The Point

At one point in their lives every individual just pauses......... from their ever-changing, constantly updating (technology, relationships, thought process etc) semi-mechanical lives...... just a fleeting moment that quite literally presses the pause button in the film that is your life....... its over here you realize so many things at this one minuscule point that comes rushing at the speed enough to give you the biggest head rush of your life! For some this is a point to realise the direction of your life - whether you’re going the right way or not? Some think whether it’s time to kick off their singleton boots and settle into the blissful "chappals of matrimony"...... for others it is a point of questioning the true meaning of life......... But for me its thinking about how time flies?.... many join me in this as it’s a very popular pause moment bound to be gone through by almost every human being......... 2nd year college almost coming to an end...... it makes you think...... i can’t help but look back and feel that school days don't seem that long ago…… in a year I’d be leaving to pursue a different path…….so far it doesn't seem like I’d want to give this one up by then……… My...How time flies…….at 19 I can’t believe my teenage days have reached its fag end……….now come the 20’s which is also fun but coupled with more responsibilities….. and worse its closer to your 30’s!.............ya im over-reacting but tell me if you wouldn't at this point……….

Opportunity

When an opportunity beckons you - "grab it by the collar", "strike it when its hot" etc etc.....

You know when there is this remote passing chance of something that you 'may or may not' be interested comes along....... Its right there.... dangling in front of you..... your thinking "should I do it or not?" .....DO or DON'T...DO or DON'T...... you decide (because it is after all YOUR life) that your going to pass...... the moment the opportunity slightly whizzes past you........ Hordes and Hordes of concerned/encouraging/loving people jump right onto your scrawny throat to say you may as well have made the "Biggest Blunder" in your life!......... Such selfless love and devotion...... and its not that they didn't want to give us "the single most vital career/love/etc advice of your life" when the opportunity was actually in front of you....... well..... don't judge them!!.... they just wanted to give you 'space' (sometimes literally!)....... you know so that you can make your own decision (which you may have gone over with them thrice- but still you know its YOUR DECISION)...... But once your done with it a.k.a screwed it up.... then its time for everyone to follow a universal cue of nature into an oh-so 'constructive' (reminiscent of a bloodthirsty hunter saying he is poaching endangered species for the potential cure of AIDS which in all probability he doesn't know is an abbreviation!)..........

Hmm.... Did I come off a little strong?/

The French call it....Romance

Oscar Wilde said that "Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.".....

This is not to 'declare' the fact that the man was a true 'genius' in every sense of the word or talk of his capacity to conjure sheer magic with words.......... How often has one felt that they have come across something so marvelous that you cannot express it in words...... There are people who stream into tears the moment they hear something remotely romantic (as you may have guessed- I am not a hopeless romantic in the sense it is popularly noted)...... The true essence of romance I believe is lost in time....... It exists like a rare antique that is protected in its paucity, to be savoured by only its true connoisseurs........ But one wonders wether everyone does go through this fleeting yet ubiquitous feeling.......... If you ask my opinion.... its almost impossible not to go through it at one point or another as romance exists everywhere.... from a scintillating wine glass to the sprawling sea...... Its impossible not to feel it once just as it is not possible to live and not breathe........

"....Give me a Sign....."

One wonders wether there are after all any signals or signs that nature or the environment gives us.............. something to tell us to be on your guard...... something to tell us not to do everything exactly the way we usually do - just for the day!..........I don't know, personally I'd say when I look outside I just look to appreciate nature and its finer details, I've never actually went looking for a sign...... but then again looking for signs is like an out-of-this-world security blanket that prolongs the process of coming to terms with something...... but often I find people who embody the "disbelievers code" secretly do exactly what they publicy voice against..... be it some religious ritual, an anonymous visit to a psychic (closer to home - pandit), or some sign watching..... I guess there is something in our heart for the unexplainable.... the mystery or the sheer lust I cannot say for sure..... these elements make for - I'd like to put it as - Natures Eternal Victory over Mankind..............

The Most Underrated and Universal Coinage - BLAH

Sometimes I feel the word "Blah" is the most underrated. Think about it Blah is not even a real word (Oxford isn't really interested). It sounds so incomplete and abrupt........ sometimes people look for really fancy words to keep the other thinking or give an impression - Blah doesn't help you do that either....... But if you really look at it Blah is one of the most understanding and universal coinage ever...........

