Part 1: Long-Long Ago:
Everybody dreams. However, most of these dreams are short-lived. We don’t even remember most of them give or take a few days, some a few weeks, and some maybe - a few years. With time we grow, not just old. We let ourselves adrift just because everyone else is aimlessly drifting too. The further the fool down the ocean, the more he seems to be an idol to the others, closer ashore. Finally one day when we manage to drift away into the middle of nothingness and are surrounded by the endless expanse of tranquil emptiness, we reflect. We reminiscence about a lot of dreams that, in the long gone past, we had somehow managed to hold onto long enough, enough to allow them to crawl beneath our thick skins and creep into our veins and flow down deep, deep into some unknown recess of our hardened hearts. Sad,but true. Sometimes, something triggers off the insatiable hunger and sets one off onto a journey into the undiscovered abyss of one's soul. Finally after what seems like an unfathomable quest during the tenure of which, one realizes his inner strength and faces reality. We stumble onto the one dream that mattered most to us, but one that we had let slip away, even when we had the chance to maybe, live it forever. Then as the darkness seems to seep over the horizon, we feel.. the zephyr. Ahoy!, life does sometimes give a second chance......
Part 2: The Awakening:
It was her, it was always her. Right from the first time i laid my eyes upon her i knew i was hooked for life. I smiled whenever i saw her in my dreams, shamelessly lusted for her. I’d touch her just to see if such beauty could be real, even when she belonged to someone else. She was the very reason for living. Even then I’d dream of her in black, quartz black. I then knew how any saint felt! - my love for her made me crazy. But then something happened when i was touching 18...........
I left the confines of land and the company of landlubbers and began my life afresh in King Neptune's domain. Time flew by and although my love for her never abated, my passion dwindled.
As time passed by i went through several relationships and gave each one my heart. However i could never comprehend, why i never felt complete. At times, the truth is so simple and clear that we disregard it oblivious and overlook it without a second thought.
Today I’m 38 and had nearly made my compromise with life until i stumbled upon three everyday words that shot through my heart and pierced my soul ...........................
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Part 3: The Dreamer:
I always thought i was kind of stupid to name my bikes and my cars with some touching names. Heck, sometimes when I’m alone i even talk to them. Most of the time, i know they don’t talk back to me, but they give me that look that tells me they understand me. Hard to explain but so very easy to experience.
The safari was my first and only love. The day i walk down the aisle with one will be the most selfishly satisfying thing i'd ever done purely for myself. I’m a taurean and bulls are patient, so i can wait, for my steed. I must have downloaded every safari picture on the forum/net and worshipped them over and over again.
Epilogue:
My Current Rides:
Kinectic nova - Puppy (fav shopping/short errand)
Honda Dio - Sweety (better half rules here!)
Yamaha Rx 135 - Twisty (My First and only bike)
Getz 1.3 gls - Snowy (named after tintin's best freind)
Scorpio 2.6 crde - Doodle (my 3.5 yr old kiddo finds this name cute, a true buddy)
Ex-Flame(s):
Bajaj Chetak - Drooly (she taught me how to ride on two wheels)
Esteem vx - Brownie(she found a new lover)
Zen vx - Snowy (named getz as a tribute to her lovely memories)
M 800 - Dizzy (the special one - my first love,) (rode abt 3000k non-stop with dad - Punjab to Vizag in 1997)
Dream Rides:
Bullet - Respect, love, passion......
Tata Safari –
…….the Safari is not something a human can just own (remember it’s its not Owned it’s possessed), it is much more, much more more...It is an experience that requires one to reach into one's soul and Experience true nirvana.................In Quartz black, this sweet seductress is the most desirable dream.......in arctic white, there is no sweeter looking –‘Kunfu Panda’(I guess my sweet 3 yr old princess would love to name the gentle elephant this, but she is still confused as ‘boo-boo’ is tempting as well).The smile on her face is so gentle, like a big wild elephant smiling.
Lastly someone said,'o young man rejoice, life is short'...so will i too, but first I need to ………….'re-claim my life'....................until then my 'booboo' i will always wish you hello every time i see you confined in the showroom (how cruel!),will set you free soon.............................................. .........................
That’s it crew - trust your briefing towards this mission has been well understood
- All crew, dismissed!
Yours Truly
Cap (by the way - I’m a captain in the merchant navy)
why?zag! (that's Vizag for the landlubber's!)