Ho Ho Ho Ho

How's everyone doing? Me I'm not very fine thank you :-) Have been battling chronic cold and fever for almost a month now. Well, its actually like this: I contracted flu when I was in Delhi, then I had to go home without getting a proper rest so after about a week of over exertion at home I developed the same symptoms again. Then I had to rush back to Delhi without getting proper rest in order to make the concert on the 30th of oct. The final stage is when my allergic rhinitis was compounded by the smoke from the firecrackers on Diwali leading to an extremely hoarse voiced and congested chest one day before the concert!LOL. Quite a list of misfortunes really. But mind you the most important thing of all, to be specific my spirit, is quite intact and in fact brimming over with joy :-)

The trip home was both exhausting and refreshing! I dearly loved being with my family and I particularly enjoyed engaging in Tom Foolery with my two younger brothers! I am basically a boy who never grew up you see. Anyway being with my parents and family has given me a recharge of affection and dearness. My parents were in good health and my brothers were also up to the usual devilry. My family was in a nutshell well.

Well, now to the marriage, the main reason for my trip home. My dear friends Noel and Atokali were getting married and I was asked to sing at their wedding. The wedding itself was quite lovely and I enjoyed it thoroughly though I was disappointed on one account- No one caught my eye! LOL. However, there were certain observations I made that have rather put me off the idea of marriage. Firstly the typical Sumi marriage is long drawn and exhaustive to say the least. All the preparations and weeks of organizing seems rather unnecessary to me. Secondly I realized that I love my private space too much and while it may not be impossible I have not met a woman who is able to balance intimacy with individuality. Maybe I have simply not gotten around much. Finally I am unable to comprehend being able to love someone, a human being with imperfections I may add, unflinchingly for an entire lifetime. Last night I was watching a documentary on Jonathan Swift, the writer of the cult favorite " Gulliver's Travels'. What the critics agreed on without exception was that while he was an idealist he was rather disillusioned with human beings as a race. I saw traces of myself in him. So unless my circumstances change or my personality morphs I'm quite happy being single and free to silently observe.

Finally the concert. It rocked! But my performance sucked big time! LOL. I was actually not about to sing at all but being the host band I had to force two songs outta my poor throat and that as you might expect was quite the spectacle :-) Anyway I am not one of those singres who believe in a spotless performance every time; on the contrary I enjoy the music too much to be pre occupied with perfection.

That was quite along post no? But I had to compensate for the long gap :-) Here's wishing you all a great weekend. BTW I can already feel christmas in the air and my Ipod is crammed with Christmas songs already! Ciao!