The clock's ticking away towards midnight.
I lay there on my bed waiting...
waiting very patiently for him to come.
Growing restless for i have been waiting -
wating for long, to feel him gently,
Caress me. Woo me. Love me.
I am waiting with my eyes wide open
for him to come and kiss it close.
Long past midnight
and he's still not arrived, But, i wait
for i know he will come.
He is late! Still i don complaint
'coz I know he must be busy -
busy kissing another pair of eyes.
Another pair of eyes, like mine
waiting to close with a flutter
and fall asleep!!!
Come over soon dear Mr. Sleep,
'coz i am weary -
weary with the agony of waiting.
Priya
Thursday, November 01, 2007
...!
Changes.
True!
Every Second?
Yes! Almost. No!
Obvious Changes?
Yes! Probably. May be. May be not. No!
Consistant?
Acorse! (Of course)
Liable?
think so!?! (...am still thinking)
Know What is it?
Me!!! :)
Life!!!...Everything!!!
Priya
True!
Every Second?
Yes! Almost. No!
Obvious Changes?
Yes! Probably. May be. May be not. No!
Consistant?
Acorse! (Of course)
Liable?
think so!?! (...am still thinking)
Know What is it?
Me!!! :)
Life!!!...Everything!!!
Priya
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
RoW rOw RoW........rOw your boat...!!!
Confused? Please don be..i aint writing any rhyme…I’m writing about - rowing experience…!
I’ve always liked the adventurous things I’ve seen in TV. The things I knew I could never do….
For example, I saw the movie “Cliffhanger” and I thought climbing those gorgeous looking mountains would be fun… I saw “Vertical Height” and I thought Mount Everest was the most beautiful thing in the world and decided atleast once in my life time I will climb that majestic beauty… I saw the Free Willy series and I thought the sea was so enchanting and whales were cute, so I wan’d to check the deep blue sea and the whales…
Apart from getting my inspirations from TV, I also had other passions… I wan’d to get into any one of the wing of the armed forces( INA was my most favourite)… wan’d to finish the 3 years in NCC… Wanned to learn Bharatnatyam… BE able to dance western dance efficiently… Wished I could learn Ballet or Gymnastics… So on and so forth…
But……I’ve never-ever thought about ROWING… I used to enjoy watching it on TV though… As I always said, God brought this opportunity of being able to learn how to row, my way… A Rowing competition between companies, an event which the company I worked had been taking part for two years… Even this year it was taking part and wanted people to participate… I was skeptical about it in the beginning, but decided to try my luck at home and when I got my permission, I went for the practice.
I was marveled by the way things happened in Madras Boat Club… It has the honour of being 150 years old along with a great reputation… I wasn’t there to start my practice but just to see how everything went and decide upon whether I will continue or not………I loved it there and decided to continue…….
The next day, I was all set to take up my rowing sessions, I was there and went thru the warm ups and did the ergo…(Ergometer is a machine which helps u get an insight to the rower’s movements and the oar’s as well…)and then waited to get hold of the bank tub or simply a static boat. This is a boat where a person realizes how his movements are going to be and how he has to use the oars when he gets into the boat which can move……but unfortunately I dint get the chance to use the bank tub…And my coach came back from his coxing for others and thus started our circuits…they are nothing but a series or exercises to be don together without pause…and trust me, for a person like me who’s an alien to exercises, the circuits were tough…
Actually, I was wondering why we had to do so much of rigourous exercises after all the rowing…? The explanation I got was perfect…It goes like this….
When a 700 mts race is held, the first half will be a cakewalk and mostly the last 200 mts will be determining the winners...So, doing rigourous exercises when we think everything is over, will improve our stamina which will also help back to back racing as well…!
Brilliant isn’t it…..!
Only after getting into the water will I know how it feels to actually row a boat, both for pleasure and for a race…!!!
I am waiting to experience the feeling of rowing the different kinds of boats available…Scull, pairs, pairs-doubles, fours, fours-doubles, pleasure, out rigger and of course bank tub :-)
Sculling is one person handling both the oars and basic rowing would be in pairs or in fours where there are two and four people respectively with an oar each…In pair, the person in the front is called the STROKE and the one behind is called BOW (the first two are called stroke pair and the next two are called the bow pair in fours… This way, we got sculling pairs(two rowers with two oars each), sculling fours(four rowers with two oars each)…!
