Wednesday, December 29, 2010



So my friend CD asked me to read a book of poetry called 'Howl'. When I was clicking this picture , that is the only word that came to my mind because the wind was sure howling that day.Also for some reason brings back flashes of the movie 'My Left Foot'..

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Nothing remains the same forever.Keep the wheels moving...

Sunday, December 19, 2010

It's one life and your karma catches up with you.This is your heaven and this is your hell.

Sunday, December 05, 2010

Thoroughly enjoyed a 1930's movie...Loved every bit of it.Old charm.

~A, unfashionably old fashioned...

Friday, December 03, 2010

So one more time and this time the right way

~A, hark thy hear the angels sing..

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Yeah I am in my dreamworld...sigh sigh...love love...The mere caress of Al Pacino's hand yesterday night as he passed by his fans after his show Merchant of Venice was a dreamy dream..Grew up watching his movies and to actually touch his hand..phew..only love...Well people move aside, cloud nine is booked for the month of December by me...

~A, smitten again..

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Don't want to read that book 'cause the ending is too hard to take...

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

A chance meeting...

My blog cannot be rightly called a spoonful of life if I don't write about the inevitable truth.Death.My hectic pace of work takes me traveling the entire island of Manhattan.Many before me have written about it & many will continue writing after me .But i think each has his own special brush with the buzz of life there.I am not going to write about the historic monuments nor the sky scrapers.I am not going to talk about the arts district nor the broadway theaters in this city teeming with people.I am going to tell my own story from today morning as I changed subway trains one after the other.I was at the 14th street,6 Av station for the L train.This station is kind of isolated.I was waiting for my train when I suddenly heard the feeble egging of a voice behind me.I turned around.A homeless man was on the tracks.He was asking for help to pull him up.Morning trains are quite frequent.This was a moment anything could have happened.He was asking for help with his hand stretched out.I froze.I checked the board.The train was due in 2 mins to depart meaning it would arrive in a min.I froze and I stared at him.The guy next to me just took off and tried to pull him up.The board said - Train arriving.I rushed towards him.By this time the man was halfway up the platform and luckily the train driver saw him and our waving hands & he had already stopped on the tracks.Reason why he had jumped : His only jacket had fallen on the tracks.I got shivers down my spine.Fragility of life & possible meeting with death just caught me unawares this morning.My train arrived & I hopped on.The pace never stops.It's almost like you are on automaton.I kept standing & thinking.My eyes suddenly fell on the book a man was reading-Death by holy orders.He was scribbling a note .It started with I decide to leave behind..I couldn't go on.Just seeing what I had seen a moment back & now chancing upon a possible death note?I decided to shut my eyes.I realized no matter how many theories about life & death I had put forth in front of my friends over good food & conversation I was not ready to face it.Not my own nor someone else's.Does one ever ?

~A, a chance meeting ...

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

~ She Walks in Beauty~

1
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
2
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express,
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
3
And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!


~A , Byron's all time favorite verses...

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

The furious strokes of a masterpiece

Her masterpiece was complete.Her palette was in a mess.Color lines blurred.But it was exactly how she had envisioned her masterpiece would be.Perfect.Maybe the invisible wounds of time made her reminisce more.The past seemed more perfect.She furiously brush stroked more.Added more colors.Added more bold lines.Added more vibrancy.She was finally done.She breathed in ,took a step backward.She could no longer recognize what she had done.Had she painted unknown utopia ? Sweat beads trickled down the curve of her moon face.She lay down tired on the naked floor.The sun beams reflected off her perfect masterpiece.The colors almost blinded her.
The city noises were now only an insignificant hum in her thoughts as she stared blankly at the blank ceiling.She was carried away back in time.Was she craving a perfectness that never was ? Did she really want that ? The obvious blemishes of the past seemed to be calling out to her from her canvas and yet she smiled.Yes , she had suddenly learned to smile.A slight stream trickled down her eyes.She could feel her smile when she tried to feel the tears.

~A , mulling contemplating

Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

My mood..My pick ...

Somos Novios
~Andrea Bocelli & Christina Aguilera

Ne me quitte pas
~Jacques Brel

Love Story
~Francis Lai

La vie en rose
~Marlene Dietrich


In Assenza de te
~Laura Pausini


L'Hymne
à l'amour
~Edith Piaf




Monday, April 19, 2010

You are who you are Mandy...

You are Mandy because that's the first name that comes to my mind as I listen to Barry M's Mandy.

Mandy , you are precious , don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
You are the most beautiful woman in my eyes
Yet people are still talking about the color of your skin.
You are the idol of strength and courage
Yet people try to break down your spirit
Do you even know the inspiration you are to me?
You are the best friend one could ever have
I feel blessed Mandy that you are that friend to me
Graciousness has smiled upon you
And nobody could drape her as beautifully as you do
Beauty is after all in the eyes of the beholder
Mandy you are beautiful
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

~A, Dedicated to a very special friend.

