End of the year..

'Time is a versatile performer. It flies, marches on, heals all wounds, runs out, and will tell.' — Franklin P. Jones.

As this year comes to an end, I thought about how true the above line is - only time runs out on people, not on itself.. It is the only constant in the ever changing world-

There are so many people in this world who are without their families on this day and most days and it makes me feel so blessed that I can share my days with my loved ones.

SO many people without food, clothing,shelter, disabled, without love...
it makes me think of 2 things -that how important spreading love is..and second that how come inspite of knowing all of this, I have behaved in a petty manner, wanted more and more material things?

In fact, as this year rolls to an end, I am feeling quite melancholy about all the things I could have achieved, but didnt- be it in terms of gaining knowledge, helping others, or growing spiritually..

Anyway, as Scarlett said, tomorrow's another day- well, she should've said :today is another day- (perhaps it was night when she said tomorrow's another day' :))

Here's to friendship and love!! and being a better person every day and in every way :)

Bursting Your Bubble??

One of my quirks and I am certain that a lot of others share this is to burst the bubbles that come in bubble wraps. It is one of those things that I can never resist doing.

Just imagine - bubble wrap fanatics now have a new product! I was surprised to read that there is a new calendar available made of these bubbles! Designed by Stephen Turbek, the calendar is filled with plastic bubbles. Instead of tearing a sheet off like in day calendars, users can pop the days out instead!!

Isn't this a cool idea? The Calendar is sold in the US but available for shipping everywhere and retails for about 30 bucks.

The only caveat, (I guess for people like me) is to resist popping the whole year off at once. Now, if only some one can come up with re-poppable pops...

Smi's New Year Resolution

I have this aunt, who whenever she sees me, thinks it important to say ' என்னடி ஸ்மிதா இது! இப்படி துரும்பா இளைச்சுட்டே ?- enna di smitha idhu, ippudi thurumbaa elechchitte?!!'

Its soooo irritating, especially as I know I have piled on the pounds since the last time i saw her like someone paid me to do so!!


That brings me to one of my painpoints( is that a word??).. the need to carry through to completion, the weak? desire to exercise the flab off..
its always a case of 'the mind is willing but the flesh is weak'

I had taken up walking around in my compound, with great vigor, but had found the gardners averting their glances whenever I came round- was a bit disconcerting..
In fact, one of my clients from the Ad world here in Bahrain, who used to stay in the same compound, said he remembered me very well as being an 'avid walker'!! Wonder why??
Of course, having a Bangladeshi watchman, who would always, but always, interupt each of my rounds with a ' medam' O bidiya medam bhaction se kob Oyega, ? or 'medam' obhi tobhyath koisa hoi?' or one of those sentences deeply tinged with a Bengali acent, which would make me slow down and ponder on what exactly it was that he said..didnt help matters..
Whenever I tried to go down a different route in order to avoid him, the poor soul would come running after me, or he would close the compound gates in order to stop me..
So that put paid to that!!
oh by the way, the bidiya is our vids, and he wanted to know when she would be back from vacation!!

I have also paid muchamoney, manyatime to manyagym ,towards annual/halfyearly/quarterly subscriptions , going initially with great gusto, but then slacking off after 10 or so days back to my days of couch-potatodom..eating more than my normally high intake telling myself that i need the nourishment as I am gymming!!

Well, another year is at end ,with my weight ballooning to a new high- so I have resolved to put in at least 45 minutes a day on the treadmill for the benefit of my health and I really hope that in April, when I see my aunt at a family wedding next, I can feel good about her words being genuine!! Oh well!! I can always dream :)

Zeitgeist

When we began tossing ideas for what this blog represents, one of the words that came to my mind was "Zeitgeist"! Immediately, Smi, my co-conspirator/blogger/confidant caught on to the word and begged me to purge it! Armed with some German, she said she doubted if the readers are going to see the point of what Zeitgeist was all about.

I have always been quite a linguaphile and words fascinate me
simply for being themselves. Some words are so full of meaning and feeling that it is difficult to find words to describe them better, because their entire meaning is beyond containment in words or language!

"Zeitgeist" I believe is just one such word! Dictionary.com describes this as "the spirit of the time; general trend of thought or feeling characteristic of a particular period of time". Surely, that is a definition that falls mighty short since I feel Zeitgeist is like the aroma of coffee that hangs around in Starbucks - but applied to an entire era or culture. It is there in every molecule that envelopes a certain kind of thinking and yet pretty invisible in its existence. It is a social and cultural mileau, a way of thinking, a mode of life!

It is the space that exists between people that are extremely comfortable with one another that they dont have to speak to be heard! I hope that this blog conveys the spirit of a bunch of girls who are extremely close friends that share a lot of thoughts and time together and it is an attempt to document our ideas , thoughts and often humourous discussions and allow outsiders a little glimpse into our own world.