I was watching Vijay TV (which I think is the best
Indian channel to date) programmes on India's Republic Day.
There was a motivational speeches show where
they invited my favourite female speaker,
Mrs. Barathi Baskar, to speak.
She said this few lines which to me was like
an excerpt from a poem, naturally,
because I try to relate everything I see to art.
She said
" எது கனவு?
தூங்கும் பொழுது வருவதே அது கனவு அல்ல.
நம்மை தூங்கவிடாமல் ஆக்குவதே அதுதான் கனவு!"
Straightaway my mind wondered to
my O'level days (I'm making it sound like it was years ago),
when Mr. Yusof exasperatedly asked
"How can you sleep or eat?! How?!"
when he saw our devastating timetable.
And Mr. Omer's very inspiring speech,
"உங்களுக்கு நிச்சயமாக தூக்கம் வராது
மனதில் வேட்கை இருந்தால்......."
or something along that lines.
One of the many things that I learnt in 08,
the concept of normality like sleeping or eating
would not occur if your mind and heart
are focused on your goal.
Like when a person is determined to get
first class honours in Biology (ahem ahem, muah)
or for other useless things like
getting level 245 on Xbox games.
Yes, so the next time
you are on a mission,
see if you lose sleep over it.
