What Is New In Nintendo DSi

Game lovers the world over are not new to Nintendo gaming consoles and with the recent release of Nintendo DSi they have been introduced to bigger and more interactive screens. These latest DSi screens which have been named as DSi LL feature a large 4.2 inch screen in addition to two styluses which vary in size with one being short and the other being long.
The most attractive feature of the new Nintendo DSi is its Wii Fit, which is a video game package that features wide variety exclusive elements. It is being speculated that the Wii Fit will the greatest USP of DSi LL as it is designed to keep the gamers glued to the gaming console. The package also has numerous other features and add-ons which have been inbuilt into the package to make it possible for players to restart their workouts.
Another feature that might increase the popularity of the latest Nintendo DSi is the balance games provided in the package. Also the new package offers the players with the flexibility to choose the kind of games and game specifications as per their set workout schedules. This has been made possible in DSi LL by providing the players with a wide range of customizable game specifications that can be synchronized as per the work out routines of the players.
The Wii Fit package of DSi LL also features six strength oriented fitness activities in addition to some yoga workouts. The package also comes with an artificial intelligence feature that enables players to select the time frames and user specifications that are most suitable as per their personal preferences as well as fitness goals.
The new Nintendo DSi has been received well as per initial feedbacks and the features that are being most loved by the users Skateboarding and the Wii balance Board units.

Enjoy A Comfortable Sleep With Best Quality Flannel Sheets

Flannel sheets are an important bedroom accessory for people who live in cold areas and want to enjoy a comfortable and cozy sleep in the chilly seasons. What’s more, different types of flannel sheets are available to provide protection against different weather conditions such as rain, wind, snow and ice. Depending on their use, flannel sheet sets that are lightweight, mid-weight or heavyweight are available in the market and can be used throughout the year.

Cotton blended flannel sheet sets are undoubtedly the most popular ones. These sheets are not only perfect for keeping one warm during the cold winters, but are also extremely gentle and soft. Best quality flannel sheets are made from 100% cotton which is tightly woven together to ensure that the sheet is able to retain the heat. These sheets are easily recognizable as one can easily see through them clearly when they are held up to light.

People who intend to purchase flannel sheets need to be aware about the different types of sheets available according to their thickness and softness, which in turn depends on their quality. What many people are also unaware of is the fact that the quality of these sheets is rated as per the weight of the fabric. Flannel sheets sets, whose weight varies between 5 to 6 ounces per yard, are considered to the best in terms of quality.

Another factor that makes flannel sheets quite poplar is their easy maintenance and long life. They can be easily washed in cold or lukewarm water and even a mild detergent can be used to remove the dirt while protecting the sheets from getting faded. Adding half a cup of white vinegar to the water during the washing process reduces the chances of the flannel sheet sets getting damaged due to piling.

Life

A small wish and a beautiful dream
Fly out quietly when I open my eyes
The dazzling sunlight replaces the two
And grows brighter as the day goes by

The colors of life come and greet me
As new happiness eagerly meets me
New opportunities open arms for me
And hope sets all my inhibitions free

Laughter and love are coming my way
And now surely they are just here to stay
The wind has come to take my fears away
I soar up high and have the world to survey

The times are helpful and are here to teach
That life is not what others have to preach
It is so unique for everyone and for each
The skies are high, you have plenty to reach

So I spread my wings and aim to fly high
And all impossible things I want to try
I want my heart to flutter with great joy
As I celebrate my freedom, and utter a cry!

Freedom

Like the flowing water

And the tall growing tree

Life is not just about living

Its about setting your spirit free

The twists maybe unending

And rainfalls too may come

But tread your path slowly

And surely you will win

Let your patience guide you

Let your loneliness be your friend

Allow the winds to test you

Let them see what you intend

Break the shackles of tradition

Shake everyone with your rebellion

Wake up to the new light of dawn

And get ready to make the world your own

No feat is too hard to achieve

No goal too far to reach

Be the prisoner of your discipline

And freedom will no longer be a dream!

