Power of compliment
We went out for lunch today. One of the people joining the lunch is not really a very close friend - in the sense he does not know us too well - just through friends. As soon as he walked in to the restaurant and saw Shyam, he said, "Hey, I heard you are the Aamir Khan of 3 Idiots, did not know but heard from friends!"
Just a short, simple sentence and it made me feel so incredibly happy - it was weird! That's how powerful a compliment can get! (Shyam did not know what to say except that typical wide grin!)
A rainbow of emotions
Have you ever felt like scooping out a piece of time and bottling it so nothing ever changed and it remained as beautiful as it is today. You can see these beautiful times are about to change so soon and this mixture of feelings - beautiful and sad pulls at your heart and you wonder if this memory can be immortalized. You dont want to feel sad because the present is too beautiful - it does not deserve sadness. And yet you see the end of the beautiful moments coming up so fast as if it cant wait - oh yes, life can play so beautifully(no painful is not the right word) and so masterfully with emotions!
Those days
How much fun can it be to talk to an old friend about funny stuff of old days and also sing songs over internet phone - the songs we sang when holding onto autorickshaws recklessly speeding across Bangalore streets, the songs we sang while washing dishes after office was over, while we cooked, while we ate our own cooked food(which was a disaster many times and yet...), when late at night all of us huddled together and chatted endlessly, teased each other endlessly.... remember quotes written outside someone's room "Souls in, soles out".....oh yes, nothing can replace the small stolen moments with old friends - a breath of fresh air in everyday life, and as my dear friend said "c'est comme des vacances dans la semaine."
The only thing we could not share was the beautiful cool breeze that flowed in through my window near my computer desk - technology has a little more to go to completely blur the distance!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooovY3eDnjc
Nights, Days, Exams.....Empty.
Yes, it is that time again - after THE exam and I am incredibly tired and contented and yet I am so restless.....I finished my DELF A1. It was easy as Serge had said but I felt happy finishing it well and now I dont know what to do.
I slept, woke up and now just sitting and listening to songs, reading random things, having coffee with friends, chocolates with more friends but there is an emptiness which the kids are not able to fill up. It is sometimes dangerous to step out of the 'defined zone' - you need to carve out your own path, there are no guidelines for you, no rules you can easily follow. You take the decision and you take the next step. If you are in the defined zone, you just need to look for the footprints already there.
"I hope you dance"
Will it be good if Life stopped for me awhile
or is it good that it keeps me always in a whirlwind?
yes, i love the excitement and thrill of life
it turns me, keeps me on my toes
how dull it would be if it worked like a clock
if there were no storms, no strong winds to push me over
The surprises are sometimes good and
sometimes... but it is in motion nevertheless
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2sfmcNg8js - yes still can never get over this song!
Changing life, changing thoughts and changing posts
A friend told me the other day, how come your mama's world is having less and less post on your children. Hmm, am I not a mama anymore or is the mama's world changing?
Doesn't it always change? There are moments when I feel like stepping out and breathe differently, feel differently, sing differently, think differently. And then when I get back into this well-known world of motherhood, it does not seem a burden to me - oh yes, it does when I don't get to step out! I remember one of the management training lectures we listened to - holding a glass of water for 1 minute is not a burden but if you have to hold that glass for a whole day, the same thing becomes a burden.
So yes, I love putting down the glass and go and have bowls of chicken soup for my soul. I am amazed how I become a much better human being when I do that.
Teaching
There are some teachers who shows doubt about students and some who believes the students. The ones who doubt always tries to trap the students in several different ways to check whether the student is really good or has prepared before and so can do stuff. And there are the believers who knows who is good and who is ok and so never bothers to trap them everytime.....the faith works.
Both are good teachers, both are involved but the latter leaves such a beautiful after-taste, a smile.
Kalboisakhi
It rained heavily in HongKong yesterday and with loud claps of thunder. What is it that so excites me about a thunderstorm? It reminds me of "Kalboisakhi"(name of a convectional rain common in Bengal in summer) - where the sky used to get overcast in minutes and the storm used to blow the trees. The leaves and the mangoes used to drop off the trees under the orange and grey sky - it was nature at its most beautiful I have ever seen.
I am glad Arunav, Aarushi are not scared of thunders.
"You dont need to know"!
Last night Aarushi has been crying buckets and we have absolutely no clue why. She was not coherent enough in the night. So in the morning, Shyam asked her why she was crying so much. She looked at him and said,"You dont need to know!"
I could have fallen off my chair - she is 3 years 2 months, what are we to expect at teenage! Who says children are helpless, has not taken a good look at the parents' plight!!
COPY
I am completely copying something a friend put in her status in facebook today and why I am copying it is explained by the last line...
"how is it that one trusts the words that come when one looks at stars/cards....but can't trust the truth of one's own desire. Sometimes when you dont go looking for it and even when it was not originally intended for you, the answer strikes like a bolt."
Found that beautifully written and a very deep observation.
:) :) :)
The loveliest coolest breeze blowing through my window at 5.30am, a song from RD Burman that touches my heart, a surprise call from a friend far away showing she cares for me and wants to know how I am doing after my operation, getting connected to another friend after 16 years and chatting like old times, someone telling you are precious.....
You dont need much more to feel high! That's my morning today and it seems strange to be so happy.
I must share that song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyb7kujJzdY
Mother's Day
Arunav's message for Mother's Day got published in a children' newspaper in HongKong - he was thrilled. I liked the message :)
Life: the greatest gift we have
When I visited the hospital today, I had to wait. I watched old and young passing by, waiting, worried, anxious, depressed. Some for loved ones and some for themselves. It was an aching moment to watch them. Do we always appreciate how lucky we are to be just healthy and having a life? So many times I find myself complaining about how someone was rude to me, if I have to run after the kids too much and get tired at the end of the day or if I dont like a certain change - how meaningless they appear when put in perspective. After a good 4 hours when I walked out in the warm sunshine under the bright blue sky, I almost had tears in my eyes - just being thankful for what I have and praying for so many who still were inside there waiting to see the sunshine.
