Being addicted to photography for the past two years, I bought an annual subscription on flickr for $ 24.95 in 2008. My flickr pro account expired on 8th April '09. In dilemma and confusion to continue the subscription or not; following the current dollar rates and the rate at which I am uploading the photographs, I decided to start my photo-blog. :)

Do have a look: http://colorful-moments.blogspot.com/ 

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I am back to blogging after a long time. The gap was so high that, it was difficult for me to recollect my login password. :(

First and foremost, I apologize for not reading your penned down thoughts. I know, most of you must have been really worried or wondering, "What this gal is up to?" It was good to see emails from some of you asking about my well being. :)

Though, it was difficult to stay away from blogging for such long time. I wish I could recollect few happenings and update here. At times, when I wanted to keep away from blogging, there was some force which dragged me to write here. Hope to keep this space live and alive. :)

Don't know what made me write this post at 2 am...! ***yawn***

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Its exactly twenty-one days I have been away from this personal space. Not only away from blogger, but also from flickr, twitter and what not! In fact, it was difficult for me to recollect my password ;) I have tons to pen down with so much happening in both personal and professional life.

An incident so happened recently, made me think: "Is it wrong to be frank? It it a mistake to be what you are? It is a fault to let others know when you are not comfortable, your views?" I am unable to understand why one has to change oneself for other's sake and impress anyone? Whenever a well acquainted person tries to give gyan how I should be, I feel like yelling, "If you have a problem the way I lead my life, go end yours..!"


Is it a mistake to be frank to speak out frank? What's your take on this?

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Recently, an acquaintance of mine, invited me to join Wordsmith.Org -- : the magic of words. By subscribing to this site, you receive a "word" along with its pronunciation, meaning, etymology, usage and thought for the day.

Example:-

WORD: lepidopterology

PRONUNCIATION:

(lep-i-dop-tuh-ROL-uh-jee)

MEANING:

noun: The study of butterflies and moths.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek lepido- (scale) + pteron (wing, feather), ultimately from the Indo-European root pet- (to rush or fly) that also gave us feather, petition, compete, and perpetual.

USAGE:

"Mr. Sokolenko's exhibition comes at a time when Nabokov's reputation is on an upswing in the rarefied world of lepidopterology. During his lifetime some lepidopterists, perhaps jealous of his literary fame, carped about his lack of formal training."

Alexander Osipovich; St. Petersburg Exhibition Shows Nabokov Under (and Behind) a Microscope; The New York Times; Jul 26, 2006.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Men have slow reflexes. In general it takes several generations later for them to understand. -Stanislaw J. Lec, poet and aphorist (1909-1966)

If you want to learn a word daily, then subscribe to their newsletter here.

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Worked up -- missing sleep -- commands in my dreamz -- working on weekend -- no time to update/read blogs....

I realize....I need a long vacation...! Don't know, when!


Anybody else in the same state???


PS: I haven't been able to read all the blog updates. I shall do it soon. :)

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