may not be able to rise from sleep the next morning but still we plan. It is simply nothing but hope. SO, ALWAYS REMAIN HOPEFUL. Five tings for today are as follows.

1. My blog writing has improved over the seven posts. Now i don't need to think words simply flow from my mind on to the computer screen.

2.I've learnt that it is not important that your every plan gets executed but it is important that it gets executed from paper to your life efficiency will definitely follow.

3. I can ping her anytime whenever she's online. One girl without any kind of airs about erself SHUBHANGI GARG you are rockstar girl. I respect you a lot and will till i breath my last breath. I wish i never annoy you ever and our pings keep on going. She's my classmate from my school. I never talked to her in school but on gtalk we never stop talking. Wish you all the best in life God bless you.

4.Halwa ! mom made it for me in the lunch awesome to eat when it's raining. thankyou mom.

5. I walked for around 2 kms to visit gurudwara sahib as no vehicle was free. Like this positivity experiment i try my level best to be regular at gurudwara sahib and always wish tat god may bless my regularity at his place. Though i was tired but feeling is not easy to explain in words i was so happy and positve after the visit.

Our days on this earth already limited we won't ever get an extension here. So don't waste time be happy , be postive and make others happy and positive.

An experiment 7 days of positivity(day 6)

It's day 6 and it is simply great visited the group which preeti shenoy formed on facebook. Wow positivity experiment is like wildfire but in this case it is not destructive , it is constructive. So here are my five things for today.

1.Dad is back home from his official tour. It was great talking to him after a gap of six days . Topics ranged from the politics of punjab to the centre government . I simply love having political discussions with him.
2. After a long time had a chance to be the part of the gossip group of the locality. This group is primarily composed of aunties but still they allow me in......lols. Strange part of the group is after spreading all kinds of gossip they'll say ," Don't tell anybody". How can it be possible. Long live the gossip group.
3. My family they hate me at times but still they love me.
4. Coming back of Dad as been mood uplifter and negativity remover. I was feeling down and negative, but is coming back worked wonders for me.
5. A phonecall i am just going to make to my best friend harsh after completing writing this. The feeling cannot be explained in words, as even though how much grim or tough the situation may be . There is one topic which will never be missed i.e girls.......girls and more girls.

An experiment 7 days of positivity( Day 5)

I am quite down tese days but 15-20 minutes which i spend writing this post, simply fill me with positivity. So, here are my five things for today.

1.I simply hate doing logical reasoning but today in the class amazing things were happening. Tthough I was not able to solve all the questions but still, I was able to hit many......wooohoooo.

2. I don't like reading philosophy, but I started today with the reading of sikh philosophy. I am just going to make sure that I get into a long term relationship with her, as every accomplished reader say it's a very beautiful thing.

3.While choosing books many of my friends bank upon my advice, they either call me or get hold of my collar to help them choose a good book. Great to find my worth.

4. One of my classmate asked me ,"how to improve vocabulary". I told him," to read as much as he can and learn five words a day". He called me today and confirmed that it's working wonders for him, really happy for him.

5. I removed all the clutter from my room ,specially from my study table which was having heaps of work books, sorted out what is to be covered in this week and what is not neccesary has been safely put back into the cupboard . In simple words, I have made proper plan for the coming week and hope God approves and blesses the plan.

An experiment 7 days of positivity (day 4)

Great it's the fourth day. What to say experience can't be explained in words. It was a great day today . So, I don't have to struggle to squeeze out five things from the whole day. So, here are my five things for today.


1. I found out , I am simply superb at making new friends. I made two new friends at my coaching class.
2. I recieved this message from Devanshu singh negi. It said," Success also hurts when you don't have a loved one to wish you. Failure also looks beautiful , when you have a loved one to support you". I am definitely going through a phase of failure and I can definitely feel this.
3. The keys of my keyboard have started functioning properly. The first practical effect of being POSITIVITY experiment.
4. I dressed up in a proper manner after so many days and had a great feeling while tying my turban. I feel tying my turban to be one of the most creative thing. Those who tie turban will definitely agree with me.
5. I was googling , when mom came and said," stop doing googly-moogly ". I kept smiling for a long time .

An experiment 7 days of positivity (day 3)

Wow ! This was how Iwas feeling after completing this post.It's the third day. Hope i'll be able to survive these seven days. But seriously saying it's really very difficult. So, here I begin my tryst with the positivity on the third day.

1. Today I did that thing which iI hate the most i.e. is going to the vegetable market. This I did just for my mom . Doing things for my mom is not my priority but today it was. Love you mom though I have small tiffs with you but i can't imagine myself without you. Love you love you ....... n times.

2. I met a boy of seventh standard from my school. I felt so great recalling the names of teachers who taught me. How we used to make fun of them and lot more. I kept talking to him nonstop for more than an hour.

