The first week of MAY 2011 has been truly chaotic.  Many things i.e. career, family and personal issues, all factors come together and squeezed my mind in a small locker.  Everything simply becomes OUT-OF-CONTROL.  It seems like I will need to make a big turning point for LIFE in a very near future.  Perhaps, it might probably be the BIGGEST turning point for my life, the one with the biggest RISKS.  My mind turned to be in vague, my nerves becomes numb and my thoughts are way too doubtful.  I have never gone astray like this before.  I am very disciplined and particular.  I live my life within a habitual framework so everything is organized and planned. Whenever there are problems and hitches, they all are in control either under my psyche or with the synergy my Dad gives.  But this time, it is totally different.  A lot of factors to be considered and there will be repercussions and several unforeseeable things which I have to bear with.

People, life is just like a journey.  Yes, it is.  We all travel to the same end.  We come across with many things good and bad along the way.  Sometimes we sense the aromatic essence of flowers, sometimes we are caught in the rain, and sometimes we face the burning weather, sometimes we need to cross the river.  We all know where we want to go but not every traveler reach to the destination at the same time.  It’s just because we walk in different lanes or different routes with different modes.  Some travel on feet, some on the pony cart, some drive and some ride.

“Opportunity comes once in a lifetime,” it’s a part of lyrics of Eminem’s song.  This particular song of Eminem called LOSE YOURSELF is one of my personal motivation tools.  He wrote about his LIFE in the song.  I simply love Eminem’s songs particularly when I feel lost and down.  The world is fair. Everyone has been granted with at least one opportunity in a lifetime.  Whether or not grasping that opportunity rely on the option of the beholder. Those who take the chance might be successful or might be faded away.  To my knowledge, every opportunity does not imply the sign of POSITIVE.  For an opportunity to be a GOOD one, a person must grasp it at the right time with the right capacity.  That’s what I have learned.  I have been granted with a BIG opportunity in life, but it made me wane on account of the wrong timing.  Everything has been screwed up. I had to stand up again and build up my life from ZERO.  And believe me; this particular mistake has been haunting me all the way till today.  It makes me indecisive, doubtful and the worst thing is that I become so much unconfident.

Moreover, opportunity comes in different means.  Some people are being granted with those good chances out of the blue.  Some have to chase for them.  And some opportunities are unconditional (it comes without any restriction).  But some chances bring along RISKS.  Means some sacrifices need to be occurred upon taking the chance.  I am now in this JUNCTION.  I want to walk on but it is very much hesitating to bear the risks.  My mind has been traumatized with a simple query, “WHAT IF…?”

Dear God, please give me enough strength to continue traveling!  Please carefully guide me to choose the right path.  And please let me travel in a good weather and clear sky so that I will reach the destiny in a very timely manner.

08-05-2011
YE LWIN OO (MPS)

JOURNEY

Life is a Journey
From once proximal end to other.

Life is a Journey
You are the traveler.
Life is a Journey
Your thoughts directs, your way in the journey.
Your virtue will be the fodder for your thoughts
This directs your way in the journey

Life is a Journey unpredictable journey where
You can’t predict when you will start the
Journey and end the journey.

Life is a Journey and the time taken in the journey
Is the only time for you to reach your destiny

Life is a Journey Unavoidable journey.
The way, in which you want, you may travel.
And the way in which you will travel will show your destiny.
And so, try to travel in the way by which you can reach your destiny.

~ Narendra Kuppan ~

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And so, try to travel in the way by which you can reach your destiny…

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Your thoughts directs, your way in the journey…

I am planning to take my GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) exam by 13th MAR 2009.  It’s for my MBA. Yes, I have been wrestling with GMAT books and simulated tests. I have got my amazing Dad sitting beside me until 2 – 3 AM everyday. You won’t believe. He reads all those GMAT books and shares the strategies and tactics he earns from reading. More than many times, I have mentioned here on this site and also on other social sites that my DAD is the biggest driving force in my LIFE. CONFIDENCE is what I have been hankering for my GMAT. Don’t worry, Dad. I will walk with confidence to success…

