Blankets for Needy !!!

After my previous visit to the NGO called GOONJ in december, I came to know that they are in need of blankets for needy as the winter is at its peak in India. I felt  I need to do something in this regard  and  I decided to buy blankets. I bought 50 nos of blankets ( Rs. 240 each) at PVT mall near my house. 

I found some old unused utensils lying up in my house since ages. Goonj also takes such utensils and gives them to the needy. So i took these utensils as well along with me. 

After a good interaction with Mr. Parithosh from Goonj, I handed over all the items to him and he ensured that these items will be put to good use and gave me the following receipt.

I felt good for that day and Im gearing up for few more requirements for Goonj which I came to know after talking to Parithosh. Hopefully I will do things I intended to do in the near future.

A special thanks to my friend SA prasad for helping me out during this entire process.

Stay happy and keep Smiling

Cheers to Life

Vamsi

Food Drive- 04 ( Jan 2017)

Time for this month Food bank Drive organised by a group called  FOOD BANK- HYDERABAD which organizes food drive every Sunday. As per pledge I took to do it at least once in a month. So this Sunday i.e., 08/01/2017, I have made an arrangement to give 100 plates of Veg biryani ( Rs. 35/-)through a Food centre recommended by the group itself. The Food Bank team  collected the food item from the centre and distributed to the needy across the city.

  

100 packets of veg biryani ;)

 Do visit their Fb page for more details if anybody interested to do the same.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/760289877431872/

Contact them at their no: 9160508054

Do the needful and lets make this world a better place to live on.

Cheers to Life 

Vamsi

Feeding the birds!!

My mom simply loves animals of all kind. She made arrangements to feed the birds with water and food in my house. Birds of different varieties started to notice the availability of food and water in my house and have become regular visitors to my house.Birds started to spend sometime in my house and they usually sing a lot ;). My mom always loved watching them have their little tummies filled and on one such occasion found a new bird feeding on the food. She was excited to watch it and I thought let me capture it on my camera.

I dont know what type of bird it is, but i found it interesting to watch it

 I will capture more in the future and will share here. Hope you have a great weekend.

Cheers to life

Vamsi

Slow motion Bowling ;)

Slow motion of me bowling ;). I felt I ought to share after watching myself in slow motion. Shot using Iphone. Enjoy

Cheers to life
Vamsi

Premier Badminton League (PBL) 2017 !!!

What a way to start this new year 2017 with a opportunity to witness the PBL conducted at Gachibowli Stadium , Hyderabad. Though Im not into badminton but after the watching our own telugu girl P.V. Sindhu winning Silver medal in Olympics brought some interest in me. To be frank I dont have the reflexes that one should have for playing this game but I sometimes enjoyed watching others play this game. 

I was very excited for one particular match i.e., the match between P.V. Sindhu and world no 1 and Olympic Gold medalist Carolina. and that too watching them play live is altogether is new experience to watch. 

I thoroughly enjoyed the match with the way Sindhu performed , though she didnt win the match ,she did her best against the World no. 1 Carolina. The smashing seems to Sindhu's strength and playing close to the net seems to be strength of Carolina. I managed to capture few videos of them playing the game. 

 

I wish Sindhu to further improve her performance and reach the World no.1 in this year 2017. Wishing her all the best.

Cheers to Life

Vamsi

Happy new year 2017

On this occasion , I wish you and  your family a very happy and prosperous Happy new year 2017. I hope this year turns out to be the most memorable year so far in your life. 

I hope you achieve all your dreams you set out to  achieve for yourself.

I hope you make lots of new friends who would be there by your side all the time and do all the crazy stuff with them which are only imaginable to you ;).

I hope you travel a lot this year exploring the unexplored and get to know a different perspective of the world we live in. 

I hope you find the love of your life in this year and cherish each and every moment with them.

I hope in this year your bondage with your family grows stronger than ever and with Almighty as well.

I hope in this year with all the power you have , you would make an attempt to make the world around you a little better place to live on.

Finally stay happy and keep smiling 

Say cheers to life

Vamsi

P.S Image copyrights to its respective owner and I wish him a very happy new year as well :)

2016 - A Retrospection

2016 has been an eventful year so far in my life which has ups and downs equally distributed along its timeline. It has also been a stressful year so far and it also made me who I'm today. I'm thankful for it. I just thought of retrospecting this year from the  both sides of the coin i.e., the Good and bad parts of the year.

Some of the highlights of this  year include

1. My work carried me to different places across India. I have been to Kolkatta- Thrice,New Delhi - Twice , Odisha- once , Jaisalmer, Rajastan - once and had the opportunity to witness some of the advanced technology stuff.

2. I got promoted this year !!! and more responsibilities have been given to me and I tried to bring small change in our working culture which is fruitful so far. I was quite busy compared to the previous year 2015.

3. I bought a bike i.e., "TVS Jupiter" !!!. This is big achievement as I myself doesn't like driving and I just bought it so that my family uses it, so far we don't have any means of transportation. I still prefer public transport for travelling as I hate driving in traffic ;).

4. I happen to read quite a lot this year compared to previous year. I found the following books the best I have come across in this year which gave me a new perspective to life.

