My Pensieve

One of my favourite applications on the social networking site 'Facebook' is the one which goes by the name - "God wants you to know". I check God's message to me everyday. I am fully aware that such applications randomly generate messages for each user. They are not emotion sensitive and are not aware of what is happening in their user's lives. They do not and cannot generate custom-made messages. Yet, despite knowing all this, I am a devout follower of this God on facebook :-) Invariably, they generate messages which are at most times thought provoking. They also, at other times, provide the perfect solutions to life's problems which the user is going through at that very time. They provide answers to so many questions that our life poses at us. One such God's message, which happens to be one of my favourites and also one I firmly believe in, is produced hereunder: "On this day, God wants you to know that all is well. All is going according to ...

During the course of a usual conversation between me (a lawyer-to-be) and my sister (an architect), we happened to discuss the need for basic architectural knowledge for an interior designer. While trying to explain the same, she told me that even an interior designer needs to have a fair idea about the dimensions, areas etc etc of the space they are designing. To this I responded, "But they just tell what is to be kept where, what kind of lighting, furniture, curtains should be used in co-ordination with the wall colours and other similar things." "Well", she said, "they also look into the flooring, which requires a knowledge about areas, scaling, drafting the designs etc." She added, "As a matter of fact, interior designers charge in terms of per square meter too, just as an architect charges per square meter for the design/lay-out." I still had my doubts. Probing further, I said, "It makes sense for an architect to charge per square meter...

Public Display of Affection (Or PDA as it is commonly known) is, well, as is self evident - a public display of affection. There was a time when this phrase was more commonly used for lovers! (And not for the "Just Friends" category of people). However, with time, even its connotations have greatly changed, keeping into account the changing trends! A publicly given hug or public holding of hands or publicly keeping one's hand on the other's shoulder etc were forms of PDA. In cases of "Just Friends", there was no PDA. No holding hands, no hugs, no resting heads on shoulders etc etc. There was always a distance (both physical and emotional!). But today's friendships are very Close. Everyone seems to be claiming - "Ooooh, she/he is a very close friend of mine!" (These "Close Friends" are generally, almost always, of the opposite sex and NO they are not the Bf/Gf of the person so claiming, Mind it!) The number of close friends has increas...

The '+' and the '>' are indicative enough of the thinking patterns of the men and the women, of the boys and the girls! We think in all directions while they think unidirectionally. And that is the precise reason why we take time to decide, because we have a well-weighted decision. Yet we are termed as "Indecisive". Perhaps, that is why we are better at arguing, because we prepare an answer for each probable counter-allegation! Multidirection leads to crossroads at every step, though! " I'm confused. Or maybe I'm not." (An apt Tagline for us:D) There are times when I want to eat a chocolate cream roll, pav bhaji, bhel puri, kadhi chawal and everything yummy all at one time! Then there are also times when I want to buy an orange dress, because that is my favourite colour. Oh, but the pink one is looking so pretty. What do I do? Please help me decide! Tough decisions they are, I must say.(Said with a straight face)

Some space Some company Some solace Some symphony ... Some soup Some coffee Some ice-cream Some toffee ... Some pink Some white Some dark Some bright ... Some lemon Some sugar Some chilly Some vinegar ... Some work Some relax Some Lays Some Crax ...

Poet - Anonymous I feared being alone until I learned to like myself ... I feared failure until I realized that I only fail when I don't try ... I feared success until I realized that I had to try in order to be happy with myself ... I feared people's opinions until I learned that people would have opinions about me anyway ... I feared rejection until I learned to have faith in myself ... I feared pain until I learned that it's necessary for growth ... I feared the truth until I saw the ugliness in lies ... I feared life until I experienced it's beauty ... I feared my destiny until I realized that I had the power to change my life ... I feared hate until I saw that it was nothing more than ignorance ... I feared ridicule until I learned how to laugh at myself ... I feared growing old until I realized that I gained wisdom everyday ... I feared the future until I realized that life just kept getting better ... I feared the past until I realized that it could no longer hur...

Some words sound nice while others taste nice. Yeaah, they taste nice. Imaginery taste, of course! I can imagine the taste. Some are salty, some bland. No, none that are spicy have I really come across. Some have a solid taste, while others may have a little transparent taste and still some others may be translucent. Some are watery, some are more viscous. These tastes can be imagined while creating a mental cross-section of the object. The taste is nothing but a filling in the object. Something like a cherry or strawberry or caramel filled chocolates. I know, it sounds vague, unimaginable. But it is concrete in my imaginery world! (some oxymoron this was!) For instance : Pearl : It is a bland, viscous, white liquid. Little salty perhaps. Crayon : It is a viscous, colourful liquid. Comparatively more salty. Rubber ball (something like a Crazy ball ) : It is a jelly, colourful filling. Sweet, slightly. Fat Cheek : It is a solid, sweet and pulpy lichi like taste. Everyone should try it ...