tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714923623007944382024-02-20T07:17:32.575-08:00Ordinary Joe - Love,life and everything around itPlain / Ordinary Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07625081628616619834noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871492362300794438.post-32426021072616813682013-03-07T23:42:00.001-08:002013-03-07T23:42:12.004-08:00Bharati and me<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">The closest that I have to my mother's lap, is Bharati.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">My first introduction to his works began some 13 years ago, when I witness dad going sombre after watching a late night movie. It was unlike him to be sentimental over movies, unlike me, but this was a strange revelation.<br /><br />It was an award winning biopic on Bharathi. </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subramanya_Bharathi" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Chinnaswami Subramania Bharati</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">, also known to the world as </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subramanya_Bharathi" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Bharati</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">, was a poet/activist/artist/journalist/writer (a few more categories he would be considered a renaissance man). </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Years after dad's passing, my subtle love affair with Bharati was rekindled after listening to some his works to music. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">I admired his style of writing. It was like as direct as it can be, yet polished, and not crude. Often, his songs would sooth the tempest that runs through my mind, as how shutting the door on a windy day would. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">I regret the fact that I didn't pay attention to my Tamil classes while in school, but thanks to Dad, with the very little knowledge that I have, I'm able to digest Bharati's words. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">In the end, as simple as it can be, it is the closest that I have, to my mother's lap. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><em>Manathil Uruthi Vendum - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><em>The mind should be firm </em></span></em></span><br /><br />Manathil uruthi vendum - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><em>The mind should be firm </em></span><br />Vaakiniley inimai vendum - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><em>There should be sweetness in speech </em></span><br />Nilaivu nallathu vendum - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><em>Let there be good thoughts </em></span><br />Nerungina porul kaippada vendum - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><em>Cherished desires should come to hand </em></span><br />KaNavu maiyppada vendum - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><em>Dreams should come true </em></span><br />Kaivasamavathu viraivil vendum - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><em>Let the goal be attained with ease </em></span><br />Dhanamum inbamum vendum - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><em><em>wish for wealth and love </em></em></span><br />DharaNiyil perumai vendum - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><em><em><em>wish for respect in this world </em></em></em></span><br /><br />KaN thiranthida vendum - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><em><em><em>Let the eyes be opened </em></em></em></span><br />Kaariyatthil urudi vendum - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><em><em><em>Let there be determination in work </em></em></em></span><br />PeN viDutalai vendum - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><em><em><em>Let women be independent </em></em></em></span><br />Periya kadavul kakka vendum - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><em><em><em>May a mighty god protect </em></em></em></span><br />MaN payaNura vendum - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><em><em><em>May the soil be fruitful </em></em></em></span><br />Vaanakamingu tenpada veNdum - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><em><em><em>Let the heavens be within sight </em></em></em></span><br />Unmai ninRida vendum - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><em><em><em>May Truth remain.</em></em></em></span><br /><br /><em><em>(translations courtesy of <a href="http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=254898&TPN=3">http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=254898&TPN=3</a>)</em></em></em></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><em><em><em>Here's to a generation of strong women.<br /><br /><br /></em></em></em></span></span></span>Plain / Ordinary Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07625081628616619834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871492362300794438.post-83737236966510435572013-02-28T15:41:00.003-08:002013-02-28T15:41:56.739-08:00My new friendI've been watching you.<br />
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From a relative distance, I've observed your actions, and how you interact with your surroundings.<br />
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You're in pain, most likely alone and misunderstood.<br />
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Gently wishing for your ideas and thoughts to be heard.<br />
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Silently screaming for your words to make sense.<br />
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On bended knees, wanting for it all to end.<br />
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I'll offer you something.<br />
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My undying, unrequited, unwavering affection.<br />
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I can. I will.<br />
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All you need is to embrace me.<br />
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HatePlain / Ordinary Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07625081628616619834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871492362300794438.post-88251075618627752892013-02-27T18:06:00.001-08:002013-02-27T18:06:22.331-08:00The wake up callLife is no bed of roses.<br /><br />Like, I've heard that repeated many times, broken records in procrastinating it to the point where a T-Rex would have lost it's tooth the the Fairy and grew another one. <div>
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Constant improvement through education.</div>
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undoing years of habit may seem like a gargantuan effort, but its all that it seems to be. The change can take effect within minutes.<br /><br />I just need to believe in myself more, and get on with the programme. </div>
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Time to revisit the drawing board once again. This time, the goals will be crystal clear. </div>
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Does this feel like you're reading some self improvement guru session, different being almost sounding like hyperventilating on crystal meth?<br /><br />No. But hey, why not?</div>
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Plain / Ordinary Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07625081628616619834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871492362300794438.post-10288844117024900082013-02-26T23:07:00.001-08:002013-02-26T23:07:37.791-08:00Wonderment & Believe<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br /></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Ever wondered what would it be like if you could take a different perspective view of that very same episode, and to be able to just watch the proceedings just as if it's a TV show?</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Wonderment.</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I ask myself these questions everyday, and it never gave me a straight, direct answer. Always beating the bush, it seems to be an extension of me, of what I have come to being, of what I believe I am.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">A single word uttered by an mystic, upon showing a reflection on the mirror. I still remember that dream like it's some high quality blue ray movie. And when the same mystic came into the picture, this time in real, it was the most unbelievable moment of that time. Time stopped, I had this awkward reflex motion on my face (a combination of both surprise, delight and horror), and my journey on the rocky road bus had just started.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Thank you for setting my off on that bus ride, Swami. I still experience bumps on the road, but I'm learning to enjoy every moment of it. But, being human, sometimes the bitching and complaints do creep in.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Evolution will see to that. In the mean time, here's to life, karma, love and the experience it puts you through.</span></div>
