Loose Change

Written for a friend...hope it helped the person in question! Life Gives you the thumbs down Sending you deep down The nadir which knows no end And Just then, you look up See the world bottoms up Making sense as you go round the bend!

I was reading up on some interesting stuff about small animals, their habits etc etc…when suddenly I came upon a creature called tarsier. Its adorable, as you can see from the photograph attached here…what did take me aback was the absolute miniature size…these creatures are really small ! Just got me wondering about creation…the beauty, the perfection of things, as they exist around us… P.S. Image credits: Image 1 - leewongu.byus.net/.../ 작은원숭이.jpg Image 2 - www.fell2earth.com/ puzzles/tarsiers.jpg

Strange question??? Completely not in context with what I usually warble about??? Well…I guess… Just need to slow down for that faction of a second and look around at the life that is passing you by…things that leave you awestruck and amazed….spellbound… Early mornings, Misty with rain Dewdrops on leaves Shining again The birds sing out aloud Their chirping a musical sound How can you then Even whisper aloud??? You walk through the grass Naked feet in the mist Feeling a part of it all… Amazed at the way it feels! The day goes by Leaving you amazed Noon light Filtering through the leaves Dappling with a weave effect The night comes in. Softly Disturbing not in the least! Getting along with it All its sensuous appeal! As the day unfurls It leaves me spell bound Amazed, awestruck, speechless In love with the beauty That abounds all around Close those cynical eyes Blindfold the disbelief Step back to enjoy This moment in time In all its hues Steeped with All its beliefs!

One of those days, when there was nothing much to do…or maybe there was and I just didn’t feel like it… An extended coffee break with colleagues went into interesting areas of conversation…interesting to some…controversial to some…beliefs and principles…. A colleague had just come back from the Transport Office where she had gone for a learner’s test…as she had been in the U.S. inevitable comparisons were made between the US and the Indian system… The red-tapism (a very Indian phrase mind you!) just gets to some people…but then there are believers like me…who believe that we can make it happen…we can make this system work…it just needs our time and some patience… I admit entering any government office earlier would make you feel like that you have entered a claustrophobic cubbyhole...yes I do emphasis it as a thing of the past…coz things are changing…maybe not with supersonic speed…but they definitely are… There are offices where the employees smile at you and wish you a cheerful good...

People watching has always held an endless fascination for me…be it close friends or complete strangers…more fun with complete strangers actually…you do not know anything about them other than what you can see and perceive… I had to go to the railway station the other evening for some work…the parking spot that I found was rather distant from the entrance. Walking up briskly (rather late in the evening, tired, wanting to finish all work and just get home), my pace suddenly slowed down. Stepped back for a minute to observe the life unfurling all around me…have you ever noticed the completely different ways in which people walk? In a railway station, where you have people across all strata, the differences, the variations are even more pronounced. One person walking by, had an ambling gait, which would speed up after a couple of paces and then slow down again…almost like he remembered to slow down…better not go in early…what will I do in there for so long? Or maybe he had go as a part of...

I did write about my hibernation period…the delicious feeling…of doing absolutely nothing…looking back I realise that the sense of doing nothing actually had a lot of other things built into it… Some thoughts that come to mind when I think back… Not working At home Not doing much Just lazing around Watching the world go by Through the window of my home Picking up a book to read And falling asleep Waking up to hear the voice I’d been hearing in my dream! Life has kind of slowed down now The colours in sharper relief With the smaller moments Coming more to the fore With the larger moments Getting magnified some more! Looking back it feels like A dream I lived in With reality coming Slowly creeping in Life with all its colours and hues Right here for me, right now Asking me to come in again Be a part of it again! Watching the world go by now Liking the way it looks Falling in love with life again Loving its colours and hues…

Hey there! Started writing my own blog and rather reveling in all the ‘creative pursuit’ (at least I thought of it that way!)…. About the same time was when I decided to go into hibernation….and believe me it was that way! Took a month off between jobs…doing what???? Well…the first few days were spent feeling as to how much time I was wasting not doing anything! Does that make sense? In a crazy kind of a way??? Here I was with the break that I had been trying and planning for the last 6 months…and now that I had it, I didn’t know what to do with it…. Oh! But the best part has yet to come! One fine day I woke up at 11.00 in the morning and suddenly there I was…used to the delicious, sinful thought of being completely jobless…..of course I had pending tasks and things to do (still pending by the way J) but what the hell…. Took time off to go visit my parents in Mysore…decided to drive down…Oh! I enjoyed that drive….I’m sure you can relate to the heady feeling, that complete high…when you...