My Wishes

Deep in the woods
I want to go
I want to roam
And feel the glow
Of God’s gift
Of love and life

I want to fly in the sky
And want to feel the air so clean
I want to go into the ocean blue
And see the life of water too

So rich so pure
I wish to learn
I want to explore
The treasure of nature
The gift of God
The savings of time
And the destruction we bought!!!

A New Day

Breaking the darkest shadows of night,
The sun is up all full and bright
So raise your hopes like the morning sun
And tell yourselves that a new day has begun

This new day is full of joy and hope
Leave the despair and get ready to cope
Get ready to face the challenges of life
And welcome the opportunities that come by your side

Look at the sky and set your goal
On the wings of imagination let yourself roll
Leave all inhibition and shyness behind
Take a flight and let yourself to unwind

Don’t linger on with the past, just set it free
And open your eyes, so that you can see
A bright tomorrow and a peaceful new day
That is waiting for you to make a new way!

My Little One

You came into my life
With the small footsteps of love
You held my hands
With your tiny fingers
Your precocious little smile
Brightened up my world
And the tears in your eyes
Shook me to the soul

Oh my little one
You are the hope of my life
Your entry in my world
Has charged me with a new role
You are so tender
Like the morning dew drop
And so loveable
You almost feel like God

I’m told you are my bundle of joy
But I feel that you are my only joy
Your cute ways
Give a new meaning to my days
And when you sleep in my arms
I want to keep you forever in that place
Nothing more is now dearer to me
I just think about you and you are all I see!

My Other Side

Just searching my inner self one day
I discovered there was an other side to me
Like the other face of coin or the back of my hand
It was similar to me yet different from me
It was open to me yet somehow hidden
It shared my thoughts and gave me strength
It felt my pain and even laughed with me
It guided me and encouraged me
And when I felt let down, it loved me

Knowing my other side is like discovering myself
I know I am not alone, though I may have felt
I have a friend within me and my greatest guide
I have someone who will always be on my side
I am no longer afraid and no longer in pain
I feel no shackles and no restrain
I am at peace with me and my other side
And I understand that it will be my best guide!

Shadows of Past

Set in the sands of time
I find the shadows of past
The shadows which follow me
And help me when I am lost

The shadows encourage me
To move ahead in life
They tell me not to stop
They tell me to always strive

I feel that they guide me
I feel their total support
I feel that they want me to achieve
My life’s most important goal

Had it not been for these shadows
I would have been lost
In the jungle of urbanity
I also would have a cost

But I thank the shadows for saving me
And opening my eyes to a world
Where there is the beauty of wisdom
And every word is a pearl

I am here because I listened
I listened and learned from past
I did not bury the shadows
That lingered on from my past!!!

The Brain Drain

Working as an education counselor for one of the more reputed education agents in Ludhiana, I came across numerous people who just wanted a way out of the country. It hardly mattered to them which country they went to or how they would survive in a totally unknown country they were visiting for the first time. All they wanted was to be able to reach some country which was not named India. Interacting with these people, I often felt why are the so crazy about going to a land where they are not sure of getting a square meal a day, while they can live their lives lavishly in their own homes, without doing anything for the rest of their lives. Do they realize that they will be working ten times harder to earn what they spend as pocket money? But then how can you explain these things to someone who is intoxicated by something that he has not really experienced. For such people anything outside India is really great and worth dying for.

And that is not where the story ends. People desperate to set a foot outside India at any cost even took to drastic measures like faking marriages with friends and even relatives, which later I came to know was called paper marriage. Some youngsters even forced their parents to take loan or even sell the small piece of land, that was the only means of livelihood for the entire family, to arrange for the money to get out there….somewhere! And parents blinded by the love for their children, obliged them without knowing whether the apple of their eyes would return to them or not. My heart often went out for such parents and I was also angered by what they allowed their children to do to them.

