I got a new life!
The weekend was here again and I had already packed my laptop and clothes to spend weekend out of home. I called my friend who said that he is going to Cunoor. He was driving down and I asked him if he can drop me to Mysore. He said he can. It was good as we could get a few hours to talk as well. We started our Journey on Saturday morning by 9:00am and we reached the Bangalore – Mysore Highway by 9:30am.
Its always been a pleasure to drive to Mysore as the road is amazing and one could go at high speeds also. I have driven at 170kmph on that road a couple of times.
We stopped at a nice Restaurant for breakfast. I was playing with my friend’s baby boy. He is so sweet and playful. After some photography we started our journey again. My friend is a Director of a company in Bangalore and his wife works with a very large Hardware company. We started to talk about our work and share our experiences. It has always been helpful talking and listening to him as there is so much of learning for me.
While talking and having some good time we were totally unaware that we are heading for a big crash that was just around the corner.
While negotiating one curve the lorry ahead of us braked hard. We slowed down and were forced to switch on the lane on our left. Just as we switched the lane we saw a mini bus parked there. We had no other option but to jam on the brakes which we did but unfortunately that did not help us a bit as the vehicle skidded and rammed into the mini bus parked on the Highway. I was in the front passenger seat and the impact was on my side. To my good luck I was wearing the seat belt which actually saved my life.
It happened in a fraction of a second. We changed lane – jammed on the brake – and BANG we collided...
My friend’s wife was thrown from the rear seat, she hit my seat from rear which pushed my seat ahead and her head collided with the dashboard – thankfully she got her hand between her head and the dashboard. The baby fell from the seat on the bag which was there on the floor giving him some cushioning. My Friend dashed on the side window and his inner lip was cut badly. I got a new life b’coz of the seat belt I was wearing but since the windshield crashed small pieces of glass got into my left hand and I had some minor cuts on my left hand only.
Thank GOD! Everyone in the car was safe. We immediately got out of the car and checked with each other. We were glad that everyone was safe including the baby. The next thing was to check the damage of the car. It made us really sad and upset to see the condition of the car. We started to talk to the driver of that mini bus and the conductor. These are local buses they run between two villages sitting on the either sides of the entire highway. It was his mistake to park the vehicle in the middle of the road and we had no way to escape that as we had a lorry at our right. Sai was thinking if he could avoid it anyway but unfortunately there was no way we could have avoided it. At this time we also realized is that we were at a place where the fastest help could take a few hours to arrive. This area is known for its notorious activities and we were alert at all times. We made sure that no one robbed our belongings. There were a lot of people who actually tried to get inside the car but we did not allow them.
A lot of crowd had gathered already and we had to do quiet a bit of talking. I was calling up the Maruti on road help to get a tow truck to tow away the car back to the service station. I called up another friend of mine who runs a cab business. I asked him to send a cab to the spot of the accident as we had decided to continue our journey and not to go back to Bangalore. My friend called his family and informed them about it. My mom had called a few minutes before the accident and I was sure that I would not receive a call from home till evening so I did not inform anyone at home. Actually I do not intend to inform them about it as well. I feel it will just make them worry all the time. My friend and his wife were busy talking to those people there and trying to make sure that we screw the mini bus guy as he had parked the vehicle in the middle of the road.
The car was not in a position to start or move at all. It was lifted by the people there and brought to side so that we do not block the highway. When the car was moved we could see the debris all over the place.
As time passed by the crowd started to fade off and we were kind of normal by now and were thanking god for saving us. This is when I realized the impact and everyone who saw where I was sitting just said that you have got a new life. Trust me when I saw that I felt the same.
God is there and it was just coz of him we all were safe after such a serious crash.
We were patiently waiting for the cab and the tow truck. It started to rain heavy and the cab arrived. We transferred our luggage from the car to the cab and just when we were done transferring the luggage the tow truck also arrived. We started again. It was 2:30pm now. The first thing was to wear a seat belt. We were in a state of shock. It was over now and we had survived the worst crash of our life so far.
It is not about being careful. It is all about time. Even after being so careful and safe we were forced into a Crash which was so unavoidable when we look at the circumstances. If it has to happen it will happen no matter what. The ultimate safety obviously is in the hands of the ALMIGHTY but we should always do everything to keep ourselves and people around us safe…
I thank God for everything. I thank him for a New life and for keeping all of us safe even after such a serious crash.
Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/gp/9957547@N08/9bjLZe
PLEASE WEAR A SEAT BELT AT ALL TIMES.
LIFE IS PRECIOUS!
GOD BLESS!
Monday, August 27, 2007
Saturday, August 4, 2007
Masti - NON STOP!
Me and my bro have been planning to have some real masti for quiet some time. He came to Bangalore in Oct. 2005 and was here for almost a week. I had planned so many things at that time but unfortunately we could not do that amount of masti at all. Since then its been ringing in our minds that lets get together and loose control...
I was supposed to be moving back to New delhi in the early August and thats y Anand booked his tickets in a haste so that we have some fun in Bangalore. Once i knew he booked the tickets I immediately called the agency to get me a good car on self drive. The plan has been cooking for almost 2 weeks. I lost sleep in excitement and used to call everyday to all the resorts to check availability and bookings. Unfortunately, all the jungle safaris were closed and i could not get one. The other plan was to go to Ooty or Red Hills but that also did not happen as its raining heavily there and the road had been closed. I was getting dissapointed everytime i was calling any hill station or a tourist spot. I did not want any thing that i plan to be a flop, but at the same time the only thing i felt was that i'm going to be with Anand. however we spent time its going to be fun. So i was not bothered with the fact that we cannot go to OOTY or for any Jungle Safari's.
I had a few backup plans in my mind as always... Coorg / Mysore.
Coorg was raining heavy so i was on the fence as Anand had to leave back for Delhi on Monday evening. So i was left with Mysore. We had to spend atleast one day in Mysore which was Mandatory as Masi is there so our route map had Mysore for sure.
During this time we spoke everyday with each other and spoke the same things every day. ha ha ha
I went shopping and bought two similar Sweat Shirts for both of us. He also went shopping and bought a bunch of tees.
Finally it was the day and he arrived. I picked him at the Airport and dropped him home.
We started next day early morning at 6:00am from home. I went to FS to see my friends there and then we started off our Journey to Mysore. We started to drive at 7:00am from Bangalore and we were in Mysore by 9:00am. The drive was Awesome and after Anand got behind the wheel i started to do what i love to - Photography.
Masi and uncle were delighted to see Anand. After a great B'fast we had to wait till it was 11:30am before we could start driving agian... reason: mom called saying that we should not be driving between 9:30 to 11:30am... like good boys we listened to her and finished of with shower and started off again at around 11:45am. We went to Balmuri falls. There was a lot of water so we could not go in the falls and play with water at all. The trees around the falls were submerged in the water. We took some pictures there and as soon as it started to rain we got back in the car. When we got back in the car we were already drenched so we got a thought.... why not to get completely drenched in rain.
I wanted to climb on the car and told Anand lets do it like we used to do it with mamaji's Amby. he he he. So we climbed on the hood and took some pictures. he he he
It started to rain heavy and both of us taking a stroll enjoying every bit of it. Finally the rain stopped and we decided to leave. just when we were leaving we saw some one selling Fried Fish. yummmmy...
So obviously we stopped to grab a bite. They usually used to have some crabs too but that day they did not have any :(
So after we left Balmuri falls the only thing that we were thinking of how to spend the rest of our day!!!
GRS Fantasy Park!
This is an amusement Park which falls on the way back to Mysore. After buying the entry tickets the first thing we did was to purchase swimwear. After that we immediately changed and moved towards the swimming pools. I have been to this place earlier and it was a lot of fun.
Both of us got a double tube and went into the slide. It was good fun. not to mention the 70 degree slide and the roller coaster ride was great too. I lost count of how many times we went up and down that building. the Pendulum Slide was simply amazing. From 2pm to 6:30pm we were there. The wave pool was amazing. It was raining and i was teaching Anand how to swim, not to mention he only wanted to swim in the direction of Yo Bebys around there. he he he
By the time we reached home we were dead tired. We were also afraid what if we get body ache tomorrow so we bought some tonic water too.
