Apple of my eye

She changes the way
I see this beautiful earth

She is here to stay
till im buried in it

She is the first one
to be touched every morning

And the last one
to kiss me good night

Caressing my temples,
Kissing my nose

Her presence by my side,
is a reassuring sight

No one can separate us,
For she is a part of me

So close, so intimate
that we see eye to eye

We see the world together
and redefines the way i look

She is the apple of my eye
Oh no! she is a part of me

--
Me and my spectacles

This Decade

The world did not come to an end with Y2K problem after all.

Computers and 'devices' talk to each other over networks more than humans do in person.

The most unreal things happen in 'reality' shows.

There is always some war or conflict in some part of the world in the newspaper.

Some crops managed to reach fuel tanks instead of hungry stomachs, in the form of biodiesel.

People go without a purse, but cannot go without a cell phone.

After laughing at the queer costumes from your dad's school photos, you find that it is fashionable again.

Camera tricks and sets are replaced by Computer graphics and animation in blockbuster movies.

Being 'Online' refers to internet instead of telephone.

Digital-divide continues where Poverty-line ends.

Your net bank savings is not a printed number in a passbook anymore, but a number stored in some server's hard disk.

Suddenly global warming is big enough to get a Nobel Peace prize, but not big enough for the most powerful nation to endorse the actions needed to reverse it.

Half of the world's ills are blamed on greedy developed countries, who in turn blame it on developing countries growing 'too fast'.

Bushfires are under control and fires caused by Bush are not.

Uranium enrichment is a considered bigger problem than a huge nuclear stockpile.

Meanwhile Rock concerts blasting music are dedicated to conserve the earth.

American Idol is seen and loved everywhere in the world.

China is actively building up its cricket team.

You can buy a ticket to experience space travel and zero gravity. No such service for heaven or middle-earth.

Bloody, repulsive images are printed in cigarette packets, yet it discourages everybody except smokers.

Corporate social responsibility is now one more stunt for 'ethical' media publicity.

It’s ok for adults to watch and enjoy cartoon animation movies too.

Microwave radiation passes through peoples' brains more often everyday, than thru their food.

Sleepy subjects in school are now primetime infotainment in NatGeo, Discovery, History and AnimalPlanet.

Terrorists replaced aliens as most preferred villains in movies.

Dinosaurs start to feature in Rocky, Die hard, Indiana Jones, Terminator, Rambo.

Australia is suddenly closer to Asia than the West and its prime minister can speak in Mandarin.

And all businesses, magazines, governments are looking 'East'. There seems to be no economic article these days that does not mention China or India.

Overpopulation is not a problem anymore, but is referred to as 'sizeable market' these days.

Immigration rate increases in some countries as birth rate decreases in others.

Countries still compete to build the world's tallest building despite some horrific disasters.

Tamil is now declared a classical language, but sadly I prefer to use English to report that.

Many common nouns get a prefix of 'e' or 'i' -e-mail, e-governance, e-passport, i-pod, i-shuffle.

Security and immigration procedures in airports can take more time than the travel time.

Countries advertise on TV to promote their tourism just like companies put up ads to sell their products. Incredible India competes with Inside Intel during ad time.

Education is spelled as 'Livelihood' for students and 'Business' for Institutions imparting it.

Simple things like food, water, land, fuel cost more and complex things like cars, electronics, and air travel cost less.

But many tech 'essentials' have remained free - incoming calls, email, voice chat, online music, video, news, data storage.

There is much more spam messages than real mails being transmitted.

Short sight of the eyes is now fully curable by Lasik, but myopic government policies are not.

The greatest Communist powers have become Capitalist, yet new communist governments are still elected.

A lot more people are discovering freedom of speech and expression in a virtual world, but Dictators who limit them have not disappeared in the real world.

More Indians work in software industries than in sugarcane plantations.

There are more Chinese products in the market than bacteria in your ear.

Spelling mistakes scorned by your English teacher are now considered kewl numonyx.

Before even saying their name, people start to share their email id or blog address with you.

You can have a phone, video-conferencer, instant messenger, alarm clock, calendar, calculator, internet browser, mp3 player, still and video camera, GPS receiver, voice recorder, pager, notepad, document reader, email client, FM radio, dictionary, gaming device, emergency torchlight (and trouser pocket warmer) -- ALL in one small handheld device --But it still cannot be used as electric shaver !

This decade, I finally came to realize that I won’t be a student forever - but will eventually complete education, find employment, fall in love yet again and get married.