So I was thinking...
Is it possible for two poeple, let's even say strangers to meet and form this link where they understand each others thoughts, and can communicate without talking, or even minimalist gestures. I am saying not even a change in the expression on the face! And yet a full and meaningful conversation takes place.
Don't take me wrong, I am not on the lookout for some psychic abilities of reading minds, I don't believe in that. However the way this could logically happen is:
A meets B. A thinks about what B is thinking and replies to that thought. Now the thought that A thinks up for B is totally on the money. B meanwhile imagines A's reply (which also happens to be completely correct), and responds. And we go back to the beginning and continue from there, and so on and so forth, until they say goodbye, or no, they don't say anything, just walk away.
There a pure moment just lived.
Is this beyond the realm of possibility or is it just a procession of perfect coincedence...it think it's the latter.
Heck it might even happen to us many times in a day, we just never find out, I mean we can spot a person looking our way, lost somewhere, and for a while we look their way, getting lost in-turn in our thoughts, thinking up their thoughts!
Well this was too nutty a thought to not blog about...
Next time then!
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Monday, May 22, 2006
The in-between time
So I have been away for over a month now, and in-between I have been up to a lot of things, refreshing and sweet! So I spent about 3 weeks of my absence on a trip back home, and well the people who go home for a little while after quite a while would agree that there's nothing better then that. My trip home included some much needed family time, a bit more on that later. As a matter of fact, I went out to meet with my friends just twice during that period, and that too for only a couple of hours.
The first was a trip to meet Aijaz (who was still in a full leg cast, having broken his ankle attempting some stunt in a hotel lobby in Cairo), and the other was to visit my school friends (a bachelor party for Kashif, another of my friends ready to take the leap of faith)! And apart from this, it was all family. Trips to the homes of my cousins, uncles and aunts, and of course my in-laws. Wonderfully cooked meals, and long talk sessions with the people I love and cherish so much (every time I leave home my realization of love for them increases).
And then there was a 2-day trip to Gharial (for those not acquainted, it's a rest house a bit further from Murree), and it was great. The walk with Alina on the terrace would always stay with me, one of those little memories that remind you of how great it is to be alive! And then there were the impossible projects that I undertook in the time I was there, and fortunately they all came together at the last moment. Long live Gudday bhai, who's always there to walk the extra mile with me, in the sweltering heat of a pre-summer in good ol' Isloo. I don't know how I can get anything done without him besides me...
And of course, finally it was time to leave again (for another stretch of 3 months that go on forever). And leaving the second time is always tougher then leaving for the first time. The walk from my home to Zeeshan's car leaving for the airport was perhaps one of the longest in my life. It's so surreal to watch the faces of your family disappear in the rear-view mirror...I can't think of many things sadder then that.
Thankfully the return journey was very un-eventful for a change. No delayed flights, no missed links, just 30 hours of airport transit and the claustrophobic economy seating-cabins in the airbus. And of course the airplane food, which is specifically designed to make you want to look forward to the meals beyond the journey.
So finally I reached Raleigh, jet lagged with blood shot eyes (see I cannot bring myself to sleep in an airplane). And slowly things are getting back to normal, I still get up at 4 in the morning, and just want to drop dead at 3 in the afternoon, but I am coping with it. But the worst thing of all is when I sit in the hotel suite and go through the TV channels, just missing the hell out of my family, and the food, and the roads, and the trees, even the burning Isloo heat of the pre-summer!
This time I did a lot of watching at the airport terminals, I mean just choosing a spot in some corner, and looking at all the passengers running in and out. For me the Dubai airport is the best place to take up this hobby. It is ideally designed to watch passengers coming in and out of terminals. And they never seize to fascinate. There would be everyone one from the hyper excited by air travel and the possibility of new lands to explore, and the zombie drone, going through the motions in slow motion, not really concerned about the destination or the journey, just going through it, like a mandatory breathing exercise...
BTW Raleigh is just spell binding at this time of the year, and even though we've been moved from the comfort of individual rooms to the discomfort of office cubes, I still get to look out of the window, off into a sea of greens. That is one blessing I am really thankful for.
I also saw some interesting movies recently. I would recommend "Friends with Money" to everyone, but just don't walk into the theater expecting it to be a comedy, for it is not, what it is, is a very personal study of relationships and friendship, and the human reactions based on that.
I also saw "Water" the end to a sort of trilogy by Deepa Mehta (Earth and Fire the first two links to the quasi trilogy), and in some weird way, the movie reminded me of another great movie, "The house of green papaya". It's not nearly as good, but you can watch it for the performance of Lisa Ray and Seema Biswas, and some beautifully shot moments (I really want to go to Sri Lanka now, that's where they shot it, due to the protests in India). And I still don't understand why this movie was considered so controversial, anyone remember "Prem Rog" that movie made by Raj Kapoor about widows in India, and not only did he take swipes at Hinduism, but he didn't even spare the caste followers within Muslims.
