Dreams are that keep me going

After granting graciousness of the might
I unfold the bed sheet and dream at night

Awaiting signals from the one above
With promises erudite as well as suave

Making me realize what I most desire
What I want in life, what I dearly aspire

Dreams are that keep me going
Seeds of faith, they keep on sowing

Rays of hope, blessings of grant
Gift of god, that's all self wants

Dreams play an integral part in the life of every Homosapien. Waking up after a good dream has an escalating positive effect whereas the adverse after effects of a bad dream occur accordingly.

There have been people who stumbled upon some of their most famous discoveries in their dreams, like the German scientist Kekule who discovered the structure of Benzene in his dreams, as well as the legendary Frankenstein being inspired by Mary Shelley's dreams. Various composers claim to have received some of the best melody in their dreams. More recently, my good friend Rishabh Srivastava got the amazing melody of his superhit song Saanwariya in his dream.

There have been numerous cases of people forseeing their future in dreams. The legendary Indian warrior Tipu Sultan maintained a diary of dreams, wherein he used to jot down whatever dreams he used to have, based on which he used to draw conclusions over events happening in his life. There are numerous sites and organizations on dream analysis as well.

As with everyone, I also get dreams, and as the events around me change, so do my dreams. Here in this article I would be mentioning some of the dreams I received in the last [lucky number] 13 months. You may find them weird, but let me tell you, I do wake up wondering what happened as to me receiving such dreams. Am reminding once again, this didn't happen when I was awake, but when I was asleep.

1. 20th November, 1566 + 442, (2008)
I am traveling in a bus, feeling disturbed due to lack of sleep. The human body has no equivalent of sleep, means you can't eat any medicine to cover up your physical rest, so one must have minimum 7 hours of sleep everyday. Hence there must be a check constraint in the back end, implying NO_OF_HOURS >= 7 .

2. 31st March, 4016/2 + 1 (2009)
I am cooking vegetables in a kitchen, and have to decide over what Masala to be added. I am looking at my shelf, wondering which one to pick. Then I decide I should pick on the basis of their salt content. This is as salt is a common element, so an INDEX must be created on it and hence it would be easier to select this.

3. 04th April, 1005*2 - 1 (2009)
I am standing near my bed, with few objects in my hand. I have to put them on the bed, and am thinking over which order to follow so as to drop them. Then it incurs to me, I should drop the one on which PRIMARY KEY is created.

4. 03rd September, 4594 %(mod) 2585 (2009)
Ankit is running in my mind, who happens to be my brother. And as he is related to me, there must be a FOREIGN KEY RELATIONSHIP between both of us.

5. 04th October, 2009 + 2009 - 2009 (2009)
Its Diwali time, and we have received a lot of gifts from our near and dears. We are not sure of how to arrange them, as there are a lot of them. So I decide we would do a PARTITION BY RANGE depending upon the size of data contained in the gifts and store them accordingly.

6. 16th July, 4011 - 2002 (2009)
I am eating food, and my brain is enlightened up with the idea that the stomach is like a TEMPORARY TABLE, in which data is populated at various times of the day through a single source (mouth). From this table, other parts of the human body fetch information from it via DBLINKS, such as Carbohydrates, Proteins, Fats, etc.. A JOB is scheduled in Oracle which TRUNCATES the contents of this table every morning.

Those who are not familiar with databases must be wondering what greek am I talking in. For those familiar with databases, they would have been able to relate with my "pain". People of both worlds would be able to understand my next dream, which was the latest one I had at the point of writing.

7. A day before the last Christmas of the first decade of 21st century (24th December, 2009)
After a long time, I finally get off in my office, an extended vacation covering the months of June and July. I spend good time at home, then me and my parents go to another city to attend some function. There my folks spot some girl, something happens, and guess what occurs next, they force me to marry her.

Being an avid supporter of Bachelorhood, I resent this dreaded action of my folks to marry me at a tender age of 24. Soon we leave for my hometown Jalandhar, from where after leaving my wife behind I go back to Pune, where my office is located. There I indulge heavily in my work, often slogging 15+ hours a day and on weekends as well. This continues for months, till November, till...

till...

till someone in my office accidentally stumbles upon some of my photographs and comes to me saying "Oh, you got MARRIED?? " They start congratulating me, and then I remember, oh, I am married and have a wife as well. And I start wondering, every night I talk to my parents in the night, I did not talk to my wife even once in all those months. This is not right of me, I shouldn't behave with her in this manner. So what I got married to her without my permission, what matters now is that she is my wife, I have to care for her. How would she feel that her husband hasn't even called her up in months? I hope that she isn't depressed or crying over that.

Then I started thinking about her and her achievements pre-marriage. She was a commerce student, and then it flashed in my mind "Oh god, COMMERCE! I am a science student, and she is commerce? I don't think she would have been brilliant enough in school." And then I thought "No yaar, that's not the case, intelligent guys also take commerce, even Siddhu is planning to take it next year".

And then I woke up.