The song everybody sings sometime?

Yesterday
all my trouble seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they`re here to stay
Oh I believe in yesterday

Suddenly
I`m not half the man I used to be
there`s a shadow hanging over me
Oh yesterday came suddenly Why she had to go I don`t know
she wouldn`t say
I said something wrong
Now I long for yesterday

Yesterday
Love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh I believe in yesterday

Why she had to go…….

Yesterday
Love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Mm mm mm mm mm mm mm…………

-Composed by Paul McCartney, performed first by The Beatles and covered by 3000 different artists since then. The words are sung by a voice that is soaking with immense pathos in the original version.

Colourful Melange – Snippet

Love the way the landscape looks out of my 6th floor window. The brilliant yellow flowers, which by the way are called Tabebuia (thanks to Metblogs), are blooming all over the city. One especially striking stretch of these trees appear on the Cauvery Road. There are at least four to five trees, bathed in bright, bright yellow. As if to complement these trees, there are also purple Jacarandas, red bouganvilla and un-named purplish-white flowered trees all over the city. I have been trying to take snaps but have not been positioned at the vantage points so if any of you shutterbugs have, please do pass on the links!

Update – Deepa, whose post I linked to, informs me these flowering trees were planted such that they flower different colours through the year. She also referred me to a book by T P Issar for more information on fauna and Bangalore. Thanks Deepa :)

Growing Up

Stare.
Stare at the screen.
Stare at the people.
Surf the net.
Sociallly network.

Meetings galore.
Meet boss.
Meet friend.
Meet classmate.
Meet, meet
Let’s catch up.

Wonder.
Wonder what to do after 7.
Wonder what you did with the day at 12.
Wonder what you have done with life.
Wonder what you have not.
Wonder what all can be done.
Wonder, wonder
Just keep wondering.

Panic.
Panic about age.
Panic about achievements.
Panic about being ordinary.

Argue.
Argue about money.
Argue against marriage.
Argue for uniqueness.

EMI.
EMI on the house.
EMI on the car.
EMI on every damn thing.

Reminisce.
Reminisce college.
Reminisce no-worry-days.
Reminisce excitement.

Miss.
Miss college.
Miss games.
Miss regularity.
Miss missing classes.

Stop.
Stop feeling.
Stop feeling enthusiastic.
Stop connecting.

Lose.
Lose romance.
Lose love.
Lose everything.

Grow up.
Growing up.
To be grown up.
To be full of hope.

A swig to growing up,
It’s fucking tough.
So, it’s fun growing up.