Psyche-

July 30. International                F-R-I-E-N-Dship Day. This gift called friendship.      A casual hi and hello tauted to sharing of one's favorite hobby over a cup of coffee and another then another... A bump of elbows in a crowded pizzeria... In a workplace where stiff personality takes its mellow... A mutual liking of a celebrity something as superficial as that... A friend who can be as funny as nasty when mad, who can be garrulous and meek at the same time, who can be your stylist and critic, who can be your kind shoulder and keeper of your darkest secret... Friends spell an array of fruits, colors and season.      Here's a little story of the net-manic me...      Long before Mark Zuckerberg was out with his Facebook was this Friendster that hooked me to staying up long hours (sometimes even longer than doing homework) in an internet shop. Then Friendster was to become...

            WE s-u-r-v-i-v-e-d our first month!!! The super mom I am to be to the super-Catrice (Daddy's wild imagination with your bib pulled at your side ).           Your first cry. The first feel of your skin against mine. Your baby-ish smell. My first sight of you outside the ultrasound apparatus. These all made me forget in a moment the excruciating pain down there. So motherly me with your warm lips pressed against me for the colostrum. After our first smooth 24 hours spent together, your crying couldn’t be pacified for a dry nappy, attempts of suckling and rocking cuddles. Mommy and auntie (our "thirdling" those moments) gazed at each other with bothersome silence of unspoken questions. The subject is a human being, my daughter, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t fathom why. So was auntie who is a nurse, and a med student at that. Our neighboring patients, curious about what was the baby colicky about,...

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.  -Albert Einstein           My life consort sparked me an idea on how to review. I know a certain way won’t apply to everybody else but let me try to win you with some of what I believe in.          Studying demands a hard-core mental job. A sound body comes a sound mind. Start with a healthy lifestyle. Remember your science teacher blah-ing about go, grow and glow foods, needed hours of sleep and physical exercises.          Commencement wanes for another starting line and the board exam high days seem to be accelerating. You are so fresh from all the feeds from your college professors (industrious they are!) and years of studying. So strike the board immediately. Though some intend to do self-review, consider a review center for it may be the step one can do to the least....

H(^^)ppiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love,grace and gratitude. - Dennis Waitley An ecstatic mommy and daddy are now also born with your coming into our lives. Sooo beautiful creation! And all that is left in our mouths is but pure awe with G-d's biggest blessing this year.  Alhamdulillah! The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it. -Robert Bach

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