The Cynic gets a rush of dream in his head..

Hate is baggage. Life is too short to be pissed of all the time.


We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained.. we must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory.. will swell when again touched.. as surely they will be.. by the better angels of our nature.


With these words ended this wonderful movie called "American History X". Its been one of those days when you get surprised by every good things that happen to you. How come every thing that is happening today does not have any droplets of disappointment or despair attached to it? - I wondered over and over again today. Its that strange sensation of seeing something unexpected, something which is good but something you almost forgot to expect from life.


I dont know, maybe my first whole weekend at home after about 7-8 weeks is making me say this, may be am a little overreacting. I dont know. But the fact remains that today, I felt content, I felt happy, for a whole day. I loved my day today. Let me just list down the things I liked about my day.
1. India is playing a dominant and aggressive game at New Zealand. I have never seen an Indian Cricket team that is looking so confidant, so consistent, so sure, so aggressive for over such a long period of time. Touch wood.

2. I liked the biriyani at Lazeez today.

3. My Laptop has been facing some issues for last few months. Its getting heated up way too much and way too fast. To get it serviced at the HP service centre would have costed at least 1500 to 2000 grands. But I met a "Bong Knight" today at the service centre who agreed to do it in a much much nominal price.. of the book though..!! Now, please dont make me feel guilty about this. I mean, the Laptop just needs to get the fan cleaned up a little. No company deserves to get paid 1500 bucks for this. HP service renewal takes 5500 bucks, and the contract has to be renewed every year. This is totally shitty. This guy is my and my friends' Knight with shining armor now, as far as Laptop problems are concerned, that is.

4. Spent three hours at the Enigma tonight. Its my most pub in Bangalore. There are few better ones in terms of the crowd and the DJ, but this one is absolute value for money. Just what a software techie needs in times of recession, isnt it? :)

5. I saw my heart throb, Koel Mallick's bengali movie today :) Yippie, I am in love with her since the college days, and this is the frst movie I have seen of her. can you imagine how great that feeling was? :) The movie is called "Bor asbe ekhuni" (The Groom will arrive soon).

6. I spent 24 hours without thinking anything about matters next code release, code coverage in Unit Testing, Module Test reports for my code. That is such a big relief.

7. I watched American History X. Loved it.

8. Spent hours gossiping with friends today. This is the best stress reliever a man can get you know, chatting/gossiping with friends is the ultimate stress buster in life.

Gosh.. I wish I stay this cheerfull for the most of days from now on. Last few months has really been tough for me. I learnt so much about myself in those times. I took a lot of effort out of me to get through that period, I guess the best way to face bad and sad times is to stop worrying about it and grin your through. Thats something I learnt from my hero, Lance Armstrong. You cant fight bad times, they are like cyclones. There is no use trying to fight and defeat them. You just have to bite your teeth and go through the pain. Take the blows, it will end, sooner or later. I just hope the bad times are almost over. Actually after the G20 summit the world economy to is trying to kick up again. Last week the Indian sensex comfortably stayed on the better side of that important 10k mark. The US stock looked buoyant too. Hope there are the signs of good things to come.

Life indeed, is too short to be pissed off all the time. Its just not worth it.