<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334</id><updated>2012-02-16T05:34:48.722-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Life's Fantastic !</title><subtitle type='html'>Believe me... Life's really fantastic !</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>38</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-8095965336393972700</id><published>2011-03-20T10:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-03T02:21:22.982-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Love, life and kinda love-life.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-aDfQjn819gE/TYY5j08su-I/AAAAAAAAAPk/uihPMy6U4tA/s1600/loveeee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="214" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-aDfQjn819gE/TYY5j08su-I/AAAAAAAAAPk/uihPMy6U4tA/s320/loveeee.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;For as long as I keep pretending that I have moved on, I have everyone believe me. And when I see myself from the eyes people see me with, I find myself really onto another path. Perhaps in just another life time! And it almost soothes me to the core that I can continue to put my brave expressions on. And there's not just one cherry on this cake walk-types life of mine. One, I can spill the beans whenever I want to and spill them in front of anyone I like! Two, I'll have them sympathize with me so lovingly. 'Coz they know that it's love I'm in love with! However, here comes the not so cake walk-types part. I haven't really liked cherries! I wish someone could come and tell me that everything is indeed fair in love and war. And cajole me that whatever it is, it can be really called either love or war or something acceptably closer to the two. And that I can be wild and bad and wrong while I go on a war to win my love!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And why am I virtually spilling the beans NOW?! Out of thin air? Just like that? Honestly, its coz I struck a conversation with someone I never thought I would connect to. Not for something as personal and as unapparent as that! While I was living up to the expectations I thought I have dropped long back, I had forgotten to keep one part of mine alive. The part which can love. Like a lover. And undoubtedly, that part wasn't as dead as I had assumed it to be. It was simply having a nice little nap until someone comes to wake it up. Wakes ME up to live completely. With all &lt;i&gt;my&lt;/i&gt; parts REALLY wide awake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This time, I wasn't going to be judged while I shared my story. And since I wasn't talking to those with whom I have already talked before, so naturally I was in a position to expect something different from the one who was listening. And it was really different. While I was supposedly calming that someone down (not that he was in a hyper state in real terms!), somehow, we started &lt;i&gt;sharing&lt;/i&gt; the pain. I wasn't just listening to the person sitting across, I was speaking too. Speaking about the life I claimed I have moved on from. And it was a natural reaction to feel better. To know that there really was someone else too who was bearing it all. Since the beginning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-y_skd_J-6sY/TYY5QgGJvzI/AAAAAAAAAPg/Z1TOHUJygFk/s1600/love.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="196" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-y_skd_J-6sY/TYY5QgGJvzI/AAAAAAAAAPg/Z1TOHUJygFk/s200/love.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It all sounds creepy. This mysterious past I am referring to. But for one more time, I feel like putting it on record, that it is the very same thing it's appearing to be. To put it in broader and safer words, I can put it all under the title of - Love, life and kinda love-life! The status of 'singly committed' and the phase of 'committed-ly single'! It all makes no sense. Not to anyone who hasn't celebrated the pain and the glory of being one of those lovers who never come to light. Though their hopeful candles of a happy ending never extinguish even while they themselves remain in the dark. And the thing is that it isn't really what we call a complicated love life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I come to think of it, all I need to do is walk down and confess. Yes! It's that simple. However, that's not what the hero's and heroines of blockbuster movies do. For instance, the one in Titanic died loving. And only then, the love-story became such an unbelievably believable epic. Of course, I am not saying that I am a heroine by any chance. Or that I am dying loving right now. All I am saying is that, this is surely a tale. Larger than life. Waiting to be told. Though getting better with each passing moment. Just like our grape-wine! Even if it never gets the privilege of an audience, it'll always be flushing in all its glory. It'll keep tasting better (if anyone ever cares to taste it!). It may not be the best love-story ever. It may not really be a love-story either! But it's definitely love and it's definitely a story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are no traces of tears. Not even one. Despite the fact that some lyrics of some of those brutally romantic songs bring it all back. This time, out of thin air. And really make me feel like walking down to the person and confess it all. Seems like it'll take many more lives to do it all. Coz I am not in a hurry. Coz the wine will only get better. Coz someone just told me where there is love, there is life. And I can lovingly afford a life to love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. And it was always more about love than a love-life!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-8095965336393972700?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/8095965336393972700/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2011/03/love-life-and-kinda-love-life.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/8095965336393972700'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/8095965336393972700'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2011/03/love-life-and-kinda-love-life.html' title='Love, life and kinda love-life.'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-aDfQjn819gE/TYY5j08su-I/AAAAAAAAAPk/uihPMy6U4tA/s72-c/loveeee.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-1005576368452527023</id><published>2011-02-04T09:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-05T03:46:53.884-08:00</updated><title type='text'>(: Life's Calling :)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/TUw8P6JB8AI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/jB4BhzE4eOw/s1600/111111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;It took me good amount of time and life to finally say now, that I have come a long way. Never mind the remaining journey. Still. This time around, I have had this urge to go gaga about the night talks! About the night skies. The night minutes (Almost free ones!). The night chats. The whispering night hours. The beautiful nights. And hence a dream world minus the sleep :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/TUw_wkMgbCI/AAAAAAAAAPU/7uPoyZAfZNw/s1600/111111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/TUw_wkMgbCI/AAAAAAAAAPU/7uPoyZAfZNw/s320/111111.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gone are those days (not with the wind, though!) when the lights were switched off at 10 &amp;amp; all one could do was to become a passive audience of the heart-mind talks! So many clashes to witness and there one goes. Off to sleep. Within a click of the tongue. But who knew those days carried a 'bright' future. Literally. And of course, metaphorically. Thanks to 'the little things' someone does for the remaining someones, the talks in the nights are nothing less than glorious. So many promises made to compensate for the broken ones. So many commitments (ranging from "Dude, get your notes tomorrow" to "Of course, I love you!" and the infamous conferences!) and yet so many more hearts broken the next night. But nothing seems to hamper the spirit of the night talks. And why only just talks? Those amazing moments when you feel (really feel!) your phone vibrating under the pillow and your happiness knows no boundaries. Ghosh! *One new test message* The sight is an elixir. Perhaps a little more. Quite often, the happiness dashes back to ground because its just another 'forwarded' message and that too NOT from the person you are dying to hear from! But. In case, its THE one for whom you've been waiting madly, then happiness simply gets redefined &amp;amp; intensified &amp;amp; exaggerated and you might just burst out with sheer joy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, that was a generalized account. Let me dig a little deeper and that too in my own personal space. I have got some really special night friends! I dont know how much I love them.&amp;nbsp;And as it is, there's nothing like 'how much' while someone is loving someone. And same way, I can never relate 'how much' while someone is loving someone back. But yes, we love each other enough to share those supposedly sleepy moments of nights and hence celebrate them. I'm totally smitten by the wonderful things we say and do and then come down to discussing them. Even if there's an exchange of looks at some awkward moment of the day, expect a national discussion in the night!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I go on and on about the mid night talks, then the invention of the loveliest nick names, the discovery of some great pick-up lines, the discussion of some 'original' crushes, the conflicts and the most bizarre confessions can't be missed! Emotional quotient is on its soaring high during nights. Sometimes, it gets as bad that I feel like going out in the kitchen to grab a knife (almost something like that!) and at times, I feel that my sweetest forever is right in front of me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Its troublesome to get up in the morning after those long night talks. But its &lt;strike&gt;more troublesome&lt;/strike&gt; intolerable to do away without those talks. Intoxicating talks, they are! And surely, lifeless nights, I have whenever I have to close my eyes on those sad nights when I don't get to feel a single vibration under my pillow! But the best part is that, I can afford to invest/ waste some part of my night life into this talking world. Because I had never been to this world before. And I can never be in this world ever again, if I let it go this time. And that, there's plenty of time to 'really' sleep when I wont have anything else to do. Later. After all, a 'missed call' is indeed a call missed! And it's not just a plain phone call. It's &lt;em&gt;life&lt;/em&gt; calling. So, I'm making most of this time. And how?! Happily, ever after. Of course :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. Life has never stopped being fantastic ever since.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence, Live on...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-1005576368452527023?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/1005576368452527023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2011/02/lifes-calling.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/1005576368452527023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/1005576368452527023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2011/02/lifes-calling.html' title='(: Life&apos;s Calling :)'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/TUw_wkMgbCI/AAAAAAAAAPU/7uPoyZAfZNw/s72-c/111111.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-4669634377194796445</id><published>2010-12-16T08:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-16T08:10:59.596-08:00</updated><title type='text'>ALL IN ALL, A GOOD-GOOD LIFE</title><content type='html'>Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have got something to share. It's about the things around. About the things I like to think just before I close my eyes. Things I don't say quite often! Things I need to remind myself when I am a little low. Things I felt worth sharing here :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here, it goes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/TQo5tdDvXQI/AAAAAAAAAPE/Yb-re52F8s8/s1600/1111111111111111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="239" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/TQo5tdDvXQI/AAAAAAAAAPE/Yb-re52F8s8/s320/1111111111111111.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instead of painting them with light pink, and hoping that the teachers would not notice 'that' tinge on my nails; I paint them green and sometimes even blue now, just to make sure that 'people' do notice them! Instead of putting some 'decent' hair clips here and there and assuming that they would be excused for some unknown but valid reasons, I go wild with my hair now. And perhaps with those clips too! Things have become so colourful. And life definitely promises to be!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those delicate eyes lined with 'some' kohl has become an old story already. Its probably about unconventional shades and somehow darker eyes now. And it's more about keeping pace. And who knows if it is just about 'that' pace. But then, it's just another 'may-be' adorning our college lives! And the funny part is that this new life and its newer story has no space for the old ones. It doesn't allow enough time to feel nostalgia!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instead of buying every book of the syllabi, I simply get them issued from the library now. And the important part is that the money saved can be 'utilised' to pay those heavy cell-phone bills! And if, by any chance, some money still adorns my pocket, then it's a 'happy-Maggie' time! Though it's a different tale that happy times can never last long! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every morning, with ear phones tucked in ears, flaunting proudly the bracelet I bought just yesterday, I stand in the crowd of thousands, waiting for the next metro, hoping endlessly that I'll make it in time for the lecture. And the interesting part is that every person in the crowd has a similar story to share! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The good thing about school-life is that the college life is yet to come. And the bad thing about college-life is that I am over with my school life. But the best thing is that I'm making memories for a lifetime in the meanwhile!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every once in a while, some familiar but faint breeze does embrace me, and remind me of the life I had; some song brings back the glory of the old ones; some old friends do call up (usually only then, when they have substantial talk-time!) just to make sure that we are still under the same sky! Pondering over this and lots more, I enter my class just in time, feeling an obvious hope that, all in all, it's a good-good life! After all, it has a bit of everything! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-4669634377194796445?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/4669634377194796445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2010/12/all-in-all-good-good-life.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/4669634377194796445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/4669634377194796445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2010/12/all-in-all-good-good-life.html' title='ALL IN ALL, A GOOD-GOOD LIFE'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/TQo5tdDvXQI/AAAAAAAAAPE/Yb-re52F8s8/s72-c/1111111111111111.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-3969746102851463638</id><published>2010-09-22T00:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-22T00:17:58.344-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Absurdity Of Today's Tomorrow!</title><content type='html'>Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/TJmsKjveJZI/AAAAAAAAAO4/JcDD27zkjy8/s1600/ggggggggggggggg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="280" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/TJmsKjveJZI/AAAAAAAAAO4/JcDD27zkjy8/s320/ggggggggggggggg.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I know I am landing here after a really long spell... It's been a while, may be more than just a while since I last made my presence felt in this virtual world of mine... But, honestly, I would want to admit that I was busy... I was busy doing absolutely 'nothing'... and surprisingly I don't regret that! I had always been busy working constructively... and arguably for the first time ever, I enjoyed being more of a useless! It was a pleasant change... I did have moments when the urge to share through my tit-bits appeared necessary (though not sufficient!) to feel alive, but then I just let it be! To be more elaborative, I would say I found it difficult to put some 'newer' and 'unknown' feelings in words... I could not find the right words for the right 'things' at the right time... and I wonder if they can ever be... But after all said and done, I feel I will only keep completing myself if I keep living through my words... So, here it goes... about an old breeze... which is missing on the new roads promising newer breezes... and about choices I could never make...!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Absurdity Of Today's Tomorrow!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plugging in deafening music,&lt;br /&gt;I slept, singing along as if I've moved on!&lt;br /&gt;Waking up &lt;i&gt;uncomfortably&lt;/i&gt; on a dizzy morning,&lt;br /&gt;With ear-phones under me, still singing on!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though I loved loving &lt;i&gt;life&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;then,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm shouting now that I'm missing it no more!&lt;br /&gt;Putting on dresses, wearing on &lt;i&gt;masks&lt;/i&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;I'm still wondering who am I living for!