Lust for life

A new look for my blog site… But the quote which followed the header seems to be lost…. Needs to be investigated…

Watched two Hollywood flicks: Iron Man, The Forbidden Kingdom. The good thing about Iron Man was the humor which thankfully stayed till the end. And the bad about The Forbidden Kingdom was that the two teachers Jackie Chang and Jet Lee could not carry humor when together. They looked too old and Jet Lee was too stiff to be humorous… esp. the scene where he snatches the wine jug from Jackie was too animated…. And the boy-turned man-turned boy again was too boyish to be taken as a man…. he kept failing at all the occasions….. The fight sequences were the usual ones…. fight scene b/w Jet Lee and Chang was too long and boring…..

I have started jogging everyday in the evening and my Squash has taken a backseat at the moment….. The new tee that I’m wearing today is cool…. soothes the eyes….. The life is beautiful….

Started with The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell….  the book is gripping… i like it… a line from the book - “Animals are happy so long as they have health and enough to eat”

What could have gone wrong

so wrong that you chose to die -

a death so bloody horrible

and painful too…..

To be hanged till death!

When the entire world mulls

over abolishing capital punishment

here you are - choosing it.

Did you debate before you chose

this manner of dying?

Did it occur to you that it might be painful -

your mother had cried

when you came with a bruise here

or a swelling there

Did you spare a thought for her?

People might shed tears for you

but I call you coward….

Yesterday was like any other day except that i was feeling low for no reason whatsoever. And when i feel low, people around me do get infected. I must find out some ways of coming out of my sullen moods. There are many options i have - I can start singing Elvis’ “Can’t help falling in love” at the top of my voice, count all the prime numbers starting from 2, do a brainstorming over what went wrong, call up someone and talk to him/her, eat chocolates, shop something for someone ( or for yours truly)…..

But some things really worry me a lot - like why market has gone from BAD to WORSE just when i decided to start investing in it, why lottery system was introduced for VISA allotment just when my turn came, why can’t I find good track pants for myself…..

Anyways, i’m enjoying my daily game of Squash these days and am planning to buy a costly racket… praobably Head !!

Lost Tutu to AIM, Manila….. was a great company…. Vera and me gave him a copy of ‘The Conquest of Happiness’ by Russell. Hope he reads it. The guy (Some Gadgil) who sold this book to us quoted Pound at 85 INR. Once back to home, i checked it on XE.com and it had not even touched 80. We were cheated !! Vera is right when she says “Our country is going to dogs”. I think it has already gone……

Rosy is the name of a stray puppy who chose to make Vera’s society compound as her place of residence. We all took a liking to her and despite protests from an agony aunt living in the same society Vera continued to feed her religiously. One day Sharayu and I took the puppy to a vet to get her vaccinated. Our plan was to get her vaccinated and leave her at Ranade where we could visit her every now and then. I wish we had done that. Yesterday evening was the last when we could play with her. She was killed by some motorist this morning…..

” Your fickle-mindedness worries me.”

“Yeah. It worries me too. There are too many things on my mind.”

“Like..?”

“Like my results, my future, this relationship…. everything”

“Yesss sweety. I know. I’m with you… always. I know you are different. I just want you to be you and not someone else’ shadow. I want you to believe in yourself.”

“Obsessions don’t have reasons, that’s why they’re called obsessions.”

The other day I was talking to Mayank and we talked about books, friends, business, love etc.

He always had a desire to read/learn more and more about LOVE…. what great men say/write about it…. and in the process adding another dimension to his perspective…. sometimes positive, sometimes not so positive….According to him, this thing is complex, very complex…..

What according to me is LOVE….?

You look at your parents…. they come back home from office after a day’s work…. they discuss about how their day was, what all happened in office…. it’s all mundane but still they want to share everything…. there are no questions asked… but all the answers are given….. Isn’t that love?!

Or when a child is on a merry-go-round and every time he waves at his parents they wave back….

One tear that falls so furtively
from her sweet eyes has just sprung,
as if she envied all the youths
who laughingly passed her right by.
What could I want more than this?
She loves me! I see it.
One moment just to hear her heart,
beating so close next to mine,
to hear my sighs like they were hers,
her sighings as if they were mine!
Heavens, please take me now:
All that I wanted is mine now!

  These lines were sent by Mayank… good lines…..

There is no one but there is hope of someone…..

How would you like that someone to be…. Standing tall like a lone reed….

I think there is no problem as grave as bad hair…..

You go to a salon only to get loads of empathy/sympathy (take ur pick!) from the barber. Also, the guy sitting in the chair next to urs would usually be whistling a soft number and directing the barber which hair style he is going to sport this time while another barber would be looking at ur face as if to say, ” What brought you here?”