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Plain / Ordinary Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07625081628616619834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871492362300794438.post-67159985507715255822013-02-26T23:04:00.001-08:002013-02-26T23:04:58.160-08:00Dear me<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br /></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">It has been really a tough (an understatement, actually) couple of weeks for you, and I'm writing to you just to say a few things which might just lift your spirits up. None of them are in order of importance over the other, but there has to be some way of putting them all down in a list.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Firstly, I'm glad that you've picked up the courage to come out of your basement and actually expressed yourself to someone. You've seen a connection, felt it, it made sense to you at that time, and you tried to connect with it. That is good. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Secondly, your music's been improving. You're seeking teachers, and have acknowledged your strengths and weakness. Its a leap start for you, and you have chosen the right teachers. All you need to do now, is to lock down your schedules, and preservere. Keep a target locked in, and in time, you will have your dream of composing music come true. It ain't rocket science, but it also ain't a walk in the park either. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">You have also started to recognise the joys of meditating. Can be quite addictive, right? Spritually high, pun intended.Now, the above just summarises the high points which have been shaping up your journey so far. I don't want to sound like some online horoscope or Tarot reader, but hey, you need in introspection of sorts. My key point here is : Don't be too hard on yourself. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Dude, to compare our life journey with a generic statement such as "the people in this country are far worse off, so chin up" just simply CANNOT be applied, in any circumstances. You are what you are, and they, their beautiful selves. Rocky roads and choppy seas are what that makes a roadtrip or an open sea adventure all that more amazing. They have loads to teach in abundance, and we all gotta do is immerse in the experience, and have some fun. Sheryl Crow was just amazing when she sang that song. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">You have really this time taken it a step higher, but its coming dangerously close to shutting yoursel down completely. For years you have building emotional fortresses, and like a knight guarding the sanctity of what's inside, you've been warding off waves after waves of opportunities and expriences. I would not want to judge it as bad, but the point being, you've let slip some opportunities which could have lead to different flavours of this adventure called life. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Whatever that you are holding on to, release it. You know what helps you do it, use them. Meditate on it, and open yourself to being guided through. Your answers will be bang on target, and from that point onwards, just move forward.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Passion is not something to be curbed or surpressed. Remember that, and hardwire this into your head. Its just you, you're a passionate soul. I'm going to be a little, real on this. #$%^ what people say about being centred and detatched. Well, my friend, the way to be back with the Universe has many different forms and flavours. Some choose the rigidness of discipline, some in the books and scrolls of the elders, and some do it by tapping into a subconcious state of mind. Everything suits the way they are, but none of the above is the de-facto way. We are made up the same building blocks, right down to the tiniest, most miniscule particle, neatly arranged and chaotically formed. Like what Appa used to say, the jouney is akin to learning in a conventional school system. Some kids just don't get out of preschool, some earn their masters in their formative teens.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Tap into that passion, and weild them masterfully, like a swordsman. Don't let go of that sword, it becomes an extension of you. Passion, if there's a single word that can sum up what you are, then that it is.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Here comes the clincher. What are you passionate about?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I leave that for you to meditate upon, and contemplate. You already know it, an have taken steps to move into that realm. Your compass is already showing you the direction, all you need now is a map, and the guiding star. Its coming to you, believe me.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Dude (say it in the only way its justified, the Keanu Reeves way),</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I am glad you have fallen in love again. Its just too bad its not being reciprocated the same way you have hoped it for, and I think, after all these years of having false alarms (guilty as charged), you have finally allowed yourself to be connected in a way you have never done before. It is intense, and churning your insides out. Just let it flow, and I'm proud of you. Its ballsy to do what you have done, and yes, she's just an amazing woman. She's turned you inside out in such a short space of time, and honestly, this time the feeling is very real.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Here's another fact : It sometimes just you doing all the connection, and not the same over at the other side.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">So don't fret, and enjoy the ride. Like what AJ mentioned the other day, its a journey on a bus, with many different stops. You get on the bus, and the seat next to you is empty. Then, at a stop nearby, a girl hops on the same bus, sits next to you, and you sense a connection developing. Her stop comes, and she walks down, and all you have now is the immense joy of getting connected, and the magic it brings. Your stop will come too, and you will also have to get off the bus, and someone will also be reminiscing the connection they shared with you. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">If it is meant to be, it will. I guarantee that. I can also guarantee this, money back guarantee and all, that you have earned the time to dwelve in what seems to be a failure. But at some point, just remember that the seat next to you might not be empty. I never leave it empty for you. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I sit there, keeping you company. Listening to your stories. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Make the rest of the day count. Again, don't be too hard on yourself. I break dawn and twilight daily to show you that transitions eke the best out of the road trip. Tap into that, release what needs to be.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">And come back. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I need that smile coming back on your face. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Live, love, and play.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Your best friend,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">You </span></div>
Plain / Ordinary Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07625081628616619834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871492362300794438.post-8495696652492066582013-02-20T19:34:00.002-08:002013-02-20T19:34:37.671-08:00Conversation with silence<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Hello, silence. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">You've been away for some time. Where did you go? Ah, I see, so you've been following up all this while, and never said a word?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Of course, what would you say? </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">But hey, thanks for stopping over. I'll get us some coffee, oh wait, alright......</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">(silence)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">You seem to be filling up the room these days. Not to mention, my thoughts as well. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">What are you trying to say? What are you trying to tell me? </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">An emotional wreck? Me? But you're my best friend! How can you say this to me?<br /><br />(Silence)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">*reaches out for a knife*</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">You know what, let's just end this. I don't need you anymore.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">-</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">-</span></span><br />
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Music's there for the taking, and it has never been closer to me since the time I started getting immersed in it, but now, a conundrum.<br /><br />To create, means to learn.<br />
To learn, means to devote.<br />
To devote, means to exhale.<br />
To exhale, means to burn.<br />
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Means. That's what is lacking here.<br />
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The crazies don't just stop there. Elaborate schemes conducted by some unseen force seems to be having a field day with their sickles, prodding and probing every nook and corner.<br />
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Nothing is spared, like a swarm of locusts, circling, devouring.<br />
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And I welcome that, with arms wide open.<br />
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for it's an energy I want to willingly tap in.<br />
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In chaos, I shall find my way.<br />
