Present Perfect Continuous
Imagine if Life was that. Imagine if you woke up to a dream every single day of your life. Imagine a life full of happiness(or is it spelt happyness???) interspersed with glimpses of reality.Imagine…just imagine!!!
2006 had all the makings of a blockbuster year for me. A change in every walk of life- professional to personal to nasal. (No kidding here, a septal operation was what it took to correct a ear infection!!!). I bid adios to Delhi and turned Eastward (a little disdainfully- you may want to add) in an attempt to join the “I’m on site” bandwagon. After all, Uncle Sam never really seemed happy with this nephew of his. So I touched base with an erstwhile “uncle” (who, incidentally was on good terms with my dad as well!).I was welcomed with open arms on the condition that I would earn approximately 15 Rupees-to-a-dollar lesser than what Uncle Sam “promised”. I could do with that! So I looked at Sam(disowned the uncle part) and said “Pluck Yew” (with a Chinese accent of course) and embraced a new hope called Singapore.
Come 2007, and the hangover did not end with just the alcohol. In fact the party had just begun. New people walked into my life. New friendships were born while some were lost forever. One such person who walked into my life was Pandora and these few bytes that I blog are dedicated completely to her.
Pandora and I met quite accidentally. We hit it off almost instantly despite being anything but similar. We had different backgrounds. We came from different places. We even spoke different languages, but yet, there was one thing that was similar. Our pasts. And as days progressed I realized that we had one more thing in common. Our quest for hope and an unquenchable thirst for life.
Pandora has done in many ways what I thought was unthinkable. I thought that I had reached the threshold of pain that life threw at one. But she made me realize that what I went through was just a whiff of what she had. She survived to tell the tale while I stuttered. I messed up life’s equations, she showed me how to balance them.
I will forever be in awe of her confidence and for teaching me how beautiful life can actually get.
Life and its intricacies suddenly seem exquisite. I am soaking all of it up while loving every minute of it.
Thank you Pandora for making life present perfect continuous!!!
PS: Last week, I found a tiny little bird that had injured its wings in an accident. I nursed it back to life and found its zeal to live inspiring. And that’s why I gave it a larger-than-life persona in this blog.
Oh yeah, before I forget I named her, Pandora!!
2006 had all the makings of a blockbuster year for me. A change in every walk of life- professional to personal to nasal. (No kidding here, a septal operation was what it took to correct a ear infection!!!). I bid adios to Delhi and turned Eastward (a little disdainfully- you may want to add) in an attempt to join the “I’m on site” bandwagon. After all, Uncle Sam never really seemed happy with this nephew of his. So I touched base with an erstwhile “uncle” (who, incidentally was on good terms with my dad as well!).I was welcomed with open arms on the condition that I would earn approximately 15 Rupees-to-a-dollar lesser than what Uncle Sam “promised”. I could do with that! So I looked at Sam(disowned the uncle part) and said “Pluck Yew” (with a Chinese accent of course) and embraced a new hope called Singapore.
Come 2007, and the hangover did not end with just the alcohol. In fact the party had just begun. New people walked into my life. New friendships were born while some were lost forever. One such person who walked into my life was Pandora and these few bytes that I blog are dedicated completely to her.
Pandora and I met quite accidentally. We hit it off almost instantly despite being anything but similar. We had different backgrounds. We came from different places. We even spoke different languages, but yet, there was one thing that was similar. Our pasts. And as days progressed I realized that we had one more thing in common. Our quest for hope and an unquenchable thirst for life.
Pandora has done in many ways what I thought was unthinkable. I thought that I had reached the threshold of pain that life threw at one. But she made me realize that what I went through was just a whiff of what she had. She survived to tell the tale while I stuttered. I messed up life’s equations, she showed me how to balance them.
I will forever be in awe of her confidence and for teaching me how beautiful life can actually get.
Life and its intricacies suddenly seem exquisite. I am soaking all of it up while loving every minute of it.
Thank you Pandora for making life present perfect continuous!!!
PS: Last week, I found a tiny little bird that had injured its wings in an accident. I nursed it back to life and found its zeal to live inspiring. And that’s why I gave it a larger-than-life persona in this blog.
Oh yeah, before I forget I named her, Pandora!!
posted by Rajan Rambles at 5:52 AM
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