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Talking to someone &lt;i&gt;through&lt;/i&gt; the mirror,&lt;br /&gt;I tried figuring out if things did fumble up!&lt;br /&gt;Impossible dreams were what I kept chasing,&lt;br /&gt;Not believing the possibility of impossibilities!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tik-tok, tik-tok&lt;/i&gt; and yet another &lt;i&gt;tik-tok&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reminded me that life &lt;i&gt;minus&lt;/i&gt; me is moving on!&lt;br /&gt;But letting it go just wasn't an option,&lt;br /&gt;So, I started dreaming incredibly more!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Winning things might be good,&lt;br /&gt;But losing a single someone is bad indeed!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Battlefield&lt;/i&gt; was where I found myself in,&lt;br /&gt;And perhaps losing there is &lt;i&gt;just&lt;/i&gt; a moment away...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-3969746102851463638?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/3969746102851463638/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2010/09/absurdity-of-todays-tomorrow.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/3969746102851463638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/3969746102851463638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2010/09/absurdity-of-todays-tomorrow.html' title='The Absurdity Of Today&apos;s Tomorrow!'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/TJmsKjveJZI/AAAAAAAAAO4/JcDD27zkjy8/s72-c/ggggggggggggggg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-2963227069251847578</id><published>2010-07-12T23:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-13T07:35:00.888-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Life's Worth It!</title><content type='html'>Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life has finally become cheerful. A new breeze made it all the more refreshing and fragrant for me...! I feel like smiling these days..thinking of all those lovely things which happened and all the lovely things which will hopefully happen...! I don't know what exactly is it about life that has turned me on.. but whatever it is, I am immensely grateful and indebted to it... So, here goes another poem of mine... about things I like to think about during the nightfall... about things I cherish the most... about things which are more than just things for me, from now on...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/TDwKX-fa9xI/AAAAAAAAAOY/dH33p9JbAI0/s320/ggg.jpeg" /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;So many phone calls t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;o be answered;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;So many visitors t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;o be honoured;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;So many meetings t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;o be attended;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;But sometimes...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;It's just about calling &amp;nbsp;up for no reason&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;And listening the voice you love...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;And life becomes worth it...!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;So many books to be read;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;So many assignments to be written;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;So many newspaper clippings to be clipped and filed;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;But sometimes...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;It's just about sitting back&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;And reading the 'letter' that you love...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;And life becomes worth it...!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;So many dress trials to be accomplished;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;So many old dresses to be discarded;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;So many shopping deadlines to be met;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;But sometimes...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;It's just about letting your hair down&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;And lying down in the ugliest shorts you love...!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;And life becomes worth it....!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;So many pending gifts to be wrapped and sent;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;So many 'Thank-you' notes to be delivered;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;So many good wishes to be exchanged;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;But sometimes...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;It's just about bothering to share&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;And licking a melt chocolate that you love...!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;And life becomes worth it...!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;So many challenges to be accepted;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;So many fears to be understood;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;So many lessons yet to be learned;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;But sometimes...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;It's about crossing the worlds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;Just to see the smile you love...!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;And life becomes worth it...!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;In fact, it's &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;just&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt; ALL about&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;What you love and live for...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;And it's more than just 'sometimes'...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;As life is worth it....!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-2963227069251847578?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/2963227069251847578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2010/07/lifes-worth-it.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/2963227069251847578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/2963227069251847578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2010/07/lifes-worth-it.html' title='Life&apos;s Worth It!'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/TDwKX-fa9xI/AAAAAAAAAOY/dH33p9JbAI0/s72-c/ggg.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-8413469441344816792</id><published>2010-06-07T10:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-07T10:42:30.738-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A PHASE OF LIFE</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/TA0um0pdWTI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/2ge2iTJP9q4/s1600/jjjjjj.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 260px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/TA0um0pdWTI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/2ge2iTJP9q4/s320/jjjjjj.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480087566082201906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dear blog&lt;p&gt;Living in the times what someone very special to me call a PHASE of life, which will hopefully end very soon, I am trying to figure out what have I became by now...! Things have changed beyond recognition. I fail to understand what is 'good' for me and what isn't. I may play the blame game, but that REALLY sounds immature and wrong. It's my life and I must learn to respect whatever it can offer me. At this note, I share my next poem about the abstractness of my existence which I think is STILL incomplete... but I have no intentions to complete it either...!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A not-so-known breeze&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kisses My soul;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Unheard footsteps&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sound louder each moment...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;An apparently newer journey&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On these old roads;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Blending a newer life&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this old soul...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;New faces, new lives&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jingling with that of mine;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are smiles, there are frowns&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And then there are no smiles, only frowns...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be right to cry&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But it's &lt;em&gt;definitely&lt;/em&gt; wrong to smile;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Doesn't matter if rejected or selected&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As there is &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; someone to judge you there...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-8413469441344816792?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/8413469441344816792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2010/06/dear-blog-living-in-times-what-somebody.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/8413469441344816792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/8413469441344816792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2010/06/dear-blog-living-in-times-what-somebody.html' title='A PHASE OF LIFE'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/TA0um0pdWTI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/2ge2iTJP9q4/s72-c/jjjjjj.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-8364280588135187439</id><published>2010-05-10T11:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-10T11:53:06.311-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It's A Boy-Girl Thing !</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/S-hVXOOZipI/AAAAAAAAAOE/HAZ8fEO9paU/s1600/aaaaaaaaa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 190px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/S-hVXOOZipI/AAAAAAAAAOE/HAZ8fEO9paU/s320/aaaaaaaaa.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469715604885310098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dear blog&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Recently, I witnessed certain unexplained actions and reactions. I am yet to figure out if they can be justified or not, but these implications of life certainly drove me crazy! I really feel for all those who went through these circumstances. Also, I admit that I tried to be diplomatic with the words while I 'define' these 'terms' for them! Very fortunately, there have been no casualties as of yet! So, here goes the tale:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;He&lt;/em&gt; prompts a 'Hi' first&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As he's quite frank and knows socializing;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;She&lt;/em&gt; returns a 'Hello'&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Coz she's trying to spell a dirty charm;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After all, he's a &lt;em&gt;boy&lt;/em&gt; and she's a &lt;em&gt;girl&lt;/em&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;He&lt;/em&gt; dares to lie, one fine day&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As it's a part of his growing up;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;She&lt;/em&gt; tries to make the truth acceptable&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Coz she is losing her 'values';&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After all, he's a &lt;em&gt;boy&lt;/em&gt; and she's a &lt;em&gt;girl&lt;/em&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;He&lt;/em&gt; sports a messy beard&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And suddenly, he's mysteriously smart;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;She&lt;/em&gt; messed herself up with unknown responsibilities&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And there she becomes freakishly incompetent;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After all, he's a &lt;em&gt;boy&lt;/em&gt; and she's a &lt;em&gt;girl&lt;/em&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;He&lt;/em&gt; gets a trendy, new mobile&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As he's responsible enough;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;She&lt;/em&gt; inherits an old, boring one&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So that 'they' can keep a check;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After all, he's a &lt;em&gt;boy&lt;/em&gt; and she's a &lt;em&gt;girl&lt;/em&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;He&lt;/em&gt; gets late by big-four hours&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Understandingly, he must've been busy;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;She &lt;/em&gt;leaves the doorstep with a deadline&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As it's the need of the hour;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After all, he's a &lt;em&gt;boy&lt;/em&gt; and she's a &lt;em&gt;girl&lt;/em&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;He&lt;/em&gt; ridicules these facts&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Coz he never saw it and will never do;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;She&lt;/em&gt; crams the rules of the game well&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As 'they' suggested it's the best thing for her;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After all, he's a &lt;em&gt;boy&lt;/em&gt; and she's &lt;em&gt;NOT&lt;/em&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-8364280588135187439?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/8364280588135187439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2010/05/its-boy-girl-thing.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/8364280588135187439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/8364280588135187439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2010/05/its-boy-girl-thing.html' title='It&apos;s A Boy-Girl Thing !'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/S-hVXOOZipI/AAAAAAAAAOE/HAZ8fEO9paU/s72-c/aaaaaaaaa.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-8414680500087104928</id><published>2010-04-26T21:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-04T02:10:21.976-07:00</updated><title type='text'>To My Darling, With Love!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/S9ZyvpxX4iI/AAAAAAAAAN8/OeIPdRziDNs/s1600/gggggggggg.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 270px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/S9ZyvpxX4iI/AAAAAAAAAN8/OeIPdRziDNs/s320/gggggggggg.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464681360853033506" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dear blog&lt;p&gt;I am having a bad time, bad nights and even worse days! Life has lost its charm for me... and it might never regain it! Amidst all my pain, I had started causing pain too... I felt like hurting others for life is hurting me... I was always afraid of the day when I would be a 'lesser me'... and I hate to admit that I AM A 'LESSER ME' these days. But there's still one darling of mine who smiled at me beautifully and for some reason, I forgot my misery... for a short moment, I wanted to live life again... The following poem is nothing but the essence of being with that angel :&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When I hated trying&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And eventually, not trying;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When I wanted to envy&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Every ray of your light;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I heard you whistling around&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sounding incredibly stupid but adorable;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And then You cuddled me like a spring breeze&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;All I mustered was a scattered smile...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When I wanted to be disgraceful&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And really acted like one;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When I painted my nails black&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And smiled wickedly at life;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I saw you jumping besides&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Showing how happy you were to be happy;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And then you offered me a share of your cake&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;All I managed was a plain "Yummy, Wow!"...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I was ashamed to be incomplete,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You smiled gratefully at others completing you!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I was desperate to be a bad girl,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You celebrated being a girl all through!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I preferred the dark hours of the dusk,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You arranged for disco lights to brighten it up!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I cried more when You saw my tears,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You threw a party as you shared the secret!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I told you that I have a hard life,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Knowing that it would have been harder without you!