Schumi

Should have posted this sometime ago ... anyways, better late than never. An ode to the greatest F1 champ there ever was.

Something amiss
someone is missed
sadness engulfs
a sudden vacuum
the race is over
an era comes to an end
but time stands still
memories linger
some race, some corner we recall
some talk, some smile stays on
the racer, the driver hangs his boot
but the spirit,the man, his talent stands tall
To Schumi,
who made a difference,
who made me his fan,
who gave me something to cheer,
To you Schumi - I bow to thee.

Michael Forever!

Conversations...

I was having this conversation with one of my friends about the need for marriage! The thing is lot of my batch mates are tying the knot or are in the process of getting engaged. Good for them – and wish them the very best in their lives! But back to the point, my friend said that marriage is important for a lot of things – you need a companion to share your thoughts, share your joys and sorrows, someone to come back home to, in a sense. He also mentioned that marriage helps you desire for something – helps you understand and appreciate what you are working for, earning for!

I wouldn’t blame him for thinking that way! Maybe a lot of my other friends do think along the same lines. Somehow I don’t see any meaning in all this. Why can’t I just work for myself? And why can’t I be happy earning money and spending it on myself?

Some other people I talked to said that the need for a partner would be felt after some time – when you are in your middle age and would feel the need for someone in your life. Again, when you have lived all your adult life alone, why would anyone feel the need for someone in middle age? Maybe you would! Maybe you wouldn’t!

I guess it’s got to do with how comfortable you are being alone! I am quite comfortable being all alone – sometimes you feel the need for solitude – just you with yourself! And I feel this need quite often! I guess it is quite difficult for me to share my life with somebody else, ever!

End note: I was talking to my manager about this. I told him a live – in relationship was preferred! He says all you Mumbai guys are the same – corrupted! :D

In pursuit of HAPPYNESS!!!

I was reading a friend’s blog where she mentioned that she wasn’t happy. Mind you, not happy must not be taken to be sad or something. Not happy as in Not Happy. The reasons for this are quite difficult to fathom.

I was thinking about what she had written, and then realized that it was the same case with me! It took me a blog to realize that! J

I talked to quite a few of my friends – friends whom you have known all your life! And it was the same case with many of them! They had a good career going; many had girlfriends (if that is a source of happiness! I don’t know if it is!), were earning good money, are spread across the globe – yet, many are not happy.

Maybe it is a case of our generation wanting too much from life. We want money, a good life – and we aim for something much better – and then the cycle continues. Aspiring for something is not a bad thing in itself – it will only help you to do better. But how much is too much? Is there a line to be drawn somewhere? Are we just running after too much – only forgetting to stop and smell the roses?

I guess we must start enjoying what we have at present before we start moving on to the next thing! I always remember a little incident from my childhood. During Diwali celebrations, there used to be a lot of crackers at home. I really enjoyed bursting them – especially right at 6 in the morning! (Much to the annoyance of my neighbors, I must add!) I had great fun then – but I never used to enjoy the beautiful flower pots or the rockets bursting in the sky. I had more fun lighting the cracker and running to light the next! In the process – you derive more fun from the process than the result itself. My dad always used to slow me down – ask me to enjoy the scene before moving on to then next one!

I guess I need to do that in life too – enjoy the result rather than the process itself. After all, as they say, happiness is not something you search for – it is always in you! All you have to do is to stop and look at it!!!