I've been lucky this year to meet up with some old friends after a long time.
Its always so much fun to hang out with people who've shared some fun times with you; unfortunately over the course of time, these aren't really the 'old friends' but 'new people' who you have to discover all over again.
People become guarded, old inside jokes don't mean the same, and its no longer effortless! On the other hand, some people like that - to rediscover and perhaps find someone more mature and complete than the person you knew back in college.
I don't like the effort, I still yearn for the same old, same old. People shouldn't change but then again I'm hoping for the impossible :)
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Forget the past, live in the present, think about the near future
Over Diwali my cousin Nipa asked me "If you think about your past relationships and missed chances, what's the one you regret and what's the one you could have a do-over with". Most of the people in the room had their answers ready. I had to think for a while..but I think my answer is the truth for me.
My answer was I don't have a single regret and I don't want a do-over. She was surprised and so were my other cousins. Well, my reasoning is that I don't have a regret over anyone because the decision to end a relationship would be one that I've thought about and wouldn't have taken it lightly. Do-overs - well if I didn't try hard enough or didn't get to know the person that well, that just means that over the first, second, third or even fourth impressions there was either nothing there to pursue or it was a one-way street. Either way, it doesn't make any difference. About the present, I'm with someone who is best for me as I am right now. Life rushes on ahead and there'll be road bumps and sometimes dead ends. What are you going to do anyway?
The only time to live in is the present and perhaps just a tiny bit into the future - the past is the past, the only way you're going to change things about the past are through solace, forgiveness and in your mind and imagination.
My answer was I don't have a single regret and I don't want a do-over. She was surprised and so were my other cousins. Well, my reasoning is that I don't have a regret over anyone because the decision to end a relationship would be one that I've thought about and wouldn't have taken it lightly. Do-overs - well if I didn't try hard enough or didn't get to know the person that well, that just means that over the first, second, third or even fourth impressions there was either nothing there to pursue or it was a one-way street. Either way, it doesn't make any difference. About the present, I'm with someone who is best for me as I am right now. Life rushes on ahead and there'll be road bumps and sometimes dead ends. What are you going to do anyway?
The only time to live in is the present and perhaps just a tiny bit into the future - the past is the past, the only way you're going to change things about the past are through solace, forgiveness and in your mind and imagination.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
So I didn't win..
but it was definitely worth entering. I think that one of the ways to improve your sport/hobby (mine is photography) is to actually compete for it. You get to see what other people's skills are, compare them to yours and hopefully improve.
In any case, I'll continue to take pictures and improve over time. Maybe someday I'll manage to win at it!
To see the ones I had entered for the contest themed "Asia without borders" refer to my earlier post - http://mehulvora.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-finalists.html
In any case, I'll continue to take pictures and improve over time. Maybe someday I'll manage to win at it!
To see the ones I had entered for the contest themed "Asia without borders" refer to my earlier post - http://mehulvora.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-finalists.html
Friday, October 9, 2009
Credit now, pay later..The new Nobel Peace prize
This year's Nobel Peace prize is awarded to USA President Barack Obama. Here is the official press release from the prize committee. He has (as of this day) been in office for just more than 9 months.
The peace prize was awarded 'for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples'. The prize, according to me and many others (including previous peace prize winners) has been awarded in 'hope' of doing everything he has pledged to do. He has inspired 'hope' in an uninspired world. Come on !! Anyone coming in after the Bush fiasco would've got the same sort of hope-inspiring effect on the US or other countries.
Nobel prizes, peace or otherwise, were until today based on the impact of the laureate's work on the relevant field. e.g. This year's Nobel prize in Medicine and Physiology went towards the discovery of the telomerase enzyme and telomeres that have since then been implicated in very important aspects of aging and cancer. They have become widely studied and have impacted the field significantly. This discovery was first made in the early 1980s. It has taken more than 20 years for this discovery to be given its due. Now granted that peace prizes have been given for their immediate and far reaching impacts. Note the immediate and far reaching impact - NOT impending impact. This is exactly what the prize to Obama signifies. I earnestly hope that in him receiving this he is much more in the spotlight and under pressure, as a politician and world leader has never been before, to actually deliver some of the campaign promises they have made. Obama, in his defense, has been on the right path so far.
Where have we heard 'I want world peace and no wars and bloodshed' a thousand-and-one times before. On every beauty pageant that you've watched (ok. This is a cliche but there's a reason it's a cliche!).
The peace prize was awarded 'for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples'. The prize, according to me and many others (including previous peace prize winners) has been awarded in 'hope' of doing everything he has pledged to do. He has inspired 'hope' in an uninspired world. Come on !! Anyone coming in after the Bush fiasco would've got the same sort of hope-inspiring effect on the US or other countries.
Nobel prizes, peace or otherwise, were until today based on the impact of the laureate's work on the relevant field. e.g. This year's Nobel prize in Medicine and Physiology went towards the discovery of the telomerase enzyme and telomeres that have since then been implicated in very important aspects of aging and cancer. They have become widely studied and have impacted the field significantly. This discovery was first made in the early 1980s. It has taken more than 20 years for this discovery to be given its due. Now granted that peace prizes have been given for their immediate and far reaching impacts. Note the immediate and far reaching impact - NOT impending impact. This is exactly what the prize to Obama signifies. I earnestly hope that in him receiving this he is much more in the spotlight and under pressure, as a politician and world leader has never been before, to actually deliver some of the campaign promises they have made. Obama, in his defense, has been on the right path so far.
Where have we heard 'I want world peace and no wars and bloodshed' a thousand-and-one times before. On every beauty pageant that you've watched (ok. This is a cliche but there's a reason it's a cliche!).
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