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will You be my anchor, when I get lost? I hope so.Plain / Ordinary Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07625081628616619834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871492362300794438.post-69901475407378550432013-02-14T21:52:00.000-08:002013-02-14T21:52:21.310-08:00Suit up, kid.I slumped to the chair after a hard day's work. Turned on the telly, and sat there watching another re-run of some random TV show. All this, done in sync with the meals, cat naps, reading, the occasional man scratches.<div>
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Multi tasking. </div>
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Welcome to my world, after work.</div>
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Day passed.</div>
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Weeks. </div>
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Months. </div>
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Things did not change. Not even for worse, the normal life was begging for some action. </div>
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Some respite. </div>
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And then it happened in a flash. The familiar silence was shattered with the abrupt tone which set apart the text message from the phone calls. The kind of noise which will warrant an instant stare from the 5th grade music teacher.<br /><br />It's time.<br /><br />Destiny beckons. </div>
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Time to wear that suit again. </div>
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Time to be the Rootbeer bear again. </div>
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Children. You just have to love them to hate them. </div>
Plain / Ordinary Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07625081628616619834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871492362300794438.post-11706510092162846692013-02-11T18:47:00.002-08:002013-02-11T18:48:37.745-08:00The untitled song<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br /></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I kept looking at the skies today. Cold, breezy afternoon, sun blazing, ably supported by the kind pockets of clouds above, shielding the eyes from the sun's warpath. A perfect afternoon for a day in the park. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Yet, I kept searching. For a song. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">2.35 pm </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The afternoon siesta came to an abrupt halt. The grass rustled behind me, and in came a grasshopper. It was clearly foraging for dinner, as it was busy digging the grounds, perhaps, for some helpless grub. Unperturbed by my presence, it went away after a couple of minutes, but he startled me alright. Great, now back to sleep.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The bell rang. It is time.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Climbed back up again to where I started. It is becoming a chore, and I wish that one day, I will be able to break free of it. I have so many things to do, but at the moment, the smell of freshly brewed tea, and fragrant Jacobs cream crackers to go with it is all that separates the thin line between gloom, and bloom. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The cold shower drops are just the perfect tonic for a hot evening. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Listened to a reading of the evening news. It’s the same thing every single day. Bombings here, shootings there. In the midst of it all, a surprisingly humane story about a couple running their animal shelter home, out of their own savings, ekes out a smile from the neighbour, Joseph. Golf was in the news again. When are they going to show some highlights from the World Cup hockey game?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">A power nap that is what they call it these days. I used to call it catching 40 winks. I guess everything with the word power, just sells. So yeah, a power nap.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Finally, woke up to a melody. It’s the sound of silence.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">My own breathing. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">For that is all I am capable of. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Being in coma, it has its perks. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><strong><em>Something I wrote </em></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">on Thursday, 3 January 2013 at 11:59</span><strong><em>, just to interpret thoughts and desires, without thinking. Just letting the pen write, or in this case, the keyboard.</em></strong></span></div>
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<strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Nothing cerebral, but I leave the analysis to you.</span></em></strong></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">We live in a world that is consistently hedging on to madness</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Where driving within the stipulated speeds gets on another's nerves</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Smiling to a stranger beckons an ulterior motive</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Offering your seat to the elderly in a bus is looked at an attempt to show off</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Speaking in your own language is viewed at being too native</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Organising the desk signals a retirement or a move</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Supporting a football team is akin to choosing sides at war</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Holding up a burger and getting your picture taken is deemed heretic</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Voting is a waste of time, as it changes nothing</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Sex is nothing but temporal ecstasy</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Reading equates to being snobbish</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Music refines class and place in society</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Dressing up in a certain colour ammounts to being identified with a cult</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Attending classes after school denotes a lazy teacher in school</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Blowing ciggarette smoke directly to a stranger's way is akin to saying Hello</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">talking on the mobile while driving with one hand on the wheel is an entry to the academy of coolness</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Throwing rubbish outside your car window to the street keeps your car clean</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Forcing intercourse is aking to a show of power</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Dressing up to a party makes you a slut</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Not having a mobile phone sends the shivers down your spine</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Showing compassion to another living being is akin to being a pussy</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Stopping to think about the next step is a dumb move</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Preparing for exams is a waste of time</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Cutting down forrests marks the mastery over nature</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Death</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">and more death.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I'm nature</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I'm the world</span></div>
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Plain / Ordinary Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07625081628616619834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871492362300794438.post-15556482594581031072013-02-11T18:45:00.002-08:002013-02-11T18:49:28.935-08:00Between a mirror and the self - Reflections of the year that's about to end<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br /></span>
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<strong><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: xx-small;">I wrote this having endured the madness that was conjured in the name of the apocalypse. </span></i></strong></div>
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<strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">2012. </span></strong></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The world <strong><em>WAS</em></strong> supposed to have ended. According to some bloke's pasty recollection and interpretations of a legacy left by a long gone civilization, perfectly hyped up by the media, hustling the populace to frenzy along its way. On the surface, it’s been just like another year, only that it seemed to have aged a little faster as our own bio clocks started rushing through. You know what they say, the older you get, everything else slows down except for time. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">As I started the engine this morning, I realised that the year is about to pass on to something even better, well at least, for me, which of course is an absolutely vain/self centred factor-laced thought. I recollected the times in the past; the dawn of a new year would have been greeted with a mixed sense of gloom and doom, always looking back at the year weighing up on chances and experiences that were screwed up, knowingly or unintentionally.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">This time, it’s going to be different. Why not look back in reflection of all the good things that has happened, and build on for the future?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">This reminds me of a song, written by a chap from Manchester. Noel Gallagher's "Don’t look back in anger" perfectly summed up my thoughts in the morning. I'm sharing just parts of the song here:</span></div>
