void Issues(Friends, Poetry, Birthdays, Cricket, Accounts, life-philosophy) ;
Talked with AM, an old friend. It seems, they've got Internet connection in their hostel. Had a nice time catching up with all the stuff thats going on in their insti. They had been to Shastra and came 2nd in CS comp. It seems thay had lost to some team named AGENTS.. He was asking bout Felicity dates. Says he wants to kik IIIT a$$ in IIIT. Big talk.. small brains.. :D If u r reading this Aman, we are way, way better than you!! Moving on.. NFS Most Wanted is on LAN.. just the demo. It rocx big time!! Had it not been for exams, would have finished playing it. *sigh*
Sis’s cup of woes is almost full. She was sounding out of sorts. All this (so-called)hard work of getting into a good university is taking its toll on her. She sounded very apprehensive. She has a very crucial exam next week. Don’t think she’s studying much. I dont wanna put too much pressure. Hope she performs well.
Tried my hand at poetry and came to the conclusion that writing poems is not my cup of tea. It was a pathetic attempt, although sis was not very discouraging about it. It was kinda fun, trying to find all the words which rhyme with each other and then fitting them into the required context. Did not take me much time though. I found 16 words that rhymed with each other, and eliminated 4 of ‘em. Then wrote a 16-line poem. Dont ask me how. The situation demanded it. I was becoming nuts. It was a poor attempt, but it was an attempt after all, and I think it served its purpose.
Had 2 birthdays in 2 consecutive days. Yesterday was raks's and today was sid's. Wished em both. GVK and Dee-Dee instead of kicking rakesh ended up kicking each other. And for a change, Dee-Dee was limping :D Absentmindedly, had lays during raks birthday, and now my face looks like a replica of the moons surface, full of craters. Hope these pimples go away before I am supposed to go home. Else mom will again make a huge fuss about it, and who knows might hafta go to doctor.
India won their match against Sri Lanka today by 5 wickets. So we wrapped up the series 6-1, although I do feel that it should have been 7-0. But complacency never goes unpunished. This Indian team without dada is blossoming into a great outfit. Because of the match, am yet to start accounts. GVK has been bugging me to teach him Finance. I don’t know whether he is pretending or not, but he is getting on my nerves. I have to go through the whole shit first and then if I can make any sense of it, dekha jayega.. But these people are making a mincemeat outta me. Moral of the story: Never get good marks in exams. Pity I.V and Manish though..
Chatted with one of my cousins, who’s with CISCO, California. She was telling how hectic her life was. I don't understand why people are so busy with their career. Money? Why are we running after money? After sometime we won't even know why we are doing it. We would have enough money to feed 2 generations. Still we would work like men possesed. And then we would retire and regret that all our life we worked, earned lots of money, but never tried living life to the fullest.
When we're in school ,we wanna grow up, go to college.. When we're in college we wanna work and earn money(not me) When we're working...we wanna earn shitloads of money so that we can retire soon...and when we do retire...we've lost lots of years, which will never come back. We yearn to be small children again. Hell, I am already yearning. Sadly, we are so busy planning our future, gazing at things that are artificial, complex, grand and huge, that we refuse to look at small things, even if they are right in front of us. These are the things that actually make life merrier.
Why do we act so strange? Reminds me of this poem that we had in intermediate.
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Sis’s cup of woes is almost full. She was sounding out of sorts. All this (so-called)hard work of getting into a good university is taking its toll on her. She sounded very apprehensive. She has a very crucial exam next week. Don’t think she’s studying much. I dont wanna put too much pressure. Hope she performs well.
Tried my hand at poetry and came to the conclusion that writing poems is not my cup of tea. It was a pathetic attempt, although sis was not very discouraging about it. It was kinda fun, trying to find all the words which rhyme with each other and then fitting them into the required context. Did not take me much time though. I found 16 words that rhymed with each other, and eliminated 4 of ‘em. Then wrote a 16-line poem. Dont ask me how. The situation demanded it. I was becoming nuts. It was a poor attempt, but it was an attempt after all, and I think it served its purpose.
Had 2 birthdays in 2 consecutive days. Yesterday was raks's and today was sid's. Wished em both. GVK and Dee-Dee instead of kicking rakesh ended up kicking each other. And for a change, Dee-Dee was limping :D Absentmindedly, had lays during raks birthday, and now my face looks like a replica of the moons surface, full of craters. Hope these pimples go away before I am supposed to go home. Else mom will again make a huge fuss about it, and who knows might hafta go to doctor.
India won their match against Sri Lanka today by 5 wickets. So we wrapped up the series 6-1, although I do feel that it should have been 7-0. But complacency never goes unpunished. This Indian team without dada is blossoming into a great outfit. Because of the match, am yet to start accounts. GVK has been bugging me to teach him Finance. I don’t know whether he is pretending or not, but he is getting on my nerves. I have to go through the whole shit first and then if I can make any sense of it, dekha jayega.. But these people are making a mincemeat outta me. Moral of the story: Never get good marks in exams. Pity I.V and Manish though..
Chatted with one of my cousins, who’s with CISCO, California. She was telling how hectic her life was. I don't understand why people are so busy with their career. Money? Why are we running after money? After sometime we won't even know why we are doing it. We would have enough money to feed 2 generations. Still we would work like men possesed. And then we would retire and regret that all our life we worked, earned lots of money, but never tried living life to the fullest.
When we're in school ,we wanna grow up, go to college.. When we're in college we wanna work and earn money(not me) When we're working...we wanna earn shitloads of money so that we can retire soon...and when we do retire...we've lost lots of years, which will never come back. We yearn to be small children again. Hell, I am already yearning. Sadly, we are so busy planning our future, gazing at things that are artificial, complex, grand and huge, that we refuse to look at small things, even if they are right in front of us. These are the things that actually make life merrier.
Why do we act so strange? Reminds me of this poem that we had in intermediate.
Leisure
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
By W H Davies
Labels: Life
blabbered by The optimist from utopia at 7:28 AM
4 Comments:
dude! Its time for a reality check. WE--> came 2nd at Shastra
YOU-> never participated in the competition
We'll see during your fest though.
Kisme kitna hai dum..
sure u can add my name. no probs. An interesting blog that u've got here. No time to stand and stare - so true.
@ignis fatuus:
But how does one define what is enough. As one grows richer, he/she yearns for more, and before they know.. boom.. they are in their 40s or 50s.
@anon:
We shall see :D
@slip:
In fact I took the poem from your blog. Read your post and was somewhat inspired, so sat down and wrote this. And now that I notice, this post has shades of your post. Anyways welcome to ma blog. :)
sooooooooooooooooo true abt the money thingy
i always feel the more people earn,the more sleepless nights they lead,worrying abt the money
and the more people earn,their way of life will always improve and increase and demand them to spend more..its like a shitty vicious circle..which comes to an end too late..
its refreshing to know a guy thinks this way,cos most guys think money solves all the problems of the world!!!
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