3. I am just improving day by day in my time management skills. Though maximum part of the day was a total mess , but still i was able to manage few hours very well and get over with my work . I am wonderful.......excellent .......marvellous.........lols. Hope others do feel same about me.

4.My keyboard has got extremely rusty maximum of the keys are not working properly. Therefore I have no other option other than to use the virtual keyboard and its taking a lot time typing this but..... I am loving it.

5.I completed reading a pathetic novel of an IITian writer. Novel was a total nonsense bombarded with bombastic vocabulary. But as I am currently working on my vocabulary for competitive exams. It was a nice exercise to recall such heavy words. There is nothing in this world on which you work diligently never benefits you- Gagandeep singh

An experiment 7 days of positivity(day 2)

Its the second day ad Iam already feeling marvellous. So, here are my five things which made me feel happy or good today(day 2).

1. Weather: Simply ,God is great there is no doubt about it. Weather in chandigarh is really great for the past few days and even when you don't feel like studying ,you still study because enviornment is so ,conducivewith intermittent showers and cool breeze flowing .Why one will not study .

2. KITTEN IN MESSAGE BOX: Got a kitten in my message box from one of the good friends from college more precisely saying (a girl). Don't get me wrong i really respect the girl a lot. Message read don't forget me keep this kitten with you. I will never forget you and yup,your kitten is really mischevious like you.......lols.

3. MOM IS A MAGICIAN: Even when all the restaurants and food joints of your city will not be able to judge, what will please your taste buds for dinner, her indispensable kitchen will dish out something extremely mouthwatering for you.

4. NEWS : Got the news that saint ji will be visiting gurudwara sahib for darshan's I was extremey delighted. Looking forward to his blessings .So, that I achieve what i have been wishing for such a long time.

5. IMPORTANCE : A little bit of importance is very necessary from your loved ones. I had been looking for a lowcost e-reader and one of my friend knew about it. So, today he was visiting one of the largest electronics market of delhi and made it a point to inquire about it. He even called up to tell me about the availability of a low cost model.....love you dude.

An experiment-7 days of positivity (day 1)

I came across this experiment while browsing through http://www.justamotheroftwo.blogspot.com/. So, here are my five things which made me feel happy or good.

1. SHOE POLISH: Today my father had to leave early in the morning for his official tour to Hoshiarpur (punjab). So, he got a bit late in the morning and asked me to polish his shoes.

This always gives me immense pleasure and I hope he keeps on asking and I keep on polishing his shoes, even when I become an affluent person........ love you daddy.

2. TIME UTILISATION: I was not abe to utilise my time properly in concern to my studies. But today I did it and hopefully will carry on in this manner till I succeed.

3. PRATTLE: Called up one of my closest friend from college and was surprised and happy at the same time to discover that he still feels it important to tell every single thing he does. Even though we both know there's no need but we still do.

4 FACEBOOK TEASING : There was an update from a friend about a quiz she played about possibe date of her marriage . I tried to tease her but she took it so sportily that there was smile on my face for about half an hour (OH MAIN KEHA TUSI GREAT O JI ).

5. BLOG POST : Thanks to Preeti shenoy to carry out this experiment as i was able to write a blogpost was struggling to take out time to write but time schedule was so cramped. But this idea was irresistible.

Small but a significant one........

I have an interesting news to share with you guys. I recently won a grand prize in the online competitions organised by PT(MBA entrance coaching centre with its branches all over India) on its 17th anniversary. I am currently preparing for MBA entrance at the chandigarh center. All the competitons were online with some offline too but I participated in four out five online competitions and got through in one with a grand prize :) which comprises of books costing rupees 1000. I am really delighted as when you are looking for a great success small successes keep you positive and working towards your goal(About goal I will share with you guys when I get through).One more important thing is that the category in which I won is displayed at the first no. on the website so my name also ia at top :) . Below I'll be providing the link to PT's website so you can have a better look at the results and various categories of competiton and the views of the winners .

link:http://www.pteducation.com/YES2010/

P.S.

If you guys find letter " h "missing in any word please supplant it their and enjoy reading ,because the "h" key on my keyboard is not working properly and i had a hearty laugh while reading the draft with "h" missing in every other word.

WATER AND IT'S CONSERVATION

WATER: KEY TO OUR EXISTENCE

If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.
Loran eisley.