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Slip inside the eye of your mind </span></em></div>
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Don't you know you might find </span></em></div>
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">A better place to play </span></em></div>
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">You said that you've never been</span></em></div>
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">But all the things that you've seen </span></em></div>
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">They slowly fade away </span></em></div>
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">So I'll start a revolution from my bed </span></em></div>
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">''cause you said the brains I had went to my head </span></em></div>
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Step outside, summertime's in bloom </span></em></div>
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Stand up beside the fireplace </span></em></div>
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Take that look from off your face </span></em></div>
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">You ain't ever gonna burn my heart out </span></em></div>
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">And so, Sally can wait </span></em></div>
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">She knows it's too late as we're walking on by </span></em></div>
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Her soul slides away </span></em></div>
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">But don't look back in anger </span></em></div>
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I heard you say </span></em></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Why not celebrate, cherish and laugh over at the positives? </span></div>
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<strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Here's to you, 2012. You've been a great teacher, a source of inspiration, and truly a remarkable friend. </span></strong></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">And say hello to my little friend.... No wait...Say hello to 2013. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I ask myself this question, with the fantasy of a child receiving his birthday gift, almost every other time. Especially when my morning prayers are concerned, no matter the speed of which it is completed in. I get the same answer, always. That’s because the answer is created in my head. I authored the answer, out of my own supposedly robust sense of understanding of how He works. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I rebuked at the suggestion, initially, but taking into consideration that this would be a chance to explore, I accepted the invite. After all, its Krishna, and how could one refuse such a request. Hence the journey started, I'll be rendering a song for Raas Leela, and the chosen song would then haunt me for the next couple of weeks. All the way till showtime. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Till the very day Raas Leela was happening, a perpetual roller-coaster, dancing on a turbulent tsunami inside, kept giving me the jitters. Raas Leela was riding on the feel of the subject, and somehow, the song didn't connect enough, especially during rehearsals. I'm more expressive banging drums for a living, but this song was just like a Jedi mind trick gone wrong. With just 2 hours to go, I finally popped the question, and with the help of a friend, I chose to change the song altogether. Krishna's presence was already felt, and how else fitting could it be than to garland him with the very song that I wanted to sing, the song to which I would sing in my fantasy of meeting God?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Showtime. Krishna majestically walked amongst the crowd, standing out like a beacon. As the Raas Leela began to unfold, my heart started pounding with the intensity of a mridangam in full swing mode. Loud, and intimidating. And from there on, when my turn was up, I took a peek, and there he was, standing right in front, beaming a coy smile. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The Raas Leela, began as it was intended to, by His grace, and ended the way it was directed by Him as well. A magical journey in which I got connected to wonderful souls in the same road of self discovery, and being put through the test in His own creative ways. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">As a boy, I used to be in wonderment, everytime my cousin puts on her dancing bells, what was she thinking at that moment of time. Calm and relaxed, but with a tinge of expressionless sense of nervousness. She walks out gracefully, poker faced, ready to face the stage once more. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The curtains open, lights glazing the floor, every step taken is a masterful stroke. The show begins.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I observe my surroundings, people around me displaying a variety of emotions. Its a supermarket out there, some fully immersed, connected. Some I think are there for the sake of being there, which annoyed the daylights out of me. Some, are are trying to be the impressarios they could only dream of by posing as affectionados. Some are just, well, lost. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Every step taken, every swirl, twist and pose, the stage seemed to come alive.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">My ankles are way past their prime now. Parkinsons, my best friend, hands tremble at the mere mention of life.Ii call out for my assistant, for once, she responds on time. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The soap on the telly must have ended. Now it's my turn to provide the drama. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">I'm all prepared now for my trip to the old hall. Tweed jacket, baseball cap, and my bag. My faithful hand carry, with it's zippers rusty and the handles stiched to it's side over and over again. I signal for Jade to push my wheels. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The hall is packed with people! Finally, the band's debut performance, the opening act for the town's annual Jazz fair. I feel a tinge of sweat running down my cheeks, hands sweaty as if it's been put through on a treadmill. My heart pumps a full gallon now, I feel like I'm running all over the room.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">"Relax man, it's only out towns folks. What could be worst? At least we get to sample the town's tomatoes without buying them!"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Curtains opened, lights beaming, crowd chanting our names!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Sixty years on, the music had long stopped playing. The town is now an antique, a blast from the past. Jade pushes my wheelchair gently accross the main doorway, and I could see the very same stage that was once graced my the arts.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The putrid smell of water logged carpets and old wood seemed to permeate the air around me, but it was all too lovely to be missed. I signalled to Jade, pointing to the front row, that is where I am going to be.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The stage, ever so beautiful. for a moment, the whiff of old furniture was replaced with the sweet smells of lavender, and the hall was once again filled with people. The chants was once again, loud and clear.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Mike, I'm coming home. Lets play some music together again.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">1) Bullet Murugan is NOT my given name. Its a brand I'm developing. My real name is Balamurugan Ambujalinngam Sheshadri Shankaranath Abhimanyu Kuppuswamy Prahalarthar Ramakrishnan Thevar. Just kidding, stick to Bullet Murugan.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">2) I am devoted to my music, and to Saraswati. She's not my wife, but my life. Damn this sounds cheesy, but it's actually what I am. What I live for these days. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">3) At standard 1, I was selected to be a model for a class project. 7 years old, parading on the ramp walk, representing the traditional south indian folks wearing a nice dhoti-jippa combo, accompanied by a hot indian gal. Unfortunately, I was seven, and her dad had to re-tie the dhoti for me in front of his daughter. The shame!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">4) I still am intrigued by the dogfights that took place over the battle of Brittain. It's an amazing display of courage and everything ballsy. In the end, just like the Mahabharata, the valiant but outnumbered defenders outwitted, out-shot and just kicked the invading forces ass. Nicely done, chaps. Tally Ho!