After a couple of games of latenight scrabble and a not-so-deep-sleep, I was woken up by my mom screaming at me to drop her off at the Central Station for an early departure. Still yawning and cursing in my head I freshened myself up, donned a tracks and sweatshirt and geared up for the drive. The plan was to drop mom off and go for jogging as is my usual morning custom (that is, obviously if I getup that early).
It was still dark outside. So with my bike's headlights on and the speedometer hardly going below 40kmph, my first half of the plan was done in ten minutes. Then a sudden intuition struck me. I was wide awake after the ten minute drive and was all for it. So I drove on to my destination without further ado. The morning breeze was just too awesome. For all you know, I could have gone on and on until I ran out of fuel. Alas! I had other plans.
I parked my vehicle and started walking. Walking along the place that was the greatest of company to even the most loneliest of all. The source of inspiration for many. The never say die attitude. The calmness and stubbornness. The rise and fall. The charge and retreat. The sight that held me was truly mesmerising. A vastness of the silvery gold colour. The sound of gushing water. The calls of the early birds. Wow!! I was really happy that I woke up so early.
Being in Chennai, somethings always irk me. One such is the fact that in spite of having my hometown as one of the best places to watch the SUNRISE, I've never had the pleasure. What is ironical is I've watched the sunrise at Pondicherry and Kanyakumari, but not here!! Twenty one years, six months and ten days its taken me to fulfil this one small wish. And when it finally happened today, i simply loved it.
Fifteen minutes of pure joy at seeing our dear old sun comeout all serene and beautiful. I felt like saluting (which I did) to a dear old friend whom I am seeing after a long long time. And this is what I thought:
It was still dark outside. So with my bike's headlights on and the speedometer hardly going below 40kmph, my first half of the plan was done in ten minutes. Then a sudden intuition struck me. I was wide awake after the ten minute drive and was all for it. So I drove on to my destination without further ado. The morning breeze was just too awesome. For all you know, I could have gone on and on until I ran out of fuel. Alas! I had other plans.
I parked my vehicle and started walking. Walking along the place that was the greatest of company to even the most loneliest of all. The source of inspiration for many. The never say die attitude. The calmness and stubbornness. The rise and fall. The charge and retreat. The sight that held me was truly mesmerising. A vastness of the silvery gold colour. The sound of gushing water. The calls of the early birds. Wow!! I was really happy that I woke up so early.
Being in Chennai, somethings always irk me. One such is the fact that in spite of having my hometown as one of the best places to watch the SUNRISE, I've never had the pleasure. What is ironical is I've watched the sunrise at Pondicherry and Kanyakumari, but not here!! Twenty one years, six months and ten days its taken me to fulfil this one small wish. And when it finally happened today, i simply loved it.
Fifteen minutes of pure joy at seeing our dear old sun comeout all serene and beautiful. I felt like saluting (which I did) to a dear old friend whom I am seeing after a long long time. And this is what I thought:
Dear Sun, you maybe hot at noon
But now, you are more beautiful than the moon.
But now, you are more beautiful than the moon.
Thank you mom!
