Bug-bites

Well, if there was any individual who visited my blog, read my blog (more so the last one) and wondered if I met my last morning,no...................
Me alive, breathing.
A laptop at hand and two hours of travel, hold on , I too thought I could blog mindlessly of whatever I could think of. Well, sleep has been my latest 'hobby' of late that blogging went on the backburner. Could not have forgone the much-desired sleep while travel.

Any repellent to bug-biting at work which is interfering with my sleep?

The last morning....

maybe not too.

While posting this, I am amidst inexplicable sadness, so much that I am unable to concentrate on my work. The reason for this being the visit to the site helpsameer.org . I read an article (http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/05/11/stories/2008051150080400.htm) on Vinay, a leaukemia patient, yesterday and wanted to follow up on that. Great people these, faced/facing the tough challenges of life with utmost confidence and zest. Hats off.

Maybe , I am not showing the right spirit or instilling confidence, but I do not want to disown my feelings here. I wanted to put forth what I am currently feeling, be it not right to think so.

Don't we all, at some stage in life desire or aspire or strongly work to become famous? We all want to be well-known amidst our friend circle,relatives and better still, even if people whom we don't know,know us. It gives a sense of pride that we have accomplished a great deal if people know who we are.

Agreed, deeds that better the society are indeed commendable and a sense of gratitude has to be shown to people who have strived to make a difference. They deserve to be famous. The very fact that other people know us, about us, is considered being 'famous' and the amount of joy it can bring to us is amazing.


But then, when fate beckons us to vacate this place, do all the accomplishments, fame and prosperity make any difference to us or the way we depart ? Maybe yes, maybe not. The truth remains that there is a final morning to everyone,be one a great soul or not. Sometimes I wonder, what motivates people to be good? Why should people work so hard and be ambitious to possess everything that they can think of?

I suppose, the journey would not be enjoyed sans challenges, hope and goals....

I know I am not being spirited here, today;but I failed to tame my mind to think otherwise. For now. Hope I feel better in a while. There have been people facing the bitter facts of life, yet sportive, but look at me!! I don't intend to send wrong message to the real warriors of life, in fact, trying to pick up a lesson or two from them. They are the hope and relief that what we face could not necessarily be deserving to be called a problem. If not to the extent the people I noted in the article are dealing with, I have also been through such circumstances and seen from a closer distance, how people have battled it out to live a more energetic life later. I take a bow.

Vote for.....

Alcohol. To be or not to be.

Mr Janardhan Poojary, the Karnataka State Congress President, could not have embarassed the party more when he said that the party, if brought to power, would lift the arrack ban!! He justified his stand stating that the poorer classes that were accustomed to cheaper forms of alcohol are now switching to more expensive forms like rum and whisky and eventually shelling out the hard-earned money! One possible solution to the problem, as per the political genius is to lift the ban so as to 'aid' poor people to settle for cheaper drinks! Either lifting a ban or prohibition of alcohol would be done, he said. By this, I wonder if he wanted to attract the teetotaler (and women) voters as well as those who drink too!

Mr.Janardhan Poojary, isn't drinking before addressing press/people injurious to health, more so just before elections, be of whatever quality the pegs are made of? Pegs speak for themselves,huh?

Workers' day, huh?

Guilt almost killed me when my maid asked me why I had a holiday today.Workers' day applies to all strata of society unbiased to gender and economic strength, is it? Practically not.

One of the plethora of instances where the purpose could have been defeated.

Mark your calendar

Different folks.Different strokes.Period.
Quite amazing it has been to notice that people associate certain days with certain memories,by this I don't mean the memories of Gandhi Jayanthi on Oct 2nd or Children's day on Nov 14th. I mean to say, some very routine things that acquire prime importance in one's life. Either it is a case of changing priorities or interests in life it must be.



Wasn't it on the day ....
I wore colour dress to school?
Royal Challengers played against Knight riders?
I prepared vegetable curry and dosa for breakfast?
the stocks fell a hightime low?
I paid the premium of the loan?
I bought the ration?
I got my eye-brows tweazed?
the school was let off at 3 o' clock?
I got my pay ?
the maid did not turn up?
the exams got over?
the wedding of Abhi and Aish?
Kareena annonced her breakup with Shahid?
I watched 'Race' in PVR?
of my wedding anniversary?
of five days from my anniversary day?

What of the day of the month of the year? Too spice-free it is to use, isn't it ?

Who is that?

Who is that person who never ages.. Well, did someone say Rekha or Devanand? Hang on a second till I complete the question. Here comes the complete question:

Who is that person who never ages with respect to retirement from service?

It doesn't take longer to guess, does it?

However, to make things easy for the minds that gave themselves a break, the answer is HOUSEWIFE!!
Maybe, most of the ladies affirm this, more so the housewives.

How true is that? Hmmm.... at least with middle-class families.

Foreign Land

Not knowing the language in a totally different part of the world can be unimaginably shaking. Well,that's how it has been for the whole of this week amidst geeks who, come what may, never budge to speak in anything but Greek!

God bless the new entrant, be it by giving her the potential to catch up with Greek or to motivate others to speak in English. The first case is most desirable for the benefit of all, although the second case looks more like a sure possibility.

By the way, does someone know how to say 'Sigh' in Greek? If so, fill in the gap here. Jseuklk hlijoiskjh jdhfjhktlylt (This means 'Thanks in advance' in Greek :P)!!!!!