Distances

I can hear the rain drops falling from the skies, 

Yet the sky seems eons away. 

The early morning chants ring in my ears, 

My eyes open to the echoes from miles afar. 

They walk the path of life hand in hand, 

Yet their hearts pronounce a polar story. 

The oasis in the desert dance in your eyes, 

But you still need to chase the sight. 

The mother clutches her baby to her heart, 

To set it free one day for its fantasy flight. 

The stars twinkle at the sight of the moon, 

They lie together forever and ever.  

The sea-gull soars high,

On its extra-ordinary flight to prove his might. 

The angels of life step up for your fight,

Yet the faces never come forth to the light. 

The beauty of the unknown mesmerizes you, 

Yet the unanswered questions stirs your soul.  

The strangers visit your site, 

Yet they tread quietly away. 

The birds fly across the deep blue oceans, 

I am yet to cross but one. 

Distances throw a question back at me, 

Yet the mystic aura makes me smile. 

The soul knows no distances, 

It always knows what is right!

This is a German love song. I do not understand the language yet I like the song. It has a very rustic appeal. The English translation is as follows :

I'm going to go into the fir trees
There where I last saw her
But the evening is throwing a cloth upon the land
and upon the ways behind the edge of the forest
And the forest it is so black and empty
Woe is me, oh woe
And the birds sing no more

Without you I cannot be
Without you
With you I am alone too
Without you
Without you I count the hours without you
With you the seconds stand still
They aren't worth it

On the branches in the ditches
it's now silent and without life
And breathing becomes oh so hard for me
Woe is me, oh woe
And the birds sing no more

Without you I cannot be
Without you
With you I am alone too
Without you
Without you I count the hours without you
With you the seconds stand still
They aren't worth it without you

Enjoy the song :)

Confessions of a Shopaholic !!

I'm sure the title will ring a lot of bells in many of you especially a lot of us who are from Venus :). I am no exception either :). I guess its a part of our feline characteristics that make us run towards the malls. Well, do we need a reason? I do not think so..I run towards it whenever I feel like and my purse is able to bear the brunt :)

My folks keep complaining about the waste that I incur on a frequent basis. It ain't hereditary coz I am the only one in the family who has been impacted by this madness. Well heck...I do shop but then it makes me happy (*a big grin*) :D. In my mind, there are many category of shopaholics and I fall in the "greedy" group :). Let me elucidate for the greater good :)


The Bumpers : This group waits for the big sales and ensure that they show up on Day 1 of any kind of sales. They make the most of it which keeps them happy throughout the year.

Greedy Eyes : That's me and my likes. We shop and one look is enough for us to decide if we have to pick it up or not. Our eyes are big and they run all over the shops/malls. We are the greedy lot :) just like kids in a candy store.

Foxy Beings : This group is the one who make the most of it. They have a budget and effectively ensure that there are no variances in the balance sheet. They know the right places to shop and have a list of stores that exist with the best of variety. They keep updating their repository in a timely fashion.

Haggling Group : They are the shopkeeper's worst nightmare and win their battles in a poetic fashion :). They bargain , bargain and keep bargaining. Bargaining is not bad but these are the ones who will fight for the one paise too which might not be logical in all cases.

Show Me All : These folks will have the energy to go into all the shops in the world and see everything possible under the sun yet buy a single tee if the shop is lucky :) They do end up coming home and complaining how the shops are out of stock :)

Gadget Freak-o-holics : The name says it all. These are the ones who have each and every gadget just for the love of it :) They raid the stores as soon as the new toys are out :)

Lazy Bags : This group just does not want to walk around and spend time in the tsunami malls :) They shop online for everything right from groceries to gadgets :) The cart is delivered at a click of a button.

