Hey God! i'm a believer!

Its about 10 in the night and i'm sitting at home watching my roommate idle away on the laptop. i've just returned after dinner and am thinking about my next activiy. That is when i feel like talking to my sister ( she's 6 yrs elder to me, married and settled in chennai) I pick my cell, flop onto the bed and give her a ring. In my family we have a unique way of greeting each other, which is my mom's creation. so we both went **** with a chuckle each. "So you remembered now, huh", she exclaims. Tactless taurean that i am, i bluntly reply, "remember what". Just as she starts with "well...", it suddenly dawns on me that today is the 12th of may, my only sister's birthday!! Now, you don't keep birthday reminders for your sister and mother, doesn't make sense. So if u're absent minded like i am, you end up forgetting and i just did. As is expected i start, " Oh! how cud i...". I sheepishly wish her, she laughs it off and we delve into the details of her day. In between i also speak to her 7 month old bundle of joy, whom i hear from her is getting more irreprissible with each passing second. After he advocates his stand with "ga goo yumm geee", we talk for some more time and hang up.

Though i was sad that i'd missed her birthday, i was very happy for another thing. Something that i hope she realizes and if she does, would be the best birthday gift she's ever got from me. Its the fact that, when i called her now, it was because i felt like talking to her. When you're very close to one another, things are taken for granted and i don't usually call my sis without reason. But this was different and i loved myself for it. I thank that superior power which compelled me to call up. hey god, i'm a believer!!

the power of dreams

I'm sure many of you have had this dream. You are walking down a path all alone. Its pitch dark all around. You are feeling a little creepy and prayers are slowly developing on your lips. You don't know where you are, what you're doing there, nothing at all, for that matter and all of a sudden someone holds your shoulder from behind. Instantaneously you scream and wake up, sit up straight in bed, and still in a dazed state realize that it was just a dream. Your breath returns and you're normal. You breath a sigh of relief and go back to sleep hoping that you sleep peacefully.

Now analyse this. You got scared because something unexpected happened in the dream, your dream, something that your imagination created. Don't you find it spooky that you were surprised at your own creation, something that your mind meticulously planned and you didn't even realize? Chew on that and let me know what you think!

orkut profile views

Orkut has added a new feature called profile views. People have immediately taken a typical stand on it. " i want to know who all visited my profile, but i don't want others to know that i visited theirs". I think thats not a fair thought. to win some, you gotta lose some. Infact i find this 'profile view' thingie to be neat in many ways. As a s/e, i can't help first mention backward compatibility, sorry abt that. i mean, if u want things to remain the way they were, just turn the feature 'off'; simple. Now coming to when the feature is 'on', i think its a nice feeling to know who all visited your profile. that i guess, everyone agrees upon. that, others will come to know that you visited their profile, is also a nice thing according to me. You can actually make a statement without typing a word. How many times have you had to stupidly say 'hi' to someone, just to keep in touch?
Finally, here's a workaround for those of you who want to have the cake and eat it too. when u're overcome by the orkut profile browsing syndrome, turn off the profile view feature and go about u'r activities. once you're done, turn it back on. you sure can afford to miss whover visited your profile in the meantime. deal?