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Wednesday, 13 August 2008 05:40 |
I got orkutted. !! ( Again )
I know its not a big deal coz 99% of people I know, have a orkut profile. And the rest do not have access to internet.
Then why such a long blog about Orkut ? Its because I hate Orkut.
I was a member of Orkut , way back , when it was catching up amongst the youth of India. I too joined the band-wagon trying to understand what the mass hysteria is all about. I started meeting people who touched my life, in Orkut. I used to spent time refreshing the page to see the scraps as soon as its posted. I started spending reliving my past , enjoying those beautiful memories. I came one day to office, signed in to Orkut , and then deleted the account. Just like that .
For the next three long years, I had many people asking me and urging me to start one. Lijoe was on the top of the list. He used to tell me in detail on why Orkut is so beautiful . He used to show me the pics of beautiful girls in Orkut to push me into creating a profile. But I never obliged. I love my life . I love my days and I like the beautiful dreams I see about future. I believe that dreams and hopes are the only things that can keep a person happy. Orkut never gave me any of those and orkut was never able to keep me happy.
I love my friends and I like to keep in touch with them. But I also like to leave them in their own world just like they let me be.I like it when my friends dont ask me, why what where and how ? In Orkut all I got was questons like, "How are you ? Where are you? ". My best friends or closest friends are people with whom I dont speak for months together. I've read somewhere that "Friends are those with whom you can sit for hours together without uttering a word and just walk away feeling that you had the best conversation ever". I guess , its written by some self-centric person like me. But I truely believe in those words. And thats why Orkut is never a place for me.
Orkut, they say, is a platform to keep your friends and relationships intact . I believe, friendships or relationships are like soap bubbles. They should be seen from a distance to enjoy its beauty. If you try to hold it in your hands or place it on a platform, it will burst on your face. The worst part is that , it leaves that soapy taste in your lips and tears in your eyes. Hence I dont believe in any platforms for my friends. And thats why I hate Orkut.
I dont need hundreds of friends in my online list, when all I need is a shoulder to lean on to. I like to believe that my friends will fly down from different corners of the world , when I really need them. And I can vouch that they will , because they've always done it in the past. Believe me , they never had a Orkut or even a mobile on such occassions. But yeah .. I know that people change . And I know that their priorities will change. Still , I like to cling on to my beautiful belief rather than having the reality stuck on my orkut profile. And thats why I hate Orkut.
I hear someone telling that , he got scrapped by a friend in Orkut. I searched for its meaning
scrap
adj : disposed of as useless; "waste paper" [syn: cast-off(a), discarded,
junked, scrap(a), waste]
Ha . !! And people are craving to get scrapped in a public place. God, I dont want to be scrapped. And thats why I hate Orkut.
Still I joined Orkut again.
If you are my friend , dont ask me why !!
And for heaven's sake ... please dont 'scrap' me.
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