And finally, I went rowing on a boat that was not static…!
WOW…! It was such exhilarating feeling!!! I should accept that I was freaking out from inside coz the open span of water in front was scaring me a bit…
I was in pairs and am the stroke…I face the cox and I should say, mine was really tolerant with my squeaks and brainless behaviour of letting go of the oars for a couple of times…The boat rocks like a cradle when rowed in a wrong way…and I was really good at rocking the boat than rowing it smoothly…! After a couple of mins, I kinda got over my panicky feeling and felt real cool when me and my partner (bow) rowed steadily and the boat moved comfortably…!
I realized that fear can stop one from doing wat he/she wants to do or enjoy doing…I will not say, I was all that cool, but the panic did reduce gradually and in few more day, I’m sure it’l VANISH…!
But for that, I need to be real careful and remember the words of my cox as a MaNtRa: “Don even dare dream of letting go of the oars…” – holding the oars, help in balancing the boat and more importantly, STAYING THE BOAT…!
Now, I’m hoping I learn to do the rowing properly without letting my oars go and making sure don fall into the water…ah! And of course, not to take my cox and Bow along with me…!
Luv
aLiEn
P.S.: As reminded by my friend i jus decided i would also write down the very thought that i was gonna be on the boat, gave many a reason to laugh their heart out..!
Being a hefty person, the thought was that the moment i sat in the boat-it would go down to the waterbed as in loony toons and be sitting there with a glum look and waving goodbye...! A friend who was allegedly expected to be my patner when i went rowing in the water now flatly states, she aint gonna be my partner for she loves her life......! we used to laugh together thinking about ou fate as no one else for sure would not trust either of us andaccompany...This leaves the both of us - TRUSTING eachother.... :-)
I’ve always liked the adventurous things I’ve seen in TV. The things I knew I could never do….
For example, I saw the movie “Cliffhanger” and I thought climbing those gorgeous looking mountains would be fun… I saw “Vertical Height” and I thought Mount Everest was the most beautiful thing in the world and decided atleast once in my life time I will climb that majestic beauty… I saw the Free Willy series and I thought the sea was so enchanting and whales were cute, so I wan’d to check the deep blue sea and the whales…
Apart from getting my inspirations from TV, I also had other passions… I wan’d to get into any one of the wing of the armed forces( INA was my most favourite)… wan’d to finish the 3 years in NCC… Wanned to learn Bharatnatyam… BE able to dance western dance efficiently… Wished I could learn Ballet or Gymnastics… So on and so forth…
But……I’ve never-ever thought about ROWING… I used to enjoy watching it on TV though… As I always said, God brought this opportunity of being able to learn how to row, my way… A Rowing competition between companies, an event which the company I worked had been taking part for two years… Even this year it was taking part and wanted people to participate… I was skeptical about it in the beginning, but decided to try my luck at home and when I got my permission, I went for the practice.
I was marveled by the way things happened in Madras Boat Club… It has the honour of being 150 years old along with a great reputation… I wasn’t there to start my practice but just to see how everything went and decide upon whether I will continue or not………I loved it there and decided to continue…….
The next day, I was all set to take up my rowing sessions, I was there and went thru the warm ups and did the ergo…(Ergometer is a machine which helps u get an insight to the rower’s movements and the oar’s as well…)and then waited to get hold of the bank tub or simply a static boat. This is a boat where a person realizes how his movements are going to be and how he has to use the oars when he gets into the boat which can move……but unfortunately I dint get the chance to use the bank tub…And my coach came back from his coxing for others and thus started our circuits…they are nothing but a series or exercises to be don together without pause…and trust me, for a person like me who’s an alien to exercises, the circuits were tough…
Actually, I was wondering why we had to do so much of rigourous exercises after all the rowing…? The explanation I got was perfect…It goes like this….
When a 700 mts race is held, the first half will be a cakewalk and mostly the last 200 mts will be determining the winners...So, doing rigourous exercises when we think everything is over, will improve our stamina which will also help back to back racing as well…!
