Friday, November 25, 2011

Winter

Cool breeze lazily flies
Leaving a feeling, oh so nice!
Suddenly you are aware of the lovely flowers,
Waiting for the rick in the sunny hours

Sleepy tussle with the warm bed,
Ignoring the arrival of another day one so dreads,
Procrastinating it further and further,
You cuddle up for one last slumber.

Shorts give way to pajamas,
T-shirts to sweaters,
Steaming tea cups replace cold iced tea,
As we all adjust to falling degrees

As the nights stretch longer,
And the splash of color on the trees become stronger
Oh dear winter we welcome thee,
As we jostle up for coming months with glee.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Facade

It came to me again, yesterday, a feeling that twists my inside, making me go blank… just like that. It always takes over me when its least expected. It stays for few seconds before receding at its own sweet speed. By now, am quite used to it. The part that I look towards after this bout of restlessness is the calmness that engulfs me. Dropping in a nearby chair, my legs stretched out lazily I am at peace, oblivious to my surroundings.

Suddenly a million things are racing through my mind at lightning speed in no particular order. Nothing relevant just paragraphs from a book or the lyrics of some song. I question my identity as I always do when it grips me, is it really me? What am I doing with my life? Is this what I wanted to do? No answers just vacuum. I like it that way. I am weird and have known this for some time now. There are times when I desire solitude with a passion that nobody can understand. It’s a solitude that completes me. Silence ringing in my ears like music. Staring at nothing and enjoying every moment of it. It’s amusing when I think of all those instances, where somebody is actively talking to me or sharing something and I am smiling mechanically and giving the appropriate answers when my mind is somewhere else, occupied with an irrelevant or an uninteresting subject, yet seeming perfectly involved with the other person. May be that’s the reason I love travelling, because it’s so fleeting and doesn’t chain me down. It gives me a sense of freedom. I start getting uncomfortable when things around me get comfortable, strange but true.

Suddenly I am startled with my mom’s voice, and I realize I had shelled in, in a shop bustling with activity. Despite being annoyed to be out of my reverie, I gear myself to continue my façade that I have been living, sporting a smile and walking back into the reality.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

L.O.V.E.

Its absolutely not what it shows like in movies. No background music, no sleepless nights or no singing or dancing. It's a fucking tornado that blows your mind away. Ppl say they lose their mind but it has enlightened mine. I feel all those duds are lucky who fall into this abyss, whether they get what they want or not is not the point. Its a feeling not to be missed by anyone. The beauty of it is in giving without expecting. There are many things that are not supposed to happen and yet they happen.

People who missed the one: You are possessed by it. Love is like sand. The tighter you clench it in your palms, the more it slips away. Let it free. And it will come back to you. Nevertheless, even if it does not you do not feel bad. Coz you are so much in love that you want the other to be happy. You cannot absolutely cannot hate the person. But you also develop this outer skin. Nothing ever can hurt you. So! Aren’t you lucky?? I am sure there are many who will love to trade places with you. But there is this hollow deep within you that you can’t share with anyone, a bittersweet pain.
Tip: Enjoy life coz you never know what the next corner will bring you. Come-on smile!

People who are happily with the one: Centre of envy. The awww so much in love couples. Man! Its good to see so much love. Geez what do I say you are lucky and blessed as hell. I know how it feels to be loved, protected and cared. Seeing him in your dreams and being in his arms. Smile that lightens up your whole day. Those petty fights that makes the heart grow all the more fonder. Spending days, hours and sometimes minutes counting just to have a glimpse of that special one. And when it happens time stands still. Bless ya!
Tip: Always have conversation. Always let the talk and fuck go hand in hand. Never be a hypocrite coz you don want to lose him/her.

People who are yet to meet the one: Uplift your spirits chaps. If for whatever reason you have not met the person of your life (Not counting the ones who have knowingly stayed away from it), there is a very high probability you will find them soon. Muah. In order to welcome the feeling, you need to let yourself free. No bindings, no mental work. There is no such reason as practical fallouts, I feel if you are truly in love, all the compatibilities will be taken care of. And if its not taken care of, its not love. Let time do the trick for you.
Tip: Don’t be an attention seeker. It will come when the time is ripe.

How does it feel to look into the sky in silence, to walk alone and smile to yourselves, to rerun the conversations thousand times in your mind just to touch upon the hint of a compliment, to rest your head on his/her shoulder and forget everything else, cant bring yourself to let go of him….. overwhelming?? Then you are in love! ENJOY! :-)

Friday, February 4, 2011

Spending Weekends Without Spending Money

Some recent developments in my life have made me frugal and extremely conservative on my future income streams. I mean, one has absolutely no surety on the frequency of green paper considering the volatile nature of the stock market, the unpredictable inflation, the unprecedented rise in fuel prices and not to mention the numerous political uprisings in various parts of the world, which if you are unlucky(which is highly likely) might be a given reason at appraisals for low hike.
Since this a trade off, the only way I can improve my savings, keeping my income constant, is by reducing consumption. This is no theory of relativity as some of my intelligent friends will agree. Considering you slog 5 days a week to justify the income and are in no position to spend money on weekdays except for the transport cost, the entire focus falls on the much awaited weekends. The sweet effervescent two days in the entire week which flies off in ziffy and yet leave a big impression on the pockets! Considering all the above aspects, I decided to make a chart for every alternate weekends to follow, thus keeping a tap on my pennies. Disclaimer: This chart is highly personalized and has no resemblance to anyone’s daily behavior and nor guarantees that it’s being followed diligently. This is how it goes:
The idle way to start a weekend is to wake up at noon. This ensures that you do not have much time left for the rest of the day. Ponder for half an hour whether to have breakfast or straightway go for lunch. Oil your hair and keep it for atleast 2 hours before shampooing it off. I just love this funda, it blocks my 2 hours of the day. By the time all of the above is achieved its almost evening. This is the most tempting part of the day when you either end up going to malls or are suddenly in a mood to dine out. Mind it, locality eateries never qualify for the weekend dinners; it always has to be a fine dining place or a pub which is atleast 5 kms from your home!! In order to juggle out of this is very tricky and then it hit me, ‘a EUREKA moment’, I have decided to cook for myself in the weekends. And once it is decided, be rest assured you will be busy until you are tired enough to sleep while standing. And you may watch a nice movie too, thanks to the channel ‘Movies Now’ which is airing some quite decent movies almost everyday. This is how the perfect day ends.
Thanks to the above routine, especially the last part, I have polished my culinary skills which is getting better each day. Touch wood! It does feel boring and lethargic sometimes,but who cares make the best of it till you can and enjoy saving some bucks!