Ah... Monday... Monday
Fnally the day is over. I can't complain much about it as it was kinda productive. But I must mention that my back was kinda killing me today... 3 i-brufens were needed to kill the pain... which ... when one thinks about it is not much. There are people suffering worse pains :)... that is my silver lining.
Today was Vini Pooh's birthday... I didn't get her anything... kinda feeling sad about that. Actually I didn't get to talk to her much either! Hmmm...
Now let me get back home to my little one... its always good to listen to him chatter!
Monday, March 30, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Big B and Blogging!
:)... I was searching for some information and came across The BIG B, his EF and the blog. As I was reading the blog what struck me was the man's amazing zest to write.
I do not comment on the content for that would be politically incorrect. And he writes beautifully which may be given that writing and poetry is in his blood :)... I ofcourse love his father's works!
But what struck me most was the unearthly hours he decides to write! And the point is that he decides to blog atleast few lines before he signs off for the day. It is truly inspirational...
I have decided that I am going to follow his route...
My oath - I solemly resolve to blog everyday for the rest of my life... even if I have nothing much to say!!!
I do not comment on the content for that would be politically incorrect. And he writes beautifully which may be given that writing and poetry is in his blood :)... I ofcourse love his father's works!
But what struck me most was the unearthly hours he decides to write! And the point is that he decides to blog atleast few lines before he signs off for the day. It is truly inspirational...
I have decided that I am going to follow his route...
My oath - I solemly resolve to blog everyday for the rest of my life... even if I have nothing much to say!!!
Resolutions...
I have made one resolution today...to be happy every day of my life from here on... Does this mean I have not been happy - no... that is not the point. While the overall feeling/tone of my life has been happy - there have been bouts of unhappiness, that have clouded the otherwise clear sky of my life.
Today I have resolved that, I will from here on never let unhappiness and despair get to me - for I have discovered that such feelings are not worth the time I spend on it.
I have also resolved that (this becomes the second resolution)I will have one bout of hearty laugh everyday for the rest of my life.
Why these resolutions... This story has been going around the world wide web since 2005 and I came across it just recently... I would like to share it with you - this is a short story of Katie Kirkpatrick - Godwin
The girl in the picture is Katie Kirkpatrick, she is 21 . Next to her, her fiancé, Nick, 23.
The picture was taken shortly before their wedding ceremony, held on January 11, 2005 in the US. Katie has terminal cancer and spend hours a day receiving medication.
In the picture, Nick is waiting for her on one of the many sessions of chemo to end.
In spite of all the pain, organ failures, and morphine shots, Katie is going along with her wedding and took care of every detail.
The dress had to be adjusted a few times due to her constant weight loss
An unusual accessory at the party was the oxygen tube that Katie used throughout the ceremony and reception as well.
The other couple in the picture are Katie's parents. Excited to see their daughter marrying her high school sweetheart.
Katie, in her wheelchair with the oxygen tube , listening to a song from her husband and friends
At the reception, katie had to take a few rests. The pain did not allow her to stand for long periods. Katie died five days after her wedding day. Watching a woman so ill and weak getting married and with a smile on her face makes us think.....
Today I have resolved that, I will from here on never let unhappiness and despair get to me - for I have discovered that such feelings are not worth the time I spend on it.
I have also resolved that (this becomes the second resolution)I will have one bout of hearty laugh everyday for the rest of my life.
Why these resolutions... This story has been going around the world wide web since 2005 and I came across it just recently... I would like to share it with you - this is a short story of Katie Kirkpatrick - Godwin
The girl in the picture is Katie Kirkpatrick, she is 21 . Next to her, her fiancé, Nick, 23.
The picture was taken shortly before their wedding ceremony, held on January 11, 2005 in the US. Katie has terminal cancer and spend hours a day receiving medication.
In the picture, Nick is waiting for her on one of the many sessions of chemo to end.
In spite of all the pain, organ failures, and morphine shots, Katie is going along with her wedding and took care of every detail.
The dress had to be adjusted a few times due to her constant weight loss
An unusual accessory at the party was the oxygen tube that Katie used throughout the ceremony and reception as well.
The other couple in the picture are Katie's parents. Excited to see their daughter marrying her high school sweetheart.
Katie, in her wheelchair with the oxygen tube , listening to a song from her husband and friends
At the reception, katie had to take a few rests. The pain did not allow her to stand for long periods. Katie died five days after her wedding day. Watching a woman so ill and weak getting married and with a smile on her face makes us think.....
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Time for madness...
