staying in touch

i am really bad at this! and so have decided to write about it as this might help me inculcate some of what i am about to preach! :)


recently there was a big indian festival - holi (the festival of colours). as is customary, i was supposed to call people (relatives primarily) and wish them - at least that is what was suggested by my mom. and as is very usual in my case, i did not do that. and so when i next spoke to mummy, she blasted me left, right and centre. and again as is usual, and given the physical distance between the two of us, i acknowledged my mistake and said that i would call now, but to say the obvious - i did not again!


then, just yesterday, i spoke to my bua (aunt) and was generally chatting up with her. actually after my cousin (juhie didi) has gotten married, bua seems to have really become the bridge between my generation and the elders in the family. guess she can see both sides better now. anyway, so while talking to her we got on to talk about 'staying in touch'.

i d like to believe that she did not preplan this discussion with me, but nevertheless it did turn out to be good value addition for me. apart from telling me the obvious (obvious - but we still tend to miss it) that one should keep in touch, she was talking in examples. and she made sense.
her line of thought was that it is obviously important and a good practice to keep in touch with relatives (especially elders) for sentimental reasons, but doing so also helps in ingraining this as a practice in our daily lives. from her experience she said that those who drop a hi/hello here and there are always better off in maintaining and extending a strong social web that is always handy in times of need. as i mentioned before - bua has become the 'bridge' after juhie did's wedding -, she quoted anuraag jiju's (juhie didi's husband!) example and how he is so damn good at maintaining ties.


and so all this was just for my selfish reasons really. u see i want to get this to be my habit - 'staying in touch', and so i decided to bore you with writing about it!
and now that you have already read this far, maybe for your own selfish reasons you could try and make this your habit too - after all its not poison, its just some minutes of your time and maybe a few bucks!

and i should not forget to mention - though bua was able to get the point across to me better, i think mummy was the first to point it out to me....that apart, its not bua or mummy that are important here, its the damn point!

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These days, just when my actuarial exams are drawing closer by the day, i try and use every minute i have in the most productive manner possible. i try and make the best use of my time while travelling to and from work. i have tried various things in the office cab that i take - watching movies, doing questions and also writing this very blog entry (unsuccessfully!). u see i sit on the front seat and thus am a bit cramped for space even though i have like a tiny-miny laptop! am not trying to show-off, but the damn thing is just so small and beautiful...!!

off late, actually the last 3 days to be precise, i have been wanting to sit down and write. guess its just one of those things that you cannot stop doing till you have exhausted all to write about. and because i have never before written a diary or penned my thoughts down anywhere, i think there is massive pile of content i want out there in my personal (the link is too difficult to remember for it not to be personal!) showcase!

things keep striking me like it happens when you are finally woken up to switch that mosquito repellent on after those little creatures have tickled (!) you enough to get your arse out of the bed (this might not be the best analogy, but just get the damn point na!). so i think about writing about this and then my head sways to something else that i d like to pen down, and eventually when it comes to writing (which is now), nothing concrete comes to head! i think the best way to deal with this would be to keep writing as things keep biting my little brain.

i am suppose to be working and working hard at that - because i might be leaving for HK next week. but here i am writing this and really enjoying typing for a change! i think its best to stop at the point when u have to think how to continue. that way your entire write up is more natural and flowy (or at least it seems so to me!)....

late nights..!

i have been thinking about getting on to this for sometime now. have been procrastinating a lot! and i have always managed to come up with better excuses everytime - at times the fact that i should rather study or just read and at times the fact that i am really slow at writing on the computer! nevertheless, here i am trying to put up something worthy of a read...

on my left there is a wall and on my right a lot of activity - guys playing cards, the movie 'risk' on my airtel tv, rajveer bhaiya talking on the phone and jammy sipping his beer. oh it just struck me that since this is my first attempt to getting something written, i should tell you my inspiration behind this. i owe it to my little jerk brother and my lovely and beautiful friend suuei. the style is a complete inspiration from suuei...

and now the sleep is getting to me - i wonder how people stay awake so long. i have been setting up the house since morning - got like a college get together at my place tomorrow morning. really looking forward to it and meeting all those people after so long together! suuei said she might be coming down but that was not to happen. i miss her but i guess its a little difficult logistically... anyway, had she been here i would have made cocktails tomorrow and done things behind the pseudo bar that i usually dont do! suuei told me that its called a period of lent when you abstain from certain activities - and like we discussed it seems we are permanently on lent! ;)

ok, now i am done and sleep has taken me over... so good night!