<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403105933251767735</id><updated>2011-11-27T15:29:05.752-08:00</updated><category term='Terrorist'/><category term='funny blog on Mumbai'/><category term='26/11'/><category term='Online Marketing'/><category term='songs'/><category term='Barbie'/><category term='New Year'/><category term='World Cup 2011'/><category term='Pink Chaddi Campaign'/><category term='Five Finger Prayer'/><category term='Cricket'/><category term='Diet plan ingredients'/><category term='ICC'/><category term='Sheila Dikhit'/><category term='Gays'/><category term='Homosexuality Law'/><category term='CST'/><category term='Heath'/><category term='Pub Bharo'/><category term='Junk food choices'/><category term='Personal Experience'/><category term='Harbour Line'/><category term='Bitch'/><category term='Marketing terms'/><category term='SEO and Online Marketing'/><category term='Inida'/><category term='Morality'/><category term='Srilankan cricket Team'/><category term='Wikipedia'/><category term='Mumbai'/><category term='Sex'/><category term='BCCI'/><category term='Bible'/><category term='Thriller'/><category term='Faith'/><category term='Slangs'/><category term='Food Addiction'/><category term='Ethics'/><category term='Times Now'/><category term='Religion'/><category term='Wrong eating habits'/><category term='Girl'/><category term='exercise'/><category term='New Delhi'/><category term='Valentines Day'/><category term='Blog on Mumbai'/><category term='Pink'/><category term='Homosexuality'/><category term='Chronicles'/><category term='God'/><category term='Adoption'/><category term='Music'/><category term='Pink Slip'/><category term='Slumdog Millionaire'/><category term='Makeup  tips'/><category term='Power of Prayer'/><category term='Srilankan Team'/><category term='Jesus Christ'/><category term='terrorism'/><category term='Mumbaikars'/><category term='Prayer'/><category term='King of Pop'/><category term='Slums of Mumbai'/><category term='Delhi Metro'/><category term='KFC'/><category term='Moon Walk'/><category term='Michael Jackson death'/><category term='Purpose of God'/><category term='color'/><category term='Sleep'/><category term='music videos'/><category term='Gay Marriages'/><category term='Oscar'/><category term='Pop Music'/><category term='NDTV'/><category term='Michael Jackson'/><category term='Dance'/><category term='Brown Men dont smile'/><title type='text'>Chronicles..........</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rencymathew.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403105933251767735/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rencymathew.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Rency Mathew</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403105933251767735.post-2572448202886571949</id><published>2009-07-03T02:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-03T04:20:52.983-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adoption'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Homosexuality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gays'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Purpose of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Morality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Homosexuality Law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gay Marriages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ethics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sex'/><title type='text'>India-Home for Homosexuals</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5XRCvJG08HI/Sk3l4_zK19I/AAAAAAAAADs/PG8qtSiGIlQ/s1600-h/homosexuality.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 176px; height: 250px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5XRCvJG08HI/Sk3l4_zK19I/AAAAAAAAADs/PG8qtSiGIlQ/s320/homosexuality.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354188299374876626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The High Court on Thursday gave a historic judgment by making amendments in the 149 yrs old law by declaring gay sex legal. In the courtroom there was almost unanimous psychiatric and medical view that homosexuality is not a disease or a disorder but is just an another expression of human sexuality. People are out on the roads celebrating it as an historic event. What Rubbish? Are they no social values? Isn't sex between social partners a Sin? There are people who have started asking Are gays not part of Gods Creation? The answer is a &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Big NO!!&lt;/span&gt; God did not create Gays. Its nothing but man's sinful nature. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bible says in &lt;a href="http://net.bible.org/verse.php?book=1Co&amp;chapter=6&amp;verse=9"&gt;1 Corinthians 6:9&lt;/a&gt;,Homosexual will not inherit the Kingdom of God. Here Paul not just mentions about Homosexuals but about sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, thieves, greedy, drunkard, slanderers,swindlers. All these will never inherit the Kingdom of God. Homosexuality is a lust forbidden by God. He said to people of Israel as written in &lt;a href="http://net.bible.org/verse.php?book=Lev&amp;chapter=18&amp;verse=22"&gt;Leviticus 18.22&lt;/a&gt;-Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman it is detestable ( &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;NIV version&lt;/span&gt;). If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads (&lt;a href="http://net.bible.org/verse.php?book=Lev&amp;chapter=20&amp;verse=13"&gt;Leviticus 20:13&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday, as i was watching TV i stopped at a discussion where gays were talking about their experiences. One of them with a very girlish accent and body language ( &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;i think these are the best signs to find out if one is a gay&lt;/span&gt;) was confessing that He got attracted to a man who was married, not to a gay but a woman. First thing, Isn't the married man cheating ( &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;If the married man was a gay then why did he marry&lt;/span&gt;). Ain't they just been emotional fools. &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Gays-not-part-of-Gods-plan-say-religious-leaders/articleshow/4731106.cms"&gt;Rev. Tony Charanghat&lt;/a&gt;, said, ‘‘&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;While homosexuals have to be treated with respect, homosexuality can’t be equated with heterosexuality. The nature of sex should be complementary to life, which is God’s design.&lt;/span&gt;’’ seeing this i was &lt;br /&gt;inquisitive to know more about how they behave and what works in their mind. I watched other gays vent out about not been able to speak about till this law was passed. I think this has become an important issue that we should ponder on. If today we pass a law for homosexuality then tomorrow who knows we will have to bend down to agree on other social issues. It seems Gays also seek for love, respect, company of somebody they are comfortable at, difference lies that it will be the same sex. &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Funny it is i must say!!!&lt;/span&gt;.. I am sure almost all of us would not have wished for this law to be passed but we hate to say that publicly..&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;ohh&lt;/span&gt; now its like a style statement. Day 1 on, am sure we surely would get to see many open nuisances from dating in Parks, beaches, movie halls to maybe gay employer-employee relationships. During the show some other gay men who understand and wished they were not this way said that they were from small town where they did not get to speak to girls or be with them so they have always been in company with guys which would have possibly led to an attraction. i too believe so....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Homosexuality, cannot be called a disorder or disease but surely psychiatric and religious counseling will get them back to track ( &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;i know my whole blog is a bit blunt but am seriously mystified with this gay stuff ......whats happening people...where are we leading&lt;/span&gt;) If things  move this way one day &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;THE GENERATION NEXT&lt;/span&gt; will ask &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;IF THERE IS ANY GOD??