The Happy Blog

20.) Your favorite spot...

2011-01-21T22:55:00.002-05:00

Landing at the gym during peak hours and finding your favorite treadmill/elliptical spot free.

Photo Credit: Pavel

19.) Old Monk

2011-01-19T12:34:00.008-05:00

an all time favorite for happy tipplers...so much so that it even has its own dedicated community on fb.

Pairs very well with Sheesha, friends and nostalgia :)

Photocredit: Avishek

18.) A great sense of Humour

2011-01-18T12:44:00.006-05:00

for a spring in your heart and your step.

Cheers to Dr Kishore Shah's amazing sense of humour. Read about his experience with a recent heart attack.

There is nothing that cannot be faced with a little humour, as this wonderful account by Dr Kishore Shah, a renowned Gynecologist practicing in Pune, proves. I got this as a forward...but it's too good not to be documented!

The following article is in his own words about the "MI" (myocardial infarction-heart attack) he had suffered few days back.
" I suffered a heart attack about 5 days ago. Here is my account of what happened:
As I was rushed to the Cardiac ICU, I just had this sinking feeling in my heart. Just like the one before you enter the Viva Voce hall and see the most khadoos examiner in place, only worse.

The resident there was quite courteous, "Sir, How are you feeling?"

I looked at him groggily and whispered, "Just like Rakhi Sawant (a Bollywood starlet)!"

He looked at me perplexed. I continued and said, "I feel an unnatural weight on my chest."

Thus my heart tried to spring me a surprise. So I surprised it with a spring into my heart. Now I walk with a spring in my step and one in my heart too!"

Kishore Shah.

Via: Deponti to the World

Photo Credit: Doug

17.) The Joy of Giving

2011-01-17T23:30:00.009-05:00

Imagine if you and your sister were both given Rs 1000 each and told you could buy anything with it that made you happy.

Your sister bought a nice pair of shoes and you bought a great fitted shirt. Both of you are happy in your own worlds.

Now flip the scenario a bit. Instead of buying a shirt for yourself, you bought the shoes for your sister. and she bought the shirt and gifted it to you.

Wouldn't that make both of you happier ?

Amazing eh.

Experience the power of giving.

Thought taken from a dialogue in the movie, 'The Pool"

Photo Credit: Get the look

16.) The Human spirit...

2011-01-12T23:24:00.005-05:00

and you weren't happy because you didn't have a BMW, penthouse, girlfriend, MBA etc etc !!

Photo credit: The Big Picture / REUTERS/Kena Betancur

15.) Dancing....

2011-01-11T19:31:00.000-05:00

apparently makes a lot of people happy....especially the bindaas kind.

GC and MD love it.

Photocredit: WHS Images

14.) Sheesha and conversations

2011-01-09T21:48:00.004-05:00

with friends on a cold wintry evening (or for that matter, any evening). Time well spent.

More about Sheesha (also known as the hookah) here

Photocredit: Mark Cueto

13.) Music in the morning..

2011-01-09T10:04:00.004-05:00

when you are still lazing in bed and need an extra reason to get out bed, the right kind of music can not only wake you up but put a spring in your step :)

So what kind of music do you like ?

Photocredit: Phil

12.) A smile..

2011-01-08T12:04:00.007-05:00

yes, that special someone's smile can really light up your life.

so yeah, smile more often. Who knows, you just might be making someone happier.

Photocredit: AKP

11.) The Sartorialist.

2011-01-07T21:51:00.003-05:00

Very few of us are lucky enough to be in jobs/professions that make us happy. The Sartorialist is one of them.
Check out this interesting documentary on him.

And if you read your feeds in a feed reader, i highly recommend adding his blog to it.

10.) Early Morning sun rays...

2011-01-07T01:09:00.006-05:00

Enuf said about their beauty and the joy they bring. They make Anju especially happy.

Unfortunately, most of us rarely see it (unless its a night out or jet lag)

Photocredit: Peter

9.) Gift a Stranger

2011-01-07T01:07:00.007-05:00

It amazing what some peeps will create.

www.giftastranger.net is one of those amazing creations. Its a site which basically allows you to send a gift to a random stranger somewhere in the world.

Imagine receiving a surprise gift from some random stranger.

What fun ! Go spread some cheer :)

Photocredit: Steven

8.) Buddy Singh

2011-01-07T00:31:00.006-05:00

makes Mr AJF Happy.

Andre is a national award winning photographer in India. Here is a moment when he realized what it takes to be happy.

"So are you happy?” now what type of question is that, I asked myself as I forced myself to lie to Maam hoping she would not see thru me. I am guessing she did, but now I guess it’s the truth so I don’t feel that guilty any more.
Soon after I had got the National Award I was invited to speak to the students at the assembly. The Principal told me I had five minutes. Now like most the students sitting in the hall had expected I had come prepared to tell them to forget about their various courses and just pick up the camera.
When I did walk up to the lectern after the short introduction that was followed by what I like to think was a rather long applause all that was echoing in my head was the question Mrs. Mohan had asked me. “So are you happy ?”
There I was, standing right where it had all begun, the dramatic society’s plays in the same auditorium now nearly a decade ago were some of my first assignments. As I stood there I spoke not one word about the Nation’s highest Honour in Art all I tried to do in those five minutes was to convince the students to discover themselves and then look for happiness over and above all else.
Five minutes passed and I stopped with right on time, the hall did resound with a hearty applause but I felt odd. It was as if I was speaking to myself and tell me to go out and look for happiness and I did.
I remember Abhik telling me one night over the phone as he tried to cheer my up soon after my spinal surgery, “Bastard look at it this way things are so bad right now that the only way left is up!” Things did change, I finally did get a dog, found my way back to the village … finally began to find Happiness !!! "

7.) The KLM surprise

2011-01-05T14:41:00.005-05:00

Here is how KLM made a few passengers very happy with a few surprise gifts.

Link via www.davaidavai.com

6.) Garam Jalebis

2011-01-04T20:55:00.004-05:00

Fresh hot jalebis make GC very happy...or atleast the thought of them does if calories come to mind.

Photo courtesy: Harsh Nagpal

5.) Blue skies

2011-01-02T18:51:00.003-05:00

on a crisp sunny day...green grass, fishing on the lake.

Almost a perfect day.

Photocredit: Karthik

4.) A great workout.

2011-01-02T18:48:00.003-05:00

The pain, the sweat, the exhilaration, adrenaline pumping - the best part, a great lift in your mood.

Photocredit: Sundero

3.) The ice rink

2011-01-02T00:26:00.003-05:00

When the zamboni smoothens the rough ice rink floor and makes it shiny and new.

Photocredit: Ana Rita

2.) Snow

2011-01-02T00:25:00.002-05:00

Watching snow falling slowing at the first snowfall of winter from behind a cozy window.

Photocredit: Jack Byrnes Hill / Bob

1.) Voicemail

2011-01-02T00:23:00.001-05:00

When you dont feel like taking a call and let it go to voicemail.