Sunday, 04 May 2008

• Back to the basics......

  A time comes in the life of all the guys and gals sitting at the edge of their twenties and yet single. And it requires an effort to spend time once you are free from the daily chores of life. Internet and virtual world stops to give you a kick/pleasure (or for that matter the computer itself) and life seems to be dull, boring and, suicidal.
  
  If you felt like your current story, then welcome, Join the gang of millions of youths who are waiting to enter into thirties and have nothing to do which gives them the kick of happiness and ecstasy of joy. Most people start indulging into alcohol (like I did), rest keep searching for hobbies (which dies with in weeks), and some finally make up their mind for marriage.
  
  I am going through a similar phase, and I have no option but to try out something to kill time. I used to booze from morning till evening, and yet used to keep working, but now even it has stopped giving me a pleasure which I used to derive in the initial days, hence planned to drop it, and now I am back to my social drinking days. The new problem which has popped up is that I have nothing much to do now. Reading, surfing, Writing and music are things which I do in parallel, and after an hour or so I feel like doing something more and yet remain creative.
  
  I gave a lot of thought to this and finally I got the answer in one of the photographs dating back to 1993 when I was studying in a boarding school (Vikas Vidyalaya, Ranchi). Our days used to be very very action packed and tightly scheduled. We were all perfected in the art of multi-tasking, and it was encouraged that we take part in as many things as possible. It was during those days that I developed a desire to make friends beyond the boundary walls of my school and to learn better English. And that was the time when I got to know something about 'pen friends', the idea almost instantly excited me and I started looking for sources through which I might get someone to talk to. And then I got to know IYS (International Youth Service), a agency which used to provide the addresses of people who shared similar thoughts and interests. Mind you, those were not internet days and hence each and every step used to take at least a week to happen, and I enjoyed the whole process of searching and then communicating with my pen friends.
  
  The longest communication which I could maintain was almost for 5 years with a Malaysian girl of my age and my interests. Then one day her home address changed and I lost the contact, more because my address was also changing very frequently in that phase.
  
  Pen-friendship means a lot to me, even today, its just that I have not been able to devote any time to it since last many many years. Ans as I wrote in the starting, I am looking for a new engagement for myself, this happens to be a tried-tested-and-engrossing hobby, and I am almost raring to go again.
  
  I have already started working on it, but this time I have the power of internet with me. A popular notion is that no one will waste time writing letters these days, but to those I would say just one thing - Do you still feel possessive about the letters which you used got many many years back? I am sure you must have got your answer.
  
  So guys, I am again going to re-live my childhood days, and experience the same ecstasy when I used to get mails from people all over the world. :)
  

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