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">5)For my youngest sister's 4th birthday, I got for her a talking, 5 inch Robocop action doll, with interchangeable arms and the whole works. I enjoyed playing with it!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">6)Despite what I look like now, I'm very partial towards sports. No, golf is not one of them. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">7)At 31, I am now taking the road of self realisation, which can also branch out to self destruction and ultimately, a whoop ass session with everyone who cares for me. But it's gonna be worth the pain. I'll smile later when I hand out the invites for the launcing of Popiah Records.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">8)I think, I am a hopeless romantic. Hmmm. Hopeless, maybe.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">11) The Universe is somewhat friendlier these days. I'm still learning about Him (yes, its a guy thing over here, mate!) and we sometimes engage into deep, meaningful conversations. No, keep the phone down, I'm not mental.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">12)I miss my school days. Good friends, good times.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">13)I am actually intrigued by the way numbers work. It's just that I hate remembering the formulaes and rules. Numbers should be free to express themselves, like their cousins, the alphabets. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">14)Give me a tin, and I'll give you music. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">16)Never, ever buy me clothes. Especially if you are visiting New York or Ulu Kinta, and bring me T shirts saying I LOVE ULU KINTA or something like that. I'll buy my own clothes. You can pass me the cash if you want, or get me a book, or a CD, or a musical instrument. A wife would also be good.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">17)Cooking, is the next nest thing to making music. Especially when you're doing it for the love of it. The mess, after cooking, is something I don;t really fancy...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">18)I'd love to drive a VW Beetle someday. The old one. Power steering is all that is which will be modified. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">20)I used to dream of becoming a fireman once. That was till standard 2, when I wanted to become a scientist. The list grew, till I became fed up with career choices. Nowadays, I just bum around. Kidding. I do have somehting to do. Ask me in rivate if you really want to know more.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">21)Cockroaches scare the hell outa me. ESPECIALLY THE FLYING ONES. They die first. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">22)In the order of priorities : God, Family, Music, Friends, everything else. Sometimes, the order realigns itself, much to the dismay of the ones booted out to the next step.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">23)I watch movies, alone. Well, most of the times. Will be nice to watch it with a special one, someday.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">24)I love dancing. What I dance, no one knows. A video of a kid dancing on youtube to some bollywood song has been going viral over the Net. THAT"S NOT ME. but, then again, there are resemblences....</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">25)I'm also working on book. No details yet, but its an interesting project. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Those words started it all. See, the man is on a roll here, and he would like to express his thoughts and views to the best way he thinks of, and in the comfort of the environment he is best suited on. She was just being herself tonight, cheery. Two fun loving people, sitting down around a small table, about to discuss something which could change the way thnigs are.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Difference here being, I'm in love. And I know, now I have met the one.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">"...you know, life is really looking good for me now. I'm enjoying it". </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Salsa, gosh I love the passion it exudes. Life is about that, passion. Passion breeds love, and love gives birth to endless possibilities. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">"Have you met someone?" the obvious, seems to be present. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> "Yeah, well, sort of. I'm actually meeting her tonight!"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">"Wow, that's nice" Eyebrows raised.... "Who,where is she from?"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">"Oh, she's an old friend. She's around 'ere..."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">"WHAT? Tell me! Tell me..."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">"Yeah...you!"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Silence.....smiles....eyebrow twitching, salsa music...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">"HOW??WHEN???WHY??? OMG!!!"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">"Well, it's been like that, since the first day we met all those years ago. Just that it didn't develop to this. And I simply didn't listen. Now I am, and well, hopefully, you are..."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Hope, yes, did come out from the Pandora's box last. But something else also came along to balance it all up. Courage.</span></div>
Plain / Ordinary Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07625081628616619834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871492362300794438.post-29003396813510601812011-08-19T09:55:00.000-07:002011-08-19T10:00:21.814-07:00Animosity<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><strong><span style="color: white;">Welcome to this week's edition of the Loose Bloggers Consortium. This is where <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://studentsdiary-anki.blogspot.com/"><em>Akanksha</em></a></span></span>, <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://myrealmofimagination.wordpress.com/"><span style="background-color: white;"><em>Anu</em></span></a></span></span><em><span style="background-color: white;">, <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://iamdumberthaneinstein.blogspot.com/">Ashok</a></span></span>, <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://www.levintel.com/">Conrad</a></span></span>, <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://lifeonalimb.blogspot.com/">Delirious</a></span></span>, <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://gaelikaasdiary.blogspot.com/">gaelikaa</a></span></span>, <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://www.grannymar.com/blog/">Grannymar</a></span></span>, <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://magpie11.wordpress.com/">Magpie11</a></span></span>, <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://www.silverfox-whispers.com/">Maria the Silver Fox</a></span></span>, </span></em><a href="http://haiku--life.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: white;"><em>Nema</em></span></a><em><span style="background-color: white;">, </span></em><a href="http://umazazing-wateva-ido.blogspot.com/"><span style="background-color: white;"><em>Noor</em></span></a><em><span style="background-color: white;">, <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://padmum.wordpress.com/">Padmum</a></span></span>, </span></em><a href="http://blackwatertown.wordpress.com/"><span style="background-color: white;"><em>Paul</em></span></a><em><span style="background-color: white;">, </span></em><a href="http://rummuser.com/"><span style="background-color: white;"><em>Ramana Sir</em></span></a><em><span style="background-color: white;">, </span></em><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://willknott.ie/"><span style="background-color: white;"><em>Will knot</em></span></a><em><span style="background-color: white;">, </span></em><a href="http://chinese-box.blogspot.com/"><em><span style="background-color: white;">Rohit</span></em></a> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I write on the same agreed topic. Please feel free to also visit my fellow blogger's pages, and immerse yourself in bloggery delights. This week's topic has been chosen by Padmini.</span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Bitstream Charter", serif; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;">Animosity.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;">Like all cousins and family, ours are deeply rooted into the ground with strong hatred for one another. Never have I, or even try to remember, a moment where peace was not a signed agreement, and free of public announcements of cease fire.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;">Welcome to Hastinapur. </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;">The five of us, we just happen to have the best things life had to offer. After all, being born into the royal house of the Pandu has its perks. Being the youngest of the five, along with my twin brother Nakul, I could not comprehend what was all the fuss about. For all I cared, the elder brothers would have their hands full keeping our cousins and their issues at bay. I'd rather focus on the stables. My first love, horses. </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;">Ah, horses. Magnificent creatures. They actually can understand what we speak, I talk to them every time I visit the stables. My favourite among the many magnificent animals there is Trishulin, a rare horse given to us as a gift from the distant kingdoms of the west. I named him Trishulin for it had a distinct trident shaped birthmark just above the left ear. A fast runner, he's my choice whenever I go hunting. </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;">It was a beautiful morning; third day of the month normally would start with beautiful mornings and drizzle with sporadic rains closer towards dusk. Today, however, the clouds seemed to move in spectacular fashion. Mother always said to look for omens in the clouds. The faster the clouds move, it normally signalled a distinct shift in destiny. I never really understood her words. So did she. All will be answered, today.