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You showed me how easy things were,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And with a smile, how easier things could be...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-8414680500087104928?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/8414680500087104928/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2010/04/to-my-darling-with-love.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/8414680500087104928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/8414680500087104928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2010/04/to-my-darling-with-love.html' title='To My Darling, With Love!'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/S9ZyvpxX4iI/AAAAAAAAAN8/OeIPdRziDNs/s72-c/gggggggggg.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-6876148023456767182</id><published>2010-03-14T22:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-14T22:54:49.452-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Best Friend</title><content type='html'>Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/S53LCUlC8SI/AAAAAAAAANE/EkeMhd6x1IA/s1600-h/bbbbbbbbbbb.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 212px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/S53LCUlC8SI/AAAAAAAAANE/EkeMhd6x1IA/s320/bbbbbbbbbbb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448734364932436258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have realized that I have a best friend too whom I love and who loves me back. A Best friend who knows me completely and with whom I share a crazy telepathy. The one who listens to me when I am silent in spite of the fact that I desperately want to be heard.  The one who shares and cares, who laughs and cries... The one who is simply my best friend... The one for whose sight, I peep into the class room and prompt a brisk smile... The one who has started loving the  pink color too just because I fancy it... The one who deserves to read my following words first... I proudly dedicate the following poem to my best friend of life, with whom I love to share my life :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;My Best Friend&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After all those mornings&lt;br /&gt;When I didn't have a best friend,&lt;br /&gt;I finally wake up in the morning&lt;br /&gt;With the thought of a best friend, whom I possess ...&lt;br /&gt;I had always shooed away the concept&lt;br /&gt;That there are good friends,&lt;br /&gt;Then there are very good friends,&lt;br /&gt;And that there is a best friend too ...&lt;br /&gt;But when buying a chocolate&lt;br /&gt;And munching on it all alone seemed senseless;&lt;br /&gt;When having a bad day&lt;br /&gt;And being upset about it all alone seemed pointless;&lt;br /&gt;When having butterflies in the stomach before exam&lt;br /&gt;And going through the exams of life all alone seemed impossible;&lt;br /&gt;When there's always that one person&lt;br /&gt;Without talking to whom I can't go to bed;&lt;br /&gt;I joyfully announce to this world&lt;br /&gt;That I have got a best friend too ...&lt;br /&gt;When I say that I don't want to talk&lt;br /&gt;And mean that I need the warmest hug in the world;&lt;br /&gt;The mere presence of my best friend&lt;br /&gt;Warms me and my world inside out ...&lt;br /&gt;When I say that I am absolutely fine&lt;br /&gt;And mean that I want to run away from my life;&lt;br /&gt;The horribly stupid jokes of my best friend&lt;br /&gt;Makes me not just smile but laugh out loud too ...&lt;br /&gt;After all those nights&lt;br /&gt;When I didn't have a best friend,&lt;br /&gt;I finally close my eyes in the night&lt;br /&gt;Smiling at the thought of my best friend ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-6876148023456767182?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/6876148023456767182/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-best-friend.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/6876148023456767182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/6876148023456767182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-best-friend.html' title='My Best Friend'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/S53LCUlC8SI/AAAAAAAAANE/EkeMhd6x1IA/s72-c/bbbbbbbbbbb.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-1926279375591302362</id><published>2010-02-25T05:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-06T04:43:13.870-08:00</updated><title type='text'>No Goodbyes For Now !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/S4aE1qI2b6I/AAAAAAAAAMk/9EBPg8PydeM/s1600-h/1111111.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442183257103167394" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 215px; height: 173px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/S4aE1qI2b6I/AAAAAAAAAMk/9EBPg8PydeM/s320/1111111.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dear blog &lt;p&gt;A lot has happened during the days I was silent. I saw &lt;em&gt;almost&lt;/em&gt; everything life could offer at such times. In between such turbulence, there's one &lt;em&gt;thing&lt;/em&gt; that still remains &lt;em&gt;just mine&lt;/em&gt;. I can &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; say that I own it completely. And that thing is my words! They haven't lost themselves in between these moments I lost everything else. I want to say that I have no regrets, and hence I am living it up. Following is what remains with me to share :&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No Goodbyes For Now !&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm searching shelves, I'm searching drawers;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm searching all the night;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since I owe &lt;em&gt;them&lt;/em&gt; all a &lt;em&gt;final&lt;/em&gt; word;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So, I'm searching this world for some goodbyes ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The dark nights and the darker life;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The teary eyes and the foggy life;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A heavy heart &lt;em&gt;becoming&lt;/em&gt; a heavier heart;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;All preventing me from finding &lt;em&gt;those&lt;/em&gt; goodbyes ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I clipped them all, I packed them &lt;em&gt;safe&lt;/em&gt;;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I saved them &lt;em&gt;through&lt;/em&gt; the times;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; knew I would need them &lt;em&gt;some day&lt;/em&gt;;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But surprisingly, I've run out of my goodbyes ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;em&gt;wish&lt;/em&gt; I could make them believe&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That this isn't &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; final day, perhaps;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since I've no goodbyes to offer them any;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So, how can they say bye bye ???&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sobbing under my pillow all the night;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I thought of something better to offer them, somehow;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So, I'm gonna say - "Thank You All";&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And I'm just gonna &lt;em&gt;walk away&lt;/em&gt;, for &lt;em&gt;now&lt;/em&gt; ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-1926279375591302362?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/1926279375591302362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2010/02/no-good-byes-for-now.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/1926279375591302362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/1926279375591302362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2010/02/no-good-byes-for-now.html' title='No Goodbyes For Now !'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/S4aE1qI2b6I/AAAAAAAAAMk/9EBPg8PydeM/s72-c/1111111.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-310330121541493932</id><published>2010-01-29T06:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-29T07:06:08.445-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Secracy!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/S2L5Ge-l4DI/AAAAAAAAAMc/F4LDPnPAUsw/s1600-h/ggggggggggg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 178px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/S2L5Ge-l4DI/AAAAAAAAAMc/F4LDPnPAUsw/s320/ggggggggggg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432177990352363570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for everything. Though I could never confide in this place, my&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; almost&lt;/span&gt; 'secret' world, but I love every bit of it. I was unknowingly reflecting about things and my pen set out on a journey yet again! With due respect to the blessings of my life, I share the following with you :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ज़िन्दगी की लिखावट के बीच&lt;br /&gt;मेरी दास्ताँ भी सिमटती है;&lt;br /&gt;अपने-से लगते इन पन्नो में&lt;br /&gt;कुछ नमी-सी है,&lt;br /&gt;मेरी कहानी के शब्दों में&lt;br /&gt;कुछ कमी-सी है।&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;रात के अंधियारे के संग&lt;br /&gt;अनकही बातों की गूँज भी ढलती है;&lt;br /&gt;उन बातों में, मेरे ख्वाबों में&lt;br /&gt;कुछ नमी-सी है,&lt;br /&gt;तारों से मिलने की ख्वाहिशों में&lt;br /&gt;कुछ कमी-सी है।&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;इन पलकों के पार&lt;br /&gt;हजारों एहसास बसते हैं;&lt;br /&gt;उन एहसासों में, मेरे इशारों में&lt;br /&gt;कुछ नमी-सी है,&lt;br /&gt;सपने से भरी आँखों में भी&lt;br /&gt;कुछ कमी-सी है।&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;सब कुछ थोड़ा-सा धुन्दला तो है,&lt;br /&gt;जिंदगी का रंग-रूप कुछ बदला तो है,&lt;br /&gt;आँखों की नमी से&lt;br /&gt;ज़िन्दगी की कमी तो नम हो जाएगी,&lt;br /&gt;पर उस कमी का क्या&lt;br /&gt;जो उस नमी का ही सारांश है ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-310330121541493932?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/310330121541493932/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2010/01/secracy.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/310330121541493932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/310330121541493932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2010/01/secracy.html' title='The Secracy!'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/S2L5Ge-l4DI/AAAAAAAAAMc/F4LDPnPAUsw/s72-c/ggggggggggg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-3207235039481416257</id><published>2010-01-15T22:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-15T23:26:36.513-08:00</updated><title type='text'>STANDING ALONE !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/S1Fp_4eo9RI/AAAAAAAAAMU/OWcRjjbO8_E/s1600-h/6a00d8341bffb053ef0105359f7a98970c-500wi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 243px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/S1Fp_4eo9RI/AAAAAAAAAMU/OWcRjjbO8_E/s320/6a00d8341bffb053ef0105359f7a98970c-500wi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427235572171732242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This time I am sad. And my very own people are making me sad. For reasons dirtier than ever, 'they' have turned against me. During such testing times, when I really needed them to be just besides me, I am seeing them standing in the opposite team! I wish I could think of anything else, I wish I could just count on the blessings I have, I wish I did not get hurt, I wish nothing really happened between us ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, the following words are nothing but my emotional outburst. I hope I stand high in these high tides ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;STANDING ALONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though the colors are a bit &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;dirty&lt;/span&gt; now,&lt;br /&gt;Life's still &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;courageously&lt;/span&gt; colorful.&lt;br /&gt;Friends of friends have become tricky,&lt;br /&gt;I'm doubtful if '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;they&lt;/span&gt;' ever, were friends or can ever be ???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cruelly, '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;they&lt;/span&gt;' inflicted the pain,&lt;br /&gt;And I'm searching reasons to &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;continue&lt;/span&gt; to be kind&lt;br /&gt;Still confused if I'm sad about the pain&lt;br /&gt;Or because healers are fewer &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;now&lt;/span&gt;, at this end ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;childish pursuit&lt;/span&gt; of being good,&lt;br /&gt;I misspelled impossible as&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; I'M POSSIBLE&lt;/span&gt; !&lt;br /&gt;Though I find the new spelling &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;better&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;But I'm accused of going &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;wrong&lt;/span&gt; with &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;those&lt;/span&gt; letters ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wish '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;they'&lt;/span&gt; never showed that they hate,&lt;br /&gt;I wish&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; 'they'&lt;/span&gt; had&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; just&lt;/span&gt; put it in words.&lt;br /&gt;But I'll try to neither show nor tell&lt;br /&gt;That I've simply &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;stopped loving 'them'&lt;/span&gt; all ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I may never rage a war against '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;them'&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;Even if &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;my side&lt;/span&gt; has been wronged upon.&lt;br /&gt;I may never wish '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;them&lt;/span&gt;' bad in life&lt;br /&gt;But I've certainly stopped wishing '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;them&lt;/span&gt;' good either ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-3207235039481416257?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/3207235039481416257/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2010/01/standing-alone.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/3207235039481416257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/3207235039481416257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2010/01/standing-alone.html' title='STANDING ALONE !'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/S1Fp_4eo9RI/AAAAAAAAAMU/OWcRjjbO8_E/s72-c/6a00d8341bffb053ef0105359f7a98970c-500wi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-4022539830649032181</id><published>2009-12-30T05:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-30T06:59:35.177-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SztoxzWJW4I/AAAAAAAAALc/syBjqdz-q6w/s1600-h/1111111.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 152px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SztoxzWJW4I/AAAAAAAAALc/syBjqdz-q6w/s320/1111111.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421041781276498818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am overflowing with very strong emotions these days. I don't know what has went wrong and where, but I do know that something has gone wrong ! And in the meanwhile, trying to figure out the reasons, I have some words to share. This one's really intense, at least from my side. The only reason for such intensity may be my guilt. But then, that's how I feel right now!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;That Night And That Song&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On one of '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;those&lt;/span&gt;' nights,&lt;br /&gt;She held the mike and felt the stage.&lt;br /&gt;The audience's world went dull&lt;br /&gt;Against '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;those'&lt;/span&gt; glossy eyes and '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;that&lt;/span&gt;' vibrant image ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Her&lt;/span&gt; songs had turned her previous nights musical,&lt;br /&gt;'&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;That'&lt;/span&gt; passion came quite naturally to her.&lt;br /&gt;She was told her voice was lovable,&lt;br /&gt;And '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;that'&lt;/span&gt; made even her days musical ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She had&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; 'her'&lt;/span&gt; idol too,&lt;br /&gt;For whom she wanted to sing better.&lt;br /&gt;It was definitely one of '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;those&lt;/span&gt;' nights&lt;br /&gt;When dreams and reality &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ought to&lt;/span&gt; come closer ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having sung for so many times now,&lt;br /&gt;The  stage's magnanimity shouldn't have bothered her.&lt;br /&gt;But overwhelmed with&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; hopes, dreams&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;emotions&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;'That'&lt;/span&gt; lovable voice choked and hell broke upon her ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She was standing right '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;there'&lt;/span&gt;, crying perhaps,&lt;br /&gt;Her little hands, collecting &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;bits of 'those&lt;/span&gt;' broken dreams.