clinging on to dear hope!

over the last few days, rather months!, i have been hoping for so many things to happen. so many things, professional/personal. there are times i wonder, how the mind tends to cling on to things that move in the direction you want it to. when some things happen, you believe its because something else you are hoping to happen is on its way. how strange! there are times i think, wish i could see the future. wish i could see what would happen. how life would turn out to be. what would be the result of so many things. things like astrology or some predictions which you don't really believe in tend to make so much difference then. they tend to matter. i hope to get over this feeling of anxiety. how i wish i learn to "not care" about what happens and just live life my way and enjoy! may be that would help because, then, there would not be that "one" thing which can sway my emotions other way round and i would learn to be happy "no matter what!".

at the end of the day, i just realize, "there is nothing as sweet as hope" and it always helps to learn to live life "right now!" and have fun!

a beautiful afternoon.

its spring time! bright and warm sunshine all around. calmness in my surroundings. birds constantly chirping away in the background. vast expanses of green environs for as far as i can see. not too many people around. some cars whizzing past. a group of cyclists enjoying their day. a nice simple meal. standing in my patio, enjoying the gentle breeze. some time to be engrossed in my thoughts, to wander away as far as i want into the past or future. love the feeling of nobody demanding my time. enjoying every moment of this!

A Comeback Post ...

Its been a long time since I wrote. A million times I have wanted to come back and start writing more regularly. About a million things around, a million people, a few thoughts, some new experiences. Things have changed a lot since I last wrote.  Back to being a student in a distant land, away from home, exploring for myself an altogether different world, a new set of friends and a new world around me. So many things to write about. Hopefully this time around I'm a lot more regular at writing. I hope the enthusiasm remains and this blog will get to see my new world too! Happy Blogging to me! :)

the race against time

...long days at work...an unending to-do list...some chores at home....some studying in the midst... music...time for leisure...reading...a whole lot of people to catch up with...a whole lot of places to go to.....spending time with everyone at home....some experiments in the kitchen.....basically trying to cram up as many things as possible in a day or week...in an attempt to make life more meaningful..interesting....enjoyable...
been an absolute race against time.....hopefully worth all the effort at the end of it all !!

monsoons!!

a welcome respite from the unrelenting heat.....those big drops of water falling...all the trees and plants around looking lush green...bathed in the rain...the cold breeze brushing against you...
....to just sit in a corner....cuddle up in a blanket..read a book..listen to some music...watch a nice light movie...take a quiet walk down the road in the rain...to jump in the puddles of water around......or go for a trek in the hills.....to be in the midst of nature, to savour the fresh air..to play in the waterfall...to swim in the streams...to walk through the green fields.........
the rain blurring my sight...the clear drops of water on my window pane.....i'm enjoying every moment of the monsoons ......
sigh! if only there were no traffic jams because of the monsoons!!!

cherished dreams....

running a marathon..atleast a half marathon has been a long cherished dream ...was almost on the verge of running one last year...couldn't make it finally....
now, running being all the more difficult...seems all the more a distant dream...a more cherished one .......a burning desire to be able to do so......
each jog...each attempt to run makes it more obvious to me....may be gives me a lot more motivation....the zest to try n make sure......one day in the near future i can run....run a long long way!!!! :)
read an article in "the hindu" recently....about how sportsmen are true inspirations..how they seem to influence are lives....how their determination, achievements...their undettered efforts make a difference...be it..lance armstrong, martina navratilova, venus williams, saurav ganguly .........

it only says.....all it takes to achieve something is an iron will!!!! like nike says..."JUST DO IT"..........

the beauty of mundaneness!

bored...tired...life's so boring....these are things you'll possibly hear from any teenager, student, working professional quite often....all those things that are part of routine life....work, studies, meeting friends, household chores, eat outs....being able to move around and do whatever you could want...the race against time to do whole lot of things.....have you ever wondered how life would be without these things??
how would it be to just stay home for a long time...not go out to where you want..not go to work...not go out with friends...not go out to buy some small little things.....how cut off it would feel from the rest of the world....more or less a forced vacation if i could call it so!:)
well..believe me..its not too bad this way too.....one could catch up on a lot of reading,music etc...but then the immobility, the dependence...its definetely one of the most difficult things...
recovering from a fracture, a long 7 weeks of complete rest ..and over these weeks i've realised......the so called "boring mundane life" is not so bad after all!! :) its beautiful!!
like they say.." WE SELDOM THINK OF WHAT WE HAVE BUT ALWAYS THINK OF WHAT WE MISS"