Dekho karne lagi hoon..mein boondon se baatein

Phew. The hot and oh-my-god-its-so-hot!!! weather of the past many days has mercifully taken a break today. A few of us in office decided to go for a walk inside the campus. The clouds turned from ashen-gray to pitch dark in an instant. Slowly, but steadily, it started to rain..some of them went back to the cozy confines of the office. But we adventurous 6, continued [or rather started] the walk and did it rain!! The company was enjoyable too. The rain, well, I lack the adjectives to describe it...don’t want to ruin it with my lousy description you see...it should be experienced!

It was worth the cold [oh..it was cold too..and my allergy shot up, and I became the victim of a very VERY bad joke!! :-)] stares we got from the people sipping coffee in the enclosures near the entrance, the look of amusement on the people in the reception, the "how come your hair is wet???" queries. :-)

And it's still pouring out there.. :-) the view from my window is truly awesome! :-D

Pal

Hum rahe ya na rahe kal
Kal yaad aayenge yeh pal
Pal, yeh hain pyaar ke pal
Chal, aa mere sang chal
Chal, soche kya
Chhoti si hai zindagi
Kal mil jaaye to hogi khushnaseebi

Hum rahe ya na rahe, yaad aayenge yeh pal

The King and the Chosen ONE!!!

This is exactly the gist of the very FIRST story ever told by my sister.

There was a short power failure in our locality and skanda [the little chosen one in the story that unfurls below] got scared and started tugging onto mommy's dress. The chosen one he might be, but you see, he is all of 9 months old and is scared of darkness. Give the kid a lil consideration now!!
Well..where was I? oh yeah..The power failure. Well, mommy dearest quickly rested him on her lap and (hold your breath now) started telling him a story!!!

Aur kahani kuch aisi thi..

"Once upon a time in a far-away land, there ruled a king. The king snatched away a sweet little kid's Froggie, Pussy and Horsey. [Wasn't he an evil king?] And the little kid, [as he was also the chosen one] was so angry, he did the unthinkable!!! He ran towards the king and pulled the king's hair!! Well, he also removed the king's crown and put it on himself and he got back his Froggie, Pussy and Horsie [in that order]. And.."

And the power was restored. This brought us to the end of the very moving and enthralling story! The kid then happily trotted away to play with his reclaimed Froggie, Pussy, Horsey. Well..you must have got that by now.

Had amazing fun listening to it. And to think, the things that a little child can bring out in people!! Truly amazing.

Yeh Duniya baDi Rangeeli

Reddish-orange flowers amidst green leaves form a striking contrast. Add to this a pleasing backdrop of the blue sky.

The month of May sure is colorful in Bangalore, what, with the Gulmohar (Royal Poinciana) trees in full-bloom.

By the way another name for this tree is the Flamboyant Tree. How apt!