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Guilt&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;pain&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;tears&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;nothing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For she failed to sing '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;her&lt;/span&gt;' song to the world ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She knew the words, she had the rhythm,&lt;br /&gt;Her soul was singing the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;very&lt;/span&gt; song to her.&lt;br /&gt;May be, God wanted &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;her&lt;/span&gt; song to remain a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;'secret&lt;/span&gt;',&lt;br /&gt;And hence, the world was &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;still&lt;/span&gt; unconquered ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After all &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;'that&lt;/span&gt;' happened,&lt;br /&gt;She got no courage to live on.&lt;br /&gt;But she decided to move on&lt;br /&gt;For she &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;owed&lt;/span&gt; a lot to &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;someone&lt;/span&gt; ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-style: italic; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/Sztp7B15NRI/AAAAAAAAALs/TY8E_0tyP18/s1600-h/3333333.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/Sztp7B15NRI/AAAAAAAAALs/TY8E_0tyP18/s320/3333333.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421043039298204946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-4022539830649032181?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/4022539830649032181/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/12/dear-blog-i-am-overflowing-with-very.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/4022539830649032181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/4022539830649032181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/12/dear-blog-i-am-overflowing-with-very.html' title=''/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SztoxzWJW4I/AAAAAAAAALc/syBjqdz-q6w/s72-c/1111111.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-6391768028367354910</id><published>2009-12-25T02:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-25T17:11:06.684-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A kid who's not kidding !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SzSbsRWVOaI/AAAAAAAAALQ/-IlZty81cE0/s1600-h/kids-playing-thumb8261233.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 239px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SzSbsRWVOaI/AAAAAAAAALQ/-IlZty81cE0/s320/kids-playing-thumb8261233.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419127436507167138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dear all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First of all, &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Merry Christmas&lt;/span&gt; to all of you. May your life gets merrier than ever. I hope Uncle Santa paid you a visit on the Christmas eve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the days i didn't blog, I was busy pondering upon the fantastic colours of my life. God has been so kind to bless me with a wonderful mentor, a fantastic smiley and some lovely angels. I just penned down '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;something&lt;/span&gt;'. It's again a bit of &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;me&lt;/span&gt; and a bit of what I have always &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;wanted to be&lt;/span&gt; ! I know that's a little complicated to understand. So, here's what I wrote :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I've got 'evidences' !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the sight of a falling star,&lt;br /&gt;I close my eyes,&lt;br /&gt;I fold my hands,&lt;br /&gt;And I make a wish ... still !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the moments of confrontation,&lt;br /&gt;I feel guilty at heart,&lt;br /&gt;I lose to the mighty truth,&lt;br /&gt;And I don't shy away from saying sorry to mum ... still !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the days not so beautiful,&lt;br /&gt;I like to show that I have a bad mood,&lt;br /&gt;I fight with my friend,&lt;br /&gt;And I end up crying for the same ... still !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the eves of Christmas,&lt;br /&gt;I bell my Christmas tree,&lt;br /&gt;I hang socks with a clip,&lt;br /&gt;And I wait for the Santa ... still !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the nights so dreamy,&lt;br /&gt;I do not go to sleep too fast,&lt;br /&gt;I like to dream with my heart,&lt;br /&gt;Knowing I wont make it too far ... still !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've got &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;'evidences'&lt;/span&gt; to prove&lt;br /&gt;That I'm not a grown up ... &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;still&lt;/span&gt; !&lt;br /&gt;I'm not kidding when I say,&lt;br /&gt;I am &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;still&lt;/span&gt; a kid !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-6391768028367354910?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/6391768028367354910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/12/kid-whos-not-kidding.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/6391768028367354910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/6391768028367354910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/12/kid-whos-not-kidding.html' title='A kid who&apos;s not kidding !'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SzSbsRWVOaI/AAAAAAAAALQ/-IlZty81cE0/s72-c/kids-playing-thumb8261233.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-7803091812749975349</id><published>2009-11-26T05:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-27T06:20:07.199-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dedicated To Someone Special</title><content type='html'>Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/Sw6RVj2pbzI/AAAAAAAAALA/MtzyiF1aYPc/s1600/nature+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 184px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/Sw6RVj2pbzI/AAAAAAAAALA/MtzyiF1aYPc/s320/nature+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408420002106273586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am overwhelmed by some unexpected joys of life. I never really wished for them, but probably they were my &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;destiny&lt;/span&gt;. I never ever expected them to unfold at this point in my life. Well, I &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;dedicate&lt;/span&gt; these &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;simple joys of life&lt;/span&gt; and the following poem to &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;one&lt;/span&gt; of my angels. I &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;k&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;now&lt;/span&gt; my angel &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;will&lt;/span&gt; stand up once again. I always believe that when bad things happen to good people, they become better people! And hence, i expect that my angel has become better... Though written about some very &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;special hearts&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;their&lt;/span&gt; remarkably sweet&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; gestures&lt;/span&gt;, this one's for &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;you&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;dear angel&lt;/span&gt; ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Crossing Roads&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We cross roads with people,&lt;br /&gt;Shake hands and bid bye bye to march on.&lt;br /&gt;That's how the journey unfolds,&lt;br /&gt;We cross people and they cross us too ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though unsaid, there's more to this melancholy,&lt;br /&gt;For some people don't just cross roads,&lt;br /&gt;In fact, they never do cross roads to march ahead,&lt;br /&gt;They keep the unsaid promise of being with you ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes, they lead you;&lt;br /&gt;And at times, they follow you;&lt;br /&gt;While most of the times, they are besides;&lt;br /&gt;Visibly or invisibly, the idea is to be around you ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Without really spying,&lt;br /&gt;They know everything and even beyond ...&lt;br /&gt;They say just the right words, every time&lt;br /&gt;And do just the right things, always ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The many people who cross roads,&lt;br /&gt;Are mere distractions of life,&lt;br /&gt;And the precious few who uncross the melancholy,&lt;br /&gt;Are the inspirations of life ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our inspirations exchange not just smiles,&lt;br /&gt;But beautifully 'stupid' memories too !&lt;br /&gt;They mayn't help unscramble these crossing roads,&lt;br /&gt;But they sit besides just to cry when we shed a tear or two ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Celebrating these inspirations,&lt;br /&gt;And appreciating the unappreciated;&lt;br /&gt;That's all I got to do, at the end of this journey,&lt;br /&gt;P.S. - I Love You all till the eternity ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-7803091812749975349?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/7803091812749975349/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/11/dedicated-to-someone-special.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/7803091812749975349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/7803091812749975349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/11/dedicated-to-someone-special.html' title='Dedicated To Someone Special'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/Sw6RVj2pbzI/AAAAAAAAALA/MtzyiF1aYPc/s72-c/nature+1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-6493187870892008311</id><published>2009-11-22T05:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-23T04:51:41.129-08:00</updated><title type='text'>" I'll Miss You ..."</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SwqDYJ_ro-I/AAAAAAAAAKw/rL-Y2mZDLD4/s1600/111111111.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 177px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SwqDYJ_ro-I/AAAAAAAAAKw/rL-Y2mZDLD4/s320/111111111.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407278753634821090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following poem is a tale of three words. The words that a girl finally uttered. She finally came face to face with this moment of truth ! She finally embraced the words she was ditching up til now. I know this girl for a long time now. She talks of her friends and angels whom she will so very miss in the coming days. Just like me, she faces the dilemma of to be and not to be! With her permission, here I am, blogging the hopelessly hopeful tale of those words ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;" I'll Miss You &lt;/span&gt;..."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally enduring the unendurable,&lt;br /&gt;She said, " &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I'll miss you ..&lt;/span&gt;. "&lt;br /&gt;Following those &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;luckless&lt;/span&gt; words,&lt;br /&gt;She forced a smile for the one she'll miss ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trying to fight her brains and the inescapable,&lt;br /&gt;Her heart dismissed the idea of leaving, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ever&lt;/span&gt; !&lt;br /&gt;But then, she said, " &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I'll miss you ...&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;Forced to accept that she'll &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;have&lt;/span&gt; to leave ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having said, " &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I'll miss you ..&lt;/span&gt;."&lt;br /&gt;She &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;tried&lt;/span&gt; hard to understand it, to feel it!&lt;br /&gt;Though she isn't sad anymore, nor is she pained,&lt;br /&gt;For she doesn't&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; really&lt;/span&gt; know the pain of parting ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mesmerized at the perfection of life &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;now&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;She was correct to say, " &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I'll miss you ...&lt;/span&gt;" later !&lt;br /&gt;Though hardly realizing how &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;artlessly&lt;/span&gt; the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;bits and pieces&lt;/span&gt; will be&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;forced&lt;/span&gt; back &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;without&lt;/span&gt; the perfection and those perfectionists ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fight on, Move and hence Live on ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-6493187870892008311?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/6493187870892008311/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/11/ill-miss-you.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/6493187870892008311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/6493187870892008311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/11/ill-miss-you.html' title='&quot; I&apos;ll Miss You ...&quot;'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SwqDYJ_ro-I/AAAAAAAAAKw/rL-Y2mZDLD4/s72-c/111111111.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-8875451702905000771</id><published>2009-10-18T21:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-23T04:48:09.527-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Everything's Final</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/StvyIhYlMQI/AAAAAAAAAKI/X7HMdrP4fYA/s1600-h/111111111111.PNG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 173px; height: 163px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/StvyIhYlMQI/AAAAAAAAAKI/X7HMdrP4fYA/s320/111111111111.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394171206920646914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everything is final now. The climax has been written. And even if I want to change it, I am not allowed to do so... &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Things&lt;/span&gt; are about to come to an end, and it's scary... it's scary to come out of the protected and warm world I am used to live in. It's scary to step into a world where only the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;survival of the fittest&lt;/span&gt; is a rule ! Rules of the game will be changed soon... And probably, at first, I will not be able to figure out how to play the game... But then, before all &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;that&lt;/span&gt;, there are these final moments that are still with me. And hence, I really want to live through them... Following are the desperate words of such a desperate girl...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before the curtain &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;finally&lt;/span&gt; falls,&lt;br /&gt;This one's probably the last scene and the last chance,&lt;br /&gt;To give it &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;my best shot&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;To play the&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; best me&lt;/span&gt;, I can &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ever&lt;/span&gt; be ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;final&lt;/span&gt; moment of the game arrives,&lt;br /&gt;This one's the last ball and the last chance,&lt;br /&gt;To not just play the best shot,&lt;br /&gt;But to play &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;my&lt;/span&gt; shot, I always craved to play ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;final &lt;/span&gt;stroke of the brush,&lt;br /&gt;This one's the last chance and the last gaze on my scenery,&lt;br /&gt;To play with the colours of innocence,&lt;br /&gt;And to bathe in the fantastic colours of life ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;finally&lt;/span&gt; stepping out,&lt;br /&gt;This one's the last chance,&lt;br /&gt;To take a look around,&lt;br /&gt;To endure all that &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I will so very miss .&lt;/span&gt;..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before my&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; final goodbye&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;This one's the last chance,&lt;br /&gt;To embrace it all,&lt;br /&gt;To embrace &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;my soon-to-be ex-world&lt;/span&gt; ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's not that I will lose my world,&lt;br /&gt;It's just that &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I wont find it again &lt;/span&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;I know it will be there in every bit of me,&lt;br /&gt;And will be there within me till the eternity ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-8875451702905000771?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/8875451702905000771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/10/everythings-final.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/8875451702905000771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/8875451702905000771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/10/everythings-final.html' title='Everything&apos;s Final'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/StvyIhYlMQI/AAAAAAAAAKI/X7HMdrP4fYA/s72-c/111111111111.PNG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-3243933082071422349</id><published>2009-10-09T05:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-13T09:26:38.