Reflections

My mother placed me in an educational institution when I was five, and I remained in one ever since! However, much learning is available away from organised set-ups. Sharing experiences is a wonderful human activity.

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Mysteriosly beautiful.

A multitude stars that gaze along the Milky Way,
Cannot say thanks as many as I may.
For now that the novelty is bare,
Far more the craze becomes so fair.
Ten thousand thanks should be declared,
A welcomed future is there to be cared.
Never before so much zest and pomp,
Did the two found solace and great romp.
The little Venus hilly country spot,
Hiding away the meeting lot,
That hides away between the apex shot,
In an eager and slippery slope.
But when all seemed peaceful and calm,
On the plain a thunder bolt did come.
No wonder the tempest upset the coloured scene,
That seemed so far so joyful and serene.
No reason, no why or what,
As a babe knows not in her tiny cot.
But beggars is said they cannot be the choosers,
Is boldly written for age-old losers.
For even when the tiny bird sought shelter,
She was gladly taken in for an intimate dweller.
Unsatiable thirst and passion,
Both manifest in excellent dual fashion.
The young alert and ready for more,
The partner never to fail as ever before.
Though not as far as one would wish to feel,
But no regrets ever nourished, expressed, denied or weal.
Handsome Aphrodite in all its glory,
Is closely matched by a warm and fleshy story.
The fable narrates the button nose,
That fits in a picture of beauty rose,
And when the sharp attractive eyes,
Look purposely so close to unfold the tangled ties.
A warm mouth houses a quiet but fiery tingling tongue,
That knows to limit the bounds of whatever had sung.
Unfurled, jet black long shiny hair,
Depicts an inviting picture so close to share.

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Saturday, March 03, 2007

Time-wasters.

Inopportune phone calls, unscheduled and unexpected visitors, online chatting, pointless websites browsing and meetings, all have one common denominator.

Right in the middle of finalising a written piece, the phone rings.
"Oh! I found you at last," the cracking voice at the other end of the apparatus exclaims.
"Well, who is it? What can I do for you?" a polite voice replies.

With an opening like that you can expect anything, except that the conversation will probably take the best part of half an hour, at least. Wave good-bye to the work in hand knowing too well that losing all train of sequence is a risk. Takes time to resume properly after an imposed pause.

During any one day, except perhaps during week-ends, phone calls that are qualified as time-wasters will stand in a pretty long list. Blessed are those who have the courage to switch off their mobiles, or stay outside the hearing zone of fixed lines, at least for some moments of relaxation. A star for fortitude goes to all those who have the audacity of aborting calls whose early warning symptoms diagnose a time-wasting exercise.

E-mails to the front-line and to the rescue. A tactful "kindly send all you have to say in an e-mail, please," is to-day's upgraded solution, provided it is followed by a silent "never mind, there wouldn't be enough time to react to e-mails, in fact, they are deleted without opening."

Perhaps the phone is the culprit mostly responsible for the loss of long periods of precious time. It is interactive with a second party taking the initiative. Control is not entirely in one's own hands. Knowing too well that time is money, and that the economy of it is a precious commodity, its fruitful management takes priority.

The items listed in the opening sentence fall more or less in this same category. They are unequivocably time-wasters.

Much time is wasted in transportation, even when at high speeds, though with wisely operated electronic gadgets, much work can be fitted in while travelling. But molecular transportation will defintely cut down to the barest minimum the time spent on travelling.

Keeping minutes and losing hours is an indication of meetings that deal with time-wasting as the item permeating in most other proposals featuring on the agenda. To get a job done through the debating process takes ages, sometimes. Going round in circles, beating round the bush and colourful verbosity fill prolific pages of minutes collections.

Would time spent in good company, or at dinner or in bed qualify as a time-waster?
Not if the company is pleasant.

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