Ideals

Often I wonder as to who made ‘proverbs’. I mean it’s not like they are facts. They are more like conclusions or morals from a few instances. Hence it is not necessary for it to applicable to all. I have always been attracted by proverbs and believed in them as if they were some of the foundations of my way of living.

Many a time when I have been down I have been inspired by some sayings and uplifted myself. Then again one should realize their own strengths and lead a path where they can succeed. Following someone’s ideals is not going to get you anywhere. The twist lies in the fact that it is very difficult to get a hold of one’s own strength. Today I was participating in an event for with a couple of my friends and we again missed the slot to go to the finals. I wouldn’t like to blame anyone for it. This was the third time I tried the event without managing to succeed. It is a rather trivial issue; yet, a compilation of these trivial things is what makes a man. Now If I were to follow any of the proverbs what it be, is what I ask myself. Should I motivate myself and carry on or realize that I am not really meant for it and continue. Just when I put forth this question to myself I realize that we humans are full of contradictions. On one hand we say that hard work and repetitive action of a certain thing always pays off, on the contrary we say that moving on to what your real strength is what is good for you rather than experimenting and wasting time on something that you are not good at. Most people may contradict this, but that’s their take on the issue.

The killer named Selfish

It has always amused me to see what all people do just to be in the limelight. I can talk about this as I really don’t give a damn about all these issues. I believe that if one is to get fame it is through what they actually are, through their passions. Right from the start I have been seeing people giving all sorts of incentives to others just in order to get at the top of the hierarchy, be it in a small club or in a country. People seldom remember that with fame comes responsibility which is one of the many words which humans fear in someway or the other.

Though I am now far away from home and supposedly enjoying my college life I still notice that there many people who are still trying to get the spotlight on themselves or on a larger view trying to make themselves profitable. Recently I happened to see the hindi movie namely ‘Swades’. In a particular scene in the movie they talk about how our Indian tradition and culture is so very rich and how the people are so much better than the westerners. To be more specific they claim that they uphold their tradition and culture. Sadly the so called ‘traditions’ have been tweaked every now and then according to our own needs. If we notice nowadays no one at least from the major metropolitans even has an idea about what their tradition talks about leave alone follow.

People are just so interested in getting their work done. They really don’t give a damn about others. I feel the fact that selfishness has always been the root cause to the downfall of any civilization. Though people talk about repairing all the damage that has been done like mass deforestations and pollution of the environment, it is just not possible. The fact is that damage caused is way too much and can only be repaired if we start afresh. I have a feeling that the apocalypse is not too far away. All the speculations of it occurring in 2012 and so on might happen see the ways things are occurring.

Bangalore,day 2

Sunday morning, 7:15a.m.: I wake up to the alarm of the guy sleeping next to me, Sayan. I met the previous day. He was Abhishek’s batch mate. I tried to turn off the alarm but I was unsuccessful as the screen was broken and I was not exactly at my best to guess which was the correct button. I dozed off again just to wake up to the alarm again in the next 5 minutes. This time it got on my nerves so I woke him up and told him to turn it off. After he did so I woke up as my sleep was disturbed.

I then woke up and saw shuvayu on his laptop in the bedroom. I walked there and heard some familiar sounding sounds. It was bleach, one of the most famous anime. He just like me was a big fan of it. I went and saw the screen, I was pretty lost so I decided to go on and roam about the house. I went to the kitchen to quench my thirst. After that I went back to bed. That is the same time that abhinav had to call me. He asked where I was. Since I was sleepy and was under the impression that I was going through an insane hangover I spoke to him in a rushed manner. I then took a short nap till about 9. I then called up my mother and spoke to her for a couple of minutes before I ran out of balance. Thankfully I asked my mother for getting me a recharge before I got disconnected. Anyways after that abhishek also got up and then we chatted for a while on random topics when I decided to take a walk around the area. I always like to see the location around where I lodge. I got out and then took a couple of pics of the place I stayed near and the neighborhood. I then strolled on to the main road where I bought my self a chocolate to regain some energy. After this I walked on thinking I knew the route back. It did not take me very long to realize that I was kind of lost. Thankfully I have decent navigation methods and I also took the pictures of the place I lived in. So seeing the image from time to time I went on and finally found the house. It was fun in a way though. I really pity the condition of Sanjay Singhania in Ghajini. The poor guy lived on images.

When I returned I told everybody what had happened. Everyone burst into laughter. By then sayan also woke up. Roshan and rohit were still asleep even though they were the first ones to go to sleep. Sayan then went out to for a walk to buy himself some eatables and all of us some delightful goodies. We then started talking about Anime such as Inuyasha ,bleach, death note and naruto. It was great fun talking about that after such a long time.

We were then lazing around till about 1 then we left for the majestic bus terminal. I abhishek and sayan left and shuv came to drop us off. He initially put us into the wrong bus but then he made us get off it a stop later and then get on to the proper bus later. We reached majestic in an hour and then I and abhishek left for brigade road in a Volvo. It was a fun journey going around in an unknown city. We then got off there and waked down brigade road and saw around the shops . Aratrika came and picked us up and took us to some Italian eating place to and we ordered lazagne with fresh lime. It was rather delicious.

After that abhishek left for palace grounds at around 4.30 and I roamed around brigade road till 5.30. I then walked all the way to shanty nagar bus stand from there. It took me about an hour. I took two stops in the middle there though in a couple of music stores. I tried out a few schecter guitars which I have been thinking about buying for a couple of months now. They were pretty good. After that I stood at the bus stand from 6.30. I went to big bazaar which was just beside the bus platform. I strolled there for 30 minutes at the most. I just realized I can’t shop for longer than that. God has really given women a lot of patience! Later I stood in the platform awaiting the bus for another 2 and a half hours! To my discomfort the bus was an hour and a half late.