Shiny Brilliance

All around me on this godforsaken island is sheer brilliance of white magic light emanating from all corners and lanes. As I start walking around 6:30 am from my logging unit to the accomodation, I am spellbound by the sheer nothingness and brilliance from the frozen sea at a far off distance from the rig. Its such a remarkable view with the sun rising and spreading its wings in the form of bright orange light in the skyline adjecent to the sea. And the moving fox adds life to this exotic piece of silent art. As I turn on my ipod with Led Zeppelin's no quarter, I am transcended to a different place alltogether. I feel like this place is like heaven somewhere in the clouds where only the gods and their good sons/daughters live. This is the power of music that can take man to a different place when in desperation.. As I keep walking, a strong chilly breeze starts to flow that makes my steps a tad bit longer and the speed faster towards the accomodation. Suddenly, I can find myself striving for breadth as I apply all my energy to walk faster. I realise how difficult it is for man to survive at -34 degrees and so I start running to save my life. Finally I reach the accomodation and thank god to have let me reach my destination without any mishaps. I convince myself , 10 days down, 12 more to go....then I will go back to where I belong, where life would be easy.

Its a small world after all!

Oh let the sun beat down upon my face
With stars to fill my dream.
I am a traveler of both time and space
To be where I have been.
----Kashmir, Led Zeppelin
Every culture in this world is pretty unique in one way and shows starking similarities with the rest. I sometimes feel blessed to have got the opportunity to work with people from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. By merely observing them, I concluded that all of us are very similar in what we need and aspire. My observations are purely subjective and are based on my interaction with them and their working styles. In my firm, its all about teamwork. So its important to respect every person's point of view and most importantly to be open to interpretations and ideas. I enjoy working with latin americans as they make the work environment fun and every moment worth enjoying and not thinking about problems in a serious way. That really helps take away some tension and pressure from our sholders.

Back from the dungeon

why do we have dreams? dreams which we know are unrealistic and just a pseudo-force that keeps you going on and on with the desire to achieve them? without dreams man wouldn't think of living a life on this teeny tiny dot in the universe. right from childhood, we start getting dreams obviously when we have some grip over understanding things but I'm not really sure if I dreamt of something when I was like say 2 years old or something. may be I did but I dont remember. I guess dreams become sophisticated with age and wisdom. Sometimes my dreams are interesting and when I wake up, I feel like going back to sleep again just to finish the dream which in most cases is based on some sophisticated story. Just the other day I had a dream that I'm walking on this narrow lane which is real steep from both sides and then as I keep walking it turns out to be a wall located somewhere in the galaxy with nothingness on both sides. It gave me shivers during night. I felt like I'll fall down for sure and then I did when I felt someone pulling me and I woke up suddenly cuz I thot m falling down under gravity that gave me shivers. Some dreams can be real wild while some are just plain lame. I sometimes wish I had a constructive dream where I would solve important issues plaguing the world and then would win the noble prize or something. Maybe I will as life is full of new exciting things lined ahead. Maybe I'll solve the kashmir issue or the energy crisis in one of my dreams. Then I'll be hailed as one of the most remarkable achievers of all times. Sigh. I do live in my very own small world after all!!!