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I am back with a bang !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/StSp_ZoEyPI/AAAAAAAAAJw/a0Dnu-FmcHY/s1600-h/bumble_bee_and_flowers.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 145px; height: 145px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/StSp_ZoEyPI/AAAAAAAAAJw/a0Dnu-FmcHY/s320/bumble_bee_and_flowers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392121560545151218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just emotions and that's it... My world has changed and I am yet to unpack 'my things'. I am yet to settle down and get used to this new breeze around me.I really want to love this new place since my angels have shown the confidence that I will surely love it. I TRUST them and I believe in God. And hence, here I am, sharing a glimpse of my new world with all of you...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Flowers And The Bee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God introduced me to a bee,&lt;br /&gt;A humming bee it was.&lt;br /&gt;She was a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;rock star&lt;/span&gt; of &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;her&lt;/span&gt; world,&lt;br /&gt;She always had a smile and a melody to hum...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She had &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;her own&lt;/span&gt; definitions,&lt;br /&gt;A serious mission was her sincere adventure!&lt;br /&gt;Flying high with minimal regrets,&lt;br /&gt;She got just &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;sweet honey&lt;/span&gt; to offer...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then came a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;twist&lt;/span&gt; in the tale&lt;br /&gt;A sincere mission became &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;her&lt;/span&gt; serious misadventure!&lt;br /&gt;The world crowned her as the new &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Queen Bee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With lights, camera and lots of action...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She took a look at the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;same world&lt;/span&gt; from &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;her&lt;/span&gt; throne,&lt;br /&gt;And she &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;doubted&lt;/span&gt; her very own definitions!&lt;br /&gt;Wearing teary eyes and a nervous smile,&lt;br /&gt;She &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;forgot&lt;/span&gt; the melody she &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;used to&lt;/span&gt; hum...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It took a while for her to unpack &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;her things&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;To hum again and love the world she's in!&lt;br /&gt;Once in a while, she does &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;miss&lt;/span&gt; her &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;old world&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;Only to realize that she must &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;move on&lt;/span&gt; while the Show &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;goes on&lt;/span&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-3243933082071422349?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/3243933082071422349/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-am-back-with-bang.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/3243933082071422349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/3243933082071422349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-am-back-with-bang.html' title='I am back with a bang !'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/StSp_ZoEyPI/AAAAAAAAAJw/a0Dnu-FmcHY/s72-c/bumble_bee_and_flowers.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-3682829378267212086</id><published>2009-10-03T21:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-04T02:31:02.269-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dedicated To My Friend...</title><content type='html'>Dear all&lt;br /&gt;I am sad. One of my &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;most special&lt;/span&gt; friends has decided not to talk anymore. And hence, I dedicate the following poem of mine to this friend, whom I call Smiley !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JhCbPfys5Vw&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JhCbPfys5Vw&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;My Smiley and Me !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My nights have never been more restless...&lt;br /&gt;Days did never turn this senseless...&lt;br /&gt;My words and my voice strangely went silent...&lt;br /&gt;For I'm losing &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;my Smiley&lt;/span&gt; and the many &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;smilies&lt;/span&gt; sent...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me minus&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; my Smiley&lt;/span&gt; has no meaning...&lt;br /&gt;And not even my Smiley knows I'm silently weeping...&lt;br /&gt;It's not just cuisines which went tasteless...&lt;br /&gt;For I'm losing &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;my Smiley&lt;/span&gt; and the many &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;smilies&lt;/span&gt; sent...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My eyes only looked for &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;my Smiley&lt;/span&gt; in the crowd...&lt;br /&gt;And the mere sight was a '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;stupid'&lt;/span&gt; reason to smile...&lt;br /&gt;And see where I am today, painfully trying to be &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;invisible&lt;/span&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;For I'm losing &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;my Smiley&lt;/span&gt; and the many &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;smilies&lt;/span&gt; sent...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There have been days when we &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;chose&lt;/span&gt; not to talk...&lt;br /&gt;And then the following nights thinking why not...&lt;br /&gt;I just got to cry today as I don't have a choice anymore...&lt;br /&gt;For I'm losing &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;my Smiley&lt;/span&gt; and the many &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;smilies&lt;/span&gt; sent...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-3682829378267212086?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/3682829378267212086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/10/dedicated-to-my-friend.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/3682829378267212086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/3682829378267212086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/10/dedicated-to-my-friend.html' title='Dedicated To My Friend...'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-3307511147040039561</id><published>2009-09-27T23:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T05:09:47.990-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Completed one of my fairytales !</title><content type='html'>Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SsCjQdimprI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/gwPivta6ZSY/s1600-h/fairy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 158px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SsCjQdimprI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/gwPivta6ZSY/s320/fairy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386484657538115250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just came back from &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;my fairy land&lt;/span&gt;. And I am about to burst with intense emotions. But then, as I say, writing about what, when, how and why of my life makes me feel better. So, I am doing it yet again, without any fail. Sharing my very own fairy tale with all of you. I had to fall from the mountain-top to appreciate everything around. And that's the beauty. I sincerely believe that "Life is always fair in the end." Hence, believing in life and much more, I am baring it all in front of you ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MY FAIRYTALE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Writing &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;my&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fairytale&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;In a world which is a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;lesser&lt;/span&gt; - fairy land&lt;br /&gt;As there aren't a lot of fairies here;&lt;br /&gt;Demons are everywhere to hurt me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over the pages and over the chapters,&lt;br /&gt;Sadness is bound to show up,&lt;br /&gt;Words are going to be painful,&lt;br /&gt;And my heart will refuse to believe that it's a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fairytale&lt;/span&gt; ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But fairies are not so hard to find-&lt;br /&gt;I will see their ever-smiling faces, whenever I look up.&lt;br /&gt;I can feel their immense healing power, whenever I try to.&lt;br /&gt;And the words of my fairytale become better ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In between this interplay of fairies and demons,&lt;br /&gt;There's&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; me&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;my words&lt;/span&gt; and hence a&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; tale&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SsCjP0Xh4FI/AAAAAAAAAII/JMe1ggKQWII/s1600-h/-Magic-Wand-.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 139px; height: 185px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SsCjP0Xh4FI/AAAAAAAAAII/JMe1ggKQWII/s320/-Magic-Wand-.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386484646485811282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In between this battle of &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;belief&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;disbelief&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;There's my pursuit of believing in my dreams ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each one of us has got a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fairytale&lt;/span&gt; or two&lt;br /&gt;And we must not stop writing it !&lt;br /&gt;As somewhere, someone is waiting anxiously&lt;br /&gt;For the release of &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;your fairytale&lt;/span&gt; !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since it's going to be a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fairytale&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;It's going to be &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;happy&lt;/span&gt;, anyways !&lt;br /&gt;And since it's going to be &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;happy&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;Who cares if it was &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;the end&lt;/span&gt; or&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; just&lt;/span&gt; another &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;beginning&lt;/span&gt; !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-3307511147040039561?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/3307511147040039561/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/09/completed-one-of-my-fairytales.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/3307511147040039561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/3307511147040039561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/09/completed-one-of-my-fairytales.html' title='Completed one of my fairytales !'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SsCjQdimprI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/gwPivta6ZSY/s72-c/fairy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-441177544837474758</id><published>2009-09-15T02:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-15T02:31:33.298-07:00</updated><title type='text'>That's How Lizzie Puts It !</title><content type='html'>Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This time, I got nothing to put in words... &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Lizzie&lt;/span&gt; did the trick! The following words are perfect to compliment the case of my life! They could not have been better put than this. Hope you'll enjoy this one too ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table style="width: 370px; height: 361px;" background="http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc105/24168/egobox/vf/yours/blog/1/29.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; position: relative; left: 13px; height: 134px; width: 340px; overflow-y: scroll; overflow-x: hidden;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you believe,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We´ve got a picture perfect plan,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We´ve got you fooled,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cause´we only do the best we can...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And sometimes we make it,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes we fake it...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But we get one step closer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each and every day,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When we figure it out our own way ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div  style="text-align: center;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-441177544837474758?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/441177544837474758/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/09/thats-how-lizzie-puts-it.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/441177544837474758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/441177544837474758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/09/thats-how-lizzie-puts-it.html' title='That&apos;s How Lizzie Puts It !'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-2971162710692921250</id><published>2009-09-12T04:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-12T06:01:06.143-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Count Your Blessings !</title><content type='html'>Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SquZzObP1AI/AAAAAAAAAHg/RnqK-B2wOCQ/s1600-h/count_your_blessings_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 177px; height: 143px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SquZzObP1AI/AAAAAAAAAHg/RnqK-B2wOCQ/s320/count_your_blessings_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380563285148947458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know it has been long since I last scribbled something. It's just that I was cherishing the beauty of my life... My &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;School-Life&lt;/span&gt; (to be precise !) Anyways, here I am, sharing another poem of mine. I don't know how to describe the mood of this poem, just like I cannot describe &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;my&lt;/span&gt; mood these days! Though I am smiling, but I cannot deny that there's &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;pain&lt;/span&gt; residing deep in my heart ... &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;I am scared&lt;/span&gt; ! Coming back to what I am supposed to do here, following is my poem, in which the repeated words are actually what I could recall about one of my favourite nursery rhymes. So, if you have heard the rhyme I am inspired from, don't go around with raised eye-brows ! Enjoy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;"&gt;COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Life appears a punishment,&lt;br /&gt;And tears become a way of life.&lt;br /&gt;When a glass of happiness, half-full&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SquZzYlgMhI/AAAAAAAAAHo/dWli8YOlBVs/s1600-h/child+counting.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SquZzYlgMhI/AAAAAAAAAHo/dWli8YOlBVs/s320/child+counting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380563287876317714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Appears a glass half-empty!&lt;br /&gt;When nothingness offers a refuge to your soul,&lt;br /&gt;And your soul offers nothing but nothingness,&lt;br /&gt;Just count your blessings,&lt;br /&gt;Name them one by one.&lt;br /&gt;And it will surprise you,&lt;br /&gt;What the Lord has done ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you fail to smile at the sight of a butterfly,&lt;br /&gt;And shoo it away, abusing it as an insect.&lt;br /&gt;When friends become mere acquaintances,&lt;br /&gt;And their sight becomes ever-disgraceful.&lt;br /&gt;When a cute, little joke carries&lt;br /&gt;The courage to hurt your soul,&lt;br /&gt;Just count your blessings,&lt;br /&gt;Name them one by one.&lt;br /&gt;And it will surprise you,&lt;br /&gt;What the Lord has done ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps Life will become a celebration again,&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps tears of joy will grace the way of your life again,&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps drop-by-drop, your glass of happiness will be full soon,&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps all your friends will be your best friends again,&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps you start joking to see your friends smile,&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps nothing will be disgraceful, ever&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps nothingness will be nothing,&lt;br /&gt;If you just start counting your blessings&lt;br /&gt;And see how blessed you are !