Having a drinking binge and puking your gut out is a good option :) - but nah... somehow seems so unfashinable , silly and painful to say the least!
Somke until one's lung burns out - sounds disgusting and the aftertaste and smell of mouth from the chain smoking binge is truly disgusting! So there goes that option.
Non stop dance marathon... hmmm... has some merit in it.... maybe it will help me get rid of atleast one handle!!!
A visit to the beach.... can't call it madness ... so the option goes out of the window!
Madness - is a strange word... all my suggestions for madness looks like sane choice for a peaceful mind!
Somke until one's lung burns out - sounds disgusting and the aftertaste and smell of mouth from the chain smoking binge is truly disgusting! So there goes that option.
Non stop dance marathon... hmmm... has some merit in it.... maybe it will help me get rid of atleast one handle!!!
A visit to the beach.... can't call it madness ... so the option goes out of the window!
Madness - is a strange word... all my suggestions for madness looks like sane choice for a peaceful mind!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Personal Musings
I wrote this way back in 2005... kinda liked it when I re-read it... so decided to post it here. The writing is so pretentious that I had a good laugh!!!
01/ 06/ 05
I am caught in this amazingly crazy situation. On one hand there is this need to get to office on time ie exactly by 0900 hrs and on the other hand is the non-availability of transport – a convenient mode of transport which would drop me at the doors of office preferably at 0857hrs. I am partial to the thought of a four-wheeler but a three- wheeler will also do.
I do not own a four-wheeler. So, I have to take the transportation provided by the government! Now, let me clarify that, I have no complaints about this chauffeur driven, right on time vehicle. But … (as there always is a but after a good sentence) I do tend to feel a tad bit claustrophobic inside these not-so-good-looking four wheelers. Then again, claustrophobia is good since, it makes one appreciate the space and freedom one has inside a private vehicle! However, I do object to being subject to such ungainly phobias first thing in the morning. It is ruinous to my sunny disposition. And to add to this, these vehicles have specific routes laid out for them and stick to these routes without taking into consideration the passenger’s destination. Bringing down this issue to a more personal level I do not have a vehicle that picks me up from my residence and drops me off at the doorsteps of my office. So I am forced to mix – and – match my mode of transport.
You may wonder why I do not then opt for the three-wheeled transport. Well, let me explain - after having experienced few rides in the aforementioned vehicle I have come to the conclusion that I would be more comfortable on a roller-coaster, which appears to be more stable, than the funny-shaped, permanently out – of – control machines. Also, I am forced to mention that traveling in one of these vehicles makes one’s pocket shrink considerably faster than the slot machines in a casino.
Hence, my quest for a convenient mode of transport to the office to reach just-in-time is thwarted even before it starts!
And the consequence is that the travel to earn my bread and butter involves maximum amount of discomfort and inconvenience. To start, I have to get on to one of those unseemly four-wheeled giants that ply the roads at the crack of dawn. Why crack of dawn? That is to avoid the claustrophobia induced irritability at the office. This journey is flagged off from a stop close to my residence at 0730hrs. But the journey is incomplete as the vehicle travels only ¾ of my destination. For the rest I am forced to take a three-wheeled transport.
The end result: I land in the office a good ½ an hour in advance.
At this juncture I am forced to ask the question - what do I do once I get to the office???
Under normal circumstances I would have a lot to do… and my ½ hr will be well utilized. But this is no normal circumstance … I am a new recruit here… I have been assigned a task but I need to be properly introduced in order to start the day’s work. So here I am twiddling my thumbs in the early hours of the day. I have been asked to chill out for a couple of days. So here I am, sitting right under the swinging nose of the Air-Conditioner, chilling out.
I have read every single magazine, write-up I can lay my hands on … in order to read I have stuck matchsticks through my eyelids to keep my drowsy eyes open. My sleep-drenched brain singularly lacks comprehensive power so I decided to awaken it by writing. So here I am typing out this junk in order to keep myself awake. I fear that if I chill out anymore the tiny, shriveled, almost dead grey cells inside my head will get frozen!!!
01/ 06/ 05
I am caught in this amazingly crazy situation. On one hand there is this need to get to office on time ie exactly by 0900 hrs and on the other hand is the non-availability of transport – a convenient mode of transport which would drop me at the doors of office preferably at 0857hrs. I am partial to the thought of a four-wheeler but a three- wheeler will also do.
