rueful hues...

i just realized that the greatest pain u feel is when u miss someone a lot.

this is one of those dark times when i cant understand what's happening.. i mean... u eagerly wait for something, u almost get it... and when it is on the verge of happening (u are all excited)... poof!!! pop!!! there it goes, like a deflating balloon.. far away from u and into nothingness.. in a jiffy ... u cant help feeling miserable, can u?

"take it easy"

........................ HUMPH!

it's like ure not meant for it!! then why did it "nearly" have to happen? its all God's fault... I am angry with You.

the second greatest pain is.. when sad times are foisted on u and u really cannot accept them to be a part of life.

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what are friends for?? u don't even need to be someone's best friend, to help them or understand a very obvious thing. when u expect the other person to cope a teeny-weeny bit with ur disabilities, and when he/she hotly and blatantly demands, "WHY SHOULD I?" , its disgusting.. nevertheless, u cant do a thing, but gape at such ppl, wondering how they even exist.

the bottomline: expectation begets disappointment

the water-bearer

heaven! asbalootly...

"ah!!! when u go inside the campus the next day, you will be surprised!! u will wonder if u are in the campus or some other wonderland!!! evvvvrything was done by the students, by the students and ONNNLY by the students!!! u will be amazed!! "

:D :D dear campus-cleaners-on-thursday (10/11/08) , does the above comment/praise ring a bell???

peace and quiet!!

spic and span it is... serene calm surroundings.. a truly knowledge-enriching ambience. the task of imparting erudition has been accomplished!!! by teaching us to sweep, swab, wipe, pull out grass out of poromboke land , shovel out the kuppai and what not.......... CAMPUS CLEANING "CAMPAIGN" :D

a pure place, with all the rubbish mucked out. where the elements of contamination have shrivelled,.. a whole new area with even clean ditches. THEY did it all..

Bah! every person associated with the campaign must be proud of the lovely atmosphere they have recreated.. a whole new place with our erudite beacons beckoning us to gently pick up a leaf (that floated in the air and fell grandly on the ground as a result of abscission) to turn the ground impeccably CLEAN... "see,see, the leaves are falling, don't make me answerable to anyone" .. okayy... so?

they bickered for the 6 brooms .. we had to share the brooms amongst ourselves and we had pristine white aromatic gloves and "baands" ( i still dunno if that word is right ..never heard of it... we called it the "paathram")... and big drums to fill the dirt with !!

the cricket ground had us singing and making merry, pulling each others' legs (that half an hour was the real fun) .. we were quite a sight..

we made a few discoveries.. we found half a dead fish that i almost puked at , a "suicide" rope that seemed endless as we extracted it from the ground, asbestos sheets that gave away when you walked on them, "pits" to collect rain-water which i initially assumed was a compost-pit.. :| some slimy earthworms wriggling on the earthworm-lover's (the BRU girl) glove.. also we hit upon the jackpot... a simply stupendous and rare collection of insects, creepy-crawlies :) ... screeches, yells, shrieks.... and barks( the dogs of course) !!! what a cacophony!! the dogs that were happily prancing about yelped when one of us accidentally swept some dust onto their faces. they looked as grimy and shabby as us :|

there we were, totally exhausted at the humongous amount of work done for THE day.. all of us sat like dirt balls, staring at each others' grubby faces.

hey we got a huge treat for the HELP we rendered selflessly!! a minuscule cup of vanilla ice-cream that i could deftly fit into my palm. cartons of cream arrived after a time delay of one hour while half of us were restlessly waiting to rush home to shut ourselves in a warm bath.

and all i did was... run up to the water cooler to fill up bottles and bottles of water and sped back to the ground to find my ever-so-dutiful classmates swarming around me for the elixir of life.... whoa!! water was in more demand than the ice cream .


"thavicha vaai ku thanneer kuduthen" :) :)

i am a true aquarian---- the water-bearer :)

semma punch le??? :D

proud to be proud

i came across her as she was going to some terrace in then neighborhood to hang out the clothes to dry. she is this really thin and tall woman with normal features and nothing too special, looks-wise. but she has some grace about her. she lives with her husband in a house that has a thatched roof. she takes care of the people she has to, so well. she is patient and calm. she is a housemaid.

a maid who has to work very hard everyday to make both ends meet. she never accepts leftovers if she doesn't need them.. the couple try very hard to eke out a living honestly. they have no children of their own. they adopted a child a few yrs ago. till date, the maid gives the child all her love and works to give him good education firstly. she is happy. the child is happy to have such good parents.

look at life.

here we are, wondering if someone stole a few rupees from our pockets , not trusting our own people or people working for us. we are selfish. we want ourselves to be comfortable and bother the least about others to put it simply. look at this poor lady, who never accepts she is financially very weak, doesn't believe in BORROWING money, however she is in dire need of some financial support. it sure doesn't look like ego or the like, she is honest and sincere.

she is beautiful. the child is blessed. though lowly, her job might be, she could bring herself to adopt ONE child. who knows!! she might be making a huge difference in the child's life!!

i am proud of such a person.

i am proud to be proud of her. she is worth all my pride. because, she values life.