Masi had invited Didi's in-laws to dinner and after and amazing dinner that masi had prepared we went upstairs to the terrace. We were there till 2:00am. Talking on many topics which both of us do not remember today. I was so sleepy and tired and so was Anand. He was talking and I was listening. He did not know what he was talking and i did not know what i was listening to but it was just that we were together was more important.
The next day we got up at 11:00am and after lunch we left for Bangalore. It was fun driving all they way to bangalore in rain. The car started to trouble a bit with the gearbox now.
After reaching Bangalore we went to Leela Palace thinking that we will play bowling but there was 2 hrs of waiting so we cancelled the plan. Then we went to Royal Orchid hotel and had dinner there.
We came home only by 1:30am. he he he. We just wanted to sleep.
Next day morning he wanted to make some purchases. We picked up my friend and left for Shopping. After shopping we went to Sikander for lunch. The buffet lunch was amazing.
We roamed around in the mall and as uaual spent time admiring the Nature and its beauty with all the Yo bebys we came across. he he he
At this time the car started to give a lot of trouble and anand was the only one to manage it. He got late to the Airport and i had to get him an auto rikshaw as the car refused to move. with great difficulty i managed to drive it to the agency and blasted every one there.
This weekend was one of the best coz it was with anand. We did all the masti we wanted and no limits. WOW!!!
Bro - Lets plan another one in the comming month?
Pictures - http://www.flickr.com/gp/9957547@N08/2g3Vzo
I was supposed to be moving back to New delhi in the early August and thats y Anand booked his tickets in a haste so that we have some fun in Bangalore. Once i knew he booked the tickets I immediately called the agency to get me a good car on self drive. The plan has been cooking for almost 2 weeks. I lost sleep in excitement and used to call everyday to all the resorts to check availability and bookings. Unfortunately, all the jungle safaris were closed and i could not get one. The other plan was to go to Ooty or Red Hills but that also did not happen as its raining heavily there and the road had been closed. I was getting dissapointed everytime i was calling any hill station or a tourist spot. I did not want any thing that i plan to be a flop, but at the same time the only thing i felt was that i'm going to be with Anand. however we spent time its going to be fun. So i was not bothered with the fact that we cannot go to OOTY or for any Jungle Safari's.
I had a few backup plans in my mind as always... Coorg / Mysore.
Coorg was raining heavy so i was on the fence as Anand had to leave back for Delhi on Monday evening. So i was left with Mysore. We had to spend atleast one day in Mysore which was Mandatory as Masi is there so our route map had Mysore for sure.
During this time we spoke everyday with each other and spoke the same things every day. ha ha ha
I went shopping and bought two similar Sweat Shirts for both of us. He also went shopping and bought a bunch of tees.
Finally it was the day and he arrived. I picked him at the Airport and dropped him home.
We started next day early morning at 6:00am from home. I went to FS to see my friends there and then we started off our Journey to Mysore. We started to drive at 7:00am from Bangalore and we were in Mysore by 9:00am. The drive was Awesome and after Anand got behind the wheel i started to do what i love to - Photography.
Masi and uncle were delighted to see Anand. After a great B'fast we had to wait till it was 11:30am before we could start driving agian... reason: mom called saying that we should not be driving between 9:30 to 11:30am... like good boys we listened to her and finished of with shower and started off again at around 11:45am. We went to Balmuri falls. There was a lot of water so we could not go in the falls and play with water at all. The trees around the falls were submerged in the water. We took some pictures there and as soon as it started to rain we got back in the car. When we got back in the car we were already drenched so we got a thought.... why not to get completely drenched in rain.
I wanted to climb on the car and told Anand lets do it like we used to do it with mamaji's Amby. he he he. So we climbed on the hood and took some pictures. he he he
It started to rain heavy and both of us taking a stroll enjoying every bit of it. Finally the rain stopped and we decided to leave. just when we were leaving we saw some one selling Fried Fish. yummmmy...
So obviously we stopped to grab a bite. They usually used to have some crabs too but that day they did not have any :(
So after we left Balmuri falls the only thing that we were thinking of how to spend the rest of our day!!!
GRS Fantasy Park!
This is an amusement Park which falls on the way back to Mysore. After buying the entry tickets the first thing we did was to purchase swimwear. After that we immediately changed and moved towards the swimming pools. I have been to this place earlier and it was a lot of fun.
Both of us got a double tube and went into the slide. It was good fun. not to mention the 70 degree slide and the roller coaster ride was great too. I lost count of how many times we went up and down that building. the Pendulum Slide was simply amazing. From 2pm to 6:30pm we were there. The wave pool was amazing. It was raining and i was teaching Anand how to swim, not to mention he only wanted to swim in the direction of Yo Bebys around there. he he he
By the time we reached home we were dead tired. We were also afraid what if we get body ache tomorrow so we bought some tonic water too.
Masi had invited Didi's in-laws to dinner and after and amazing dinner that masi had prepared we went upstairs to the terrace. We were there till 2:00am. Talking on many topics which both of us do not remember today. I was so sleepy and tired and so was Anand. He was talking and I was listening. He did not know what he was talking and i did not know what i was listening to but it was just that we were together was more important.
The next day we got up at 11:00am and after lunch we left for Bangalore. It was fun driving all they way to bangalore in rain. The car started to trouble a bit with the gearbox now.
After reaching Bangalore we went to Leela Palace thinking that we will play bowling but there was 2 hrs of waiting so we cancelled the plan. Then we went to Royal Orchid hotel and had dinner there.
We came home only by 1:30am. he he he. We just wanted to sleep.
Next day morning he wanted to make some purchases. We picked up my friend and left for Shopping. After shopping we went to Sikander for lunch. The buffet lunch was amazing.
We roamed around in the mall and as uaual spent time admiring the Nature and its beauty with all the Yo bebys we came across. he he he
At this time the car started to give a lot of trouble and anand was the only one to manage it. He got late to the Airport and i had to get him an auto rikshaw as the car refused to move. with great difficulty i managed to drive it to the agency and blasted every one there.
This weekend was one of the best coz it was with anand. We did all the masti we wanted and no limits. WOW!!!
Bro - Lets plan another one in the comming month?
Pictures - http://www.flickr.com/gp/9957547@N08/2g3Vzo
Thursday, June 21, 2007
New Opportunities!
Life moves on and so do people... so did I...
Yes, I finally moved on from Foundation Systems Inc. After being with this company for 2 yrs and being a part of the growth of the company I left with a heavy heart. Just like my entire tenure at FS the last couple of weeks at Foundation Systems (FS) were very exciting. It was fun altogether. I made a placement with a new client on my last day of work while i was transitioning my duties to the new people. It was a great feeling...
I have always enjoyed my work at Foundation Systems and have always wanted to do things better and different. I have done a good job there. On my last day at FS I had a farewell cake which i was asked to cut, that cake was Awesome. Then entire team them smeared the cake on my face as i used to do it for everyone on their b'days. It was good fun. As the day came towards the end i walked from one desk to another talking to everyone and wishing them luck and giving advices.... ha ha ha... best pass time finally handing over my access card and walking out of the office was a different feeling.
When i was logging off my system it was difficult to believe that i would not be logging on ever again to bullhorn. Bullhorn is one application that i would miss to work with. I was escorted out of the office by my manager and both of us were saying to each other that i'll will miss u. We went to the cafeteria area and took some pictures. As i walked out of the building it was not an easy moment. I had mixed feelings. I was sad coz i was leaving FS and i was happy coz i was going to be closer to family and i was joining a company which i have always wanted to work with.
Life goes on!
Yes, I finally moved on from Foundation Systems Inc. After being with this company for 2 yrs and being a part of the growth of the company I left with a heavy heart. Just like my entire tenure at FS the last couple of weeks at Foundation Systems (FS) were very exciting. It was fun altogether. I made a placement with a new client on my last day of work while i was transitioning my duties to the new people. It was a great feeling...
