The doors to happiness

I've been thinking for the past few days. Thinking about the past. What is it that I remember from the past? Its those moments which I will cherish for the rest of the life. The time I spent with the best of friends. Friends like the ones no else can have. I think every person on this planet thinks he/she has the best friends anyone can ever have.

And then I think how would it be if there were doors to access those groups of friends one at a time. I have groups of friends. Friends from school, from higher studies... Everyone's a gem.

How would it be if, I could have doors like, the little school gate, where I could enter and all my school mates would be waiting for me, smiling when I walk towards them. Just being able to relive those days with those friends. Talk the talk which we used to back then.

How would it be if there was a small gate which we had at the back of our undergraduate college which we had to sometimes jump to bunk college, and when I enter it, there would be my friends waiting in their cars or bikes or just standing under a tree, carefree, waiting to ask me, "What now?"

How would it be if there was a heavy glass door which had a button on one side

which said push to open, which we would press even if we were not differently abled, and there they would be standing, my friends, smiling when I enter the door making plans to go some place just to travel even though we have no money left, just for the fun

of it, just to spend time with each other.

I could add in countless other doors here, but then you guys will get bored. :D

Thank you friends, for just being there. :)

PS: I think I've written many "what-if" scenarios in the past 2-3 posts.... :D I'll probably try something different next time.

A button for everything

How would it be if we had a button for everything? Just think about it. All your needs addressed at just the push of a button!

Seriously, how many times have you lost your keys or forgotten where you've put your phone. You know its lying around somewhere in front of your eyes but you just cannot find it! I sometimes imagine having a remote control of sorts which has a button on it. And when I press it, it immediately finds me my phone or keys or whatever.

There was this one time when I lost the keys to a cupboard in my house. I searched all over the place but couldn't find it. Finally we had to break open the lock to open it. The cupboard still has a hole in it at the place where there used to be a lock. It's at times like these that I feel I had the button which could get me what I want. We've called the stupid carpenter many times, but he doesn't show up! Now we don't keep anything valuable in it.

Another time when I was searching for something else. I don't even remember what it was I was searching for! But I searched all over the place. You know why I don't remember what I was searching for? Because something else happened. I found the key to the cupboard I was searching for before! I guess that made me forget what I was searching for.

Another time I felt I needed a button was when I was stranded at Frankfurt because AirIndia didn't confirm my ticket to Washington DC. I wished I would push a button and...

---poof---

My name would just come up on their computer screen. Aah, now that would be nice!

I guess this button thing comes from childhood for me. Everything around me had a button. Remote controls for TVs VCRs which can control everything from afar. A button on the camera which would just capture a moment forever. How about a calling bell. You press a button and someone comes out from inside! Naaice! Oh oh, yeah, the telephone had buttons! Press a few buttons, and you can talk to anyone anywhere in the world! And then came computers! OMG it had so many buttons!

Well, thats my story. I'm sure even you guys have something you hold on to in times of need. Some people call it God. Some call it their lucky charm. I call it, a button for everything.

People watching

I like to watch people when I am in a crowded place. Frankly, I don't like crowded places, so people-watching is my way of getting away from the crowd. I am in my own shell when I watch people. Some people (some of my friends too) probably think I'm a pervert. But that’s not the case. In fact, I don't even judge people.

There was this time in Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India, I was sitting on a park bench and watching people go by. My mind filtered out couples from the crowd somehow. While I was watching people, I just noticed how newly married (or unmarried) couples were walking hand in hand, cuddling some times. They showed love to each other. Then there was this different sect of couples with kids with them. They were just too busy taking care of their children running around them in circles for I don't know what reason! These guys just didn't have the time for each other. And then there were these middle-aged and all older couples. They just walked around keeping some distance from each other. After all this, I just thought "Hmm :-/", talked about this to my friends and moved on.

What’s the point in writing all this? Well, it’s been a while since I updated my blog. So I thought, "Why not write what I keep doing?"... People watching.