I am
different and so is everyone else. I can’t say about others but at least I can
assure you that I ain’t perfect, never have been, never will be… I come with my
own qualities and defects… and that has been the case for a while now… and I
don’t see it changing in the near future…
Compared
to my siblings my eyes are a bit small… my mother thinks I’ve got a slightly
big nose…then I've thick eyebrows, twisted tooth… though healthy, I am lean… I’ve colour
blindness, kind of… maybe that’s why I opted to make sketches rather than paint…
there was a time when I had problem hearing... I don’t easily make friends… I
ain’t outgoing… I’ve got lots of grey hairs in my head… better than losing the
hair, I feel… when I write, I hold the pen in an awkward manner, that is what
everyone else think… I’ve got a ‘simian crease’ in my right palm, my Dad has it on
his left and my Mom’s grandfather had it in his right… and yes it is not always
associated with abnormal medical conditions… I had short-temper but have been
able to control that for a considerable period of time now… it is still
somewhere inside, maybe…
The
numismatist inside me hasn’t died yet… I still flip through pages of history… take
a virtual tour in a while… I write poems that are literally craps, which I
should probably be forbidden to… I wish to try at least one new thing a year…
then a wish is a wish, is a wish… I ain’t superman! But would surely love to be
able to do different things… I ain’t perfectionist… would love to be jack of
all trade, though … I am a pathetic singer, if you think you are, you will
change your opinion once you hear me sing!!
I
had my low days in studies… but was able to bounce back and how? I never study
until the exams, never… everyone thinks I do and my Mom thinks I should… by and large, I
have been lucky with the grades… some people think I am ‘talented’, donno which
dictionary they refer to… some think I’ve got knowledge enough to answer most
of the questions they have… which I don’t, but have been lucky to answer quite
a few though…
I
hate formals… would prefer a converse, jeans and a t-shirt anyday, any occasion…
but then I don’t go to social gatherings as well, unless I have to or I am made
to… I love taking pictures… but not my own, I hate that… I ain’t photogenic…
have been complemented to look like some handsome hunks, and I was like ‘are
you flattering?’, don’t know if there is any angle that makes me look like
them, would love to walk that typical angle if that existed! But then maybe it's time they should refer to an opthamologist... couldn't refer to Bashar, he is busy cleaning his home!
So far in life, I
don’t have any regrets or complaints… God has blessed me with wonderful
family, good friends… I've been lucky to know equally wonderful human
beings during this walk of life… and there are many whom I hope to meet
during this journey… I wish to pledge my eyes so that even after I am gone, two
people would be able to witness how beautiful the world is, which so far they
have been unable to … I firmly believe in the idea of ‘adopt a child’… I wish
to travel across the globe extensively… I have a dream, like every one of us…
not too big, but big enough to keep my life kicking each day.
Thank
you God, for everything!
