Reflection

A matter of days and a goodbye again

Months fly by reminiscing happiness and pain

Another year and another story begins

Another page in my life diary within

Hopes to make all the colors live

Promises to myself and some to give

Happy beginnings and happy endings too

Wishes for a worthy partner to woo

Build, make and maintain a better out-look

Take risks and live outside the book

Fly, swim and breathe in nature’s gift

Soar, dive and be alive in thoughts that uplift

With each waking moment strive to be the best

Work and deliver to ace every single test

Learn and be open to all there is

Hope and believe that there’s a world of bliss

Trust in yourself cause you're better than you know

Believe in what you are and all you can do

At the end of the day don’t fret

A new day is right around the corner waiting to be met!

So here’s the brand new sun up there in the sky

Shining it’s glory for your glittering eyes

Hopes and dreams and showers of love

Wishes you see that someone loves you high above!

How I like it!

A naughty glance

Lingering smiles

Hard wood floors

Clean marble tiles

A chase or two

On a sunny afternoon

Through the corridors

In our own cocoon

Stop a while

A breath to take

Life in totality

A slice partake

There again now

Our eyes shall meet

On our way we go

Through emotions a heap

Gushing blood

Through our veins shall flow

Pumping up

And pumping low

Once again

We’re in the mood

I say now

And you say Cool?

The Road

I walk this road down to a bend

A twist or turn but the road never ends.

A fork in the distance with a choice to make

A one way path for me to take.

Again I see this familiar place

History repeating itself for learning’s sake

A different path or maybe a by-lane for sure

To help get past the same closed door.

A companion or passerby walks on for a while

The crowded streets lure them another mile

Again you’re alone, your thoughts and your feet

A song in the head, a rhythm in heart beat

Walk, walk, walk till the road takes you on

Another sign goes by, another mile that’s done

You stop and stare and hope someone’s out there

An inkling in your heart or just a moment to spare.

Finally that bend when the end is near

A milestone reached and a lonely tear

All along the alone and the journey of strife

The road’s been there and it’s shared your Life!!!

Love Fades?

Sometimes you sit and wonder
Is believing in love – a blunder?
What if all you were told before
Was nothing but crazy folklore!

What did prince charming say?
When his princess wasn’t as charming or gay
Did he frequent the neighborhood pub
Or stay home for a lonely dip in the tub

Did Sleeping Beauty ever wonder?
What treasures would she find in her slumber?
No assurance was she given on that kiss
Would she ever have a life of bliss?

It’s no wonder that Love is blind
With eyes too one can’t ever find
A misfit so brilliantly made
To make you believe your illusions can fade

Fleeting Flirting

Wishful thinking
Shameless winking
Love Inkling
Feelings Sinking


Glancing gazes
Hopeless dazes
Lofted Praises
Workless phases


Affairs faceless
Reasons baseless
Conversations senseless
Direction aimless


Blood rushing
Soul Crushing
Emotion gushing
Cheeks blushing


Hope whispering
Faith reinstating
Fear eliminating
Keep Flirting!

Land of the Rising Sun Again

So here I am again in the land of Sakura, Saki and Shinkansens leading a quiet 2 week period. Home -> Work -> Home seem to be the only thing I really do. Solitude in a country with about 2% of the world's population! The weather is beautiful and well so is everything else. Peaceful, only months after the horrific disaster. The thing is I was here then and am here now and nothing has really changed. Still u find people getting all suited up to work. Everyone always in some sorta hurry to catch a train, bus or something which leaves me quite perplexed coz none of the transport systems really ever run late here. All the hurry for what??? Whats the running for? Oh and damn these pretty women all ready for work in their high heels...yeah right high heels....how on earth do they manage the almost 1-2hr work rides/walks etc in those?
Anyways its always a pleasant site every morning on the way to the station to see all these people so well dressed and on their way to work. Ofcourse none really catch u eye to eye coz its like they're keyed in and on a particular path with a timer set. Its almost scary when u see someone you know ( and trust me they all don't look alike) in office actually having a fun time. Which brings me to office - It is well part of a manufacturing plant unit... a bldg where the suits sit and resembles a shop floor in quite many ways, but then again I imagine everything here looks like that. So i somehow manage to quite easily land up at work at 8:30 which at times seems almost impossible to do back in India. The thing is here the support systems of the city seem to keep u on time no matter what...and trust me i do mean no matter what. Roadwork, Electrical work u name it and they have solutions to keep u set on your own schedule without hampering their work. Brilliant!! Yeah totally is. So gettin back to me draggin my butt to work.. I get in early and land up drinking a lot of water which is a good thing coz coffee is not my thing here (the coffee literally keeps me awake even through situations I'd rather be asleep in) and have green tea, milk ( a step up from coffee) and some other juices that are available here. Seeing that i belong to an Indian based organisation where tea / coffee come free and per diem is stingy or as management would say "sufficient for the average joe" one needs to keep a check on their Fluid / Solid intake as Japan although brilliantly stocked is far from being reasonably priced. So with all the walk and the regularized fluid intake i guess a few pounds lost is whats on the charts for me. Yipity yay yay to that.
The work day begins with our noses buried in our notebooks (digital ofcourse) with an occasional voice murmur or laugh (very rare) from some part of the floor mostly when foreigners arrive or come to meet their Japanese counterparts at their desk. Silence is maintained and more often than not its the Silence that gets to you. I almost choke on my words when i get up to talk to my client here - mostly coz I , being who I am, haven't spoken in almost 2-3 hrs ( trust me that's almost impossible as some of my friends would say) have forgotten the sound of my voice or am a bit tensed about bursting out at an unrecognizable decibel (atleast for the ones on the floor). I mostly lay low...sometimes thats physically what i do... and get thru the day like the rest on the floor. Then evening comes and its that time of the day again to tell your body to ramp up the blood flow and get moving, mostly coz u dont want to get in the way of the rest of the pedestrians. For kicks i do take breaks in the day to remind my legs they exist .... mostly around this cute baseball field here.
The countrymen don't really love the Americans but do a helluva job at aping them! Baseball, McD's,Starbucks and the whole enchilada.
Night comes and the city looks like the home of a million or zillion Fireflies! Its a pretty sight. Moreover the displays in the windows almost make you wanna walk into every store and buy all you can. Well it's atleast what i did a few years ago. I'm wiser now..not that the things i bought weren't good but its just that it's all stuff... Stuff you have no clue what to do with :). So the walk home's a delight and almost feels like scenes out of the movie "Confessions of a Shopaholic".
Then  I reach my humble abode... really humble... wooden flooring... technologically advanced kitchen , bathroom and lighting... The Works!! I don't even own part of the stuff in that room in my place in Bangalore! Its got awesome beds... sexy TV... Super loo and totally worthy of the name. It's the most pleasurable item in the room with the bed a close second.
The weekend's almost here and well I'm hoping to go shop and binge on the awesome seafood here. This is the part where i thank my parents for being Bengali and me being totally affectionate towards the delectable sea creatures!
While writing this I took a break and I'm just back from the walk around the park / field. I realized it is a pain not to know the local language as when a real sweet person walks up to you and decides to begin a conversation and you have no clue what the poor fellow's trying to say ...you're cursing urself for not really taking those Japanese classes. First of all its not everyday that a person of the masculine gender in Japan finds the courage to open their mouth and speak to the opposite gender and here you are looking all stupid and you might as well have been Dumb. Anyways we sat there on the park bench staring into space and sipping our coffees. Finally i got up and left with a smile!
Coming back to work and hoping that the flow in the article would somehow translate into the work too. Music playing in the background and the Blank ppt staying as blank as possible. Today is just going so slow and I have about 3 hrs to begin the weekend. Though not much to do there either but still hope's alive.
This place is beautiful and clean ...one would imagine this is how heaven's streets would look... Garbage here also is cleaner than the cleanest streets in India. Traffic here well almost non existent. If you hear a horn well that means your dreaming as no one honks...which is funny...and ppl still get to wherever they want on time!
So this post might go on and on and if i dont stop i might never get a word on that ppt ...so here is me saying Sayonara and Konbanwa ( good evening). Cya!

