Life

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Life is so very unpredictable and filled with shocking happenings causing harsh realities which you never bring yourself to accept. And yet it goes on as usual, as though nothing at all happened! All those wonderful, happy, fun-filled memories which you always knew you would have cherished for a lifetime suddenly become just that – just memories to cherish -, when you least expected it to happen. You know you will never get those good old days back ever again and that’s what is constantly there on your mind. Yet there are moments when that realization strikes you in full blow and that’s when it upsets you all the more and the pain and sorrow is back in full form. Life is good only when there is a balance between the amount of happiness and sorrow it gives. It isn’t easy to move on with life when it keeps showing its cruel side often and continues to give shock after shock.

PDND

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It isn’t often that I keep PDND as my status message on GTalk. But every time I change my status to ‘PDND’, at least one person pings me & asks, ‘What’s PDND?’! Once, a Carnatic-music-crazy friend asked me, ‘Which raagam’s PDND (swarams) I am talking about’!! LOL! I think I should stop putting it as my status message.

P.S.: In case someone who doesn’t know what ‘PDND’ is, is reading this, it’s ‘Please Do Not Disturb’.

P.G.Wodehouse’s Hot Water

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I started reading this book sometime last month. But after crossing some 10-11 pages, I never got around to reading it at all. But that’s how it has been for the last few months. I start reading a book, get stuck at some page and after several unsuccessful attempts at trying to continue reading it, on one fine day, I suddenly get the urge to read it and then, finish reading the book within a day or two. In the case of this book, day before yesterday was the fine day when I finally resumed reading it. What a book it was! My liking for P.G.Wodehouse’s writing style seems to increase with every book of his I read. Be it the way he makes the plot more and more hilarious with each page, bringing in unexpected twists or even his description of how the weather is, I love it all.

‘Hot Water’ had the best set of unexpected twists in the story among the dozen or so books of Wodehouse that I have read. The clever way and ease with which Packy goes on weaving lie after lie, the bird’s eye view given by Wodehouse of what each of the more than 10 characters are doing at some point of time and not to forget that climax which totally took me by suprise! Oodles of laughter guaranteed! This book deserves another reading for sure, just for savouring Wodehouse’s brilliant writing once more.

Chamundi Hills

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A few months back, I had been to Chamundi Hills with a friend. It was fun since we did not have any idea about the place as such and how exactly we were going to go there. All I knew was that there is a temple of Chamundeshwari, a huge statue of Nandi and a statue of Mahishasura in Chamundi Hills. It is another fact that it so turned out that those are the only things that are there. 😉
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Blue, Passage, Sanjay’s concert

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What more can I ask for? I am finally listening to the ‘Blue’ songs now. The songs are all excellent!! 🙂 I will try to write an elaborate post on it later. For now, I am happy getting lost in the magic of Rahman’s music. I listened to the tracks from ‘Passage’ yesterday and liked those too. I went for a Sanjay’s concert in the evening. Nattakurunji alapana & Begada were the highlights of this concert. I managed to read a book too today – Sudha Murty’s ‘How I Taught My Grandmother to Read & Other Stories’. Today has been a very satisfying day! 🙂

P.S.: There seems to be some problem with my blog. 🙁 Your comments will have to wait till it gets resolved. 🙁

Tirupati, here I come

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The weekend just got over, but with just a few hours of work in between, a two-day mini-vacation of sorts has already started for me. Am right now on the way to Tirupati for a relative’s wedding and, of course, a visit to Tirumala and a few more temples.

I love these long-distance car journeys on highways. Let me now not start the complaint about parts of this NH205 not having great road. The sun, though shining bright, is slowly getting ready for setting and am eagerly awaiting the visual treat that I am going to be presented with. 🙂 Rahman’s music is already providing me an aural treat. 🙂

A nice morning!

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Blogging from bus continues and I am enjoying it.

The green leaves on the trees on OMR appearing greener and fresh more than usual, thanks to the raindrops falling on those. The slight cool breeze peeping through the window, which I have kept open just an inch or so. Listening to Rahman’s music made all the more blissful by Hariharan’s voice singing the beautiful lyrics of pacchai nirame 🙂 Monday begins on a pleasant note 🙂 Hope you all have a great week ahead!