Brilliant isn’t it…..!
Only after getting into the water will I know how it feels to actually row a boat, both for pleasure and for a race…!!!
I am waiting to experience the feeling of rowing the different kinds of boats available…Scull, pairs, pairs-doubles, fours, fours-doubles, pleasure, out rigger and of course bank tub :-)
Sculling is one person handling both the oars and basic rowing would be in pairs or in fours where there are two and four people respectively with an oar each…In pair, the person in the front is called the STROKE and the one behind is called BOW (the first two are called stroke pair and the next two are called the bow pair in fours… This way, we got sculling pairs(two rowers with two oars each), sculling fours(four rowers with two oars each)…!
And finally, I went rowing on a boat that was not static…!
WOW…! It was such exhilarating feeling!!! I should accept that I was freaking out from inside coz the open span of water in front was scaring me a bit…
I was in pairs and am the stroke…I face the cox and I should say, mine was really tolerant with my squeaks and brainless behaviour of letting go of the oars for a couple of times…The boat rocks like a cradle when rowed in a wrong way…and I was really good at rocking the boat than rowing it smoothly…! After a couple of mins, I kinda got over my panicky feeling and felt real cool when me and my partner (bow) rowed steadily and the boat moved comfortably…!
I realized that fear can stop one from doing wat he/she wants to do or enjoy doing…I will not say, I was all that cool, but the panic did reduce gradually and in few more day, I’m sure it’l VANISH…!
But for that, I need to be real careful and remember the words of my cox as a MaNtRa: “Don even dare dream of letting go of the oars…” – holding the oars, help in balancing the boat and more importantly, STAYING THE BOAT…!
Now, I’m hoping I learn to do the rowing properly without letting my oars go and making sure don fall into the water…ah! And of course, not to take my cox and Bow along with me…!
Luv
aLiEn
P.S.: As reminded by my friend i jus decided i would also write down the very thought that i was gonna be on the boat, gave many a reason to laugh their heart out..!
Being a hefty person, the thought was that the moment i sat in the boat-it would go down to the waterbed as in loony toons and be sitting there with a glum look and waving goodbye...! A friend who was allegedly expected to be my patner when i went rowing in the water now flatly states, she aint gonna be my partner for she loves her life......! we used to laugh together thinking about ou fate as no one else for sure would not trust either of us andaccompany...This leaves the both of us - TRUSTING eachother.... :-)
Thursday, July 19, 2007
“Pourquoi………?”………“Why………?”
Have you got stuck half way through your sentences, while trying to make a point and wonder what u have to say next……….?
It happens to me most of the times…! Not only for the fact that I got the extraordinary talent of forgetting things in a jIfFy, but also because most of the times, I just cant put in exact words for my emotions…! I have always had this problem, of assuming, understanding & explaining a situation or a problem in a totally different way, than most of my friends…and have ended up quarrelling, fighting and sometimes even losing my friends…!
The most recent of such an argument, was with one of my friends, on the topic – “LoVe” – the feeling that’s got to have your hands and knees shaking, sweating beads of perspiration forming, have a dry throat and a dazed look (or so the amazing movies of Hollywood and Bollywood say…!).
She and I,went on arguing for a long time and at one point I couldn explain myself to her anymore and I dropped the argument….this rarely happens to me coz I’m a gal who loves arguing n wont stop till I get my point across…she then told me, "write it down gal, coz u are able to express yourself better that way."…And thus I sat down to write this - a piece of ma mind…Just for the sake of it…!
The argument began to outta control from the point where I stated (as I always do), “I don’t get it!!! Why do people fall in love?” and my friend started explaining to me that, “love, does not happen after a good day’s planning, but happens all of a sudden…!” Agreed! But why does it have to have catastrophe as it reaction?(all the time - according to me, only sometimes - according to my friend…!)
As a matter of fact, I am not a person against love, though I don understand very well about that ABSTRACT feeling or whatever it is called…But my only question is, “Shouldn’t Love supposed to keep the ones who fall for it happy? Shouldn’t it make lives better, than destroy it? Why does it happen in such a situation where it’s very clear that happiness is not in the way?” I have always presumed and assumed that “LOVE” should have a happy ending…I know expecting fairy-tale-happy-ending all the time is ridiculous, but when the picture is clear, stating the fact beautifully, that the pathway will not lead to happiness if love comes that way, then why do people want to be in the horrible path, falling 'MADLY' in love…!
