Reflections from the pensieve

yep watched the movie and was tempted to write about it. wake up sid could have been wake up rahul or wake up joe, it connects so well with many of us. yes as many would have realised there s a sid in mostly each one of us. do we wake up to what we want to achieve, to the love and sacrifice of our parents, to our friendship and to the person whom we matter the most. wake up sid in about 3 hours takes its time to make sid wake up or rather realise the sid in each one of us of our responsibilities and that too with finesse. it connected to me so perfectly that most of the scenes i could very easily connect. spending college days in fun never realising what i wanted to achieve, as mom would always tell me beta have a goal in life and me retorting mom i dont have a goal what can i do. watching friends create their objectives and achieving them, and watching them move away from your fun filled life to a more responsible one where i find myself alone. snorting at mom for being over caring, heated arguments with dad trying to make my point that whatever happened was by chance and future wont be bad, i know whats going on and why it happened, you please dont bring it back again attitude. 3 years of my graduation i had no foresight of my goals, all i wanted to do was to enjoy the college days it was fun, then seeing everyone run towards the most sought after professional course i decided to take a U turn from my academic background ie from bio to mba.
tension at the last moment of exam thinking i could have done better had i studied then realising that padkar kucch nahi milta stuff and going back to sleep. sleep that reminds me of the striking similarity of sleep behavior shown in the screen and in my life. khana piina sona was my tagline for long, not that its drastically changed now but have to reduce on food now for apparent reasons. i could sleep like Sid for how many hours on a trot and my parents and friends were equally angry about me sleeping for so long, even during workdays it s really really a pain to get up and come to office for sleep is such a temptation that i really have to fight it
wake up sid captures beautifully every relationship mom son, dad son, friends, love and boss employee. the dialogue where sid's mom asks him beta khana to accha kha rha hain na reminds me of my mom asking the same in every conversation. dad talking of his hardship and sacrificing in order to give sid a better life was so nicely pictured in the movie which connects perfectly to me. though i wasnt born wid a silver spoon but i was the only son, so had all the luxuries in life and got what i wanted. the expression that Sid gives when he s asked if he knows to cook was the expression i gave many relatives when they asked me the same. i could connect to Sid's joy of creating the first omlette perfect and sharing the joy wid his mate (for me it was mom whom i first showed my success). Sid found his goal i have still to search for my goal. so when is it gonna be Wake up Joe........