Now on reaching their dream destinations, what do you suppose these people did? Most of them applied for a license to drive a cab or work at a bar or a petrol pump. So, all this hue and cry was for doing a menial job in a land unknown to them so that they could earn in dollars. But they forget one thing; the money earned in dollars is also spent in terms of dollars. I mean you have to eat, drink, provide for housing and shelter as well as clothing and that you have to do in dollars. But then, stubborn people who cannot say a complete sentence in unbroken English, and want to go to Aus, UK, USA, Canada etc to start a new life, will not understand this.

There was another horrifying aspect that was revealed to me during my job. People were assured by their friends residing in various countries that they would take them in when they arrived but when they actually went there, they were left stranded at the airports with no place to go. Now imagine a boy from a village has been told by his friend that he would be there at the airport when his flight lands, but upon arrival, nobody is there. He waits for his friend sure that he will come, but to no avail. He then calls him up but he is not answering the phone. So the boy is now really worried and he does not have any place to go and has little money in his pocket as he was quite sure his friend would come. This is not an isolated case. There have been quite a few incidents like this and the worst case scenarios have been when people who go on the basis of paper marriage have been left by their partners to fend for themselves. How much lower will the youth of this country go just to earn a few more bucks?

Now before you get me wrong, I am not against people, going abroad and earning. Absolutely not! If you have a required skill set and the caliber you should definitely go ahead and take up any good opportunity that comes your way. But please do no use unscrupulous means to move out and end up doing jobs that you would not have taken even if you had been starving in your homeland. If you are ready to work hard outside of India, then why not help in the growth of your own country. I understand and agree with you that there are many hassles that you might have to face here, but believe me it is not a cakewalk elsewhere also. Plus if we are not there to change our systems, then the country can never progress. It has been a proven fact, that if the youth of a country has the power and the will, they can change the face of that country. But if the youth of this country are leaving to make some other nation prosperous, then God knows what is in hold for the future of India!

होली

आयो फाल्गुन का यह शुभ दिन
बरसे रंग सब और,
अपने अपने घर आँगन को
तुम महकाओ कुछ और

लाल, गुलाबी नीले पीले
रंगों की है धूम
आज भुला कर सब बातौः को
मस्ती मैं तू झूम

पिचकारी मैं भर लो पानी
मुह मैं गुजिया डालो
भांग का रंग च्डाँना न पर
मत करना यह भूल

इस उत्सव को यूँ मनाओ
दुश्मन को भी गले लगाओ
सब संग हस लो सब संग गा लो
रंग भिरंगी धूम मचाओ

Darkness

Deep within me is a darkness
Darkness that surrounds my soul
That takes away my peace
And gives me a pain
I suffer through this pain
Which tortures me and gives me unrest

I try to cry aloud
And try to bring back the moments
When I am happy and proud
But the darkness engulfs me
And kills my voice, so loud
It takes me far away
And I do not know how to come out

I feel all alone
In a world where no one is known
I want to hold the hand
Of someone whom I love
But there is darkness
And I can’t see
So somebody come and please make me free!

Is Technology Dependent on Man or Is It Vice Versa?

“Is the net working?”, one of my colleagues asked and I before I could reply, pat came the reply, “No”. And with this announcement all work stopped all of a sudden. While some of us rejoiced at this unintended break from work, others who were doing something more important banged their fists on the workstations and mumbled something to give vent to their anger. Soon the entire office, which usually resounds with the noise of key presses, was abuzz with murmur as people started gossiping with their friends and other colleagues. And there was no objection from the bosses as the work requires the employees to have access to the internet 24*7.

And, it was during one such phase in my routine day at the office, when I realized that how far mankind has reached. Today we can do things which could not have been imagined by our grandfathers. Science has gifted us with the technology to reach our loved ones within minutes which was a dream till about a century ago. The developments in the field of IT are squeezing out distances rapidly. We are advancing in space technology and medicinal and engineering fields. Nanotechnology is changing the concept of the way we look at things. And the journey has just begun. We still have many more milestones to cover and many new heights to achieve.

