January 18, 2010

Mindless Mosaics

Best time to give a little thought to ‘About me; is when we travel, I just love the time when I get to myself on my way to work. I tune into my favorite FM Channel and listen to their classic breakfast show. Then comes the fun part, People generally have a notion such a ‘self’ space is very dangerous. But I believe it’s nice to have a thought about your past and you’re present. I don’t want to call it’s a retrospection as that term has a lot of guilt associated with it. Apart from regrets, there are many small things which you yourself ignored which can make you proud and put a smile upon your face.
Last day I happened to see the latest building wonder.’ The Burj Kahalifa’.Buildings these days symbolizes the attitude of people. Everybody wants to rise so high, but their mind set is so narrow, The narrow pencil like structure might be architecture marvel, But to me it just symbolized a structure trying to prove ‘You can’t beat me’.
I got to learn some interesting facts about the mallus out here. They starve; they save every single ‘dirham’ and wire it back home. It’s interesting to note that most people here have a ‘sharing accommodation’. Its if a flat/house has three bedrooms and a drawing room, there will be 4 families staying in that house with a common kitchen and a bathroom. I was shocked to see even an average income guy would prefer living this way with his family coz that is the best way to save money. At the end of the day, everybody wants to have a huge bank balance back home. I sometimes wonder how long they can keep doing this. Is our ultimate motto in life is have a huge savings when we retire or to have a satisfactory life till we retire? My house owner once told me(who is earning a huge amount every month making 3 other families stay at his house), I live like a laborer here and I live like a king in my house back home. His ‘King’ role comes once in a year, But is it worth all the pain and compromises to have a royal stay once in a year. Well each one of us has a different outlook towards life. We have a different mission and vision, but I guess I would like to live life to the fullest today like I will die tomorrow.

7 comments:

Archie Pie said...

A very candid impression of your thoughts. I loved the simple narrative and the introspection ! Keep writing. Looking forward to your next.

maybe said...

I'm appreciate your writing skill.Please keep on working hard.^^

Lisa said...

Great outlook on life!

SB said...

i think its ridiculous too. I knew a chap once who ate eggs for 3 years! and sent all the money he earned here in the US to his folks in Mexico. Then he went home to find his folks had spent all the money on frivolous stuff. WHAT ON EARTH!??!


lol. i like your blog. and Hello from a fellow Indian!

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Anand said...

its the typical indian way...beggars abroad and kings back home..i guess its more to do with the social set up rather than what one wants. nicely written..

Unknown said...

loved ur way of writing..plzz keep writing...:)