Adieus gringo

Thats to the year gone by, like friends we had a good time, shared a laugh dabbed in the tissues, blushed, snared, glared. Still our year isn’t posthumous yet so I haven’t bought the wreath to place for its remembrance but we are already ready to party hard, I don’t know for the year gone by or to usher in the new one ahead, what it brings no one knows!

Join me as I take a stroll through my memory lane. Ofcourse if you are reading this you yourself would have a few miles to travel with this old friend.

The year started with a wedding of a close friend R and till now this guy has already made ten honeymoons at the recent count, and as I write he is enjoying the Shimla cold hand in hand with his other half, another friend A was blessed with a lovely son whom they named Aryan, I forgot to ask, whether the bollywood breeze had any hand in the christening, but anyways the dad and mom are thoroughly enjoying the new surprises and squirts everyday ;). Also the same A got a major funding to upstart his new business a few among those who braced out of the comfort of regular job and thought to do something on their own; now only time will tell; sometimes I sure think how much hand does chance and choice have in our own lives, and when I am speaking of the devils then I sure throw in my favorite quotes "Destiny is not a matter of chance but a matter of choice", while the other one states that "fate leads the willing but drags along the unwilling". Aint those two a contradiction, if you ask me I simply would say, throw in everything you got and when destiny does come your way you are ready from your own side; its a two side affair neither alone does any good; but there are some souls who will recount it differently.



Thats my very own collage 2006, a mish mash of moments in time which made this year through; of/with people who really mattered. Hmmmph, what else, I got a promotion and a hefty raise, another friend K who was also slogging in the search finally found his match and last night he was all chirpy while talking with his soul mate and it felt good thinking when I be in his shoes. Anyways, the list doesn’t stop there another friend A also got engaged, so its two cheers on this front.

Three sixty five days that’s a lot of twenty four hours for things to happen and the list is though not endless now I realise how many lives have changed, around three years back I got my I-20 for MS in US, but my luck or what; the day before I was to give TOEFL I witness 9/11 in my hotel room the irony being we had unknowingly rented a room with a TV in it, not knowing we would witness an earth shattering event whose effects still vibrate all over the world. Why did I actually bring this topic in because during this admission procedure a befriended S who applied for Phd in Europe and now heads back to India after its successful completion to decide what else lies her way.

Ofcourse why should I forget why am I here in the first place; because of another friend whose blog I read and since then its been on on and on writting commenting as I become part of their life as so they share in mine in this virtual world of today; their real life. While my life/wife search goes on as usual all I can say is I have grown a bit more wise as what not to expect. The rest what can I say, heres to LIFE, the year gone by and to everybody out there have a lovely New Year ahead. Amen.

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Man - social animal.

What does one waft when faced with such a simile, simple, man cohabitation in an environment surrounded with people, providing an ecosystem of thriving and a sense of belongingness. Sounds a complex definition isn’t it, but evolving through we have taken some things as granted like water and air; they are always there.

But what does man gain when he becomes a part of a society; ofcourse daily needs, a satisfaction of cohabitation and last but not the least his/her chance to converse and interact. But the word spans a much bigger back drop, our society evolved because of a mélange of intricate activities which keeps this ecosystem alive. I guess I have been using too many gibberish word so I step down and explain :).

Recently our company celebrated charity week, which targets at fund raising through various activities all around the week, ours is a strong company of four thousand plus, still the people contributing regularly falls much less; which I think is the general situation in all such parallel places. We sometimes fail to acknowledge that we are blessed with a more than well to do life with almost all the basic amenities. And maybe parting a meager amount may not be even noticeable but on the other side, does make quite a difference. We are always thinking maybe the other guy is, then why bother, makes me always remember of the village who promised to fill in a pond with a bucket of water from each house but failed because everyone thought the other already had, and nobody did!!

Small things, but isn’t life made of smaller moments? Anyhow, at the end of the week we had a small event with children from these places joined us in celebration, and it felt an exhilarating experience seeing these faces smile, and wondering when was it that they smiled last. These children belonged to single parents unable to have a living, some are orphans while some have their parents undergoing trial which may well last more than ten years. Theirs is certainly not a simple life and compared to that what we offer our children or those offered by our parents was a breeze. Many of the volunteers try to spend their weekends among them sharing in a laugh and a talk. I guess we owe our society that much maybe our time is too costly but I guess the money in charity can surely help; too bad I cant mail it where its needed, its more like preaching. Now I know why we have temples and churches.

I hope we do carry our bucket of water through.

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Life is going as usual, had been quite a busy from long, so almost missing for a month from this place. Having my new year back home in delhi, rest the things goes.