my blog is so lame. i have really got to spruce things up. and i most probably will too! wait for it. haha.. anyway those of you reading must have realised the whole article sharing thingie a week or so ago. yeah, a bunch of us youths organised the smile day here. and it was well received, seeing that we made the front page of a national newspaper. yah, that felt great.
also i have yet to write about graduation which was brilliant!
and now am in a really hyped state what with planning for Guru Nanak Dev JIs birthday celebrations coming up. as part of the naujawan group we figured we should come up with something fresh and something substantial. so the other night a bunch of us met up and brainstormed away. it was fab i tell you and at the end of it i felt so satisfied. some of the stuff we talked about had been on my mind for ages and was cool that the others loved em!
will post about those later. anyway its time to liase with the other people involved and then its all systems go.
besides that, there's a run as well (Chardikala Run) also by OMG (oh my guru) and the getaway for kids. thats gonna be fun and i m looking forward to spending time with the kids and getting a feel of being a facilitator in samelan again (hahaa).
then there's another idea that i wana run by the others. wonder how it will go, hmm will keep you all updated.
for now, feeling quite geared up for diwali - we havent really celebrated in a while - mostly to gurdwaras so this year thought of doing some fun stuff. hehe.
alright i wana talk to my baby bro now (he's a six footer, but still).
take care and love as always! :D
5 comments:
Before we go and blindly celebrate non-Sikh rituals lets ponder on it. http://www.esikhs.com/diwali
Also ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZTAjpnkZRw
On the same note lets celebrate others' celebration with them - Hari Raya with the Muslims, Christmas with the Christian, Diwali with the Hindus, etc - and on Vasakhi lets call them to celebrate with us.
now whomever said that if we celebrate it should mean blindly follow?as a matter of fact i havent been home for awhile and have missed Vasakhi and numerous other occassions. so since its a public holiday i dont see anything wrong in eating and meeting friends. rest assured we know which are mere rituals and what are not. but thanks all the same.
My comments are based on the statement ... feeling quite geared up for diwali - we havent really celebrated in a while ...
According to Webster Dictionary :-
Definition of CELEBRATE
transitive verb
1: to perform (a sacrament or solemn ceremony) publicly and with appropriate rites
2a : to honor (as a holiday) especially by solemn ceremonies or by refraining from ordinary business
2b : to mark (as an anniversary) by festivities or other deviation from routine
3: to hold up or play up for public notice
intransitive verb
1: to observe a holiday, perform a religious ceremony, or take part in a festival
2: to observe a notable occasion with festivities
Origin of CELEBRATE
Middle English, from Latin celebratus, past participle of celebrare to frequent, celebrate, from celebr-, celeber much frequented, famous; perhaps akin to Latin celer
First Known Use: 15th century
As the saying goes ... rose with any other name still smells the same.
haha.u worry too much veerji. in fact we also celebrate CNY, XMas n HAri Raya. maybe being msian. chill la :)
Check ... The Star, Friday 21 October 2011, page 14.
There was a picture of a family shopping for Deepavali ... the caption was ... "Going all out: Rainy day in Brickfield didn't stop this family from shopping from Deepavali"
Not sure if they do shopping for other festives :)
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