A NEW JOURNEY

How can one define the excitement of getting the first salary? All those years, be it a pencil bought in L.K.G or a Laptop bought desperately in the college years, it was from the parents. On getting the first salary, though not much for a newly joined intern, it was special. All the firsts in the world are special. Be it a first child or a first car!

It always occupies a place so deep in your heart, that even after many years, you will remember it fondly.

Let us go back to the story at hand.

I was feeling so proud on getting it and I immediately wanted to do something for everyone in the family, which will be my parents, my sister and I. A few days back, I would have been my first preference before others if I am going to shop.

But on earning a few rupees myself, I suddenly became selfless and I was so surprised at myself that I was happy. As it was said to Peter Parker, with great power comes great responsibilities.

I went around and asked or, I would say I pestered them to name something for me to buy for them. As every mother in the world would say, my happiness and joy was enough for my mother. 

Until recently my dad was a person who hated new technologies. But he has changed now. I guess he hated being a ‘Luddite’ more. Since he was new and all to the world of memory cards, he wanted me to get him a new memory card.

When I went into my sister’s room to ask her what she wanted, I was a little afraid. What if she wanted more than I could get? The little philanthropy in me threatened to disappear. But casting away all the phobias, I asked her and the answer was not so surprising. She wanted a new face wash which she had been wanting for some time now. I promised her.

I went to flipkart.com and I added the two purchases to my cart.

After being a good philanthropist for a while, the Id and the Ego started to work in my mind.

What did I want? 

I surely wanted a lot.

No Greedy Lady. What do you want the most?

I looked at my phone which was lying near. It had certainly seen its better days and I decided that I wanted a new phone.

Though I knew myself to be the smartest girl in the universe, I lacked a smartphone.

My Id made me desire a phone and the Ego in me made it an obsession.

In addition to being smart, I should be lucky too. It may sound as a dull bragging, but why should I be shopping on the same day of the release of the new Moto E 2^nd generation?

You still doubt me? Read on. I promise to keep the bragging about myself to a minimum and you sure will believe me at the end!

When I first looked at the Moto E 2^nd generation specifications on the Flipkart site, I just couldn’t believe my eyes.

Just one look and I was sold.

I have always been a person who uses multiple apps at the same time. So, if I am going to buy a new smartphone for myself, I sure want a phone which can bear my usage. And Moto E looked promising in that criterion to me, because of its RAM. If you have a good RAM, you certainly can explore more. There need not be a restriction and I for one, never liked restrictions! 

My kind of profession demands wearing a white coat, though half of the world has a phobia on seeing it. So, when I am using it and suddenly I have to attend a patient, I just drop the phone in my coat pocket, which will also be housing many other instruments including the stethoscope and the torch, which I always see the demand for.

And the phone will have to adjust with its new roommates or pocket mates for a few hours, until I could free it. It has to suffer from the rough usage. So, I was happy when I saw that it is covered by the Corning Gorilla Glass, which will make the phone scratch resistant. So I need not worry about my phone getting scratched.

The white coat also plays another important role in my phone selection.

As most of us would have seen a white coat, I consider the reader familiar with a doctor’s coat. As you can imagine, I have to keep all the instruments in them along with the phone. So the 4.5 inches Moto E will be the perfect choice for me. It will be handy for me to use and I can find it a place in my coat pocket. Another feature that I have to mention is its weight, which is certainly lightweight. These two features made me incline towards it.

                         
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It comes with the Android 5.0. Apart from liking the traditional lollipop which I have been eating since four years of age, I like the Lollipop version of Android too.

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Moto E 2^nd generation gives me the latest possible version of Android, the Lollipop version and it will help me connect with my mobile better. This latest version of Android also helps you in saving your battery, which means I am happier.

We have come a long way from the dual core processors and the latest version of Moto E houses the Quadcore Snapdragon 200 processor which will help me to use many high end technologies at my budget.

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It is the day of the selfies.

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From waking up in the morning and #wokeuplikethis selfies to #goodnight selfies, you can see them everywhere. Selfie taking is the latest sensation and it wouldn’t be a wonder, if you can see selfie sticks in every home soon. And to become a part of that sensation, I wanted a phone with a front camera and Moto E offers exactly that. It has a 0.3 MP front camera.