&lt;/span&gt; Lets not face this. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We need to understand God's Purpose of creating us.God created us:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;1)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Glorify and Love God&lt;/span&gt;-  In order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory (&lt;a href="http://net.bible.org/verse.php?book=Eph&amp;chapter=1&amp;verse=12"&gt;Ephesians 1:12&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;2) To rule the World&lt;br /&gt;3) To have fellowship with God&lt;br /&gt;4) To replenish and fill the Earth&lt;br /&gt;5) To testify about the Kingdom of God&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If we rule out on any, then we are walking away from the &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Purpose of God&lt;/span&gt; and falling into temptations ( &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;one of which is homosexuality&lt;/span&gt;) and sin. One of Gods important purpose is to replenish and fill the Earth and can anybody make me understand how will Homosexuality fulfill pt 4? Ohhh i must appreciate this for one reason, if all of us were homosexuals, we will have a good control on the population...&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;hehehe!!&lt;/span&gt;. I was reading the other day about Gay Marriages and adoption of children in foreign countries ( &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;and now copied into our culture&lt;/span&gt;). I was thinking terminologies like Husband, Wife, grand children ( &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;children might be acceptable as they are practicing adoption&lt;/span&gt;) stand false for them. Who &lt;br /&gt;is the husband of whom or who is who's wife?? uffffff....whom will the child call Daddy or Mummy. If they have an answer to it then WE are fools to call ours as &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;PARENTS&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we hear and see many things all i can say is its time we should &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;PRAY FOR INDIA. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;alt=rss&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5403105933251767735-2572448202886571949?l=rencymathew.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rencymathew.blogspot.com/feeds/2572448202886571949/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5403105933251767735&amp;postID=2572448202886571949&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403105933251767735/posts/default/2572448202886571949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403105933251767735/posts/default/2572448202886571949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rencymathew.blogspot.com/2009/07/india-homeo-for-sexuality.html' title='India-Home for Homosexuals'/><author><name>Rency Mathew</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5XRCvJG08HI/Sk3l4_zK19I/AAAAAAAAADs/PG8qtSiGIlQ/s72-c/homosexuality.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403105933251767735.post-3011898063478554808</id><published>2009-07-02T00:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-02T01:13:53.292-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Junk food choices'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Diet plan ingredients'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exercise'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Food Addiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='KFC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wrong eating habits'/><title type='text'>'FOOOOOOD' for THOUGHT</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5XRCvJG08HI/SkxsGSDyqfI/AAAAAAAAADk/Nr45og9ROBg/s1600-h/fast-food-logos.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5XRCvJG08HI/SkxsGSDyqfI/AAAAAAAAADk/Nr45og9ROBg/s320/fast-food-logos.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353772912219433458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are certain foods that seemingly gets the approval of all age brackets. Pizza is a gimme, so do Chocolates. Hardly a person would turn down ice-creams or Fried Chicken. But Ah-Ha...Hold on. Are you sure what you eat makes sense. Being a foodie myself, i most-of-the-times purposely ignore the facts of &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;HEALTHY EATING&lt;/span&gt;. I was very picky as a child but now turning out to be an avid food lover. I daily promise myself to make a gourmet but for me the idea of Healthy and tasty Food had always been Fried food to adding lots of masalas. I must confess it is tasty not healthy. Am sure you will also think after so many years of eating, you have become veterans on munching down on food by now. But Excuse me...let me correct you, i traveled with the same myth till i was smitten by these facts. Following are some useful DID YOU KNOWS??? most of it all of you might know&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) If you are a person who eats three times a day and think you are eating right and optimum, you are WRONG! Eating 3 times is just the right way to feed your body. Unlike a car, we cannot fuel(food) our tank (stomach) till it is full, it requires a constant and steady intake of vitamins and other essential nutrients. Our 3 square meals needs to be divided into 6 meals taken within an interval of 2-3 hrs. Hey people (&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;esp girlie s...do you know this is the secret of the french woman remaining so slim&lt;/span&gt;).6 times a day doesn't mean you have the freedom to chomp down all fried, fatty food but have to include all the right nutrients. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Savour each bite. An average meal should be completed in around 20 mins. There are people whom you hardly notice on the dinner table. They get over with the business in few mins. They consider eating as a job that has to be done religiously. You must enjoy every bite , chew slowly to make the meal to last longer so as to give the stomach the time to digest the food and give brain the signal of &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;FULL STOMACH&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. You must eat in the best plates you have. Infact no watching TV's. It distracts and also No &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;CHIT CHATS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. That's the reason it is said we should not talk while we eat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As i write this i remember this funny incident that happened during the time of my wedding reception. My wedding was in Kerala . After the wedding sometime is given for the bride to change while the guest have to wait for the couple to join the reception. But there is no waiting business in marriages in Kerala. Food is already set on the table, though the party kicks off after the couple enters. To my surprise and horror before we entered people had finished their first round of eating and were asking for the second serve. By the time we were welcomed, the second serve was over and somebody was asked to pray for the food. As the prayer got over and we opened our eyes, me and my husband couldn't control our smile to see that half of the crowd were over with their eating and left their places ( &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;No offense pls....am sure all malayalees will agree to what i said if they have experienced Kerala weddings&lt;/span&gt;) I was just wondering when will people learn  to enjoy eating, am sure their brain never signals them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But who is to blame? In a way we can say Wrong eating habits are caused by the ignorance from other people influencing on you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Studies