Space shows

Yesterday was the inaugural day of Bahrain’s International Airshow at Sakhir Airbase, thus opening up one more business venture in the country. (For a change, I want to see only the entertaining part and reserve my comments on those fighter planes. :D)

I was thrilled like a child throughout whereas my son behaved like a composed adult, warning me every now and then to remain quiet. Hehe…

After swimming through the afternoon traffic for nearly 2 hours, we (Atul and I along with our friend’s family as B was already there on duty) reached the destination.

I have seen many such airshows on TV but watching them in real is something different. I felt giddy when the pilots performed rare feats and sharp crossing over each other. Parachute jumping was simply amazing. The airshow culminated with Saudi Hawks’ performance which was undoubtedly astounding. They even drew a heart with an arrow so perfectly.

Taking pictures was difficult as they were all superfast and our camera is not that smart. However managed to take a few shots.



Whether such costly business initiatives of the country would be successful or not, I am glad that I could watch the program live. Because anything related to Space has an aura of beauty and charm and of course requires extra alertness.

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I read in the online newspaper a few days back that Neptune and Uranus have large deposits of diamond liquids.

Diamond liquids??? I became curious…

At very high temperature and pressure, diamonds can become diamond liquids instead of turning into graphite. Do find out on your own how the scientists proved such an interesting phenomenon.

Space is always fascinating as we gain new insights quickly. Who would have thought that such things do exist in Neptune and Uranus.

Now, the greedy inhabitants of our planet cannot rush to Neptune and Uranus in the next available space shuttle to fill their vessels simply because the atmospheric pressure and temperature prevalent over there are very high. :)

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Space shows with the substratum of Consciousness are going on non-stop in the cosmos. Human-designed airshows are a part of space shows.

I am really happy to be alive to enjoy the space shows as a witness and participant.

Addictions

Facebook is becoming a virtual farmland…. a real menace day by day. The funniest part is that you will receive as many friend requests as possible from just one person to satiate his/her addiction to Farmville.

When I don’t even play that game, what will I do with all those gifts and requests accumulated in one corner of my account? Frankly speaking, with no offence meant, I have no playtime for Farmville in my life, for I have more serious things to do.

Two days back, my friend called me in the evening especially to ask if she needed to accept one friend request in FB. The irony is that she had accepted before a couple of requests after seeing them in my list of friends. I told her to employ her intuition and ruthlessly ignore any such requests if she doesn’t know them. What more can I say?

I pity you, for you are blind to the ways that can serve the world. However, if you have time, you may play in your space. But please do not embarrass others.

Now the punch line is - I am well familiar with virtual world; yet real world takes precedence always.

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As I watched the twilight sky today, I was overwhelmed by the splash of colours being displayed richly. It’s a real treat to the eyes – those broad crimson shades in small stripes of blue. I have to thank God for giving me these eyes, lest I would never have known the beauty of the sunset.

I remember marvelling at the sky at around the same time yesterday too. The designs, patterns, choice of colours and visual display are never repeated even if you sit daily.

I pity… I repeat again… I pity those who have no heart or time to enjoy such wonders. Your money or possessions cannot give you such joy or bring back innocence. In fact, it will cripple you as a cunning, cruel, crooked and selfish personality who everybody abhor to move with. You are most pitiably bound by your own self.

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I have got the book ‘A New Earth’ by Eckhart Tolle in my hands around 10 days back. Can you believe if I say that I have no time to even peep into it? Well, I have no complaints though. I shall read it at my leisure for it is all mine.

Last Sunday, I started reading Agatha Christie’s book “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas” with reluctance as my son was literally behind me for the past one month. It was a welcome change for me and I thanked him as well.

Pity many do not enjoy book reading. Mainly you disturb none in this pastime.

Welcome 2010

I am extremely glad to record once again that the year 2009 had been a great blessing for me personally, what with a perfect finish by a visit to Egypt between 24/12/2009 and 01/01/2010, as a part of 20-member group.

Egypt, the land of pharaohs, pyramids & sphinx as the world know it to be, has a mystic aura just like India. The best part of the tour is the cruising of 4 days on River Nile. Though I enjoyed every place of tourist attraction that we had opted for, I became speechless upon seeing the Luxor and Karnak temples, especially those tall columns and statues of Ramses II in Luxor temple under the night light.

The travel guide, Mr. Nabil was the best that we had got to fall in love with the land. His degree in Egyptology, good communication skills, wide knowledge and passion for his profession are again a blessing for one-time tourists like us. Wish there are travel guides like him in India too.

The voice of the desert is mesmerizing and the song of the Nile is sweet. The one-week vacation has filled my heart with more peace and love. I was jokingly recommending my friends that we must go to Greece as well, which again has a rich history and culture. :)

Realising that I have NO time for fakes, the ‘unwanted’ is being weeded out very slowly from my life (on its own) as I voluntarily move towards Light. May God bless all hearts with peace and love!

My salutations to 2009 and humble welcome to 2010 !