I have always enjoyed my work at Foundation Systems and have always wanted to do things better and different. I have done a good job there. On my last day at FS I had a farewell cake which i was asked to cut, that cake was Awesome. Then entire team them smeared the cake on my face as i used to do it for everyone on their b'days. It was good fun. As the day came towards the end i walked from one desk to another talking to everyone and wishing them luck and giving advices.... ha ha ha... best pass time finally handing over my access card and walking out of the office was a different feeling.
When i was logging off my system it was difficult to believe that i would not be logging on ever again to bullhorn. Bullhorn is one application that i would miss to work with. I was escorted out of the office by my manager and both of us were saying to each other that i'll will miss u. We went to the cafeteria area and took some pictures. As i walked out of the building it was not an easy moment. I had mixed feelings. I was sad coz i was leaving FS and i was happy coz i was going to be closer to family and i was joining a company which i have always wanted to work with.
Life goes on!
Friday, May 18, 2007
Long Drive!
It was a weekend and my sis, jeeju and nephew were here in India. I've been thinking of going for a long drive for long but no companions. So i cancelled it once earlier cos of that. Last weekend i was pretty much determined to go on a long drive and get away from this place as its been a real long time i have gone anywhere out.
So i booked a self drive - Ford ikon for unlimited miles... On Friday i called my friends who frequent to Mysore and checked with them if they would be going to Mysore this weekend, and fortunately they were... I left office on Saturday morning and started to drive. I picked up my friends and then soon we hit the Bangalore - Mysore Highway. It was 7:00am when we started on the highway.
The roads were open and i did not hesitate to floor the throttle... As a perfect petrol engine the josh machine (ford ikon) was at 130kph+ without effort and we could hardly realize sitting inside. The early morning drive was just perfect and the sun was just coming up so it was not too hot as well. I had some old college time audio cassettes and the speakers were delivering music to their max.
The drive was amazing and I clocked 170kph in this car. the moment i saw the needle touching 170kph i started to think how difficult is it to break at this speed and just then i applied the breaks and the whole car started to wobble. That was scary to some extent but i did not give up and did not miss any chance to speed and make it to cross 150kph. It was a great feeling. We reached Mysore by 8:45am after taking a 20 minutes break to have b'fast. I was surprised that i could make it to Mysore this fast. WOW!
When i reached there i met my uncle and aunt and after having a nice home cooked b'fast i left to see my sis, jeeju and nephew. I was with them the whole afternoon and it was fun. I was meeting my sis, jeeju and nephew after a 3 yr gap. We spoke for long hours and had a lot of fun. I was in Mysore for more than 2 days and i had a rocking time with them.
It was a Monday morning and i had to come back to Bangalore. I realized that i was alone on the way back. Jeeju warned me not to drive fast and never cross 140kph in this car as it was a hired car and could break down as well. I kept that in mind and started to drive at 12:45pm.
It was pretty Sunny when i started to drive. I got the tyre pressure checked and just before hitting the highway i bought a couple of water bottles and cold drink. I had couple of packs of potato chips in the car already. I hit the Mysore - Bangalore highway at 1:00pm and i was in Bangalore by 2:40pm. I did not take any breaks this time but i did not over speed too. I was going at 150kph and the car was doing amazingly well with the air-con on all the time. It gave me a great satisfaction when i saw the needle crossing 140kph mark and driving at that speed for quiet some time. Also, it was fun to overtake other cars at 140kph and by the time i used to see in the rear view mirror i used to see them way behind and in some cases not there at all.
Well even though i reached Bangalore at 2:40pm i reached home only by 4:30pm. Isnt that crazy.
Bangalore traffic made me mad but with potato chips, music, cold drinks and a great air-con i was sitting cool inside the car without any hurry to go anywhere. I was driving at 20kph now - just 140kph less than what i was driving a few hours back. ha ha ha.
High speed always is thrilling but one has to be Alert one hundred percent all the time especially on Indian roads / highways.
When i was driving at 150kph i could see a kid running and crossing the road. If i was not alert i would have hit him and maybe realized after a mile what happened... It has happened so many times to so many people.
Its not wrong to go fast in a high speeding zone but its very important to keep ourselves very alert all the time.
All in all i had a rocking weekend after a long time and the drive was Simply Awesome!
So i booked a self drive - Ford ikon for unlimited miles... On Friday i called my friends who frequent to Mysore and checked with them if they would be going to Mysore this weekend, and fortunately they were... I left office on Saturday morning and started to drive. I picked up my friends and then soon we hit the Bangalore - Mysore Highway. It was 7:00am when we started on the highway.
The roads were open and i did not hesitate to floor the throttle... As a perfect petrol engine the josh machine (ford ikon) was at 130kph+ without effort and we could hardly realize sitting inside. The early morning drive was just perfect and the sun was just coming up so it was not too hot as well. I had some old college time audio cassettes and the speakers were delivering music to their max.
The drive was amazing and I clocked 170kph in this car. the moment i saw the needle touching 170kph i started to think how difficult is it to break at this speed and just then i applied the breaks and the whole car started to wobble. That was scary to some extent but i did not give up and did not miss any chance to speed and make it to cross 150kph. It was a great feeling. We reached Mysore by 8:45am after taking a 20 minutes break to have b'fast. I was surprised that i could make it to Mysore this fast. WOW!
When i reached there i met my uncle and aunt and after having a nice home cooked b'fast i left to see my sis, jeeju and nephew. I was with them the whole afternoon and it was fun. I was meeting my sis, jeeju and nephew after a 3 yr gap. We spoke for long hours and had a lot of fun. I was in Mysore for more than 2 days and i had a rocking time with them.
It was a Monday morning and i had to come back to Bangalore. I realized that i was alone on the way back. Jeeju warned me not to drive fast and never cross 140kph in this car as it was a hired car and could break down as well. I kept that in mind and started to drive at 12:45pm.
It was pretty Sunny when i started to drive. I got the tyre pressure checked and just before hitting the highway i bought a couple of water bottles and cold drink. I had couple of packs of potato chips in the car already. I hit the Mysore - Bangalore highway at 1:00pm and i was in Bangalore by 2:40pm. I did not take any breaks this time but i did not over speed too. I was going at 150kph and the car was doing amazingly well with the air-con on all the time. It gave me a great satisfaction when i saw the needle crossing 140kph mark and driving at that speed for quiet some time. Also, it was fun to overtake other cars at 140kph and by the time i used to see in the rear view mirror i used to see them way behind and in some cases not there at all.
Well even though i reached Bangalore at 2:40pm i reached home only by 4:30pm. Isnt that crazy.
Bangalore traffic made me mad but with potato chips, music, cold drinks and a great air-con i was sitting cool inside the car without any hurry to go anywhere. I was driving at 20kph now - just 140kph less than what i was driving a few hours back. ha ha ha.
High speed always is thrilling but one has to be Alert one hundred percent all the time especially on Indian roads / highways.
When i was driving at 150kph i could see a kid running and crossing the road. If i was not alert i would have hit him and maybe realized after a mile what happened... It has happened so many times to so many people.
Its not wrong to go fast in a high speeding zone but its very important to keep ourselves very alert all the time.
All in all i had a rocking weekend after a long time and the drive was Simply Awesome!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Be Happy!
I was in a conversation with a friend and we were sharing our experiences from the past we just found out one thing... Life will never give a reason to smile. We need to find it and enjoy that very moment... We often complicate our lives running behind happiness / money / success and forget that its all right here... all we need to do is stop and live that very moment...
Many a times we think when we have money / success / power we might be happy. Its not true... We just need a good company / companion to be happy. Happiness never comes with conditions... If you are rich not necessarily you will be happy. Happiness connected with money / success and power is not actual happiness... its all materialistic happiness. life comes to us in phases and so does these three things...
Money comes and goes... never stays with you... you cannot buy happiness
Success comes and after some time it fades...