showed some horrible results. At Home, dining in kitchen is a natural place but it ends up as vulnerable area mostly a place where you find the access to excessive eating. Many people eat their breakfast in office, rushed up lunches, followed by snacks, gulping down cups after cups of tea and coffee. study shows that if office is closer to food counter, people eat more. It is said woman eat more when they are at restaurants than at home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other day i was reading my emails where i found this awful and astonishing news about KFC. My instant reaction was nothing than to puke. I later felt bad to think i will have to start avoiding KFC...Cant we do anything about this?? ( shouting.......i cant miss my zingers. Whoever knows me, know how much i luuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrvvv KFC)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://kfc.co.in/"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kentucky Fried Chicken&lt;/a&gt; has become KFC. Does anybody know why? We thought the real reason was because of the "FRIED" food issue. It's not. The reason why they call it KFC is because they can not use the word chicken anymore. Why? KFC does not use real chickens. They actually use genetically manipulated organisms. These so called "chickens" are kept alive by tubes inserted into their bodies to pump blood and nutrients throughout their structure. They have no beaks, no feathers, and no feet. Their bone structure is dramatically shrunk to get more meat out of them...&lt;a href="http://geo-pie.cornell.edu/media/kfc.html"&gt;Click to read the complete KFC story &lt;/a&gt;(Source=Internet)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As obesity is increasing rapidly, good dining habits with regular exercise are very important. Wrong Food habits is nothing but a &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;SUICIDE&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;alt=rss&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5403105933251767735-3011898063478554808?l=rencymathew.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rencymathew.blogspot.com/feeds/3011898063478554808/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5403105933251767735&amp;postID=3011898063478554808&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403105933251767735/posts/default/3011898063478554808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403105933251767735/posts/default/3011898063478554808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rencymathew.blogspot.com/2009/07/fooooood-for-thought.html' title='&apos;FOOOOOOD&apos; for THOUGHT'/><author><name>Rency Mathew</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5XRCvJG08HI/SkxsGSDyqfI/AAAAAAAAADk/Nr45og9ROBg/s72-c/fast-food-logos.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403105933251767735.post-5303363348141860192</id><published>2009-06-26T03:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-26T07:13:28.809-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thriller'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pop Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='King of Pop'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michael Jackson'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michael Jackson death'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moon Walk'/><title type='text'>Michael Jackson -The KING OF POP dies at 50</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5XRCvJG08HI/SkSdL91eK7I/AAAAAAAAADc/6PyUtztgosg/s1600-h/mich.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 221px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5XRCvJG08HI/SkSdL91eK7I/AAAAAAAAADc/6PyUtztgosg/s320/mich.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351575086125951922" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://michaeljackson.com/"&gt;Michael Jackson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, is dead is the first thing that i heard today while my husband was switching channels to confirm the news and to our disbelief and shock it was true. And my heart became heavy to lose the best entertainer the world has ever seen. With his monster hits like &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Thriller, Billie Jean, Black or White, Heal the World, Bad, Dangerous, Beat it, History, Jam, Childhood,Earth Song,Scream, Smooth Criminal, Say Say Say, Rockin' Robin&lt;/span&gt;....just to name a few, his popularity lasted for decades. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MJ w&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;as a very dominant figure in the early 80's and was referred to as the &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;KING OF POP&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; Truly his music influenced not only a generation of singers and songwriters but us specially during our teens as we grew up trying to mimic his signature dance, his all time popular Moon Walk. Oh, I still remember our class did a break dance in my 5th standard on one of my fav song Black or white for my school annual day function. His songs as i listen to them takes me back to my childhood days. I remember his music videos were aired on &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;MTV&lt;/span&gt;. His songs were at the tip of our tongue. Even the word DANCE had a new synonym. DANCE meant Michael Jackson. With his stage performances and music videos, MJ popularized a number of physically complicated dance moves of which the popular one's are the &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Moon Walk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Robot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. I see these steps been copied by a lot of people specially in the Bollywood by our Actors like &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Prabhu Deva, Govinda, Javed Jaffery.&lt;/span&gt; He had a very different musical sound and style which i will say as his Trademark. His Album &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;" Thriller" &lt;/span&gt;is the worlds best selling record of all times and i am proud to say i have saved my copy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His achievements include holding the Guinness World record for the &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;'Most Successful Entertainer of All Time', 13 Grammy Awards, 13 no 1 singles&lt;/span&gt;, one of the few artists to be into the &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Rock and Roll Hall of Fame&lt;/span&gt; twice. As a child he faced lot of abuses, physical and mental, from his father but he was a child with great musical gifts. His childhood abuses were so traumatizing that in his latter years, during his many interviews he openely cried while talking about it. Jackson showed his musical talent early, during his childhood by performing in front of his classmates, later joining the band with his brothers and naming the band as &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;THE JACKSON 5&lt;/span&gt;. From leaving the band in the 1975, to his best seller and ever popular album Thriller, bleaching his skin, to falling into controversy of child abuse,  and now his Death, Michael Jackson still remains the heartthrob of many music lovers and will be ever remembered for his contribution and the revelation he brought to the world of &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Pop Music.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we remember him as Man who loves his fans, surely this is what he would wish to leave us with: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Heal The World&lt;br /&gt;Make It A Better Place&lt;br /&gt;For You And For Me&lt;br /&gt;And The Entire Human Race&lt;br /&gt;There Are People Dying&lt;br /&gt;If You Care Enough&lt;br /&gt;For The Living&lt;br /&gt;Make A Better Place&lt;br /&gt;For You And For Me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;alt=rss&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5403105933251767735-5303363348141860192?l=rencymathew.