Less UPs ...More Downs....

In less than a week ..I  have gone from Rich to Broke!
From ecstatic to gloomy.....
All the wishes I had to grab the latest gadgets and Rolex etc has suddenly vanish into thin air.... Vaporised!

Fingers crossed.... Badly need to turn the corner!

मेरी रुसवाई कर के नाख़ुश हैं,
उनके चेहरे की सियाही ये है,
मेरे होने से ख़फ़ा हैं कुछ लोग,
मेरे होने की गवाही ये है.

Chuk Chuk Gaadi....

Last night I took a train rendezvous from Point A to Point B in a Super fast train... And By God...Super fast it was( no pun intended here)
The problem is we are so used to Indian railways and it's snail pace, the rickety sounds, the clamouring and clamping of steel bolts and various other metal pieces, the unabashed shaking of the entire cabin, the dirt inside...the once in 2 months washed kambals with yellowish white bedsheet duly packed in brown paper with a pungent smelling and already used half torn towels that we are so proudly provided..... That we just can't seem to take in any change anymore! I have been a witness to the enigma for umpteen years now.... And have always known the railways in India to be like that! I mean why should I expect anything more/ else!!

Coming back to first things first.....

A new View to Life...

Its been a while that i have been wishing to write about this.... and as usual i have been a lil' too tied up this December....

Only the paucity of time and me running multiple errands and and business deals has kept me away from this space... but am back and have lots to share...

I went under the knife to get rid of my specs...something that i had always wanted to do since the day i got my first pair of specs! Yes...like everybody...i too was very exited when i got my first number.... but soon....very soon it became more of an irritant...an absolute necessity to my existence.... the more i hated it and found myself restricted...it became a part of me!

It restricted my movements....my swimming laps and freedom to do different strokes....my cricket.... my tennis....my fitness plans....everything! I had mist on my glasses during summers and rains.... and i can go on and on...
Waking up in the mornings i had to scramble for my glasses....fidget with my bedside clock or mobile to check the time.... since i could'nt see far or locate the clock.... being myopic is definitely not a plus!

So much so that i hating the knife all my life...i hated my specs even more! This is despite the fact the everybody i know says that i look more presentable/socially acceptable/ (i read: Tolerable) wearing specs! but let me assure you...hardly anyone would understand how much i loathed them!

So i took the plunge on the fateful evening on 21st November'15 and life has been a swift wisp of fresh air every second.... i feel more alive....more free...and most importantly....Alive!
there is so much that i want to write/express and share but i suppose somethings are better felt... no words can actually explain what/how i feel....

tsk...tsk...

I dont pay attention to the world ending....

It has ended for me many times.....
   and began again in the morning!!

Collage..

I have just renovated my abode and was in the process of selecting some pictures of a collage for a specific wall, from my journey till now...
While going through so many of them i realized the length i have travelled...it amazes me... made so many beautiful memories and so many not so beautiful ones! Yet each ones has been an addition to my being.
Infact I realized that M has been there with me like a pillar of support and strength throughout...She has been my smile... through thick and thin. If it hadn't been for her, I would have been deranged and run away to London for ever... I just cant thank her enuff and now when we are finally on our way to completing our family..... a solitaire isn't enough to express my love to her. O God..how do i tell her that its only M that I seek for the rest of my being and re-births!

I love you M :)

Of Friends....New and Old..

I have had the luck of having some great friends in my life journey....friends who have loved me and stood by my...thick and thin...
Friends from Nursery days...to school days to junior college....senior college....Grad and Post Grad... professional and otherwise plain acquaintances.... i have had been fortunate to had friends all along!....and have remained in touch till today with most of them.... they have made my journey worthwhile and beautiful....and i have learned something from each one of them! Someday if i can spare the time..i will like to describe each one of them and their attribute that i love the most....
but its about the ones i lost touch along this journey that i feel sad about....Though i made some new friends i also lost a lot of them in time...sometimes it was time issues...sometimes ego...sometimes each others marriage and sometimes the word i hate most..."Space"....and the wierdest...sometimes it was just 'needed'...Can u beat that!...and i was like ..huh? and i was like ..Dude we are friends ...and not some aphrodisiac drug..which is needed!
The other day i had some 'Me-time'...it was raining...and i drifted back in time to this particular friend that i hung around a lot....which made me write this post!
I guess its just that i am in my thirties and maturity has finally started to creep in...yes its scary...i am at my best when i am whacky and unpredictable and non-practical....and in that flash of listening to no-reason...How i wish i could talk to my best friend....sometimes.....once a week...month...quarter....!

Hell i should stop watching stupid bollywood movies!

The Inevitable...

Painfully, he changed "is" to "was"

Jinx..

And the Monday jinx continues......hah....so much for the horoscope i read in TOI everyday!

American Diaries#1

The countdown has begun.....#Dream Vacation #Vegas#Bahamas#Cruise# Stingray#Fingers Crossed...... Buri nazar waale tera mu kaala!!

The Land of Dreams...

#America #DreamVacation#Cruise#Bahamas#Miami#Orlando#NewYork!

Life Directions...

Set your own course in life: “We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.”

You...

"And I'd choose you; in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I'd find you and I'd choose you.”

Kashmakash...

अजीब कशमकश थी, कि जान किसको दे ,
वो भी आ बैठे थे, और मौत भी…..!!

Mere bina...

चलते रहेंगे क़ाफ़िले मेरे बग़ैर भी यहाँ.
एक तारा टूट जाने से, फ़लक़ सूना नहीं होता।।

Imperfect Love...

And in my own imperfect way, I loved her.

Us...

I had to untangle "us."

Chaand...

"चाँद क़िस्से तुम्हारे सुनाता रहा ,
और ख़्यालों की बस्ती भी रोशन रही..!"
                                                      (अनाम)

Of Holiday Shopping..

Misej is shopping...
Me paying the bills..... guess what?.....
            Nothing changes!

Jeet...

युद्ध में जीत इस बात से नहीं तय की जाती कि आप जीते या हारे,बल्कि इस बात से तय की जाती है कि गोली आपने सीने पे खाई या पीठ पे...