Vienna waits for you

Right now am listening to a number that Shankar once played this in the class. I dedicate it to all IT folks, mgmt grads - all those who are 'making it out there'!!!

Vienna - by Billy Joel
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Slow down, you crazy child
you're so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you're so smart, tell me
Why are you still so afraid?

Where's the fire, what's the hurry about?
You'd better cool it off before you burn it out
You've got so much to do and
Only so many hours in a day

But you know that when the truth is told..
That you can get what you want or you get old
You're gonna kick off before you even
Get halfway through
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?

Slow down, you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want to be
Before your time
Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight
Tonight,...
Too bad but it's the life you lead
you're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need
Though you can see when you're wrong, you know
You can't always see when you're right. you're right

You've got your passion, you've got your pride
but don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?

Slow down, you crazy child
and take the phone off the hook and disappear for awhile
it's all right, you can afford to lose a day or two
When will you realize,..Vienna waits for you?
And you know that when the truth is told
that you can get what you want or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even get half through
Why don't you realize,. Vienna waits for you
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?

Just google to hear it somewhere - it is really a beautiful one! And, to think that this was sung over 20 years ago!!!

Empty Nest

Read

http://jikku.blogspot.com/2005/06/quick-tale-38.html

That one does touch a chord somewhere. Overwhelming really - their sacrifice, their love...

Eyes welled up
Throat choked
Voice quivered
Thought a moment about meeting them
Boss called up
I 'recovered'!

Mirror mirror on the wall

Am I the fairest/tallest/thinnest/'chic'est of 'em all???

It is not about being you - it is someone like Aishwarya (well, she's rather old now) or Sania Mirza! Wonder who Sania wants to be like???!!!

Beautiful...be u t(ear) ful trying to be beautiful!!! :-)

24 X 7

I really feel pity for those news channels - they just have to play it. One story where there are 24 people giving 34 perspectives for 27 minutes. Another less important one only for 17 mins. In the middle you will have 2 breaks and 3 times when the newsreader would have read out the headlines that you have already heard 5 times in the last 2 hours (on different channels while surfing). While you have heard the newsreader's qn, the correspondent has not - it wouldn't hurt you to wait till the correspondent actually understands the question (which might irate the newsreader as well many a time) and answers that (thank god) and leaves it at that (the newsreader had to cut for the time given to her was only 7 mins for this piece). It is live anyways and what did you expect - a performance???!!! Well, I don't mean to hurt them, but, how else can you manage to be 24 X 7???

However, I must admit that there are compulsive news watchers as well. You can't believe - I actually know someone who knows the timings and watches *only the headlines* in every single channel possible - include the innumerable tamil channels - sun, jaya, vijay, sun news etc....apart from headlines today, ndtv or even aaj tak

24 X 7 may not be my cuppa tea - it surely is somebody's daily bread! ;-)

Addicted to good health

Yeah....sounds strange. Now, I can't be happy if I don't do my daily jog!!! :-( I never imagined that I would be such a compulsive jogger. But, it is just 30 mins (which includes walking for alternative rounds). Its late and I gotta cook my dinner (an extension of my addiction to good health).

The chip dips in tomato sauce look ugh...ugly!!!
The pack of thattai from balakrishna on ranganathan st is just lying in the fridge untouched
My team has ordered pakodas while I am drinking musambi juice (with less sugar)
The apple on my table is tempting, but, I am saving it for tomorrow's breakfast, thinking - may be I'll fast tonight!!!

Eeeks....what's wrong with me????

Runaway 'pride'

I had almost lost touch with my morning jog for 3 weeks in a row. However, it was a question of pride to run at my usual form. I guess I overran and am feeling undernourished now - famished and devoid of any energy that running was supposed to bring! Its sick and I just want to get more food and sleep! Add to that my over-enthu at cooking Palak, Rasam & Bhindi! I hadn't eaten anything till 9:30 - just plenty of water in an effort to detoxify my system....when my stomach was crying in agony....ouch, it is gonna be a tough day today!

Read - http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/237.shtml
You are never supposed to do just what I did after a break....

Whoa...I moved from prevention to cure!

Wanna be free

I wanna be free.....

Of the guilt of having slept an extra half an hour
And not doing my usual jog
Of eating a plate full of fried pakoda
And not my usual fruit juice
Of the anxiety of having lost an extra kg
When I meant to lose only two
Of slogging it too hard in front of my monitor
And not enjoying the cool breeze outside
Of leaving an hour earlier than I am used to
When I have already spent 11 hours at work
Of having spent my time singing
When I haven't practiced for long
Of not having spent my time singing
When music actually accompanies me everywhere
Of the struggle of having to deal with hearts
Where I have to follow only my heart
Of the thought of not using my head
When I have already used my head too much
Of having to decide right and wrong every moment
And the necessity to always be right
Of the long, winding, neverending waves of thought
When I can't imagine a world without thought!