Travelogue 2- Allepey, Kerala

I should have posted this earlier but it just got delayed due to procrastination. This was an impromptu trip to Allepey , the famous backwaters in Kerala. We boarded the bus at 930 pm and reached Allepey early morning at 6 am. We had no clue where we were going, which places to visit, all we knew was we have to see the backwaters. Kerala presents a very surreal, calm atmosphere even during the peak hours. You would not find people being noisy or loud. The streets were empty and people are very reserved. After walking some 2-3 km we finally managed to get a decent hotel. After getting refreshed, we began with our day 1. Kerala has hot and humid but luckily once we hired a houseboat and started our backwaters exploration, the weather became pleasant :

Our boat

An island habitat

These houseboats are Rs 10000 for 3 days

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Either love deeply or hate deeply, but whatever you do, do it with complete passion

Insatiable

I dont know what is it in me that just does'nt satisfy me . I just cant imagine how so many people across the world can live without a goal in their mind, without a passion, without a reason to live.

It has to be either love, or life that should motivate you to go on and move forward. I honestly hate those days which I spend wasting or doing nothing, and I see there are people who would spend their weekends or free time gossiping, chatting, bantering or looking at other people's page on social networking sites. How can someone be so idle and aimless in life. I seriously do not understand what joy people get in looking at other people's profiles, life story, instead of building their own life story.

Anyways, that is not the point of concern right now for me. I am trying to figure out what to do next in life , and definitely in a forward direction, because something inside me says-- This is not it, the world is not enough...Greed or insatiable dreams, desires , wishes....call it whatever you may want, but I want it this way, because this hunger is what keeps me ticking and going on.

Where giving up is not an answer..patience is the virtue
Where leaving is not an option
Living is the key.
Where life gives enuf reasons to complain
Find lil reasons to smile.
For all you know,tomorrow could be the final calling.

SUCCESS

Its just like another weekend when I am in a pensive mood, browsing through various job opprotunities on internet and wondering, what is it that defines SUCCESS. Why is it so elusive in nature, why do some have it and others dont . What is it about SUCCESS that makes it so desirable yet so unattainable. I want to nail this down ... REALLY, i want to unlock this mystery, why is it
like a mirage running away while I try to grasp it with my hands.
DAMN did I just mess up with my life or is there still that thing that I can use it......get it.....

I have never liked the idea of mediocrity , ironically people may just call me a mediocre person. I look at others and I ask myself, Why cant I, what is stopping me, why do they have it and why dont I.
And honestly , I want this jealousy to turn into so much of zealousness that I just make it happen.

Things to do this year

1) Write a short story
2) Go ahead with my art instinct and selling proposition.
3) Make educational videos
4) Acquire one additional skill- could be driving/ learning a new subject.
5) Learn something new that takes me in the direction that I have dreamt of.
6) Travel

Keep moving, keep learning and keep dreaming

There comes a time when somethings in life come to a standstill. They cease to serve any purpose in life. They cease to excite you, they no longer help you grow. Before that feeling sinks in, it is better to move on, else you will be caught in stagnation. Like a quicksand, the harder you try to move out, the deeper it pulls you in. someone very rightly said, the only constant thing in the world is change.

Change for better is good, but no one knows if the change will make you better off or worse. That element of uncertainty will always loom, but sometimes an unpredictability is better than the the certainty which does not take you forward.

Before the feeling of stagnation overpowers you, make a move, because the ability to give up on something that does not add meaning to your dreams, aspirations or future goals requires real courage and a tough decision.

In terms of economics, this can be correlated to the law of diminishing marginal utility. The more you do it, the lesser satisfaction you gain out of it (the economists may beg to differ if i used the incorrect law here). Life is too short to carry regrets.  After all, life is just once, and it is short. Why restrict to the set definitions, roles,rules, learnings, experiences.

Keep moving, keep learning and keep dreaming !