I do not own a four-wheeler. So, I have to take the transportation provided by the government! Now, let me clarify that, I have no complaints about this chauffeur driven, right on time vehicle. But … (as there always is a but after a good sentence) I do tend to feel a tad bit claustrophobic inside these not-so-good-looking four wheelers. Then again, claustrophobia is good since, it makes one appreciate the space and freedom one has inside a private vehicle! However, I do object to being subject to such ungainly phobias first thing in the morning. It is ruinous to my sunny disposition. And to add to this, these vehicles have specific routes laid out for them and stick to these routes without taking into consideration the passenger’s destination. Bringing down this issue to a more personal level I do not have a vehicle that picks me up from my residence and drops me off at the doorsteps of my office. So I am forced to mix – and – match my mode of transport.
You may wonder why I do not then opt for the three-wheeled transport. Well, let me explain - after having experienced few rides in the aforementioned vehicle I have come to the conclusion that I would be more comfortable on a roller-coaster, which appears to be more stable, than the funny-shaped, permanently out – of – control machines. Also, I am forced to mention that traveling in one of these vehicles makes one’s pocket shrink considerably faster than the slot machines in a casino.
Hence, my quest for a convenient mode of transport to the office to reach just-in-time is thwarted even before it starts!
And the consequence is that the travel to earn my bread and butter involves maximum amount of discomfort and inconvenience. To start, I have to get on to one of those unseemly four-wheeled giants that ply the roads at the crack of dawn. Why crack of dawn? That is to avoid the claustrophobia induced irritability at the office. This journey is flagged off from a stop close to my residence at 0730hrs. But the journey is incomplete as the vehicle travels only ¾ of my destination. For the rest I am forced to take a three-wheeled transport.
The end result: I land in the office a good ½ an hour in advance.
At this juncture I am forced to ask the question - what do I do once I get to the office???
Under normal circumstances I would have a lot to do… and my ½ hr will be well utilized. But this is no normal circumstance … I am a new recruit here… I have been assigned a task but I need to be properly introduced in order to start the day’s work. So here I am twiddling my thumbs in the early hours of the day. I have been asked to chill out for a couple of days. So here I am, sitting right under the swinging nose of the Air-Conditioner, chilling out.
I have read every single magazine, write-up I can lay my hands on … in order to read I have stuck matchsticks through my eyelids to keep my drowsy eyes open. My sleep-drenched brain singularly lacks comprehensive power so I decided to awaken it by writing. So here I am typing out this junk in order to keep myself awake. I fear that if I chill out anymore the tiny, shriveled, almost dead grey cells inside my head will get frozen!!!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Its Crime and Punishment
Yes...
Dostoyevsky is truly amazing... I have been reading for the last 2 days "Crime and Punishment" and WOW... actually I read this book when I was around 17, got it from the college library... but it somehow didn't make the same impression.
And now I am unable to put the book down... next on list is The Brothers Karamazov. I just thought i'd take some timeout from reading and that is how I landed in front of the computer and started some more reading! Now I am off to help feed my son... thensome grocery shopping...
Am happy that it is Sunday!!!
Dostoyevsky is truly amazing... I have been reading for the last 2 days "Crime and Punishment" and WOW... actually I read this book when I was around 17, got it from the college library... but it somehow didn't make the same impression.
And now I am unable to put the book down... next on list is The Brothers Karamazov. I just thought i'd take some timeout from reading and that is how I landed in front of the computer and started some more reading! Now I am off to help feed my son... thensome grocery shopping...
Am happy that it is Sunday!!!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Merin's Must Do List - Post II
I have decided that my Must Do List will have just 10 items. The list will not be ambiguous and will have specific activities or targets that I need to achieve within my life time... post lifetime... I'll blog from after life!
21 February 2008
You know its been agessince I started this post ... and I still have not been able to make my Must Do List. Christ! How I have come to lead such a singularly purposeless life - I do not know!
I have not yet started on item 1 of the list. I have been pondering and wondering - nothing seems to catch my fancy!
Pre marriage was a different story - I did what my mind told me. My mind said "Merin Go there" - and I went! It said "Merin Do that" - and I did!
Post marriage and post one sweet adorable kid... my mind is as blank as it can ever get! Does marriage do that to everyone or has it just done that to me?
21 February 2008
You know its been agessince I started this post ... and I still have not been able to make my Must Do List. Christ! How I have come to lead such a singularly purposeless life - I do not know!
I have not yet started on item 1 of the list. I have been pondering and wondering - nothing seems to catch my fancy!
Pre marriage was a different story - I did what my mind told me. My mind said "Merin Go there" - and I went! It said "Merin Do that" - and I did!
Post marriage and post one sweet adorable kid... my mind is as blank as it can ever get! Does marriage do that to everyone or has it just done that to me?
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