Sunday, April 04, 2010

Eat , pray , love

It was a gilded cage bound to break.She is happy that the shackles broke.Does he see her as she is even now?After all isn't it all about being real ? Time will tell.While these events of life unfold , you fall back into what you usually do most.Think about life.And what matters and what doesn't ?There is this book "Eat , Pray ,Love".It is about a woman journalist who embarks on a journey alone to Italy , India and Bali after being left by her partner.It is a year full of revelations , recovery , faith and falling in love for her.There is always a new start if you want it.In life we get so caught up in things and start looking for that panacea we believe there is around the corner that we forget the small things on the way.I am not the first one to realize that neither am i the first to write about it but every individual who feels it for the first time has the feeling of first within him or her.Don't get caught up in life.The three words - Eat , pray and love makes life so much simpler and beautiful again.Everybody knows that there is much going on beyond that.But going back to your basics is a healer at times. Don't make room for hate in your heart.Give peace and everyone a chance.And lastly I believe a Sunday morning with music you love can almost redeem your soul from the travails of life.

~A , believes in eat , pray and love...

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Never really grew out of my Clark Kent kinda crushes...

~A, not sure if i wanna grow out of it ...
Have been really an ungrateful wretch lately.

~A , sorry

Sunday, March 07, 2010

I have been chosen to write a recommendation for my Princeton grad professor , woohoo...

~A, yay! its my first letter of reco for someone and I feel honored...

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Surprise ! Surprise ! A polite , soft-spoken , appreciative sap developer ? Am i dreaming ?

~A, surprised ; having always worked with none-of-the-above types...

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Realization

It's strange how the thing I most resented about a decade back , is the thing I miss most right now.I really miss my dad's disciplinarian ways .He would always give his opinion on how I should do things and how things should be done and how I am not doing it the right way.It would end up in a big fight with poor mom playing the mediator in a near warn torn zone at home.I would play my histrionics; doing justice to my utmost drama queen self and dad would not change his opinion.I stay miles away from home now.My dad still gives his opinion but its more like another perspective of things.He is more accommodating about my decisions now.He does not question me so much as he used to and for some strange reason I miss that.I have grown and dad has aged.Things always change.It's how it is.He is more generous towards me and I am more kinder.More than missing our heated arguments,I think I know there is a realization that he is aging and I can't change anything about it.And there is a slight ache in my heart.

~A , life has strange ways..

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Friday, February 12, 2010

Waiting for that dress and solemate.It must b there somewhere...

~A, Fashion fever on....

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Never let the worst get the best of you "Picked as a reminder
The scariest things are the most worthwhile "Picked as a reminder
Waiting with grace...." Picked for self
Hair , makeup and wardrobe are our best friends "Picked for fun
I <3 DC ..." Picked in acknowledgement
You are jesus's brother with a guitar and the same eyes.."Picked while trying to describe you
Shallowness abounds and swirls around me.There is only so much one can take. "Original and jotted down in exasperation.

~A , saving lines for my rainy days.

Friday, January 08, 2010

She was a poet by heart
A materialist by wants
A lover by desire
A jealous woman by envy
A good girl by tradition
She was magic by passion
She was Pasternak's Lara
She was Helen of Troy
She was aspiration's arrow
She was a saint's kindness
She had the wisdom of years beyond
She was a child's playfulness
She was crying on the inside
She was making the world laugh
She was an open book's honesty
She was your intrigue , your mystery , your wonder
Look more closely into her clear brown eyes
Maybe you will have your answers...

~A , know her even if you are with or without her ?
Every night you cry yourself to sleep
Thinking why does this happen to me ?
Why does every moment have to be so hard ?

~A , Maroon 5 ..Won't go home without you..
Today it's 2 years here and one of the most memorable chapter of my American Diary closes.
2010 and a new chapter begins.
Hoping to string together dreams , hopes , love, luck ,joy,compassion into the magic rainbow called life.

~A,wishing hope for self and hope for many...
Not even an opinion...

What is an invention ? Something which did not exist and man created it.Basically somebody played God ! So an invention is not an inherent phenomenon.We grow to grow into the idea of that invention.I am not threatened by dangerous scientific inventions.I am at risk as much as the person next to me.But what about social inventions like networking sites? Its not something innate in man.What I know is that it is an invention , new to us and not a part of our DNA makeup.We have no handbook for it.So are we misusing it ? Is there a possibility that we might go wrong somewhere ? Are we too much out there ? Will intrigue & mystery of character disappear ? Aren't those qualities the most attractive ones that draw us to another person? Just a question , not even an opinion..

~A, sure to irk many...
The day I face destiny , I am gonna do it in a kickass (am i allowed to say it here ? :) ) dress.

~A,and here i begin 2010...