Am I guilty??

When I sat down to write today(after an unjust gap of almost a week!!) I still had an overwhelming sense of guilt hurtling down my mind.. and the reason.. I have an Operating Systems project to deal with.. and my project partners are not 'wasting' their time blogging! ;) I had almost given up when I thought I would not do any good to my project because all I had in my mind was write! ;)

This itch had been so strong because I recently witnessed a very important event in my life, and that's a snowfall! Yeah, I have already added a 'life-event' to my facebook, yet I somehow felt that this event deserved more :)... 

Being in North Carolina, it was a legitimate surprise for us when we woke up to the forecast of a snowfall that evening, more so, because it had been pretty hot(as always) only yesterday! Facebook friends took upon the responsibility of to-the-minute weather presenter and the build-up was all there! Come evening, our optimism transformed the rain drops into snow flakes the moment it started raining. In sometime, they were real!... we went out, had a little snow-fight, and were so happy with the little "snow" we had been bestowed with ;) We were back home right after, anyways, the 'guilt' of not preparing for the presentation next day was already overpowering us. 

As if that was a challenge to God, he promptly followed it up with a brilliant display of real snowfall. For the next one hour, all of us had our mental defences down, every assignment took a backstage, and we were out in the middle savouring our first ever snowfall:) Dear God.. it was surreal! Thank you for making us part of this celebration which fills us with life and washes down a lot of 'guilt' from our already duped minds.

Being a fresher!!

Another of the 'firsts' :).. Butterflies in my tummy.. my 'bachpan ka sapna' of writing a blog is finally being "put into words" and here I am!.. new and 'fresh' into this lovely world where people(with and without jobs) 'try' to find a space of their "own" and *yet* want everyone else to "appreciate" it.. hmmm.. a little ironical, isn't it? ;)
I am too excited to judge myself!.. and too restless to put down some thoughts which have finally 'climaxed' into me creating this blog.. today is special!!.. I am finally a "blogger" and I am a 'fresher' all over again :)

Raise of hands among all of you who *hate* being the 'fresher'!.. If you are reading this, a certain little smirk would have paraded your face while you remember your first day at school or college or for that matter your office ;).. 'fresher', in its simplest sense resembles a 'guinea pig' more than anything else in this beautiful world :P... if you are the fresher, you are a subject to the most innovative pranks ever!.. and you are supposed to 'enjoy' them.. I don't know if anyone of you really did enjoy them.. but they surely inculcate enough intelligence in you to touch new benchmarks of innovation when the new 'fresher'(bakra) comes in :D... no!!.. i am not doing this to save myself from your criticism ;).. take this more as a "nirdosh ki pukaar" ;)

There is another side to this word 'fresher'.. and that's some point I will try to make.. Forget the pranks(ragging).. forget the nerves that come with it.. stop for a moment and think.. isn't being a fresher the best little thing you look forward to?.. Isn't that what excitement and change is all about?.. My ideal day would end being a fresher to something new in my life, and I am sure most of you think similar.. life is what it brings with it.. and excitement is the best among them :)

Hope my encounter with this uncharted territory(read blog) adds some value to my 'ever increasing' life :)