Déjà vu

-:VB:-

The first question that pops into your head is: What is Déjà vu?

Definition: Déjà vu is the experience of feeling sure that one has already witnessed or experienced a current situation, even though the exact circumstances of the previous encounter are uncertain and were perhaps imagined.

Déjà vu,

A feeling that you have been here before. I have felt that probably a zillion times till now, but it is somewhat creepy when you start seeing things that you had probably seen long before they happened, or you had a feeling that they were gonna happen in the exact same manner that you had thought they would. Yup… I know that I am not making any sense probably by now, but that’s how it makes me feel.

Recently, a few “déjà vu’s” ago, I had a rather freakish encounter at my workplace. I am sitting in my lab with a colleague, doing my work, explaining her a few fundamentals of microbiology; there’s the lab technician as well, who is doing the work of repairing a unit which was down. So, this colleague of mine starts talking about movies and all, and she pauses for a moment to help the technician… and this is where it begins; and I fell a chill run down my spine and my head goes into the ‘confused’ state.

She goes on to say that she is excited to see this movie…
to which I interrupt and say… “Zindagi na milegi dobara”…
and she’s like, “how’d you know?”
I reply: “maybe I’m a mind reader”… and just divert the topic…

But, it doesn’t end here;
Now, we continue our talk, wherein the technician also joins in. He says [happily] that he loved a recent movie that he watched…
But here I again sense something, I point out to the pen of my colleague with a gut feeling just as it is falling down, at the exact moment, pointing out to its trajectory.
I recite the exact sentences that she says after this: “How did you know that?”
Next, I just speak up the joke that the technician was going to crack.

By now the three of us have our jaws dropped on the floor.
The technician says; “Arey tujhe kya… [and I complete it by saying] bhavisyhavani hui kya?”
Still amazed…
He continues: “Tujhe kaise maloom… [again I continue] ki aisa hone waala hai?”
So, you see, how did I even know he was going to say all this?
I reply by saying “Déjà vu”.

Now my colleague asks me: [somehow I knew she was gonna ask me this, in the exact set of words]
“Ye déjà vu kya hota hai?”
And before I can tell her something I turn around towards the door, and say “Now the guy from the stores is gonna enter… “[It happens].
Then I tell them that he’s going to say to the chemist: “Material aaya hai, check kar lo”, [again I’m pointing to his pocket, from where he removes the bill, and keeps it on the table…];
and the chemist is gonna say: “Chal main aa raha hoon, usay kaam karne de”, and they both leave.[it happens again].

Then I turn back to these two creeped out guys, and we are all amazed to our wits.

Before my colleague can say anything, I interlude by saying “Now you are going to say: Tumhe toh sab maloom hai Viraj”… and which is… guess what! Gives me yet again a confused nod from her.

After a few minutes I start feeling okay. The feeling wears out eventually, and I still can’t believe myself… For that entire day I just could not believe myself.

Just another adventure I guess…

Has something like this happened to you? Do comment. Your opinions will be appreciated…

Thanks for reading, and do tell me if my posts are Wise or Wicked...

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Nightmares

-:VB:-

Ah! Another one the most sought after topics that almost everyone is happy or worried about.

DON'T BE TOO EXCITED.
It may just not be what you think it is...

Have you ever had a dream, a rich, enhancing, beautiful, illustrated, where everything is great, everyone is happy, everything happens the way you want it to happen? It seems uncanny doesn't it? Why? Because all humans dream the same way... We all see and experience what we want in our dreams - something peaceful, pleasant, alluring, bliss, fun and happy. But we also experience horror, fantasy, deaths, nightmares, illusions, unpleasant things, freaky creatures and what not..

I dream a lot, and I am also a regular customer of Nightmares. I tried to research, I read many books and articles, tried to find answers, and the one that I liked the most was - all of our after sleep experiences are a result of our stress, tension, problems, and experiences, and ALSO due to unusually high activity of the brain during our sleep. This is all what the experts had to say. I don't know if they are right, and neither do I know how much of it is worth believing. No matter how much I try, I find the answers incomplete.

I used to get nightmares where, everything begins with a beautiful scenery and a landscape. All is well, and all of a sudden it all turns eerie and then into CHAOS! Everything starts spinning out of control. I know it is my dream and that I can make it work however I want to, but as I said, it just doesn't seem to work. Either I am dying, or being chased, or attacked, or frightened. I don't know, all of it is just so confusing. I see things that are freakishly weird, dark, sometimes Gothic, creepy, I don't understand what they are. So, I try to get rid of them by trying to apply some humor to it, though I am scared to bits. I bring in ghost-busters, Wile E. Coyote, Sam and Dean [Supernatural] and what not. But again, nothing works. Sometimes it all just feels so real, that I might get trapped in here forever, I just might never escape these places. I try to scream harder and harder, I try to crack my voice open, I really want to yell on top of my voice, but I am choked, I can hardly squeal...

Then??? Well, isn't it obvious? I seem to wake up somehow from all this, right into a world which I am confused to realize that - Is this even real or am I still dreaming? It takes me a few breaths, and a brief while to realize that,

"Hey! It was just a dream...."

"AWESOMMMMMMMMME........"

When I saw 'Inception'[Yes, the movie], I really couldn't believe my eyes, it all just seemed to be so familiar and similar to my dreams. It kept me glued to my seat... due to these reasons, well many others may have felt the same way as well. It was amazing indeed.

Getting back to the topic, sometimes I see things in the dream, and when I wake up, I don't seem to recollect any of it. But, sometimes later, on normal days, even after months and days have passed by, I experience things that make me wanna go "DEJA VU..."
          COME ONNNNN, don't deny it, everyone has experienced Deja vu, haven't you? [In case you are wondering what 'deja vu' is? I am not talking about the movie. Search the web to find the meaning]

But the point is, never fail to take things seriously, if things get intense, you might be having some serious problems. Don't get too protective and vigilant about your dreams, about ninety eight percent of it may be sheer nonsense.. Be sure, that you are not a victim of sleep disorders, sleep walking, or other such problems. Talk to your parents about such things first, then BRAG ABOUT IT to your friends.

If they don't take you seriously they might just reply by saying the following:
1] Told you not to watch 'Grudge'

2] Abey, kya sapne mein darta hai tu?

3] Dude, get a life...

4] Kaunse movie ka script hai ye?

5] Freakin cool..

6] Who the f*$k is 'Night-Mare'?

7] Kaunsa wala dream?? hmmmmmm..???

8] Ha ha ha, dude your jokes are the best..

9] You are sick...

I know things do get a bit out of hand, but that's the way, things work..
So, sleep tight, good night,
Take care, just go to sleep,
And please don't forget to dream...

Wake up, the next morning, and do to tell me if my post are "Wise or Wicked"..

Do tell me if you have had any nightmares, or describe them if you remember any of it.
VB signing off...

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