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After talking so much about the most essential for selfie front camera, I must mention about the rear camera too. Who wouldn’t love to take click at the beautiful sunrise in the morning? The red hue spreading slowly among the sky is a sight to behold. Even more pleasure to look at is the sunset and the silhouette of the trees against the setting sun will make the best painters hide in embarrassment. Such is the beauty of the nature and I can’t resist myself. 

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Also, when I am looking at a few patients, for the purpose of clinical study I will have to take a few pictures and I certainly do not have extra room in my pocket to take a camera. So, my phone camera will have to serve the purpose and I believe that with a 5 MP camera, Moto E will be a good choice.

In the present age, you can see everyone, from a young person to an old man waiting for a train, playing their favourite game on their smartphone.

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In my profession, I may not find a spare time to play a few games in the day time. But I certainly play them to remain awake, when I have to do the night duty and also in a long 36 hour shift. It is also a good way of de-stressing the pressure I have to face. With a 2390 mAh battery, I can play games throughout the night shift and also, during the 36 hour shift, I will not find the need to charge it.

So, the good battery capacity of the new Moto E makes it a good choice for a person like me.

Sometimes, when I am assisting in a procedure, I may find the need to record the whole procedure and the video feature will enable me to record the same. 

Also, when I have to store all those videos, the 8 GB of internal memory will come in handy. With that internal memory, I can take videos and photos without the worry of running out of memory. And as long as my memory remains intact, this memory will be enough for me.

Finally, when I see all these features of it together, I cannot find any reason why the new Moto E shouldn’t be the perfect choice for me? 

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Life is not so perfect, but in that imperfect life, this Moto E seems the choice that will be deemed perfect!

With my first salary, I can get myself a new smartphone and with the new Moto E, I will begin my smartphone journey and the as I know already, this journey is going to be a pleasant one.

                     “For last year's words belong to last year's language

                       And next year's words await another voice.

                       And to make an end is to make a beginning."

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Living a meaningful life

Sometimes life doesn't give you second chances. All you have got is one life and what we all do is spend that life in what we think is important.
What all we had sacrificed for it?
Getting up before the sun rises and not a chance to sit down till the sun sets. Life has become one crazy ride and we feel ourselves tied to that roller coaster. We are busy worrying about the downs when it is going up and we are busy getting ready for the ups it will offer soon. But one thing we all fail to do is to catch the view it offers. When you are the peak and before it takes you down, you can look at the world differently than ever before. But how many of us do that? Our eyes are busy zooming in on the impending fall. Even if you don't focus on it, you will go there and ultimately the peak. So, why not enjoy the view?
Our life is one huge roller coaster where we go along the rise and fall in which it had planned.
We are busy creating and enhancing it, that we fail to feel the intricate part of it.
The mechanical life has made us into machines. Soon our souls too will become mechanical. And then there will be no turning back for us.

So before we lose our lives to the daily pressure and the worldly life, let us think. Think about what you want to do before we become robots to work.

Some pleasures. Some activities you had always liked. The act of doing itself makes you energized. When was the last time we immersed ourselves into it?
Long long ago and so long ago.

And when I sat back and gave a thought about what I would like to do, I came up with the following three. It may sound absurd to some. But the passion it gives you when you indulge in your favorite activities, you can never derive it anywhere else. It gives the ultimate satisfaction of having done something in life. It gives you the joy of having achieved the goal in your life which the long hours at the office doesn't give.
Without further ado, let me tell you the activities I have been only dreaming to do.

First

Writing a Novel

I have been wanting to write a novel for a very long time. Many a time I have sat down to pen one. I would write a few pages and then my life would overtake me and the story itself would have been forgotten. This is my first and foremost longing and I have been procrastinating it for a few years now. If given a chance, I would like to become an author first. Sitting among the trees and dreaming about the sky is certainly my cup if tea.

