Lost in the crowd

Too much to do, too little time. When I was young my parents said, study now so that you can play later in your life. When I was in my teens they said, this is the time to study and think about your career, you'll get lots of time for your stuff when you are older. When I was passed out college they said, think about your future - this is your time to make your career, once you get settled you'll have lots of time to spare.

I'm now settled in my career but I still don't have time for myself. This mad rush for success keeps me from enjoying the simple pleasures of life. However, I do understand the advice of my parents, they did not have a choice coming from a middle class family that we are.

Last few weeks I could not find time to write even a few lines on my blog. But I kept thinking is this how I want to live? Guess, I have no choice either; but I am determined to make the life of my kid different - I don’t know how, yet, but I'll figure out. I'll have to figure out.

My First School

It was actually a Pre-School and I must be, I'm guessing, around 3 years old. No fancy Pre-School like the ones that we have today in the metropolis' just another one that’s down a few blocks. I remember, one of the school teacher's would pick me up (not literally, and certainly not in a transport - we walked) from my house and drop me home in the afternoon. The school time was fun (I mean, when we had breaks), once the typical ABC and 123 classes got over, we would go berserk much to the annoyance of the teachers.

I loved the time spent at school, after all it helped me show-off my newly gained knowledge and the rhymes, specially the rhymes! I even got my mom tape my rhymings, umpteen times and believe it or not I had that cassette until a few years ago. Almost every time we had guests at our place, they would be subjected to my rhymes - I loved it.

Learning new things is so much fun. I love to learn as much as I can and not necessarily on any specific topic. Recently I ordered Entrepreneurs: Talent, Temperament, Technique by John Thompson and am awaiting delivery.

Spine Flu

Have you heard the latest? The Swine Flu b@$t@rd will have a second wave of casualties when it genetically mutates! Try Eucalyptus oil, or chew clove or, wait wait, try the hot salt water gargle - it works... WOW, people do get worked up these days: all they need is a reason. (Did I just say reason?) Naah, not reason: fear of getting dead is what wakes us up, instantly. Fear of being vulnerable, like anyone else, otherwise how would you explain the apathy towards victims of other diseases.

Scores of people die of diseases such as (the simpler ones) diarrhea, cholera, (and the not so simpler ones) HIV, TB: but who cares. These diseases don't affect us...its for the poor ones.

There's lot to be done in other areas, but nope, only deaths and threats that affect us will be the priority. We should not worry about the Swine Flu, its the Spine Flu which is deadlier.