Coffee or Cup ? - A Beautiful message

I found this forwarded mail and wanted to share in my blog. Good one.

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.

Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups.

Now if life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it."

Don't let the cups drive you... Enjoy the coffee instead!
 
*smiles*

Photography for Modelling - An Attempt

Myself and Nish had a friend at home last weekend. That is when we tried our hands on Costume Designing and Photography . Venkat wanted few profile photographs for his personal use. Nish was proactive in setting up a studio setup in our terrace for photoshoot. He also grabbed hats, googles, hair gels, different outfits , woolen shawl etc ... I set up my camera for the same.

We chose a white background. We planned for 3 stills for each style of costume. Venkat was very cooperative and was bold enough to face Nish's costume session and my camera lenses. I have to mention , Nish was then badly hurted in a minor accident. But he was very much involved when he was getting Venkat ready for shoot without minding his injuries. Hats off.

Finally Venkat was happy about the shoot. Myself and Nish are planning to set up a studio for modelling shoots for GUYS (y?? No gals allowed.. I'm bit possesive and crazy about Nish. I dont want him to design costume for girls ;) !) he he

Pass on your comments, Thanks a lot.

Note : Posting few casual pictures taken during the shoot along with the original work.

BlueSky, you and I - Video and lyrics

"Neela vaanam neeyum naanum

Kangalea bashaiyayi kaigaley aasi ayaai
Vaiyyamae koilyilaai vaanamae vaayilaai
Paalveli paayiley sainthu naam kooduvom
Inni nee endru naan endru iru veru aalillaiyae
Neela vanam ….
Neeyum naaa..anum ….

Saayorae.. Thari.. Rutha .. Hey hey..
Etheatho desangalai searkkindra nesamthannai
Nee paathi naan paathiyaayi korkkindra pasamthannai
Kaathal endru paer suttiyae kaalam thantha sontham ithu
Ennai polae pen kuzhanthai unnai pol oru aan kuzhanthai

Naam vazhntha vazhvirku sandravathu innoru uyir thaanadi
Neela vaanam nee ee ee yum naanum

Pallaandu pallaandu pallaayirathu aandu

Pala kodi nooru aayiram

Palaandu pallaandu pallaayirathu aandu

Pala kodi nooru aayiram

Pallaandu pallaandu pallaayirathu aandu

Pala kodi nooru aayiram

Aaratha kaayankalai, aatrum nam nesamthannai

Vaazhaatha sogamgalai maayitheedum mayamthanai

Seyyum vinthai kaathalukku kai vanthathoru kalai thaanadi

Unnai ennai otri otri uyir seyum maayamum athu thaanadi

Naam vazhntha vazhvirku sandravathu innoru uyir thaanadi

Neela vaanam neeee.. eyum naanumm"

Our Favourite Song! Nish loves this song. Good work by Kamal and beautiful score by DSP. the song lyrics are fantasticI wonder how this song has been pictured with rewind-play by lip moment in forward - play ... Awesome melody.



Becoming Sweet tooth'd

Yeah. These days , I started living on sweets. I never go for sweets from my childhood. I like to  have limited kind of chocolates and confectionaries. But these days , I can name any sweets in the display of a sweet shop.

See what are all waiting for me at my bedside... Dry Gulab Jamun and hot milk....

Do you agree , Im becoming "Sweet Toothed"???

Weekend Creativity

This weekend was hectic. My husband had a list of work to do and he had work for me too. Sunday had less programs, so I grabbed my time to draw few pictures. I downloaded few pictures from google and painted them in my scrapbook.

Check out my works. I loved drawing KITTY. Cute little kitty.

The last picture,peacock is incomplete . I will try to complete it next week. Weekend Over. Not a very relaxing weekend.

Wish everyone a great week ahead *smiles*

Beauty of Thanjavur - My Hometown .. Part II

I wanted to visit this temple on its 1000th anniversary. I was proud to be there. Such a wonderful architecture. I clicked the temples beauty without flash lights and no effects. Awesome pictures of one of my most favourite places.

Beauty of Thanjavur - My hometown

I love this place and will keep posting the beautiful views of this temple. I would like to include a few important factors and features of the same. The place i love and admire and this is 1000 years old temple by a Chola king Raja Raja Cholan.

Proud to be a Cholan

Photo by " Priyaa Iyer

Welcome 2011

Hi everyone,

I am very happy to welcome this brand new year. I wish this year fills our heart with love and peace, life full of success. Write down your resolutions and have a awesome kick start.

All the best.

Love you all,
Priyaa