Independence day 2011

When was the last time you sung the national anthem? Probably you might have heard the tune being played out in sports events. This time I-day fell on Monday. I some how managed to find time to go to the embassy in the morning. As always the crowd turned up in large numbers which I did not expect in the first place. The events were packed with kids from various Indian International schools. Since I need to get back to the work I could not stay back to enjoy the events organised. But sung the National anthem like a proud Indian. Getting chocked up is the part of the ritual I face every year. Happy Independence day to all Indians!

Blog Hibernation

My blog with 101 posts is too old now(akin to 101 yrs) and is purposefully being neglected or hibernated. Of late I have been into lots of writing stuff and I , neither a writer by profession nor a writer by passion, is finding it extremely energy sapping and mind wrenching to put more words on the blogger slate. Needless to say my current post is just some random filling with no significance whatsoever.

The days are passing by and the clock ticking is freaking me out. Days and nights are merging. Hope I will get through this stage unhurt. What the heck I am a warrior!

Wedding Bells.

My friends are in a hurry and one after the other is getting hitched.Being away from the home didn't help in making my presence felt at all the weddings. All the weddings were given a miss until this. Well this was also almost skipped. Then everything happened in a jiffy and I couldn't resist booking the ticket, which almost burned a hole in my pocket. Its one of noname13.c guys, so I fell for it at last. Eventually I was on the plane thinking when was the last time I made such a short trip to India. There was none. That may make it first of many trips. But I wish there will not be any more short trips.

It been years since I attended a wedding. And its the first of any of my friends wedding I attended. So I was really looking forward filled with lots of mixed feelings. One great thing about the wedding is the reunion opportunities it provides. Met Aditi after nearly 4 years. Shameless as it can get. I have been to India 4 times in 4 years but could manage to meet her only now. Hope I need not wait 4 more years for the next meet.

The wedding was a bash. Simple and sweet. May the couple spends rest of the life happily together. Despite so many differences I am sure they will ultimately reach a common path complementing each other. That's the magic of marriage. Finally, I learned the hard fact one again that I cannot sing any song more than 4 lines taken in any language. How in the world people remember the lyrics!!

The sleepless and drunken nights finally took its toll after I returned to Singapore. My record of not being sick since moving to Singapore is finally broken. Alas ,a one day fever was enough to make me sad that my defense mechanism was finally breached. A Toast to the Happy couple. Happy married life :)

I turn 25!!

I turn 25 today or rather I am 300 months old!!A quarter of a century on the earth! As always birthday was well spent with the family. Hopefully I will become wiser and better person this year.

And yes this is Memories third birthday :) Incidentally this is my 100th post on Memories. Hope there will be more posts in the coming year though the situation looks bleak. So a three deck brownie to celebrate all the events.Woohoo. Cheerios.

Sgcares

Of late I have been associated with the philanthropic organisation called Sgcares. Every time I associate myself with new events I feel there is so much people can do for the less fortunate people. The feeling of giving back to the society was not the only criteria which influenced me in taking up the activities. But some events are really an eye opener and they are the things which keeps you reminding how little yet significant role you can be in the development of some other person.

I had the chance to teach in the yesterdays activity. I taught before and I have no qualms in saying that I prefer teaching intelligent students to less intelligent ones. The students didn't seem interested and I being very tired didn't give any thought for the next one hour. I just wanted to give my level best without expecting anything from this student. What surprised me is how quick she is in understanding and how interested is she in learning. The moment I started teaching I knew given proper schooling facilities she can be extremely successful. And for the next one hour it didn't matter how noisy my surroundings were. Only thing that mattered is how much I can cover in that period. The session wasn't long enough in terms of time but it did provide a meaningful experience. Somethings are just meant to be experienced.