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If its broken doesn’t mean it can’t be fixed !

Ever since we were born, we see a myriad of “broken” entities – broken things, broken emotions, broken promises, broken trust, broken relationships etc.  However, it doesn’t quite mean that broken entities can’t be fixed. One such incident that happened today makes me optimistic.

It so happened that I, along with my better half, went out to dine at an Italian restaurant. When we reached there, we were put in a waiting list with 45 minutes estimated wait time. So, we thought we would take a stroll in downtown menlo park. An Indian handicraft store soon caught our attention. We decided to check it out. Amazing artwork and immaculate craftsmanship on intricately carved marble stones left us wondering. A beautifully carved Taj Mahal made from white marble caught my attention. I was curious to know what it was priced for. After searching for it for a while, I decided to look beneath the art-piece.  So, I lifted it with my hands and inverted it but before I could be happy to find the price sticker and read the price of the item, there were quite a few things falling off and breaking from the taj mahal. The dome, the minarets, the roof – everything fell piece by piece and broke. And this was after my better half had warned me to carefully handle the items sighting a sticker on the display shelf that read like “its nice to look at, great to handle, but if it breaks, its considered sold”. Cutting long story short, I had to buy the Taj Mahal in its broken  form. And this is how it looked:

Broken Taj

Broken Taj

Before I used my shoe-goo to stick it altogether :

Fixed Taj

Fixed Taj

The moral of the story is :

“If something is broken, doesn’t mean it can’t always be fixed

PS : An interesting observation is that I have been singing and playing the song “Free Falling”  (John Mayer’s version)  the whole day before something actually “fell off freely” at the end of the day. LOL

Time to self-introspect !

Yesterday, our team – Shark Baits – was formally out of the 8-ball Summer 2009 APA South Bay League after being defeated 3-0 with still 2 matches to finish. Very demoralizing indeed. I was to play the 5th match if we had a chance but never got an opportunity. Also, I’ve decided to take a hiatus from pool. Time to self-introspect, reset the priorities and get back stronger and fiercer !

5-0 win in today’s pool league game !

I am in an upbeat mood since winning my 8-ball pool league game by 5-0 today. Yahoooooooo.

Won a 3.5″ HP Digital Frame !!!

We won the tadpole race !

We won the tadpole race !

Looks like God is being generous to me this week. After the awesome trophy he gave me a free 3.5″ HP Digital frame. The occassion was a picnic organized by Oracle for celebrating a release. There were games. And one of them – The TadPole Race –  we won  !!! Our team (from left) Jerry, me, Kalpak, Xue.

What a day !!!

I am feeling so happy right now. I won my match 5-1 at the pool league (8-ball APA south bay) today. This win puts an end to my losing streak of over 6 weeks now. I also got my trophy from last season. Our team had come first in the 2009 South Bay APA 8-ball league.

2009 Spring 8-ball APA - First Place - Shark Baits

2009 Spring 8-ball APA - First Place - Shark Baits

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