But are we only gaining from this rapid development in science and technology. Are we as humans, not losing our basic humanity in this unending race. Today the world is divided into two major parts, an ultra modern and rich part and a shabby and extremely poor part. Somehow the technology is being used for the further development of the former class but what about the other half of the world? People, who do not get a square meal a day, don’t really care what they can do with internet. A mother who has lost her child to a disease like TB cannot understand the benefit of nanotechnology. Is the death of a six year old child, worth the millions of dollars we pump into the development of new weapons for warfare? No, absolutely not!

But what are we doing about it? I say we are doing nothing. We are just waiting with open blinded eyes as the rich become richer and the poor become poorer. Now if you are wondering what you can do about it, there is a lot! But for that we have to take some initiative. We have to take the initiative of helping people and organizations that are working for the good of other people. Maybe it will not be enough, but doing something is definitely better than doing nothing at all!

Dear Parents

When there was no one
You were by my side
You held my hand
And taught me the lessons of life
You taught me to love all
You taught me to share pain
You taught me that after a rainfall
There surely will be sunlight again

You taught me to give respect
You taught me to never blame
You taught me to be truthful
You taught me to show mercy
You taught me to be good to all
And you taught me to stand up after I fall

You became a friend
You became my guide
You gave me everything
You gave me my life
You showed me light
Whenever there was dark
You were there for me
Whenever I used to call

My dear parents
You are my lifeline
I have always been indebted to you
From the time I can recall
I wish and pray to God
To give such wonderful Mom Dad
To one and All!!!

What Is Love

The other day, I saw a couple going on the road holding hands, oblivious of the world around them. They just seemed to be so engrossed in one another that they hardly cared where they were or how many eyes were watching them. And then a thought just crossed my mind. Is this what love is all. Is this what poets and novelists have written so much about? Is this what turns people’s lives into a heavenly bliss. And then I answered my own questions. Yes this was what has inspired beautiful poetry, and romantic tales. This is what makes the world go.

If you have never experienced being in love, you might wonder what binds people who fall in love. It is not just an emotion that surges up their hormones. It is the feeling of becoming complete in somebody’s company. It is the freedom of being your real self and being accepted and appreciated for that.It is the fun of experiencing some part of every relationship in this one strong bond. It is the tutor who teaches you tolerance, patience and forgiveness. It is the friend who remains with you every time and everywhere, bringing brightness into even the darkest corners of your heart.

So open your hearts and let the fragrance of love blossom your crushed emotions. Give yourself the best gift that you can get. Free yourself from inhibitions and see the world changing in front of you. Don’t shy away from the most wonderful feeling of all, that God has bestowed us with. Love does not hurt, it never causes pain but the condition is that you have to be selfless. Only if you become selfish, will you experience the traumatic side of love. So give yourself just one chance to get out from your frog well and welcome a new dawn with open arms and open minds!

Who Am I?

Facing my reflection, in the mirror,
I often think and ask myself,
Who am I?

Am I just a daughter, a wife, a mother?
Am I just what my duties make me?
Am I here to make a sacrifice every time?
Where do I stand as a person?
Who cares for my emotions?
Who Am I?

Then some little voice within me answers
A voice that has been mellowed down
A voice I am barely able to hear
It answers not only my musing
It also answers all my fears.

You are all these and more, it says
You are the one who makes them.
Your strength and courage moulds them
Your sacrifice nurtures them
You give them happiness and peace
So don’t worry, just be at ease.

You are a woman who loves and cares
And that my dear is all you should care
For God has found you to be very special
So that is why you are here!!!

The Ideal Gift

Valentine Day is here and I am sure most of you must have decided what you want to gift your special person with! But I think there must be a lazy few like me, who are pondering over some novel gift ideas. But don’t worry friends, as last minute shoppers tend to get good deals and we still have some time to plan!!!

