I really miss him sometimes. Life would have been so different for all of us if he was here. It’s been almost 10 years and while some memories are beginning to fade, some are more vibrant than ever before. I remember hero-worshipping him all through my adolescence. I was not the only one, I’m sure we all did. We copied everything, down to his handwriting. The clothes he wore, the things he said, the books he read, the music he listened to, it was all we ever did.
Today is his birthday and it scares me that I couldn’t draw anything for him. And what do I have? Only some childhood memories that will only grow dimmer with time.

…even if you’re the queen!

house near the fort
Originally uploaded by soo_armadillo.

My Ladakh pics are finally online! See them on flickr!

Another drawing from last year’s sketchbook. I think I’m an attention freak!

Didier Hillhorst, a designer studying interaction design at IVREA, has worked on this amazing project called Music & Memory.

“In a form we have put online we ask you to mention a specific song that you relate to a memory. Do you have a specific song that reminds you of your first girlfriend; that cool wedding of your best friend; a summer vacation? We are sure that you can find plenty examples! You can even sketch out your memory, among other things! It’s great fun, really!”

This has been around for a while, but it’s really interesting.
Everytime I listen to Sweet Child of Mine, I remember the parties in NID; with Animal Instinct the house I lived in with Reshmy, Duh, Rahul Das & Parsa.
So what are your memories? Do you have any specific songs that remind you of a certain time?

Every morning Viv and I share my iPod on the way to work. Here’s a song I love by REM:

At My Most Beautiful

(chorus)
I’ve found a way to make you
I’ve found a way
A way to make you smile

I read bad poetry
Into your machine
I save your messages
Just to hear your voice
You always listen carefully
To awkward rhymes
You always say your name,
Like I wouldn’t know it’s you,
At your most beautiful

(repeat chorus)

At my most beautiful
I count your eyelashes, secretly
With every one, whisper I love you
I let you sleep
I know you’re closed eye watching me,
Listening
I thought I saw a smile

(repeat chorus)