And of course I saw "The DaVinci Code" and no matter what the critics tell you, the film is an excellent adaptation to the novel, and as far as novel adaptations go, this should be ranked very high, for it stays true to the source material. And heck I can watch Audrey Totou in any movie and I'll always enjoy it just because she's in it. I meangive me Fast and the Furios: Tokya Drift with her in it and I'll sit through the film with a smile on my face. For those curios, go and rent "Amelie" and "A Very Long Engagement".
Well enough for now, hopefully I'll be back sooner this time!
The first was a trip to meet Aijaz (who was still in a full leg cast, having broken his ankle attempting some stunt in a hotel lobby in Cairo), and the other was to visit my school friends (a bachelor party for Kashif, another of my friends ready to take the leap of faith)! And apart from this, it was all family. Trips to the homes of my cousins, uncles and aunts, and of course my in-laws. Wonderfully cooked meals, and long talk sessions with the people I love and cherish so much (every time I leave home my realization of love for them increases).
And then there was a 2-day trip to Gharial (for those not acquainted, it's a rest house a bit further from Murree), and it was great. The walk with Alina on the terrace would always stay with me, one of those little memories that remind you of how great it is to be alive! And then there were the impossible projects that I undertook in the time I was there, and fortunately they all came together at the last moment. Long live Gudday bhai, who's always there to walk the extra mile with me, in the sweltering heat of a pre-summer in good ol' Isloo. I don't know how I can get anything done without him besides me...
And of course, finally it was time to leave again (for another stretch of 3 months that go on forever). And leaving the second time is always tougher then leaving for the first time. The walk from my home to Zeeshan's car leaving for the airport was perhaps one of the longest in my life. It's so surreal to watch the faces of your family disappear in the rear-view mirror...I can't think of many things sadder then that.
Thankfully the return journey was very un-eventful for a change. No delayed flights, no missed links, just 30 hours of airport transit and the claustrophobic economy seating-cabins in the airbus. And of course the airplane food, which is specifically designed to make you want to look forward to the meals beyond the journey.
So finally I reached Raleigh, jet lagged with blood shot eyes (see I cannot bring myself to sleep in an airplane). And slowly things are getting back to normal, I still get up at 4 in the morning, and just want to drop dead at 3 in the afternoon, but I am coping with it. But the worst thing of all is when I sit in the hotel suite and go through the TV channels, just missing the hell out of my family, and the food, and the roads, and the trees, even the burning Isloo heat of the pre-summer!
This time I did a lot of watching at the airport terminals, I mean just choosing a spot in some corner, and looking at all the passengers running in and out. For me the Dubai airport is the best place to take up this hobby. It is ideally designed to watch passengers coming in and out of terminals. And they never seize to fascinate. There would be everyone one from the hyper excited by air travel and the possibility of new lands to explore, and the zombie drone, going through the motions in slow motion, not really concerned about the destination or the journey, just going through it, like a mandatory breathing exercise...
BTW Raleigh is just spell binding at this time of the year, and even though we've been moved from the comfort of individual rooms to the discomfort of office cubes, I still get to look out of the window, off into a sea of greens. That is one blessing I am really thankful for.
I also saw some interesting movies recently. I would recommend "Friends with Money" to everyone, but just don't walk into the theater expecting it to be a comedy, for it is not, what it is, is a very personal study of relationships and friendship, and the human reactions based on that.
I also saw "Water" the end to a sort of trilogy by Deepa Mehta (Earth and Fire the first two links to the quasi trilogy), and in some weird way, the movie reminded me of another great movie, "The house of green papaya". It's not nearly as good, but you can watch it for the performance of Lisa Ray and Seema Biswas, and some beautifully shot moments (I really want to go to Sri Lanka now, that's where they shot it, due to the protests in India). And I still don't understand why this movie was considered so controversial, anyone remember "Prem Rog" that movie made by Raj Kapoor about widows in India, and not only did he take swipes at Hinduism, but he didn't even spare the caste followers within Muslims.
And of course I saw "The DaVinci Code" and no matter what the critics tell you, the film is an excellent adaptation to the novel, and as far as novel adaptations go, this should be ranked very high, for it stays true to the source material. And heck I can watch Audrey Totou in any movie and I'll always enjoy it just because she's in it. I meangive me Fast and the Furios: Tokya Drift with her in it and I'll sit through the film with a smile on my face. For those curios, go and rent "Amelie" and "A Very Long Engagement".
Well enough for now, hopefully I'll be back sooner this time!
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