Married man?
Married! man!
Man, married.
Married? Man!
A take on the power of punctuations :P
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Sunday, November 25, 2007
La Bamba
Vijay, a good friend and ex-colleague of mine, shared many of my interests/characteristics. We both loved 3D animation, had a whacky sense of humour, similar movie and music tastes .
3D animation is very time consuming, and we used to work late nights to meet crazy deadlines. During these nightouts, we'd developed a routine to play both of our favourite songs. One song we'd both loved was 'La Bamba' by Ritchie Valens. Twas a spanish song and we'd both had no clue what it meant. But we didn't care. We loved it enuf to want to dance to the foot tapping music and it kept us going in the wee hours of morning.
Today, after a long time, I was listening to that song again and nostalgia hit me. Curious about what the song's lyrics meant, I googled away. First for the full lyrics, then for it's translation in English. Here's my find:
Espanol - English:
Para bailar la bamba
In order to dance the bamba
Para bailar la bamba
In order to dance the bamba
Se necesita una poca de gracia
a little bit of grace is needed.
Una poca de gracia pa'mí y pa' ti
a little grace and another little thing
Ay Arriba y arriba
and higher and higher
Ay arriba y arriba por ti seré
and higher and higher and I will go
Por ti seré
higher and I will go
Por ti seré
higher and I will go
Yo no soy marinero,
I am not a sailor
Yo no soy marinero
I am not a sailor
Soy capitan
for you I`ll be
Soy capitan
for you I`ll be
Soy capitan
for you I`ll be
Bamba, Bamba
Bamba, Bamba
Bamba, Bamba
Does the translation make sense? Perhaps. Perhaps, the true meaning got lost in the translation. And then Perhaps we should just 'listen' to the song and decide if the words really matter :-)
3D animation is very time consuming, and we used to work late nights to meet crazy deadlines. During these nightouts, we'd developed a routine to play both of our favourite songs. One song we'd both loved was 'La Bamba' by Ritchie Valens. Twas a spanish song and we'd both had no clue what it meant. But we didn't care. We loved it enuf to want to dance to the foot tapping music and it kept us going in the wee hours of morning.
Today, after a long time, I was listening to that song again and nostalgia hit me. Curious about what the song's lyrics meant, I googled away. First for the full lyrics, then for it's translation in English. Here's my find:
Espanol - English:
Para bailar la bamba
In order to dance the bamba
Para bailar la bamba
In order to dance the bamba
Se necesita una poca de gracia
a little bit of grace is needed.
Una poca de gracia pa'mí y pa' ti
a little grace and another little thing
Ay Arriba y arriba
and higher and higher
Ay arriba y arriba por ti seré
and higher and higher and I will go
Por ti seré
higher and I will go
Por ti seré
higher and I will go
Yo no soy marinero,
I am not a sailor
Yo no soy marinero
I am not a sailor
Soy capitan
for you I`ll be
Soy capitan
for you I`ll be
Soy capitan
for you I`ll be
Bamba, Bamba
Bamba, Bamba
Bamba, Bamba
Does the translation make sense? Perhaps. Perhaps, the true meaning got lost in the translation. And then Perhaps we should just 'listen' to the song and decide if the words really matter :-)
Thursday, September 20, 2007
A book, the world for a book!
Sometime during a year and half ago, I got jaded with reading in general and packed all my books up. Cardboard boxes filled up, and thusly they remained gathering dust.
Recently I picked up one of my all time fav book:
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M. Pirsig
As Bacon said 'Some books are to be tasted..'.. this one's to be read wholly and diligently. I'm borrowing a few words from wikipedia to describe the book's content:
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values is the first of Robert M. Pirsig's texts in which he explores a Metaphysics of quality. The 1974 book describes a journey across the United States, punctuated by numerous philosophical discussions (many of them on epistemology and the philosophy of science) which the author refers to as chautauquas. The title is an incongruous play on the title of the earlier Eugen Herrigel book Zen in the Art of Archery.
Here's the link if you'd want to read more about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance
Recently I picked up one of my all time fav book:
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M. Pirsig
As Bacon said 'Some books are to be tasted..'.. this one's to be read wholly and diligently. I'm borrowing a few words from wikipedia to describe the book's content:
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values is the first of Robert M. Pirsig's texts in which he explores a Metaphysics of quality. The 1974 book describes a journey across the United States, punctuated by numerous philosophical discussions (many of them on epistemology and the philosophy of science) which the author refers to as chautauquas. The title is an incongruous play on the title of the earlier Eugen Herrigel book Zen in the Art of Archery.
Here's the link if you'd want to read more about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_th
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
For the love of rhyme, here I wasted my time
I didn't know she was listening
Till I put the phone down
I didn't notice her eyes twinkling
Till I wiped my tears with a frown
But I sure did hear her happily singing
When I confirmed that her mom's coming to town!
A 2.30 am composition ;-)
Till I put the phone down
I didn't notice her eyes twinkling
Till I wiped my tears with a frown
But I sure did hear her happily singing
When I confirmed that her mom's coming to town!
A 2.30 am composition ;-)
Impulsive Haiku
eager knowledge seeker
beaver pales when compared
and he says "yeah, I know"
Wrote this while chatting with Laks about Haikus, and his saying "yeah I know" ;-)
beaver pales when compared
and he says "yeah, I know"
Wrote this while chatting with Laks about Haikus, and his saying "yeah I know" ;-)
Haiku Moment
Here are a few haikus I've attempted:
Fickle pursuits
of an agitated mind
For love, ever stilled
Ceaseless traffic all around
A cacophony of sounds
her silver anklets clink
Pitter patter of soft rain
A paper boat drowns
I make another
White hot sunday
Love burns me
Endless window shopping
It's a profound feeling to attempt Haikus.
Fickle pursuits
of an agitated mind
For love, ever stilled
Ceaseless traffic all around
A cacophony of sounds
her silver anklets clink
Pitter patter of soft rain
A paper boat drowns
I make another
White hot sunday
Love burns me
Endless window shopping
It's a profound feeling to attempt Haikus.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
The Tao of Life
The rain's stopped lashing at my window
Shedding tears of laughter
Why cry When we can laugh at life?
An idle Sun smiles gently then
It's warm light, a calming assurance
Why trust the unpredictable Wind?
Sweet aroma of Jasmine spreads around
Pause a bit, savor the moment
What's the hurry, where to run?
Life's all about chances
Live it while it lasts
It's all a big joke anyway. Right? ;-)
- Jai
Shedding tears of laughter
Why cry When we can laugh at life?
An idle Sun smiles gently then
It's warm light, a calming assurance
Why trust the unpredictable Wind?
Sweet aroma of Jasmine spreads around
Pause a bit, savor the moment
What's the hurry, where to run?
Life's all about chances
Live it while it lasts
It's all a big joke anyway. Right? ;-)
- Jai
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