The Devil and Miss Prym

by Paulo Coelho I have started to enjoy paulo coelho books though i have not yet read The Alchemist. Each book has the philosoply of life explained in the form of an interesting story... Just finished the Devil and Miss Prym. This one talks about mans struggle between evil and good. It talks about a man who wants to find out whether man is essentially an evil being or is he a good being. The fight between the evil and the good has been nicely depicted. The message the book gives finally is that 'Each person is essentially made up of evil and good and that they are in continuous fight. It is upto us to control the evil and let the good triumph' It also talks about an old lady, Berta. Berta has lost her husband some 15 yrs ago and now by strong will power to be with her husband she has developed such qualities that she can see through a person and know what is going on in his mind.. In the sense whether he is 'accompanied by the devil or good'.. Human beings are all so frightened.Frightened of everything. And every one of them... rich one of loosing their riches, successful ones of falling down one day, ppl with nice families are afraid of losing them, ppl without anyone to fall back on are afraid of dying lonely... Single gals of not finding their guy and gals in relationships of losing 'him'.... all r afraid.Courage is rare. The momentous courage that requires, in that partiuclar moment, which you know is going to change your life forever is rare.It also shows how easily ppl can be manipulated if you can make them feel afraid of something..it is all about fear.. no one follows rules coz they like to.. but out of fear of something.. It basically talks about living a life of courage... of not being afraid of anything.. One very interesting thing the book talks about it that, everyone is afraid of losing their loved ones. and the main char of book, the stranger, is the only one who has seen the fear turn into reality. So basically fear is present in all. so what is the difference between the one who has already lost someone close and one who hasnt but is afraid of it? Both r afraid... still analysing the book... but i must say veronica decides to die influenced me more than this one.

Relationship status : Committed

thhhhhaaddd... banggggggg!!! thhhhishhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..... committed!!!!! that cute little kiddo?! the kiddo whom i have been seing since he was like in 2nd std? orkut has become a dangerous place. and he is going steady since 5 years!!! oh boy! that is so shocking? that cute lil kiddo who'd call me pallu tai pallu tai... is committed? why am i so shocked? well, basically got the first taste of the fact that those kids have grown up! and that is more so an indication that i have grown up!! wow. things have changed. its actually interesting and cute to see things change! hai na? see kiddos getting into committed realationships (way before u did).. hmm... and that too with the seemingly Babe of the town., now that is something even more cool... ;) well, just came to know of this... and i am finding it really cute... way to go kiddos...... :)

dream

each day passes by and i am left thinking.. what do i want from my life.still dunno.i somehow know what i dont want my life to be like.. but what i want it to be like?seriously what? i havent read the alchemist yet.Neha said i am missing out on something too good and that imust must must read it.so i had gone to crosswords yde (thr is new and awesome and huge one on senapati bapat road now, if i ever end up staying at UWA hostel i will surely utilise it to the fullest...).. and was in all plans of buying alchemist.read its summary behind the book.. "alchemist is about following your dreams.." it said.. it said it is about scaling any number of mountains to get the one thing you want. hmm sounds good. interesting.. was gonna buy it too but then i thot that for reading books like this i must first know what is tht dream of mine right?without knowing that how can i possibly follow it? how can i possibly scale huge mountains to reach it?how God how? It scares me to be in this state. i so wish someone would give me a direction.. tell me what i want from life.i know sound soooo lame. how can someone else tell what u want from life if u urself cant.. but i really want to wake up one day to find that "hey yeah!this is it... now i am gonna fight with all my might for this one thing... Yess!" but no. havent happened yet.. cud it be that i dont want anthing from life? nahi na? aise to nahi na hoga?or is it that i expect tooo much outa things? (this is wat a jyotishi told my mom.. he said that i have too many expectations outa life and so it wud be difficult to find a guy for me.. so better start soon!) well, watever.. i think i dnt accept things.. i dont accept that the world has changed.. i still try to live in a world wherein things are quite different.. and that is the problem... should i change myself then? i guess i'll try a little more and then think of changing myself.. try a little more to find the "Dream",the one thing that i will be crazily passionate about... but i dont want to end up being too late so i gotta make it fast... Luv pals.

Me and my Job

Time and again, since i have made this decision- to quit Infy- i come across people who in their mind are thinking "kya samajhti hai pata nahi khudko.. Infy ka job chod rahi hai... " for eg. my own bro.. quotes examples of how ppl had to take "dar dar ki thokre" once they quit a "good" job thinking that they could do better.. in short telling me "Sweetheart.. this is indeed the best you could possibly get.. U R AN IDIOT" And no. I dont regret nor do i rethink.. i dont. Cause i know exactly what i dont want.. yes. i know what i dont want. I dont want a monotonous life. Since childhood there hasnt been a phase in my life when i was in ruins.. when i had absolutely nothing in my hands.. when i was scared about my future.. i want to be there.. i want to be in a situation wherein i have nothing in my hands.. coz when u have absolutely nothing.. u are open for anything. and i want exactly that. I seriously love the situation i am in right now. Nothing. I have nothing. yet i have everything. I can do anything right now! any Goddamn thing.. cud be worse than what i am doing... of course it could be... when did i say that it will be better than this? but what is better? Who decides what is better and what is worse? me right? that is it then. I just know that had i not taken this decision now.. i would have never! and i would have most certainly regretted not doing it NOW! it was all about NOW! the timing is perfect! I am quite excited bout all the struggle that lies ahead of me! yeah indeed excited! and curious Luv, Pals