what is happiness????

I had been to skin clinic recently as my face had some sunburns and lost its natural glow...the skin specialist examined my skin and suggested two types of treatments...the total cost for the two treatments and two skin creams was nearly 10000 Rs...i felt that the cost was pretty too much and asked her to reduce the cost as it was priced too high....she went and spoke to her other collegues and gave 10% discount...still i felt it was too high and i told her to reduce still...As i had mentioned in the information form that i am a student, she came and told that she is giving 15% discount as i am a student...but actually speaking, i was no more a student as i have finished my course.... If i wanted i would have availed for that discount as my student id is valid till 2008....but my heart did not agree to that and i felt that after getting that 15% discount i will not be happy as that will be always there in the mind and whenever i go for the treatment i feel as if i am cheating someone....for 5% extra discount i was not ready to loose my happiness...so i honestly told them that i am not a student anymore and got 10% discount and came out of the clinic happily...i felt proud about myself for what i did and realised the meaning of real happiness.

Mouse Escape

Today morning i thought i will connect my laptop to the internet and reply to all my friends emails which were pending...as i was replying my friends mail, i heard a screeching noise from my wardrobe...i was wondering what it may be...my brother told me that it may be a rat...After opening the door we came to know that it was a small mouse...Dont know when it went into my wardrobe, as i had locked my wardrobe it was inside the whole night for sure...i think it had roamed all possible places inside and in the early morning it wanted to go out as it would have got bored staying there whole night without food...i was very angry about that mouse as from past one week it was eating out my favorite biscuits...mom thinks that i am only feeding the mouse whenever i complain about it...i and my brother planned to end all this by killing the rat and we closed our room door so that it will not escape...but we realised our mistake soon, as the mouse was so small that it escaped through the gap between the door and the floor...what a great escape haaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...i felt very bad that it escaped, as it may spoil my cloths tooo and this escape may cost me more...My dad consoled me by telling that he will be getting a mouse trapper(new model) soon, which will attract the mouse and when the mouse comes in contact with the trapper the glue in the trapper will stick to the mouse and it will not give any chance for the mouse to escape...i have taken up the resolution to catch the mouse and make my room mouse free...for that, i am waiting for my dad to get the mouse trapper ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!

Are Women Safe?

Gandhiji once told that "India will get its real independence only when a women can walk on the street alone at midnight without fear"...Leave midnight,i think, if she can walk alone in the day without fear , that itself is great news...Nowadays the rape and murder of women has increased.... Women do not feel safe/Confident to go out in the day itself...Women are experiencing a lot of eve teasing especially in buses...The horrific rape and murder of a call centre employee, Prathiba Murthy, by a taxi driver in Bangalore last month gave shivers to women who work in the BPO sector...As more and more women are becoming educated and financially independent, the crimes againt women is also rising....It is a matter of real shame..This is creating some kind of insecurity among women...Everyday we read in the newspaper so many crimes against her like rape, murder, sexual harrassment and eve teasing....These are only the reported ones, god only knows how many of them goes unreported....All this made me think about this topic "Are Indian women safe?....Are Indian men so starved?....Does anyone have any precautions or solutions???????

Some tips

> *please note down the taxi or auto number when you are travelling and keep on updating the information about your wherabouts to your close friends or relatives through your mobile.
> Dont entertain strangers at all, no matter what reason they give.
> Never ask for a lift or give lift to strangers.
> If u experience any kind of harrassment dont keep quite, report to the higher authorities immideately or take action urself if it is getting worse.
> Always keep in mind that your safety is in your hands and dont wait for others to come and help. so take smart decisions.

HAPPY NEW YEAR ;-)

Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past.

~Henry Ward Beecher