Being 25...!

Few weeks ago I turned 25, precisely on July 19th. Well in a way it was just another birthday for me. I never get too excited about my birthday unlike most people. However, this year it was special, special in a sense the number 25 itself.

For me turning 25 is kind of scary. I mean, I never wanted to turn 25, it has some kind of psychological effect and suggesting that you can no more be called a youngster and you are forced to be 'Uncle or Kaka'. I feel like I am no more a kid and can't just behave the way I have been doing all these years. However, I doubt if I'll change even after turning 75, if I am alive till then.

Anyways, once you cross 25, I think you are officially out of the amateur leauge, and people expect you to behave maturely. Once again it's more psychological than anything else.

Sometime, I wish if I could go back in time instead of getting older. May be we should be born old and get younger and younger on every birthday. But then, we might want to get older, who knows ? We always yearn for the things which we don't have..!

Bottomline, I am just not liking the tag of 25. It's like you have finished one stage of your life and a new life is ready. Nevertheless, nothing has been changed in me since I turned 25. I still wake up in the morning, goto job and then sleep. But it's scary again...:(

I can never imagine myself of say age 35 or 40. I will just be too young to be 35 anyday in my life...:)!

Kaushal

Napkins and Forks...

Most of us pay very frequent visits to Subways & Taco Bells and Burger Kings and what not...to soothe our hungry stomachs. All of these places have one thing in common - 'Paper napkins', and you couldn't agree more..!

Many times most of us end up grabbing lots of napkins, forks, spoons and knives etc., no matter we consume them or not. Because we think, 'Who cares, it's free'. Well, those who agree with this, are fooling themselves. Nothing comes for free in America or for that matter anywhere on this planet. Somebody somewhere pays the price for the extra napkins that we just grabbed. But the biggest victims are the innocent trees somewhere in the jungles of Amazon or America or anywhere else. For each extra napkin that we wasted, some part of a tree must have been chopped for no reason.

One would argue that, it's recycled. But how many times do you recycle ? Eventually it will no more be recycled. Same thing with the plastic-ware. Waste of them is worse than wasting the napkins. We all have been taught that, paper being bio-degradable doesn't add to the 'land-fills', but plastic does. Needless to mention, waste/use of them harms the environment in someway or other.

We have a habit of grabbing 'handful' of everything from all the dispensers, be it - napkins, forks or even ketchups, no matter we need them or not. And most of them end up being wasted once you finish eating. Who cares...!

So point is, next time when you go out, think of it, and ask yourself a simple question - 'How much do I need ?'. If you can manage with 2 napkins then don't grab a bunch of 20. Wait for a second and quantify your needs. There are so many such small things where we can conserve our resources. Be it Grocery Shops or Restaurants..! If possible, please take a pledge to conserve, if you have read thus far. Only we can make a difference..!

Even if we save a tree a year, it's worth..! We can't grow, but we can save...!

Kaushal

Ek Baar Aaja Aaja in the car

While driving from LA to Vegas..we all were enjoying the Himesh Reshamiya songs..and this one was ek baar aaja aaja... Enjoy, Kaushal P.S: This one becomes first video to be posted on my blog..;), and with this the blog 'officially' becomes a video blog now..:D