Oh…did I use the term 'MADLY' with which people take advantage of (the word) “LOVE”?
Just because there are examples of people who walked on the surface of earth, exclaimed to be MADLY in love, everyone around now, are taking that phrase for their advantage to escape questions like, “Why did u fall in love when u know its not going to work out?” they don’t have an answer which clarifies their point of view, but explains to the one listening about how insecure the person is…!
If its not insecurity or the feeling of being totally unsure, why do they say they don know why they fell in love, even when they know its not going to end up giving happiness to them and to the other?…What is the use in calling a feeling 'love', when it is not being reciprocated?
TRUE is the fact, that love doubles n give more happiness when its given or shared…but wat about the love which is, yes…given, but is not accepted…! Only when its accepted does it give happiness…Otherwise, it ruins even the little happiness that’s around that person…!
If I accept the fact that love can happen anywhere, to anyone and towards anyone, then any person can fall in love with anyone, irrespective of age and marital status ( I as a person consider only these two as important factor for a man and a woman to be happy together… as again, this is knowledge, collected from novels I read and movies I watch . By marital status I mean unattached by the bond of marriage or the bond of love…) Any one could have any number of 'love' in their life going hand in hand at the same time…This thouhgt if becomes true, then rather than calling ourselves 'civilized', we should start calling ourselves 're-incarnations of the ape men'.
Such a behaviour would be wrong, Isn't it? most of might not accept when i say,' mistakes done by mistake is forgiveable, but a mistake done knowingly is equal to sin'...Extra-marital affair is wrong, but having a side track in one's love life aint wrong???
Most of the one-siders ( ones who love some one n haven told the person about the love, but still keep longing for the love and those who love someone and their love’s not been reciprocated-due to various reasons) think this is the last thing that can happen to them and they have lost the love of their life…but I think its their mistake…if there had to be love in their life from that particular person, then it would surely reach them, but if it doesn’t come, then they are searching or waiting for it at the wrong door-step…
I know many will not agree with my views ( most of my own friends don’t…most of them react saying, “you don know how it is gal, so drop it.”), but even from the point of view of a person who has witnessed love only from the audience perspective, I think that LOVE is being HARASSED for what it is not………!
Only love aint gonna help anyone…Love implied correctly to the right person is a BOON…!
Wish I am blessed with the BOON soon.... :-)
LOVE
Alien
It happens to me most of the times…! Not only for the fact that I got the extraordinary talent of forgetting things in a jIfFy, but also because most of the times, I just cant put in exact words for my emotions…! I have always had this problem, of assuming, understanding & explaining a situation or a problem in a totally different way, than most of my friends…and have ended up quarrelling, fighting and sometimes even losing my friends…!
The most recent of such an argument, was with one of my friends, on the topic – “LoVe” – the feeling that’s got to have your hands and knees shaking, sweating beads of perspiration forming, have a dry throat and a dazed look (or so the amazing movies of Hollywood and Bollywood say…!).
She and I,went on arguing for a long time and at one point I couldn explain myself to her anymore and I dropped the argument….this rarely happens to me coz I’m a gal who loves arguing n wont stop till I get my point across…she then told me, "write it down gal, coz u are able to express yourself better that way."…And thus I sat down to write this - a piece of ma mind…Just for the sake of it…!
The argument began to outta control from the point where I stated (as I always do), “I don’t get it!!! Why do people fall in love?” and my friend started explaining to me that, “love, does not happen after a good day’s planning, but happens all of a sudden…!” Agreed! But why does it have to have catastrophe as it reaction?(all the time - according to me, only sometimes - according to my friend…!)
As a matter of fact, I am not a person against love, though I don understand very well about that ABSTRACT feeling or whatever it is called…But my only question is, “Shouldn’t Love supposed to keep the ones who fall for it happy? Shouldn’t it make lives better, than destroy it? Why does it happen in such a situation where it’s very clear that happiness is not in the way?” I have always presumed and assumed that “LOVE” should have a happy ending…I know expecting fairy-tale-happy-ending all the time is ridiculous, but when the picture is clear, stating the fact beautifully, that the pathway will not lead to happiness if love comes that way, then why do people want to be in the horrible path, falling 'MADLY' in love…!