Power... ha ha ha - can power get you happiness... Never
We often get clouded with these things and forget there is one thing for sure that will get us happiness....
Family and Friends...
Whats the money for of you cannot spend it on your own people.
Whats the success for if you cannot share it with your family and friends.
You might be the most powerful person on earth.. what if you dont have family and friends.... u r alone...
Our urge to be on the top and taking shortcuts for the same never works. One thing i've learnt in my life is that... there is no shortcut to success... Shortcuts are for weak characters... they are lazy bums... who dont want to rough it out.
People who reach to the top with out hardwork never get the taste of success... people who get things without struggle never know the value of the same.
The taste of success is very sweet and nice. I have tasted it many a times... I could enjoy the taste the success cos i've tasted failures... maybe more failures than success...
I was talking to one of my elders in family today. She was like i'm sick and tired of being strong. I want to relax. she is in late 60's i can understand...
Me and my friend were talking on the phone y'day and we were saying the same to each other... I'm tired of being strong and all the fight we have given so far to reach here... Our age 24-25... ha ha ha
While talking to her i shared with her about something bad that happened last week. All the time she was thinking that it might have happened last year... when she came to know that it was as recent as last week she was surprised. She was like but "i could never make out looking at you that anything like this could have happened". ha ha ha...
Well one of the things that i learnt from my boss - my guru is to wear a smile. It just masks everything. No one will ever be able to make out what u might be thinking or going thru... ;)
The whole world does not need to know about it as well. It goes without saying that you need to know where to smile and where not to... ;)
Life for some is a cake walk and for some its a battle...
In a battle - you win or you die or maybe you surrender....
Its been a battle of different kind for me all the time... Fighting all odds... I was pushed into this battle at a very young age... I have been in this battle for quiet some time now... I lost sometimes but i never turned my back at it nor did i agree to surrender...
Fortunately todays battles dont come with options (die/surrender)... These options are for weak characters...
We live to see and enjoy our Victory!
WE FIGHT UNTILL WE WIN!
Smile when you loose, Smile when you win!
KEEP SMILING! BE HAPPY!
Many a times we think when we have money / success / power we might be happy. Its not true... We just need a good company / companion to be happy. Happiness never comes with conditions... If you are rich not necessarily you will be happy. Happiness connected with money / success and power is not actual happiness... its all materialistic happiness. life comes to us in phases and so does these three things...
Money comes and goes... never stays with you... you cannot buy happiness
Success comes and after some time it fades...
Power... ha ha ha - can power get you happiness... Never
We often get clouded with these things and forget there is one thing for sure that will get us happiness....
Family and Friends...
Whats the money for of you cannot spend it on your own people.
Whats the success for if you cannot share it with your family and friends.
You might be the most powerful person on earth.. what if you dont have family and friends.... u r alone...
Our urge to be on the top and taking shortcuts for the same never works. One thing i've learnt in my life is that... there is no shortcut to success... Shortcuts are for weak characters... they are lazy bums... who dont want to rough it out.
People who reach to the top with out hardwork never get the taste of success... people who get things without struggle never know the value of the same.
The taste of success is very sweet and nice. I have tasted it many a times... I could enjoy the taste the success cos i've tasted failures... maybe more failures than success...
I was talking to one of my elders in family today. She was like i'm sick and tired of being strong. I want to relax. she is in late 60's i can understand...
Me and my friend were talking on the phone y'day and we were saying the same to each other... I'm tired of being strong and all the fight we have given so far to reach here... Our age 24-25... ha ha ha
While talking to her i shared with her about something bad that happened last week. All the time she was thinking that it might have happened last year... when she came to know that it was as recent as last week she was surprised. She was like but "i could never make out looking at you that anything like this could have happened". ha ha ha...
Well one of the things that i learnt from my boss - my guru is to wear a smile. It just masks everything. No one will ever be able to make out what u might be thinking or going thru... ;)
The whole world does not need to know about it as well. It goes without saying that you need to know where to smile and where not to... ;)
Life for some is a cake walk and for some its a battle...
In a battle - you win or you die or maybe you surrender....
Its been a battle of different kind for me all the time... Fighting all odds... I was pushed into this battle at a very young age... I have been in this battle for quiet some time now... I lost sometimes but i never turned my back at it nor did i agree to surrender...
Fortunately todays battles dont come with options (die/surrender)... These options are for weak characters...
We live to see and enjoy our Victory!
WE FIGHT UNTILL WE WIN!
Smile when you loose, Smile when you win!
KEEP SMILING! BE HAPPY!
15th April - The Devil's Birthday!
It was my B'day and when i woke up i discovered that i have some 30 odd missed calls on my cell phone and some 10 messages. So called everyone back and got their wishes... The next thing in my mind was... what should i be doing today??? I had a reason to celebrate... I wanted to do something good and nice today. :D
Unfortunately all my friends were out of Bangalore. Some school buddies are busy with office work and family, my night shift buddies were still sleeping from last night... and my colleagues are busy too... :(
As such mere liye ghar me rehna kitna mushkil hai weekend pe... somehow i just cannot stay at home. even in Delhi my parents and me used to have a difference of opinion on this :(
So while going thru the my phone book i found a number of a friend and messaged her what time she would get free. She replied that she is done with her work today... (i.e. darti ke chakker katna) he he he.. and was free for the day. I asked her out and we decided to meet for lunch. We went to a nice restaurant. Fortunately both of us a non-vegetarian foodies so it was good. The kebabs were AWESOME and so was the rest of the meal. My mouth started watering now just by the thought of those Kebabs.... yum....
After the lunch we spoke for quiet some time. We had already booked ourselves for a movie so we went to see a movie too... I got the tickets in the last row just an hour ahead of the movie time... so both of us did not know if this is going to be a good one. "life mein kabhi kabhi" that was the movie. It was a Pakao movie and at some time or the other she used to say sorry for getting me in this one... ha ha ha well it was our mutual decision....
The movie story was very true to life... but the way it was presented was not good enough...
I don't know this girl for long. Met her recently. When i met her initially i had never thought that we will be good friends. I'm so glad that we are good friends now and we can count on each other anytime... Her company was good and it was fun. She made my day... She is the bubbly, chirpy types... a good friend... well she asked me to write good about her so I'm... ha ha ha
Jokes apart... she is a really nice person and a caring friend... Thank you Friend!
The evening was not that exciting... but it was relaxing. I was at home with family and it was nice and relaxing. Though i had a dinner party planned but i thought of giving some time to my family and cancelled the party.
All in all it was a very good day. Thank you to my friend who spend her valuable time making my day and thanks to everyone who wished me... and also thanks in advance to those who forgot to wish me.... he he he coz i know when they will.. they will wish me saying this is in advance for the next year. ha ha ha
Just wanted to let all my family and friends know that u guys are the best...
I appreciate your patience as I know how difficult it is to listen to me all the time... ha ha ha
Thank you! God Bless!
Unfortunately all my friends were out of Bangalore. Some school buddies are busy with office work and family, my night shift buddies were still sleeping from last night... and my colleagues are busy too... :(
As such mere liye ghar me rehna kitna mushkil hai weekend pe... somehow i just cannot stay at home. even in Delhi my parents and me used to have a difference of opinion on this :(
So while going thru the my phone book i found a number of a friend and messaged her what time she would get free. She replied that she is done with her work today... (i.e. darti ke chakker katna) he he he.. and was free for the day. I asked her out and we decided to meet for lunch. We went to a nice restaurant. Fortunately both of us a non-vegetarian foodies so it was good. The kebabs were AWESOME and so was the rest of the meal. My mouth started watering now just by the thought of those Kebabs.... yum....
After the lunch we spoke for quiet some time. We had already booked ourselves for a movie so we went to see a movie too... I got the tickets in the last row just an hour ahead of the movie time... so both of us did not know if this is going to be a good one. "life mein kabhi kabhi" that was the movie. It was a Pakao movie and at some time or the other she used to say sorry for getting me in this one... ha ha ha well it was our mutual decision....
The movie story was very true to life... but the way it was presented was not good enough...