BEHIND THE SHOT

Seldom in our lives, we eagerly say NO. Can you walk three miles every single day? NO? Why? Look at this old man and his grandson. The shot was captured during my CHAUNG THA trip back in DEC 2008. I was going around far east of the beach with a motorbike and saw them walking on the beach. I captured these shots and talked to them. I asked him what did he do and where were they going? Grandpa said, “Son, I am a trishaw driver. This is our way back home. Every evening, I need to park my trishaw at the owner’s house and walk back to home at the west part of Chaung Tha. It’s approximately 3 miles trip.” “Thinking positively, walking is a good exercise, Son.” he smiled. Yes, they seemed no tension at all. Having struggled the whole day for a bite to eat and still then, the world grants him with a tiring way back home. The thing is that he did not perceive that as a PAIN OF HIS LIFE. Grandpa, keep on walking with confidence…

WITH CONFIDENCE, WE MOVE FORWARD…

This photo gives me a WINNING PHILOSOPHY for LIFE, MOVING FORWARD…

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Photo Information
Camera – Nikon D40
Exposure Time – 1/80s
ISO Speed – 400
Focal Length – 125mm

I used to have a post on my photography blog called NAKED SMILE. People could not stop loving this shot for its uniqueness and naturalistic expression. So, I am here re-submitting the same shot with some modification. I have tried to tweak a little bit here. I have exploited FILTERED B&W tone in it, at least to furnish a little different taste. Please let me know what you think.

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Camera – Nikon D40
Exposure Time – 1/320s
ISO Speed – 200
Focal Length – 200mm

This is just one of my shots from NAY PYI TAW (new administrative city of Burma) trip. It was near TAU-NGOO station of BAGO division. I saw a women walking on the railway. Fell in love with the expression on her face and created this shot. The lifestyles and expressions of these grassroots always become a big piece of impetus for my photography enthusiasm.

The shot was created from the train.  I was on my way back home from the new capital of Burma, NAY-PYI-TAW.  This greenish rice field is located outskirt of TAU-NGOO township of BAGO division.  I saw this buffalo cart rolling in the field.  I took out my camera in very rush manner and created this shot.  Some time back there, we normally see huge number of such Buffaloes in many parts of Burma.  Unfortunately, buffaloes suddenly become rare animal owing to Nargis Cyclone in early May, 2008.

The FAO report indicated that the cyclone ravaged region was famous for livestock production, and that an estimated 200,000 water buffaloes and cattle were killed during cyclone. These draft animals were crucial to the regions rice cultivation capacity and transportation. Given most farmers owned two cattle to carry out normal farm operations, the loss estimated by FAO implies that roughly 100,000 farms are without draft animals to plant the 2008/09 main season rice crop. Given the average farm size in the delta region is 3-4 hectares; the impact of the cattle’s demise could reach a total of 400,000 hectares of rice land.

200,000 buffaloes is a very significant number for nature-agricultural country like Burma.

Photo Information
Camera – Nikon D40
Exposure Time – 1/500s
ISO Speed – 200
Focal Length – 200mm

This shot was created along the way to famous CHAUNG THAR beach.  I saw a group of farmers plotting the land.  So, I decided to stop by to create this shot.  This innocent lady possesses pureness in herself.  Her personality seems so attention-grabbing with THA – NUT – KHAR, a traditional type of make-up extracted from a particular type of tree.  This is the biggest pride of typical Burmese ladies wearing THA – NUT – KHAR day in and day out.  These farm workers endure the sunlight…  to these people, the meaning of “Life” sounds broader and demands deeper…

Photo Information
Camera – Nikon D40
Exposure Time – 1/500s
ISO Speed – 400
Focal Length – 180mm

Photo Information
Camera – Nikon D40
Exposure Time – 1/80s
ISO Speed – 200
Focal Length – 46mm

These little novices are from LAY EAIN TANN Village of PYAR PONE District, IRRAWADDY Division.  I have been to Irrawaddy Delta many times.  Followed by the repercussions of NAGIS CYCLONE which wiped out the whole delta area in early May 2008.  For the god sake, I happened to travel there many times.  Various relief trips delivering water, food, drugs, lives aids and emergency camping materials make me familiar with the area.  I know which place possesses unique exposure for photo taking.

This photo is a result of my 4th relief trip to IRRAWADDY delta.  We went there to deliver mosquito nets and anti-mosquito coil after hearing the shocking numbers of dead tolls resulted from Dengue Haemorrhagic fever and malaria.  Total donations worth of US$ 100,000 being delivered effectively to the cyclone victims.  Donors are from Republic of Singapore mainly organized by Abbot of Singapore Golden Pagoda Buddhist Temple.  We had traveled 6 rounds to accomplish the mission and finally we had done it fruitfully.