Hello readers! How have you all been? I am sorry to have disappointed you all by bringing my blog close to death. I have had reasons for that. Those are left to me to ponder over anyways. I have been isolated from the blogosphere for about 1 month. Maybe even more. But now, here I am. And as always, bloggers are required to write a come-back post. And so, I write.

The past month has been very special to me in all aspects. From remarkably happy moments to unbelievably sad moments. Much has happened in this short interval. Most significant of all would be that I found very good friends in my college since I joined it. That would be 4 years. These friends are also my team-mates for a project we are building for our college. Since I was not blogging or roaming the streets uselessly, I had some time to think.

In that time, I thought about my priorities in life. There were many. And many were not organised properly. Realization dawned upon me when my dad was due for retirement. He has retired by the way, on the 31st of January 2009. So there I was, analyzing my priorities. I sorted them out and found everything very clear from then on. But only sorting out my priorities were not enough. Working to achieve them mattered very much too.

And all that thinking and analyzing and what not, worked out pretty well when we gave our project demo on Feb 9th. The response was something which none of us had expected. The Vice-Principal was very impressed by our work and wanted us to continue and finish what we have started. Once that was over I was in Utopia. All this was the result of recognising and organising priorities.

And now for the conclusion. The reason for me to write this post is that people should do the same as what I did in order to achieve some things in life. The happiness obtained by achieving them entirely depends on how well you have organised them worked for them. Never give money a higher priority in life. There are many things that money can’t buy. And one of them is happiness. Signing off by saying, “KUDOS to our team(Me, Abhilash, Shubha, Shravya and Manasa) and our project guide(Mr. Nandishwar)!”

A cataract is a clouding that develops in the crystalline lens of the eye or in its envelope, varying in degree from slight to complete opacity and obstructing the passage of light. Early in the development of age-related cataract the power of the lens may be increased, causing near-sightedness (myopia), and the gradual yellowing and opacification of the lens may reduce the perception of blue colours. Cataracts typically progress slowly to cause vision loss and are potentially blinding if untreated.

This is the excerpt from the Wikipedia documentation for the cataract. I had heard of the cataract many a times. But I never bothered to understand what exactly it is. But when my mother was diagnosed to be affected by it, I was concerned. It is not a major and dangerous disease. But I did not know that. Then when the doctor advised for an operation, I was really concerned.

The operation took place on the 17th of this month. It lasted but a few minutes. Nonetheless, care had to be taken to prevent any dust particles from entering the eye. When I went to the Eye Surgical Center, my mom was dressed in the hospital gown by the nurse to prepare for the operation. My heart skipped a beat when I saw that. I knew I was over-reacting; but I could not picture my mother at that position.

I always thought of her to be invincible. Well, I was in for a rude awakening. Once I saw my mother in that state, I started thinking about what would happen if either my father or mother pass away. I know it is inevitable. A life once born HAS to die. It is the law of nature. When I imagined a situation similar to the one mentioned, I freaked out. What would I do without them? This is the first thought that came to my mind.

At that moment I thought; “Why is it that I am over-reacting now?”. I always knew everybody had a lifespan and it was unbelievably short. I decided then and there that I had to keep my parents happy. That is what led to me telling them that I hadn’t done particularly well in the examination. They found it a little depressing as I have already lost two years as of now.

But I confidently told my father later that night that come next academic year, I will be attending college. I could make out he felt momentarily happy that his son who had not excelled in anything until that point and had a very low self confidence, is now providing him confidence. I felt I was going to burst out into tears. But I could not let them see me cry. It would devastate them horribly. If anything, I had to keep them from worrying about my life which has become a question in itself.

I succeeded in that. But to make that permanent, I have to stop wasting my time on unnecessary things and start utilising each and every second of my life to the fullest possible extent. I need to stop worrying about small things such as; Why aren’t my comments increasing? and why the neighbours always talk crap about my family. There are many other things I should stop doing in order to bring myself up in life. The biggest of which is LAZINESS.

That said, I should stop this rant at this point and get back to studying for the exam taking place day after tomorrow. Signing off, your depressed VTU student, Pavan a.k.a Anniyan.

OK. Now its my birthday. And it was the most memorable one as yet. Everything from 12:00 AM until now has been AWESOME! Starting from my friends wishing me in the middle of the night (that includes my brother too). I was too excited to sleep. But after some minutes which seemed to be very long years, I fell asleep. First thing in the morning, my mom woke me up and wished me a happy birthday. Then it was my dad.

After that, everyone was calling me up and wishing me left, right and center. Then I took bath and went to the temple. That was very relaxing. Then my brother and sister-in-law dedicated a song to me on Sun Music(Which is like a live request music channel in Tamil). Unfortunately, I could not watch it as there was a power cut. But I was still very excited about it. Then I had to leave to meet my friends.

Here I will list everyone that made my b’day the most memorable one in alphabetical order. Anupam, Apoorva, Harsha(you people know him as Su), Namitha and Sharan. First I went went to Garuda mall and went to “Scary House” there(which is a rather funny attraction than a scary one). Then we went to a garden restaurant and had lunch. After that we went to Lumbini park(which is like a small entertainment park built on the shore of a lake).

I had the best time of my life there. Touching moments… Then I cut a cake and ate it messily with my hands(in the company of Su; everyone else used spoons) . I could not think of anything else that was happier than that moment. After that I came home and told my parents how much fun I had. They were amazed at the friends I had. My mom said-”They did SO much for you? I thought you never enjoy your birthdays.” To that I said-”I know mom. They are my best friends. I am nothing without them.”

Oh yeah! I forgot to mention. I received my first birthday gift today! It was an out of the world experience. It was given to me by Apoorva. I relished each and every moment of my birthday. It is my most memorable birthday! Thank you guys, for making this my most memorable birthday!