I don't know this girl for long. Met her recently. When i met her initially i had never thought that we will be good friends. I'm so glad that we are good friends now and we can count on each other anytime... Her company was good and it was fun. She made my day... She is the bubbly, chirpy types... a good friend... well she asked me to write good about her so I'm... ha ha ha
Jokes apart... she is a really nice person and a caring friend... Thank you Friend!
The evening was not that exciting... but it was relaxing. I was at home with family and it was nice and relaxing. Though i had a dinner party planned but i thought of giving some time to my family and cancelled the party.
All in all it was a very good day. Thank you to my friend who spend her valuable time making my day and thanks to everyone who wished me... and also thanks in advance to those who forgot to wish me.... he he he coz i know when they will.. they will wish me saying this is in advance for the next year. ha ha ha
Just wanted to let all my family and friends know that u guys are the best...
I appreciate your patience as I know how difficult it is to listen to me all the time... ha ha ha
Thank you! God Bless!
Night Shift Buddies!
Me and some of my friends are in the Night shift so our day starts ideally at 7:00pm IST. We sit and talk for a couple of hours deciding on what to do and where to go. By the time the decision is made it about 9:00pm and that is the time when we feel like going out of the house and to a nice restaurant for a meal (we dont know what to call it... b'fast, lunch or dinner) This is the only proper meal we have.
So it was my B'day on the 15th and me and my friends started celebrating from 14th night itself. We had just one motor bike that day and the three of us were not in a mood to take chances... as such the cops in bangalore are alert on the weekends... so we decided to go to a restaurant that is close by and went to the Royal Orchid hotel. Its a real nice one. It has a 24hrs Coffee shop and we just went and sat in one of the wooden huts in the lawns. The ambience around was great. There was dinner buffet and my friend decided to take the buffet dinner instead of starters. We thought it would be good as we can have unlimited quantity. ha ha ha
Unfortunately for us there was nothing tandoori etc. in the buffet. There was variety of things but nothing that was up to our taste. So finally we got the papdi and some curds and made chat of it... and our dinner was just that. I dont remember how much of that papdi chat we had.... lol
We had lots of fun but the only thing that we did not like was the food and we could not help it at all. Maybe we were at a wrong place.... ha ha ha
So we spent the whole evening there and we came to Diamond District and then as soon as it was 12am. my friends lifted me and then put me down in the middle of the street... then they jumped on me and wished me Happy B'day! he he he this is the way we wish our friends. Ashu.. ur b'day is also coming... and i'm waiting for it ;)
I was back home by 12:45. I got a few calls from my family and friends wishing and blessing me on my b'day.
So it was my B'day on the 15th and me and my friends started celebrating from 14th night itself. We had just one motor bike that day and the three of us were not in a mood to take chances... as such the cops in bangalore are alert on the weekends... so we decided to go to a restaurant that is close by and went to the Royal Orchid hotel. Its a real nice one. It has a 24hrs Coffee shop and we just went and sat in one of the wooden huts in the lawns. The ambience around was great. There was dinner buffet and my friend decided to take the buffet dinner instead of starters. We thought it would be good as we can have unlimited quantity. ha ha ha
Unfortunately for us there was nothing tandoori etc. in the buffet. There was variety of things but nothing that was up to our taste. So finally we got the papdi and some curds and made chat of it... and our dinner was just that. I dont remember how much of that papdi chat we had.... lol
We had lots of fun but the only thing that we did not like was the food and we could not help it at all. Maybe we were at a wrong place.... ha ha ha
So we spent the whole evening there and we came to Diamond District and then as soon as it was 12am. my friends lifted me and then put me down in the middle of the street... then they jumped on me and wished me Happy B'day! he he he this is the way we wish our friends. Ashu.. ur b'day is also coming... and i'm waiting for it ;)
I was back home by 12:45. I got a few calls from my family and friends wishing and blessing me on my b'day.
Not one of the best evenings... cos we did not like the food.
But spending time with these night shift buddies was great. Thank you guys!
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
New Life!
Sometimes we take life too easy and casual... without knowing what might be coming next...
It was November of 2005 and i was in Mysore with my cousin. The thanksgiving weekend was around the corner. I was really excited as i thought that this time i will relax totally. A few days before the thanksgiving weekend i got to speak to my dad and i told him about the thanksgiving weekend. He got excited too and said why don't you visit Delhi and spend time with us. Hmmm..... that was a great idea. I packed my bags and left Mysore for Delhi. I took the late night train from Mysore to Bangalore. I had to catch a flight the next day morning from Bangalore.
The train from Mysore usually departs at 11:30pm and arrives in Bangalore at 4:30am. For some reason the departure got delayed by an hour and half. When we started from Mysore i thought the train would reach Bangalore a little late and i slept. When i woke up it was 5:00am and i was in Bangalore. The train was empty and was moving out of the platform and going towards the yard. An old couple who were in the train said that the train will stop at the yard and we shall get down there... I was sleepy and i heard their words. Just as we left the platform a few hundred meters ahead the train stopped. I happily jumped off the train and started to walk back on the railway track towards the platform. The train had just crossed an Under bridge and stopped. The bridge was about 60-70 meters long. As i started to walk on the bridge with my heavy travel bag on my left shoulder, i was taking one step at a time. It was dark and the rail bridges do not have anything except a small thin metal strip in the centre of the rail track which i was cat walking on. When i reached almost the middle of the bridge i could see vehicles moving on the road going under this bridge that i was walking on. Since it was early morning there was not the regular traffic and the vehicles were passing the bridge at a fairly good speed.
All this time till i reached the middle of the bridge i was listening to some honks coming out of nowhere and i really did not pay much attention to it. I was really excited about visiting family and moreover i was thinking of what all I'll do there in Delhi. My brain and senses were really clouded with all those thoughts... About the honks i did look almost in all directions and didn't see anything and kept walking. I was walking really slow cos my travel bag was heavy and i was walking on a railway bridge... if u do a mistake u'll pass through the bridge and onto the road... he he he
So i took another step and i somehow noticed that the honks are getting louder and louder... so i stopped and looked in all directions again and did not see anything... just when i took another step... something got into me and i looked back... i really don't know y i looked back... When i looked back i see a huge yellow X coming towards me...(that's how the rear end of the train is marked) I also saw the same old couple hanging out of the train door yelling at me to move out of the track... That's when i realized that i was on the same track on which the train was coming... This was the same train i got down from... I looked on the either side of the track and i just see the road going under the bridge. The bridge was almost 20-30ft high from the road, for a moment i thought of jumping and then i pulled back saying to myself what if a speeding vehicle comes and crushes me... and even if a vehicle does not come and crush me... i was sure if i jump from that high i would have landed in hospital with multiple fractures... so the only way to get off the track was to cross the remaining part of the bridge and jump off the track when the bridge is over.... for a moment i thought of throwing my bag there and running but then i thought if I'm hit and if i die this bag will at least be my identity as i had some office papers in the bag, even though my wallet in my pocket which could have helped my identity but i was sure who ever will see my body will first rob me of my valuables and my wallet was one. Also, i did not want to die a death of an unidentified person... All these thought came to me in a fraction of a second and the train must have been just about 10 meters away from me and i started to run towards the platform. I'm not a good athlete but that moment i could have beaten an Olympic gold medalist. he he he...
From the point i started to run, the bridge was still a good 30-35 meters long... With an operated knee i ran the best i could... and just when i crossed the bridge i jumped off the track... and that was the time when the train boogie brushed the right sleeve of my Jacket. Had i been a second late and i would have not been alive to write this.
Now i just wanted to get out of the railway station...
I could not stop myself thanking the almighty for a brand New Life!
At that moment i realized the value of life... if you don't have life what is all the money for... we keep fighting all our lives just to get a better living... a few more thousand bucks... and are never satisfied with what we have... even though we are better off than thousands of people....
Life and good health is everything... if u don't have it... you have nothing...
while on the flight to Delhi i dosed off and i see the same rear end of the train with a huge yellow X mark coming towards me and i suddenly woke up and found myself sweating... It was just a dream... thank god.
