{"id":56,"date":"2020-01-20T12:38:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T12:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soorina.com\/blog\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2020-01-21T04:27:37","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T04:27:37","slug":"post","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/soorina.com\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-grid-lazy-60\" class=\"post-grid-lazy\"><img decoding=\"async\"\n    alt=\"\" src=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<script>\njQuery('#post-grid-lazy-60').ready(function($) {\n  $('#post-grid-lazy-60').fadeOut();\n  $('#post-grid-60   ').fadeIn();\n})\n<\/script>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#post-grid-60 {\n  display: none;\n}\n\n.post-grid-lazy {\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div data-options='{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;60&quot;,&quot;lazy_load&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;masonry_enable&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;view_type&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;}'\n  id=\"post-grid-60\" class=\"post-grid grid\">\n  <div class=\"grid-items\">\n  <div class=\"item item-506 skin flat even 0 \">\n    <div class=\"layer-wrapper layout-\">\n    <div class=\"layer-media\"><a href=\"http:\/\/soorina.com\/blog\/?p=506\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soorina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/dev-d2Py_uhXJQo-unsplash-768x1024.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"layer-content\">\n  <div class=\"element element_0  title_link \">\n    <a target=\"\"\n    href=\"http:\/\/soorina.com\/blog\/?p=506\">What, Me Worry?<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"element element_1  excerpt \">\n  I was walking down the street on a cold day in Brussels when the sight of Tintin and Snowy in  <\/div>\n<a class=\"element element_2  read_more \"\n  target=\"\"\n  href=\"http:\/\/soorina.com\/blog\/?p=506\"><\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"item item-502 skin flat odd 1 \">\n    <div class=\"layer-wrapper layout-\">\n    <div class=\"layer-media\"><a href=\"http:\/\/soorina.com\/blog\/?p=502\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soorina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nathan-dumlao-No-Perfect-Time-713x1024.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"layer-content\">\n  <div class=\"element element_0  title_link \">\n    <a target=\"\"\n    href=\"http:\/\/soorina.com\/blog\/?p=502\">No Perfect Time<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"element element_1  excerpt \">\n  I like to think that spiritual success cannot be found by getting away from everyday life. There is no point  <\/div>\n<a class=\"element element_2  read_more \"\n  target=\"\"\n  href=\"http:\/\/soorina.com\/blog\/?p=502\"><\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"item item-498 skin flat even 2 \">\n    <div class=\"layer-wrapper layout-\">\n    <div class=\"layer-media\"><a href=\"http:\/\/soorina.com\/blog\/?p=498\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soorina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/It-is-what-it-is-683x1024.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"layer-content\">\n  <div class=\"element element_0  title_link \">\n    <a target=\"\"\n    href=\"http:\/\/soorina.com\/blog\/?p=498\">It is what it is<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"element element_1  excerpt \">\n  The yesteryears&rsquo; actor Mehmood was really on to something when he sang, &ldquo;The whole thing is that ke bhaiya sabse  <\/div>\n<a class=\"element element_2  read_more \"\n  target=\"\"\n  href=\"http:\/\/soorina.com\/blog\/?p=498\"><\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"item item-494 skin flat odd 3 \">\n    <div class=\"layer-wrapper layout-\">\n    <div class=\"layer-media\"><a href=\"http:\/\/soorina.com\/blog\/?p=494\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soorina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Wedding-Fever-pic-684x1024.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"layer-content\">\n  <div class=\"element element_0  title_link \">\n    <a target=\"\"\n    href=\"http:\/\/soorina.com\/blog\/?p=494\">Wedding Fever<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"element element_1  excerpt \">\n  The title of the Bond film &ldquo;Die Another Day,&rdquo; aptly describes the feeling you have before a family wedding. 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