Yes this is what December mornings used to look like for all these years. It's so easy to yearn for something while not realizing worth of what you have. Winters are a special time of year, but they are not the same in Singapore. I don't even think they have winters here. All they have here is rains, which are beautiful in their own way but will save that discussion for some other day. Today i just gonna talk about winters. Back there in India, a day off on winter morning is best thing that can happen to you in a month of December. I usually like the sunny mornings more, coz in winters as you get up in the morning and get out of quilt, you just wanna go out and get a glimpse of that morning sun smiling on you. And to have parathas & sabzi in breakfast while reading newspaper in the morning sun is - trust me - "pure bliss". And talking of eatables, how can I talk about winters and not talk about gud and moongfali - you can have them whenever you want but to have them in winters is just great.
If you get up a little early on one such morning, you could catch the engaging game of hide and seek that sun and the fog play. Sometimes just when you thought that there won't be any sun today, fog gives way to the sun and on other days just as sun is all set to make his grand entry, fog would quietly appear on the scene and drown the sun somewhere. And its just not mornings, winter afternoons are specially created by God for people who just wanna lie lazily on their back and do nothing and also for them who just need an wanna go out, find a group of friends and then spend rest of the noon gossipping about rest of the world. Where winter lose out to summers are during evenings, while evenings in summers are like a invitation with open arms - winter evenings are quite opposite, they somehow signal end of the day but yeah bonfires are never better but in cold winter nights.
Nature has just so much to offer. The beauty that nature offers is just unparalleled. But somehow lives spent on 50th floors of high rises trying to assess the financial strength of a cement manufacturer just fail to notice all this. In last few days, as it rained persistently here, when in passing I caught a glimpse of outside world from huge windows of my office, I just couldn't help being "wowed" but not for once could I just stop and look at that for a while coz there was always something urgent waiting for me. May be next time, Mr. urgent may need to wait just a little longer coz I deserve my moment with nature. What if i can't shake hands with the nature, i can always wave a hi from behind those glass walls :-)

-sid

Song recommendation for the day:
Great lyrics from Gulzar and an equally brilliant music from Madan Mohan, this song from Mausam is a gem

Dil dhoondhta hain fir wahi ....fursat ke raat din
baithe rahe tasavvur-e-janaa kiye huye !!!
Jaado ki narm dhoop aur...aangan me let kar
aankhon pe..... kheech kar tere..... aanchal ke saaye ko
aundhe pade rahe, kabhi.....karwat liye huye !!!