Don't you hanker for a break from it all?

You need to get away - from yourself (no kidding). Just unbutton your skin and step out of yourself and escape into the outer world, even if its only for a day or even an hour!

More often than not, it's our own thoughts and perceptions that drive us crazy.  So get away from them - and don't worry about what you think of  you. 

Don't be you. Be some one else, someone new, someone you dont know, someone who will be coloured in time. 

Make that trip and dont forget to leave behind that streak in you that thinks too much. 

Life is much more fun when you live it - without terms and conditions.

Go native

All the places you've dreamt of visiting, when you finally get there - would you choose to stand apart and look on - or go native and be a part of the scene? I've done both - and the latter is infinitely more satisfying!
It was Bali - so warm and welcoming, so peaceful and happy that lured me to go native! So my attire was the local lungi and the brightly coloured shirt - and like the native Hindus - my bindi was made of grains of rice.
Oooh I was Balinese now - and wanted to do all thing Bali. I was on the sea shoe at dawn watching the people surfing. not the western tourists with their upmarket boards - but the Balinese with roughly hewn planks and flat coconut branches! Some were good - others were learning. But they all were having fun!
"Come come, we will teach you", they invited. Tempted as I was, I declined - cursing myself for not taking my swimming classes more seriously.
I promised myself that Iwould be proficient enough to enjoy the seas when I travelled next. A notion only made stronger by Zindagi na milegi dobara! Not that I would sky dive or even worse - participate in a bull run! Not quite as bull headed - as yet!

Good times

Do we keep waiting for them to come our way? Or do we create them? Or grab all that we can on a daily basis? What if you want a radical change in life - what are the checks and balances we need to keep in mind? How far is no further? Do we burn our brdiges or just cross them? When will we ever know when its right? You play your cards - and hope for the best. And take and enjoy life as it comes. Its the only way we can enjoy life and not endure it!

Buzzing off now

Right?

The flight was yet to take off- and I was already already deeply engrossed in the book. A loud voice - an angry young man demanding his rights!! His seat had been taken by someone else - an old lady who obviously found it difficult to move around.

I looked around the plane - as did everyone else in the vicinity. The plane was more than half empty. You could have a whole row to yourself if you wanted. And he had some passengers pointing it out to him.

Yet here was this young man, ousting an old lady - he had a right to his seat!

All right, he did have a right. But right or not - it didnt seem right. Or am I looking at it with the wrong perspective?

Buzzing off now

Suki

Entertainment on board!

Have any of you taken a domestic flight recently? I did - and was struck by the announcements on board the flight. I wasn't able to understand a word of what was being said!

Oki - I agree that I am not a hindi pandit - and that may have caused some confusion during the Hindi announcements! But to my amusement, I realised it wasnt any different in English!!

Slurred speech, rendered too fast and indifferently - had the passengers amused, confused & bemused!

"Ldies n Gnenmen - sncks n bvrg wll sooon b sreved on board. theprce lst is at ur set - feel freeto odr ur nees!!! "

The thing is, the point was lost on a lot of passengers, who didnt realize they had to pay and exorbidantly too, for the snacks - and thereby ensued a righteous brawl about airline fare!!

If only the announcement was made slowly, loudly and clearly - it would have saved everyone a lot of trouble

And announcements continued- about "turbunce, reay for takof, smucking n toiless" .....

I wonder if any of these airlines moguls- who so pride themselves on excellent service, have ever heard how their flight attendants sound? If it is too much problem to help them hone their communication skills, wouldn't a taped announcement would do?

Oh well - if it doesn't worry them - it certainly should just entertainment on board to us!!!

Buzzing of now
Suki

It ain't cricket!!

Isn't that amusing? Ricky Ponting cribs about time wasting tactics of England during the Ashes! Ponting should be the last man pointing fingers, accusing or otherwise!
There isn't a single ploy or plot that the Aussies haven't used to win a match in all the years under Ricky's captaincy - including claiming catches that were grounded, blocking a batsman taking runs by standing in his way etc. The world knows that the record breaking winning streak they claimed was never their victory! They didnt break any records except the one for shocking the cricketing world for their "win at all cost - and fairplay be damned attitude".

What's the matter Ricky? Don't you like it when other teams take a leaf out of your book? Maybe they're inspired by your captaincy! Anyway, the copyright to underhand tactics isn't solely yours! Now that's a bitter pill to swallow, isn't it?

Buzzing off now,
Suki

Breaking news??

I love the way TV channels keep breaking news – even when the news is a few days old! A huge ticker tape that keeps saying BREAKING NEWS does look impressive! Of course you realize at once that its being re – broken. Again and again. Recycling news?

And the same stock pics re-running for hours in the background – while the reporters desperately try to find something new and sensational to say about an event that is fast losing its sheen!

It cant be easy to be a 24 x 7 news channel. Look at the problems they face – news doesn’t happen that often – leaving these poor channels very often to create news, create controversies or blow up tiny events that were better off being ignored. Much ado about nothing Shakespeare would say!

Some times it’s like watching a soap opera – with all the trials and tribulations created by the media. Are they in the wrong profession then? Would they be better off producing TV serials? After all the TRP ratings are far higher for serials. And these poor news channels keep trying so hard to compete with them!!!

Lets not be too harsh on them while they bring us news live or dead – after all they’re just trying to keep up with the soaps!

Buzzing off now
Suki