Though the title seems self explanatory. I know like so many other things I need to explain this to myself more than to others. It was just like another day. Nothing special about it. I woke up on another 16th of Feb with fond memories of the previous night that I spent in the company of my friends at Hard Rock Cafe. But beyond that it suddenly struck me that
1) I'm older by another year.
2) I'm the only one amongst my college friends (in India) who is single !!
3) I ain't earning enough to survive a month without Credit Card ..
4) My whole family is after me to get married !!
5) I'm working six days a week with very less time for myself !!
And it was so tough to get up and go to the office. Finally I had to counter the 5 negatives above with 5 positives to gather up strength to go to office (on a b'day yeah). And what were those 5 point something for me ?
1) I'm wiser by another year (yeah you know I'm stupid)
2) I'm single ok, but I am also unmarried happily !!
3) I at least have a few credit cards to survive :D
4) I'm happily away from the groom hunters ...
5) I'm not lonely for six days of the week and I am reading and writing as happily as ever
So here I am.. Heading into another year of my life. With lots of hopes, desire and an intention to fulfill them. So wish me luck whomsoever reads this :)
Cheers to me ...
13 comments:
Haan haan...jeete raho...bhagwaan tumhaara bhala kare!
A note from a stranger:
let me extend my BEST WISHES to you on the eve of gathering one more leaf from the Aged tree!
I stumbled upon your blog when I was collecting some material on the Tamilian culture & Chennai for the groundwork being done for a brand that I am working on...
spent a bit of time on a few posts.Sense of humor breaks in as pleasant a surprise.good thinking.I loved ur observations on Chennai! dragged me to a trip down memory lane...
best regards ...Jyotsna
@jyothsnay
Thanks a lot for the wishes. They are all the more welcome from strangers as they tend to be more unbiased. Read your blog. Nice work. Still "discovering" it.
It's,indeed,a pleasure Mr Contrarian.
umm, my space is all about some silent murmurs and a bit darkish philosophy (do u read THOMAS BERNHARD? will share some of his work with you..one of his works Voice Communicator has 104 stories,each one is of one page duration.n he kills his protagonist ruthlessly.but u dnot feel remorseful as he makes the whole process enjoyable..wicked!)...but I go berserk n spew on vengeance & accumulated knowledge interminably (smiles) at a few blogs
I gather u r in retail, thought this would interest u
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/4321.html
--Jyo
Darkish philosophy? Sorry I beg to differ. Philosophy is always bright, though it could be "about" darker shades. And everyone has it. Those who accept it become "philosopher" and those who deny it become self proclaimed "pragmatists". So as I said I'm still discovering your blog, I would love to dive the depths in whatever you call as "Darker Philosophy".
Thanks for the link, twas insightful but somehow I'm always a bit skeptical about HBS views. A cynic maybe. Their applicability in Indian context always makes me wonder. However a good direction of thought. Despite working in food vertical, I did find enough in it to appreciate it. And thus thanks to you as well.
...umm
What matters is whether we want to lie or to tell the truth and write the truth, even though it never can be the truth and never is the truth....your point is accepted.considered.When the philosopher or thinker enables me to experience joy or that "unseen/unfelt before" kind of excitement in so-termed negative,pessimistic situations of life,I bound to accept your logic.In constrast to that, the thinker, stays stubborn and euphorically celebrates sadness,wears proudly the badge of melancholy and lures me into that prohibited territory (consider I am an optimist and hardcore romantic) of darkness and sells me the space quite convincingly, and the narrator escapes, I define*(my definition) it's darkish...perceptions and opinions differ.I certainly would look at ur logic n nod at you...n mumble yes I do agree...Jyo
A brief taste of Thomas Bernhard’s dark and intelligent satire - Hotel Waldhaus {story}
We had no luck with the weather and the guests at our table were repellent in every respect. They even spoiled Nietzsche for us. Even after they had had a fatal accident n had been laid out in the church in Sils, we still hate them. {Story is over}
I say, this is ruthless, sadistic a pleasure....
http://jyothsnay.wordpress.com/2006/12/23/frozen-face-of-wintermakes-me-feel-warmer/
if u r interested you can visit Alok's blog too.that boy is deep down into phil.me love to float on the surface of the waters so that I get sunlight dressing up my tresses..haha!
thank you
Well thanks for the clarification on "Darkish" Jyo, but it just reminds me of my decision to call myself as contrarian because in effect what you call as dark would be bright for me. After all the Dark Side of the moon ain't dark, its just that someone is throwing light on the other side. So what you see is a surface full of craters wherein the surface is same on the dark side as well or even better perhaps? So anything that takes me to the darker side is actually bright for me. And that is when as you rightly said, once the dark side is witnessed, I'll take your point of showing the brighter side when you've hit the low.
