November 22, 2005 at 6:25 pm · Filed under Poetry
When I thought that my destination was near,
I sat back and wondered -
there was nothing to worry about, nothing to fear
But suddenly then, I changed the line of my thought
Without this journey, what other pleasures have I got?
I cannot get that gratifying mixture of joy and sorrow,
There will be no one left, from whom I can borrow
Suddenly, my chores will be rare
Suddenly, doing something rare will be rare
Life is like a house of cards,
Let its roots be built by your past
The futures' gotta come,
The present is what you are
Don't think about your destination,
Cause this journey my friend, is too far.
v1.0 is here –>
November 18, 2005 at 2:38 am · Filed under Blabber
Being in America, some things definitely change in your day to day behavior (apart from having black coffee). Its this regularly Greetin’ people by sayin’; howz it goin?, whats up dude!, how are ya? and those regular nods here and there.
I must admit here that I was totally not preped up for this kind of behavior. My greetings to people, back in India were generally on the negative side (i wouldn’t want to dwelve in that). And being approx. 3 years here, I still am not totally equipped in handling these daily chores.
Lets run through the regular questions fired at you and the expected right answers for them and what kind of pathetic answers that come out of my mouth.
Q1: Hows it Goin’ ?
Expected Answers: Ans1: Good Ans2: Just hangin’ there? Ans3: Just the regular.
What do i answer? Ans1: Not Bad Ans2: (this ones really pathetic) Its OK.
Q2: Whats up bro?
Expected Answers: Ans1:Just the regular.
And if some SAM has really achieved something Ans2: The entire history of why/when/what/where and how he/she did that thing.
What do i answer? Ans1: Nothing Much (as if my life really so boring out here :)).
This is worst. I regularly get fired by the question.
Q3: How are Ya?
Expected Answers: Ans1: Doing Good. Ans2: Pretty Well.Ans3: Hangin in there et. al.
What do i answer? Ans1: Not Bad, Thank You.
Not Bad, Thank You!!!?, I mean did someone ask me if I was shitting in my pants and how bad was it looking?.
Gosh!
But in the end, my analytical analysis of these greetings lead me to a conclusion that ultimately, they mean nothing to the person who asks the question and the person who answers them. So when I start answering ‘unexpected‘ answers for their regular chores, it feels good to see their eyebrows raised.
Thanks to all the ‘ghantiness‘ in me.
One more thing. There is a starkling resemblance in all the patterns of my answers. They all are in PASSIVE form.
Now, God only knows why thats the case.
–>
November 5, 2005 at 11:59 am · Filed under Me
An ‘Ideal’ situation for me:
Be a loser in 2-3 professions I seek, and then settle on to become a School teacher for Kindergarten kids in some rural area in India, preferably near Mumbai. Earn my food money by farming Silk Cocoons and hang out at the ‘REAL’ farmers market on the weekend.
The ‘Realistic’ situation for me:
I guess, I’m too much of a pussy to do the above mentioned. –>
