Dear Today,
I have been waiting to see you for a long time.
I have often wondered how you will be like. Now that you are finally here, I am really excited. Wonder if you have any surprises in store for me! Anyway, I have made grand plans for the next 24 hours.(Though I am not great when it comes to sticking to my plans, I shall try my best this time, I promise!:-))
While I feel great that I shall finally get to know you and celebrate with you, the thought you will be here only for the next few hours, makes me sad.
Anyway, I hope we will have a great time together and the memory of these few hours will be etched on my mind for a long time to come.
Cheers,
Me
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Just a smile..thats all, really!
Ever wondered why the guy walking down the road was smiling to himself? What was the little thing that made his lips curl up at the ends and change his facial expression totally? I remember something that we used to say a long time back at school when we were kids. We used to say that one should not smile or laugh to oneself cause thats something the insane do.
But in spite of this, there are times that all of us end up smiling to ourselves or may be if not at ourseleves, at a situation. It may be a song with beautiful lyrics or something that stirs awake the nostalgia in us or a fellow passenger's antics on the bus or could be an innovative, amusing ad that u happen to spot for the first time. One does not necessarily smile only when she/he finds something funny or amusing, it might be something that makes her/him feel happy or contented.
Coming to think of it, a smile is something very beautiful. Came across this somewhere -“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.” Its funny how this tiny thing called a smile can totally change a situation. (I know how cute kids get away with their pranks after flashing a sweet, innocent smile that can simply make your heart melt and wonder how could u even think of punishing such a sweet angel!:-)). Smile is a great stress-buster, one of the best cosmetics, an ice-breaker, conversation-starter, mood-lifter and what not! A smile makes one feel good about oneself and brightens up his mood. And of course, laughter is all that and more.
Ever noticed how most people act inside an elevator? Everyone either looks ahead or looks down or pretends to read something or pretends to be seriously pondering over something and there is of course the majority who just observe the people around.:-) But there is also this minority who are so soaked and drenched in humour that they cant afford not to leave a trace of it inside the elevator. I am sure most of us would have heard those ridiculously funny comments and sarcasm often at the expense of another poor bloke in the same elevator, and silently chuckled at the situation part of us pitying the poor guy (might be a girl too).* These instances do lighten one's mood and bring a smile to their face.
When I was young, I remember many instances when I used to smile at strangers I liked or someone who happened to ask my name or pulled my cheeks or may be someone who offered to make me sit on their lap when my parents could not get a seat in the bus. I do remember those numerous instances when Deepika and I used wave and smile at strangers who passed by on the road as our school van trudged along to drop us home from school:-). Even that brings a smile to my face when I realize how naive, innocent and simple we were back then. Though I dont remember much of it,but I am sure my first friends were the ones who
smiled at me or returned a smile. I guess that was also just about the only thing which my little sister could do when she was a baby and hadnt started to talk.
As kids we laughed and smiled so often. We never even thought if teh situation demanded a smile. It just came to us spontaneously when we played with our dolls, or role-played as teachers, or watched with glee as our cars beat our friends', or as we grabbed chocolates offered by someone. But it makes me sad to think how many of us lost that innocent, naive smile somewhere down the line. Though all of us know that a smile is all that I have written above (shan't repeat:-)). We somehow dont use that so often. We use smiley emoticons more often than we actually smile. A few weeks back, I smiled at a group of kindergarten kids going to school and God! they stared back at me as if I committed a crime or something!! Rarely does one
come across kids who spontaneously smile at a well-meaning stranger.These days, there are so many times when I feel good and feel like smiling at someone passing by, but because of a few past experiences I dont do that anymore. Some ppl dont recognize a smile as just an expression; they try to read hard into it and thats the sad part. Such misunderstandings generally happen with the opposite gender. Thats sad I know. But many times when one smiles at someone (of the opposite gender), they assume it to be an act of encouraging a conversation. And then we all know the rest of the story - Barrage of pointless questions - may I know your name, what do u do, where do u stay, can I have your phn number blah blah blah. Why cant people understand that its just a smile, thats all, really?