But yes as a narrator I refuse to bolt. Coz I live the life of audience to learn for my next part. Unless I know what my audience feels I'll not discover what I feel myself. Perhaps something similar to your codependence. Symbiotics?
I actually liked it. Will like to get deeper into the subject. Also read Alok's stuff. Quite impressive not just for the way its done but the way it makes me think. Infact quite a few of the writers figuring there are my favourites too. You at least float on the surface. I'm a hydrophobic :). But I love to watch the oceans and people floating in it. And am sure, the tresses just add to the beauty :). Thanks nonetheless for introducing me to two good blogs .. your's and Alok's.
@umm, someone is emerging like a smoke frm raging waters...
{giggles}I am amused over your contrarian logic.sure, the Dark Side of the moon is an amazing track, I heard that there is a Battalion of floodgates (read lights please) stay full functional the whole night. I still cant digest the fact the owls love to stare at the light relentlessly from their cubbyholes (we also live in cubbyholes at work place) perched amidst the branches...
"So anything that takes me to the darker side is actually bright for me..." tell me, if a person from the darker world is brought down to relatively lesser dark world, would he or she find everything brighter? ah, blame the eye.blame the slender cobwebs around the heart...
boy, gone are the days,when the reader lulls her brain into sleep while listening to the narrator...these days, reader challenges the narrator to be on his/her toes else be ready to dance to his/her tunes.
I loved this ...what u said "I live the life of audience to learn for my next part...,absolutely a beauty! this is what I say most times, when did u steal this from me? or have I stone it from you?jeez,where is wooster?
Symbiotics sounds a framed context n it believes in caching.I will settle down with codependence
I do agree with you.Alok's space, sometimes,overwhelms me n I run away through the gullies far from the carnival of inexplicable thoughts, but his space lets me open my windows to newer perspectives.
haha,what a wicked joy.u love to watch people floating on the tranquilising greenish blue waters from the land...I always dream of being a mermaid!
it's my pleasure interacting with you.My blog can not share a room with Alok's...to be frank with you, I am drawn to the garb of casualness your blog wears, the display of its attitude is nerve-wrenching.
me a humble midget..when is a new post emerging from that bright shadow?..Jyo
@Contrarian: Why the hell do you call yourself the contrarian. Neither your logic nor the thought process is contrary to what "lesser" mortals might think. On the contrary(!!!), you seem a very confused man. Dilly-dallying with various ideas without being sure of anything. To give a brutal analogy... its like a guy wanting to get laid but doesnt know which way he swings....
Dear Anonymous, as usual I'm always intrigued by strangers. Anyways first of all either you are too irritated with my thoughts or you found them worthy enough to be read. So either ways thanks for giving that much importance to them.
Coming to your insights on me I wonder if you read my First Expression post? Coz there I explain why I call myself contrarian. For the rest, rightly I'm confused and I love it don't I? Coz that gives me the drive to discover. Being satisfied is the death knell of a journey. So maybe I deliberately want to be confused. Anyways this is not a justification for what I am. You are free to think what I am, desiring to be laid or whatever ... And I hold the right to live in fool's paradise where I am comfortable being what I am. So thanks for your brutality. I acknowledge that .. but that's it.
Dear J,
I don't know about who stole that from whom but at the end of the day its just nice to know that we both believe in it :) .. As far as someone coming from dark to light goes .. it may not be bright .. it may be blinding .. and don't you think it would end up being same? Coz blindness is blindness .. be it caused by darkness or too much of light .. its the inability to see that is more frightening .. isn't it ?
Alok's blog is wonderful for the precise reason that you pointed. Opening new perspective. Sometimes we just get lost into our egocentric thoughts so much that we do close many doors and such efforts as his help us avoid that. I've already become a fan of his.
And yes I am wicked you see.. Women anywasy fascinate me .. mermaids even more .. and floating with beautiful tresses in water .. will drive the devil in me bonkers lol
If you are a humble midget .. it satisfies me to know that i rightfully call myself stupid :) .. Some of my pending posts are to be seen but they are more of a casual work .. planning to start a new thread on some photographs i've taken on my various trips .. and another one on books I guess .. so lets see how it turns out .. i'm relatively new to blogging so still learning (despite the time constraints)
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