Common Thread

There is something common in all the families that have lived right opposite my balcony. As far as my memory backs me, i remember the cries from this particular house quite vividly. Be it during my 10th std board exams or 12th. My CPT days or TYbcom. Every family that has once lived there has delivered a beautiful baby.Yup, thats their comman thread. A mere observation.

Sleepy!

1) Yet again funny things happened today.

2) I did not clean up my room!

3) My heads heavy and i m super sleepy. So good night for now. 

Heart skips a beat

Sitting in the balcony on her cane chair, sipping her morning tea and gazing at the rays she thought to herself, "Why be upset with someone who hasn't been a part of my life for a long time. Not many are here to stick around. Looks like he isn't one of them either." Moving on with her daily chores she freshened up for work. It was like any other day but still there seemed to be some tightness in the air. She could feel it but couldn't say what it really was. Perhaps it was because she had woken up thinking about him after many days. Perhaps not.

She fixed a quick meal for two and foil packed it perfectly in their respective lunch boxes. By now she could hear hustle bustle from the other room. It meant he was up. Her face lit up. Today was her last chance to hug him tight, kiss him bright and bid him a final adieu. Within minutes he would be gone. Gone for good. She would never get to see her bundle of joy again. Her son would be taken away from her only because the law said so.

A tear rolled down her cheek before she finally mustered courage to head into his room to dress him one last time and hold him close to her heart for ever and ever. 

Season!

This happens once in every few years. I receive a similar type of news from 2 or more people who are not even remotely related to each other yet they are all close to me.

This time around it will go down in history!

Sob sob! :( 

Dhisssssssh (sound of breaking heart!)

PS: Happy wala birthday dearest Ganpati Baapa! Tu bhi na ekdam funny hai!

People

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We often meet new people in our lives. At work place, at some classes, in a share rick or may be even randomly on the road! Have you lately connected with someone after several years? Are you getting to know a person who works with you or with whom you share a ride to and back home from work? Do you happen to exchange messages late until midnight and beyond when your eyes just refuse to transport you to the dream world?

People come into our lives. Some are here to stay while many leave us at some point. A forwarded message that i received via mail describes beautifully how we are attached to people and how we should know to let go of them.

With some you know its not meant to stay for long. So while you are with them cherish every moment. Enjoy. Be a part of the happenings. Let your hair down. Don't hold back. Dance away to glory!

For all those who are part of my life, and to those who are yet to come, a big thank you.

God bless us all :)

Peek -a- boo

BLANK!

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Will be back soon.

Exams get over on the 8th and i already have a list of things to do and places to go. As of now a weekend at Pilani, Rajasthan and couple of days in Ahemdabad, Gujarat are surely happening! :)

Will the day getting closer and closer the restlessness is creeping in. Well best of luck to me for the next couple of days. Keep visiting!

Simplifed

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In leaps and bounds you grow,
you grow to learn the truth,
the truth that shows you a new side,
a new side which widens your perspective for life.
For life teaches you to make mistakes,
make mistakes only to rise from them.


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Me

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Its just an illusion of you that makes me smile and i smile away.


:)

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The Quarter

What kept me away from my blog for the past 4 months? Lets see, October was a crunch period when I was busy cramping for my CA Final exams. November was the exam month. So till the 22^nd only studies were on my mind. The remaining days of that month went in doing nothing, absolutely nothing.

Come December and my travel attack began. The first week I was at my uncles in Pune. The next week I went to Igatpuri for a 10 day Vippasana meditation course. And at the end of the month the gang of girls vacationed at Kerala. We welcomed 2011 in the most serene and innovative way. It was extremely self- satisfying for me to have successfully accomplished our first ever 10 day long trip to a place far far away from home.

The New Year has begun and with the first month bidding us adieu new memories have already taken shape. The experiences teach you a great deal. You know you have learned from them only when you are put in a similar situation again and you react in a positive manner. I found myself in one such situation and all I could do is thank my stars for it. It’s an unpredictable world out there. You never know what will strike you; hit you hard, right on your face. You just learn with every jolt. Get up on your feet and smile wide.

January too had many days which involved nothing but only lazing around, sleeping whole day long, and watching Bostan Legal day and night. I have lazed around enough. Enough to gain a few kilos! Now its time to fasten my seat belts and get into the third gear, to begin with, with my books.

It is just a matter of time told a reassuring voice on the afternoon of 21^st January, 2011 when the exam results were declared. I believe in what she said and more over I believe in myself. It indeed is just a matter of time.

January was a month of seeing off friends, promising to meet only when the year comes to an end, getting connected and reconnected with new and old friends.

February looks like a promising month. After a year long break from attending dance class and performing in public forums I have two events lined up one for feb and the other for march! Ofcourse you are invited for both!

Its never a wrong time to make resolutions and never too late to work upon those which you didn’t keep up with! It pricks more to read what you have written and realize that you haven’t been following it. So the best way is to blog about it. To begin with I want to

1) straighten my sleep clock,

2) get up not later than 6am,

3) practice yoga and meditation,

4) shed a few kilos,

5) not eat junk,

6) not sleep in the afternoon,

7) read a book other than the study material,

8) keep my room tidy always,

Will keep adding to the list as and when more things come up.

Till then have a fantastic February!

Momentary Lapse

Sunk Cost. It is a concept in Costing where you treat certain costs that you have incurred on some previous occasion as sunk or irrelevant. Which means if you have to decide on doing (or not doing) something today, just ignore what money you spent in the past. Make your decision based on what money you will spend in the future. Sounds really simple. But when the left brain starts functioning its really difficult to rationalize.

How beautifully this concept of Costing teaches us to live in the present moment. Forget what has happened in the past and just live in the present. In life too it is equally difficult to apply this sutra. Only a conscious effort from within get us back to the present, in the moment.


Everyday is different. Somedays are exceptionally beautiful while the others suck big time. I think its this act of balancing that highlights the importance of each day you live. In many ways it keeps you grounded.

When you face a terrible day, learn and let it go. Don't carry it forward the next day. You will only saddle yourself with the load from the past. Its very difficult to not refer back or sit and ponder over the past but to move ahead you have to place that barricade.

Keep reminding yourself that every day is a new day, every moment has to be lived to its fullest essence and every breath adds to make your life as beautiful as it is now. So acknowledge it. Respect it. Cherish it.

Love.

PS: I had a terrible day doing costing and the act of getting over it is on.