I was flying Kingfisher airlines that time and just when i opened my eyes and looked on my right one of their beautiful air hostess asked me what meal would i like to have veg or non-veg... she saw me sweating and i told her I'm not feeling well... and then the Kingfisher girls took good care of me :P he he he... guys will be guys...
Later in the day when i arrived in New Delhi i was still in a shocked state... while i was waiting to collect my luggage I thought to myself how foolish i was to do such an act. what if i was hit by the train... what would be the fate of my family / friends.... they would have been devastated... and i would have become a ghost haunting the Bangalore railway station... he he he
I'm really thankful to almighty for everything. Had it not been his grace that day i would have not lived to see the good things in life that came my way after that and had it not been his grace and of course the blessing from my elders and my late grand mother which has been shielding me every time - i would have not been celebrating my Birthday today. Its my second birthday in the new life and i wish myself with many more.... My Birthday is actually on 15th April. Today is my Birthday according to the Hindu calendar.
Happy Birthday to myself!
God Bless Me!
It was November of 2005 and i was in Mysore with my cousin. The thanksgiving weekend was around the corner. I was really excited as i thought that this time i will relax totally. A few days before the thanksgiving weekend i got to speak to my dad and i told him about the thanksgiving weekend. He got excited too and said why don't you visit Delhi and spend time with us. Hmmm..... that was a great idea. I packed my bags and left Mysore for Delhi. I took the late night train from Mysore to Bangalore. I had to catch a flight the next day morning from Bangalore.
The train from Mysore usually departs at 11:30pm and arrives in Bangalore at 4:30am. For some reason the departure got delayed by an hour and half. When we started from Mysore i thought the train would reach Bangalore a little late and i slept. When i woke up it was 5:00am and i was in Bangalore. The train was empty and was moving out of the platform and going towards the yard. An old couple who were in the train said that the train will stop at the yard and we shall get down there... I was sleepy and i heard their words. Just as we left the platform a few hundred meters ahead the train stopped. I happily jumped off the train and started to walk back on the railway track towards the platform. The train had just crossed an Under bridge and stopped. The bridge was about 60-70 meters long. As i started to walk on the bridge with my heavy travel bag on my left shoulder, i was taking one step at a time. It was dark and the rail bridges do not have anything except a small thin metal strip in the centre of the rail track which i was cat walking on. When i reached almost the middle of the bridge i could see vehicles moving on the road going under this bridge that i was walking on. Since it was early morning there was not the regular traffic and the vehicles were passing the bridge at a fairly good speed.
All this time till i reached the middle of the bridge i was listening to some honks coming out of nowhere and i really did not pay much attention to it. I was really excited about visiting family and moreover i was thinking of what all I'll do there in Delhi. My brain and senses were really clouded with all those thoughts... About the honks i did look almost in all directions and didn't see anything and kept walking. I was walking really slow cos my travel bag was heavy and i was walking on a railway bridge... if u do a mistake u'll pass through the bridge and onto the road... he he he
So i took another step and i somehow noticed that the honks are getting louder and louder... so i stopped and looked in all directions again and did not see anything... just when i took another step... something got into me and i looked back... i really don't know y i looked back... When i looked back i see a huge yellow X coming towards me...(that's how the rear end of the train is marked) I also saw the same old couple hanging out of the train door yelling at me to move out of the track... That's when i realized that i was on the same track on which the train was coming... This was the same train i got down from... I looked on the either side of the track and i just see the road going under the bridge. The bridge was almost 20-30ft high from the road, for a moment i thought of jumping and then i pulled back saying to myself what if a speeding vehicle comes and crushes me... and even if a vehicle does not come and crush me... i was sure if i jump from that high i would have landed in hospital with multiple fractures... so the only way to get off the track was to cross the remaining part of the bridge and jump off the track when the bridge is over.... for a moment i thought of throwing my bag there and running but then i thought if I'm hit and if i die this bag will at least be my identity as i had some office papers in the bag, even though my wallet in my pocket which could have helped my identity but i was sure who ever will see my body will first rob me of my valuables and my wallet was one. Also, i did not want to die a death of an unidentified person... All these thought came to me in a fraction of a second and the train must have been just about 10 meters away from me and i started to run towards the platform. I'm not a good athlete but that moment i could have beaten an Olympic gold medalist. he he he...
From the point i started to run, the bridge was still a good 30-35 meters long... With an operated knee i ran the best i could... and just when i crossed the bridge i jumped off the track... and that was the time when the train boogie brushed the right sleeve of my Jacket. Had i been a second late and i would have not been alive to write this.
Now i just wanted to get out of the railway station...
I could not stop myself thanking the almighty for a brand New Life!
At that moment i realized the value of life... if you don't have life what is all the money for... we keep fighting all our lives just to get a better living... a few more thousand bucks... and are never satisfied with what we have... even though we are better off than thousands of people....
Life and good health is everything... if u don't have it... you have nothing...
while on the flight to Delhi i dosed off and i see the same rear end of the train with a huge yellow X mark coming towards me and i suddenly woke up and found myself sweating... It was just a dream... thank god.
I was flying Kingfisher airlines that time and just when i opened my eyes and looked on my right one of their beautiful air hostess asked me what meal would i like to have veg or non-veg... she saw me sweating and i told her I'm not feeling well... and then the Kingfisher girls took good care of me :P he he he... guys will be guys...
Later in the day when i arrived in New Delhi i was still in a shocked state... while i was waiting to collect my luggage I thought to myself how foolish i was to do such an act. what if i was hit by the train... what would be the fate of my family / friends.... they would have been devastated... and i would have become a ghost haunting the Bangalore railway station... he he he
I'm really thankful to almighty for everything. Had it not been his grace that day i would have not lived to see the good things in life that came my way after that and had it not been his grace and of course the blessing from my elders and my late grand mother which has been shielding me every time - i would have not been celebrating my Birthday today. Its my second birthday in the new life and i wish myself with many more.... My Birthday is actually on 15th April. Today is my Birthday according to the Hindu calendar.
Happy Birthday to myself!
God Bless Me!
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Friends Forever!
I was a kid when i left home. I was not aware of the wicked and cruel ways of life. There was only one thing i kenw well... the difference between the good and the bad... Thank God! That was enough to keep me away from trouble.
The Best gift we can give ourselves is a great friend. Having a friend whom one can depend on means a lot... i'm thankful to god that i have so many friends... Tons of them... I believe that every single moment spent with a friend is an investment for life...
I connected with an old college friend of mine a few days back and we went back in time and re collected all the fun we used to have in college. Sometimes i feel like going back to college and live that life all over again... and maybe imporve on some of my mistakes :P
Where ever I have been i met lot of people and the best part is that i remain connected with everyone... I'm still in contact with my classmates of 5th standard and earlier... though i dont get time to meet and talk to them on a regular basis coz everyone of us is busy with all the work we have... Some of my friends i dont get to talk to them for years but when i talk to them the conversations start like "b******** kya haal hai..."
A best part about this relationship is that even if the whole world changes ur friend will not. Even if the whole world goes against you, ur friend is right there besides u... if u go wrong he will help u out... He will help u no matter what. I go out of way to help my friends... and i have seen my friends do that for me...
We do all the mischief on earth... with all the pranks we make people around us miserable... :P
especially of our landlords... He he he
We break the mirrors in a misterious way, we park our landlords vehicle on the road and park ours in his parking :P... we do bhangra with full blasting punjabi music at 3:00AM... just enough to make our landlord go bonkers...
Any friend says anything is of prime importance... (its actually one person talking on behalf of everyone) like one day we were not in a mood to have non-veg and one friend said "yaar fish khane ka maan kar raha hai" (i want to eat fish) at 11pm we took out the motorcycle and got fish for him and everyone... likewise one day a friend said that he wants to go for a walk... It was raining outside and it was 2:00am... and we quietly sneaked out of the house and went for a walk on the ring road :P
another day i went to my friends apartment late in the night and told them that i wanted to have tandoori chicken... they were about to sleep... we went out at midnight hunting for chicken... and finally got one... he he he
Friend is the person... u cannot hide anything from... If there is something thats bothering u.. he will find out... how much ever u try to hide... u cannot.. coz a friend will know what u r going thru and what u might be upto.
