A True Story

This ain't a mere poem....
Writing Straight from my heart...


I brought up an orchard,
The trees very small in number.
It was more than an orchard,
Very dear & more than timber.

Watering the trees,
They did grow well.
Giving me what I wanted,
And a heaven to dwell.

Of all the trees,
There was one of special care.
For the sake of which,
The others I would spare.

In a special routine,
My orchard I did water.
Regular was the special one,
Why so?, even I did ponder.

Between me & my favourite,
Came another tree in the middle.
Without knowing wrong & right,
With it, I did meddle.

Without second thoughts,
The second tree I did cut.
Forgetting the fact that,
Even that belonged to me but.

From my orchard,
What I wanted was shade.
Believed whole-heartedly,
For this the special one was made.

The special tree,
Did provide me shady-shade.
Below which,
As a swan I did wade.

If winter comes,
Can Spring be far behind?
Its vice-versa,
Didn't strike to my innocent mind.

The trees of my orchard,
Were all decidious.
Shedding of leaves,
Were hence obvious.

My care to the special one,
Had always been keen.
Hence that one tree,
Did stand evergreen.

After a night's sleep,
I did wake up.
All I could see was,
My whole orchard messed up.

Ran to my favourite,
Skipping a heart-beat.
Missing it there,
The poor chap wept.

The special tree,
Had started to move.
I had no choice,
But to bestow.

Desperate for shade,
I didn't know what to do.
Suddenly giving me shelter was,
You know who?

It was the same,
Which I had hurt & cut.
Lot better it would've been,
To stay had I let.

Wish I could,
Turn back the time.
As I've badly hurted,
What now I call the sublime.



Sublime...

Conversation Starters

Conversation bak in my room wid my friends are so funny.
An extract:
Nithin: (To Ranjeet) Yu had 2 whole Crocin tabs?
Me: To wash away his sins, he had Crocins. Lol (Ranjeet is good god-fearin guy)
Ranjeet: Yeah, was havin a sore throat n slight fever.
Nithin: Oh. But 2 Crocins ll make yu drowsy.
Ranjeet: I no. Take 2 Crocins n cut a vein u'll die 4 sure.
Tomy: (Jumpin in)Where did Crocin come here. Cut a vein, eat or don eat
Crocin, u'll die.

We couldn't stop laughin 4 next 2 mins.

Ranjeet, The Guy from Heaven!!!!

Stocks aren't just Economical. (Pun Intended)

Life in Chennai has been kinda mixed emotions to me. As ritely said everything in the world as a material has its own pros & cons. (No no... This ain't a philosophical post...) The one thing I've loved bout Chennai since the week I came here is... LANDMARK. I'm not a savvy reader I used to be a few years ago, yet the love for the very smell of fresh printed paper is definitely something I fall for. I must admit that there ain't a single bookstore in Coimbatore as resourceful as the LANDMARK here. Btw, its branch in Coimbatore was closed before even I paid a visit there. How unfortunate. The only place I knew in Cbe to ge a good dose of books was the Odyssey n even there I had to go thro the pocess of ordering-waitin a lotta times. Is it cos ppl in Cbe don read books? I don think so, as i personally know a lotta book-maniacs myself. Now, lemme tel you what I saw on the other side of the coin. (Actually this incident triggered me to post this).

While I was in coimbatore a couple of months back, I came in touch with a fellow blogger in a social networking site. He claimed himself to be a budding author who has successfully had his first novel published. (Not revealing the book & the author for obvious reasons). He had posted a chapter of his book as a blogpost n I was impressed cos twas bout life in a college. (I've been really missin my college lately. I've been literally addicted to reading FPS n watchin Happy Days back to back). I really wanted to lay my hands on the book but had hard luck findin the book. After a week I moved to Chennai, was really astonished to see LANDMARK @ Citi Centre. Really believed to find the book there... But hard luck even there. :( The store personnel checked his DB just to find they had just a few copies left in their Nungambakkam outlet as the response to the book was not warm. (I must've been alertred by this, but unfortunately...). Twas raining quite heavily but I WANTED TO GET THE BOOK B4 THE STOCK GETS OVER. (I rather misunderstood tthe personnel on the reason of the book's unavailability, overlooking the WARMTH in his answer). I reached the place but the personnel in Nungambakkam branch too had difficulty in tracing the book 4 me in the store. Thou his sys told there were 2 copies of the book available we had a tough time trackin the hard. After of almost an hour of search, when I was just 'bout to leave luck found the book. (Yeah luck found the book... literally... Cos t woodn't 've had any takers else). I was kinda taken aback by seeing the book. Twas very small, like a one i could complete in 'bout 2 hours n was priced as almost twice as wat I wood pay for a book of tat quantity. (Goodness. I'm deliberately not bringing the Quality parameter here).

Went home as a happy reader n I was done wid the book b4 supper. It is the worst book I've ever read n i did regret buyin it. Now I new wy I had hardtime finding the book in Cbe. (Mebbe, outlets in Cbe 've known the differentiation altogether). I was furious with the author himself as he had personally boasted bout his work to me wen we had a virtual chat. I caught him up in a networkin site few days l8r n directly asked him if I could get a refund. (Sth 've learnt recently from my Job. Lol). & know wat he replied???.... Din Abhishek be a big flop in his first film n years l8r, a hit now? 'll too mould myself into a better author in my upcoming (I wonder...) books... I din know whether to laugh or cry with such a reply. Lol. This seemed more interesting to me than the book, as the book itself was completely illogical without a plot altogether. From then 've been choosing books from a different perspective. Givin t a second thot wen there is very less stock. Lol. I must also mention tat I got to raed a few good books after tis incident. Watever! The reader in me wont be killed!
Happy reading!

P.S.:
1. Waitin to read Krish n Ananya's story soon. Hurry up Chetan. You've changed the readin habit of Indian youth.
2. Unable to decide if I should pre-book The Lost Symbol (Almost 700 bucks) or wait a week longer for the pirated print.

3. How many of yu noted that the subject matter irrelevant to the post has been blurred out in the pic bove??? :p

Swine Flu???Blame It On Rajinikanth...!

Came across this this funny strip in the web. (Courtesy: Coconut Chutney/Lavanya Mohan.)


Very funny!