Savour the words.

Technology has creeped in the lives of millions of people whether you like it or not, whether you are irked by its advancement or admire it. It has replaced walking by scooter and motor cycle rides, sweeping with vacuum cleaning, candles by tube lights, test-tube babies by normal babies, normal fertilization by in-vitro fertilization,..the list goes on. Another important one includes replacement of books by e-books. For those accustomed to relish upon reading and re-reading old books, it takes time to settle in. For the younger, tech-savvy generation it is a welcoming aspect who are mostly addicted to screens be it the television or the computer.

Reading from the screen does have its pros and cons. If you had internet, you could always refer the meaning for words or places or people. It gives immense satisfaction to learn a new word in the vocabulary of any language.(I prefer English). It is even more exciting when you learn the etymology of the word. Derived from Latin or Greek or French, you could always connect it a similar word in pronunciation or anything to create a map.

There is the disadvantage of sitting in the same place unless you have a laptop or a netbook.

I usually resort to reading Crime fiction than many other genres of books. Humor comes next. Crime always excites me, the solving of a puzzle, the need of a motive to murder. Sometimes its distressing not to be able to find the person behind the crime. You could come up with your own ideas of the criminal based on the facts, which is extremely interesting. But Poirot's grey cells beats it all. I have to admit Christie's books are quite enthralling. You're befuddled at the plots yet it is intricately woven and brilliant. Murder for love, money, jealousy, craziness,..it totally gets to you. The delicacy in people's relationships, when the members of the family are cast into suspicion doubting each other as a murderer. Reading at night gives you creeps. Usually every murder is followed by another. Each book is unique.

I would rather read books with a mixture of such thrill and pattern of relationships between people than Lahiri's work based on immigrant-emmigrant culture differences and relationships. Its sort of boring to read about day to day happenings, nevertheless gives a complete picture of Indian life abroad. Yet there isn't the excitement with which you read a book to expect someone to get killed. It would be about who would marry who, does one end up happily or in loneliness? It tells you a great deals about feelings of people.

Puzzle solvers and mathematicians aren't very much into feelings of people. We're scientific. We need facts. We need logical thinking. We need a solution. As simple as that.

Yet, the human mind is a puzzle by itself.

Frittering.

2 weeks of "study" holidays. Everyone in college experiences this period semester after semester.

For a few who don't give a damn about the exams, its a time of absolute enjoyment and fun and freaking out. For the other few who take the exams very seriously, its all about planning and preparation. There is another set of students who lie between these extremities. Those who sleep everyday without doing anything useful, swearing that the next day would be auspicious to start. They have the inclination to study and make the best of their time but it doesn't happen until it becomes a do or die situation. There is immense planning, forethought yet executing it becomes the worst part of it. They are lured by the need to be entertained though there hasn't been much of an exercise to the brain. Sitting with the books in hand for more than an hour becomes an impossible task. This becomes the time for watching American soaps, Indian Soaps, all kind of movies hours together. Yet there is little satisfaction in being entertained this way since there is a slight guilt because those are "study" holidays. Parents holler at them, the same excuses are given, or even new and creative excuses are thought of due to the vacuum that prevails in the head. Time runs, days grow, they continue the extremity of uselessness without any knowledge of the date or day until it comes to 2 or 3 days before the exams. Hours of playing video games or actual games, goofing around aimlessly for a few hours in the name of 'group study' prevails. Books and materials for study are bought and borrowed which adorn the shelves gathering dust. Morning or waking up time is pushed from 9 to 11, or even 2 or 3pm. Leading nocturnal lives creeps into their normal lifestyle. Those who enjoy reading dig up old newspapers and magazines and novels and read them cover to cover but the academic books are cast aside which long for their touch, which most certainly is prior to the exams. There is regret everyday for not using the copious time aptly, yet there is this 'starting trouble' and 'sitting with the books trouble' that overshadows most of the regret. For people like these things don't happen without coercion. The self-willpower is so meagre, that it doesn't accompany the self-desire in terms of studying. Not to mention that the weather is much of a help either, what with these breezy, cold days, eating home food thrice a day with the addition to catching a bite outside,coupled with hours of online social networking, does it ever shake the barrier in that thick skull which says "Tomorrow, I will start for sure."

Kudos to Procrastination.

Dedicated

To anyone and everyone who have lived through and will live through the so called
"study holidays."

May you live longer to teach the world lessons of laziness and procrastination.

:-|

What helps you calm down when you're terribly pissed off? What helps you rationalize you're emotions? Do you feel satisfied when you argue back equally while having a fight or remain silent and bear it all? How do you tackle situations when you can't let out words or when it is silenced? Does music soothe you down? Does taking out your anger on someone innocent help you? Does gritting your teeth give you the satisfaction? Does smashing whatever is at an arm's length bring you back to equilibrium from the disturbed state? Does talking to friends help? Does analysing your mistake, if there was any, soothe you? Does eating do the magic? Shopping? Browsing the internet? Hurting yourself? Giving away foul mouthed words? Abusing? Does water restore the stability?

I could go on and on about how to calm myself down. The questions would be innumerable.

I haven't got an answer to mine, I'm still on a quest.

Jotting my thoughts down has lowered the hypertension that prevailed, at least to a certain extent and I'm glad I'm reaching the goal of seeking a suitable answer to my question.

Well.

If you have any suggestions, do comment on it!

Until next time.

Take care!

Gung ho!

Wishing you Indians, Pakistanis, Sri Lankans, Nepalis, Bangladeshis and all the other people who's day is just starting, a very good morning and a pleasant day ahead!
Today is very remarkable, for it is the day when the phoenix rose from the ashes![no kidding ;)]
Today is a stepping stone to many a great achievements and successes lying ahead. Nobody knew that 23rd March 2011 would be a turning point in a damsel's life. This day may hold various significances to many people for different reasons. Mine is one such.
And I would like to bookmark this day in the chronicles of blogging with the start of my Nouveau blog.
I'm not quite sure of what this blog specializes about, but it will be free of any poems,short stories or any literary work for that matter since I blog them at Bloggingmaniac . Any rebellious/thought-provoking social posts will be at a Group blog THE Rebelexicon . I tweet at Amru
Until I feel like blogging next time, Adios people!
Peace and serenity rules! \m/