Break.

“Why is a rain tree called a rain tree?”
“Because it has a top shaped like an umbrella and since calling it an umbrella tree isn’t very nice, you call it a rain tree.”

Incredible nonsense I come up with at times. A rain tree has fern like leaves that fold up when it rains, to let rain water through. So if you take shelter under a rain tree, chances are that you would get drenched by the rain. Well, it does remind you of rain nonetheless.

Between trees and the blue sky, times like that are evanescent. You cannot really piece, pool things and conjure up stuff like that. Sometimes it just strikes you, that the world is not all about yourself. Things come through you, not to you. And though seemingly foolish no doubt, I like to believe that friends and people are not always there waiting for you. When possible, always be prepared to lay aside everything, for this moment with your true friends.

Somehow, the reasons or impetuses, that make people come together, leads an existence that is as thin as mist. It descends at this delicate pace, and then disperses effortlessly, soundless and traceless that leaves not much clue to its previous being. It seems increasingly hard to make people see this point at times, and I don’t know, maybe it could just be me. But then, sometimes it could be this that is driving people around me slightly fruity(bananas, nuts, oranges, whatever). Which is why I am taking this break now.

First day into my three day break away from the lab and school. Well, at least the mind is starting to clear up. You know you have to take a break when clarity of thoughts eludes you totally, and you start making nonsensical mistakes. Regardless of the caffeine level in your circulation, there are always mistakes you cannot afford to make at this level. Forgetting to balance the centrifuge is this horrible, when it could mean wasting a good 50 ml of blood which someone kindly donated. Shedding innocent blood indeed.

Always thought that I might just be able to work tirelessly, but there are times when you really need to take time off everything. It’s like there are so many thoughts coming together and certainly, the mind does not take kindly to multi-tasking. It’s just like plugging in too many connections into this source. It is not exactly clogging up, but you can sense that there is this much murk surfacing.

It is time to sort out the thoughts. Hopefully reading and writing can be done in these few days. For however much that matters.