Oh…did I use the term 'MADLY' with which people take advantage of (the word) “LOVE”?
Just because there are examples of people who walked on the surface of earth, exclaimed to be MADLY in love, everyone around now, are taking that phrase for their advantage to escape questions like, “Why did u fall in love when u know its not going to work out?” they don’t have an answer which clarifies their point of view, but explains to the one listening about how insecure the person is…!
If its not insecurity or the feeling of being totally unsure, why do they say they don know why they fell in love, even when they know its not going to end up giving happiness to them and to the other?…What is the use in calling a feeling 'love', when it is not being reciprocated?
TRUE is the fact, that love doubles n give more happiness when its given or shared…but wat about the love which is, yes…given, but is not accepted…! Only when its accepted does it give happiness…Otherwise, it ruins even the little happiness that’s around that person…!
If I accept the fact that love can happen anywhere, to anyone and towards anyone, then any person can fall in love with anyone, irrespective of age and marital status ( I as a person consider only these two as important factor for a man and a woman to be happy together… as again, this is knowledge, collected from novels I read and movies I watch . By marital status I mean unattached by the bond of marriage or the bond of love…) Any one could have any number of 'love' in their life going hand in hand at the same time…This thouhgt if becomes true, then rather than calling ourselves 'civilized', we should start calling ourselves 're-incarnations of the ape men'.
Such a behaviour would be wrong, Isn't it? most of might not accept when i say,' mistakes done by mistake is forgiveable, but a mistake done knowingly is equal to sin'...Extra-marital affair is wrong, but having a side track in one's love life aint wrong???
Most of the one-siders ( ones who love some one n haven told the person about the love, but still keep longing for the love and those who love someone and their love’s not been reciprocated-due to various reasons) think this is the last thing that can happen to them and they have lost the love of their life…but I think its their mistake…if there had to be love in their life from that particular person, then it would surely reach them, but if it doesn’t come, then they are searching or waiting for it at the wrong door-step…
I know many will not agree with my views ( most of my own friends don’t…most of them react saying, “you don know how it is gal, so drop it.”), but even from the point of view of a person who has witnessed love only from the audience perspective, I think that LOVE is being HARASSED for what it is not………!
Only love aint gonna help anyone…Love implied correctly to the right person is a BOON…!
Wish I am blessed with the BOON soon.... :-)
LOVE
Alien
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
!!!…………HoLiKaBoOsYs…………!!!
This is what I say when I feel totally flabbergasted........I’m sure you must be wondering what I get so flabbergasted about…I’ll tell you my friends, its nothing but eNgLiSh………..!
Dont shoot up ur eyebrows like that....its true.....!
It’s always been a subject which boosted my final percentage all through my school years...... It was by fate that I took up English as my major subject for my bachelor’s degree, but I couldn’t excel in using the language very effectively… a friend of mine, had the gift of using her language in a brilliant way (by now, you should’ve known it’s you Dhanya)….Her sentence constructions, vocabulary, method of writing anything in a very sophisticated manner was…sorry IS really amazing…!
This language drives me crazy whenever I open my thesaurus…Almost every single word there in that book, has a minimum of 10 different synonyms and most of the times one word cannot be replaced by another, due to the fact that no word means the same…..! Asked to write anything, I can only write the way I think….that is, I write whatever runs through my mind at that instant and do not think of any other word other than the ones I use in my day-to-day language…!
I could never think of the words my friends use in their essays n most of the times I wouldn’t even know such a word existed…! I always though English was the easiest language and I always could do well in that subject but college open my tightly shut eyes about how copious and heterogenous it is (as C. L. Wrenn calls it n so it is).
Phew……! This language can blow the air outta anyone, if it was challenged with….I don think even, ’Italian stallion rocky’ would be able to win over…..! It is the world champion…..!