Imagining life without friends is not happening...
The weekend is here again and i'm going to visit my friends...
The Best gift we can give ourselves is a great friend. Having a friend whom one can depend on means a lot... i'm thankful to god that i have so many friends... Tons of them... I believe that every single moment spent with a friend is an investment for life...
I connected with an old college friend of mine a few days back and we went back in time and re collected all the fun we used to have in college. Sometimes i feel like going back to college and live that life all over again... and maybe imporve on some of my mistakes :P
Where ever I have been i met lot of people and the best part is that i remain connected with everyone... I'm still in contact with my classmates of 5th standard and earlier... though i dont get time to meet and talk to them on a regular basis coz everyone of us is busy with all the work we have... Some of my friends i dont get to talk to them for years but when i talk to them the conversations start like "b******** kya haal hai..."
A best part about this relationship is that even if the whole world changes ur friend will not. Even if the whole world goes against you, ur friend is right there besides u... if u go wrong he will help u out... He will help u no matter what. I go out of way to help my friends... and i have seen my friends do that for me...
We do all the mischief on earth... with all the pranks we make people around us miserable... :P
especially of our landlords... He he he
We break the mirrors in a misterious way, we park our landlords vehicle on the road and park ours in his parking :P... we do bhangra with full blasting punjabi music at 3:00AM... just enough to make our landlord go bonkers...
Any friend says anything is of prime importance... (its actually one person talking on behalf of everyone) like one day we were not in a mood to have non-veg and one friend said "yaar fish khane ka maan kar raha hai" (i want to eat fish) at 11pm we took out the motorcycle and got fish for him and everyone... likewise one day a friend said that he wants to go for a walk... It was raining outside and it was 2:00am... and we quietly sneaked out of the house and went for a walk on the ring road :P
another day i went to my friends apartment late in the night and told them that i wanted to have tandoori chicken... they were about to sleep... we went out at midnight hunting for chicken... and finally got one... he he he
Friend is the person... u cannot hide anything from... If there is something thats bothering u.. he will find out... how much ever u try to hide... u cannot.. coz a friend will know what u r going thru and what u might be upto.
Imagining life without friends is not happening...
The weekend is here again and i'm going to visit my friends...
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
BMW X5
It was my nephews b'day and i gifted him a Red BMW X5. He was really excited so was i and everyone at home. I have been driving it more than he has... He is just 6 yrs old and does not have a drivers licence u see... :P
well... dont think too hard. its a BMW X5 1:16 model. Its powered by a Ni-Cd Rechargable Battery... operated by a remote :P
It has a Nitro mode for that quick accleration and the doors open and close with the remote... it looks great. The head lights come to life when it starts rolling and stop lights work when the brake is applied... Has a reverse light and reverse Horn and FM music too... good thing is that u can switch off that option... and still drive :P
Well the kid in me is out... and freaking... he he he
My nephew is learning how to drive and i'm just showing him how to use it :P
well... dont think too hard. its a BMW X5 1:16 model. Its powered by a Ni-Cd Rechargable Battery... operated by a remote :P
It has a Nitro mode for that quick accleration and the doors open and close with the remote... it looks great. The head lights come to life when it starts rolling and stop lights work when the brake is applied... Has a reverse light and reverse Horn and FM music too... good thing is that u can switch off that option... and still drive :P
Well the kid in me is out... and freaking... he he he
My nephew is learning how to drive and i'm just showing him how to use it :P
lessons in life!
Sometimes we must be hurt in order to grow,
Sometimes we must fail in order to know,
Sometimes we must lose in order to gain,
Because some lessons in life are best learned through pain...
Face the truth, it has no Bias
I received an email with the above piece of text. how true.
I have always run into conflicts with my family when they say we will provide you with all the comforts... i understand their point... they want me to be comfortable and lead a good life... but i'm not the one who would like to get anything just like that... I will rather rough it out and earn it myself.
If u get anything just like that... u may not feel the worth or the value of that thing... it could be anything...
I came across the following text and its fits well here...
To realize The value of a sister
Ask someone Who doesn't have one.
To realize The value of ten years:
Ask a newly Divorced couple.
To realize The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.
To realize The value of one year:
Ask a student who Has failed a final exam.
To realize The value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a still born.
To realize The value of one month:
Ask a mother who has given birth to A premature baby.
To realizeThe value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize The value of one hour:
Ask the lovers who are waiting to Meet.
To realize The value of one minute:
Ask a person Who has missed the train, bus or plane.
To realize The value of one-second:
Ask a person Who has survived an accident...
To realize The value of one millisecond:
Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics
Time waits for no one.
Treasure every moment you have.
You will treasure it even more when you can share it with someone special.
To realize the value of a friend:
Lose one.
Sometimes we must fail in order to know,
Sometimes we must lose in order to gain,
Because some lessons in life are best learned through pain...
Face the truth, it has no Bias
I received an email with the above piece of text. how true.
I have always run into conflicts with my family when they say we will provide you with all the comforts... i understand their point... they want me to be comfortable and lead a good life... but i'm not the one who would like to get anything just like that... I will rather rough it out and earn it myself.
If u get anything just like that... u may not feel the worth or the value of that thing... it could be anything...
I came across the following text and its fits well here...
To realize The value of a sister
Ask someone Who doesn't have one.
To realize The value of ten years:
Ask a newly Divorced couple.
To realize The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.
To realize The value of one year:
Ask a student who Has failed a final exam.
To realize The value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a still born.
To realize The value of one month:
Ask a mother who has given birth to A premature baby.
To realizeThe value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize The value of one hour:
Ask the lovers who are waiting to Meet.
To realize The value of one minute:
Ask a person Who has missed the train, bus or plane.
To realize The value of one-second:
Ask a person Who has survived an accident...
To realize The value of one millisecond:
Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics
Time waits for no one.
Treasure every moment you have.
You will treasure it even more when you can share it with someone special.
To realize the value of a friend:
Lose one.
Friday, March 2, 2007
Make another Call - The Success Mantra!
Today is my last day in this office... I've been working here in this office for close to two yrs now... thats the longest duration i have been with any company so far... he he he... Well i'm not leaving this organization. Its just that we have grown so much that we cannot fit into the current office space.
We are Finally moving to a bigger and a better office... I'm Excited
Starting Monday, 5th March 2007 - Foundation Systems is moving to its new bigger and better office... I have seen the new office only in pics and I'm really excited to get in there and do a great job every single day... I'm sure, the new office would be as noisy as it is now with all the people on the phone and the bells ringing here there and everywhere.
Lets Make another CALL!
Lets Keep that bell Ringing!
FYI: At Foundation Systems we ring a bell every time we make a placement and the entire floor applauds.
We are Finally moving to a bigger and a better office... I'm Excited
I feel as if i just started with Foundation Systems but when a look at the calender and I cannot believe its going to be two years now... every thing is still so fresh in my mind as if it just happened a couple of weeks back... time flies...
I remember my interview with Foundation Systems lasted for a few hours and the VP that time took a good technical interview of mine which included question on Java and C++. A recruiter is not asked such questions most of the times but i'm happy that i answered all the questions well... I was interviewed repeatedly by everyone one by one... After there was no one left to interview me they said that they would let me know in a couple of days time. By the time i left the Foundation Systems office that day i was really tired... After a few days i received a call and the VP wanted to meet me again... This was the time they wanted to discuss the offer and my joining date. They gave me a good 10 days to start and i was really excited about the offer and my role. After i accepted the position the VP then took me to the floor and announced to everyone there that i would be joining them soon. I got introduced to everyone and then he escorted me out of the office and said "I'm very excited to have u on the team Naren. I'm looking forward to work with you" I smiled and said "I'm also excited about working with Foundation Systems".
