<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686771108064801864</id><updated>2012-02-16T09:54:58.810-08:00</updated><category term='the vent out...'/><title type='text'>third eye opener</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opaquecrystal.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8686771108064801864/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opaquecrystal.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>opaque crystal</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09831122397207627400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686771108064801864.post-3854144869136618119</id><published>2011-01-31T21:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-31T22:15:47.642-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Sign-in after 4 years -.-</title><content type='html'>Hello Reader,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am signing in after 4 short years since I created this, and I thought what I wrote was cool 4 years back and now when I read all that, I am embarrassed. Actually, I stopped thinking it was cool, withing 6 months  down the line only, but anyway this is unnecessary detail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, how are you doing ? Good? Good. Well I am continuing to write in the hope this time, that my words have some impact on you in a good way, awesome way actually.  I really think people must quieten the noise in their heads to see how extra-ordinarily 'mundane things' can push you off to greatness if you can listen closely and how you can take pride in yourself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am writing this from my room in New Jersey. This year I am vowing to write about informative and personal stories, and 'informative via personal experience' stories. The biggest ever turning point in my life till now was when I decided to transport my being to a continent located on  the other end of the globe from where I grew up. Not my decision exactly, just a plan that came true, whose inception I had created in the same year I created my blog. I didn't realize I would transform so much including fall in love, within that period.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Few pointers cum reminders to myself about the topics I ll cover --&lt;br /&gt;1. God, Self-awareness, and Gossip.&lt;br /&gt;2. When 'helplessness' is the staunch bad guy.&lt;br /&gt;3. Deriving Strength from the weak.&lt;br /&gt;4. Success and enthusiasm.&lt;br /&gt;5. Fear and confidence.&lt;br /&gt;6. Humor.&lt;br /&gt;7. Loneliness Versus solitude.&lt;br /&gt;8. Love and You -- The receiver and the giver.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8686771108064801864-3854144869136618119?l=opaquecrystal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opaquecrystal.blogspot.com/feeds/3854144869136618119/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8686771108064801864&amp;postID=3854144869136618119' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8686771108064801864/posts/default/3854144869136618119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8686771108064801864/posts/default/3854144869136618119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opaquecrystal.blogspot.com/2011/01/sign-in-after-4-years.html' title='The Sign-in after 4 years -.-'/><author><name>opaque crystal</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09831122397207627400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686771108064801864.post-861657499920915937</id><published>2006-12-31T02:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-31T02:50:14.447-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rwHjVu2g4MU/RZeVybghHHI/AAAAAAAAAAM/3kawYzi69SY/s1600-h/flypside2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rwHjVu2g4MU/RZeVybghHHI/AAAAAAAAAAM/3kawYzi69SY/s320/flypside2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5014641403710479474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8686771108064801864-861657499920915937?l=opaquecrystal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opaquecrystal.blogspot.com/feeds/861657499920915937/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8686771108064801864&amp;postID=861657499920915937' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8686771108064801864/posts/default/861657499920915937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8686771108064801864/posts/default/861657499920915937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opaquecrystal.blogspot.com/2006/12/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>opaque crystal</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09831122397207627400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rwHjVu2g4MU/RZeVybghHHI/AAAAAAAAAAM/3kawYzi69SY/s72-c/flypside2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686771108064801864.post-7207882877413516298</id><published>2006-12-29T01:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-29T01:45:40.132-08:00</updated><title type='text'>child like......?</title><content type='html'>i used to write poems in the first grade&lt;br /&gt;first grade..!?! (one is a friggin' six year old in the first grade)&lt;br /&gt;used to sit in the balcony..and sometimes the terrace......used to stare up at the moon..&lt;br /&gt;lyk a wolf about to howl in anticipation..(ya right..as if.....i was very cute..still am)&lt;br /&gt;the vastness above me..overwhelmed me..the brilliant dots ,like a diamond map...&lt;br /&gt;i longed to flaot amidst the surreal cosmos.&lt;br /&gt;jet planes were the koolest thing for me then, after helicopters....(coz i had never seen a  rocket)&lt;br /&gt;no wonder astronomy fascinated me...&lt;br /&gt;i was unbelievably simple...until complexity took a toll on me.&lt;br /&gt;jus like the cells in my body , and the ego in the mind.&lt;br /&gt;now its all i have..complexity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in my opinion...rock music. ill tell you what it is all about..