Its a God Foresaken Land!

The title is self explanatory. God foresaken land indeed... And I am tired of it!

Never say Die :) - The art of taking S***

Never say die, never say no
You got to look 'em in the eye and don't let go
When it's your own blood you'll bleed
And your own tears you'll cry
When you're brought up to believe
That it's the strong who survive
Never say die

- Jon Bon Jovi :)

Don't they ever have to worry?
Don't you ever wonder why?
It's a part of me that tells you
Oh, don't you ever, don't ever say die
Never, never, never say die again
- Black Sabbath!!

And the story ends there!

A poem from a 10 year old's perspective :)

This was something I wrote to cheer my friend up... He wanted to write a poem for a ten year old. The poem which he wrote, I felt was rather gloomy and sad... so I decided to make a poem in 15 mins flat... and the result is for you to see! You must remember that the poem is supposed to be a 10 year olds perspective and done in haste :)

I run, I skip and I talk
I sing, I play and I walk
I see mysteries, I keep secrets
I have my dreams and I have my fears

Will my teachers crib?
Will my parents commend?
Will I score distinctions?
Or will I fail my tests?

I am reflection of my parents desires and their dreams
I am myself , my prizes and my schemes
I make up my own stories, I make it in my den
Where is my barbie and where is my Ben10?

Oh I love my computer
And I love my yo-yo
For my dreams I need an interpreter
And then there is Pogo

What year are we in?
Oh it is 2010
And I have another 5 years
To go before I finish my tenth.

I see television
I hear news
I know there is pain
And I know the issues

I know it can be done
I have certain views
How unfortunate
No one asks me for the cues

I am sure I can solve
And that I can resolve
But since no one asks
Off I go back to my world

I run, I skip and I talk
I sing, I play and I walk
I see mysteries, I keep secrets
I have my dreams and I have my fears

Phew... Its been really long time!!!!

Truly long.... and I believe - I have missed you my blog...

Dear Merry Times,

I thought I would take my writing seriously here on you but I made a hash of it! I have not bothered to write two serious lines continuously and it has reflectedon you. Not being able to write seriously has indeed been a very 'strong' failing of mine! I tried to break the mould and do something about it and created another blog, for some serious writing. But then again I lost the plot. :(

Now I write, re-write and then write some more but invariably erase it... luckily I have the leeway to change my mind about what I want to write as often as I want.... imagine if I were trying to write/ type on a rickety old type writer... or even do it by hand ... refill paper, ink, cartridge, whitener/ eraser... phew... writing was indeed a tedious process until advent of computer with its bakspace/ delete button.

Life of a person attempting to write 'even' something silly has become 'truly' easy!

Oh.. .you wondering as to why I have not written in ages. Well, took a short break from work and banned computers from my life!... actually I went to this far far land... where the almighty presence of internet/ and you my dear blog is not yet broadband. So no blogging! Am sorry dear Merry Times... I have indeed been negligent towards you...

But am back now.... DID Ya miss me???

I am also going to bring about some changes here... I will not be writing anything about my office from here on... With the departure of Pa Drake and subsequent changes in our office setup... life has become smooth and tad bit uneventful. So unless something seriously unusual happens I won't mention my official work.

Then what am I going to write... Wait and Watch...

And all of you my dear loved ones... be prepared for a different me this time around... Hopefully!

The dog days of IPL

Everybody and his aunt-by-law's grandfather and the grandfather's dog are writing about IPL, and so I join the chorus .... You, I suppose, are wondering why I have broken tradition and am commenting on something not relevant to my day in my office... well... simply because IPL is the talk of my office!

CSK was beaten again and this time round by Deccan Chargers! Boy.... have the bad days come home to roost? Off go the two Aussies and bad times visit CSK for good....?

I have decided that the whole IPL is rigged!

The season will belong to the teams in rotation! I have several friends who willingly subscribe to this theory too!

Will the Chennai Super Kings see better times? Let us wait and watch.....

Hmm... Is it true... new day new beginnings???

So what happens to Charlie's Angels... they get on with their lives?
Where we are concerned... yes that is what has happened... but that does not amount to us not missing Charlie!

New departments... and new work... I have yet to settle in... actually my mind faces a stumbling block... am unable to settle in!

But I guess it will take time... Have been used to Pa drake aka Charlie aka Makarand for two years.... so the departure is yet to settle in!

Pa... missing you

Yours truly

And Pa Drake flies away !!!

Have been wondering for a long time on how best to write this post... have not been able to put my thoughts into words... so the long delay in publishing this post!

Its been two very interesting years I have had with Pa :) as my boss! The first year I was not a duckling... The first year had its ups and downs... we even hit a patch of really bad and stagnant water, but Pa found way to maneuvour around set himself in a slightly better pond and I joined him!!!

It was in the second year after Hema joined us that we were jointly moted (I won't say Pro or de)to the duckling status! The second year had its own downs and ups... and today Pa drake flies away!


Pa drake has quiet number of quirks, but the most remarkable one is that he can stick his head in water for long and not come up for air for really lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnggg time! Hmmm... not sure how many fishes and worms he got that way - but he sure liked the water!

And now, Pa is flying off to a new, much - larger lake - he sure is abandoning us, but then am sure he will get plenty of better fishes and worms, however I hope he doesn't settle for stagnant water and instead decides to use his webbed feet to swim around and stay fit.


Well here is wishing Pa drake a good flight and wonderful landing... may the new lake be to your liking and may you stay healthy and fit always! AND importantly may you catch bigger and better fishes, find more planktons and eat tasty worms :)!


Love and Regards
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