Blah in itself encompasses such a wide spectrum its impossible to think of all the connotations. Blah is subject to personal or group interpretations. It becomes a code with a meaning only select few know and gives you a couple of sniggers. Blah is the state of mind that describes a situation/emotion more than any word in any language....... talking about language - Blah is universal - I think if I go to an unexplored corner of Spain or trekking in some Eastern Mountain foothills.... and I feel this surge of emotion all through me - I feel all these things that make me helpless and distraught ...... this passing stranger notices and looks inquiringly- and i just turn and say "Blah" with a sigh........... they look understanding and give you a sympathetic side smile and walk away................ for all you know that side-smile was all that you needed and instead of dawding out your version of their language a simple BLAH was your savior!

So the next time someone looks at you with contempt when they hear you say "Blah"...... just shrug it off, their just don't comprehend the word that goes beyond boundaries - and their probably feeling Blah themselves!!:D

Appropriate Imagery

I’m sitting in the domestic terminal of Chatrapati Shivaji Airport, awaiting my flight back home. You’ve probably heard of the “swine flu” outbreaks, well I’m going home on one of the undeserved breaks its caused my college going life. Well not that I’d be doing much of studying but there are other college going alternatives. I’m sitting here on a single couch sipping Irish coffee reading a book about the “cool, sexy and devout” Middle East (interesting title, ain’t it?). Wearing a loose shirt, slim jeans, latex bands on my wrist, dog tags around my neck and most importantly my spectacles – thus oozing every iota of the don’t give a damn, intellectual and chilled out image that I’ve craved for since school. For me, that’s fulfilment of a dream, not a big one but a significant one. Here on 24^th September 2009 at 4:14, I am one step closer to achieving goals. Now at 4:15, I realise, I’m a Loser. You see, when your in school, your not exactly mentally developed (a.k.a – DUMB). You had foolish, adolescentish (childish???//.... GOD FORBID!!) fantasies of how cool you’ll be in college. Guess what – REALITY CHECK – when your in college you spend time thinking how cool/successful you’ll be when your 20+ . The cycle goes on until your 40, that’s when it hits you (and when I say hits, I mean KICK YOU IN THE CROTCH, SMASH YOUR HEAD IN THE WALL HARD) that you spent your prime years fantasising how cool/successful you’ll be and now your nothing but a big, fat (fantasising didn’t give much time for exercise), 40 year old LOSER ( by now you know when I say loser, its an understatement). So I see these teenagers and .....Shudder.... some "not" exactly teenagers preening about in Guccis and Prada trying pitifully hard to look Uber cool/Sophisticated (whatever stereotype they choose to imitate). I wanna jump up, slap their oh-so-fake faces and say “Dude! If you took off those ridiculously expensive sunglasses (we’re indoors by the way) and look in the mirror you’d see a stiff fart loser and guess what everybody here knows that too. So what you showing off your underwear for?”. At this point it would be too clichéd and would completely kill if I say something about turning over a new leaf or a new beginning. Hey, im human and that too 19! So all I can honestly say is, I’ll try . But you have to admit, that’s a pretty big step, especially for a 19 year old.

Timeless 'Age Old' Wisdom

You realise your growing up (not literally) when you wonder the things that embarrassed you in the past, don’t make sense anymore. When you can’t recall (read – memory loss!!!) the “nifty” (do i need to say more?!) codes you made up. It’s funny when I was younger (note to people who may misunderstand – im going to turn 19!) a lot of things embarrassed me, as it did for you and still do for many of my peers. Wether it was mom calling me for millisecond updates on how far have I reached on my way to the store that is 10 mins away, or when your dad told you to pack the rest of your sandwich which you’ve barely nibbled as you paid for it – Oh My God…… can they BE more prehistorically “UN”-cool you drone in your up class “American” (yah right!) accent. As you grow older the notions vanish and so does the accent (as if you had it???////) . But now on this 1 hour 50 min flight I find myself answering the same moms multiple calls with almost no qualms (I said “almost”). Putting that extra sandwich you can’t finish from the ‘ridiculously overpriced’ (Aah…. There IS such a thing as ridiculously overpriced eh?? – growth) combo pack voluntarily, without so much as a swift intake of breath by your dad. Its funny what a little time alone and a couple of years can do to your outlook.