Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Cold coffee...

Paid a visit to the Orchid near the Domestic Airport today for work purposes. The meeting was fine. The cold coffee was great. We asked for it specifically without ice-cream, but its a 5-star man, how can they follow simple instructions? Bingo. there came two cold coffees with ice cream.

Conversations can happen over coffee. Sometime coffee places aren't as "Perk"y as we've expect them to be. Sometimes all that is shared over coffee is silence. Silence can speak a thousand words. But the silence can also be an uncomfortable one. The silence can be misconstrued as assent to a question. Or it can just be a dazed silence.

Sometimes life goes by at such a frentic (for the purists in you, since frentic isn't part of the oxford just yet, you can replace it with frantic or frenetic as you please, for the those who don't know what I'm talking about ignore the parentheses) pace that you just wish you could slow it down. Sometimes you would want to go back in time and relive moments or change certain things, but we still haven't managed time travel. As also in the Back to the Future series and recently Harry Potter, time travel and changes in past or future can have terrible consequence. Live life as you would be happy to look back at your choices 30-40 years down the line. Meanwhile, enjoy your coffee. Cold, hot, espresso, latte, black, no sugar, frothy...

2 comments:

Purvish said...

Coffee is always welcome. Forget the quaint cafe or the mushrooming outlets in Mumbai. When there is a cuppa of your favourite beverage in your hands, the mind tends to wander to distant thoughts. For a moment one is just "out of this world" and away from the woes and hustle and bustle. That is a moment of time and space for oneself - blessed are those who can enjoy it (even when in the midst of humdrum daily chores or chaos)

Unknown said...

bhanje,

ITs the state of mind that matters....

Coffee is just an outlet....peace can be had on the 6:30 local; among the hustle of Churchgate or manhattan for that matter.......

While we are talkin coffee, nothin beats a Dunkin Donuts on a 10 degree day......

Regards,

Mamu