Two Minute Shopper : Any guesses on this group :) Yay...this goes to our dear men who hate shopping to the core and generally take two minutes to decide. There are exceptions to this group as well :)

These are the ones that I have come across personally but please feel to free to add any other groups that I have missed :) Irrespective of all the other chaos that I actually possess, I love my greedy disorder :) It helps me in various ways like making me gleefully happy , burns calories , keeps my wardrobe in vogue, helps the economy , mood enhancer,  keeps me energetic , helps me bond with my girl pals and keeps me my purse light :)

While shopping is fun personified for me, it can be actually problem when it borders the extremes of compulsive buying disorder. Then it definitely is a problem and people would need help. Beuler describes it
as an example of  " reactive impulse" or "impulsive insanity", which he clusters with kleptomania and pyromania. Its just a watch out alert :)

Getting back to the happy part...I love my shopping...my small joys of life :D

Just for Gags :D

















Happy Shopping !!! :)

Lonely Tunes!!

"You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even going and coming"- Emily Carr

Have you felt alone in a crowd? Have there been days when you had everybody around yet nobody noticed the drop that fell from your eyes? Have you felt like running away somewhere in search of your "inner peace"? Have you had tonns of  mindless questions running through your mind?

I am sure you would have had your share of such days. I guess we all have our days when we want to sing the lonely tunes of life. Sometimes you feel like giving it up all and just run across to the Himalayas :). Do you turn into the Almighty seeking solace during these moments of truth? Do you feel stuck in a maze where all roads lead to cross-roads? Do you shut yourself off trying to find the answers which might not exist?

I do the mindless thinking :) most of the times during such phases. Sometimes I find my own answers and sometimes I keep wondering. Its amazing that I have tonns of friends who remember me during their times of need yet very few who can relate to my chaos :) I have a lovely family yet they are ignorant of the other me. I guess its me to be blamed, coz' in my journey of being self sufficient, I have walked off leaving everybody behind. Is that good or bad? Well I'm sure you will have your own views :) I have everything going for me yet there is an emptiness that cannot be defined. No, its not because of past. Past is a part of us and we cannot change it. It's the search for something eternal and pure thats lost in the cat race :) Yes, its the cat race where they keep fighting with each other for no sane reason. Well I need to figure out what it is ....:) Its not the ususal suspects like love....work etc..:) Its beyond me :)

We are born and raised with lots of love by our parents. Their lives are filled with nurturing us to be the best. There are times when we have to fly off to distant lands in the search of greener pastures. Sometimes we have a choice not to go and stay on. There are times when we have to take the road ahead to keep them safe and sound. We provide them with all that they need except our company. They spend their lives with such a lot of humdrum and yet the last leg sometimes is very lonely. I wonder why do we have to grow up. Life was simple and easy as kids. All that I cared for was my homework and holidays. Running after butterflies and kites was something I loved  :) apart from fighting with my lil bro who is again grown up and needs his space. I so wish I could do a rewind and tell mom how much I love her. :) Well my incessant cacophony of thoughts can run into pages :)

Emily nails it down so nicely in her quote above that we are lonely when we are living. Those lines are profound. Everybody feels this way someday or the other :) My two strings of heart says ....

I smile at them when they ask what makes you sad,

I tell them you got to be a soothsayer to nail that,

They laugh at me wondering how naive a joke it was,

I smile back knowing that it was a fact,

They are the ones who will hold me when I fall back,

I smile at myself and my luck for having them around me,

Yet when my heart falls into the oceans of lost despair,

I find myself staring at the horizons of hope that hardly exists :)

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Life , Lemons and Crayons!

Life as we know it is supposed to eons of years together where you are expected to be happy, sad and responsible. Wake up ! Is it all that is life supposed to be ? Well not to sound to dramatic but a few lines from a great person shook me up. Am I living the life that I am supposed to be ? Am I a mere figment of imagination ?

Well coming to reality, I do exist :) Life has been a refreshing act of surprises with a few drops of lemon here n there :)

Running after insane deadlines and lost in a world which is not yours. The goal ahead is foggy but hope that air clears soon enough.

Do you think that I should go by the picture and start making crayons of various hues in life :)

Hoping to discover myself more :)