The Blind Side

So recently I was watching Sandra bullock’s film “the blind side.” Here’s what I think about the film:

With tremendous performances and a heart touching true story about a Michael oher who had a troubled childhood is one film that is going in my favorite films’ list. Looking at the poster, I thought this would be another film about American football but as they say you can’ judge a book by its’ cover and turns out, this movie was so much more than what I thought. As much as I love Sandra bullock in her sort of chick flicks and romantic comedies like ‘miss congeniality’ and ‘two weeks’ notice’; I never thought Sandra bullock could do serious roles so well and she proved me wrong! A well deserved best actress Oscar award I must say! With all the other characters in the film also doing a tremendous job, I would like to mention Quinton Aaron’s name for the heart-touching emotional portrayal of Michael oher. Without his performance, I think the film would have been a complete disaster because the weight of the film lied entirely on his shoulders.

As the film progressed, I started feeling a really strong connection with the story and started wondering whether this was a true story or not. So I searched it and was shocked to see that this heart-wrenching story was true, that it had actually happened to someone.

As much as I would like to discuss this movie more, I would recommend everyone to watch this film. Go watch it now if you were an idiot like me and had not seen it yet!

Steve jobs: find what you love

One of the greatest inventors and visionary of our time; Steve jobs passed away a few days ago. As much as every life in this world is precious and valuable, I feel deeply saddened when true geniuses like Steve jobs passes away. I would have loved to give him a tribute on my blog but right now I have something else on my mind. I was listening to Steve jobs’ 2005 commencement address in Stanford University and here’s an excerpt of his speech:

 “You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.”

So as I listened to his speech, my mind tried to figure out what I really loved. But much to my disappointment, I went completely blank and I still am. So I’d like to ask everyone out there reading this, how do we figure out what we really want, what we really want to do. How do we pinpoint one thing to be the only thing we love! It seems easy for everyone to say to follow your heart but as much as it seems simple, figuring out what I really want to do is the hardest part and as soon I figure out a way to find what I really love, I will definitely tell you all about it. Till then, keep looking!

The Dengue Scare

So, recently my mother became the victim of one of the most deadly virus we have ever seen-dengue. Let me remind you that every day 10-15 people are dying due to this deadly virus and right now there is a scare spread throughout the Punjab province. I got the opportunity of witnessing how and what happens in dengue. Of course, I know that there are awareness campaigns going on all over the country but I do want to do my bit. So even though the person who is ill seems to be in the biggest trouble but sometimes the people taking care of the ill person are also in a huge trouble. Of course we all know about the apple juice with lemon remedy and the papaya leaf juice remedy but here are a few extra pointers to help you properly take care of the person down with dengue.

Get help: in my case it was my mother who fell ill so I felt completely confused the first few days about what to do and how to do it. Trust me; the patient’s temperature does not even come near to normal. No matter how much sponging you do, the fever does not go down. So it’s always better to get help. Call your aunts, uncles, grandparents; whoever can help you out should be there with you and the patient will feel better once he/she spends some time with their family.

Get professional help: As much as the patient and you require your family’s support and love at this moment; the patient requires professional help as well. There is a lot of speculation around about people saying not to take the patient to the hospital as this disease has no medicine and the patient might catch some other disease. Please don’t believe that kind of rubbish talk. Take your patient to the hospital as soon as possible and take him/her everyday in order to at least get a proper check up done. I’m saying this because one of the most dangerous things in this disease is the rate at which the blood pressure drops. My mother’s blood pressure dropped so fast that by the time we got her to the hospital, she fainted and fell down on the floor.

Don’t force the patient: one of the things that I have noticed in almost all the dengue patients is that tend to have really bad mood swings so my advice is that don’t force them into doing something they don’t want to do. If they want to sit and don’t want to lie down, don’t force them to. If they don’t want to eat or drink something (except for their medicines), don’t force them to. Ask them what they want to eat or drink right now and try to get that for them. When they will eat something that they like, they will eat more than you could have imagined.

Patience:  so I saved the best for the last. This is one advice I would like everyone to follow. Dealing with a dengue patient, seeing how ill he/she Is in addition to the mood swings they will have; you will have to show the utmost patience with your patient. Don’t lose your strength; try to hold it together as long as you can and deal with the patient with as much love and care as you can. Don’t worry everything will get back to as it was In a jiff. 

welcome!!!

Hi, welcome to “an idiotic mind: the blog life!” I recently completed my junior year at my University and started reading a book which got me thinking that so much goes on in our lives every day and those events, despite being significant, fail to catch our attention. So here am I trying to zoom my camera, look at the small things in my life and making them the things that count. I don’t plan on giving any advice on how to live life or etc, I just want to share my experiences about my everyday life and share my thoughts.