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-2971162710692921250?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/2971162710692921250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/09/count-your-blessings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/2971162710692921250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/2971162710692921250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/09/count-your-blessings.html' title='Count Your Blessings !'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SquZzObP1AI/AAAAAAAAAHg/RnqK-B2wOCQ/s72-c/count_your_blessings_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-3300756207549474544</id><published>2009-09-02T20:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-03T01:59:27.179-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Trying To Fly High !</title><content type='html'>Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;This one's a really special poem ... Hope you'll enjoy it ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;मेरी उड़ान&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;एक युवा उड़ान के दौरान &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/Sp9LyqWcGHI/AAAAAAAAAHY/2_fU1xenUVw/s1600-h/little+sparrow.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 187px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 185px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377099813837609074" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/Sp9LyqWcGHI/AAAAAAAAAHY/2_fU1xenUVw/s320/little+sparrow.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;न जाने कब मेरा यौवन&lt;br /&gt;चहकना भूल गया ...&lt;br /&gt;आज गिर जाने पर&lt;br /&gt;फिर उठ कर, चहकने को मन करता है । &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;एक मदमस्त उड़ान के दौरान&lt;br /&gt;न जाने कब मेरा मन&lt;br /&gt;मुस्कुराना भूल गया ...&lt;br /&gt;आज गिर जाने पर&lt;br /&gt;फिर उठ कर , खिलखिलाने को मन करता है । &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;एक सुनहरी उड़ान के दौरान&lt;br /&gt;न जाने कब मेरी आँखें&lt;br /&gt;धरा पर फूलों के सौंदर्य को भूल गईं ...&lt;br /&gt;आज गिर जाने पर&lt;br /&gt;फिर उठ कर , फूलों से बतियाने को मन करता है । &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;एक अलबेली सुबह की उड़ान के दौरान&lt;br /&gt;न जाने कब ये चिडिया&lt;br /&gt;उस चंदा की चांदनी को मापना भूल गई ...&lt;br /&gt;आज गिर जाने पर&lt;br /&gt;फिर उठ कर , रात के अंधियारे के संग झूमने को मन करता है । &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;एक ऊंची उड़ान के दौरान&lt;br /&gt;न जाने कब मेरे ये नन्हे पंख&lt;br /&gt;आसमा में लहराना भूल गए ...&lt;br /&gt;आज गिर जाने पर&lt;br /&gt;फिर उठ कर , इस आसमा में पंख पसारने को मन करता है ।&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;आसमा से धरा को ताकना ,&lt;br /&gt;और अगले ही पल ,&lt;br /&gt;उसी धरा पर गिर जाना ,&lt;br /&gt;चोट तो लगी है मेरे नन्हे पंखों को ...&lt;br /&gt;दर्द तो हुआ है इस नन्ही चिडिया को ...&lt;br /&gt;पर फिर , अगली उड़ान का मज़ा ही कुछ और होगा !&lt;br /&gt;उस आसमा को फिर मेरे पंखों के सहलाने का एहसास होगा ...&lt;br /&gt;उस चंदा को फिर मेरे आने का इंतज़ार होगा ...&lt;br /&gt;मेरी अगली उड़ान का मज़ा ही कुछ और होगा ... &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-3300756207549474544?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/3300756207549474544/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/09/trying-to-fly-high.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/3300756207549474544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/3300756207549474544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/09/trying-to-fly-high.html' title='Trying To Fly High !'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/Sp9LyqWcGHI/AAAAAAAAAHY/2_fU1xenUVw/s72-c/little+sparrow.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-8536740095064015</id><published>2009-08-29T07:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-30T08:07:53.548-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I am scared !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SplBTVbiKiI/AAAAAAAAAHI/ApdFLLY7mDo/s1600-h/Sad_Angel_.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 167px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 218px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375399430669347362" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SplBTVbiKiI/AAAAAAAAAHI/ApdFLLY7mDo/s320/Sad_Angel_.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dear blog &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Following poem is an account of the anxieties my heart carries these days. The uncertainties of the life that lies ahead surely affects the mood of this poem. I am sorry for blogging really upsetting poems of late. But that's how my words are shaping into ... Can't help it ! So here's what I wrote :&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;When I started realising that&lt;br /&gt;A &lt;em&gt;hand&lt;/em&gt; was there to hold me-&lt;br /&gt;A hand to reach out to,&lt;br /&gt;When I'm not sure of the path ahead me,&lt;br /&gt;I found out that it's time&lt;br /&gt;To march &lt;em&gt;alone&lt;/em&gt; and be a hand in someone else's life ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I started realising that&lt;br /&gt;I was blessed with some &lt;em&gt;angel-friends&lt;/em&gt; who took care of me-&lt;br /&gt;Angels who brought &lt;em&gt;sunshine&lt;/em&gt; to my life,&lt;br /&gt;When I was scared to step out in the dark,&lt;br /&gt;I found out that it's time&lt;br /&gt;To &lt;em&gt;be&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;an angel&lt;/em&gt; and brighten up someone else's life ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I started realising that&lt;br /&gt;A &lt;em&gt;flower&lt;/em&gt; was there just for me-&lt;br /&gt;A flower, always adding &lt;em&gt;fragrance&lt;/em&gt; to my path,&lt;br /&gt;When I was not sure of the air my soul was breathing in,&lt;br /&gt;I found out that it's time&lt;br /&gt;To &lt;em&gt;be my own fragrance&lt;/em&gt; and add beauty to someone else's life ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I started realising that&lt;br /&gt;My &lt;em&gt;mentor&lt;/em&gt; was &lt;em&gt;my&lt;/em&gt; God's best bet for me-&lt;br /&gt;A mentor, whom I can look up to,&lt;br /&gt;When I'm not sure how does a perfect being look like,&lt;br /&gt;I found out that it's time&lt;br /&gt;To &lt;em&gt;strive&lt;/em&gt; for perfection and &lt;em&gt;be a mentor&lt;/em&gt; in someone else's life&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I started realising that&lt;br /&gt;I got the &lt;em&gt;Best Maths teacher&lt;/em&gt; God ever sent-&lt;br /&gt;A teacher who &lt;em&gt;balanced the account of my life,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adding joys and subtracting sorrows every time,&lt;br /&gt;I found out that it's time&lt;br /&gt;To bid &lt;em&gt;good bye&lt;/em&gt; and plot the co-ordinates of someone else's life ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I started realising that&lt;br /&gt;God grant me the &lt;em&gt;best possible life-&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A life which taught me how to lose gracefully,&lt;br /&gt;And still &lt;em&gt;never to remain a loser,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I found out that it's time&lt;br /&gt;To &lt;em&gt;change the track&lt;/em&gt; and also the world in which I reside ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's not just &lt;em&gt;another evening ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's not just another &lt;em&gt;silent night ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It won't be just &lt;em&gt;another morning&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;tomorrow&lt;/em&gt; ...&lt;br /&gt;In the &lt;em&gt;School Of Life !&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm &lt;em&gt;scared&lt;/em&gt; to wake up on a morning&lt;br /&gt;Which is not so fine,&lt;br /&gt;I'm &lt;em&gt;scared&lt;/em&gt; to wake up in a world&lt;br /&gt;Which is not so mine ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Don't&lt;/em&gt; push me into &lt;em&gt;another world of some other kind,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I belong to the world which is &lt;em&gt;here &lt;/em&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Let me be here only&lt;/em&gt; ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-8536740095064015?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/8536740095064015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/i-am-scared.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/8536740095064015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/8536740095064015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/i-am-scared.html' title='I am scared !'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SplBTVbiKiI/AAAAAAAAAHI/ApdFLLY7mDo/s72-c/Sad_Angel_.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-6821049083340825631</id><published>2009-08-23T04:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-23T04:37:33.851-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Awakening !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SpEpuxSWW9I/AAAAAAAAAGs/Cnj2fOfzWXU/s1600-h/fairy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 189px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 280px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373121713910733778" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SpEpuxSWW9I/AAAAAAAAAGs/Cnj2fOfzWXU/s320/fairy.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'll be unfair to the following poem of mine, if I try to introduce it here. The words have been chosen carefully for this poem and it conveys everything in the best way possible. So, here it goes :&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One fine morning,&lt;br /&gt;I woke up to realise-&lt;br /&gt;That I have lost &lt;em&gt;something&lt;/em&gt; ,&lt;br /&gt;I have lost something really &lt;em&gt;precious&lt;/em&gt; ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I could no longer &lt;em&gt;giggle&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;My childhood right to giggle has been denied !&lt;br /&gt;I was only supposed to smile,&lt;br /&gt;And be the most graceful lass or one of its kind ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I could no longer &lt;em&gt;fantasize&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;My childhood right to dream has been denied !&lt;br /&gt;I was only allowed to make plans,&lt;br /&gt;And come up with the most fruitful or one of its kind ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I could no longer get &lt;em&gt;wet in the rain&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;My childhood right to embrace nature has been denied !&lt;br /&gt;I was only asked to be a passive admirer,&lt;br /&gt;And be a perfect grown up or one of its kind ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I could no longer &lt;em&gt;chat with God&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;My childhood right to connect with Him has been denied !&lt;br /&gt;I was only expected to be His blind follower,&lt;br /&gt;And be His most disciplined worshipper or one of its kind ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I could no longer &lt;em&gt;be innocent&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;My childhood right to befriend innocence has been denied !&lt;br /&gt;When ? Where ? How? - I don't know,&lt;br /&gt;I had lost my innocence, somehow ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the road to earn a living,&lt;br /&gt;I ceased to &lt;em&gt;earn a life&lt;/em&gt; ...&lt;br /&gt;On the way to realise 'their' wishes,&lt;br /&gt;I forgot to make a wish of mine ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On that very morning,&lt;br /&gt;I realised something else too ...&lt;br /&gt;That it was &lt;em&gt;me&lt;/em&gt;, who let 'them' misguide me&lt;br /&gt;And it has to be &lt;em&gt;me&lt;/em&gt;, who will rediscover my life's glory ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They say - I have lost my innocence&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;I believe, My innocence is lost in no sense &lt;/em&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;                                         Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-6821049083340825631?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/6821049083340825631/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/awakening.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/6821049083340825631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/6821049083340825631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/awakening.html' title='The Awakening !'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SpEpuxSWW9I/AAAAAAAAAGs/Cnj2fOfzWXU/s72-c/fairy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-6852091155735969204</id><published>2009-08-18T02:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-18T03:45:15.524-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Our World Rediscovered !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SoqDveOZIEI/AAAAAAAAAGk/N8qUcb2Vi9A/s1600-h/-adorable-children-.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 178px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 224px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371250357183258690" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SoqDveOZIEI/AAAAAAAAAGk/N8qUcb2Vi9A/s320/-adorable-children-.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Since I am almost on the threshold of graduating from my school and my school life, I have started to realise that there's more to this time than I ever acknowledged. During these defining times, I failed to enjoy simple joys that my life offered and continues to do so... But its better late than never ! So, here I am, sharing this poem composed around one of those many beautiful moments which add fragrance to my life ... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hurrying from home to school, every morning&lt;br /&gt;And then way back to our nest,&lt;br /&gt;Life's a sweet, little darling;&lt;br /&gt;Unceremoniously, at its challenging best ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All the intentions in the world -&lt;br /&gt;To turn those in-between moments from negligible to nothing;&lt;br /&gt;I struggle with me, my bag, my sis, her bag and &lt;em&gt;her hand&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the quest to conquer best of &lt;em&gt;both worlds&lt;/em&gt; ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In between changing &lt;em&gt;our worlds&lt;/em&gt; from home to school,&lt;br /&gt;I realised, there's another world held worthwhile -&lt;br /&gt;This world embraces me, my sis and our &lt;em&gt;togetherness&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pure, pristine and with absolutely no wilderness ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She skilfully manages to reach out to my hand,&lt;br /&gt;We become just &lt;em&gt;one-some&lt;/em&gt; from two-some.&lt;br /&gt;There's nothing more lovely than her fingers carefully curled under mine;&lt;br /&gt;While our worlds &lt;em&gt;confide&lt;/em&gt; in our togetherness ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This world is &lt;em&gt;our&lt;/em&gt; well kept secret so far,&lt;br /&gt;Neither she nor I can enter it alone !&lt;br /&gt;It's &lt;em&gt;we&lt;/em&gt;, who bring live this world for&lt;em&gt; us&lt;/em&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;Blooming with our sisterly warmth ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the immense canvas of our lives,&lt;br /&gt;These point-sized colourful moments are hardly found.&lt;br /&gt;These aren't the moments when we're lost in our own worlds,&lt;br /&gt;But lost in a world which belongs to &lt;em&gt;us&lt;/em&gt; ... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Such rewarding moments that they are ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thanks&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;Chi Chi !&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Love you always ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-6852091155735969204?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/6852091155735969204/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/world-rediscovered.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/6852091155735969204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/6852091155735969204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/world-rediscovered.html' title='Our World Rediscovered !'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SoqDveOZIEI/AAAAAAAAAGk/N8qUcb2Vi9A/s72-c/-adorable-children-.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-2737676548117145826</id><published>2009-08-15T03:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-15T04:09:52.133-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Disguise In Blessings !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SoaWwOAwPZI/AAAAAAAAAGE/xGslYI7e89c/s1600-h/sad_man.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 232px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 234px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370145360825040274" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SoaWwOAwPZI/AAAAAAAAAGE/xGslYI7e89c/s320/sad_man.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This time around, I'm blogging a really confronting poem of mine... I show my dissent against some of the '&lt;em&gt;blessings&lt;/em&gt;' of modernisation and urbanisation in Free India. So, here it goes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I HAVE NOT SLEPT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That night I could not sleep,&lt;br /&gt;When I saw on the small screen,&lt;br /&gt;That a prominent minister,&lt;br /&gt;Was inaugurating a tall barrier,&lt;br /&gt;I have never heard of walls having opening ceremonies;&lt;br /&gt;I think, we should call it the closing ceremony,&lt;br /&gt;It shuts the possibility of being anything,&lt;br /&gt;Doing anything, anywhere&lt;br /&gt;It closes my life to myself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That night I could not sleep;&lt;br /&gt;Felt as if somebody was chopping me into two,&lt;br /&gt;Felt as if somebody was announcing my death,&lt;br /&gt;Felt as if I was being rejected right under my nose.