I should tell u guys, that I thought I would be called a COXCOMB if I used a high funda language in school so I never took an attempt to learn new words n even if I did learn, I never used it n I so forgot it eventually or as mostly in my case-instantaneously…But I realized that I was only being a total…. …….ADDLE-BRAIN...BERSERK…CHUMP…DOLTISH…AN EASY MARK…FUTILE…GULLIBLE…HALFWIT…INNOCUOUS…JEJUNE…KOOKY…LUDICROUS…MORON…NINCOMPOOP…OAF…PUERILE…QUOZ…RASH…SHTICK…TWIT…UNDERWIT…VAPID…WOD.XEROTIC…YO-YO…ZERO….by not learning the language properly n making use of its vastness…(I really really regret it now…but mending my ways is posing a harder problem than I thought, as my brains have started to rust due to lack of usage of words n they refuse to absorb new words quickly…!)
Phew…..!Lemme tell u something…I did have to do a lotta research to find these words…and only after typing it down I realized I’d never-ever-forever use them in my life, unless required in a stage which might be like, say…saving a life.
Such being the state of me, I always thought that writing elegantly was not my piece of cake, but still end up beginning my career in that field…!(god bless me!!!)But English being the language of the world(as I cal it),it is the only medium thru which we can communicate to majority of the world and every literate human being (acorse the 1 alive)on its surface…!
Now…now….! Can anyone tell me why I wasted so much time writing about English while I don prefer writin much n think that this language is hard to handle… Coming to think of it, the time I spent doing the research for this eassay is much higher than the ones I’ve spent on my college assignments as well..!
Hmmm…..
But, why???
This is a question I think I’ll never be able to answer………!
Luv
priya
Dont shoot up ur eyebrows like that....its true.....!
It’s always been a subject which boosted my final percentage all through my school years...... It was by fate that I took up English as my major subject for my bachelor’s degree, but I couldn’t excel in using the language very effectively… a friend of mine, had the gift of using her language in a brilliant way (by now, you should’ve known it’s you Dhanya)….Her sentence constructions, vocabulary, method of writing anything in a very sophisticated manner was…sorry IS really amazing…!
This language drives me crazy whenever I open my thesaurus…Almost every single word there in that book, has a minimum of 10 different synonyms and most of the times one word cannot be replaced by another, due to the fact that no word means the same…..! Asked to write anything, I can only write the way I think….that is, I write whatever runs through my mind at that instant and do not think of any other word other than the ones I use in my day-to-day language…!
I could never think of the words my friends use in their essays n most of the times I wouldn’t even know such a word existed…! I always though English was the easiest language and I always could do well in that subject but college open my tightly shut eyes about how copious and heterogenous it is (as C. L. Wrenn calls it n so it is).
Phew……! This language can blow the air outta anyone, if it was challenged with….I don think even, ’Italian stallion rocky’ would be able to win over…..! It is the world champion…..!
I should tell u guys, that I thought I would be called a COXCOMB if I used a high funda language in school so I never took an attempt to learn new words n even if I did learn, I never used it n I so forgot it eventually or as mostly in my case-instantaneously…But I realized that I was only being a total…. …….ADDLE-BRAIN...BERSERK…CHUMP…DOLTISH…AN EASY MARK…FUTILE…GULLIBLE…HALFWIT…INNOCUOUS…JEJUNE…KOOKY…LUDICROUS…MORON…NINCOMPOOP…OAF…PUERILE…QUOZ…RASH…SHTICK…TWIT…UNDERWIT…VAPID…WOD.XEROTIC…YO-YO…ZERO….by not learning the language properly n making use of its vastness…(I really really regret it now…but mending my ways is posing a harder problem than I thought, as my brains have started to rust due to lack of usage of words n they refuse to absorb new words quickly…!)
Phew…..!Lemme tell u something…I did have to do a lotta research to find these words…and only after typing it down I realized I’d never-ever-forever use them in my life, unless required in a stage which might be like, say…saving a life.
Such being the state of me, I always thought that writing elegantly was not my piece of cake, but still end up beginning my career in that field…!(god bless me!!!)But English being the language of the world(as I cal it),it is the only medium thru which we can communicate to majority of the world and every literate human being (acorse the 1 alive)on its surface…!