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rencymathew.blogspot.com/feeds/5303363348141860192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5403105933251767735&amp;postID=5303363348141860192&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403105933251767735/posts/default/5303363348141860192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403105933251767735/posts/default/5303363348141860192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rencymathew.blogspot.com/2009/06/michael-jackson-king-of-pop-dies-at-50.html' title='Michael Jackson -The KING OF POP dies at 50'/><author><name>Rency Mathew</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5XRCvJG08HI/SkSdL91eK7I/AAAAAAAAADc/6PyUtztgosg/s72-c/mich.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403105933251767735.post-8864831084183011316</id><published>2009-03-02T23:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-03T01:40:12.467-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Srilankan Team'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NDTV'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ICC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Srilankan cricket Team'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cricket'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BCCI'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terrorism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='World Cup 2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Times Now'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inida'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='26/11'/><title type='text'>Srilankan Cricket Players under the terror attacks</title><content type='html'>We say Lets Make Peace but let me ask HOW!! Attack after attack. Yesterday if its Mumbai, today its Srilanka. This time its the Lankan Cricket Team who are targeted in the terror attack in &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Lahore&lt;/span&gt;. Shooting reported near Lahore . Gunman tried to enter the premises of the &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Gaddafi Stadium&lt;/span&gt;. Terrorist were carrying rocket launchers, grenades. They were wearing masks, have come in white color car and bikes. &lt;a href="http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/default.aspx"&gt;NDTV&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://timesnow.tv/"&gt;Times Now&lt;/a&gt; reports Several Team Members were shot and injured where 6 cricketers have been injured and 2 moved to hospital and attacked in the shootout this morning. Reports state that &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mahela jayawardhene and kumara sangakkara&lt;/span&gt; have minor injuries. Sangakkara has been shot on the shoulders. 5 policemen killed. cavalcade of lankan team targeted. Sources said &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Chaminda Vaas, Taranga paranavitana,  Samaraweera and Ajantha Mendis &lt;/span&gt;also to be injured.Samaraweera shot in the chest. Srilankan Cricketer including &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Muralitharan&lt;/span&gt; safe. &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Srilankan Cricketers &lt;/span&gt;were injured in the chest and leg. Governor of Punjab has promised to capture or kill the terrorist and will take Srilankan Team out of the country by a helicopter. He has also declared officially that 'All the cricketers are safe'. Though they have suffered minor injuries but none is critical at the moment. He also admits that it was a sophisticated and well trained attack. This is a planned attack. 12 militants opened up fire while players were in the bus on their way to the stadium on the &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;3rd day of Srilanka -Pakistan Test Match.&lt;/span&gt; Several loud explosions have been heard from the area of encounter.The Match has been called off after the attack. Police has cordoned off the area. Van carrying the umpires were also attacked.4th umpire Ahsan Raza also injured.An eye witness said that terrorist were around 20-25 yrs old. Allegations are coming that the same set of people who attacked Mumbai are responsible for Lankan attack in Lahore also. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This has seriously affected the International Cricket. Already Pakistan was a big NO No for playing cricket. Recently India and earlier West Indies pulled out to play in Pakistan and now am sure nobody will turn back.But Hats off to srilanka for coming up and showing its solidarity and see this is the result of it!! If India wouldn't have refused to play in Pakistan, who knows it would have been the Indian Players instead of the Lankans. This should be the end of cricket in Pakistan at least for quite a few months.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What more does Pakistan have to justify about its image to the world. As its rightly said what more will a beggar have to lose. Pakistan has lost his credibility because of its aggressive attitude that it keeps on putting in front to the world. How long will Pakistan defend itself. This clearly reflects their weakness. &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;STOP THE BLAME GAME!!&lt;/span&gt; When will Pakistan understand that innocent are becoming victims. i want to ask how much is the zardari government in control and who will answer for all this? Pakistan is facing a serious security issue. Lahore is a heart of the political and cultural center and its sad to say that there is no security for such places. This is not the first time but several times Pakistan has remained a testimony for such crimes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now we are a left with a big question &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;ARE WE SAFE&lt;/span&gt;?? Pakistan has promised for 100% security to the players. Why is that the buses weren't bullet proof. Will the same kind of protection be given to our players during World Cup also? 2011 world cup now will have to be looked over. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What do you thing..Has Pakistan become an International Headache. 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I am 2 months old to this place only but i feel so connected to this place already. I stay in &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Navi Mumbai&lt;/span&gt; but i rather love to call it Bombai or Mumbay. Its a mix of old and the new with people from old mumbai and new bees like us. People are moving to Navi Mumbai because, the reason i think is beauty of it lends a scenic aura to home. When my friends call me to ask how do you find Mumbai. i could say Navi Mumbai is just like my home in Delhi. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mumbai &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Slums&lt;/span&gt; have actually attracted my attention after my visit to Old Bombay and possibly more because of the &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Oscar&lt;/span&gt; Winning Movie &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;'Slumdog Millionaire'&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; I stay in Harbor Line but as you start to cross Vashi, it brings a sigh in my heart to leave Navi Mumbai but join with the real life of Mumbai. I have people say Dilli dilwalo ka, Mumbai paisewalo ka &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;(translated as : Delhi is of people with a heart and Mumbai with cash)&lt;/span&gt;. Taking a train was a rare moment for me while i was in Delhi until the &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Delhi Metro&lt;/span&gt; came ( Delhi Metro is the best thing that Delhites ever got..thanks to &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Sheila Dikhshit&lt;/span&gt;) but when i came to Mumbai it was really hard for me to gulp down the fact of traveling in Mumbai trains which is jam packed all through the year, in all seasons. But i got the opportunity to rub shoulders with the local Mumbaikars several times in the local train but i remember the experience i had traveling all alone from Nerul to Andheri. But i made sure i had the following in my