Question of Life

Cold winding ways treadled along,
The way that seems oh so long
Managing each hurdle by a just

Is there anyone you can trust?

That was over the top 

As the thought may pop

Since you do meet people

who invest in your trouble

Since the day you were born

Seed was sown all along

Not known was just the fact

Of what fruit would it belong

And so on life continues

Passing milestones along the way

The good, the bad and the ugly

and whatever that can lead you astray

Some moments apart from

the end, come that tell

you of what your fruit might be

Only when you are end, I guess you will be a complete tree

So, what I would hope

Is that you realize

To the question of trust

The answer was you and you just.

- Varun

This is just to have a reference for my Google Maps API key.

End of an Era

Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-7)Search Amazon.com for harry potter

The final Potter movie just released a few days back and it marked the end of one of the most amazing phenomenons in the world. First there were the stupendously written books (Thank you J.K. Rowling!) and then the movies have brought an end to this adventure. For most of us, it might feel like an end to their childhood. I was around 13-14 when I started reading these books. Amazingly, I first saw the movie (Philosopher's Stone) before I got hooked onto the books. From then on, it was always a book before the movie came out. And I have enjoyed both of them a lot. Like so many other people, I was glued to them like there was really a magic world out there. I would be true in saying that most of us reading would have had dreams (both day and night!) about being in that world. That magic has not left me since that time. It still continues and it has felt kind of sad since the final book was published (it might be since 5th or 6th book when Lord Voldemort rose to power, we knew this will be coming to end). I saw the final movie a few days back (first day) and I must confess I got the chills sometimes during moments like Neville being a hero in destroying Nagini, Harry's talk with the Grey Lady, Harry's walk down the Forest. I did not quite like the 19 years later epilogue but the John Williams theme from the first film that played got me. It was a surreal experience. It was all in my head but as one of many immortal lines from Dumbledore goes. "Of course it's happening in your head! Why should that mean it isn't real?" Harry Potter will always be the boy who lived!

Syracuse Weather

Along came the rains, with wetness aloft
But wait was it once No, no, not!
The season has seen some extremes
As I too have witnessed
The sun, the snow and the rains adding to the randomness
So major, alerts and warnings abound
Yet the beauty sometimes
Loss of words to the appreciation surmounts
I love Mother nature in all its glory
As it was here I just told you a story