Thursday, December 31, 2009

Don't stop me now....cause I'm having a good time!

I like working. Contrary to what i hear in general, I never really get the Monday morning blues, though I do fear the ride to Saki Naka. After the regular late Friday night movie, lazy coffee shop Saturdays and Sunday studies, theater and drama, music etc., I'm generally charged to go to office again on Monday.

Given this backdrop, I never thought I would appreciate the concept of a mandatory two week vacation from office so much. But now that I'm living those two weeks - Don't stop me now....cause I'm having a good time :)

No deadlines to meet, no 2 hrs to travel, no Mumbai heat. I finally traveled for "non-business" purposes in 2009. Vizag and Hyderabad - rediscovered how much I loved teaching.. when I taught my 4th std, 6th std and 12th std cousins maths. Rediscovered the music of the Beatles, Queen, Freddie Mercury's immaculate voice, the joy of singing aloud with friends in a fast moving car - playing the board game of pictionary with so much focus that you forget everything else in the world, losing and winning at games of poker.

Am now about to head out with old friends, together at one place after 6 years - one's broken his neck and the other's been sleepless in some remote place, very much like that Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan movie that you've seen. The location is ditto.
Meg Ryan- I came across a sketch of hers I was gifted, that came with a really clever joke. Goes up on the pin-board over my desk today.

** For people who have not already, please listen to this song called "Don't stop me now" by Queen, its fantastic

Thursday, December 17, 2009

The best things in life are free

1. Swimming in the sea/river/lake vs. swimming in the pool of your club
2. A three hour long conversation with your best friend as opposed to a party with 100 people, half of whom you don’t like in the first place
3. A jog by the seaside as or in the woods vs. the treadmill in a fancy gym
4. Singing!
5. Dancing in the rain
6. The cool breeze on your face on the train ride home after a long day at work
7. Your school friends, your childhood memories
8. Your family
9. The view from the window of your house, even if it is not a good one by conventional standards, you can find a way of romanticizing it
10. Getting high on life as opposed to alcohol