purse:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Cash&lt;/span&gt; - to survive if i am not able to get back home that day&lt;br /&gt;2) &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;My Husband Visiting Card&lt;/span&gt;- fear of getting lost in the crowd was haunting me and by any chance if my purse gets lost or stolen and if in case it gets into the hands of angelic person and returns my purse after seeing the address&lt;br /&gt;3) &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Deodorant&lt;/span&gt;- The strongest one&lt;br /&gt;4) &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tissues and foundation&lt;/span&gt;- Having an oily skin is a curse and on top of that crushed train travel means its the most essential of the lot( &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;i think i should list this first&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;5) &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;One dozen of confidence &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;( to catch the train if its moving)&lt;/span&gt; and a Kilo of hope to reach back home safe-&lt;/span&gt; I must appreciate the system of having ladies compartment. I feel so proud being a girl. I always take the first class ticket but hella so expensive. I will make my plea to Lalu yadav to reduce the prices of 1st class ticket. I was charged Rs 228 for my travel from Nerul to Andheri. Gosh ..just imagine how many zinger burgers can you have with that ...4 or 5??? &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;wowww&lt;/span&gt;....&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;lol!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another thing that initially surprised me, and is a common practice in the 1st class ladies compartment is when the ladies they come in the train, they will in an order ask &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;" Excuse me, Where will you get Down?" &lt;/span&gt;and i tell my station but i wonder why did they ask which i later came to know is that these girls make a booking for their seat with the person who gets down next...smart move...but then i started thinking if that passenger gets down then what is the proof you have that you booked that place??? As i was feeling so proud of my question, i got the answer to it, when suddenly at the next station another Girl gets in and started asking the same question. Boiiiiiiii...what crap i thought..will i have to answer these girls till i reach home?? Then this new girl &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;( we will call her girl A and girl who already booked as Girl B)&lt;/span&gt;, Girl A stopped at the lady who gets down next and makes a booking with her. Girl B suddenly crashes in between Girl A and the Lady and says i have already booked this place. That made me clear about the system. Lalu Yadav should take note of this..he can have counters in the compartment for a meager amount for the booking. This gives an equal chance for all the girls to get the seat than some females dominating...haha. And then you must see her face, looks as if a bee bit her face...round as a pani puri..lol..grrrhhhhhhh and both the girls gave that stare into each others eyes for long 5 secs. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But after everything i love Mumbai. A city where anything and everything is possible specially the impossible. I see people have the mindset to help you at any time. They provide you with more info than what you require. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Here are some facts that i have noticed of a Mumbaikar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;1) You speak in a dialect of Hindi..which is believed to be the clear hindi but named as mumbaiya hindi which only the mumbaikars understand&lt;br /&gt;2) Train Timings will be 7.09, 3.12 etc and you treat as an important part of your life&lt;br /&gt;3) You will need only one paper bag to fit in groceries worth Rs 500&lt;br /&gt;4) You are happy to stay in a one room apartment worth Rs 10,000 and still call it heaven&lt;br /&gt;5) You have a set of people whom you call &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;'train friends'&lt;/span&gt; apart from your college friends, school friends, neighborhood friends&lt;br /&gt;6) Being alone makes you feel nervous&lt;br /&gt;7) You will never find a vada pao stall empty late night also&lt;br /&gt;8) You will find 2 beds, 2 almirah, 1 sofa set, 1 study table, steel suitcases touching the roof, 1 sewing machine, TV in an 8'x 10' room and still manage to sweep the floor easily&lt;br /&gt;9) Your meaning of private space is &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;'Please dont stand on my toes'&lt;/span&gt; and that too has to be requested&lt;br /&gt;10) Your door will surely have more than 3 locks&lt;br /&gt;11) You are a fashion freak. &lt;br /&gt;12) You like calling CST as VT and Sahara or Santacruz airport than Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport&lt;br /&gt;13) You spend more on traveling than at home.&lt;br /&gt;14) You first read the supplement of a newspaper than the main newspaper&lt;br /&gt;15) Since you know mumbai is the 5th most expensive city in the world so you proudly compare it with New York's Manhattan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am sure there is much more to add but this is out of my experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All this reminded me of the famous song;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Aye dil hai mushkil jeena yahan,&lt;br /&gt;zara hat ke, zara bach ke,&lt;br /&gt;Ye hai Mumbai meri Jaan!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;alt=rss&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5403105933251767735-7948896313941283608?l=rencymathew.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rencymathew.blogspot.com/feeds/7948896313941283608/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5403105933251767735&amp;postID=7948896313941283608&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403105933251767735/posts/default/7948896313941283608'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403105933251767735/posts/default/7948896313941283608'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rencymathew.blogspot.com/2009/02/magic-of-mumbai.html' title='Magic of Mumbai'/><author><name>Rency Mathew</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5XRCvJG08HI/SajzhKVsR0I/AAAAAAAAADU/1LuSfLhjbXM/s72-c/india_mumbai-011.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403105933251767735.post-2119353748447979046</id><published>2009-02-11T00:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T01:14:31.451-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NDTV'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Valentines Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Girl'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pink Slip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='color'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barbie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wikipedia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pink Chaddi Campaign'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pub Bharo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pink'/><title type='text'>Pink-Color of my Life</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5XRCvJG08HI/SZKF2DJthjI/AAAAAAAAABg/3kyT1CPZHO0/s1600-h/250px-Color_icon_pink.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 250px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5XRCvJG08HI/SZKF2DJthjI/AAAAAAAAABg/3kyT1CPZHO0/s320/250px-Color_icon_pink.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301446874973963826" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over the past, i am deluged with the color pink. Everywhere i see the colour pink and anything i see in pink starts to attract my attention. I have started realising lately that my wardrobe is full of pink dresses. Yes you got it right, the color that you get by mixing red and white. The color that every girl has an eye on and every woman will kill for and so do i. