Me and walking ... unbelievable

I write this post while I kill time before I depart for India.
Yesterday, I wanted to visit the Doha City Center. It is a little over 10 kms, and a cab takes QR 10.00 for that 10 minutes trip!

Unfortunately, taxis are difficult to get in Doha, especially with the roads network under beautification. And the area of my residence, Fareej Bin Mahmood is in a real bad shape.
After waiting for almost 20 minutes, I decided to start walking in the right direction. The weather was nothing less than romantic ... nice cool breeze @ 10 kmph with the thermometer at 19 degree Cel.

After walking for about 45 minutes and still no cab, out of sheer frustration (I was tired!) I decided that come what may, I'll walk it up to my destination. Another 15 minutes and I was at Al Corniche -- the sea face, similar to the Queen's Necklace at Mumbai. Walking along the sealine was a different experience altogether ... the breeze was much stronger and it was getting cooler. And I was definitely unprepared for this! The only way I could avoid feeling cold was to walk faster so my body temperature would go up. But I was too tired for that as well.

Anyway, I managed the walk ...took me almost 2 hours! And I was dead exhausted and hungry to think of shopping and all. Thought might as well take a cab and come back home! Fortunately there is a Taxi Stand outside the City Center and cabs are in abundance.

So what did I do? Went straight on the 3rd Level where the food court is! Freaked out on a Big Mac extra value meal ... and then did what I was there at City Center to do :-)

Lonliness ...

Never imagined that lonliness could get over someone as much as this.
Everything seems just fine, but there is in fact nothing. Lonliness is boring. Lonliness is killing. Lonliness leads to laziness. So much so that it's been over a month I haven't done so many things that I needed to. I just keep pushing things on my tomorrow's schedule. This is pathetic. This is not done.

Have I tried anything not to be bored and feel lonely? U bet, but nothing works. And this sucks. But I need the bucks. So what do I to? Accomodate lonliness, get used to it, and live with it.

How I wish someone was here with me whom I could talk to, whom I could share a joke with, whom I could share a cup of tea with, and keep company.

Doha Post Office

To take pictures in the Doha GPO, I had to take a series of permissions. The cute looking lady told me NOT to take any pic with employees in it. Later asked if I'd take her pic. But when I reminded her about she asking me not to take any pics with GPO employees, she added that it was not her lucky day!
Some people are very nice here, around in Doha.

Life is

Life is what you want it to be
Life is not about survival
It is all about living
Living in happiness
Living for a better tomorrow.

But what is life if you sacrifice your today for a better tomorrow.
What if you don't life long enough to see tomorrow's sunrise?


So the new mantra should be:
Live for today, like there is no tomorrow!

Only if I could muster enough courage to follow this mantra ....

In Doha-Qatar

No more freedom ...

Can't do this; can't do that
Wash your own clothes
Cook your own food
Miss your family
Miss your friends
No more parties
No more get-togethers
No more do-what-you-want
Strictly mind-your-own-business

Too much of safocation
Problems too many
All for what
An extra penny?

I ask myself, "Is this your idea of life, dude?"
And I reply, "Life is not what I want it to be yet ...!"

Met MK ..

... and talked a lot!!

Probably he must have reached Airoli by now.
It was really good to see him after such a long time!

I sincerely hope he gets going soon, and comes back to BC ASAP.

Lots of abbrevations in here, but the people who matter know about it.

Solitude

SOLITUDE

Sitting alone by the sea
Watching the sun-set
Listening to the waves
Remembering when we last met

Remembering those days
When my heart was in solitude
Remembering those moments
When my heart cried aloud

It cried for your love
The moment it heard your beat
The moment my eyes met yours
The moment I skipped a beat

Remembering those days
When we went out to party
When you served me the desert
And kissed me goodnight

Remembering that day of doom
When you broke my heart in two
I had cried and brooded in myself
There was nothing else to do

Remembering while in solitude
How I had passed the years
Remembering how my dreams with you
Were washed away in tears

Remembering the days I spend with you
Remembering the years I was in solitude
Remembering the agony when we parted
Concluding happy is a man in SOLITUDE!

Whoever said ...

Whoever said "Marriages are made in heaven"
- was probably single
- was lying
- was drunk
- had never experienced heaven

Whoever said "Slow and steady wins the race"
- was not aware of Intel's and AMD's
- did not care of Broadband and was happy with dial-ups

Whoever said "The customer is always right"
- was not aware of Annual Maintenance Contracts
- was not aware of warranties!

If only ...

If only I talked less, I would have been in a far lesser trouble than I am right now.
And what are the troubles ... nothing unusual ... just the normal day-to-day rutt!!

So what am I cribbing about? I don't need to!
Probably I am just used to be a cry-baby .. boo hoo :-(

After a long time ... but here I am again!

Lots of things happened in the past few weeks.
I can have a hell lot of excuses for justifying my disappearance ... but what the heck!
Whom do I offer the justification?
This is MY space. I am the boss here. NO ONE asks me questions for my disappearance. NO ONE has the authority to ask me why I did not punch a few lines everyday on my blog. NO ONE deserves to remote-control me.
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.
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How I wonder this would be true in my not-so-cyber world as well.
How I wonder - NO ONE could question my deeds.
How I wonder - NO ONE had the authority to ask me why?
How I wonder - NO ONE remote-controlled me. Or to be precise:
How I wonder - NOTHING remote-controlled me.

But I guess all of us are remote-controlled. And the master remote is in HIS hands!