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October has always been a memorable month for me. I consider it as the festive month of India and it is even more memorable for me personally as my own brother was born in this month. The month when I came to know that I am no longer a single child and I needed to take care of this another human when I myself not yet done discovering about me. Being the older kid in the house has its own perks and burdens. For me I don’t remember much perks but the burdens are unforgettable. I am grateful that he gave me company to play with, to gossip with and all but sometimes I wonder how life would have been if I was a single kid or a kid with a sister. I guess we will never know.

This year’s October has been memorable for the stuff I have never done before in my life. I had attended and worked for the conference conducted by my department. I wrote two articles which got published in the department magazine and got circulated during the conference to the delegates. It’s amusing how life can turn out to be. Even though I did some amazing things, as a human I did mistakes too. I am having holidays for Dussehra which is celebrated for 10 days for the Hindu goddess Durga. I was told to come to college to collect my hall ticket on 13^th (Thursday) and I kept my alarm to ring on Wednesday. It turns out to be 12^th (Wednesday) and a holiday due to Muharram.

You can guess how funny my morning would have been today. I woke sincerely to the alarm, saw the clock and thought to myself I still have some time to get ready and wasn’t prepared enough to part my way from the comfort of the bed.  I had horrible internet connection but needed some reason to stay where I am. I read some random book about scientology and dianetics. I got drowsy because of the complicated terms the author wrote in 1951. Then, I rubbed my palms together and kept them on my face to wake myself from its warmth. I got ready and left home to catch my bus. Something felt odd today; I thought maybe it is because I left home by 8 AM instead of the usual time. Unfortunately, I wasn’t as genius as my intuition and didn’t realise what was going on.

I was walking to reach my bus stop. I saw bunch of cows in the street. They were splurging on the vegetables kept in the hotel bench and few people were shooing them. What would you expect them to do when we lay cement on the place where their food grows? In another street, I saw a goat sleeping with great serenity and looking at it makes my day during the walk. I stood near the traffic signal pole, waited for it to display green light and then crossed the road. Something suspicious of this traffic signal it makes any common individual to cross the road with exemplary speed. Then I passed by another street, where the houses looks luxurious and the place is too calm to be normal. I saw a pug and made a funny face at it. It just stared back at me out of boredom I guess. That precious stare never makes me to frown. I reached the bus stop and was waiting for the bus to come. There is another dog kept as a pet in a house opposite to the bus stop I was waiting at. It kept tilting its head both sides and was adorable to look at.

The bus arrives and I got squashed by the plethora of commuters. While standing in a crowded bus you need to be expert in precise stillness and I consider it as utmost requirement for a safe journey. Also you need the patience to tolerate people, sweat, weather, sudden brakes and much more. So, after the feat of travelling in that bus, I reach my destination. I walk towards my college to be stopped by the watchmen. He says the college is not working today and I am arguing with him to prove my point that my faculty has informed my class to pick their hall tickets today. I call my teacher to prove my point but turns out I made a mistake of coming to college 24 hours earlier. I said sorry for annoying or disturbing the watchmen. I call my mom and she started yelling at me and I also added more fuel to it by arguing (justifying) with her. If I checked calendar today all this wouldn’t have happened. So, my advice to whomever reading this, even though you hate calendars or just pure lazy to give a glance at it; please check it out at least once a day. It can save you from lots of troubles.

I took a bus to reach home. Luckily my mom got tired and didn’t spoke much about what happened. I went to bed and started doing a random watercolour painting as I didn't had internet and nothing interesting to watch in the television.

I thought of drawing a dragonfly in shades of black but it looked more like a corpse of an insect. Then, I drew a simple flower nearby the dragonfly.

The dragonfly (corpse) and the flower.

Then I tried to draw blue eyes, in the process I changed my mind to convert it into blue beads, then I thought of making it into a fish pond. I showed it to my dad and he said “Awesome, is it a sky?” I started with something, ended up with something and it is viewed as totally something else. I guess my paintings are more useful for stuff like Rorschach ink blot test than artistic purpose.

The fish pond 

After doing the so-called painting, I slept for a long time and it is the Best therapy in the world. 

Later, I went out to water the plants and spotted a gorgeous black butterfly with white spots in its wings. I failed to literally catch it but was able to capture its beauty as a picture. 

The black and white spotted butterfly.

Remember, Life goes on! It is our choice to make the most out of it. Even if it gives the sweetest happiness or bitter sadness.

Happy Dussehra, Muharram and an Optimistic October!!