It's August, that part of the year where I tend to get a bit romantic and subsequently highly frustrated and reflective. This year has been great though, no beau femme citings so far and so no disappointments... but how long will this status quo last.
Through my extensive experience in this rather cliched area I have learnt many things which weren't to be learnt the way I did. I will try to help all you readers, through this blog, to learn the art of Hitchin in a regressive fashion. If you are among those who doubt my credentials in this area of human behavioral science you might abstain from reading further, at your own loss...
I quote my self (actually Tom)..."Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get".
Take 1: Night Shuttle Taxi, getting back home on a rainy friday night.
The night was as usual, dark and tired. I wasn't definitely in my best form thanks to my engagement manager who managed to suck the last ounce of blood from my body to get his stuff done. But, there was a twist. A milk chocolate this time, can't really comment on the looks in the entirety since I got only few glimpses of it through the disperesed light entering the cab.
We were alone in the cab's rear seat and the driver was busy doin his job.
As the cab drove through the straight stretches of the road, rolled over the steep edges I felt a tingling sensation on my shoulders and realized it was due to her shoulders rubbing with mine...
Then I heard a faint voice, " So, where is it that you live???"
What I did: "If it wasn't for my stupid boss who overdoses me with work and this cab driver who keeps me rolling over your shoulders every now and then, my dreams"...
What happened: The girl acted as if she went deaf for a moment and for the remainder of the journey she acted as if I wasn't around et all...
Lesson learnt: Hmm... am still figuring out on what exactly went wrong... I guess I should stop dreamin when I can actually live 'em.
Take 2: Lift
A morose training session with a few attractive dark chocolates. Did I manage to strike a chord??? Well, the facilitator was pretty nice to me and gave me enough opportunities to exhibit my prowess...
While walkin back to my desk, I noticed that one of them was following me, probably to get back to her desk or... ahem... you know what. As she got in to vocal proximity she tried to trigger a vague conversation on a mundane topic...
What I did:
Never completed this one...
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Independence...
What is Independence? What is independence?
This phrase kinda reminds me of a popular (my fav) number of metallica where a young american asks his father... What is democracy? and the guy replies ... It something about young boys killing each other.
Strange??? You must listen to track to understand it...
Getting back to Independence...
I believe, the term has varied meanings to different people. Some interpret it as just the absence of oppression while others attach a broader meaning to it.
No matter what it means do you really think that we follow it in the truest form???
Every year we hear lot of rhetoric speeches made by seemingly learned people about the freedom struggle and how some of our "so called" parents of the nation (dint want to make seperate references to the fathers, mothers, grandfathers etc..,) relieved us from the autocratic rule of the British. But do they understand that we aren't yet completely independent???
Independence in the truest form for me is total self reliance on one's own resources i.e.., living all by ourselves without interfering much with the nature (environment) around. If you've started guessing where am heading then you definetly are one of those who can think beyond these virtual boxes of countries and their independence.
Consider this, the narrow minded socio-eco-political policies of different nations are causing more distress to the who mankind now than they ever did. A country needs to show its supremacy on the others, it goes on destroying nature under the pretext of democracy and independence.
Can we sustain such an independence???
We need to understand that beyond the narrow motives of our individual nations there exists a bigger responsibility that we need to shoulder, that of preserving this planet. Because, if we don't do that, no matter how hard we scream that we are independent we won't survive a while longer...
Try to answer the question at this link:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20060704195516AAnrdOD
This phrase kinda reminds me of a popular (my fav) number of metallica where a young american asks his father... What is democracy? and the guy replies ... It something about young boys killing each other.
Strange??? You must listen to track to understand it...
Getting back to Independence...
I believe, the term has varied meanings to different people. Some interpret it as just the absence of oppression while others attach a broader meaning to it.
No matter what it means do you really think that we follow it in the truest form???
Every year we hear lot of rhetoric speeches made by seemingly learned people about the freedom struggle and how some of our "so called" parents of the nation (dint want to make seperate references to the fathers, mothers, grandfathers etc..,) relieved us from the autocratic rule of the British. But do they understand that we aren't yet completely independent???
Independence in the truest form for me is total self reliance on one's own resources i.e.., living all by ourselves without interfering much with the nature (environment) around. If you've started guessing where am heading then you definetly are one of those who can think beyond these virtual boxes of countries and their independence.
Consider this, the narrow minded socio-eco-political policies of different nations are causing more distress to the who mankind now than they ever did. A country needs to show its supremacy on the others, it goes on destroying nature under the pretext of democracy and independence.
Can we sustain such an independence???
We need to understand that beyond the narrow motives of our individual nations there exists a bigger responsibility that we need to shoulder, that of preserving this planet. Because, if we don't do that, no matter how hard we scream that we are independent we won't survive a while longer...
Try to answer the question at this link:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20060704195516AAnrdOD
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