The Upside Of Being Ugly

People always believe that life sucks for ugly people and pretty people get the best of life all the time. I was reading a magazine article some time ago. It said that even the scientists, having conducted a research, believe that now. Well, those guys would know, that's perhaps all they can do. When was the last time you heard about a scientist guy or girl being a regular in the club circuits?

Anyway, the point here is that we, ugly people like me that is, need not worry about things so much. I mean, haven't you ever heard of the silver lining in the cloud? There happens to be an upside of everything and being ugly is not all that bad, you know. I mean, I thought I had it quite bad, but then I decided to change my outlook on life and found out there's much more to being ugly than meets the eye. I even had a discussion with a friend of mine about this and even she agrees with me on most of the points I put up....

First off, ugliness knows no bounds. It does not make distinctions between men and women. But women have an advantage, no eve-teasing (quite an expression we Indians have invented, this one), guys on the street don't tease you. And in my friend's words, "you don't really need to go to the beauty parlor, you are ugly anyway and they can try and you can spend lots of your money but no one can really make you look good and no one is gonna date you. Instead, you can go to a pub (but not in Mangalore) lol .... and spend your money on lots of booze."

Also, if you are ugly, you get a lot of sympathies from all the nosey aunties, which itself is advantageous especially for a kid. They would perhaps hand you some money every time they visit instead of just giving a really useless verbal blessings which they would not really mean anyway thinking that perhaps you could use that money to get yourself a makeover when you are old enough and eligible for marriage. On your part, you can save up on all that money and blow it on booze on your 21st birthday. You also don't really need to hide your birthday and your age. You are already ugly and no one cares for how old you are. Might as well add a few years to the real numbers to get past security in a bar and get drunk - again.

Notice how everything comes back to drinking?:P Well, that's the best part of it. Ugly people can get drunk all they want, make a hell of a scene anywhere and no one will remember after some time. Not the case if you look pretty, huh! Just ask yourself, if some really hot babe (doesn't work that much for a good looking guy, girls seemingly get turned off by such guys ) was making a scene in a pub after having one too many from the juice box, would you forget that too easy? Nooo. But if an ugly guy (or girl) was doing the same thing, not only would he (she) be thrown out of the pub but also from your memory almost instantaneously.

So you see, The Upside Of Being Ugly!!!.

P.S. - I am starting an NGO working for the ugly people's rights. We don't call people like me ugly anymore. The politically correct term is "aesthetically challenged". :D

Too much but still too little

Hello again,

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways,but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We ' ve learned how to make a living, but not a life. We ' ve added years to life not life to years. We ' ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor! We conquered outer space but not inner space.

We ' ve done larger things, but not better things. We ' ve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We ' ve conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We ' ve learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less. These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes.

These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time wh! en there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this thought to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just ignore... Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.

Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side. Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn ' t cost a cent. Remember, to say, ' I love you ' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it.

A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you. Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again. Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

What if I were an egg….

Sometimes…I wonder what would have happened if I were born in a poultry. Would I have been a human or a chick? What if I had been a chick…not the ‘pretty-chick’ kind of chick…but the egg-laying kind.

Guess, I would have just decorated the wire cage in a chicken stall until it was my time to decorate Sunday’s lunch plate.

But what if I were left to be an egg…perhaps…to decorate a Monday morning breakfast plate. Would my brothers worry about me when I became an omelet? Maybe. Maybe not.

Here is a visual on what might happen if I were born a chick and left to be an egg….:O :)

Listen up !!

When I heard the speech the first time, I didn't hear any threats against any particular community. How is it when I hear the different news media, the story keeps changes. For example one media says he is 28 year old and he used inflammatory word to describe Muslims, other says he 30 year old, and he threatened to cut off hands but did not mention any inflammatory word, other just quote what he says. Honestly, if I go by the first time and the quote, I really don't see where the communal hatred is. Maybe Varun is a little hot headed and upset, but I thought India has freedom of speech. So if Varun is charged with all this incitation of hatred, what about all the mullahs, muftis, and malaunas I hear in the damm streets cursing Hindus,Sikhs,Buddhists,Jains,Christians, or whomever is the hot topic of the day and claiming Islam is the only way, and some going to extent of killing non-Muslims. How come they don't get charged for their hate speeches? When did India start obey Sharia law?

Following is a verse which explicitly commands Muslims to chop off the disbelievers heads: Sura (8:12) - "I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them"

The Quran is loaded with these hate-filled violent verses.

My question to my dear Islamic convert brothers of Hindu ancestry is: Do only Muslims have the exclusive, god-given right to cut off unbelievers heads whenever they think that the unbelievers are attacking them? What was Varun Gandhi saying? That if Hindus are attacked then kill the attackers. This is exactly the same thing that one finds in the Qu'ran about ALL unbelievers, not just Hindus, but atheists, Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs even Jews and Christians.

Again, if you condemn Varun Gandhi then condemn equally Muhammad, the Quran and this supposed god Allah who talks EXACTLY like Varun Gandhi. Why cling to this religion and then selectively condemn the same hatred that it preaches, when you see it in others? We are living in times where you have the freedom to change your religion. Unlike other "peaceful" Islamic countries where the peaceful Islamic law murders ex-Muslims for renouncing Islam, you have the great good fortune of living in a modern, progressive and tolerant Hindu country. You can become Buddhist or Jain, which are REAL religions of peace.