In the mood for 'Titles go to hell'

and suddenly it hits me that I have not made a single post in the entire year of 2012. My plan for redemption is to allow my dear blog two questions. Why only two? Well I cant think of a 3rd question that is why...

So what happened in 2012?  

Oh yeah! The big life changing decision; I quit my job and decided to do an MBA. After going back to studies, I realized that it was never that much fun in the first place. 

Got into my first major bike accident and that too on a 250 km biking trip. Not sure if it counts since I was not driving...hmmm!! The biggest takeaway from the accident is that my camera bag is super awesome. A 70 kmph fall and my DSLR is still intact. Not even a scratch.

The year yet again proved that I am sucker for relationships. Every wall that I had put between myself and others was shattered by some amazing people. Two years before, Infosys proved that life is more than just networking. I thought MBA will finally put an end to all this 'Friends' nonsense and drive some cold hearted, realistic, no nonsense networking skills into my arsenal. Alas! I don't know half the people in my college(so much for networking) and I made FRIENDS in a b-school (imagine the horror).

So what about 2013?

Well what about it! I have no freaking clue what is going happen this year. But I do know that I am amazingly happy these days (God knows why...) and perhaps it will be another awesome year like Mr. 12.

Second Leap of Faith

Switching off from your Blog is not a nice act. It is easy but not nice.

On that cold night in the 1st of January 2011, I suddenly felt I needed a reason to blog. Thought hard. Thought weird. But sadly enough I really couldn't find anything which explained why I keep on writing stuff which could not be 'label'ed in any sort of way. It was a leap of faith. A belief that discarding something unreasonable in life can be as much of a life changer as accepting something new.

Today I realized I am quite the narcissist. I like my writing. I like reading what I write. In fact I like it more than most of what other's write.

Work is seriously boring. It has taken a turn for the worst and I feel like a slave when I think about Office. I am sure a real slave would be insulted. I rephrase - I feel like slaving relative to others in my business. Any work without your mind and passion in it is boring.

Toastmasters has been the single most wonderful thing which happened in the last few months. What a refreshing thought to go to one of those TM meetings and just unwind. Doing what you like is a gift from heaven.

I am confused still. Somethings simply don't change.

This blog is going to take a different turn. After all, a leap is nothing but a turn in disguise.

Happy New Year

4 years earlier, if any one had asked me how I would feel about my blog at this juncture, I wouldn't have been able to comment. I remember my first post with that whacky reference to 'Team Rockets'. Feels nostalgic and nice to see what I was back then and how much (or how little) I have changed.

Over the past few years, so much has happened to my life.
Stopped Studying.
Got a job.
Got a taste of the great IT life.
Reached that point where I wished I was back studying.
Got angry.
Got Betrayed.
Learned the virtue of patience.
Learned how difficult it is to follow a virtue.
Fell in love for the first time.
Believes that love is always and always one-sided.
Got many friends.
Learned the importance of friendship and the fickleness too.
Read so much. Wrote so much. Learned so much.
Feels so good when I realize I am still hungry for more.
Learned finally the importance of family.
Believes that one should never sacrifice oneself for anything. Between the trade-offs, it is just not worth it.
Thought so much about life.(Somethings never change)
After many epiphanies, I am still thinking about life. No end to that. I like it that way.

I have been planning lot of things. Should do something about a couple of them. Time to shed the life of a romantic. It needs a leap of faith. Perhaps this is the day. Perhaps this is the blog. Perhaps this is also the day when I say goodbye to 'Baloney of Thoughts'.

She is wonderful. Period.

Uncontrollable, vivacious, like a soothing river taking turns in the never ending valley. I tried following her flow and it put me in a trance. She is much too deep for me. The smooth ebb on her surface is but a cover of her unfathomable reach. Few can hope to see it revealed, even fewer will actually find that hope ensue. I tried. Was there any other option? Like a romantic lost for words, actions and even thoughts, I just tried. In the manner of speaking, I tried without even trying. She was indecipherable. Almost like a badly written story, one, whose author might have found his own creation too cosmic to give it away that freely.

So what am I? Am I the puppet? More than a puppet. A willing slave to every untamed gesture from her. I am free. Free to do everything for her. In her footsteps I have long bequeathed my life. She changes her color every minute and every second in between those minutes. Like a Chameleon, she is too hard to grasp and even harder to hold on too and every time, you are taken deeper down. I know what is going to happen to me. But she already has me in her hands. No Escape. I don’t want to escape. I have long decided to find the end.

She is going to make another turn and I, as always, will follow. The swirls will get wilder, the turns more pronounced. She will make my life tough. But I have long decided to find the end.

This is life and she is wonderful.

Revelation

26/12/2006. The day had many specialties. It was one day after Christmas, one of my best friend managed to start his account in the world around 19 years earlier on the same day and someone died on that day. I dont exactly remember who died. He must be a relative of mine. I remember clearly taking my Grandma to see his body. But like so many of our generation, I was too pre-occupied to ask how I was related to the deceased. He had visited our house earlier and even gifted me a T-shirt. I remember him clearly as a giant of a man, cheerful and very friendly too. Hence it felt pretty weird to see his body lying there dead and all life gone. I didn feel any grief or even sadness. After all I hadnt known him enough. That night I started writing 'Genesis'.


In many ways death is the greatest thing about life. It is a surety which breaks through all the confusion that is so typical of Life. In many ways it also the biggest yardstick for living. Nothing helps you to prioritize life more than death. You cannot do it when someone close to you dies. The grief which engulfs our body also poisons our thoughts. But death as an abstract philosophical thought conveys lot of meaning to life.

I wrote 'Transition' on 27/12/2006 and 'Revelation' on 28/1/2007. This completes my 'LIFE' Trilogy. For a very long time, I have been thinking real hard whether to put 'Revelation' on this blog. It seemed only normal to put it and complete the trilogy. But the truth is I dont agree to revelation in many ways. I have had the revelation and life has not shifted any planes in one giant sweep. Now when I think abt it, revelation should have came second in order between Genesis and Transition. It is like the words "If all Genesis should end in a revelation, then all life is but a transition". Thus the words should mean that the real revelation should come after life. Maybe its like what the movies say, just when we are going to die, the whole life will flash in front of us. Maybe thats the time for revelation.

Revelation
(28/01/2007)

Hidden carefully in the rocky hedges
seen seldom but in the mighty cliffs
revealed only with a trembling ecstasy
the purpose of life is nothing but joy. 

It’s path is split into mighty roads
Of sand and water, with forks and turns
Be it the mighty ocean or the unrivalled heat,
the treasure is found but in both.

A palace of such glory in the middle of the desert
A desolate road through heat and dust
A looming mirage always surging ahead
Until death a joyful experience indeed.

The golden bubble splashes on your face
It’s cool gaze tampering your pace
An insane doctor with a twisted smile
His weapon of choice is nothing but love

The mighty roads are paths of freedom
of justice and truth, not decisions in random
‘Survive’ the storm and the scorching heat?
The agony of Hades – eternal fate!

Worth is money and love it’s price
The most selfish act which hide no lies
You will walk through the gates of heaven
Rejoice, love in soul for the ultimate one.
P.s. I started writing this post on 3rd May 2009. 1 year, 5 months and 8 days later. I am still confused as to whether I should post it or not...

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