Keep talking, someday you'll say something intelligent!

As I sat in the Metro today, twiddling my thumbs,
my wandering thoughts set me to wonder:




 If I got one wish to be what I wish to be what would I wish to be

Hmmm, may be an ant. These rice-grain high creatures, fascinate me. I remember, even as a child I could for hours on end just continue to watch the long scent trail following two-way traffic rules to the 't', with no road dividers, while heading with a single-minded purpose. The miniscule black head stores a baffling sense of mapping the sites of interest, direction and location that would put any GPS to shame; their sense of discipline & orderliness could train our military and  sense of smell could outsmart a police dog. Though, how I wish they would harp for keys, mobiles and eye-glasses as much as they do about food morsels. It would be so easy then to just follow the trail and Voila! How, just nothing escapes their eye is baffling - in no time the ant-scouts gather their platoon and set off on their padyatra with single-minded dedication and devotion. On the way more and more keep joining in and falling in line as they head to their destination and then do a 'U' turn with their loot balanced on their backs to take back to their nests to feed their baby ants. Ant colonies do complex decision making and logicism with diminutive uncomplicated brains, I must say.

They would do marvellously well as instructors, military commanders, teach common man to form a line and stand in a queue while going about their business in their quiet industrious way with no collisions, crashes, snatching, road rage. Tiny as they are, we can learn a lot from them. They can make the mighty elephant do a tango.

But, then do I want to get trampled by mortals? Penny for my thoughts! Just think of all those wonderful inherent skills and talent trampled in a fraction of a second. What a waste.

I don't mind being a chimp. In fact, I would love to ape, mimic, tease, run away with people's belongings and sit on the bonnet of the car to comb my hair and admire myself in the side-view mirrors of the best of luxury vehicles. However, the thought of eating ticks and lies disgust me, so I guess, I would have to let go of this desire. Mischievously yours!

Would I wish to be a giraffe? Why not, then I would stand tall and be a master of all I survey. And quite like the idea of my polka-dotted body. Though on second thoughts, I prefer a black & white striped look, and be a zebra, unless I am embarrassed - then, of course,  I would turn red, black and white all over. 

Elephants, hippos, rhinos, no way! I would be perpetually on crash diets. Just think of those kilos & kilos I would have to shed to reach size zero. 

Bird with wings to soar and fly. Total bliss!  But, eating worms. Eeegadh!

I could be a tree, provide shade, do my bit towards global warming but I will have to give this too a pass as the very thought of all kinds of nocturnal creatures swinging, swaying and hanging upside down from my limbs would send shivers down my trunk.

Butterfly? Pretty, no doubt!  But do I really want to be featured on Page 3 every day socially? Nah!

The blaring announcement of my stop approaching brought me out of my reverie!

I guess each one is perfectly imperfecto in their own little unique ways and it's best to live in your own skin.

I would like to share Doris Day's beautiful song  and its lyrics which sums it all up so beautifully:  

Que Sera Que Sera

When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty, will I be rich
Here's what she said to me.

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours, to see
Que Sera, Sera
What will be, will be.

When I was young, I fell in love
I asked my sweetheart what lies ahead
Will we have rainbows, day after day
Here's what my sweetheart said.

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours, to see
Que Sera, Sera
What will be, will be.

Now I have children of my own
They ask their mother, what will I be
Will I be handsome, will I be rich
I tell them tenderly.

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours, to see
Que Sera, Sera
What will be, will be.

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Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., JAY LIVINGSTON MUSIC, INC.

Songwriters: LIVINGSTON, JAY / EVANS, RAY

See you soon folks, another day, another place!

Don't Have a Cow: My Post today will be like a mini-skirt. Long enou...

Don't Have a Cow: My Post today will be like a mini-skirt. Long enou...: Phew, so I have done it! On my way to work; in the middle of a high-level meeting; half-way through a movie; while digging into a juicy bur...

My Post today will be like a mini-skirt. Long enough to cover the essentials but short enough to hold your attention!

Phew, so I have done it! On my way to work; in the middle of a high-level meeting; half-way through a movie; while digging into a juicy burger; at the fag end of the day when I'm on my way back feeling 'dogtired', this demon in me to start a blog leaps at me, pokes me, taps me, nags me. My thoughts and ideas tend to wander, meander and nudge each other. And now, that I have finally got myself to doing so, I am sitting poised to post, but at a loss as what to start with to share with whoever may be interested in getting a peep. I am blank.

So, I thought let this first post be a little peek into what you might expect to find in here. Beware folks! I believe that there is a very thin line between sanity and madness and I make several trips back and forth, all in a day - Deep philosophy to inane ramblings; Vincent van Gogh to quirky art; sombre to comic.

My feel good companions are Fonts & paint brushes, Chai, rain, reading, creating little Hatke.

People keep dogs & cats as pets. I would like to keep an imp. Am I mad? Yes, I know that already.

One thing I just cannot do without:

We love to play hide-and-seek. It has a way of hiding between sheets, bags, under the furniture and what have you, while  I am an ace at seeking in places where I have not even gone close to. I have vowed to myself, that one day I am going to master "I SPY".

"Today a man knocked on my door and asked for a small donation towards the local swimming pool. I gave him a glass of water."

Leaving you with a smile for now. See you around soon!