One sun and one sea

The posts are raining in on me by the dozen. Though they are not serving any particular purpose, they are cropping up phenomenally fast.

What if I had never let you go,
Would you be the man I used to know,
If I'd stayed, if you'd tried,
If we could only turn back time,
But I guess we'll never know...

It rings true, doesn't it? Okay, okay... I'll crib about something else for a change. My time seems to be not of any value any more. The whole world is busy with something. While I? I am supposed to be whiling my time away, I suppose. Everybody is worried why I am not doing anything. How can I be content, being the semi-educated, unemployed, out-of-tune, tactless person I am right now? It's like this dry, itchy, lump stuck in everybody's throat! And here I am neck deep in work (read trouble over an about to be missed deadline) !

While I am at it I might as well crib about people who do not reply to my sms (or is it sms's?). The whole point of sending an sms is instant communication. I always reply, sooner or later. Then why doesn't everybody? They just eat up the messages! It causes me so much unnecessary distress.

Tere bina zindagi se koi shikwa to nahi, shikwa nahi, shikwa nahi,
Tere bina zindagi bhi lekin, zindagi to nahi, zindagi nahi, zindagi nahi.

Achievement of the day was that I cleaned my bathroom. Got a bottle of sulphuric acid (Mum started screaming on the phone the minute I told her this... but its a good stain remover... really!), and cleaning fluid and brushes and cloth and old chappals. It took me the good part of an hour to do it but now it looks sparkling clean. Then I had a cold water bath! Rat-a-tat-a-tat.... my teeth are still chattering. Aaatchooo! Sniff!

I had bun and cheese for brunch today. Got another `nay' from a place I had applied to, for a job. Chatted with S, S and S. While S told me about his first day at the new job, and S told me about what I was or was not allowed to do in my condition, S was appalled by my brunch menu! In the meanwhile, I am beginning to get a delicious story idea. I'll let it simmer inside my head for sometime I guess.

Don't these look divine? One sun, one sea and yet they combine to give birth so many magnificent hues. Beautiful reminders of a life altering journey...

Sunrise at the Pondicherry Beach
Sunrise at the Marina Beach, Chennai

Aap ka gam jo is dil main din-raat agar hoga,
Soch ke ye dum ghut ta hai phir kaise guzar hoga,
Kaash na aati apni judai, maut hi aa jaati,
Koi bahane chain hamari rooh to paa jaati.

Ik pal hasna kabhi, dil ki lagi ne na diya,
Zeher bhi chaha agar, peena to peene na diya.