Money matters---- Life matters

Rmg's comment on selling home and me talking like a priest makes me write this post .I am sorry.I know many of you don't like hearing this- call me grand mum ,priest..But unfortunately ,its suffering; i see in my family and friends around me.
The present world , see a lot of deaths some accidents ,Als,cancer, sudden- all of a sudden, kidney failures, heart attacks. .the list is endless. I know some of you have had the personal tragedy in your life and know of what i am speaking about...These are no more the old 70 and above age group.. they are getting younger and younger.. their kids 5 less or more- parents suffering with health issues, they not having work.
Even kids who are suffering 1 yr and above having convulsions, turning blue not breathing. Each day you hear/see a new suffering,i feel- how lucky we are , Those of us who does not have to worry about such things.Their parents cries still fresh. Don't know when our time will come.
Each day a person who goes to work here has no guarantee of them having work when they come back. Recently, 1 day back 7 of them from my husbands dept were told to pack and leave ,escorted by security, in few mins. so many other friends told us the same things.. so many we know not having job. Hope and pray that they get a Job and thank God for each day He takes us through-so many slips/spins in cars,so lucky many times.
Many of us have started cutting on food, gas, electricity,although its freezing cold. gets dark early..they increased Gas, electric bills almost 100$ -200$ more per month.
Many of them just quit their life, some trying different ways..
All of us are looking forward to hearing a good news and just pray. At this time you see, silly people ,insensitive and also some dummies walking from family and all the good things they have. Then i don't know how to react -sad for the rest,fight for the rest..
I am seeing all this in own family, friends circle and News its more, of course!.
When i hear many people talk about all this , i feel ,unhappy when a person who has both spouses working complain of not getting gifts for Christmas or something like that. When they do, i don't know what to say to them. Don't take it personally. If you do -think of someone you know ,who has a worse situation than you, in your own circle.
BE SENSITIVE TO OTHERS, KIND,LOVING ,UNDERSTANDING-If you know any one encourage them to speak.
( remember v's call-don't know if it helped make a difference for her) Wish we all could help. Now a Days we have no time for calling, writing or keeping in touch with anyone but the person you want to.
FRIENDS -I see ,and feel hurt for them all, that's why i talk and say the things i do. I say or write take care,God bless ,really thinking and praying and remembering the persons going to read it.Same wishes to each One of you ,my Friends and your family. GOD be with you all.hope to hear your achievements and Good news.. so wish u all that.I know bad also is there.
I really Feel happy and love it when you all post photo, message or comment. That's sometimes the things which bring some spice to our life. Or your chats, messages Forwarded also.

Our First Snow Ever

Roshin's comment on snow made me think of our first snow in SK. It was October when it snowed and we were living in a basement suite. When we woke up and saw snow we wanted to go out and see it. So here we were in our pyjamas and flip-flops leaving our building to check out snow for the first time in our lives.

We got out of the first door of our building and then the second and saw the snow. It was a bit cold and we wanted to go back in. But alas! in all our excitement we had forgotten the keys. It was a condominium and you had to have your keys to get into the building and then into your apartment.

We stood there and thought about it and realized no one was going to go in or out of the building at this time (as it was a working day and it was around 10 a.m.). Our landlady worked a block away from our building at a grocery store. So my poor hubby went to the store in his flip-flops and pyjamas to get the keys from her. She had quite a laugh.

I am sure people watching him on the streets thought - Wierd immigrants!

winter- Snowy wonderland-

SNOW TOPIC GOT EVERYONE TALKING HERE IS LAST SNOWS PHOTOS TAKEN SAFELY FROM INSIDE THE HOME!! BRR ITS COLD..BUT BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT..

GREAT FOR CAR SLIDINGS ACCIDENTS, FALLING AND BREAKING BONES ESP WHEN IT FREEZES.!

Pictures of Finland

Moi,

Churches in Helsinki - Capital of Finland

National Theatre of Finland in Helsinki

In a park in Helsinki, Finland

Inside of the modern finnish church in Helsinki, Finland

Modern Finnish Church in Helsinki ( Outside view)

There are several lakes in Finalnd.. The Finnish name for Finalnd is "Suomi"

Languages spoke Finnish and Swedish.

Hei,

Sunita.J

Finland Pictures - Better late than never :)

Nokia view from my cab..

The Nokia headquarters enterence.

Nokia Headquarters in Espoo - Finland

Me in the mothership (Nokia headquarters in Espoo -Finland), It is a magnificient set of buildings made out of Glass by a lake.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Hello Everybody,

I wish you all a very Happy and prosperous New year. Hope you all had a Gala celebration to welcome 2009 with your friends and family..



with warm regards,

Sunita Jayakumar

Murder in the convent

Something has been bothering me for the past one month. No, not my son's eczema or my BP problem. It is the CBI investigation and arrest of three accused in the Sr. Abhaya murder case. Some of you must have heard about it from TV news.

Some other nuns in Kerala have died under mysterious circumstances after Abhaya's death in 1992. But I somehow strongly feel for her case. Probably because she must have been my age when she was killed. She was 21 in 1992 and she was a Plus Two student (nuns usually start college a few years later than the rest of us; I had a few nun classmates in my Pre Degree and BA classes). And she had got up early in the morning setting the alarm to wake up at 4 am. And she had gone down to the kitchen to get some water. There she saw something she shouldnt have and paid for it with her life.

I have provided the link to an article I edited for our last issue. It had made me go through the trauma of the case - powerful, invisible hands had tried to snuff the case out and pass it off as suicide. I hope the truth will come out and the culprits punished though much of the evidence has been destroyed. I hope her soul will rest in peace then.

Season's Greetings from us to you and family

Hoping that your holiday season is filled with lots of love and joy.

Wishing you a magical christmas and best wishes for New year.

God bless.

All's quiet on the Northern front

Well, it was a quiet night and I got to reading some of our old blog posts. We have gone down the memory lane and captured a lot of our past. Well done guys.

One of our blogs mentions Vinodini and Rosh says "the less said about it the better." You know when I went for my first visit to India I heard some wierd things too. I wouldn't bring it up if my name hadn't been dragged into it.

Someone was calling the MCC department or Thomas hall or something and telling them they were me. The person was not only impersonating me, but also crying that she (I) was being abused by her (my) hubby. That complicates things as YAK was also a department guy. I think somehow our department staff (probably prof. Rajani) figured out it was V making these calls. I didn't hear more about it again. I hope she is okay wherever she is.

What surprises me though is the reason she would pick me to impersonate. We hardly knew each other.

Obit Prof Gladson

Heard that our former Principal and head of the Zoology dept. Dr. Gladston passed away. I could not find any news of the death online. My mum said she heard there was a service at MCC and that his body was taken to Nagercoil for burial. He had lost his older son earlier on.
I could not get any new of it on the MCC website. And since none of you mentioned it, wondered if it's true?
Have any of you heard about it? Hello news personalities, busy?
May God be with his family. Too many sad news.
May he rest in peace. Another good person to be with God.