To a friend, saying goodbye

To a friend saying goodbye

Dearest friend,

The world’s an ocean; life is a voyage.

You and I, are merely passengers.

In this long and hard journey, we’ve helped each other, we’ve fought with each other and we’ve shared each other.

You’ve aided me and I’ve guided you sometimes; we’ve divided our problems and we have, together, faced the wide world together.

You’ve always been there for me, and I for you. When our hearts exchanged meaningful conversations, our mouths remained mute. We learnt that facial expressions are totally sufficient to express our feelings, especially when teachers were blabbering.

I still remember the days we fought with each other. Days when our egos kept us from speaking to each other. I hated not talking to you and, I’ve never told you this, during that mute-war period, your absence was a great loss.

The reason?

We’re friends, what else are friends for?

Never forget.

So, my friend, it’s time to say goodbye…but not, once and for all.

Friendship is not about staying together always, it’s about being apart and still knowing life’s the same.

It’s a small world after all, and we’ll meet again, to renew our dried up springs and to cherish our friendship.

Goodbye, for now.

As told by QuizBox

I just happened to come across this link on a blog. | http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx | It was a personality quiz. Hearing about myself from another source other than myself, is interesting, even if it might not be true, so I gave it a try. The results were, of course, highly amusing. It was like about reading another’s personality. Could heartily disagree with most of them. Here’s what I got, along with my thoughts.

Your view on yourself:

You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.

~Like the heading suggests, it’s only what the internet thinks my view on myself is, and initially, I don’t care what others have to say about my view on myself. That’s for me to decide.~

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:

You like serious, smart and determined people. You don’t judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren’t necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people’s eyes.

~I totally disagree with the opening line. I completely detest serious people. Life is too short to take anything seriously, and even if there occurs anything that requires seriousness, I should be the serious one because I know when to stop pretending.~

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:

You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

~No comments!~

Your views on education:

Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.

~Oh, yes, education is highly important but I feel Mark Twain is more realistic, “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education”~

The right job for you:

You have plenty of dream jobs but have little chance of doing any of them if you don’t focus on something in particular. You need to choose something and go for it to be happy and achieve success.

~This, I have to agree, but only partly. I do have plenty of dream jobs, but I might just get around to focus on some things.~

How do you view success:

You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying.

~Agreed. Enough said.~

What are you most afraid of:

You are concerned about your image and the way others see you. This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people. It’s time for you to believe in who you are, not what you wear.

~Well, this one’s a twister. I don’t care what others think of me, and who doesn’t care about the way they present themselves?~

Who is your true self:

You are full of energy and confidence. You are unpredictable, with moods changing as quickly as an ocean. You might occasionally be calm and still, but never for long.

~Good. This means, I don’t sulk too often, and even if I do it won’t last, or, at least, I don’t show it~

Well, that’s about it, my personality. I removed one undesirable point from the list, naturally.

Oh, my love is like…

I’m in love… Wow! What a divine feeling it is. Oops! Did I just say ‘divine’? Funny thing love is, made me call it ‘divine’. How bizarre! Its just a mark of my long-term madness.

My love has me crazily blabbering. I’m drowsy over it. I’m saying and doing things I sanely wouldn’t or shouldn’t. I’m already fantasizing what to do after my exams, and it isn’t going to happen for another month! I’m enveloped by this blissful feeling that keeps me attracted towards my love. The more I try to stay away from it, the more it haunts me.

What’s happening around me? Why is my exams isolating me from my love?

Time, it’s the need of the day. All I need is a little extra time for myself. Though I know I will have all the time in the world in a couple of months, the biggest problem is doing the waiting. It’s just so difficult to wait. Those around me aren’t doing anything to help either, the ‘best’ they come up with is: “wait.” I’m tired of doing it.

I am just so desperate, I’m trying to stay away (or at least maintain a reasonable distance) until my exams are over, but it seems almost impossible. I just wish I could spend more of my time with my love – but it seems so difficult to get closer.There is always my books between us, books that distract and disturb me through night and day.

Some people suggest that I give up on my love, because I still have a long way to go in terms of my formal education, or so they say. But I can’t give up on my love; it’s my future, it is what I depend upon. I can’t and will never, in my right mind, give up.

Enough chit chatting. Coming back to life on a daily basis, I am not going to think about the future, I have no exams for the next few days and I’m going to spend all of my next few days with my love.

I think I’ll go to the terrace with a novel, and my fantasies.

Movie magic

I am not a very great lover of the Harry Potter movies, I prefer the books. I really like reading the books. I spent sleepless nights in the company of these books. Even though the movie-form of Harry Potter didn’t appeal to me, I watch the movies, whenever I feel like it. I’ve watched the movies many times, but just recently, I realized the beauty of the landscapes (the sets and the graphics are good too) and the skillful photography.

I would say, the major winning factor of the Harry Potter movies is the technological magic (apart from the literary magic already created by the books). The good thing about the movies is that they materialized the readers’ imagination. Nothing was left for the readers to mentally visualize. That, in my opinion, is also the drawback of the movies. The greatest pleasure of reading fictitious stories, is the element of obscurity. The reader is expected to be involved in the tale through his imagination. This element is eliminated now, it’s no thanks to the movie-form of the books.

Silence

A talkative girl she was,

who could never – not talk.

Speech was powerfully haunting

she taught others.

Many tried to talk her

into the power of silence.

She never gave in.

Time, had other ideas.

 

When I met her, she was

a mother – but not talkative.

Time had changed her

and her ability of speech.

She was now silenced.

Does silence come with worry?

I wondered – but then – maybe

Silence,  comes with maturity.