Second

Learning French

I don't remember how I became fond of the French language. I remember asking my parents to join me in a French class during school days. But time never permitted me to explore into a new language. Time has been my greatest enemy and it had me chained and constrained that I was unable to pursue my passions. Passion gives the life a meaning and a direction. Even now I want to learn it and I sure would if I have a chance. So, this is the second in my to-do list.

Third

Exploring the world around - Leading a Nomadic life

Time truly is vengeful. It never gives me time to go on a little adventurous exploration. My exploration I am not painting a picture which involves archaeology or mountain climbing. A simple mind with which I have been blessed never think of such extravaganza.
By exploring, what I really want is to get on a bus or train and go to a new place and to wander around. I want to go wherever the vehicle takes me. I want to get down and explore. Some few clicks wouldn't hurt too.
The world is one beautiful place and by sitting and leading the life in a small four walled room doesn't make any sense. Going to new places, meeting new people will certainly give me the experience of a life time and will lead to a meaningful life.
So given the chance I want the nomadic in me to dominate my life.

The three things I would want to do are the above and certainly I would like to satisfy at least one yearning of mine.

This post is a part of #SecondChance activity by Blogadda in association with MaxLife Insurance.

MY NEW YEAR RESOLUTION

MY NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
It was the New Year's eve. The lights were shining bright everywhere. The world was looming with hope. Everyone hoped of a better future. A better place to live. A better food to eat. A better everything. The New year gives you all.
Though the past 12 months had not been going your way, that day makes you feel that everything will go well in the upcoming year.
As a result, everyone of us want to create a new us. Isn't it wonderful when you want to change yourself?
But that doesn't stop with inner personal self. It also includes everything around you. Everything from the bathroom mirror to your car's rearview mirror. Perfect to your liking and along with quality. That does makes sense.
Everyone has a New Resolution on Dec 31. Whether it continues throughout is what matters!
I too had a resolution. Let me tell you how i came to think about it.
I was reading a mystery book, lying down on my sofa and trying to get into the plot. Since it was too boring, i decided to try out the television set. It was full of movies since it was New Year's eve. I decided on one channel and tried watching it. Heaven knew i tried watching it. But it was too boring for me.
It was the day where millions of people were partying right now and i for one was sitting at my home with nothing to do and no one for company. I should have accepted my friend's invitation when he called me for the Goa trip. At that time it sounded so lame to me. But then i felt that it was the most sane idea i could have chosen.
I was there hiding in my self-pity. It was not a good thing for anyone's ego. You need to show the world that you are capable and that you are the master at anything. King of the World!
You need to prove yourself that you can win.
Yes! Winning!
I could do that.
Yes!
I switched on my tab and started playing my favourite game, which was The Subway Surfers.
I was so held up at work, that i had not been finding time to play.
When i started jumping over the trains in my favourite avatar, i felt my energy increasing. I felt the zeal inside me.
Ouch! I had got killed by a train!
I started playing again.
Again killed. But i did dodge the train faster than the supe rfast express. Even then, i was killed!
What is the worth of a life!
The game had started again!
This time i was being extra careful. I wanted to beat my high score. Also, i also wanted to come on top of the overall score. Wouldn't that be a present for myself on that day?
Yes. It would be.
The game's speed had increased and i was literally flying!
I had beat my High Score!
The next target was to beat the top score.
I was just ten points away, when my avatat in his baggy green pants, was hung up in the mid air.
My tab responded with a message.
 Subway surfers is not responding. Do you want to close it?
Oh! No!
My fingers were really aching from playing for the past one hour.
I was just an inch away from my crowning glory and it was taken from me. All because of that tab.
I gave that tab an annoying look and i was pressing all the buttons it had to make it work again. It had just freezed and had freezed my score along with it.
At the very moment, my tab started vibrating and i could see my girlfriend was calling. She was out of town and she was calling me at ...
Oh! It was NEW YEAR!
My tab was still stuck and i could not attend her call.
All because of just one hour playing? I called my girlfriend from my landline and wished her New Year.
And i sat down to frame my New Year Resolutions.
1.Never forget to wish your girlfriend first, even you are about to fall from a 1000ft high place.
2.Get yourself the new Micromax Canvas tab - P666, because you are a gamer.
and on and on it went. But the most important were the first two.