it's that time of the year once again when we say, "Out with the old and In with the new!"
It's that time of the year once again when we sing 'Aud Lang Syne' (I always wondered what it means... apparently it is something about not forgetting those whom we have forgotten and forgetting those things we should but cannot)
It's that time of the year once again when we party and dance senselessly.... okay, when Others party and dance senselessly.
And it's that time of the year once again when I go for Holy Hour and Midnight Mass while most people are dancing the night away.
Most of my friends think I am being highly religious by this act, but I do this out of a need to be all by myself in the last few hours of the year going by and the first few hours of the year that is to come. Being left alone is something that comes naturally to me. I always preferred being alone in a crowd and observe the things happening around me. And it is in this silence of the hustle and bustle around you that you start seeing things about people that you would not otherwise notice. Like the glow on their faces when they meet someone they love or the pale smile when they encounter someone they don't. Or the way a child enjoys troubling his/her mother while prayers are on and creating all that fuss just to get the attention of the woman they love more than God Himself. Or the way an aged couple bow their heads in prayer when they pray for those who have gone before them to their heavenly abode and yet their face reflects the good times they have had with those friends who are no more.
It's that time of the year once again when we sing 'Aud Lang Syne' (I always wondered what it means... apparently it is something about not forgetting those whom we have forgotten and forgetting those things we should but cannot)
It's that time of the year once again when we party and dance senselessly.... okay, when Others party and dance senselessly.
And it's that time of the year once again when I go for Holy Hour and Midnight Mass while most people are dancing the night away.
Most of my friends think I am being highly religious by this act, but I do this out of a need to be all by myself in the last few hours of the year going by and the first few hours of the year that is to come. Being left alone is something that comes naturally to me. I always preferred being alone in a crowd and observe the things happening around me. And it is in this silence of the hustle and bustle around you that you start seeing things about people that you would not otherwise notice. Like the glow on their faces when they meet someone they love or the pale smile when they encounter someone they don't. Or the way a child enjoys troubling his/her mother while prayers are on and creating all that fuss just to get the attention of the woman they love more than God Himself. Or the way an aged couple bow their heads in prayer when they pray for those who have gone before them to their heavenly abode and yet their face reflects the good times they have had with those friends who are no more.
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This New Years Day I indulged in an activity I have never done before: checked My Inbox on my Rediff Email Account. Its been some 7 years since I have started the account and I usually keep all my emails that mean something to me (in other words, meaningless forwards don't exist on my mailbox for long!). So I sat down and read through some of those emails that I received in reply to my stupid ideas back then as a teenager. I remember making this email ID for my placement purposes in Diploma in 2002 and it was identity for another 6 years till Gmail and my kennybaba pseudonym took the top spot.
But as I read through the emails, I was amazed at the way I wrote emails back then. My language and tone was so childish and the Forwards were so pointless. Looking back I know I would have said a lot of those things differently; like criticizing in private and appreciating in public, being sarcastic only with those who use, understand or appreciate it and many such things. Some of the things have just changed just because of my office life like I now sign off with the words Regards instead of Love: even with family and friends.
I am waiting for this blog to mature for a few more decades and I am certain I will be amazed by the words I write here today and see how I have grown (hopefully) as a person with time.
This New Years Day I indulged in an activity I have never done before: checked My Inbox on my Rediff Email Account. Its been some 7 years since I have started the account and I usually keep all my emails that mean something to me (in other words, meaningless forwards don't exist on my mailbox for long!). So I sat down and read through some of those emails that I received in reply to my stupid ideas back then as a teenager. I remember making this email ID for my placement purposes in Diploma in 2002 and it was identity for another 6 years till Gmail and my kennybaba pseudonym took the top spot.
But as I read through the emails, I was amazed at the way I wrote emails back then. My language and tone was so childish and the Forwards were so pointless. Looking back I know I would have said a lot of those things differently; like criticizing in private and appreciating in public, being sarcastic only with those who use, understand or appreciate it and many such things. Some of the things have just changed just because of my office life like I now sign off with the words Regards instead of Love: even with family and friends.
I am waiting for this blog to mature for a few more decades and I am certain I will be amazed by the words I write here today and see how I have grown (hopefully) as a person with time.
