The Old me

Yes,such unnerving thought raised in my mind when I came across my old snaps.My alter ego whispered in my ears last night 'I miss the old mohin'.That thought then lead me into the journey of flashback,where everything seems natural and real.Even the thought of the most impossible thing stood a chance.

It all started with my school days.How Jeff,Zain and me(The 3 menace creator)used to be in our anorexic years.We were quite popular,each in our respective ways.Zain was an athlete,Jeff was the good looking fella and I was the entertainer.Teacher never used to let us sit together as we were famous for our not so delightful escapades.
College days,the golden days to be more precise in anyone's  life changed a bit of me.Obviously,a new environment,a new feeling,a new life,changes are bound to take place.It thought me how to get along with people whom you barely know,how to be with each other in troubled times,how to bunk lectures,how to plan trips,how to get the feeling of crushes,heartbreaks and sometimes studies.:p
Zap into reality.Days come when one has to decide,whether to peruse further studies or opt for a job.Job was always in my mind.Gave an interview and got selected.'Responsibly' the word,which my mom keeps on yanking,finally started to make sense.Work assigned to me and the pressure of delivering it was the thing I was exited and the same time tensed.
During lunch hour,dreamland of college days takes over,cherishing all the beautiful years which I terribly miss.
Trend-be a post graduate.This is the thing which was not in my mind and I started to follow like a flock of sheep into the trend.Initially all exited,but soon realised its not what i wanted.Years went by and I completed my post graduation.My alter ego woke up and asked me 'what have you done?'.All this time I just wanted to prove something which was not necessary,wanted to fit in the fad,wanted to be respected.

I transformed into someone else.Someone who would see as a capable person because he has done his masters,someone who is big,someone who is sound and someone who can earn big bucks.
But most importantly I was not 'me'.I realised I had all that,its just how you look at it.Nevertheless something done can never go squander and its not late to be the 'old me' again.
WORK IN PROGRESS

Internet -Boon or Bane

A lot of you people must be thinking why would I write about the age old debate about the most common topic? Various discussions,participations,debates,arguments and defensive actions had been taken on this subject.The why am I writing about it? Simple,because it is the only thing which is common across various demographics and is affecting our lives in many ways.So let me tell you what I feel about the biggest phenomenon and how it changed the phase from information gathering to entertainment,from confidential to security issues and from socializing to hunting for jobs online.

When I first had internet installed at my place,it was something which would be considered as an ocean that has many things to explore.Where to go,what to do,how to do,all these questions were dancing in my mind.I had a dial-up connection which connects through landline  phones and during the course of connection,no phone calls would or can come.Those were the days where cell phones was a luxury and maximum a person could achieve would be a pager.Mom used to constantly crib about two things,one would be that the phone would  be always come engaged whenever she used to call and the other was the huge telephone bill.

As technological upgraded ,I also shifted to cable connection,where there would be 24/7 cable connection.It overcame mom's complaints and made us available to the galaxy of online universe throughout.The first thing I got addicted to was 'Yahoo messenger'.First me and my friends used to chat with each other for the sake of it,because it was something new and trendy for us.Then I came across something called as 'chatrooms',where we can chat with the entire world.But things started to become from exiting to monotonous and from good to worse.Soon I realised it was taking a toll on my life and I drifted apart from it.

Next came the very first step into the world of social networking - 'ORKUT'.It was something which was very very very new to our generation (I was 16 years old at that time).The idea of 'scraps' was very unique and intrigue.Soon orkut filled with people across the world and used to chat with my friends through orkut.There were many social networking sites available like 'HI5','myspace',but orkut pulled the crowed like anything.
This was just the communication part.But internet soon came to be something more than just information collection or communication.Videos,torrents,music became part of our daily life,It was like;if the PC doesn't have an internet connection,then it is just another furniture in the house.

Internet in true terms is a bane if we look into it in that way.The only bane is ourselves.It depends upon us how we use or misuse the online medium.It is a man-made creation to serve the purpose of need or fill the gap.
Internet era has arrived and it here to stay till eternity.