Exercise - 2

'I shall begin exercise once I am a little free', My friend was telling me. I have seen so many people and heard many such responses. 'I will start working out next month, next week, after my exams, after I come back from this trip, after this, after that and the list of excuses goes on. In fact one need not even wait for the next day to start exercising. When I say that, I admit that I too, have made such statements and I have hated myself for that. I still do. But at the same time, I believe that

'There is no SEASON to begin exercising; and there is no REASON to stop it.' 

- A J Oka.

(अ)व्यवस्थितपणा

शर्ट, पॅंट किंवा काहीही, हातात घ्यायचं, गोल गोल असं ४ वेळा फिरवायचं, की जो गोळा तयार होतो तो एका हातात धरायचा, दुस-या हाताने खण उघडायचा, आणि तो गोळा मोकळ्या जागेत नेम धरून भिरकवायचा. अशीच असते ना कपडे ठेवायची पद्धत ! कपडे काय, किंवा इतर कुठलीही गोष्ट काय, साधारण अशाच पद्धतीने ठेवायची, किंवा काढायची असते. म्हणजे, जगात एक मोठ्ठा वर्ग आहे जो ही पद्धत योग्य मानतो.

दुसरा जो वर्ग आहे तो एक ‘व्यवस्थितपणा’ नावाची थियरी आहे, त्यावर विश्वास ठेवतो. त्यानुसार कपड्यांची घडी करणं, गोष्टींचे रकाने राखीव ठेवणं, वह्या, पुस्तके, कागद वगैरे गोष्टींचं वर्गीकरण करणं वगैरे क्रीया करायच्या असतात. त्यांच्या मते:-
१) असं केल्याने गोष्टी हव्या तेंव्हा पटकन मिळतात. (पण असंच पहिल्या वर्गालाही वाटतं.)
२) असं केल्याने खण/खोली नीटनेटके दिसतात. (पहिल्या वर्गाच्या मते हे मानण्यावर आहे.)

तर अशी मतांतरं आहेत. दोन्ही वर्ग आपापल्या पद्धतींवर ठाम आहेत. त्यांना आपापल्या पद्धतीच फायदेशीर वाटतात. आणि त्यामागील कारणंही तितकीच सबळ वाटतात. पण यामुळे घरोघरी जिथे हे दोन वर्ग एकत्र नांदतात, तिकडे त्यांत खटके उडत असतात. मी पहिल्या वर्गात मोडतो. :D
तर; ‘बॉटम लाईन’ अशी आहे की,

‘अव्यवस्थितपणातला जो कम्फर्ट आहे ना कम्फर्ट, तो व्यवस्थित लोकांना कधीच कळणार नाही’
- अ. ज. ओक.

Old is Cold

Cold has been like an old friend to me. Always there with me, all the way, all the time. Too bad of a topic to post on my blog. But just when things cross the 'Zone of Normality', that is when they become 'mentionable'.

My nose has become like a platform on Dadar Railway Station. Just when you get a feeling that it is getting cleared up a bit, it gets packed again. You don't understand from where does it come, you don't understand how.
 - A J Oka

Audiophile

Any car that takes you from one place to another, is a good car. Any camera that can capture the scene, is a good camera. Any food that can satisfy one's hunger, is good food. Any television that shows you various channels of the world is a good television. And So on. But when a person begins to really 'try and understand' something, is when he/she becomes picky and selective. Then suddenly the 'good' things seem so 'boring'; so 'toy-like'.


Now to talk about this in relation to 'sound'. Any good speaker, any good music system, will give a person fair amount of hearing pleasure. But an audiophile may see, and test 20 brands of those equipment, to find one that 'suits' his requirements. And then he may still not be happy, and he will try to 'adjust' or 'customize' that equipment so that it 'meets' his expectations. Only until the time he starts expecting 'even more'.


Being crazy in my own way about music, sound and every related thing, I think about it a lot. So, while thinking, I ask myself, when do you know that a person is a true audiophile?...my answer;

'When you start experimenting with your Custom Equalizer and don't love the Preset Equalizers anymore, you are a true audiophile.'
- A J Oka.
(au·di·o·phile n. A person having an ardent interest in stereo or high-fidelity sound reproduction.)

Push-Pull

How many people will there be, who are doing what they love to do? Very few! Certainly. You may try asking 10 people if they do what they love; and I am sure that 7 out of 10 will answer in negative. Then people justify their situation, blaming 'Destiny'. Destiny is like that lamp post on a lonely road; everyone merely follows the light hoping that it will lead them to a brighter place, even when they know that it's not the place where they really want to be at.


The remaining 3 out of 10 do not do that. They wander around, more often in the dark, initially; to finally reach the place they dreamed about. Both the places are 'Destinations'. Leading to both are what they call as 'Paths'. But the real difference is in the forces.

Destiny PUSHES you to a destination. Dreams PULL you towards one.
- A J Oka

Badminton Racket

'Just happened to read in the newspaper today while I was looking to read news about the Olympics, that some badminton players have been banned on account of match-fixing allegations. So now, the shuttlers too, have a racket.'

- A J Oka