&lt;br /&gt;That night I could not sleep;&lt;br /&gt;In fact, nights after that night,&lt;br /&gt;I did not sleep,&lt;br /&gt;Because the walls prevented&lt;br /&gt;My veins carrying blood to reach arteries.&lt;br /&gt;Words have now become scarce,&lt;br /&gt;While illustrating the walls,&lt;br /&gt;While describing the makers of walls,&lt;br /&gt;I have lost my sleep altogether.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The walls all mushrooming everywhere;&lt;br /&gt;Millions are being invested in,&lt;br /&gt;Separating mom from her son,&lt;br /&gt;Separating dad from his daughter,&lt;br /&gt;Separating man from a man.&lt;br /&gt;So many machines and so many bricks ...&lt;br /&gt;Everything being approached to divide,&lt;br /&gt;Farms are being destroyed,&lt;br /&gt;Approach roads are being blocked.&lt;br /&gt;Normal life has become an exception,&lt;br /&gt;Sleep has disappeared,&lt;br /&gt;Nowhere to be seen ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-2737676548117145826?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/2737676548117145826/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/disguise-in-blessings.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/2737676548117145826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/2737676548117145826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/disguise-in-blessings.html' title='Disguise In Blessings !'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SoaWwOAwPZI/AAAAAAAAAGE/xGslYI7e89c/s72-c/sad_man.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-487912833139197556</id><published>2009-08-13T20:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-13T21:20:56.926-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Just Nothing !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SoTjTOlaOgI/AAAAAAAAAF0/P8oAISTGtxc/s1600-h/Sad_5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 185px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 255px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369666575204497922" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SoTjTOlaOgI/AAAAAAAAAF0/P8oAISTGtxc/s320/Sad_5.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div align="left"&gt;Dear blog&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following poem is what I sometimes sing for myself. It's one of those poems which keep me going, no matter what comes to hinder me. These are tough days for me ... I really want to make through them safely... So, here I am, blogging this poem :&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;THAT'S HOW I WANT IT ALL TO BE !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;I wanna live my dream, every moment to live with me !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;I don't wanna it to come true, &lt;em&gt;just like that&lt;/em&gt; ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wanna listen my music, dance to its every beat !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;I don't wanna it to get over, &lt;em&gt;just like that&lt;/em&gt; ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;I wanna make it this way, that way, &lt;em&gt;my way&lt;/em&gt; - the special way !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;I just don't wanna miss to cherish it all ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I even wanna thank this pathway, that bench and all this stuff !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;I just don't wanna pass by and lose the very chance to thank'em all ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;I wanna see the heights from here, admire standing right here !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;I just don't wanna get there, not with that much ease ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SoTjTswZWII/AAAAAAAAAF8/gOGk2orWRBs/s1600-h/sad+6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 173px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 250px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369666583303641218" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SoTjTswZWII/AAAAAAAAAF8/gOGk2orWRBs/s320/sad+6.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wanna feel the ups and downs while making it, while facing it !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;I just don't wanna climb a bridge and reach there, &lt;em&gt;just like that&lt;/em&gt; ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wanna live it all step by step, while trembling through !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;I just don't wanna skip even one, not even half ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I really wanna me and &lt;em&gt;the only me&lt;/em&gt;, over there !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;I don't wanna &lt;em&gt;the other me&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;the lesser me&lt;/em&gt;, making it ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-487912833139197556?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/487912833139197556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/just-nothing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/487912833139197556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/487912833139197556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/just-nothing.html' title='Just Nothing !'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SoTjTOlaOgI/AAAAAAAAAF0/P8oAISTGtxc/s72-c/Sad_5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-6525015315691538704</id><published>2009-08-11T02:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-11T06:22:26.499-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fighting On To Move On !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SoFJZYQV53I/AAAAAAAAAFc/LrBpYqI5T7E/s1600-h/sad+7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 224px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 162px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368652931158894450" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SoFJZYQV53I/AAAAAAAAAFc/LrBpYqI5T7E/s320/sad+7.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The following poem sums it up all - All that I feel right now. That's it ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes, I really want to thank God;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I kind of feel the need to appreciate everything around;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I die to enjoy being what I am and what I have;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Then suddenly, some strings pull me back;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I can't understand why it's me ?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But then, it's better to &lt;em&gt;Move On&lt;/em&gt; ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Many a times, I really want to stick to the right;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I actually feel the need to defend my will;&lt;br /&gt;I almost die to achieve harmony in life;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Then to my surprise, some strings hold me back;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I can't understand and make out why me again ?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But then, it's better to &lt;em&gt;Move On&lt;/em&gt; ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Quite often, I really want to choose happiness;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I fairly feel the need to enter my name in my own list;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I clearly die to address myself;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Then as expected, some strings keep me back;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I can't judge why me, once again ?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But then, it's better to &lt;em&gt;Move On&lt;/em&gt; ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Most of the times, I really want to get relieved from the weight of expectations I bear;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I strongly feel the need to dance to the tunes that are composed by me;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I die to play the game whose rules are set by me;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And bingo, the strings are fiercely pulling me back;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I don't know why I am the chosen one ?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But then, it's better to &lt;em&gt;Move On&lt;/em&gt; ... &lt;em&gt;Always&lt;/em&gt; !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SoFKjee63bI/AAAAAAAAAFk/yoNwp5ZCTBY/s1600-h/SadGirl+4.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Don't try to understand life,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Just Live It ...&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 212px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368655347085724194" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SoFLmASLyiI/AAAAAAAAAFs/sXdkKI73MrY/s320/SadGirl+4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-6525015315691538704?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/6525015315691538704/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/fighting-on-to-move-on.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/6525015315691538704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/6525015315691538704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/fighting-on-to-move-on.html' title='Fighting On To Move On !'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SoFJZYQV53I/AAAAAAAAAFc/LrBpYqI5T7E/s72-c/sad+7.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-1953602101617211395</id><published>2009-08-08T09:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-08T09:37:02.972-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Paper-Mania !</title><content type='html'>&lt;embed style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 320px" name="flashticker" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" src="http://widget-10.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&amp;amp;il=1&amp;amp;channel=3098476543657084688&amp;amp;site=widget-10.slide.com"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt; &lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 400px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&amp;amp;at=un&amp;amp;id=3098476543657084688&amp;amp;map=1" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://widget-10.slide.com/p1/3098476543657084688/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&amp;amp;at=un&amp;amp;id=3098476543657084688&amp;amp;map=2" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://widget-10.slide.com/p2/3098476543657084688/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&amp;amp;amp;at=un&amp;amp;amp;id=3098476543657084688&amp;amp;amp;map=2" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://widget-10.slide.com/m/3098476543657084688/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide9_1.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&amp;amp;at=un&amp;amp;id=3098476543657084688&amp;amp;map=F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://widget-10.slide.com/p4/3098476543657084688/bb_t016_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dear blog&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is just a glimpse of what all can be done with a mere paper. Yes, all these artworks have been so skillfully made out of a single paper. My mentor first shared these pictures with me...And I decided to blog a few from this collection. If you like them, then do let me know, so that I can go on to blog the rest of them. I hope you will appreciate the artistic insight that went in to create such marvels.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-1953602101617211395?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/1953602101617211395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/paper-mania.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/1953602101617211395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/1953602101617211395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/paper-mania.html' title='Paper-Mania !'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-4694869002598379874</id><published>2009-08-07T20:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-07T21:03:59.992-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dearest Teacher ...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/Snz42t8301I/AAAAAAAAAEs/6LA8SgEZ94Y/s1600-h/teachers.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 197px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 176px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367438474850325330" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/Snz42t8301I/AAAAAAAAAEs/6LA8SgEZ94Y/s320/teachers.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This time around, I am sharing a poem, which is dedicated to my teacher, who's my mentor now. Thanks for everything, as always. I am this way because you are on my way! Following is what I wrote about this teacher of mine :&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Oh teacher! I still remember you,&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/Snz3rTq6viI/AAAAAAAAAEk/XXKWZtVCkEo/s1600-h/TeacherAppreciationDayP2.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I still cherish the way you drew,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My attention, my life, my whole self to you-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;That was superbly, superb.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dear teacher! I still miss your classes,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Which I used to miss in masses,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And how you dealt with such regular cases-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;That was strictly, very strict.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My teacher! I still recognise your voice,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Which kept on stating the fact that you care,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And the kind of relationship that we share-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;That was especially, very special.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hey teacher! I still dream of your rare smile,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Also, the day, when for me, it stretched on your face a mile,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Your spontaneous flow of motivation like Nile-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;That was greatly, the greatest.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My teacher! I still get mesmerised by your talent,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Also, your expertise to discover talent on the planet, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The way you walked into the class and my heart-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;That was excellently, excellent.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My very own teacher! I may not needed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Your help all through, but the confidence&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Of your help in need, made all the difference.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wow! How wonderful days they were,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;How beautiful life was, then,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I bet, nobody has ever lived&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Such a perfectly, perfect life,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Which I lived with you, dearest teacher!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thanks for everything, teacher ...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-4694869002598379874?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/4694869002598379874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/dearest-teacher.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/4694869002598379874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/4694869002598379874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/dearest-teacher.html' title='Dearest Teacher ...'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/Snz42t8301I/AAAAAAAAAEs/6LA8SgEZ94Y/s72-c/teachers.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-7321110545736267763</id><published>2009-08-06T07:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T07:12:29.758-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy memories captured !</title><content type='html'>&lt;embed style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 320px" name="flashticker" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" src="http://widget-e8.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" flashvars="cy=bb&amp;amp;il=1&amp;amp;channel=3530822107884408296&amp;amp;site=widget-e8.slide.com" wmode="transparent" salign="l" scale="noscale" quality="high"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt; &lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 400px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&amp;amp;at=un&amp;amp;id=3530822107884408296&amp;amp;map=1" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://widget-e8.slide.com/p1/3530822107884408296/bb_t063_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&amp;amp;at=un&amp;amp;id=3530822107884408296&amp;amp;map=2" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://widget-e8.slide.com/p2/3530822107884408296/bb_t063_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&amp;amp;amp;at=un&amp;amp;amp;id=3530822107884408296&amp;amp;amp;map=2" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://widget-e8.slide.com/m/3530822107884408296/bb_t063_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide9_1.