Spring is around the corner..

This is what I saw this morning, when I was on my way to work, right outside where I live.. A tree was coming back to life.. you can see the leaves starting to pop out.. Good to know that winter is finally over..

Pizza, Beer and Bunch of Thoughts on Thames

Since I made a promise to myself getting out my boring self.. I took the first step of getting out of it... First step is all about having some moment for yourself.. It's always healthy and recommended to have hour or two for yourself every week.. Something that I skipped for several years....

So yesterday I got out of work early and decided to take a walk.. Normally the train station (Waterloo) is just opposite to the building.. but I since decided put my thinking cap, I walked to embankment tube station which is about 1 km across the Thames..

The evening was a typical London end of the winter evening.. Which was bit gloomy, windy, chilly and hint of a drift.. So I came out of the building wrap the scarf around my neck to take cover from chilly breeze and put on the hoody to refuge from the drift.. Then hook up my iPhone started listening to one of my favorite play list (I'm not gonna tell it.. you'll really laugh at it)..

Usually I'm off around 8-8.30 pm from office, since today was an exception, When I came out roads were buzzing with office crowd, some running to catch the train or doing some late shopping for dinner.. and there were few people who were brave enough for wear running short and go for a jog..

Witnessing all that, I crossed the Imax theater roundabout and started to walk towards the waterloo bridge and just admired the sunset over London eye and all sorts of boats on Thames..

After admiring the view and cooling down my boiler like mind with cool breeze I went towards the embankment with few slices of yummy pepperoni pizza and a Budweiser.. There I laid rest my aching legs and screaming back on nice but cold wooden benches..

One thing I love about London no one pays attention to what you do.. There are no people staring at you.. there are no people who disturb your thoughts talking about weather and other BS.. The Londoners likes to mind their own business.. Imagine yourself in gallface with a pizza and a Budweiser.. People around 200m radius will talk about you and might say you are a loner and goof, including the people in passing cars..

Nevertheless I let my mind wonder itself where ever it wants.. It's like letting your dog out the leash.. you can see it run around all over the place chasing everything.. barking.. trying to catch air, flies, leaves..

well my mind was more or less like behaved like a puppy that evening.. it just played and ran around my career, studies, family, pathetically dry love life.. Then it started sorts things out itself.. It started to see which needs to have more priority and which doesn't.. and it made me see things differently.. it showed me things I was putting back really should come up in the priority list.. above all it showed me work is not the life.. you have only one life.. and you should live it.. and the life is not all about the air you breath but the moments you live.. I decided to change some of the ways and start to live life differently..

Waiting for a call...

I guess everyone waited for a call at some point of their life.. You could be waiting for a call from mom, dad, girl friend, son, daughter etc.. you are waiting for a call so badly you couldn't do any other work.. you are always eying your phone.. check you ring setting are set properly.. and sometimes you even call from another line to check your phone is working.. and you wait and wait..
sometimes that call do come through and just imagine that moment where you get really ecstatic.. you just jump from you chair.. you are so happy.. you couldn't control your voice..
What if that call doesn't come through ?? you don't want to be in that state.. cos I'm waiting for a call and still It didn't come through.. and its really.......

Listening to Pirith on iPhone

When I was schooling I remember my mother used to wakeup in the morning and start preparing all the stuff.. you know you the breakfast, lunch and the uniforms (i was too small to handle the iron)..
Before all that first thing she did tune in to the SLBC morning broadcast.. It used to starts with pirith (still does).. Then she wakes me and my sis..
When I was coming out of my sleep, every morning I hear this very flowing rhythmic soft pirith which some how managed to get into my sleepy system and shrug me out of it..
This is some sort of a morning ritual my mom still continues to today.. Over the years due to the hectic exams and busy work life, I forgot the fresh calm mornings I used to have.. Then I was too young to understand the reason.. but recently when I went to SL.. mom asked to bring a portable cd player..
I asked why.. then she replied
"putha do you remember the radio I used to listen to pirith every morning ? well It's broken"
This helps me to rewind back to 15 years find the source for those clam mornings..
After that first thing I did download all the available pirith MP3s in the net and sync it to my iPhone.. I think power of pirith will always be there.. and I got back those clam morning I been missing for years..

Bored... (please don't read)

Another gloomy day in London.. Here I'm with a huge mug of tea, going through load of emails, trouble tickets and checking service monitors.. Its a same old day.. same old life.. working like a clock work without a change.. Doing my part to make the wheel moving.. It also came into my mind that I been in the office for last 7 days..
I just realized since my last trip to SL.. this is the only thing i been doing for last two months.. I'm not using the gym which I pay every month.. Using all sort of excuses to not to go there.. Giving friends all sort of execuses not to go out.. Always put back that capoeira lesson I wanted to take.. Can't remember the last time I went for nice dining out.. and waiting for something that might never happen..
Guess what I'm really bored of myself.. I been a "NO" man for last I-don't-know months.. and I used up all my feel good movies, songs and novels.. Which didn't do anything to up the tempo.. I need to find a new feel good factor.. well slumdog millinaire didn't even though it was a good movie.. ohhh i'm too bored to write this thing even.. Please don't read this and make yourself bored..