i know i want to write something. I'm not sure what i want to write about,though. I'll start with the thing that's occupying quite a lot of my brain's disk space,this moment-my nephew's birth. I have constantly been fascinated by this whole process of child birth since i first knew of my sister's pregnancy.Probably because this is the first time someone close has been pregnant.whatever the reason,i liked the excitement around things.Nine months is a long time, and to bear with all that a woman has to is what i feel,makes a mother as revered as she is.My sister too went through all the pain and the constraints.But as the cliche' goes..all's well that ends well.And it surely ended well-my sister delivered an 8 pound baby at 6 am today.Its amusing what a new life can do to prevailing conditions.everything just seems to fit in once they baby is born.all creases seem to get straightened out.all in all,its a very happy occasion and i'm proud to be an aunt :)

Farewell

How ironic can it get, than a first blog post being titled 'Farewell'! It is quite ironic too,that extreme extroverts with very less patience, like myself, should turn to blogging. All that kept me away from this insanely spreading frenzy, is the patience and thought required to do decently well at it. Being a leo, it'd be strictly against my ego-to venture into areas where success is not certain. What eventually compelled me to do it is what this post is all about, though i cannot deny that certain other factors had very strong influences too-lack of immediate academic interest and the fancy that comes along with being a blogger.
Saying good bye never seems a tough thing to do,as a kid. The easiest guess could be that one does not understand what goodbye means, at that age.Fair enough.Farewell, goodbye,separation-it all begins to make slight sense when passing out of school.The element of uncertainity about meeting and talking and spending time together again begins to prick. But its soon overshadowed by the excitement and anxiety about new avenues and unseen experiences-college.Its probably that excitement which makes it an even better ordeal than it already is.What separates school from college is the maturity in the relationships shared. The right knowledge of things and situations erases the hopes that a naive school kid would have. The practicalilty in the thought process rules out possibilties of the ideal outcomes. The experience and exposure prepares one to face the worst. But what remains the same or is even accentuated is the bonding,the sense of caring,the love.
Two years into college, i still have two more years left before i am on the other end of farewells. I have two more years left to know which way its more painful- leaving or saying goodbye to those that are leaving. Finding work, making a living, getting into a foreign university, and all that the wild-goose-chase is about, seem trivial before human relationships. The beauty lies in the lives of people who get both. And that beauty continues to entice and charm the millions getting out of college every year.