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;">Animosity.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;">I broke the silence what was engulfing the courtyard. Fear and uncertainty seemed to have made mice out of men today. War is imminent. Thus our ultimate goal to bring the Pandus down to earth will be realised. Alas, I see everyone quaking in fear. It saddens me, for our army has now been bolstered with one hundred thousand men. One hundred thousand warriors from Krishna's kingdom, the one whom they call God amongst men. Now I, am God!</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;">I am God! I am God!</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">My father is still very partial towards his brother's brood of insolent fools. I despise them with love. The deepest pits of my blackened heart cannot be lighted by any form of light, for it is emptied with hate. And father is blinded, not only physically but in all aspects, not being able to see how much power we, the Kauravas, could hold once these pests are out of the way. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;">Pests.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;">Pests!</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;">In two days’ time, our armies will march to the great plains of Kurushektra, and I am destined to be the victor. And once again, I will walk with my heads held high, the conqueror of the Pandu kingdom, and vanquish all those who have mocked me in the past. Till then, my brothers, all of you, let us all enjoy what is left of our mortal coils. Let us now drink, make merry, and even bear new wives! </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Embrace your destiny, my beloved Kauravas! I command you to do so! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">And so speaks, Duryodhan!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I yearn for only one thing. Their death. My victory. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;">Ascension. Power. Rooted in deep animosity.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">-fin</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><strong><em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: white;">**Author's note - I was truly, deeply inspired by the Mahabharata, and had this idea of exploring the faces and thoughts of the characters in the tome. It is just an interpretation; none of these conversations was recorded in the actual Mahabharata. Just in case someone decides to burn me at the stake, let me tell you it is COMPLETELY done out of creativity. ***<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></em></strong></div><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>Plain / Ordinary Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07625081628616619834noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871492362300794438.post-77268638638615954032011-08-12T01:28:00.000-07:002011-08-12T01:28:56.338-07:00My Childhood <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A new box arrived today, and it looks bigger than what it was the last time. Dad outdid it this time, for the last one, was a little boring. I hope its the one I asked for, please, oh please, let it be a castle set this time....<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I rummaged through the wrapper, lo and behold! The Lego castle set! Just as I wanted! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"But Dad, why is it not <strong><em>Lego</em></strong>? It says, <strong>LOGO</strong> here"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It’s the same, son. Go on, play with it"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"NO!!!!!" I screamed, disappointed on the choice of brand. Marketing seemed to have worked on me, a 5 year old kid. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Disgusted, the entire contents of the box were hurriedly chucked away into the bin. Dad broke his promise. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lego is all I wanted, and yet, he gets me a <strong>LOGO</strong>. A cheaper cousin. Fake goods!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Daddy doesn't love me anymore.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I ran to my room, locked the door, slammed myself shut, and cried my hearts out te whole night. It was the end of the world for me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Armageddon. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think I must have fell asleep, tired of all the tearing that night. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I woke up to the familiar aroma of eggs and toast the next morning. Saturday breakfast was usually eggs, toast, and baked beans made Indian style, which is usually baked beans straight form the can, heated up with sautéed onions, mixed with Indian curry powder. Well, at least, Dad got it right this time. But I still wanted my Lego castle. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What would my friend think? A Logo set? I might as well not have any friends at all!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I dragged myself to the dining table, pyjamas intact. Breakfast without brushing my teeth! Now, this is rebellion to it's extreme. I am going to make a mission statement here. No more rules. I only want my Lego.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dad was busy in the kitchen, and he's making coffee. Strong, black coffee. Dad's favourite, apparently it is the choice breakfast of cowboys. He loved his cowboy movies, and I think he would have been one had he stayed back in India. India must have had cowboys, for they surely had cows!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I pulled up a chair, dragging it's legs, screeching, it belts out the most irritating noise one could have in the morning. It broke the silence. Dad came by the table, plate in hand. Normally, I would be thrilled to gobble up everything on that plate. This time, it was incomplete. I refused to look at him, instead, the floor seemed to be very interesting at that time. I could finally see the intricate artwork, te pulling of the chair, the legs making fine white lines on the parquet flooring. I am now an artist!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dad placed the plate on the table, and gave a peck on my head. I tried to brush him off, and it is then I caught something in the corner of my eye.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A castle. A completely built castle. It was magnificent!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I rushed over to the living room, and found a castle play set, made of Logo bricks, complete with knights and horses, soldiers wielding swords, maidens, archers on the towers, a working drawbridge. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But, how did it come here? Wait a minute, it says <strong>LOGO</strong> all over.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I ran to the kitchen, and hugged Dad. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Son, I know you wanted the Lego set, but this is all I could afford for now. I just lost my job, and..."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hugged him even harder, this time, I cut him off.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Dad, Thank you. And I'm sorry as well"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I still have baked beans, eggs and toast on Saturday mornings, whenever I can. I don't have the castle set anymore, and so is Dad. But my childhood was always happy. He made it happy for me. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>I love you, Dad.<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-MY;"><em><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">*This is my first post as a member of the LBC - Loose Bloggers Consortium*<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></div>Plain / Ordinary Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07625081628616619834noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871492362300794438.post-48157954573107498782011-08-11T00:20:00.000-07:002011-08-11T00:20:06.337-07:00one crazy afternoonHips, locked into position, poised, ready to strike.<br />
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I now strike a pose, hair swaying from one direction to the other, even warriors, fear me now.<br />
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I looked down, on the parched ground that was once fertile, this is where it all began.<br />
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One crazy afternoon, when i decide to start dancing.<br />
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Thing is, when I dance, it evokes the power cosmic. I have no inhibitions, no regrets, fear dissolves the moment I gaze upon it, my majestic grace simply rolls everything around me in motion. My motionless stance reverberates every single atom around me, I am now, the beat.<br />