Well jokes apart, what would be the ideal gift for that one person who makes all the difference in your life. Generally on this occasion, people gift their lovers with a cuddly-wuddly teddy or some other soft toy, or they choose to present a bouquet of red roses to the person who matters most in their lives. But do you really feel that a sweet soft toy or a bunch of roses is all that your lover is really worth of! I mean come on; it is a day when you celebrate being together and sharing that special bond. So why gift your priceless partner with something that will loose its value after some time!

If you are wondering how else you can make this romantic day memorable, let me give you some tips. You can go on to do something that your lover has wanted you to do for a long time like maybe stop smoking, or quitting some other ugly habit or even dressing in some particular manner. You can also spend a quiet evening alone with him/her without going to some overcrowded restaurant, pub, disco or theatre. Instead you can go to some place where the two of you can talk about everything and anything. Or else you can just take a stroll holding each other’s hands, sharing the sweet memories of being together. Another thing you can do is that you can have a surprise treat for your special partner, where you will cook his/her favorite dishes, but try this only if you have some culinary talents!

These are just a few ways of making your Valentine Day special and unforgettable for the love of your life. And if any of these does not suit you, don’t worry, just let your imagination fly and you are sure to come up with some novel idea that will brighten up your love life. In short just indulge into something that really pleases your lover and I am sure you will become more intimate with the person you love as he/she will understand how deeply you care for him/her. Don’t just follow the league, follow the wishes of your lovers heart and you are sure to make this V-Day unique and priceless for him/her.

So go ahead and woo your love with something he/she never expected as I also will do something to get even closer to my dear one!!!

Together We Grow!!!

Together we grow,
Individually we fall,
The progress of one
Is the progress of all
So lets lend a hand
To someone in need
And just feel happy
About a little good deed
And remember my dear
You will be repaid
For when you are in need
Someone will come to your aid!!!

You And I

The footprints of your love
Are still etched in my heart
Try as I may, that out you go
You are always there with me in my thought
Every breath I take every drop I drink
Reminds me that we share something

I may be asleep, I might be awake
No matter what I do, no matter where I stay
You follow me every time and to everyplace
You are in the sunset and you are there at dawn
You are in the in my every smile and every frown

Though years have gone since you and I met
It seems like yesterday when the scene was set
The scene of our separation, the scene of my hurt
The scene that killed the love in our hearts
The scene that forced you and me apart

You moved on in life and left me alone
But I still an not sure whether you have really gone
How can I be sure when I see you everywhere
You are not in front of me, but still you are near
And though you gave me an unhealing scar
One thing I know that you can never go far!

The Philosophy of Life!

Sometimes, when I m not in the best of my moods, I sit with a cup of coffee in my hands, just staring into the nothingness and thinking - what if some things in life had happened differently? Maybe life would have been better or knows, it could even have been worse. But then you always feel curious about things that are unknown to you.

I am sure that many of you must have pondered over this question at least once in your life. But, have you and I ever wondered- What about the present? Have we ever noticed how beautiful life is even now, in its present state! I know most of you will disagree with me and say what is beautiful about the king of life I am living? But my friend I assure you that if you look around yourself, you will find many things that can brighten up your life.

Actually we are so busy, complaining about the things that dissatisfy us, leaving us with little or no time to appreciate the small things in our lives that can make us happy. Every new day brings along new opportunities but we tend to shut our eyes or turn our backs because we are more than often busy thinking about the lost opportunities in the past. We torment our brains, thinking about an unknown alternate life and thus ignore the gifts that God has given to us to make this life wonderful.

So my friends, break the shackles of past and let your spirit be free from all the misgivings, hindrances and prejudices. Just take some time out from your cribbing and cravings and you will be surprised to find how much more there is to life than meets the eye. Why worry about something that was not bound to happen. Try to find happiness in the smile of a child, in the laughter of lovers and in the blessings of elders and you will definitely feel that this is the best life you could have ever lived!