I want to...

Not necessarily in the same order, I just decided to write down all that I want myself to be this year.
Somebody please remind me about this post if I start to crib about life in general.

So, this year onwards, I want to

• wake up each morning, and feel in love with the day.
• be able to expect little, and give lots.
• maintain connections with all those who matter.
• never lose sight of my goals.
• do my best to achieve them.
• write more, and write better.
• learn to play a stringed instrument.
• be more informed about the world and its ways.
• er...stick to a fitness schedule. (that's just a better way of saying that I want to slim down) :P
• get unaddicted to Harry Potter stuff.
  
• cut down internet usage.
• cut down on my 'daydreaming time'. :D
• stop thinking a lot about trivial matters.
• stop thinking about unpleasant things/prospects.
• be a better daughter.
• be a better friend.

Guess that's enough for now. Er..if you are really reading till now...don't forget the reminder part.

And oh, a happy new year again.

Ring in the new...

So. Another year is about to end. Nothing much happening in the way of a celebration here. Got a nasty sprain in the ankle--tripped on the stairs. Bleah. So now I can say that I'm all set to open the doors to a brand-new year...just that I'll be limping on the way as I rush out to welcome 2007.
:)
Life is ironical sometimes.

Anyways, here's wishing ya all another year of happiness, 12 months of prosperity, 52 weeks filled with success, 365 days of goodluck, 8760 hours of gladness, 525600 hours of fun; and may every second be filled with appreciation for life! Happy New Year.

A wintry, rainy, cloudy afternoon is all it takes to trigger (how I hate using such..er..bloody words) the imagination of poor moi.

It was really wonderful on tuesday. I just love winter rains. It poured down..and there was such delicious coldness and streams of white, nebulous fog were swirling around everywhere. Made me want to have coffee and a dil se talk with...er...a certain somebody.

:)
*goes daydreaming*

Interpretations

A few days ago, two little kids came to spend the day at my place-- children of one of my mum's friends.
Both of them were watching a kids' channel on the telly, when there came an advisory warning before a certain PG-rated show.

(am translating in English for the sake of the non-Hindi people, if any, who happen to read this.)

The older kid : "See, what's written on the TV screen ---...'Pogo advises that kids should watch the next program alongwith their parents.'..Do you know what that means?"

The younger kid : "Yeah I do. It means that the next program is so good that the kids' parents should also watch it."

He spoke sooo innocently, I couldn't help but laugh.
:)

Arrghh

Might as well admit it, I screwed up the exam. And the result's gonna screw me up. To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Yeah right.
Whatever.

And the saddest part is that I knew everything that was asked in the paper. That is, until I began to get my pen doing it. And then I went blank. Can't believe it, I JUST BLOODY HELL WENT BLANK.
Did not panic at once. Breathed deep; once, twice.
And then panicked.

Dear Father in Heaven, why did you choose this day only for Sherry's-First-Ever-Experience-Of-Going-Blank-In-The-Exam. I mean, such a momentous event could have waited, couldn't it?

Practical Application

Sheesh, studying science kinda kills your creativity. And tomorrow is my physics exam. And our tuitions teacher has come up with a grand new scheme-- he's made all of us tell him the marks we expect to get in this exam. And if anybody gets marks below the targeted, I dare not think of the consequences.

And yours truly, like the whimsical girl that she is, told him 62 out of 70. This is the sad part.

But I just couldn't help sharing this question I found in the Kinematics part of the textbook. Read it--

"A drunkard comes out of a pub and starts walking in a narrow lane just outside it. He takes 5 steps forward and 3 steps backward, then again 5 steps forward and three steps backward, and so on. Each step is 1 metre long and requires 1 second..."

And the last line just cracked me up--

"....Determine how long it takes him to fall in a ditch 13 metre away from the pub."

Practical applications of physics, eh?

"People"

Arti di wrote this post and it just reminded me of a similar poem I'd written a long time back.

"People"

It was a cold and misty night
Misty was the street and misty the streetlight
I cared not, but the wind had a bite
'Cause Dad was driving me to a party site.

We were passing through a lonely lane,
What I saw, people look at with disdain.
A young woman, crouched by the roadside,
With a little kid, trying to hide.

Her clothes were torn by usage for years
Her once-comely face blotched with tears.
Only some rags keeping out cold and her fears
The kid very pale for want of care,
She watching passers with a silent stare.

I watched for a moment, but it went to the heart,
As the headlight beamed, I saw her start
A gleam of hope came in her eyes,
Seeing the car pass, which changed to a sigh.

I recalled her face, its pallid hue
Why I couldn't forget her, I never knew
"What will she do, what will.."
I kept on thinking, till
"Time to step down," I heard Dad say
I walked to the party, all glitter and no gray.

There were lots of people there
Talking in groups or pair
Sounds of music and of laughter
Were seeming to ring the rafter.

I contrasted the image,
Same was their and that girl's age
Their clothes were 'torn' too, not with use,
But that was the latest rage!
Couldn't help noticing, the difference was so immense
Between the rich and the poor, so high a fence.

There is this disparity wall
A beggar with a tattered shawl
But people buying furs in a trendy mall...
Doesn't God hear the poor call?

Why this difference, what do you say?
I've wondered since that day.

Exams and little-somethings

People say school days are one of the best parts of your life. Yeah right, just don't talk about the exams. Which are the most anxious days I have to go thru. Which are happening to me right now.
I don't get it. Almost all the absolutely lovely teachers of my school have made it their latest mission to demoralize and disappoint the students in every way possible. At least that is what it seems. Extra-high difficulty levels, extra-lengthy question papers, extra-voluminous courses , and an extra-wide extra-cruel smirk whenever they come across a student doing some last-minute cramming the day of the exam. I tell you, if all this could be likened to any offer, it could rival any of Big Bazaar's bulk-buying schemes. Extra-anxiety and extra-disappointment free with each exam.

And people say life is just one complicated series of examinations and tests, in every sphere of it.
I can only sigh.

Some little things can make a day really nice. After the exam today, one of my better friends told me he wanted to tell me something
Me: "Hmm..go ahead."
He: "Well..um..err..it's just that....."
Me: Yeah?
He: "Okay I just can't get it out right now. How about later?"
Me: "Fine."

It could be anything, but judging by the expression on his face, it's supposed to be something pleasant.
I get very impatient when people leave things in the lurch just like that. I wait for him to tell. You wait for updates.
:)

Welcome back to Serendipity.

"Henceforth, this blog shalt not falter in its purpose to give thee something worth reading, as often as possible. Sherry promiseth thou.
Oh, and yes, blessed will be the one who Blogrolleth this and giveth me comments."

(*sigh* okay, now I know I cannot even try to write in archaic English.)

Anyways, as I said, I'm going to be a regular blogger once again, after all the gaps and hiatuses. Keep coming back.

:)

Life is good. Blogging feels good. And comments and feedback feel even better. You get what I mean?
*smiles contentedly*