...and Shakespeare was an honourable man.

Sir William Shakespeare.

That guy had something against me. Since the time I have been studying literature (maybe since 3rd standard), it has always been, "Enter Shakespeare, exit marks in literature". Scientifically speaking, Shakespeare and my english marks have always strictly obeyed an inverse proportionality. The more amount of Shakespeare in my literature textbook, the less marks I would get in the exam.

So today when my classmates found an out of context reference to Shakespeare in a lesson about an elementary school in a slum, and the teacher asked us to explain what the author had in mind, I was the one who blurted out,"The kids didn't really like Shakespeare."

Now, you would expect the class to laugh. but when asked how many of us didn't like Shakespeare, around half the children put up their hands.

It's lovely to see people substantiate your stance.

I should go into politics.

To go or not to go, that's the question...

Acceptance and change

The bible has this verse:
"God give me the strength to accept the things that I can't change."

God will take care of that all right. But what about the things that we CAN change but shouldn't....for the greater good....or maybe just for the joys of someone very dear to us?

Today in school I sat pondering over the question. And it occured to me that if you have people who really, really care about you, you won't ever need to change anything in your life. Those things that will change are destiny. Even when we feel that we have influenced an event, we have actually just played our part in the giant picture of 'destiny dearest'.

A very dear friend of mine once told me,"whatever happens happens for a reason."
Until today I never realised how right the statement is.
Whatever happens, happens for a reason.
 If it is good, be happy.
If it is bad then remind yourself that it had a 'very good reason' for happening.
And if it doesn't happen at all, then,
The bible has this verse:
"God give me the strength to accept the things that I can't change."

If you are a believer that is....

Here is a peak......... The valleys have been left behind.

Uh huh... Life's like that.

Sandwiches look so ridiculously simple. That is till you decide to make some for braekfast. Then you find that it is as complicated as life. You end up with the thinnest slices of bread, the bread sticks to the sandwich maker, then you find that you have too much filling which invariably keep oozing out, then you try to make some coffee and forget about the sandwiches and let them burn. Then ...you start all over again.

It's a vicious circle, that takes a lot of time to perfect. And when you think you can finally make sandwiches...you let them burn again. Perfection is just another state of mind.

And a small piece of advice to novice cooks like me: Never talk on the phone while making sandwiches, especially if it is only your second try.

Rain and Writing

always having wanted to write, my father's blog has for long been my passtime reading material when i needed something to ponder over. it was almost inevitable that i create a blog of my own. just a place to scribble out all the weird, outlandish thoughts that i end up having, at almost a daily basis.

today, while riding in the rain, parallel to my teacher (for the past year and half), i had this insane urge to create a blog. and within  2 hours its done and here i am at the laptop,typing away.

i dont know, maybe i will never know, what made me do it but it could have been anything. the weather, the expression on my teacher's face as he got bone-drenched in the rain(the age difference forgotten), the rain on my face and running down my back in ice-cold droplets or maybe just the fascinating idea of writing which has been a refuge for a long time.