Expectations.

Everyday, I half expect you to turn up at my doorstep.
Telling me that you have wronged, we have wronged.
And that things can be right again.

Everyday, I wonder how our little world collapsed and why.
With my wondering, my life passes me by.
I try to grasp at the little miracles, but sometimes it feels like I have no more strength.
I see your happiness and try to draw strength from it.
I wish things were different. I wish I had answers.

Everyday, I expect you to turn up at my doorstep.
But even a shadow of this possibility doesn’t exist.
And even if it does, I want nothing of it.
Not a single thing.

Why then?

Quintessential Timeless Advice.

This cult song/speech whatever you may want to call it so powerfully strong and effective.
I think if everyone spared a thought for each of idea in this piece, the world would be a better place.
This is for all my fellow fresh graduates. Espeically if you’re like me, lost, at a crossroad and having a general feeling of worthlessness. I think life is more than worrying yourself to death over this. Here is Baz Luhrmann.:)

Please watch the video here. It will definitely make a difference.

(unless you’re a mule-head) :P

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of 99…Wear sunscreen

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years youll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you cant grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked…Youre not as fat as you imagine. Dont worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday. Do one thing everyday that scares you

Sing

Dont be reckless with other peoples hearts, dont put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss

Dont waste your time on jealousy; sometimes youre ahead, sometimes youre behind…the race is long, and in the end its only with yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Dont feel guilty if you dont know what to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didnt know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still dont.Get plenty of calcium

Be kind to your knees, youll miss them when theyre gone.

Maybe youll marry, maybe you wont, maybe youll have children, maybe you wont, maybe youll divorce at 40, maybe youll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, dont congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your choices are half chance, so are everybody elses.Enjoy your body, use it every way you can…dont be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, its the greatest instrument youll ever own.

Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you dont follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

49 second break in speech — Quindon singing

Get to know your parents, youll never know when theyll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths, price will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do youll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Dont expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.

Dont mess too much with your hair, or by the time its 40, it will look 85.

Be careful who advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than its worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen…

Hindi Movie

I watched a very interesting Hindi movie today.
I have a lot to say but I lost my favourite shawl in a taxi and am too upset to say anything.
Except…. !@#$%%^$@@!!!!!!!

Dinner & Fireworks.

You go for dinner.
You’re seventy stories above ground.
Breath-taking, sparkling fireworks explode and dazzle infront of you in the sky.
A moment that cannot be described by mere words alone.
You see traffic like little ants below you, with hazard lights on, as they stop to watch the spectacle high above.
Lights and colours are everywhere infront of you, framed by that one glass panel that seperates you from the massive sparkles, unlike a private performance, with gigantic glittering stars and gold dust.

And then it hits you. With the same force and velocity as a train-wreck, and that which you cannot stop.

You have forgotten to bring your camera.

But an hour later, extremely ruffled feathers are made smooth with a simple ensemble of Chocolate fondue and frozen Strawberry Margarita. But you return with no frozen memories on film. And that is a feeling that cannot be paid by MasterCard!

@#$%

Dinner & Fireworks.

You go for dinner.
You’re seventy stories above ground.
Breath-taking, sparkling fireworks explode and dazzle infront of you in the sky.
A moment that cannot be described by mere words alone.
You see traffic like little ants below you, with hazard lights on, as they stop to watch the spectacle high above.
Lights and colours are everywhere infront of you, framed by that one glass panel that seperates you from the massive sparkles, unlike a private performance, with gigantic glittering stars and gold dust. And then it hits you. With the same force and velocity as a train-wreck, and that which you cannot stop. You have forgotten to bring your camera. But an hour later, ruffled feathers are made smooth with a simple ensemble of Chocolate fondue and frozen Strawberry Margarita. But you return with no frozen memories on film. And that is a feeling that cannot be paid by MasterCard! @#$%