Now…now….! Can anyone tell me why I wasted so much time writing about English while I don prefer writin much n think that this language is hard to handle… Coming to think of it, the time I spent doing the research for this eassay is much higher than the ones I’ve spent on my college assignments as well..!
Hmmm…..
But, why???
This is a question I think I’ll never be able to answer………!
Luv
priya
Monday, June 18, 2007
Dreams
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
Langston Hughes
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
Langston Hughes
Still I Rise
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,S
till I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history's shame
I riseUp from a past that's rooted in painI rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fearI rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clearI rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
Maya Angelo
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,S
till I'll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
Out of the huts of history's shame
I riseUp from a past that's rooted in painI rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fearI rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clearI rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
Maya Angelo
Phenomenal Woman...!
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Maya Angelou
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Maya Angelou
Harlem...!(Dream Deferred)
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
Langston Huges
Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
Langston Huges
Thursday, June 14, 2007
My first day in office..!
I’ve always wonder’d wat it wud b like, to work in an office….being a fresher-I, like everyone else had my own dreams about how the office I work should b like n i’m placed in a place which comes no whr near my imagination….! U think this place aint that gud as my imagination is it…sorry guys, this place is high above my imagination…!
The fact that my parents n grand parents told me were perfectly right…!
It goes like this…” man proposes…god… ..disposes…!”
That became exactly right in my life…I wan’d to get into AFMC-Armed Forces Medical College as a nurse, as I always loved to b one…god, disposed this thought by giving me the venue for entrance exam, as pune..ha ha ha…! And due to pressure from family, I couldn take up ayurveda…and thus I landed in English Literature..! then I decided that I wud do my M.A right after my B.A but again god played his tricks on his loved one(or so I cal myself….ha ha ha) and I couldn take up regular college…!
So here I am in company, which stands as 1 of the top 20’s in the world, as writer – trainee…! Did I think..no..sorry..did I dream I’d land up in a place like this, wen I started from home to attend my first day in college…! And this is why I always believe in the phrase that man proposes god disposes…! But I’d like to say this n I think its true. Its experience that gives a man the best knowledge about LIFE n that’s why he always says - “everything that happens, happens for good…!”
And after landing in a company, I’ve started realisin that all that i wan’d to do would’n have led me to the place I’m in at the moment n that’s y god disposed all my wishes…! I’m happy about it now though…!
The moment I enter’d the office n was allotted a place for myself n now that I’m in the process of getting to know ppl around me, I realized that d corporate world, is jus not like the one we imagined wen we were students or not like the one we see in movies…! I thought it would b great fun to get into the corporate world after watching great many movies, of our own bollywood, but the first day I got to know the way ppl were working around me, I found out that it aint any piece of cake which would land up in our plate unless we really – really work had for it…!
The first thing I learnt about this world s dat wen u work, its with ppl of all age grp n the lesson u r taught in school n college that wen u have an elder around in an official environment, cal them sir or madam n that's how u give respect is totally false..! In reality, I’ve been told we call everyone with their first name, ur respect stays in ur heart n u can show it only by doing THE WORK GIVEN, WITH HEART N SOUL…!
Corporate world, is the one place which gives one a clear insight about himself n this helps him, to correct himself n learn to live up to the standards expected out of him…! Family teaches u abt love n understanding…school teaches u abt discipline n conduct, in a croud so alien as the other world and still make friends with it…college teaches us abt wat life n the struggle to live it, without the feeling of security family n school provided(Trust me …u really get to know about all the beady-eyed, arrow tail’d, sweet smiling evil n his effects) n the corporate world teaches u abt gain n lose, victory n failure, fame n shame n many more that will come ur way, whether u like it or not…it teaches u abt how tough it is to prove the world, tat u r worth trusting..! it gives u the best of the best if u give it ur BEST and destroys u completely, if u don have the capability to stand hard on ur ground n prove ur self….! As its said, “first impression the best impression, but if u fail make a correction”- but in here, there’s no chance for correction…wateva u do, it better b d best…!
These are the things(I think)I understand from wat I know is the corporate world, from wat I see in my own office (acorse it’s the 1 I work in) n from wat I’ve heard from my bro n others who have been in this Brutally-Loving(Corporate)world….!
