https://archive.rustgeek.me/tags/ponderings/ Recent content in Ponderings on A Geek's Life Hugo en Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:42:32 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2009/09/05/once-upon-a-life/ Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:42:32 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2009/09/05/once-upon-a-life/ <p><em>Inspired by a long talk with my friends  O and <a href="http://10-000steps.blogspot.com/">Steve</a> who challenge me to take life more seriously and to excel myself.</em></p> <p>The motorcade slowly inches its way through the crowded streets preceded by weaving motor cycles carrying men bought to perform stunts. Music funnelled out of half open windows, blaring horns, howling sirens and people massed in grotesque postures;  sticking out of open car doors and perched atop yet more cars are the hallmark of the day. A benumbing mix of people is assembled, all dressed in matching black clothes waving black handkerchiefs and bearing a large portrait of a man, who they eulogize in song. Presently the hearse bearing the ornately carved box bearing his remains comes into view surrounded by more men dressed in black and roving cameras ostensibly placed to capture the gaiety of the celebration for posterity’s sake.</p>