Hmm...I like the sound of it...no raindrops here for me but thats how my world gets filled with when I start to err...no, not work actually..but simply write. Hummmp...I am suddenly realizing the fact how computers have taken over our lives and how one day we will forget to write! Quite possible, I think so.
Last time I had written with a pen for hours together was in January,2009 which was well after 11 years I last sat for an exam. Well, I am from a time when exams were all in hand written mode. And believe me, I was so tired at the end of the session not because questions there were difficult to solve but because I had to use pen and paper instead. It was so taxing for me and especially when I was sitting for a competitive exam with people half my age. It was actually embarrassing, ask me how?
First, I was not one of the young participants and then I had trouble writing my answers and then I was the one who scored the least ( I am sure, though I did not get to know everyone's scores that afternoon.Well, that's just to explain how ill at ease I feel with pen and paper.
And coming to think of handwriting, its a shame when what we scribble simply remain undecipherable for others. I need to use the white board and marker pen in the class (yes, I teach, you guessed it right!) and often times its in addition to my presentation on the projection. I struggle to write legibly on the white board when once upon a time I would be called to write special notes in school for having good handwriting. Do you remember the times when there was special marks for having good handwriting?! Hmm...now if I go back I will score negative marks even after solving all the arithmetic!
Anyway, I have been talking about writing, updating my blog and here comes something about writing and on the blog. So, I am not that concerned after all for having bad handwriting! Shhh...the only time I write in a day, that too once on an average when I am required to put my signature. I am sure, thats the case for most people of my age these days. Ahhh...I also scribble with pencils when I do my to-do lists, thats like once a week.
So, given the amount of usage its pretty likely our generation would find writing redundant or may be an 'extinct' activity...err....something from the yore!
And I am laughing to myself as I am in an imaginary conversation with my kids (well, one day...) explaining to them what it is called writing...Well, lets see.