(if my brains do tend to understand more abt this totally confounding world, I’l surely blog it in…!)
Tat was the impression my first day in my office gave me, hope I get such trances everyday so that it helps me mend my way n stick around here for quiet sometime…!(I’ve already started making amendments...my language is improving…and considering my friend dhanya’s pleading request, I’ve stopped using no-no words in the office n reduced using it tremendously even outside as I don wanna have after-effects of using it, in the office…! He he eh…! This way corporate world also mends ur bad language…!)
To much of blah blah…I know…!
Chao for now…
Hope to getting back soon…>!
Luv
priya
The fact that my parents n grand parents told me were perfectly right…!
It goes like this…” man proposes…god… ..disposes…!”
That became exactly right in my life…I wan’d to get into AFMC-Armed Forces Medical College as a nurse, as I always loved to b one…god, disposed this thought by giving me the venue for entrance exam, as pune..ha ha ha…! And due to pressure from family, I couldn take up ayurveda…and thus I landed in English Literature..! then I decided that I wud do my M.A right after my B.A but again god played his tricks on his loved one(or so I cal myself….ha ha ha) and I couldn take up regular college…!
So here I am in company, which stands as 1 of the top 20’s in the world, as writer – trainee…! Did I think..no..sorry..did I dream I’d land up in a place like this, wen I started from home to attend my first day in college…! And this is why I always believe in the phrase that man proposes god disposes…! But I’d like to say this n I think its true. Its experience that gives a man the best knowledge about LIFE n that’s why he always says - “everything that happens, happens for good…!”
And after landing in a company, I’ve started realisin that all that i wan’d to do would’n have led me to the place I’m in at the moment n that’s y god disposed all my wishes…! I’m happy about it now though…!
The moment I enter’d the office n was allotted a place for myself n now that I’m in the process of getting to know ppl around me, I realized that d corporate world, is jus not like the one we imagined wen we were students or not like the one we see in movies…! I thought it would b great fun to get into the corporate world after watching great many movies, of our own bollywood, but the first day I got to know the way ppl were working around me, I found out that it aint any piece of cake which would land up in our plate unless we really – really work had for it…!
The first thing I learnt about this world s dat wen u work, its with ppl of all age grp n the lesson u r taught in school n college that wen u have an elder around in an official environment, cal them sir or madam n that's how u give respect is totally false..! In reality, I’ve been told we call everyone with their first name, ur respect stays in ur heart n u can show it only by doing THE WORK GIVEN, WITH HEART N SOUL…!
Corporate world, is the one place which gives one a clear insight about himself n this helps him, to correct himself n learn to live up to the standards expected out of him…! Family teaches u abt love n understanding…school teaches u abt discipline n conduct, in a croud so alien as the other world and still make friends with it…college teaches us abt wat life n the struggle to live it, without the feeling of security family n school provided(Trust me …u really get to know about all the beady-eyed, arrow tail’d, sweet smiling evil n his effects) n the corporate world teaches u abt gain n lose, victory n failure, fame n shame n many more that will come ur way, whether u like it or not…it teaches u abt how tough it is to prove the world, tat u r worth trusting..! it gives u the best of the best if u give it ur BEST and destroys u completely, if u don have the capability to stand hard on ur ground n prove ur self….! As its said, “first impression the best impression, but if u fail make a correction”- but in here, there’s no chance for correction…wateva u do, it better b d best…!
These are the things(I think)I understand from wat I know is the corporate world, from wat I see in my own office (acorse it’s the 1 I work in) n from wat I’ve heard from my bro n others who have been in this Brutally-Loving(Corporate)world….!
(if my brains do tend to understand more abt this totally confounding world, I’l surely blog it in…!)
Tat was the impression my first day in my office gave me, hope I get such trances everyday so that it helps me mend my way n stick around here for quiet sometime…!(I’ve already started making amendments...my language is improving…and considering my friend dhanya’s pleading request, I’ve stopped using no-no words in the office n reduced using it tremendously even outside as I don wanna have after-effects of using it, in the office…! He he eh…! This way corporate world also mends ur bad language…!)
To much of blah blah…I know…!
Chao for now…
Hope to getting back soon…>!
Luv
priya
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