Water is an indispensable natural resource bestowed upon by nature on mankind.Out of the total water reserves of the world, around 97% of the water is salty and only 3% is fresh water.So, indirectly though water is extremely abundant, yet it is limited..This is so, because the salty water is of no use to human beings. The small fraction of 3% is also not freely available to us.This is in the form of polar icecaps and just 0.003% is readily available to us in the form of ground water and surface water.
The global distribution of water resources is also extremely uneven, this is because of varying geographical factors. Tropical rainforest areas receive maximum rainfall whereas the world’s major deserts occur in zones of dry, descending air and receive very less rainfall.
Water is a natural resource and has extremely unique properties which are as follows:
1) It exists in the form of liquid over a wide range of temperature i.e. from 0 degrees to 100 degrees Celsius.
2) It has high specific heat, due to which it warms up and cools down very slowly without causing shocks of temperature jerks to the aquatic life.
3) It is a good solvent for many nutrients. One of the most important nutrient it carries is oxygen essential for survival of human beings.
4) It has high surface tension and cohesion .It can easily rise through even the tallest trees.
Therefore, water is an extremely important resource. As evident from the above stated properties. It is used by human beings in numerous activities. Right from morning to night teeth in the morning water is required in almost every activity.
.Human body has nearly 60-65% content of water .The life processes with in the body like uptake of nutrients, their distribution in the body, regulation of temperature and removal of wastes are all carried with the help of water. Human beings depend upon water for carrying out every developmental activity. Water is used for drinking , cooking, bathing and washing. It is used by farmers for irrigating the fields. As India’s maximum population is involved in agriculture. Therefore, water is of utmost importance for better yield and prosperity of people of the country. India exports and imports a large no.of goods .India has ten major ports and 116 minor ports from where the trade is carried out .Therefore water is used as means for the transportation of goods to various parts of the world. Before air travel became popular and economical , water was and still is being used as a means of transportation by human beings. In past few decades India has undergone rapid industrialisation and urbanization. Industries like textile , chemical, beverage, leather etc use water for carrying out various processes. The increase in industries has led to increase in the coming up of new cities, townships with a no.of people moving closer to their job locations .Construction requires water in its every step or process of development. With the ever increasing demand of electricity. A no.of thermal power plants are being set up in various parts of the country.In thermal power plants water is used as a coolant.
As already discussed the major sources of water are ground water and surface water. But excessive dependence on these resources has caused a lot of degradation of these rsources.When the ground water is used more than it being replenished back. It causes sinking of overlying buildings and structures, lowering of water table and water logging are some of the harmful effects of excessive and unplanned usage of ground water. The surface water resources are mainly lakes , ponds, wetlands or artifical reservoirs. The washing of clothes and other activities like bathing of cattle in the pond causes the contamination of water. The disposal of industrial waste into the water bodies. Nowadays , a large no. of insecticides and pesticides are used by the farmers to improve the crop yield. These insecticides and pesticides get washed away due to heavy rains or overflow and enter the river bodies.This causes damage to aquatic life. One of the examples is the kali bein river in Punjab. This river has been badly affected by the various forms of wastes. The river ganga has also been the victim of the waste being disposed by human beings. Moreover , the lakes which are open to tourist are also contaminated by people.
As the water is the key to our existence therefore, every possible effort should be carried out to conserve water and its resources. At an individual’s level the conservation of water can be done in various ways . Reuse of water should be done . The grey water from bath tubs and washing can be used for the washing of cars, paths helps in saving water. This water can also be used for watering the gardens. The leakages from the pipes and taps should be checked and repaired at the earliest. Using small capacity flushes in toilets is another alternative to save water.
Farmers can paly very important role in water conservation . decreasing runoffs from the field. This can be done by contour cultivation , water spreading using chemical wetting agents, development of water storage structures like farm ponds, dugouts etc. Water from these resources can then be used later for irrigation purposes. Rain water harvesting is one of the most efficient and durable method for the conservation of water. This can be done by building storage tanks above or below the ground. This not only helps in meeting the ever increasing household demands for water and increasing the water table. Mr.Rajendra singh of rajasthan has been instrumental in building checkdams in rajasthan for rainwater harvesting. He was honoured with the prestigious magasaysay award. He is popularly also known as “Water man”.
The government can also play a vital role in water conservation .As a India is a developing country. It is undergoing urbanization and industrialization , due to which cultivable land and area under forest cover is being used for construction purposes . Therefore, afforestation is must, various projects are being carried out and some more should be initiated to maintain the balance. Documentaries and advertisements should be aired on the radio and television , thereby making people aware of the importance of water and its conservation. Proper maintenance and cleansing of various water bodies should be carried out. Here , it is worth mentioning about Sant Balbir singh seechwal. The kali bein river in Punjab had been adversely affected by the toxic and other kinds of wastes. He took an initiation at his own level to clean up the river. At start he was a one man army. Later on slowly a no. of people joined him. Today the river is free from any kind of waste and proper embankment has been done along the river which makes it a beautiful sight. So, the government should do every effort to support environmentally aware people like sant balbir singh seechwal and promote their efforts. As the water is the key to our existence. Therefore , its conservation becomes very important. Individuals alone or government alone cannot achieve the goal of conservation of water. It has to be a cumulative effort only then conservation of water can be carried out efficiently. As water is the key to out existence.

By: Er. Gagandeep Singh