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&amp;amp;at=un&amp;amp;id=3530822107884408296&amp;amp;map=F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://widget-e8.slide.com/p4/3530822107884408296/bb_t063_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dear blog&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My friends and me went out to spend some quality time together. Here are some of the moments captured by our camera. I really cherish this day. It was really lively. Hope you will enjoy the photographs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-7321110545736267763?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/7321110545736267763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/happy-memories-captured_06.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/7321110545736267763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/7321110545736267763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/happy-memories-captured_06.html' title='Happy memories captured !'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-7860892428238969687</id><published>2009-08-06T01:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-06T02:04:03.771-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Down The Memory Lane ...</title><content type='html'>Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;Today, I am going to share something very, very special. Archana ma'am, (my English teacher just for about a couple of months) left us and moved on in life. Here is a poem down my memory lane, and declaring how much I care for you ma'am. I still miss you because you treated me like a little child while others thought that I'm a grown up. Let me tell you that I long to be a child again. But then, it's always better to move on. So, following is what I dedicate to you :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know I am being selfish,&lt;br /&gt;But still I never wanted you to leave.&lt;br /&gt;Remain here...Not for anybody else, just for me.&lt;br /&gt;I agree, I may not have been that special to you,&lt;br /&gt;But believe me, I am missing someone,&lt;br /&gt;Somebody, who was special to me.&lt;br /&gt;Though we shared a casual relationship&lt;br /&gt;And we both were happy with that;&lt;br /&gt;But I have started missing&lt;br /&gt;even as casual a relationship as that was.&lt;br /&gt;It would have been weird to find me secretly glancing at you!&lt;br /&gt;But honestly, here I confess,&lt;br /&gt;I was just relishing your beauty!&lt;br /&gt;You may not believe this, but yes.&lt;br /&gt;I noticed '&lt;em&gt;things&lt;/em&gt;'-&lt;br /&gt;Hair comb it was;&lt;br /&gt;And those pair of spectacles-&lt;br /&gt;Infinite times taken to rest at forehead,&lt;br /&gt;And then brought back to comfort your twinkling eyes;&lt;br /&gt;That gold watch or silver it should have been.&lt;br /&gt;You thought i wasn't looking,&lt;br /&gt;Sorry... My eyes were constantly on you!&lt;br /&gt;You are not here - that's the reality.&lt;br /&gt;But you'll remain unmisted in my heart, &lt;em&gt;forever&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;I truly cherish those days-&lt;br /&gt;When there was ME and You;&lt;br /&gt;They were &lt;em&gt;special&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;They ARE &lt;em&gt;special&lt;/em&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;Teacher! Of all the things I could say to you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Goodbye&lt;/em&gt; is my least favourite...&lt;br /&gt;But then, &lt;em&gt;GOOD BYE&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;GOOD LUCK&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-7860892428238969687?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/7860892428238969687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/down-memory-lane.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/7860892428238969687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/7860892428238969687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/down-memory-lane.html' title='Down The Memory Lane ...'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-6479581013241281366</id><published>2009-08-04T02:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-04T02:54:26.329-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A letter to a son</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SngEys2DYPI/AAAAAAAAADs/SfDazfvfc3o/s1600-h/mother-holding-baby.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 191px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 251px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366044225089790194" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SngEys2DYPI/AAAAAAAAADs/SfDazfvfc3o/s320/mother-holding-baby.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;Recently, I participated in a Poem writing competition. The theme was - Common Man In The Times Of Recession. Following is my take on recession, right from my heart and somewhere influenced by some personal incidents :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A letter to a son&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear son&lt;br /&gt;Finally i have figured the way out&lt;br /&gt;to say 'sorry'&lt;br /&gt;for being unable to&lt;br /&gt;buy you those Nike shoes,&lt;br /&gt;through this letter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know you need them ;&lt;br /&gt;direly need them for your football trials.&lt;br /&gt;I know how much the trials mean,&lt;br /&gt;especially, when you have worked the hardest&lt;br /&gt;and is all set to conquer your football world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am really sorry, baby!&lt;br /&gt;I just could not arrange for them.&lt;br /&gt;I don't expect you to understand me or the uncertainties of our lives.&lt;br /&gt;I just hope that you will forgive me,&lt;br /&gt;Though that will be unfair on you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For so many years now, i have been telling you&lt;br /&gt;that money can't buy us happiness.&lt;br /&gt;But times change, kiddo !&lt;br /&gt;And my words have lost their innocence&lt;br /&gt;somewhere in between these changing times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These trying times have tried hard&lt;br /&gt;to deny me more courage&lt;br /&gt;Not even granting a litre or half of it,&lt;br /&gt;so that to be able to admit&lt;br /&gt;that i can't afford those white Nike shoes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know you cannot understand all this even if you want to,&lt;br /&gt;I know you still believe that happiness is priceless,&lt;br /&gt;But priceless is nothing, dear !&lt;br /&gt;Not now at least.&lt;br /&gt;Time to change our beliefs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wish i could do something better,&lt;br /&gt;Better than these shoes from the sale.&lt;br /&gt;For these shoes look good, just like our lives.&lt;br /&gt;But aren't that good, just like our lives.&lt;br /&gt;I hope that there are better shoes and a better life ahead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am ashamed of my incapabilities&lt;br /&gt;for I promised you on the first day of our togetherness,&lt;br /&gt;all the happiness in this world,&lt;br /&gt;only to discover now&lt;br /&gt;how shabby my promise can turn.&lt;br /&gt;Sorry, dear...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The worst mummy possible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-6479581013241281366?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/6479581013241281366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/letter-to-son.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/6479581013241281366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/6479581013241281366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/letter-to-son.html' title='A letter to a son'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SngEys2DYPI/AAAAAAAAADs/SfDazfvfc3o/s72-c/mother-holding-baby.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-2615858911035653458</id><published>2009-08-03T03:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T04:16:30.957-07:00</updated><title type='text'>For my friend !</title><content type='html'>Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;Though I'm late, but I have all the intentions in this world to dedicate a poem to my dear friend. I hope my friend understands me and my feelings. These are really hard times for all of us. I just hope that we all sail through this time safely. Here it goes :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ढाई अक्षर मित्र के&lt;br /&gt;मेरी मित्र ने प्रेम को फिर परिभाषित किया।&lt;br /&gt;मेरी मित्र ने जीवन को फिर प्रवाहित किया॥&lt;br /&gt;जीवन में प्रेम रस का फिर संचार हुआ।&lt;br /&gt;हाँ, कभी मीठा तो कभी खट्टा भी लगा॥&lt;br /&gt;उस मित्र ने ज़िन्दगी की धूप को भी छाँव बना दिया।&lt;br /&gt;उस मित्र ने मेरे गम को भी नम कर दिया॥&lt;br /&gt;उसने कभी धूप में मुझे छाँव नहीं दी।&lt;br /&gt;उसने तो मुझे दूसरे की छाँव बनना सिखा दिया॥&lt;br /&gt;गिर जाने पर, उसकी सांत्वना कभी नहीं मिली।&lt;br /&gt;गिर जाने पर, वह मुझे उठ जाने को कहती रही॥&lt;br /&gt;उसने मुझे अपनी पलकों पर तो संवारा था।&lt;br /&gt;किंतु कांटो से रासता बनाना भी सिखाया था॥&lt;br /&gt;उसने असफलता को एक नया ही नाम दिया था।&lt;br /&gt;एक नई शुरूआत कहकर मेरा जीवन आबाद किया था॥&lt;br /&gt;मेरी हर भूल को उसी ने पहले पहचाना था।&lt;br /&gt;पर मुसकुराकर उसी ने पहले सुधारा भी था॥&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;'ढाई अक्षर प्रेम के, ढाई अक्षर के ही शब्द मित्र में समा गए'&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;मेरी मित्र ने प्रेम को फिर परिभाषित किया।&lt;br /&gt;मेरी मित्र ने जीवन को फिर से प्रवाहित किया॥&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-2615858911035653458?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/2615858911035653458/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/dear-blog-though-im-late-but-i-have-all.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/2615858911035653458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/2615858911035653458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/dear-blog-though-im-late-but-i-have-all.html' title='For my friend !'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-4789151938876249038</id><published>2009-08-02T07:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T03:40:00.129-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Black And White</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SnWtwldxq3I/AAAAAAAAADk/sqAH6OfK1P4/s1600-h/Black+board.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 208px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 261px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365385581284141938" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SnWtwldxq3I/AAAAAAAAADk/sqAH6OfK1P4/s320/Black+board.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;That's me going gaga about my love for Black boards and chalks !!!&lt;br /&gt;Following is what i wish to share:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'Black' is evil, it is the darkest of all, at least if the traditional notion about colours is to be believed. But it's special, very special to me ! I had my first crush on a BLACK BOARD actually ! I used to fancy a black board and a white chalk, Like no exceptional child, a chalk piece would mean the world to me. And a chance to allow my little chalk to embrace my madam's board would mean more than just everything to me. I remember how perfectly the darkness of the black board would compliment the serenity of a white chalk. Just 'black' and just 'white' filled my school life with amazing colours. Alas! those days seem to fall short to make it to future. The newly arrived 'White-Marker Boards' are unleashing the world of my classroom. But these coloured markers aren't that colourful; they are pale. May be the intellectually superior human breed is patting its back for having invented such a wonderful thing, which no longer runs the mills to produce either chalk powder or wacky sounds; but the majority i.e. the intellectually inferior breed is going sick due to nostalgia. The classroom which remains in my memories is definitely incomplete without that talcum-look-alike chalk powder; and unusually silent without the sound that arises when a chalk embraces a black board ! My heart carries such explicit memories of a black board and a white chalk. Even today, my eyes dazzle with brightness at the sight of a chalk and a black board. Precisely that's the reason I chose a black board over a white-marker board to grace the wall of my room !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-4789151938876249038?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/4789151938876249038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/black-and-white.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/4789151938876249038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/4789151938876249038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/black-and-white.html' title='Black And White'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SnWtwldxq3I/AAAAAAAAADk/sqAH6OfK1P4/s72-c/Black+board.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-6109806717249576501</id><published>2009-08-02T07:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-02T07:41:00.222-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My 1st poem : Life's Fantastic !</title><content type='html'>Dear blog&lt;br /&gt;Here goes my first and probably the most special poem. It sums up the mysteries of life. As it's said- &lt;em&gt;Don't try to understand life, just live it !&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life's fantastic !&lt;br /&gt;Though it's sweet and sour both;&lt;br /&gt;I thank God, at least it has a taste ...&lt;br /&gt;Though it's fast and slow both;&lt;br /&gt;I thank God, at least it has a pace ...&lt;br /&gt;Though it's not always red and always bright;&lt;br /&gt;I thank God, at least it has some colour ...&lt;br /&gt;Though happy and sad, both the tunes get played;&lt;br /&gt;I thank God, at least it's musical ...&lt;br /&gt;Though we don't succeed here always;&lt;br /&gt;I thank God, at least we have the option to fail ...&lt;br /&gt;Though smile and tears, both are part of it;&lt;br /&gt;I thank God, at least it has emotions ...&lt;br /&gt;Though it breaks our dreams almost everytime we dream;&lt;br /&gt;I thank God, at least we have the courage to dream again ...&lt;br /&gt;Though things are not under our control;&lt;br /&gt;I thank God, at least we are a part of it ...&lt;br /&gt;Though we don't decide when to come and when to leave;&lt;br /&gt;I thank God, at least we are here for sometime ...&lt;br /&gt;Believe me, it's not that bad;&lt;br /&gt;Life's really fantastic !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-6109806717249576501?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/6109806717249576501/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-1st-poem-lifes-fantastic.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/6109806717249576501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/6109806717249576501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-1st-poem-lifes-fantastic.html' title='My 1st poem : Life&apos;s Fantastic !'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318604789847361334.post-5547578267484377621</id><published>2009-08-02T05:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-02T05:35:06.388-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Simply writing !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SnWHqJlJBnI/AAAAAAAAADU/po7jsRb3ucE/s1600-h/Simply+Gunjan.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 204px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 159px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365343689277769330" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SnWHqJlJBnI/AAAAAAAAADU/po7jsRb3ucE/s320/Simply+Gunjan.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Dear all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This one's my first post. Believe me, i am nervous. But then, i really want to share 'my things' with you. I am a girl who's mostly driven by emotions (though that's not good always!). I can't help it. But i have acknowledged a beautiful way to deal with all this. I write about it. Yes, I love writing about things surrounding me. So, here I am, &lt;em&gt;blogging my poems and certain pieces of writing straight from my diary&lt;/em&gt;. Also, I have some really &lt;em&gt;cherishing memories with my near and dear ones&lt;/em&gt;, which luckily i have captured in snaps. Whenever, I will feel like sharing them, i will go ahead to do so. And finally, i will try to update you about some of my artworks (which are magnificently influenced by my mentor !), as that's another way through which I resist not-so-good events in my life. Well, that's the plan as of now. I look forward to blogging and everything in general. Oh! I forgot to tell you that I used to conclude each and every diary entry of mine by writing "&lt;em&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence, Live on&lt;/em&gt;...". I will be religiously doing the same thing here as well. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fight on, Move on and hence Live on...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4318604789847361334-5547578267484377621?l=simplygunjan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/feeds/5547578267484377621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/simply-writing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/5547578267484377621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4318604789847361334/posts/default/5547578267484377621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://simplygunjan.blogspot.com/2009/08/simply-writing.html' title='Simply writing !'/><author><name>Gunjan Jain</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01646311034222503081</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8qLNGfcZW7I/SnWHqJlJBnI/AAAAAAAAADU/po7jsRb3ucE/s72-c/Simply+Gunjan.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
