This Thing Called Life...

Is this what it’s meant to be...this thing called life ?

Like being on a swing...

Head in the clouds when you’re up

And feet on the ground as you come down ?

Like being on a roller-coaster...

The rush of excitement as you climb higher

And the vacuum in your stomach as you descend ?

On and on...in a loop...till eternity ?

Or starting off as a trickle,

In the middle of a forest or on top of a mountain...

Forging ahead to meet new landscapes

While leaving behind those that you will never visit again...

Joining others along the way and rushing forth...

Being thrown, by the sheer velocity and force of a collective, into vastness...

Trying to not get lost...

Trying to make sense, to be meaningful...

And one day quietly evaporating into nothingness ?

To have, to want...

To create, to destroy and to create again...

To love, to lose, to let go...

To struggle to change...

Or to resist it...

To think that you know...

Or to know that you don’t...

Is this what it’s meant to be...this thing called life ?

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How NOT to compère a function

Recently I attended an awards ceremony. It was a grand function with a huge audience in attendance. Many awards were given and some speeches too. The compère was, unintentionally, terribly funny ! In this function, when the compère announced the first award winner, he announced, “Please welcome on stage Mr. X (pause) married to (pause) wife Mrs. X (pause) from 1977 and successfully (pause) completed 32 years of (pause) married life…” I had tears in my eyes from laughing too hard :D Later, the same compère, while telling the audiences about a certain award winner, said, “…he is married (pause) to wife Mrs. Z (pause) and enjoys playing with his (pause) children K and M. His favourite (pause) holiday destination is (pause) the beaches (pronounced as ‘bitches’) of (pause) Goa” I nearly died choking with laughter for this one ! In the 45 minutes that he was on stage he was responsible for much hilarity due to his totally inappropriate commentary. I, of course, laughed my guts out and what c

‘Geographically challenged’

I laughed my guts out while reading this . Then I had another bout of laughter thinking of all the incidents that happen with me. For a long time now I have known that I am, what I like to call, ‘geographically challenged’ :) Situation 1 - If I go inside a building (happens mostly with residential buildings), then after I exit the lift (elevator) or come down the stairs, I cannot quickly locate the gate ! Situation 2 - If I am inside a building, I will routinely point in wrong directions to indicate places outside the building. Situation 3 - I am presently at office. I have come here from home. Now I have to go to some place where I have always gone from home and never from office. What do I do ? I go home first and from there I go to that place. It doesn’t matter if it is a longer distance or takes more time. I have to do this, because simply have no mechanism to re-align my mental map to my present location ! Situation 4 - Another thing is that if I have come to your place in

Love in the rains :)

Heart shaped ditch on a construction site next to our office building ! Closer view of the 'heart' ! You can find love in the most unusual places ! :)

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