Scary Dreams

Kutti thookam or afternoon siesta or looong snoring REM sleep, some dreams hop back in again and again to scare the bejeezus outta me.
- Snakes: As like any normal human, i am also have a sense of respect and fear for snakes. But that cannot be the only explanation for snakes in my dream. I often get this dream of snakes in a big field and I have to meander through those. The settings change every time. Last night, it was in a bus stand, the other day it was in my grand parent's house in Madras.
- Thatha in his funeral procession: I loved my thatha a lot and he has been dead for more than half a decade now. I miss him too. I was not able to be there when he died nor attend his funeral. Probably that might be the reason behind this dream of mine. Anyways, it scares.

And for some reason, all my scary dreams happen between 4:30 am and 7:00 am. Any thoughts why?

Niceties and Critiquing

Through out the day, I have been torn in this torturous routine of reviewing others work. You find the work really boring, but have to review it. You would find the work crappy, but still have to review it. The worst part is if you are a very nice person (like me. hehehehe) to start with it becomes hard to be harsh in your critic of the work. If you are blunt, it becomes painless to review the work. Plus, if the work has nothing much other than crap, it becomes one hell of a work to put together your thoughts for the review. It does not stop to just say what is wrong, but we have to also say how to improve it. The crappy the paper is, the longer time it would take and more nicer you have to be. Huh!!!