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
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
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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