It is perfectly alright to make no sense at times!

This post will obviously NOT make any sense to most of you. Hey!! It is MY blog afterall! But it somehow manages to make a LOT of sense to me. So I will continue with what I scribbled in my diary a long time back.

I’m Happy. Now and forever. Light and dark. Crazy and sane. Happy and sad. Laugh and cry. Dedicated and unfaithful. Larger than life and smaller than  . Truth and lies. Bikes and cars. Where and why? Grandeur. Modest and arrogant. Iniquitous and just. Lost and found. Walk and stay. Sleep and rise. Discuss and argue. Run and crawl. Jump and laze. Brave and scared. Freedom and slavery. Right and wrong. Peace and noise. Write and fill. Color and complete. Trust and despise. What and how? Promise and deceive. Remember and forget. Try and whine. Tryst. Redeem. Substantial. Midnight.

Rnadomness.. lethally random

Lol.. I’m high on Randomness.. can’t get a stupid spelling right! @$@%$^%&

I feel like I’m on the top of the world..I realized God isn’t THAT bad… Infact he isn’t bad at all, he just has his own ways with us! He is like the most complicated thing. He tests us in very very very WEIRD ways! And the happy part is that he is FAIR, you pass the test you get your reward, and if you don’t, you sulk and whine and complain!Haaa.. sounds stupid.. and even more bizarre when it comes from an atheist.. wait I’m not an atheist exactly.. or in that case, maybe I’m just SELFISH!

I don’t want this happy phase to end.. Looks like GOD has been paying a lot of attention to my secret not-exactly-prayers! I’m happy he has made me see the NEW me… someone who can be right, someone who can be nice, someone who can understand, someone who is a nicer version of ME. But although now I’m not a bit of who I was, I still have the urge to be what I was. Being the better version of myself is being more difficult than I ever thought it would be! I know these changes are for the good, I have enough proof to believe so.

Can’t think of anything else to write for now so I guess I will end it here!

Adieu!

International Trade- My assignment

International trade is a term that describes exchange of capital, goods and services across international borders or territories.

Fundamentally, trade, no doubt, implies exchange of goods between persons, but there are marked differences between domestic trade and international trade. The features of international trade are as follows:

1. International trade crosses national frontiers. Plus, the distance involved in export of goods in external trade is generally greater than in domestic trade.
2. International trade involves custom duties, exchange restrictions, fixed quotas or other tariff barriers. Moreover the documentation process is more complex as compared to domestic trade and the currency involved also differs.
3. International trade requires different strategies and marketing policy. Specifically marketing of international products necessitates the need to keep the language and cultural differences in mind.

Several different theories have been proposed to predict patterns of trade and to analyze the effects of trade policies such as tariffs.

Advantages:

Trading globally gives consumers and countries the opportunity to be exposed to goods and services not available in their own countries. Almost every kind of product can be found on the international market: food, clothes, spare parts, oil, jewelry, wine, stocks, currencies and water. Services are also traded: tourism, banking, consulting and transportation. Global trade allows wealthy countries to use their resources – whether labor, technology or capital – more efficiently. International trade not only results in increased efficiency but also allows countries to participate in a global economy, encouraging the opportunity of foreign direct investment. A robust and equitable trading system is vital to reduce global poverty, because it drives economic growth and provides jobs in developing countries where they are sorely needed.

• Enhances domestic competitiveness & maintains cost competitiveness.
• Increases sales and profits.
• Reduce dependence on existing markets .
• Utilize international trade technology.
• Stabilize seasonal market fluctuations.
• Enhance potential for expansion of business.
• Access to a larger market enables firms to take a greater advantage of economies of scale.
• Opens up the opportunity for specialization and gain a global market share.

I don’t know

There has to be some other name for it. It isn’t what you and I know. But it exists. It is whacky or maybe heavenly! Dude, who the hell knows what it is? And yet I know what it is or at least how it makes me feel.

It makes me wanna dance, it makes me want to sing like I am the happiest being alive. It makes me feel on the top of the world. It makes want to write. It makes me want to cry. It makes me wanna say ‘Hahaha’ in the face of adversity. It makes me strong! It makes me a brand new person without losing the essence of being me! It makes wanna hear one song over and over again. It makes me mad. It makes me sane!

A lot of contrast? Heck yes! That is exactly this is all about! One moment I wanna say, “I’m tired” and the next moment I’m like, “No, I’m not done trying yet!”