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Dance! I am power! I am grace! I am time!<br />
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I am destruction!<br />
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I am birth!<br />
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I am death!<br />
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I am liberty!<br />
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I strike the ground, waiting for no one, but Shakti.<br />
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Shakti, you are now, me.Plain / Ordinary Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07625081628616619834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871492362300794438.post-43684035578163242112011-08-09T09:18:00.000-07:002011-08-09T09:18:13.026-07:00kala kutta!I wag my tail, hunger begets life<br />
We've been walking all day long, no rest, no stop<br />
Yet I seem invisible to you, still, I wag my tail<br />
Whenever you glance at me<br />
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I pounce upon your enemies, gnarling, rabid like<br />
Expect nothing, well, some bits of your food would be heavenly<br />
yet you ignore me, shooing me off with sticks and stone<br />
i am a dog, after all<br />
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Yet I seem invisible, after all, I'm not your designated pet<br />
I came to you by design<br />
your coming was an accident, yet you choose to turn away<br />
deliberately<br />
viciously<br />
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tonight, I enjoy my bone, the one I picked<br />
your collarbone seemed worthy<br />
you did not ignore me<br />
but you blinded yourself from what i was to say<br />
walk with me, I will protect you - you blind, deaf, oaf!<br />
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now, I, the ignored dog<br />
chew upon your collarbone, as you lie motionless.<br />
the swig of your cold, dry blood now satiates my hunger.<br />
thank you, o' Creator!Plain / Ordinary Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07625081628616619834noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871492362300794438.post-31369126093119409012011-04-26T04:23:00.000-07:002011-04-26T04:23:47.047-07:00Just like the rainIn a time when the ship was rudderless, without a mast, but with some heading towards the promised land, You came by, reminding me that You were watching all these time, waiting for me to ask.<div><br />
</div><div>In a time when I endlessly asked, why? You never stopped me, instead, offered me new questions to be asked, new horizons to be found.</div><div><br />
</div><div>In a time when the throat was parched, You offered a chance to make better use of it instead of just drinking, but to sing your Glories, no matter how much it croaked, You smiled. </div><div><br />
</div><div>In a time when I fell hard, you made it harder, with a chance to learn from it, and grow.</div><div><br />
</div><div>In a time when others needed some comfort, You helped ease their pain, and let me be a part of that upliftment, no matter how small the deed may be.</div><div><br />
</div><div>In a time when the bullet was next in a game of russian roulette, you helped me put down the gun, and laugh about it.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Just like the rain, rejuvenating the Earth below my feet, by just thinking about the moments we shared on the journey which I am still taking, you help ease the pain a little. </div><div><br />
</div><div>I'll be bugging you a bit more this time around, and no more excuses of not being able to listen. </div><div><br />
</div><div>That is all I ask of you. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Just listen.</div><div><br />
</div><div>And like the rain, rejuvenate us all.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Rest in peace, my friend, and Guru. </div>Plain / Ordinary Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07625081628616619834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871492362300794438.post-68252929711836222592011-04-21T04:59:00.001-07:002011-04-21T05:00:00.013-07:00Phobia!<div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Tell me, o Wise man of the mountain, for I have a question</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">See I have come from somewhere quite far, just that you being so close</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">I delayed it on purpose</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Ignored you</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">But now I come to you, seeking wisdom, seeking for answers</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Answers, for questions I'm yet to ask even myself</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">By now, the Wise man on the mountain, lets call him Bill, looks up to me and says:</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Homie, you came just right. Surprised I call you homie? what do you call someone who dwells in your heart all the time, and listens to you all the time, without a word of disrespect or rejection?</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">I nodded, and asked him back:</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Homie, now I've got a problem. See, I think, I have some sort of phobia in....</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Oecophobia? asked Bill</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">No, I love my home. </div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Nyctophobia? </div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">No! I just turn the lights on</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Homie, I was kidding. You have....panphobia!</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Pan fried what????</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Panphobia! you're afraid of something, but know nothing. Generally anxious, nothing substantial.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">No, I mean, yes, o' great man of the mountain Homie! See, somehow, nothing stays with me in life. The minute I start to put some decent effort and TLC to it, poof! it vanishes. Saying this, my head goes down automatically and a gush of acrobhobia kicks in.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Dude, can I call you that? I say you got Panphobia, and maybe specks of other different phobias, but deep inside, you've gotta come over it man. Tell me more....</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">MOTM (Man of the mountain), for example, this girl I fancy....</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Parthenophobia! He screams</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">No! Listen....</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">I say hi to her, she looks right through me</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Maybe I'm not just good enough for her</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Damn it boy, its your first time out</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">For starters to look at you is like winning a bout</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Smooth lines and expensive gifts</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Classy cars and shopping trips</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Wining and dining in posh establishments</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Credit cards and fancy equipments</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Gold, check! Cheque, check</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Just as I was getting to hit the bass line, MOTM nudges in...</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Alright stop! Your rap, sounds like crap! Now get on with it boy. </div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">So yeah homie, i do nothing of the things above, instead, I offer unconditional, unparralled love. But I got this jitters man, that I'm not good enough... </div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">By the time i got the last line, mountain man is no longer there.</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><em>Dear Homie,</em></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><em>Nice talking to you, but i too, have Onomatophobia. Fear of hearing you say fear again. Till you get over this, I'll be reachable at the following number:</em></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><em><strong>1-800-I dont give a shit.</strong></em></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Regards,</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">PS - can you like give me a cooler name or something? MOTM? Bill? sheesh.......</div><div><br />
</div>Plain / Ordinary Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07625081628616619834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871492362300794438.post-82752912784949563112011-04-04T02:30:00.000-07:002011-04-04T02:30:31.243-07:00Sajna re!ah, the peace and quiet, sometimes, can be taken for granted, for a ride.<br />
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It's been close to 3 exhilarating weeks now. The warm fuzzy feeling inside.<br />
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I've got so much muck trying to wrap around me at the moment, like a warp trail, circling me in a tight noose, but this feeling, this warm fuzzy feeling, keeps me going. One cannot complain of the timing of all these, perhaps, another episode to learn something out of it, most so often misunderstood and ignored.<br />
