Attaining adulthood is like finally getting to know that there is nothing magical about the rainbow. The days of childhood illusions, daydreaming and innocence just vanishes away giving way to ambition, competition and lots of manipulations. Now it’s hard to find people whom one can trust. Minds have become so skeptical that there is always a lingering doubt even on the closed ones.
Even those “childhood heroes” who once brought a smile on our faces every time we see them, fade away. Circumstances just make us them or even ignore them and those who still command that respect are too few.
I sometimes miss those days when making friends was just about having a good time, when one’s favorite uncle was one who cracked the funniest jokes. When one use to be eager to return home from school to play in the locality. I miss those simple unadultrated joy we used to get by having the latest candy bar in the market. I miss those simpler days.
Looking back....
The Credit Card Debacle...
Few months back I had this embarassing conversation with my dad which I remembered a few days back. I had uploaded my CV on a few job portals, while searching for a job. After a month I got selected in Accenture and shifted back to Bangalore. On a Sunday morning my dad calls me up and what was said between us is as follows:
DAD: (in a very serious tone) Hey, How’s your training going on.
ME: (in a very bored tone) fine.
DAD: I wanted to talk to you about something.
ME: what is it?? (Gosh, hope it’s not about investments again!!)
DAD: I just received my credit card bill.
ME: So
DAD: There is an entry for Bharat Matrimony.com.
ME: (WHATTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#*%#$#*#^%$#%^&)
ME: That’s not me. That can’t be me.
DAD: (now in a very fatherly tone) you should have at least talked to us. You know we always support your decisions even though this is a bit too early.
ME: (agitated) aggggghhh!!!! There is nothing to talk about. There are no decisions to take. Dad!!!! I seriously have no idea about this.
DAD: Then who else would want to get married in our house.
ME: How should I know? (He did have a point)
Suddenly I realized about the online transactions for the job portals. I checked the net and it turns out that both the sites belong to the same company and they charged using the matrimonial site’s name.
On explaining this to dad he gave out a sigh of relief and said,” Well that resolves it. Anyways, now that you have a job, next time you decide to get married, kindly use your own credit card.”
ME: (in a very bored tone) fine.
DAD: I wanted to talk to you about something.
ME: what is it?? (Gosh, hope it’s not about investments again!!)
DAD: I just received my credit card bill.
ME: So
DAD: There is an entry for Bharat Matrimony.com.
ME: (WHATTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#*%#$#*#^%$#%^&)
ME: That’s not me. That can’t be me.
DAD: (now in a very fatherly tone) you should have at least talked to us. You know we always support your decisions even though this is a bit too early.
ME: (agitated) aggggghhh!!!! There is nothing to talk about. There are no decisions to take. Dad!!!! I seriously have no idea about this.
DAD: Then who else would want to get married in our house.
ME: How should I know? (He did have a point)
Suddenly I realized about the online transactions for the job portals. I checked the net and it turns out that both the sites belong to the same company and they charged using the matrimonial site’s name.
On explaining this to dad he gave out a sigh of relief and said,” Well that resolves it. Anyways, now that you have a job, next time you decide to get married, kindly use your own credit card.”
Samaritan..
It’s strange, how it takes a bad spell in life to find those good Samaritans one hear only in stories. These are the people whom one tends to ignore or even make fun of in any normal day. But it’s they who come out of no where and go out of their way to help one out of any situations. In the end, in return they ask for nothing. They just go back to their daily lives leaving us awestruck and wondering, what motivated them to help out strangers like us.
It’s might not be easy to find the lessons one can learn from every bad situation. Maybe we sometimes face such situations just to be reminded that such people do exist all around us. All we need to have is some faith and hope that we can help them out during their times of need.
Life Doesn't Rhyme
Your heart is a blizzard,
so you said once.Still
you didn't expect your
tears to turn to ice.
Yes, I am the devil
shout it all around.
They will still love me back
probably with their first kiss.
Don't bother remembering those
nights, forget those days.
They have become jokes
that my friends make.
The world told you to
move on and so shall I.
You wont be alone. There
is still more to come.
so you said once.Still
you didn't expect your
tears to turn to ice.
Yes, I am the devil
shout it all around.
They will still love me back
probably with their first kiss.
Don't bother remembering those
nights, forget those days.
They have become jokes
that my friends make.
The world told you to
move on and so shall I.
You wont be alone. There
is still more to come.
Colors I Drift By…
Thousand of colors,
Millions of shades,
Swirl around the sky
Like a dragon’s breath.
The clouds slowly drift by
With an air of snob,
And the sun heads for
Another world across the sea.
I sit by my window alone
And enjoy the dusk,
Who knows it might probably be,
My last sunset in this city.
Millions of shades,
Swirl around the sky
Like a dragon’s breath.
The clouds slowly drift by
With an air of snob,
And the sun heads for
Another world across the sea.
I sit by my window alone
And enjoy the dusk,
Who knows it might probably be,
My last sunset in this city.
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