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pink has been accepted as a baby girl color and is still the balloon color of choice for proud parents who want to announce the birth of their baby girl. Though my parents did not do this but my brother pet named me as &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;'Pinky'&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. My history of "Pink" is following ever since my birth and to my surprise, as i write this blog, i am wearing a pink pajama...&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;uff&lt;/span&gt; this is too much. But i have to confess, i had gone heights when i wore a pink lehenga, pink hairband, pink socks, pink sandals, pink watch in my 2nd grade for a wedding( &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Gossssshhhhhhh&lt;/span&gt;) I get goosebumps thinking of it. Why didnt anyone tell me that i looked like a circus clown. Let me be positive, maybe they found me like a &lt;a href="http://barbie.everythinggirl.com/"&gt;Barbie &lt;/a&gt;..Ahem Ahem...Have you noticed, Barbie mostly come in the shades of pink which resembles feminism. If not the Barbie sometimes, there packing always has a pink to it.Hey by the way...don't miss out on &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Barbie's Birthday next month-9th March&lt;/span&gt;. She turned 50!!! My My..She looks so cherubic still.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink"&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; says until the 1940s, pink was considered more appropriate for boys because being closely related to red it was the more masculine and decided color, while blue was considered appropriate for girls because it was the more delicate and dainty color. The societal norm apparently inverted in 1940's so that pink became appropriate for girls and blue for boys&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I remember my friend singing the song on color. The lyrics were something like this...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pink is my favorite color,&lt;br /&gt;Pink on the chest of my lover..&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We used to laugh our guts out. She used to sing the VIBGYOR as per her mood..( Can someone tell me if that's an album number??)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since this color is dangling around me all the time, i decided to do more research on it and apparently the first thought that came to my mind was why do we use the term Pink Slip to dismiss an employee from the company...sounded strange. No one exactly knows how this term was coined. Its been said that American Workers, decades back were given Pink Slips where notices were printed on pink paper. but what's bothering me is why PINK in color?? Why not Red, Yellow, green or simply the white one. I think its just symbolic than been literal. This practice is now not followed. All we know for sure is that the Oxford English Dictionary’s oldest citation for the term “pink slip” comes from a 1915 pulp novel about baseball. Beyond that, the origins of “pink slip” are anybody’s guess. (&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Source= Internet&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While listening to the news on &lt;a href="http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/default.aspx"&gt;NDTV&lt;/a&gt; yesterday i heard about the &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=66506351816&amp;ref=mf"&gt;Pub Bharo&lt;/a&gt;( Click the link to join them on Facebook) and Pink Chaddi Campaigns where they ask woman to throw Pink chaddi to the ALF( Alternative Law Forum) to forward to one of the bullying organizations, the Shri Ram Sene, which has threatened to attack couples found celebrating Valentine's Day. (hooligans) I Believe, We should definitely raise our voice against these thugs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Out of all, for me Pink is the Color of Love. With Valentines Day around the corner..i wish to have lots and lots of Pinks around me in this season of love...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wish you all a very &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Happy Valentines Day&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;alt=rss&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5403105933251767735-2119353748447979046?l=rencymathew.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rencymathew.blogspot.com/feeds/2119353748447979046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5403105933251767735&amp;postID=2119353748447979046&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403105933251767735/posts/default/2119353748447979046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403105933251767735/posts/default/2119353748447979046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rencymathew.blogspot.com/2009/02/pink-color-of-my-life.html' title='Pink-Color of my Life'/><author><name>Rency Mathew</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5XRCvJG08HI/SZKF2DJthjI/AAAAAAAAABg/3kyT1CPZHO0/s72-c/250px-Color_icon_pink.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403105933251767735.post-2018954915319677813</id><published>2009-01-28T03:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-06-26T23:34:54.433-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Personal Experience'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus Christ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Year'/><title type='text'>Time flies by ………but I have something to tell you after 2 years</title><content type='html'>My, How time flies..A new year..Happy New Year to all of you. I know its so late to wish for New Years. But have’nt you heard Better Late than never. Don’t know why but I have been using this phrase pretty often This New Year. Does this prove am doing stuff late. Yea I do agree…( &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;confessions rather ..ufffff&lt;/span&gt;). Can I confess something else!!! Its been two yrs I blogged. Whatever……lazy, not interested, time management problems but I will say my interest changed to topical blogging. I selected topics for blogging where I always was interested to write like &lt;a href="http://lifethrujc.blogspot.com"&gt;Power of Prayer&lt;/a&gt; ( &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Blog where I talk about leading a successful spiritual life&lt;/span&gt;), &lt;a href="http://onlinemarketingtutorial.blogspot.com"&gt;Know Online Marketing&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Insights about Online Marketing&lt;/span&gt;). I have not taken resolutions this year. I ve been trying hard from a pretty long time to fulfill one but I think I will need these many years to fulfill one. But I must say 2008 was a year of blessings for me. Praise God for that. I was single when I started 2008 but God blessed me with a family. Looking back to the past year I have many confessions and many blessings to thank for. First half of last yr was  time I just don’t wanna think of ( &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;I wish I get amnesia when I think of that&lt;/span&gt;) .a hell lot of mess, busy work schedule, pressure at work..i hate it..phhhhhhhh. But this made me to come more closer to god. 2008 was a year of testimony of Gods Goodness in my life. One of the reasons I am back blogging is that I should testify about the gods mercy in my life( &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;guysss pls am not being an angel, talking all the goody goody stuff&lt;/span&gt;) but this is the fact of life., a year like never before. As the Bible says “ I will lift up my eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and Earth.” I have been brought up in a Christian Life. My parents made sure that in every aspect of my life, I had an essence of godliness to it. And I must say I did keep up to my parents expectations and as a normal Christian accepted Christ as my Lord and Saviour and took Water baptism. This is long time back in 1998. But I think I have changed. The zeal for the Lord was like waves in the sea, sometimes it tossed so high to reach the sky and sometimes it was like a dead sea. But God was slowly working in my life. God made me closer to him. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last yr my parents started pressurizing me for marriage and I was not at all ready for it. I saw couple of men which I felt were all duds. Oh I had a baaad experience which I will tel u in my next blog. Then finally the last one came and things moved forward and in 2 months I was married. The whole thing was so fast as you say “&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;chatt mangni patt shadi&lt;/span&gt;.” In my mind I was like why am I doing this. I felt the Holy Spirit telling me this is the one for you. &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;DISCLAIMER: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME.&lt;/span&gt; Please do not thing that this will happen to all of you. I believe God has his own way of dealing with people. And in my mind I knew things will be different like for every girl and on top of that i knew that out of every place in this world I had to be in Vijayawada. Am sure half of you would not know where this place is and imagine I had no idea how I will survive there with some strange telegu speaking people. Yes it’s a small town in Andhra Pradesh. That was like a huge transition. But what made to move on was my immense trust in my Lord. My Lord has perfect plans in my life. During that period, my husband was enjoying a treat from God. He was been promoted few months before marriage, followed by salary hike, other perks. This was period when we all heard about the recession but He was basking away in Gods Glory. Soon in a month of our marriage, we heard a rumor that there will be transfers and job cuts which made us skeptical about what will happen. But then we kept the request in prayer and left it as a rumor which later came to be true that He has a transfer ( &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;many things happened in between&lt;/span&gt;) to Mumbai. I was in high spirits though. I just couldn’t control my happiness that I was finally out of that place. Both of us never thought in our wildest dreams that we could ever leave that place so soon. What i believe is God knew that it would be difficult for me to live there and moreover there was very less job prospects. I am into online market and I knew that i would surely will not be able to continue in my field which was very disheartening We were not sure whether recession will hit his job but later when everything was finalized.  We came to know My Husband was again transferred with a promotion. In 6 months 2 promotions and 2 salary hikes. What more can u wish for?? Isn’t God so Great ?? But now when i think i know i believed and trusted completely in Gods Purpose in my Life and God honored my desires.It is difficult to explain in words. That’s the experience I must say. This is what bible says God is Good to those who trust in Him and I experienced it. God knows our hearts and will surely answer all our needs. Then we got all busy with the packing. I must confess, in 5 months I packed my stuff 5 times. I was in 5 different places…Delhi, Kerala, Vijayawada, Vishakapatnam, Mumbai…Alas!! I then waited for another 20 days for my husband to go and get house and other formalities done for us to stay in mumbai. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another big constraint was House in Mumbai. Nothing is as challenging as finding a decent house in Mumbai. After coming here I was just noticing the place and the houses. Looks as if people are stuffed into small boxes.  The houses are so dingy. Again we prayed for it and Praise God, what a wonderful house. More beautiful than we could think of with every facility and provision for our living. What I learnt is God is faithful, merciful and Just to those who &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Love &lt;/span&gt;and &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Trust&lt;/span&gt; in HIM. And I daily have started to experience him so closely. I could feel his Holy Spirit so strong in me. Every day the way I live is a miracle. Whatever we pray for, we are seeing our prayers been answered. Through this blog I would request you to pray always, pray without ceasing, do good to others, help and serve others and God. Be faithful with your money. God will surely answer your request but the underline communication is &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;FAITH&lt;/span&gt;. You must have Faith as small as the mustard seed. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your paths ( &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Proverbs 3:5-6-Bible&lt;/span&gt;). For all those who are reading my blog, if you have any prayer request you can email me at &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;rencym10@gmail.com &lt;/span&gt;or drop your prayer request in the comments. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God Bless You!!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;alt=rss&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5403105933251767735-2018954915319677813?l=rencymathew.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rencymathew.blogspot.com/feeds/2018954915319677813/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5403105933251767735&amp;postID=2018954915319677813&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403105933251767735/posts/default/2018954915319677813'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403105933251767735/posts/default/2018954915319677813'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rencymathew.blogspot.com/2009/01/time-flies-by-but-i-have-something-to.html' title='Time flies by ………but I have something to tell you after 2 years'/><author><name>Rency Mathew</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403105933251767735.post-5221383554795815575</id><published>2007-05-20T01:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-07T23:24:25.198-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chronicles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brown Men dont smile'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marketing terms'/><title type='text'>Things I Wish I Would Be More Serious About</title><content type='html'>Nobody is perfect, even-though we strive hard to be, or do we? Below listed are things that I wish I would have been more serious about. Well, maybe if not "serious" but "committed to" or "dutiful" to do on a daily basis. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Following is a list that comes to the top of my head as I write this: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Promising myself daily that i will have Quite time (Quite time doesn't mean that i will keep my mouth shut and let the whole world talk. Its a time spent with God or meditation) and Bible study regularly ( though i do it ) but I still feel guilty about not doing much more than that. &lt;br /&gt;2) Eating the right things, I am getting older and I know I should start taking  better care of myself. &lt;br /&gt;3) Playing sports harder than I do, I am lazy but I do play well. &lt;br /&gt;4) Brushing my teeth better than before, things are fine, but I should strive to be   better. I always get compliments for having teeth so white&lt;br /&gt;5) Being more patient with people. I am known to do things before time and very quickly and thus I have very less patience. Sometimes that is well transparent to others. &lt;br /&gt;6) Going for prayers ( &lt;a href="http://www.lifethrujc.blogspot.com"&gt;Power of Prayer&lt;/a&gt;)  &lt;br /&gt;7) I feel i blog toooo less (hehe...this is my 3rd blog in 2 weeks). Check out for more at &lt;a href="http://www.rencymathew.blogspot.com"&gt;Chronicles &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am sure there are more, will update as it comes to my mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- Altering or removing this link is a breach of the Vizu Terms and Conditions --&gt;&lt;div style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:10px;height:20px;text-align:center;width:180px;margin:0;padding:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vizu.