Do not confuse my words for an attempt to describe something like ummmm love? No not at all! They are some randomly generated jumbled up sentences (and the credit goes to my restless mind). Infact this one is a question. How many of you have felt the same feeling which at times is so overwhelming that you hardly care about the world when it is out to bog you down and rob you of all the energy that you’ve got!

Well getting back to what I was talking about.. I also wanted to mention that it is as serene as that piece of music in the beginning of the song ‘Take my heart back’ from the movie ‘If Only’ (amazing movie, got to say).

Look this feeling isn’t all roses and no thorns. It is fascinating. It is irksome.  This thing just doesn’t go away.

It is as comforting as a warm hug in the morning when you’ve cried all night long and at the same time it can be as distressing as it can get.

I guess I’m done for now!

Adieu!

Try and try and TRY

This week has been one heck of a week.. killing schedule..fever..bad throat..and my home is FULL with guests..!phewww…. Anyways what I am going to talk about is pretty much serious..for me at least!

It is about wanting to be the ‘BEST’. What the heck is wrong with wanting to be the ‘BEST’? Why do people think that it means you have got attitude and you are over-confident and all that crap? Why do people settle down with just being ’GOOD’ when everyone of us can be the ‘BEST’? Why don’t people explore their potentials? What makes people NOT try their limits, and why most of ‘em never step out of their comfort zone?

The very reason WE are different from animals is because we possess the ability to utilize our brains. We can think! We can work. We can achieve the impossible. We can make things. We can break things. We can do just about anything, so why not do it? Isn’t the fact that we are so powerful alluring enough? What is holding us back?

Is it the people who are happy with being good, or their opinions, or their taunts or whatever?

 If everyone of us gives our best to be the BEST, this world would be an even better place to live in!

And that’s what all of us want,right? Think about it! Trying wont hurt you!

I did and guess what? I am already feeling very good about it!

Another random post

It has been almost a week (or maybe more than that) since I scribbled down a post for my darling blog! I am sorry for the long hiatus..My college is taking a toll on me! I hardly get any spare time now!

Anyways I will start talking about something now, and that is ‘Aggression’. I was in my German class and the other girl (only two of us opted for German..I pity the rest..they really don’t know how fascinating languages can be!)had managed to jot down some basic german words from a book her sister gave her. That completely pissed me off because I did not have some german help-book! I was being aggressive (un-necessarily of course) and almost killed her with my dirty mean looks in the class. I kept cribbing about it the entire day and almost cried that night because I thought I lacked. She had managed to get a step ahead of me which is totally un-acceptable to me! How ever hard I tried, I couldn’t sit and study. I was letting myself feel bad about it instead of taking up this opportunity brilliantly disguised as jealousy (or whatever). I whined and whined and then I finally slept.

I got up in the morning and tried picking up my note-book. NO. “I don’t want to study”. You know why? Because I was still mad! I switched on the PC, surfed the net aimlessly for hours. All this while I had been trying to convince myself to go study. After spending hours in the ‘I wont-study-cause-I-am-still-mad’ mode, I miraculously sat down to study. And that was the trick. It did what I should have done hours ago.

I used all my aggressive energy and concentrated on picking up the nuances of the two languages (Did I forget to mention that I am studying French as well?). I concentrated in what I wanted to do (no, I am not kidding I really wanted to sit down and study). And I know tomorrow I am going to surprise the teacher.

I know all that happened in the class was to push me to give my best. Till I refused to see the fantastic opportunity, all I got was tears (and a headache of course!). But as soon as I chose to give it a shot, I was smiling again!

Look I didn’t write all this to tell you about how stupid I am! It was just to tell you that many a times, we ignore life changing opportunities in a fit of rage (or maybe something else). Don’t do that.

“Whatever you think is holding you back is not what is truly holding you back. What’s holding you back is your thought that something is holding you back.”

Adieu!

Is it a coincidence?

A curse or mere co-incidence(s)?

According to me, if a co-incidence (if at all) keeps repeating itself over a period of time, it is either a curse (or a blessing). In my case, it is a curse without a doubt!

