Christmas is nearing…. And my dreams are on again!!!
We have shifted to a new home and I have all the dreams of decorating it with balloons, color papers, stars and inviting my friends for special lunch and enjoying the day!!
Christmas is a very special day for me, for it reminds me of my good old friend Christy Jasmine!!! Christmas and New Year are the seasons when she can be found will her full life and spirit. I just love her name as much I love mine... It is always very sweet to call her by her name and we friends call her Chris, Christy, Christie, Jas, Jazz and what not!!
Have you ever believed in friendship at first sight? Well, I have… And it was when I met her for the first time. It was a new life for all of us... a changeover from school to college! We were all in the highest spirit of making new friends and the person I wanted to make friendship with, for the rest of my life, was her! She has a very attracting personality on the whole and its nooooooo wonder I liked her very much within our initial few formal conversations. She has a very beautiful voice and even more beautiful English accent! She sings extremely well and any person would fall in love with her singing so easily. Have you seen Kajol singing ‘Anbendra Mazhaiyile’ song in ‘Minsara Kanavu’?? Have you heard the dialogue sequences before the song?? Well, that depicts Christy to the core!!!
Have you ever thought why night is the best time to ponder over our loved ones?? Perhaps, it is silent? May be or may be not! I don’t know why it happened suddenly but the last night I was spending those silent hours before sleep pondering over the beautiful times we shared together. The times we smiled together, laughed together, sang together, studied together, ate together, prayed together, and cried together all came up into my mind, out of the blue. Some moments were really pleasant to think over again and again! Some moments I just wish it never happened!! But the most miraculous part of all is that, even after few heart breaks and not-so-silly- misunderstandings we still don’t waver in love for each other. I feel, that is the most beautiful thing that can happen to a friendship and we are so blessed in that instance.
Now that we are in different part,busy with our own life, we believe in the life long touch... Though I get nostalgic once in a while, life goes on and we are moving on to greener pastures!!!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year People!!!
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Aesthetic Arrest
It is one of the most memorable days in my life till now….. I got selected in the campus interview conducted by Wipro Technologies. It‘s my first job at the early age of 20. I was waiting for the offer letter and one fine day I got it as well. The day was extra special because it was my birthday. It was a very detailed offer letter with all the finer details. I was asked to report in Sarjapur office, Bangalore. I was born and brought up in a small town in central Tamil Nadu and I was not exposed to the outside world so much. New life, new city, new people, new environment, new language, new culture, new, new, new… I had to face everything new.
We (Me, my dad, and my uncle) reached Bangalore on my reporting day. Wipro had arranged a special bus for the freshers’ who had to report that day. We were asked to assemble in a common bus stop and the bus would drop us to Sarjapur office. We were on time and the bus had already come before us. We got into the bus. The bus waited for some time for all the other people to come and at last the bus started. It was moving slowly en routed towards Sarjapur office. Haah!!…. Aesthetic arrest exactly!!!
To all those who wonder what “aesthetic arrest” is all about, here is a wonderful excerpt, a small story said by Joseph Campbell, a mythologist. It is about a space walk. An astronaut puts on his space suit and goes outside the main shuttlecraft. Suddenly he is awe-struck by his circumstances. He is traveling through space at several thousand miles per hour in total silence. He looks in one direction and sees the earth. He looks in another direction and sees the moon. He looks in other directions and feels the beauty of all the other celestial bodies. As he is in his breathtaking adventure, he thinks, “What have I ever done to deserve this experience?” Campbell describes this as “aesthetic arrest.”
For me, it did not take a journey in the space shuttle to experience “aesthetic arrest” but in the Wipro shuttle for the first time. We were seated in a three seater, me, my dad next to me, and my uncle next to my dad. I was looking at my right side outside the window admiring the beauty of Bangalore. Aaa… What a city..!! When I turned left, I could see the euphoric feeling of my dad, the feeling of ecstasy, the sense of satisfaction he had for me. He felt as if he had achieved something BIG. To him, I was the best daughter in the world that day. After all, I had fulfilled his dreams for the first time in life. And there was my uncle who felt genuinely happy for me, wishing me the very best. Then I looked all around the shuttle. I was hyper excited looking at all the new faces from all around the country whom I'm gonna work with. YES..!! Aesthetic arrest, for the best emphasis!!!
Have you experienced “aesthetic arrest” in your life? It could be anything. Have you ever thought “What have I ever done to deserve this experience?”??
We (Me, my dad, and my uncle) reached Bangalore on my reporting day. Wipro had arranged a special bus for the freshers’ who had to report that day. We were asked to assemble in a common bus stop and the bus would drop us to Sarjapur office. We were on time and the bus had already come before us. We got into the bus. The bus waited for some time for all the other people to come and at last the bus started. It was moving slowly en routed towards Sarjapur office. Haah!!…. Aesthetic arrest exactly!!!
To all those who wonder what “aesthetic arrest” is all about, here is a wonderful excerpt, a small story said by Joseph Campbell, a mythologist. It is about a space walk. An astronaut puts on his space suit and goes outside the main shuttlecraft. Suddenly he is awe-struck by his circumstances. He is traveling through space at several thousand miles per hour in total silence. He looks in one direction and sees the earth. He looks in another direction and sees the moon. He looks in other directions and feels the beauty of all the other celestial bodies. As he is in his breathtaking adventure, he thinks, “What have I ever done to deserve this experience?” Campbell describes this as “aesthetic arrest.”
For me, it did not take a journey in the space shuttle to experience “aesthetic arrest” but in the Wipro shuttle for the first time. We were seated in a three seater, me, my dad next to me, and my uncle next to my dad. I was looking at my right side outside the window admiring the beauty of Bangalore. Aaa… What a city..!! When I turned left, I could see the euphoric feeling of my dad, the feeling of ecstasy, the sense of satisfaction he had for me. He felt as if he had achieved something BIG. To him, I was the best daughter in the world that day. After all, I had fulfilled his dreams for the first time in life. And there was my uncle who felt genuinely happy for me, wishing me the very best. Then I looked all around the shuttle. I was hyper excited looking at all the new faces from all around the country whom I'm gonna work with. YES..!! Aesthetic arrest, for the best emphasis!!!
Have you experienced “aesthetic arrest” in your life? It could be anything. Have you ever thought “What have I ever done to deserve this experience?”??
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