• The Journey  Home, Autobiography of Radhanath Swami about his journey to seek the truth.
• The Seeker by Karan Bajaj 
• If  truth be told : A monk's memoir by Om swami

5. I have recorded quite a number of guitar videos this time which are just intro of a song. Though I haven't perfected the art of playing guitar but I love playing guitar and recording songs. I think I need still more time to practice and perfect playing guitar.

6.  I fulfilled a promise which I made in 2014 and Im proud that in-spite what I have been through I have fulfilled it.  

7. This year, I was able to achieve some financial stability after a great effort and systematic planning from 2015  and Im proud of it , though few things are still to be taken care of .

8. This is first time ever  after blogging for nearly 6 years , I have updated my blog so regularly and I'm unstoppable now ;)

9. I have contributed extensively to the following NGO's for the welfare of the needy through all means possible for me. Be it monetary, time etc

• Akshaya Patra Foundation
• Naam Foundation
• Goonj
• Food Bank Hyderabad
• Rangde

10. In the end , I tried my best to love and be there for people around me and did make an attempt to make their world a little better and happier.

On the other side of coin...

1. Lack of Communication and Misunderstandings lead to destruction of Good friendship which was built over years.I lost the trust which cant be regained now.

2. Family being dragged into certain issues which could have been resolved amicably.

3. Stress taking a toll on my health.

4. And I feel more lonelier than the previous year...

The way ahead in 2017

Im looking forward for 2017 and hopefully do all the things as I stated below:

1. I'm  looking forward to visit new places & explore them. Hopefully I shall visit Himalayas in 2017.

2. Playing more songs on guitar and read more books.

3. Dedicate this life for helping the needy .

4. Make new friends and do some adventurous trips along with them.

5. Resolve old issues.

6. Spirituality has a special place in my life. Hopefully I shall explore more of it.

7. Pursue higher studies.

8. Achieve Financial stability completely.

9. Find the Inner Peace I'm searching for. I hope God grants me what I'm looking for.

I hope you must have  been through up's and down's as well in this year and be grateful for 2016 for it made you stronger and who you are.

Wishing you a very happy and prosperous New year 2017 in advance

Cheers to life

Vamsi

P.S Image copyrights belongs to its respective owner.

Food Drive-3

The Food Drive organised on every Sunday by a Group called FOOD BANK- HYDERABAD is doing a great job. As i already decided to do this once in a month. I have made an arrangement to give 50 plates of Veg biryani ( Rs. 35/-)through a Food centre recommended by the group itself. I find this very  helpful as I cannot get cooked in huge quantities at home and pack them etc. All I need to do is to call the Food centre as they already have tie up with the Food Bank Team and say the quantity and transfer the amount online. The Food Bank team would collect the food item from the centre and distribute to the needy across the city.

Do visit their Fb page for more details if anybody interested to do the same.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/760289877431872/

Contact them at their no: 9160508054

Cheers 

Vamsi

My 100th post !!!

I'm happy to share  this 100th post on this blog. Its been a remarkable journey so far which started in Feb, 2010. It took me close to 7 years to reach my 100th post. I feel proud and very happy to achieve this. I never restricted myself in expressing anything I wish to. I posted on various subjects I felt connected to. At first , I tried to advertise my blog on various social media platforms, asking for their views on my posts. But later on at some point of time, I realized this isn't me. I never craved for any attention or recognition, infact I always avoided it any cost. So  I left the advertising part and just kept this blog to myself. Of course, I'm not a good writer to put forth the various emotion into words. I accept this fact. But I still want to write as it gives me the joy which is what I'm looking for.

Although, I gained very few followers and that too most of them are friends like Sai Charan who always motivated me and a 1000 times better writer than me who can subtly give a shape to the various emotions that he has been through in his life through words.I just love the way he does that. I thank him especially for always coming back to my blog and share few words on my posts for all these years. 

Initially, I thought I should restrict this blog to just the expressing my mind and nothing else. But as time went on, I felt I can share more than just writing. So I started to post my guitar videos, things I did etc. Whenever I cant write , I post one of my guitar videos as a compensation ;). My guitar skills are still in budding stage, yet  I cant stop myself from posting them here. So I hope you don't mind my mistakes, while I still learn to master this beautiful art.

From now on, I will try to post  every week as I wanted to utilize the my time efficiently during the weekends. And moreover , I wanted keep myself very busy for next few months as life has been a roller coaster ride for me in the past few months and hopefully posting here gives my mind the space it requires to settle down.

Finally I thank everyone who supported in this journey so far. God Bless you :)

let the journey continue...

Cheers

Vamsi.

P.S 1. The copyrights of the above picture belongs it its respective owner. 

      2. Do visit my friend Sai Charan blog  http://beyond-barriers.blogspot.in/

The Most Astounding Fact about the Universe

I always had a fascination towards understanding the very origins of the universe and humans as well. I took an intense study in this regard a very long time ago which can explain in scientific manner about our past. It was a remarkable journey of discovering the truth which took me six months and I will always cherish it throughout my life. Neil deGrasse, a renowned Astrophysicist beautifully summarizes the most astounding fact about the universe when asked by a journalist. I just love his answer and flow of the music.                                                      

                                                                              

I think this video gives an opportunity to reflect on ourselves the fact that we all are inter-connected with no tags of religion,caste, race etc that are dividing us and driving us to our own ultimate destruction. I hope we could live in a world free of hatred towards fellow beings. 

Because remember the fact that my atoms came from those stars,

And so does yours..

Cheers and Peace

Vamsi