The Birthday Wish!

'Mind the Gap'.
Three words familiar to anyone who has spent time in London. Words, in my current geographical location, have absolutely no meaning. Chennai is the epitome of 'Chaos theory' what with the vehicles on the road, each following their own rules. There is virtually no gap to mind or maybe the gap is so negligible that one just has to mind it else its an accident in the making!

Wimbledon to Velachery has been a transition marred by antonyms. Ofcourse the economic latitudes are different in both places and the 'quality' of life is where it all hits back, in effect.
Somehow, the switch has happened. Work parameters have changed, new team mates to work with, new things to learn and to top it all, new challenges.

Always believed that working in London was really tough, with the immediate deadlines and the delivery expectations - but having spent a quarter of an year in my role - lo behold, and there was the truth!!!

How my week starts and how it ends, can only be felt, if recorded live. In all this funfare, I have left behind a lot of things which I used to do regularly in London, one of them being blogging. The other being cricket. There is just about no time to think of those things in my current diary. All my appointments are full - if possible, should try for an exceptional approval with God to extend the duration of one day by atleast another 4 hours.

That way, 'yours sincerely' can deliver what one asketh for!

A few hi's and bye's to what used to be my normal friend circle - thats another area which is dying by the minute. Soon, it will be left to only reminiscing about the good old times and not much of sustaining it. How the world can change, how things can come to the opposite extreme, I really wonder. Surely knew that this day would come, but never did realise it would come soon and with what impact.

The sun is never the same I enjoyed while playing cricket. 'The British Summer' would never come again. On my trip to Scotland, some years ago, the guide remarked - 'In Scotland, one can see all four seasons in one day'.

To adapt it a bit - 'In Chennai, one can see summer all through the year'.

A quarter later, I can feel for all that I miss. One fact outclasses it all. Pondicherry, my birthplace, is just a couple of hours drive from here and with very similar climatic conditions. The Pilani connection brought with it, even tougher extremes. London probably was an exception in my Carbon footprint. Now that the correction has been implemented, its back to the basics, back to the future's past.

Having watched 'Dasavatharam' oflate, am mind-boggled with 10 roles, but needless to say, there are FOUR in mine. The office worker who has more to do in less time; the baby sitter who loves to take care of his daughter; the sportsman who has lost his cricketing lifestyle (but is still catching 'Chennai mosquitos' and keeping his fielding instincts intact) and the family man who is reviving his lost contact with relatives.

If role number FIVE will evolve, will become clearer soon. Hope the Script Writer is listening! On my birthday today, this truly is what I can best wish for!!!!!