Thru the glass eye

To my lists of 'first times' this year has been remarkable and when i refer to the year i would rather talk about a time frame when i had so many of my "First time ever" experiences.The time frame ranging between 12months - ???months. I had funny visual experiences for the last one month, not being able to read sign boards which were 20-25feet away from me, squinting of eyes while watching a particularly intriguing piece of work on tele, inability to check the timings on the display board for my underground train, sudden headaches, so on and so forth. Eventually all this led to the already known cause of Shortsightedness & I got my first ever pair of glasses. The optician had warned regarding the Side effects of wearing glasses which was when i start wearing them the brief spells when am without them might make me feel my eyes are going worse, but that would not be the actual case!! It sure did sound pretty confusing to me, but soon was crystal clear. The moment i donned my glasses, the hues and colors came back to me like i had never seen them before, i could read the tiniest prints to the farthest bill board, catch the slightest ring of smoke from the chimney house far away, see the bright color jerseys of football players running on the ground which otherwise was quite a blur for me. This sudden revelation of my weak sight was a shock & sigh of relief as well, shock for i had been tolerating this quality of pictures to be projected on my brains & relief that things would be better now. But the moment i remove my glasses life goes back to its dull shades,things loose their color,everything looked plagued by Jaundice.But thanks to the picture editor in my life..my glasses.

Snowflakes

Snowflakes float gently from the sky,Slowly they fall passing by.

Twirling and whirling where they might, Millions of snowflakes in flight.

Down, down, they go, Blanketing the ground with so much snow.
Going where they may,On the ground they lay.
Covering all that is bad,Hiding all that is sad.

Year that slipped by

It's only the beginning now...a pathway yet unknown

At times the sound of other steps...sometimes we walk alone

The best beginnings of our lives

May sometimes end in sorrow

But even on our darkest days

The sun will shine tomorrow.

The years will never take away

Our chance to start anew

It's only the beginning now

So dreams can still come true...

Year 2009 just slipped by, all the preparation for Christmas which started in late October, and stretched till the last min of X'mas eve, the thrill and planning for bringing in the new year,the crowds pouring in from every corner for 31st celebrations all have melted to a new year and a new beginning.

The year that slipped away was a pretty pivotal one for me and while it slipped away it surely made its presence felt. The year was dotted with life changing decisions, foreign flavors, fell in love with vampires of various kinds, healthy dosage of Harry Potter, explored some beautiful places which i had only read about, worked at places where i had an opportunity to discover some latent talents which i never had the faintest clue i possessed,witnessed some prolonged tough times,blamed God for putting me in sticky places & tricky situations which surprisingly converted me from an atheist to a believer or simply helped me transfer the blame to some one. But in hindsight am just confused if its me who responsible for making these decisions & landing up here or maybe its God who's making me do all these and he has some Master Plan for my life.

But on the sweet & sour note me is hoping this year should be one that makes me smile, gives me courage that helps me stay on, strength to help me realise my dreams & love that keeps me sane.