( coz what the hell ,this is my sapce....im going to give an opinion about any goddamn random thing...!)&lt;br /&gt;punk, rock ..it gives the youngsters (and many not-so-young-people) an unusual high....its rebelious..unconventional..agressive..unique..deep..unworldly.it comes as a breath of fresh air among colorful ,minimal clothes..dancing about irrationally..&lt;br /&gt;its lyke more of an expression than anything else......&lt;br /&gt;becoz ( coming to the point) music is melodious and rock can get confusing when we talk about melody...it then bases upon different perspectives.&lt;br /&gt;u might have a different perspective.....&lt;br /&gt;think u cud make me believe otherwise?&lt;br /&gt;please do....because im willing to have a different insight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i would like to work upon my will power..and limited necessary detachment...(its more lyke a reminder for me.nothing to do with you...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i write randomly..i like it that way...don really like order..its stressful.and u know why....becuase im jus following and keeping track of the randomness of my mind...the mind.&lt;br /&gt;i wanna see the extent to which it (the mind) , cud go nuts..in bewilderment, how chaotic it can get yet with a streak of sensibility....zooming in and out of pointlessness ,vagueness , idealism and practicality...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8686771108064801864-7207882877413516298?l=opaquecrystal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opaquecrystal.blogspot.com/feeds/7207882877413516298/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8686771108064801864&amp;postID=7207882877413516298' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8686771108064801864/posts/default/7207882877413516298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8686771108064801864/posts/default/7207882877413516298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opaquecrystal.blogspot.com/2006/12/child-like.html' title='child like......?'/><author><name>opaque crystal</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09831122397207627400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686771108064801864.post-6720490031629925850</id><published>2006-12-29T01:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-29T01:17:24.903-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the vent out...'/><title type='text'>the beginning...</title><content type='html'>for starters, thot i would offer some familiarity though i knw you don care. , one phrase that describes me - unpredictably contradictory yet dutiful . like i said , for starters,im gonna stick to my word. hehe....(that explains the dutifulness).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;creativity is essential ,for the soul to evolve....&lt;br /&gt;creativity is natural,innate,spontaneous. yet...curbed in many.&lt;br /&gt;the reasons...?well u cud say...lack of courage,u cud say other unimportant things become seemingly important.&lt;br /&gt;when we r kids ,its lyk we quite naturally know what we want.&lt;br /&gt;but as we grow..i would say confusion gets to us...we lose sight of what we really want.blame it on distorted proirities.what would really makes us happy,&lt;br /&gt;happiness?.............very subjective..or is it&lt;br /&gt;?sometimes i feel , the presence of indulgence is important to maintain 'earthliness' in the world.otherwise everybody else would be joyous....so whats wrong in that ,u might wonder&lt;br /&gt;the problem would be that there would b no suffering, and without suffering, you would disrespect happiness.&lt;br /&gt;the sense of achievemwnt would vanish....one would never really be able to feel bliss , coz then u wudn know what bliss means.would u want that?..i don think so.&lt;br /&gt;overcoming hardships and coming out jus fine paves way for a fulfilllment which is absolutely overwhelming.getting back to enlightenment...too heavy it might sound,&lt;br /&gt;yet its attainable..that extreme , unexplainable joy and stability...even for a child,&lt;br /&gt;but lyk its said and quite rightfully so...no pain, no gain....hehe..it is not easy.&lt;br /&gt;unfortunately....its difficult for a lot of people to get on..during testing times.&lt;br /&gt;but they make it..with courage.giving rise to brilliant success stories.&lt;br /&gt;this particular trait of the humankind......to unitedly, or individually fight the most unthinkable battles, be it the material level or not....&lt;br /&gt;is just so beautiful,so positive, i cant find words that would be apt for its description...pro'lly 'undescribable' would do.&lt;br /&gt;the world...with all its goodness, badness, ugliness, its ours, my home.&lt;br /&gt;im ready to take on it, and so should you be...so should everyone..&lt;br /&gt;coz its a great oppurtunity thrown at us...for us to grow.i love the fact.&lt;br /&gt;every experience is a test. to savour and learn from.&lt;br /&gt;its only a platform....have faith.&lt;br /&gt;i cud go on. but i wont.&lt;br /&gt;hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.&lt;br /&gt;never mind&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8686771108064801864-6720490031629925850?l=opaquecrystal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opaquecrystal.blogspot.com/feeds/6720490031629925850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8686771108064801864&amp;postID=6720490031629925850' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8686771108064801864/posts/default/6720490031629925850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8686771108064801864/posts/default/6720490031629925850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opaquecrystal.blogspot.com/2006/12/beginning.html' title='the beginning...'/><author><name>opaque crystal</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09831122397207627400</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry></feed>
