Nina Pretty Ballerina

Every day in the morning on her way to the office
You can see her as she catches a train
Just a face among a million faces
Just another woman with no name.....

Friday evening she turns out to be...

Nina, pretty ballerina, now she is the queen of the dancing floor
This is the moment she's waited for.......

Nina, pretty ballerina, who would ever think she could be this way
This is the part that she likes to play
But she knows the fun would go away
If she would play it every day

So she's back every morning to her work at the office
And another week to live in a dream
And another row of early mornings
In an almost never-ending stream
Doesn't talk very often, kind of shy and uncertain
Everybody seems to think she's a bore
But they wouldn't know her little secret
What her Friday night would have in store...........

-Credits ABBA song: Nina pretty ballerina  (Disclaimer - It is not my song, I didnt write the lyrics...I do not own any of it.) I'd say, please hear the song / read the full lyrics first before reading on....as without hearing the song, the post may seem to be meaningless. The links are given below. 

But.....just love to hear it. I can relate to it. In fact plenty of us can relate to it. Inside of office / working hours, as a whole, we are all dedicated, no-nonsense, serious....no laughter in the meeting rooms, no casual behaviour in front of the top brass... professionals....no fooling around....

Outside of it - we are different than it. All of us have some talents, some desires, some hobbies, some vices....(This is for most of us. There are odd ones everywhere.). Its like being in two different worlds, in a parallel universe. But that is the way it is and rightfully so...as the fourth para goes....'...She knows the fun would go away if she would play it every day.....' 

And then my favourite one....the last para....'...Doesn't talk very often, kind of shy and uncertain, Everybody seems to think she's a bore, But they wouldn't know her little secret, What her Friday night would have in store...........' 

Some people aren't just DIFFERENT in the outside world....they TRANSFORM - meaning their personality changes totally - like the Nina in the song. 

I remember a driver who was in my father's employ for many years. He was a total professional, always well dressed, very polite, spoke to the point, never quite engaged in casual chat either. But once I saw him in a parking lot with his friends - totally different, all high fiving, doing little jigs and talking and laughing loudly. 

A very different example would be Sachin Tendulkar - quiet, shy and conservative in his interactions, especially in his younger days (who remembers his interview with Tom Alter?) But on the field, he was in his element, fierce and blasting the opposition to smithereens with his batting. (Of course, Sachin's case is  different in that he was that way in his 'work' :))

I tag everyone who reads this blog to comment in the 'comments' section to write about one such 'Nina' whom they can think of when they hear the song? For those who havent heard the song, please hear it below is the youtube link 

Nina Pretty Ballerina by ABBA  

For lyrics, following is the link:

Nina Pretty Ballerina lyrics