Posted by: Jolvin on: October 29, 2009
There was a time when I could pen poetry in minutes
There was a time when I would blog effortlessly
There was a time when I’d change status messages frequently.
Where is that time gone I think. My present has overtaken my past.
Posted by: Jolvin on: December 6, 2008
Oh my great state what has become of thou!
Thy politicians are fighting o’er pohe and pav.
To each it’s the food of the soil
Yet it’s all a clever political foil
Oh my great state what has become of thou!
Thy politicians are fighting o’er pohe and pav.
They beef up their security
While our lives are full of anxiety
Oh my [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: November 19, 2008
It’s more than a month and a half since my last post. I’m at a loss of mutterings. Actually not – there have been many mutterings that came and went – unfortunately never got pressed as words. Sad!
Keeping a blog alive needs more than just mutterings – it needs the willingness to spend that quality [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: July 24, 2008
I just finished the 10000th post – well nearly. I do know though that I have missed a few zeroes after that but then it’s fine to be modest sometimes.
Actually It’s all in the mind you know. Fine, there were more or less around that many ideas for a post - but they never reached [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: June 13, 2008
He typed from 6000 miles away, “Did you catch up with any friends?”.
College friends are fun – Instant catchup.
“Nahin Yaar”, I typed almost sadly. “Not met or spoken to anyone.”
“That’s sad, we seem to be always caught up in work, don’t we?”, “Funny in all these years we have moved from a bus to a car!”
Almost philosophically [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: September 14, 2007
How does one react when someone pronounces your name wrong? I remember someone in school once told me it’s a proper noun doesn’t matter. Huh? Save me the screw up of my name honey.
Though I’ve had the good fortune of having a unique name, thanks to my Dad’s creativity, it has come with its set [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: August 2, 2007
Avoiding temptations sometimes is difficult. Continously falling for temptations makes you addicted. Seems that I have reached a similar state or maybe getting there.
Was generally bloitering (loitering in blogs) and found this. Couldn’t resist the temptation to check my blog addiction quotient. Here you go – yours truly is addicted much above the general level.
I think [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: June 14, 2007
An alter ego (Latin, “the other I”) is a second self, a second personality or persona within a person as commonly defined. Sometimes we rue to fact that the alter ego goes missing. Maybe the state of mind I’m in is searching where a certain alter ego who has gone missing. I’ve tried to be [...]
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