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Warm Fuzzy feeling. WFF. The source?<br />
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Must it be a person? Can't it be a thing, or an incident? A gesture, perhaps, or a song listened in the distant past, a leaf fallen just on the right side of the shoulder, may even be a smile, or a brush with a friendly pet at the stores.<br />
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For now, I'll leave the source all mixed up. It is actually more complicated than what is above, but generally can be defined to an amalgam of all that is there. Positively.<br />
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Come back, o' source of the WFF.Plain / Ordinary Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07625081628616619834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871492362300794438.post-43046413583757140242011-03-18T08:22:00.000-07:002011-03-18T08:22:50.291-07:00last bits of being 30Here I am alone in the office waiting for the kids to go back and thought to myself why on earth am I not attempting to put in any form of punctuation marks to this post but then who the hoot cares right I mean what is there is no punctuation marks at all will it really make a difference that will change the way it has been for me the last 30 years of existing and coexisting with all in the universe so beautifully created by god which happens to be the most misunderstood word in the entire collection of dictionaries around the world but what about the others who can't speak or rather living creatures who don't speak the language we humans do and what about people who can't understand languages at all in other words people who are audibly challenged and linguistically challenged but by the way this post was about me looking back in reflection of what has transpired in my life for the past 30 years and see where it has come up to.<br />
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Just like that. No punctuations.<br />
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Fast.<br />
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Confused.<br />
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Where, what, who, when, why, how. Arrange them, place the right words next to them, put them on nice little placards and ask anyone the answer.<br />
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I know...... it's never going to be answered the way you want it.<br />
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Happy birthday kid. Time to learn to put those punctuations where it matters most.<br />
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-Plain JoePlain / Ordinary Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07625081628616619834noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871492362300794438.post-80956025190580255492011-03-16T00:45:00.000-07:002011-03-16T00:45:06.178-07:00dancer's bellsis it too much to ask for?<div>silence, stark, heinous, nauseous</div><div>i looked back with no hope nor joy</div><div>till i heard the dancer's bells</div><div><br />
</div><div>dancer's bells</div><div>breaking that silence, tearing it apart in motion</div><div>like little daffodils swaying on a windy plain</div><div>i now see light, stark, beautiful, joyful</div><div><br />
</div><div>dancer's bells</div><div>with every tap springs forth a rhythmic landscape</div><div>inviting all into a dream state, never ending</div><div>it spirals, controlled, cushioned, comforting</div><div>takes you straight to folded arms</div><div>home sweet home</div><div><br />
</div><div>the universe speaks through you</div><div>a new language, made common in the fabric of time</div><div>present, past, future colliding with ease</div><div>remembering long lost embraces</div><div>a state of ecstasy slowly enveloping all who are present</div><div><br />
</div><div>dancer's bell</div><div>a window to the universe</div><div>a connector of souls</div><div>a manipulator of time</div><div><br />
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</div>Plain / Ordinary Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07625081628616619834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871492362300794438.post-88856876603493949762011-03-09T09:59:00.000-08:002011-03-09T09:59:43.177-08:00Cultural bliss!It was supposed to be an evening of two dudes hanging out, culminating with a trip to watch a show, a friend's graduation dance ceremony. It ended up in a bang. Here's what happened.<br />
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We started off with tea at aJesh's place. Nice cuppa bachelor's tea (hot water, tea bag, some milk, speed, efficient, tasty!) and in all, about 30 minutes of freshing up time. We were all set to head out to Brickfields, our agenda being only 2 things : Some good food, and hopefully, a good show. Hopefully, since it is the first time I'm heading for an arangetram show ( a form of solo dance performance, done by the student of Bharatanatyam (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatanatyam">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatanatyam</a>) )<br />
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A good 20 minutes after leaving Ampang, we reached what is affectionately known as little India. aJesh pointed out that it should be called little Chennai, as there are no north indian elements here. He was not being pruddish, but simply practical. Anyway, we headed next to our main stop. Temple of Fine Arts. Home to two of our agendas. Food, and Dance.<br />
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Call us ignorant, but its a blissful state we were in at that moment. True to it's word, Annalakshmi's doors opened right on the dot at half past six, and we walked in, to be greeted to the sweet smell of indian food, fresh, spicy, pungent, delicious, divine.<br />
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A good hour later, stomachs full to the brim, our mind was set on one thing. Dance. Not us, we would have made a complete mess of the beautiful state of culinary bliss we were in. The dance was to be performed by a friend, on her first solo dance act. Sort of like a graduation day performance. We didn't know what to expect, this being my first time there for such an event, and aJesh's first one in Malaysia.<br />
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We led ourselves into the hall, took our seats, waited for the lights to dim, and then, it took us on a magical ride. A ride, we will both not forget.<br />
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See, as a dancer, my friend would have had enough experience from her days dancing Odissi (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odissi">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odissi</a>), but this was a different laddu to savour. One, being a graduation performance, she would be literally put to the sword. Traditionally, dance scholars, historians, renowned peers and who's who from the dancer's circle would be there to witness the occasion. Of course, we both do not fit in any categories mentioned, but we were clueless, ardent rasikas of performing art, in any form. Hence, our excitement here was proportionate to a kid having his first candy floss after having his tooth pulled out for bad cavities, aged 4.<br />
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Stage was set, musicians, heavenly on its own, all played live, by some top notch artistes, started the night, setting the tone for what I reckon would be an evening of cultural bliss. aJesh couldn't believe he was here, in Malaysia, savouring everything that is his homeland, Swaziland. No, India. Indian food, a performing arts temple aptly named the Temple of Fine Arts, hospitality that took him back there, the sarees and chudithars, it was mind blowing for him. Then came the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><b style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;">Pièce de résistance </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">, </span>the music in the hall, and the sounds of bells clattering from the ankles, signifying her as a performer, ready to enthrall the crowd, and to come out as a full fledged performer.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And she did it with aplomb. Technically, we were both as lost as a monkeys learning physics in Einstein's lab, but the common things performers look out for and feel were all there. Dedication, feel, devotion to the arts, all were literally dancing in front of us as one whole unit. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">By the time we were done with the show, awestruck and literally blown away with the night's proceedings, we </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">prodded</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> off gingerly, taking with us that our hope, and prayers, for a friend, who's graduation dance turned out to be a blast, blossom into a performer with the humility to learn more, teach to anyone, and strive to become part of the cosmic dancer in union; a union of spirits, a union of mind. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">To Shalini, SALUT! </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">PS - as Ajesh puts it, this being your graduation performance, must not be labelled your best. Greatness must not be limited to only one such act. It must encompass your legacy. That, will be your greatest show. </span></span></span>Plain / Ordinary Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07625081628616619834noreply@blogger.com0