Rain Rain Go Away ...
Just today I read 'How do Rains make you feel' by Evenstar and there was a sudden gush of feelings inside me and I knew I was gonna write this one even though I am in office right now ... ;) well, words are anyway going to flow out of me right now and so hoping that this post wont take too much of my lunch time :)
So... most of you might have got startled at the post title... 'Rain rain go away ?' .. does that mean I dont like rains ? ... where does this guy come from ? :)
Well, let me tell you thats not true ... I love rain !! I love that heavenly smell of water when it kisses earth ! I really do ... It gives me a totally cannot-be-expressed-in-words sensation when it starts raining ... When I was in India, back then in every june, I always remember myself as that guy whos looking at weather reports to find out whens it going to rain !! If the Sky gets cloudy ... cold winds start flowing ... the pond nearby starts getting those ripples ... you would always find me smiling and getting that yet-unknown-to-me eternal happiness as if someone somewhere wanted to make me truly smile ...I would just stand there and get drenched completely and keep looking at the sky all the while ... looking for a rainbow .. feeling water with my heart and not just skin ! Lightening in the sky ... thunder ... oh man ... or even sitting at home in the balcony with a cup of coffee (or chai) and a romantic novel with soft music playing 'tip-tip baarish shuru ho gayee ... ' while its raining out the window ... ooohhh .. it was all just great !!
Well, then why the name Rain Rain go away ? ... normally when asked about rain, everyone explains what they feel when it rains the first time or first few times ...noone goes beyond that and talks about the case if it rains everyday !!!
Well all that I said above was true only for first two or three rains ... I like it in moderate quantities .. I am an outdoor person and if it rains everyday then it ruins my day & my options ... not to mention the potholes on the road, mud everywhere and dirty clothes ... no cricket ... Thats why I loved Austin... It would rain but only for a few days ... But I am in Seattle now and it rains here everyday and by that I mean EVERYDAY !!! When I was about to come here, everyone told me, you are going to the 'most-depressing' city in US ... why ? because it rains everyday there ... and I could not believe it ... why would rain depress so many people ? ... but after spending about a couple of months here, I kinda know what they talked about ...
Nowadays everyday I get up just praying to God, please please, no rain today... I want to walk to work and enjoy the sun for once ... more than that, I dont want to sit inside office looking out of the window and wishing that I should have been out there ... standing in rain !! thats the worst thing ... after that I cant even concentrate on work ... cant go out and stand in rain ... cant play cricket in the evening bcoz it is cancelled ... pretty much cant do anything !! Its pretty much a waste of a day ... and this happens everyday ! think about it ...Washington is such a beautiful state to visit .. Its in fact called the 'evergreen' state ... but you have to look at the weather reports to find out that 'dry' day to visit all that greenery ... how sad !!
Thats why I say Rain rain go away and come again another day ! Let that another day - be the day when I am in India and just relaxing at home ... anyway doing nothing .. and I will have plenty of time to enjoy this rain I love so much to its fullest ! I know it sounds selfish and I also know that you can not choose your happy / sad times but still you can at least pray and hope for them right ?
*looking out the window and its raining :( .. sigh *
So... most of you might have got startled at the post title... 'Rain rain go away ?' .. does that mean I dont like rains ? ... where does this guy come from ? :)
Well, let me tell you thats not true ... I love rain !! I love that heavenly smell of water when it kisses earth ! I really do ... It gives me a totally cannot-be-expressed-in-words sensation when it starts raining ... When I was in India, back then in every june, I always remember myself as that guy whos looking at weather reports to find out whens it going to rain !! If the Sky gets cloudy ... cold winds start flowing ... the pond nearby starts getting those ripples ... you would always find me smiling and getting that yet-unknown-to-me eternal happiness as if someone somewhere wanted to make me truly smile ...I would just stand there and get drenched completely and keep looking at the sky all the while ... looking for a rainbow .. feeling water with my heart and not just skin ! Lightening in the sky ... thunder ... oh man ... or even sitting at home in the balcony with a cup of coffee (or chai) and a romantic novel with soft music playing 'tip-tip baarish shuru ho gayee ... ' while its raining out the window ... ooohhh .. it was all just great !!
Well, then why the name Rain Rain go away ? ... normally when asked about rain, everyone explains what they feel when it rains the first time or first few times ...noone goes beyond that and talks about the case if it rains everyday !!!
Well all that I said above was true only for first two or three rains ... I like it in moderate quantities .. I am an outdoor person and if it rains everyday then it ruins my day & my options ... not to mention the potholes on the road, mud everywhere and dirty clothes ... no cricket ... Thats why I loved Austin... It would rain but only for a few days ... But I am in Seattle now and it rains here everyday and by that I mean EVERYDAY !!! When I was about to come here, everyone told me, you are going to the 'most-depressing' city in US ... why ? because it rains everyday there ... and I could not believe it ... why would rain depress so many people ? ... but after spending about a couple of months here, I kinda know what they talked about ...
Nowadays everyday I get up just praying to God, please please, no rain today... I want to walk to work and enjoy the sun for once ... more than that, I dont want to sit inside office looking out of the window and wishing that I should have been out there ... standing in rain !! thats the worst thing ... after that I cant even concentrate on work ... cant go out and stand in rain ... cant play cricket in the evening bcoz it is cancelled ... pretty much cant do anything !! Its pretty much a waste of a day ... and this happens everyday ! think about it ...Washington is such a beautiful state to visit .. Its in fact called the 'evergreen' state ... but you have to look at the weather reports to find out that 'dry' day to visit all that greenery ... how sad !!
Thats why I say Rain rain go away and come again another day ! Let that another day - be the day when I am in India and just relaxing at home ... anyway doing nothing .. and I will have plenty of time to enjoy this rain I love so much to its fullest ! I know it sounds selfish and I also know that you can not choose your happy / sad times but still you can at least pray and hope for them right ?
*looking out the window and its raining :( .. sigh *
posted by Aniruddha at 12:35 PM
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