guess the airport?

 

was "here" past weekend 😀

impossible is nothing ...

i had written about amazing marathoner - Fauja Singh earlier .. i am sure many were inspired by his life and story which was true manifestation of "impossible is nothing" ... recently, he was again in news - and further proving it in a tragic way since he died at 114 not for health reasons but due to accident (just!) 400 meters away from home! :(

this also reminded of another news where a "dead" person comes back to life due to the ambulance hitting a pot hole on the way :)

too much info?

heard this mentioned by someone today - tried to locate it more .. seems by TS Eliot :

Where is the Life we have lost in living?
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

2nd attempt landing?!

 i have been a passenger in airplane (flights) many times - sometimes locally (domestic) and sometimes cross country (international) .. however, this was first time the pilot changed him mind last minute - and just while we were expecting to hit the runway for routine landing (KTM to DEL), we experienced the plane started to gain height (altitude) .. with recent news items around airplane incidents, i was bit anxious .. and only after few minutes, while it was already obvious, the announcement confirmed - we will come back for 2nd attempt to land post some 9 minutes! (there were no more details shared) ... luckily, we did not have any further unexpected turn of events! grateful :)

ॐ नमः शिवाय 🕉

 

7 Airports in 5-6 days brings the count to 10!

In the past week, we both have been to 7 airports - some planned and others unplanned .. 🙂

YYZ on 20th June

CAI on 21st June (11th IDY)

AUH on 22nd June (and BAPS Hindu mandir)

DXB on 23rd June (Bonus; unplanned)

DEL on 24th June

AMD on 25th June

KTM on 25th June (Nepal 🚩 makes 10th country I have now been on bhaaratiya passport) - here for the 19th World Sanskrit Conference

जयतु संस्कृतं विश्वपोषकम्

leap of faith

 

pa~ncha 5 पञ्च

 

All 5 natural elements - earth 🌎 water 💧 fire 🔥 air (wind) 💨and sky (space) 🌤️

पञ्चभूतानि - one more time :-)

shubha-dinam starts with इन्द्रधनुः

आदिगुरु-शंकराचार्य-जयंती starts with a 🌞 rising sun rainbow 🌈

इन्द्रधनुः

just yesterday (in online book reading session) we looked at Page 19 (under Physics section) of the "Science in Sanskrit" book which mentions the following

सूर्यस्य विविधवर्णाः पवनेन विघट्टिताः कराः साभ्रे ।
 वियति धनुःसंस्थाना ये दृश्यन्ते तदिन्द्रधनुः ।। ३५.०१ ।।

- बृहत्संहिता (अध्यायः ३५)

belated or early?

 it was probably the first day in 2025 when i was least expecting or prepared for this snow/driving conditions ❆☃ (unusual, since winter in my opinion is ideally from 21st Dec to 21st Mar)

so 🤔 was it weather's way of making us "April fool" belatedly -or- was it early "April fool" by the groundhog on 2nd Feb 🤣

9 in 10 (with GRACE)

remember the orchids? https://uniqideaz.blogspot.com/2025/02/nature-is-forgiving.html

9 out of 10 💐

10th 🥀

not sure who fooled or got fooled 😢 similar circumstances too can lead to different outcome (probably only ingredient missing was GRACE ?! 🤔) be always grateful 🙏

a new term

 

"skyhouse" is new for me ! had heard of "penthouse"

is that snow on the moon?

 don't know about what's on the moon .. but it certainly snow ❄️ under the moon 🌙 

water the roots ..

 .. to enjoy the fruits!

nice quote that i heard today - by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ji .. when we attended an info. session about Transcendental Meditation (TM) here

 

hindu student association - painting

 yesterday, i was fortunate to be part of hindu student association at one of the PDSB schools .. and in few minutes i got to interact with some 15-20 (elementary) students (all girls!) i tried storytelling :-)

positive/creative way of glorifying someone's strengths while hiding their shortcomings ..

Misbehaviour!?

 

we were fortunate to participate in this Film screening and also listen to Ms. Hosten who trained with the BBC and worked as a broadcaster and airline stewardess before winning the 1970 Miss World

"If you can see it, you can do it!"

nature is forgiving!

we received the orchids on 23 Aug 2024 .. and it had flowers already which gave it a nice look for about a month or two ... the upkeep as prescribed was interesting - you put couple of ice cubes in the pot once every week .. since the frequency is not "daily" it was little tricky to remember - but the visible signs (of smiling flowers) helped us remind in some way .. and then one by one the flowers started to fall off .. and then it was only bare stems .. this is when we lost track .. we did try with hope that one day they will start blossoming again .. and tried to keep up with the routine of feeding the plant with few ice cubes every week

 

then the season of winter sets in - figuratively as well as literally .. and we felt it has nothing more left in it. without much difference to notice we felt our act of watering (with ice cubes) was of no use .. and somehow we had probably "written off" the plant in our thoughts .. we did not have the hopes but we did not have the courage to let go as well .. and once in a month either of us would still put the ice cubes .. and look at the current (status) picture -  we were happily surprised (after hibernation of some 4 months?) to see it spring back to life with more flowers (and buds) then it earlier had .. we realized - nature is so much forgiving? .. even if we miss our duty, it doesn't stop from nurturing us ... even more interesting - since it is still very cold and snow covered outside !

this time - a phone number!

after many (odometer) number posts, this time it is about a phone number :-) i had another/alternate number which was deactivated due to negligence (maybe in Oct 2024?) .. i was able to still (partially) use it and hence did not bother .. and then one day it got re-assigned to someone else and that is when the disruptions made me realize the need to urgently "fix" it .. once someone else has it, it is technically too late :( .. and i thought i am good at negotiating or convincing (maybe i boast to myself that i propose win-win solution which is hard for anyone to disagree with!) .. and soon i realized it is my false ego .. i was quickly "blocked" .. i realized i need help and reached out to close family member (there was a suggestion to make it difficult for others, but my current focus on sadhanaa helped me stay calm and wish only well for everyone involved - sarve bhavantu sukhinaH - universe is friendly to you only when you are friends with all in this universe!) .. and it was solved in a very quick/efficient manner .. yes, grateful that i got the number back (after just mon-fri gap 17-21 Feb 2025 - that too across the seas!) - many lessons learnt - we might be growing but we are probably not complete alone and hence reach out and team up!

📱

how do you cross a river ...

.. from one shore to another ... without swimming or boating? (not even paddle/dive) .. you can walk on it! (provided it is frozen - just wait for the time and opportunity) :-)

this is something that usually happens every year - at least the weather is cold enough for sufficient period of time .. i guess, we walked on frozen credit river some 15 years ago as well :-) see here

🛕

 

मन्दिरम् 🛕

more on numbers 😀

It was some years ago - odometer (numbers) post done on this blog! 🙂 one more during recent (cross-border) drive 🚗 below 👇