Sometimes... Dreams Can Come True!

11th October, 2009, we (I, my brother - Malcolm, and my cousin brother - Pradeep) went on a trip to Igatpuri to see our aunt who is there (she's a nun there). It came up suddenly and to me it was a great thing because I badly need an outing.

So we set our journey from the Vasai - Jalgaon S.T. (State Transport) Bus, thankfully my brother had reserved the seats or else we would have to have stood all through the long journey. Sitting right at the end we were pretty excited about the journey, clicking pictures from our digi-cam, chatting, laughing and enjoying our bus ride. The driver too was some sort of a sport, we joked that he was a pretty nicely 'drifting' the bus through the Ghats in the grand Ferrari (we call the ol' S.T. Bus a 'Ferrari'). The greenery was amazing and specially the Ghats, the old bridges, it was all so beautiful.

On reaching Igatpuri, we had to walk a little bit more to reach the convent, when we reached the convent; our aunt greeted us with a warm smile happy to see us after a very long time. It (the convent) was so very simple looking yet so beautiful, after all it had a very grand mountainous view to it.

The saddest part was that we only had a very little time to stay; we had to catch the bus to Vasai. But aunty said that the bus now would be too crowded and we won't get a place to sit in the crown, so we decided to go by rail.

We took a jeep to the Kasara Station, from there to Dombevali, from Dombevali to Diva, and then caught the Diva - Vasai Train to get back home.

It was an amazing journey, loved it, I had a great experience. I always wanted to travel in the Diva - Vasai Train, got my chance, wanted to see Igatpuri, so, went there, wanted an outing, got it... but would love to enjoy the same for more than just one day - you know!

Steps Forward And Steps Backward

You always took steps forward to reach a desired destination, to fulfill your goals, to reach a point where you think you're really gong to be 'satisfied'. But then there were times when you had to pull up, taking your steps backwards. It was tough initially but then you realised that it was a part of a game, a game called life.

Life comes to us with many options or ways, but it's up to us to choose which one is the best one for us. At times we choose the wrong ones, and then we have to come backwards to choose another option. But at times all those options are just ways, and within those options there lies our ultimate goals.

We may choose any option, all these options or ways leas us to only one direction, at times we fail to see. What we do not realise, failure is just a stepping stone to success, we keep on saying that but tend to forget it easily.

The truth I feel is that every option, every way we choose is the correct one, once we fail in the same, we get another chance to overcome the past errors we made. And it is this way we can reach where we always dream of. There are many who got through against all odds and made it to the top, even though the kept laughing at them or cursing them, they did not budge, they kept on walking their way. And then there were those who felt like changing their ways every time they faced hardships, these were the one who suffered in the end, these were the ones who felt incomplete.

So what are you thinking now? All life needs is a few steps forward, then even a few backwards, to reach a desire called 'satisfaction'.

Footboarders Beware

You got no choice but to stand on the footboard of the local trains if you are a Mumbaiker, but of late, the TTE's are booking people who do so. Wonder what's got into them, yes, it's an offence but before no one really bothered about that, then why now suddenly the awareness?

People who are caught in the act, just complaint about the rush in the train, and as usual the TTS's don't give a damn. Today I saw the TTE's on the act at the Mumbai Central Station in the evening while coming home waiting for the train. Don't know if they were doing a god job but, some accuses were really baseless, travelers either wanting to make way for onboarders, or just trying to catch the train that was crowded. Some cases were genuine though, there were some who just blocked the ways for the onboarders.

Well, I don't know about this new act started of lately but as always there are too many flaws all around. At times people running on tracks are still ignored, and then there are some who intentionally flock around and create a scene or some kind of a racket, but go totally ignored.

Well, finally all I want to say is that, the act is good but the people who supervise i.e. the TTE's need to be trained first, and most importantly they should always catch the right person on the move.

Ask Me Not Anything

Days just go passing by and for me it's not going any easy, not really enjoying life as I always wished to. Sometimes things just don't seem to go the way I want to (that's life but...) and I'm left thinking what next. Luck seems to be fading away, life seems to be going in a mode unknown.

So do not ask me anything, anything about myself, because I don't think that I'll be able to tell you everything. Life inside is not so simple and all the bad things keep on happening at the same time, giving no chance at all to look back. And when there are some good things happening wonder why they are so short lived. "Came one day gone one night".

So I think what more to write, maybe I'll leave something for the next time. As they say "Life is and open book, it's never over until the final page is done".

Luck Fading Away Or Dying Out?

I don't know why they used to say that I'm lucky, but now, today I don't find myself lucky at all. Somehow the luck factor has died away from my life. Now I've become more sort of an unlucky person. Failing and falling in most of my life now, I think things are not like they used to be before. Life's gone from great to good and now from good to not so good.

Think I need a refreshment in life, to make it much better, but wonder what that refreshment could be...