Relating Coffee and Cup - Correlate

We a group of alumni, established in careers, got together to visit our old university professor.

Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an mixture of cups porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some delicate – asking us to help ourselves to hot coffee. When all of us had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said:
"If you notice, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.
It is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves and that is the source of your problems and stress.

What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you knowingly went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups.

Now if life is coffee, then the jobs’, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it."

Sunday Brunch with a thoughtful wording.

Being a beer freak (though i don't drink beer too much) a friend of mine @ my work place suggested a place called 1000 Oaks for a Sunday brunche served with unlimited draught beer from 12.30 pm to 4.00 pm. Hearing that i was excited and wanted to go there but could not make it since long. But, this past Sunday i had been there and it is located right in the centre of East Street which is called the Walking Plaza.

Dropped in sharp around 12.25pm alongside my friend. I was never punctual during my school days and even too for work. But what to do, here u r paying but in the other clause u r getting paid . hehehehehhe.

What shocked me was there wasn't traffic, low crowd, no young rush of blood in the Oak. Never mind my ultimatum was to enjoy that brunch. Later on, some of the high profile white skinned people did come in. Honestly I did not get it what they were speaking bcos i was on my 3rd mug.

Well .. in my case i go around the place or the restaurant where i drop in, so that, i should know where is what. I finally figured out where Kings go. Here i found a wall hanging with some auspicious words. Have a look @ that nice little picture that is there on this post.

Having caught this on my camera phone, i started the discussion about the saying "Why kings and queen after beer". We were figuring it out. Meanwhile a doctor who was in all place started telling that "it doesn't really matter what you are drinking. Or to put it another way, you wish to continue drinking, but you have really had enough beer. This is an excellent time to switch over , possibly for a King. This can make all the differences out and remove barely from ur body. He aslo said that the day after, and to be honest, at that time of night you can't really tell that what you were drinking is not the real thing.

Cheers guys! it was typical gyan session and we drove back to our rooms to watch the Brit win the British Grandprix, Nadal winning the Grass court, Lankans winning the Asia cup 2008 and Australia defeating West indies once again.

Phew!!! a good weekend with good beer.

Enjoy and have a nice drive.

Watching a movie alone - Good idea and why?

Today, I wanted to watch the movie Jaane Tu Ya Na Jaane after my working schedule. Got reviews form reliable resources and finally Inox online e-ticketing worked ( after throwing errors on me for days together).
Now let me tell u what r the benefits of watching a movie alone.

Need not adjust your schedule with others.
It happens every time I want to go to movie. “Hey, let’s watch this” lets watch that, I said. My friend replied, “Not today, I’m very busy. What about tomorrow evening?” I said “Tomorrow I’ll got a one on one with boss, but, we can still go for the 9 PM movie. Will that be fine?” Rolling the eyes i got a reply was a big grin. I could go over and over with other friends on my list. But I didn’t want to waste my phone calls on them.
No argument as to which movie to watch.
Sometimes you don’t want to compromise but u need to and u will for the sake of friendship. That is why i had a better thought . Just split and watch your respective choice. You can reunite later and tell each other how great your movie was.
No distraction by your friend.
Ahhh..I hate this. I have one very excited friend and I felt the pain in the wrong part when I watched a movie with him. He laughed too often, commented at every single scene, narrated the entire story after the initial start up. I replied “let me watch it in peace after all i have spent INR 150 bucks. Just watch and you’ll understand it better”. Gosh, what a nuisance!
Need not to fight your tears.
I can be very emotional when I watch a drama (on screen and in real life :D). I barely cry in front of others because I think it is embarrassing. It is so damn hard to do when you watch a very sad scene. I was crying once and my friend next to me laughed at me. I could cry and laugh at the same time watching a movie. Well, I know that may sound bizarre. The next time I go for a high-rated drama, I’d go alone. Surely I don’t want my friends to watch me instead of the movie
Need not have to reduce your diet.
When we go to movies in group it is more likely that we buy popcorn( i love them) and carbonated drinks. I don’t know why but it just makes perfectly sense. Buying a popcorn in a Mutiplex is first of all no value for money. On that u find people when u r in groups wants to enjoy it at ur cost. tell me how it is justified. I never want anyone ( including my family) to touch my snacks during a movie. It is fun to eat it yourself, right? At EOD ur satisfied.

Of course, it would feel funny the first time you walk to the ticket counter. That’s when you have to say “No, I just buy one ticket”. Get over it and you will be just fine. Enjoy the movie!