Comments on: Am I missing something?

By: Sreejith Kumar

Sreejith Kumar — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:35:12 +0000

So surprised to see this galling mail. May be he is a Bible seller!

By: anu

anu — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 16:06:00 +0000

i felt so indignant when i read that email.. writing something like that.. advicing to read bible and all that ..to an ordinary person person itself is irritating.. but to write that to someone like u.. who has faced the challenges in an extraordinary manner is sheer vulgarity..
u have shown pracicaly how a person can face life with dignity and strength.. i feel that u r simply great…

By: -poison-

-poison- — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:37:42 +0000

“Also I have a small advice. If you are sorry about something, don’t do it. If you are doing something, then don’t feel sorry about it.”

that advice is beautifully simple, and i think that its the only thing that one needs in doing anything.

By: -poison-

-poison- — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:35:13 +0000

i think that your response to that doomsday mail is perfect.

and i dont subscribe to that chap’s idea that everyone has to follow his views on religion(or anything else).

as for me, i dont believe in any existing religion, right now.
is there a hell or a heaven?
even if there is, its is a black or white choice?

frankly, i think that heaven would be a very desolate place, since the majority would probably in hell(assuming, there is a hell )

By: Paresh

Paresh — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:54:18 +0000

I’ve been in such a situation many a times… that I’ve lost count. People like the dame who proffered advice suffer from some kind of superiority complex. They think they should uplift the down trodden & heal the world. But let her experience at least 1% of what you’ve gone through and first thing she’ll wish for is death & curse the ‘God’.

You aren’t missing anything. It is the people who don’t understand your grit & courage are surely missing a few simple lessons about Life.

By: nimi

nimi — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:12:52 +0000

Geo and Alexis,
The chances of my son going to CET is remote at best as we are based in US right now, I am from Tvm and has always thought of CET as the best! But you guys have to admit that the thought of my eight year old attending the bucket parties and ‘hostel day’ gives me the chills!!!(lol)
paranoid mom
Nimi

By: Geo

Geo — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:02:11 +0000

I know you don’t need my advice to live your life. :_) So this is a reply to Nimi :_) Ma’am, I second Alexis in recommending CET as the best college of the state. It sure teaches you to live your life. :_))

By: Alexis Leon

Alexis Leon — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 04:27:02 +0000

James Bright, Silverine & Nimi: Thank you very much for your support. It really means a lot.

Silverine: It is actually a lady who wrote the mail.

Nimi: TVM Engineering college is very nice college. In my opinion the best in Kerala. So don’t deny your son the chance to learn and have fun in a wonderful place, because of my posts

By: nimi

nimi — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 22:28:35 +0000

Dear Alexis,

I happened to come across your webpage on the 1st of Jan,
Your blog made me think about life, how we take our lives for granted .Your courage , your zest for reading , your ability to
cope with difficulties life has thrown at you make you more closer to God than any one of us.

What do we call these bible thumping hypocrites who are not
living in the present and think that whatever they say is the final authority on God.

Moving on… your tales from Engg days make excellent reading.
I look forward to reading more, your writing is inspirational and at the same time entertaining. Anyways my eight year old son is not going to Engg college in Tvm nor is he going to stay in the hostel.

Take care
Nimi

By: silverine

silverine — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 16:25:57 +0000

Read the mail and am amazed at the gentleman taking off tangent on a sincere statement. I dislike people who think they can cure anything from a common cold to a divorce by advising “read the Bible”. I also dislike people who seize every opportunity to advise you to read the Bible.It is so easy to advise but so difficult to to a living example of the advice. I too read the Bible everyday, but I have never advised anyone to do the same.

Your answer was brilliant and I am not surprised that he did not respond!

And you last comment was so hilarious lol.

My post was a dig at the popular notion of Heaven as a place where souls live in genteel harmony. The logical conclusion to this would be that Hell is the opposite of Heaven i.e. a fun place to be.

So lemme know when you need that Letter of recomendation. (psst ..St. Peter is partial to scotch, so bring a bottle) And after your advice on my post on catching a ‘Cold’ I will say that you will be a popular Milk Vendor with lots of heavenly inmates catching frequent bouts of cold lol