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999;text-decoration:underline;font-size:10px;"&gt;Opinion Polls&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://answers.vizu.com/market-research.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999;text-decoration:underline;font-size:10px;"&gt;Market Research&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;embed src="http://wp.vizu.com/vizu_poll.swf" quality="high" scale="noscale" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="180" height="720" name="vizu_poll" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" FlashVars="js=false&amp;pid=34826&amp;ad=false&amp;vizu=true&amp;links=true&amp;mainBG=000000&amp;questionText=FFFFFF&amp;answerZoneBG=EEEEEE&amp;answerItemBG=FFFFFF&amp;answerText=000000&amp;voteBG=C8C8C8&amp;voteText=000000"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;alt=rss&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5403105933251767735-5221383554795815575?l=rencymathew.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rencymathew.blogspot.com/feeds/5221383554795815575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5403105933251767735&amp;postID=5221383554795815575&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403105933251767735/posts/default/5221383554795815575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403105933251767735/posts/default/5221383554795815575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rencymathew.blogspot.com/2007/05/things-i-wish-i-would-be-more-serious.html' title='Things I Wish I Would Be More Serious About'/><author><name>Rency Mathew</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403105933251767735.post-8393228950459074119</id><published>2007-05-16T08:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-08T00:19:20.871-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Online Marketing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Power of Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sleep'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SEO and Online Marketing'/><title type='text'>Just Nuke It.....</title><content type='html'>While catching up on my reading, i came across this interesting article on &lt;a href="http://news.sky.com"&gt;news.sky.com &lt;/a&gt;where scientists claim to have invented  a machine that gives you 8 hour sleep in just 3 hours. By using a technique called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, scientists can activate slow waves like the ones your brain gives off when you are in your deepest sleep. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The TMS device transmits magnetic signals which are harmless through the scalp and skull into the brain where it induces electrical impulses."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So is this a good or a bad idea? Let's analyze the pros and cons together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pro: You will not have anymore sleepless nights.&lt;br /&gt;Con: No more excuses of "sleepless night" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pro: Superb for making sure your buddy doesn't wake up till your face painting is over&lt;br /&gt;Con: I'm usually the victim...lolzzz..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pro: More time to do stuff.&lt;br /&gt;Con: More time to feel bad about how much more i have to finish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Am really confused after reading this. It's like sticking ingredients in the microwave and getting a tasty treat in a matter of minutes. Only difference is that instead of food, it's your brain! Do you think this technology will prove to be advantageous to humans. Help me...Cast your votes and let me know&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- Altering or removing this link is a breach of the Vizu Terms and Conditions --&gt;&lt;div style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:10px;height:20px;text-align:center;width:160px;margin:0;padding:0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vizu.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999;text-decoration:underline;font-size:10px;"&gt;Opinion Polls&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://answers.vizu.com/market-research.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999;text-decoration:underline;font-size:10px;"&gt;Market Research&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;embed src="http://wp.vizu.com/vizu_poll.swf" quality="high" scale="noscale" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="160" height="256" name="vizu_poll" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" FlashVars="js=false&amp;pid=34456&amp;ad=false&amp;vizu=true&amp;links=true&amp;mainBG=000000&amp;questionText=FFFFFF&amp;answerZoneBG=000000&amp;answerItemBG=ffffff&amp;answerText=000000&amp;voteBG=C8C8C8&amp;voteText=000000"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;alt=rss&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5403105933251767735-8393228950459074119?l=rencymathew.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rencymathew.blogspot.com/feeds/8393228950459074119/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5403105933251767735&amp;postID=8393228950459074119&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403105933251767735/posts/default/8393228950459074119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403105933251767735/posts/default/8393228950459074119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rencymathew.blogspot.com/2007/05/just-nuke-it.html' title='Just Nuke It.....'/><author><name>Rency Mathew</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403105933251767735.post-8984854107053228245</id><published>2007-05-14T09:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-12-04T20:47:24.071-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bitch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brown Men dont smile'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Five Finger Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Slangs'/><title type='text'>Brown Men dont Smile!!</title><content type='html'>I did it again! I claimed another victim. While walking in the park ( India Gate...i was out for a picnic with my church friends) the other day I met another Indian guy and he looked at me in disbelief. I didn’t do anything outlandish but i swear he was grotesquely strange . I smiled at him out of the way..dint know why?? He must have concluded I was an Indian mutant with extra face muscles enabling me to exert a smile. But the weirdest of all was when he turned to look at me and said so impolitely Kya Hai !!! I actually have learnt that smiling at other Indians is a strict no-no. We don’t smile at each other. I never understood why we approach each other with caution. Here is the Must-do list in case you meet the same guy...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a) Under no circumstances make an eye contact. Pretend he is transparent and look through him. &lt;br /&gt;b) In the unthinkable event that you actually made eye contact, give him the “are you trying to steal my job” look.&lt;br /&gt;c) If the other guy stretches his lips into an expression unknown to you, look at him as if he were an alien. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But i should say out of all i won of being a &lt;a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/schtick.com"&gt;schtick.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;alt=rss&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5403105933251767735-8984854107053228245?l=rencymathew.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rencymathew.blogspot.com/feeds/8984854107053228245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5403105933251767735&amp;postID=8984854107053228245&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403105933251767735/posts/default/8984854107053228245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5403105933251767735/posts/default/8984854107053228245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rencymathew.blogspot.com/2007/05/brown-men-dont-smile.html' title='Brown Men dont Smile!!'/><author><name>Rency Mathew</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry></feed>
