Chewing Gum

Chewing gum persistently is not hip or cool; keeping your breath fresh is!

Prolonged Passion n Fervour

Can you listen to your most favourite song, again and again in repeat mode, with same fervour and passion that you had when you first started liking it? If you can't, then how would you love and be passionate with your partner for life, forever??!!!

This might sound strange or stupid to some and may also make one think what kind of dumb ass is this guy to compare a liking to a song to that of partner for life. Well, you are not alone, cos' I projected myself outside and saw this thought as a third person. But then, beyond the oceanic surface of this thought, lies the true wonder and puzzle of life in the deep stillness of the sea, that we all will experience in life. And that conviction made me translate my thought in to words!!

My Current Reads:- Enduring Love by Ian McEwan & The Appeal by John Grisham

After finishing the gripping novel "The Client" by JG, I have jumped on to his latest book.

As for Enduring Love, I started reading it because I watched Atonement recently, which was an adaptation of IM's novel "Atonement" in 2001.

Thoughtful or Thoughtless ?

The door opens with it's own pipers singing loudly so as to alarm the surroundings. Am courteous enough to wait for co-travellers to board (something that I have inculcated after coming here) and finally, with a sense of relief that comes from the fact that the guard has still not blown his whistle and not left me stranded, I get in. Yes, I am in a train, commuting to work, something I do from Monday to Friday pretty much like a zombie.

I manage to find a cosy seat next to a window, to enjoy the warmth of the heater that's on during this time of the year and to enjoy the scenic beauty that Mother Nature has to offer in South West of London.

I start my ritual of "ipodding" and pull out my current read. Fellow passengers, sitting right across me and besides me, are in to their world, occasionally looking at me for all the charm that I have to offer! (ok, I made this one up!).

During the journey, there are times when I stare out of the window in to the open fields and skies and realise that my eyes are seeing but not looking. That's because my mind is in to it's own world - wandering/loitering in to a maze of thoughts. Physically present, mentally absent!

Suddenly, when my mind comes home, I realise that am staring at a blank space without any meaning!!! ha ! ha! That's when my eyes start to "look" and send back signals to my brain asking " how stupid are you, to make me stare at empty spaces!".

What I realise from this whole experience is the fact that it's really difficult to sit in your seat without doing anything, not thinking about something and not dozing off, be completely present in the presence of your fellow passengers and yet not look at them.

Only goes to show how conditioned I am and how difficult to keep my mind still and yet be present in the moment. That's something I have always wanted to do or be in - the state of "here and now" as Osho says it....

Redemption

I am at a stage in life where I think I should redeem myself. However, choosing the path is biggest scare !! :)

My Current Read:- The Client by John Grisham

This book is more than a decade old. It got released in 1994 but I get to read it only now. Am almost at the end of the novel. It's really gripping and certainly one of John's marvels. This novel has been adapted as a movie too. Am planning to watch the movie as well.

After this, I have got "Enduring Love" by Ian McEwan lined up. :)

What's in my iPod now?

I am currently listening to:

1. Long Way to go - Cassie
2. Me & U - Cassie
3. Piece of me - Britney
4. Now you're gone - Basshunters
5. Baby when the lights go out - David Guetta
6. Tear drops on my guitar - Taylor Swift
7. Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
8. Bed - J Holiday
9.Wait For You - Nelly Furtado