* BTW this was about the elevators in the out-an-out corporate offices. Not talking about the cool offices where no one minds even if u don a t-shirt and a pair of shorts on a workday.:-) I am also not talking about the elevators we had back in college, where all we did was either scream or giggle incessantly (and ya that would be us girls giggling:-))
But in spite of this, there are times that all of us end up smiling to ourselves or may be if not at ourseleves, at a situation. It may be a song with beautiful lyrics or something that stirs awake the nostalgia in us or a fellow passenger's antics on the bus or could be an innovative, amusing ad that u happen to spot for the first time. One does not necessarily smile only when she/he finds something funny or amusing, it might be something that makes her/him feel happy or contented.
Coming to think of it, a smile is something very beautiful. Came across this somewhere -“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.” Its funny how this tiny thing called a smile can totally change a situation. (I know how cute kids get away with their pranks after flashing a sweet, innocent smile that can simply make your heart melt and wonder how could u even think of punishing such a sweet angel!:-)). Smile is a great stress-buster, one of the best cosmetics, an ice-breaker, conversation-starter, mood-lifter and what not! A smile makes one feel good about oneself and brightens up his mood. And of course, laughter is all that and more.
Ever noticed how most people act inside an elevator? Everyone either looks ahead or looks down or pretends to read something or pretends to be seriously pondering over something and there is of course the majority who just observe the people around.:-) But there is also this minority who are so soaked and drenched in humour that they cant afford not to leave a trace of it inside the elevator. I am sure most of us would have heard those ridiculously funny comments and sarcasm often at the expense of another poor bloke in the same elevator, and silently chuckled at the situation part of us pitying the poor guy (might be a girl too).* These instances do lighten one's mood and bring a smile to their face.
When I was young, I remember many instances when I used to smile at strangers I liked or someone who happened to ask my name or pulled my cheeks or may be someone who offered to make me sit on their lap when my parents could not get a seat in the bus. I do remember those numerous instances when Deepika and I used wave and smile at strangers who passed by on the road as our school van trudged along to drop us home from school:-). Even that brings a smile to my face when I realize how naive, innocent and simple we were back then. Though I dont remember much of it,but I am sure my first friends were the ones who
smiled at me or returned a smile. I guess that was also just about the only thing which my little sister could do when she was a baby and hadnt started to talk.
As kids we laughed and smiled so often. We never even thought if teh situation demanded a smile. It just came to us spontaneously when we played with our dolls, or role-played as teachers, or watched with glee as our cars beat our friends', or as we grabbed chocolates offered by someone. But it makes me sad to think how many of us lost that innocent, naive smile somewhere down the line. Though all of us know that a smile is all that I have written above (shan't repeat:-)). We somehow dont use that so often. We use smiley emoticons more often than we actually smile. A few weeks back, I smiled at a group of kindergarten kids going to school and God! they stared back at me as if I committed a crime or something!! Rarely does one
come across kids who spontaneously smile at a well-meaning stranger.These days, there are so many times when I feel good and feel like smiling at someone passing by, but because of a few past experiences I dont do that anymore. Some ppl dont recognize a smile as just an expression; they try to read hard into it and thats the sad part. Such misunderstandings generally happen with the opposite gender. Thats sad I know. But many times when one smiles at someone (of the opposite gender), they assume it to be an act of encouraging a conversation. And then we all know the rest of the story - Barrage of pointless questions - may I know your name, what do u do, where do u stay, can I have your phn number blah blah blah. Why cant people understand that its just a smile, thats all, really?
* BTW this was about the elevators in the out-an-out corporate offices. Not talking about the cool offices where no one minds even if u don a t-shirt and a pair of shorts on a workday.:-) I am also not talking about the elevators we had back in college, where all we did was either scream or giggle incessantly (and ya that would be us girls giggling:-))
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Fear of firsts!
After close to two years of signing up on Blogspot, I guess i will pen down (or rather type out) a few words after all. :-) The problem is I have always wanted to write but somehow the lazy me never gets around to getting started with it. So after coupla years of posting long comments on my friends' blog posts, let me give them a chance to do so on mine too :-)..
As this is a first post, let me not dwell on this any more. This time i promise to make a comeback as soon as I find a compelling thought or a train of thought that drives my fingers to the keyboard and makes them dance on the keypad to compose something that might be worth everyones' time. So till then, see you soon.
P.S. this is my first post. So ppl no criticism allowed. :-)
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