The new "me"

Ok, i have given up on sticking to my old pic and have chosen a newer (better?) one to go with on blogger alone...everywhere else, i shall retain my old pic :) comments are most welcome :D

The journey...

As i was cycling back from home to hostel yesterday evening, I was in some kind of mood and the following lines ran through my mind as I went through the paces...



The road ahead appears narrow and dark,
People are there all around,
Some walking, some waiting,
Some stand still not knowing what to do..

As I inch closer to my destination,
My legs get wearier, I feel weaker,
The humidity saps the strength out of my body,
I slow down and move on slowly and steadily.

As I watch, quite a few overtake me,
But it hardly bothers me;
My speed slackens but not my spirit,
I keep pushing myself just that bit harder to keep up the pace.

The sun peeps from the edge of the horizon,
The street lights start to come on one by one,
I manage to get past one or two,
But many others have already passed by me.

Drenched in sweat, I feel completely exhausted,
I step down to take a break at the corner shop,
Sip a drink and enjoy its coolness,
As I realize its getting late and its time to buckle up.

As I climb onto my cycle I feel a surge of energy,
The road suddenly seems to have become wider,
And all the potholes have gone to fend elsewhere,
The new layer of tar makes the ride a pleasure!

Its not soon that I reach a traffic junction,
The red signal stops me in my tracks;
I have no choice but to wait,
But soon, I am back on my way.

I can now spot some ahead in the distance,
Those who went past me sometime ago;
I wonder if I can ever catch up with them,
The sight of them makes me determined to push myself;

Quickening up my pace,
I move ahead hoping to make up for lost time,
The many speed breakers look as though
They remind me that I just cant go fast

The road too is filled with stones strewn all over
Rugged and tough, my tyres take a real beating
Just as I start pondering my next step,
The back tyre gets screwed up...


That ends part 1 of the poem representing all the random thoughts that went on in my mind then.... Part 2 will take some time coming but its going to be there someday, someway˙.

How much more worse can it get?!?

A message i received in my orkut inbox today from a guy who sent it to a community i am a member of...

subject: hi ppl a request
message: hi (*&%ites
myself and my friends r playing a game in which whoever gets the maximum scrap after a month wins ....
kindly scrap me and help me ...
scrap anything ...plz
help me win..
thank u
#$%$#%

man oh man!! i think this is getting out of hand now!! this orkut craze :(

Mothi

If there is one name I will never ever forget in my life, it has to be MOTHI...My dear dog. The times I have had with him, the fun, the laughs, the times...They all come rushing back to memory sometimes when I am in hostel sitting alone with nothing much to do.

Its been close to a week since the dreaded thing happened...Yes, my dear Mothi passed away on last Monday (June 26) :( We knew it was coming as he had not been well for over a week and eating nothing..and i mean nothing at all. But the suffering he underwent for over 2 days constantly shouting and being restless, moving from one place to another, drinking something and then immediately vomitting it..It was real painful to see him suffer like that after the over 12 years he had spent with us. Though me and my sister were quite able to control our emotions, it was our mother who has extremely distraught and cried a lot. After all, she was the one who had been with him at home when all of us had gone to school/college all these years and had taken care of him the most right from bathing him to feeding him to taking him to the hospital to what not..

He had given us quite a scare on many an occasion when he would not eat absolutely anything for days on end and lie down at one place. But somehow or the other, he recovered from each one of those trials and enjoyed a freash lease of life. I was hoping in the deepest of my hearts that this would be one more such time though I know it quite wasn't gonna happen.

I pray to God that Mothi's soul rest in peace and He will take good care of him. Bye bye mothi :(