What I’m talking about has something to do with what happens when I sit down to read. If I am studying, nobody needs me. But the moment I pick up a novel or a newspaper (or in that case even a piece of paper that doesn’t have to do anything with my studies); everyone in the house needs me! I am NOT lying or exaggerating. The reason I did not write about this earlier was because I was just making sure if my doubts are true. After about two months, I know nothing could be truer than the fact that it is a CURSE

I love reading and I completely hate being disturbed when I am reading. But as luck would have it…urggghhhhhhh! When I complained how everyone called for me as soon as I settled down to read the newspaper, Dad said either read it later or get up at 6 in the morning and read it. Since I do NOT like reading the newspaper in the noon, I got up at 6 in the morning to read the newspaper. And guess what? That didn’t help either. Either somebody needs me to do some chore or my grand-dad takes the newspaper. This can not be a co-incidence right?

I wish I may possibly become invisible the moment I take a newspaper or a novel in my hands! Or maybe I should go steal Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak (I need it way more than he does!).

Or maybe you could suggest me a way out!

It is a mysterious world!

I suffer from guilty pangs if I do not write before I go to sleep. Looks like I’m addicted, and guess what? No one will have a problem with this addiction of mine.

How do I wish my parents took my love for writing more seriously?

Anyways I will get down to business and start on with what I thought of writing about. The world has been talking about him and so will I, but in a very different aspect. Yeah, it is about Michael Joseph Jackson a.k.a the ‘King of Pop’. I am not gonna talk about how great he was and all that. NO.

Last evening, I was in the car with my family. We were going to drop my grand-father at his friend’s place and that is when this thought struck me. Why do we feel sad when some-one dies? Why do we feel bad when we hardly knew anything about the person except his name and how well he sang. I do not know how other’s feel about it, but, at times I am moved to tears when I hear or read about somebody’s death. Like after I saw the movie Gia, I googled her name and read possibly everything I could. I saw her photographs and wondered how pretty she was. Why did she die? The other day I was reading a magazine and I saw an article about the mysterious death( or murder maybe) of a Yemenian socialite. There was another article about some other model who committed suicide. WHY? When I read about MJ’s death I still wondered why did he die? And on the top of it, “Why the hell am I thinking about it?”

Was it because I am used to worrying about anything and everything? Or because I am an emotional fool? Or because of some other reason? Why did the world mourn MJ’s death? Did everyone know him personally? What about those people who framed him in the child molestation case? Are they happy now or are they sad? Somebody has to answer this for me!

There is some sort of a mysterious bond which binds every human being on earth. Is it that way? Is it true?

I am NOT crazy

Loners are NOT lunatics! I wonder why people have to look down at them.

See, according to Wikipedia,” A loner is a person who avoids or does not actively seek human interaction or prefers to be alone. There are many reasons for solitude, intentional or otherwise, and “loner” implies no specific cause. Intentional reasons include religious or personal philosophies, unintentional reasons involve being highly sensitive, having more extreme forms of shyness and introversion, or various mental illnesses ”. They are not always depressed or suffering from some other illness.

According to statistics, extroverts make up three-quarters of the population. And in a society where majority of the people are extroverts, loners are termed as creepy or pathetic. They are told over and over again about how they need to be more social and all that blah! The point is that loners are not any less sociable than extroverts; they tend to have their own ways to socialize.

“Some people simply have a low need for affiliation,” says a psychologist. Loners tend to be more focused on their own ideas- that might not be acceptable to others! Some quiet time alone is the most refreshing activity for loners. Studies show that socially withdrawn people have increased sensitivity to all kinds of emotional interactions and sensory cues, which may mean that they find pleasure where others do not. Here are the names of some famous historical loners : Emily Dickinson, Stanley Kubrick, and Isaac Newton. So, the next time someone tells you that I like being alone, do NOT frown! J

The reason why I talk about this issue is because I’m one of them. I was nowhere near being what I am today. I completely love this change. I’m learning. I’m growing up. I have become way much stronger. And this change is my proof.

Adieu!

It’s about YOU (again)!

You taught me PERFECTLY well. I mean you are an amazing teacher; you teach stuff and then you test! Just that your idea of taking a test SUCKS, in fact it kills! You know what? You aren’t testing me, you are making a fool out of me and the funny part is that I am letting you do it. You know why? Because I believe you (Does it hurt?). Precisely, I trust you with my eyes closed. Have you started feeling bad about it yet? No? Wait I’ve got more for you.

I did NOT lie to you. Never. I just didn’t tell you some stuff. Is that why you behave the way you do? I didn’t intend it. I was scared, very scared.

I ended up hurting people and in a way YOU are responsible for it! Wish I thought the same.

Look, I don’t hate you! I just have doubts. So won’t you come and take them away? Won’t you come and calm me down like you always do? Don’t you care enough now?