Go Get It

You need that new bag...
get the grades they said

You need that college...
get the marks they said

you need that new dress...
get in shape they said

you need that lipstick shade
get the complexion they said

you need that promotion...
make the deals they said

you need that car...
make the money they said

you need that luxury...
slum at work they said

you need that life...
make it yourself they said.

Living in my own world

All around, Everywhere

What I see, is what’s there

A broken window, a tarnished rug,

A ripe fruit near a water jug.

I Look outside on the streets

My favorite place filled with chocolate treats.

I did not see that man before

Sitting beside that shattered door. 

The building’s changed, its people new

Cold and unmoved, smiles are few.

I know that girl in the distant shore

She and I once laughed galore.

I move back to the early day

Not a single one I see today

All has passed and moved on too

All once that was changed in hue!

Sometimes I can see what once was

Sometimes it feels like shattered glass

A memory in stone, a whispered hope

A crazy tomorrow to be able to cope

Every time these eyes wander about

In hope to find a sturdy spot

To center in and build around

To make my world on solid ground!!

And I Miss You...

The gentle touch of your words that put me to sleep

More often to you was a quality not meant to keep

A million seconds of unsaid unexpressed feelings

And I miss you…

Wandering the streets from post to post at night

Taking leaves from work to keep the bosses out of sight

Moving in and out of apartments just to hear the sound of your voice

And I miss you…

Travelling to places just to get you away from them all

Christmases, new years and birthdays all a total recall

Alone or in a crowd a face that rises above all

And I miss you…

No waiting at the balcony or that early morning cup of tea

No one to turn to when it’s dark and impossible to see

Even drives into the wild don’t make much sense anymore

And I miss you…

And then the hope still remains to get you a step closer

Turn me into the hoped dreamy renowned composer

The lyrics are me and the music is you

Until that day I will miss you!!

The Green and The Blues!!!

I can't blame you

You were smart

Money hoarding was never in your heart

The greenery you liked,

Of Forests and Trees

Rarely reflected the inner scenery

Of notes and coins

And shiny things

A smile to your face it never did bring

But lil did u know

For the things given up

One day happiness will be linked up

Not yours but everyone dear to u

Would blame and name call

Even change their hues

Its not them nor you nor this cruel world

Sometimes time's the only criminal

That craziness and tantrums hurls!!!

Finding you

I can’t play dirty

I can’t even cheat

When it comes to claiming my prize

I mostly have cold feet

I’m not meant for this place

I belong to cleaner air

I think and see things

At times that aren’t even there

Some call me insane

Some question my pride

It’s the strength within

That makes me face the tide.

What drives me this far

To test my mettle is not known

This feeling that somewhere somehow

I’ll be surprised for sure

This guiding light

That is burning bright

Brings to mind the one thing

That till date is outta sight.

You're within me

Deep in the core of my soul

Telling me that everything’s alrite

Even when my heart’s gone cold!!

Need...

I need a man

to hold my hand

and walk with me if you can

I need a man

To humbly stand

Even when life throw's a party grand

I need a man

Who sees way beyond

The things of which he's fond

I need a man

A quiet soul

The turmoil inside to hold

I need a man

In the darkest night

To take me on the wildest flight

I need a man

An assurance sure

A mare in me to forever lure

I need a man

To stick by me

And I forever will his be!!!