Life's a journey filled with memories, some bring a smile, others teach us a lesson....

Believe Myself? Should never be a problem.... that's what we think.  some of us lack self confidence  or  are we  over confident? sounds familiar....   Yes but both are not good,  Why? When we lack self confidence we don't live to our potential  and when we are over confident we live in a make belief world of our own. I am a dark Indian girl. My dad, mum and brother are all on the fairer side.  This always gave me a complex and as a young kid I never had self confidence.  It was at this time I came across this verse from the Bible  Psalm 139:13-16 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful , I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; So the God who created me knows every part of me.       al

Believe what? God, Myself, Family, Friends, Situation...... Well these are the things that come to my mind.  In my difficulty right now the only question I have now is WHY ME????? This makes me wonder how did I come into being? So is there is a power above me? Who created me? If it's my  dad and mum? Who Created them? Well I like to call this power God. Now there are so many God's Who is the true God? I was born and brought up in a strict christian family. In my younger days I did not like to read my Bible or pray. I feared my parents so did it with no conviction. But It was at that time my search for God began... I said  if I was born in a Muslim family  I would believe Allah was God. If in a Hindu family I would  worship the numerous Gods. Just because I'm born in a Christian family I am supposed to believe Jesus is God. I challenged Jesus in my heart saying   why I should believe you are The God I should worship? Nothing

  In today's  world of profile pictures,  status messages  across networking sites....  we see a "Gorgeous" person or a "Picture Perfect" family  staring at us   from an exotic location.... makes us wonder why life is good to everybody else but me.  So don't they have difficult times? Most refrain from putting the difficult times they go through.  I was encouraged reading others blogs of how they faced difficult situations so here is mine.  I realize all cannot be said in a day so i'm going to blog focusing on one attribute everyday.  These are my personal experiences which worked for me.  Not everything would work for everybody but there is so much I learnt from others life.  Maybe there is  something here which may work for you.       I realized that though we all have difficulties in life it is our attitude that decides how we face it. Difficulties vary person to person.   I am passionate about cooking as a hobby but I hate cooking everyday

Semarang  A lovely town on a hill by the sea India to Indonesia  A lot of changes I see What have I left  What do I expect How different is it To live in this land A lot like my homeland  And a lot unlike it The beauty and warmth  at first sight I'm liking it... I came to Semarang from peak summer in Chennai to the onset of summer here. The first thing that catches you whew it's a lot cooler here and a welcome break from the Chennai heat.  The drive from the airport to our house was beautiful at night and even better during the day. We come home and drop our bags and of we are to the Indomart which is there on every street to cater to our emergency needs and is open 24 X 7 . We had everything from toiletries to kitchen needs to food on the go. It really makes life easy here. No excuse that shops are closed. Another major change i don't find ceiling fans here. They use pedestal/table fans. Most houses I've been to have air conditioners

I saw this quote on FB two days back which I liked. How very true it kind of echoed the thoughts on my mind which I put as a poster from a picture I got on the net which best described it.         

       I had a whole set of things which I had stored on my computer photographs, recipes and the various presentations I had prepared and presented. All was backed up on an external hard disk. When my laptop crashed I thought I had it all, only to realize that my external hard disk also had decided to pack up at the same time.Now I am starting afresh trying to recreate some of those memories.               At the same time we were migrating from India to Indonesia to a place called Semarang which I heard for the first time. Moving to Jakarta and other cities had a lot of useful suggestions but none for Semarang. This is my contribution to those who may come across similar situations. I will try to answer questions for which I found no answers till I came here...