The day i joined Foundation Systems in July 2005 there were just 5-7 employees including me. That day was a start day for another person - Shatanjay(shay). That time the floor used to be empty and there were hardly any phones and lot of things were still being tested and implemented... Since it was a new setup and there were only a few of us, we worked hard... i remember i had to slog with one client for about a month and finally I got a placement there. The first one is the most difficult one u see. :)
That placement was a double placement as the client hired this guy full time later on.
Me and shay received training from the VP for a 2 week period and the environment around was Rocking! Sharing our experiences and knowledge... With work there was so much of fun involved. We used to give training to some of our colleagues who were not from recruiting. Working with other recruiters and the new application(bullhorn) that we were getting used to was fun. I must say bullhorn is a very thoughtfully made application... i just love working with it... It was fun altogether. Pulling legs of each other in those breaks and those Yahoo IM Conferences on Friday evening... the mid night meals and looking for food at 4 in the morning and getting some tandoori chicken and kebabs at 4:00am... it was fun...
The funniest incident was when i ordered 2 coin paranthas with a full chicken at 1:00am IST. Everyone rolled on the floor that day when the order came in... not my fault... i never knew that a coin parantha would actually be a coin sized parantha... makes me wonder why there make such small paranthas... Those 2 coin paranthas were shared by 4 hungry people... while eating those minature paranthas everyone was laughing and thinking that why we asked him (me) to order for food... the chicken was good though... tons of fun altogether...
We were starting to grow and so were our waist lines... ha ha ha
That time there were just 2 cabs. i dont remember how many we have today...
My office reporting time used to be 9:30pm IST. and that crazy cab guy used to come to my place at 5:00Pm. I used to start by 5:30pm IST and then after picking everyone i used to reach office only by 9:30PM IST. No, i did not live out of Bangalore that time... in fact the distance from my residence to office was just 6Kms. Naa, the traffic was not that bad either... The route my cab used to follow was this.. Starting at Jayangar 3rd Block - 5:30PM(thats where i used to live) to some place near Hosur Road 6:30pm to 7:30pm(another 10km on that same road is Tamil Nadu border) to via outer ring road HAL 8:30pm (near Jeevan bhima nagar) then Thippasundra 8:45pm and finally to Richmond Road 9:00pm(FS office). It was a crazy route. At hosur road i was forced to wait for almost an hour everyday... believe me that place was crazy with hardly any cell phone signals i had to listen to that cab guys broken Hindi non stop for one hour... poor me.
I'm glad that all that did not continue as we started to grow.
Foundation Systems team started to grow and in a six months time the office was full. We rang many bells and work started to get busier and busier by the day... I remember there was a time when i was actually living in the office... working on requirements... submitting candidates... talking to candidates at 10:30pm and getting them to send their resumes at that hour... it was fun...
Everyone in the office used to go in the morning and come in the night and i used to be still there in the office... working at my desk... My colleagues used to say we have one room empty in office(Raghu's room now) u can make that ur home and save on the rent u pay.. ha ha ha
I'm was typical workaholic... But i always enjoyed it and it was all fun...
With all the hectic schedules and tight submission deadlines and some crazy client who interviewed my candidate for 8 hrs and said "he is not a match" It was just the bond that we shared with each other on the team and the weekend masti that kept us going... not to mention the office parties always helped us "UNWIND"
Its been a really good learning experience and i learn everyday here. So many changes from the day we started till this day... when we are actually moving out to a new location - a much awaited move though. I'm really excited and would hope that Foundation Systems and the team here including me continue to grow.
Today with a couple of certificates and some testimonials from my clients for my work i feel great and motivated.
Motivated to "MAKE ANOTHER CALL"
Motivated to improve and do a better job everytime...
Starting Monday, 5th March 2007 - Foundation Systems is moving to its new bigger and better office... I have seen the new office only in pics and I'm really excited to get in there and do a great job every single day... I'm sure, the new office would be as noisy as it is now with all the people on the phone and the bells ringing here there and everywhere.
Lets Make another CALL!
Lets Keep that bell Ringing!
FYI: At Foundation Systems we ring a bell every time we make a placement and the entire floor applauds.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Conditionally talkative!!!
Strange title rite...
conditionally talkative... "a person who gets talkative on a condition"
i met this old school mate who i was told is very talkative... Its always good to be around chirpy people... they keep talking and its nice to listen, especially when its a sweet feminine voice... not that i don't like to listen to masculine voice... i listen to my boss very carefully... i get to learn a lot from him u see...
So when i met this pretty lady we hardly spoke... and there was this general.. Hi, How r u? and stuff and then there was silence... I somehow don't like silence too much... i would rather talk. so i started to talk and talk and talk and then i stopped thinking she would talk... but this so called talkative gurl was quiet and she sweetly said "aur batao"(say something) made me wonder who is talkative here???
After a quiet drive we went shopping and she was talking only a few words... finally tired of shopping we decided to have some food and we located a nice Punjabi food joint. The food and the service was amazing. The butter naan was great and the chicken was a WOW...
After we finished lunch... this pretty lady took over and started to talk... I was wondering if the chicken is doing the talking??? well after that i didn't speak a word... or should i say i didnt get an opportunity to speak...ha ha ha... the chicken in her was doing all the talking... and i realized that the chicken is the FUEL... Wish i knew it earlier i would have presented her with some chicken instead of Flowers :P ha ha ha
Well this title conditionally talkative came to my mind a few days back... I have been talking to this girl quiet often and all i remember her saying is "aur batao"... and believe me she is so good at it... u'll just say something... Her sweet "aur batao" also makes me feel that she wants to hang up... I really dont know how true is that... does she really want to listen people talking??? anyways
I got to speak to her recently and she was as talkative as she was the other day after having chicken... and since it was not a normal "aur batao" talk from her side... out of curiosity i asked her "aaj chicken khaya hai kya?" (did u have chicken today?) and she was like "no i had fish"... So i realized that non-veg meal does all the talking... and unless she has it she hardly talks... so gurl.. next time i meet u I'll come prepared with a chicken... or do u want to try mutton this time? he he he
Keep freaking on food gurl. ah non-veg food... coz that ur FUEL...
conditionally talkative... "a person who gets talkative on a condition"
i met this old school mate who i was told is very talkative... Its always good to be around chirpy people... they keep talking and its nice to listen, especially when its a sweet feminine voice... not that i don't like to listen to masculine voice... i listen to my boss very carefully... i get to learn a lot from him u see...
So when i met this pretty lady we hardly spoke... and there was this general.. Hi, How r u? and stuff and then there was silence... I somehow don't like silence too much... i would rather talk. so i started to talk and talk and talk and then i stopped thinking she would talk... but this so called talkative gurl was quiet and she sweetly said "aur batao"(say something) made me wonder who is talkative here???
After a quiet drive we went shopping and she was talking only a few words... finally tired of shopping we decided to have some food and we located a nice Punjabi food joint. The food and the service was amazing. The butter naan was great and the chicken was a WOW...
After we finished lunch... this pretty lady took over and started to talk... I was wondering if the chicken is doing the talking??? well after that i didn't speak a word... or should i say i didnt get an opportunity to speak...ha ha ha... the chicken in her was doing all the talking... and i realized that the chicken is the FUEL... Wish i knew it earlier i would have presented her with some chicken instead of Flowers :P ha ha ha
Well this title conditionally talkative came to my mind a few days back... I have been talking to this girl quiet often and all i remember her saying is "aur batao"... and believe me she is so good at it... u'll just say something... Her sweet "aur batao" also makes me feel that she wants to hang up... I really dont know how true is that... does she really want to listen people talking??? anyways
I got to speak to her recently and she was as talkative as she was the other day after having chicken... and since it was not a normal "aur batao" talk from her side... out of curiosity i asked her "aaj chicken khaya hai kya?" (did u have chicken today?) and she was like "no i had fish"... So i realized that non-veg meal does all the talking... and unless she has it she hardly talks... so gurl.. next time i meet u I'll come prepared with a chicken... or do u want to try mutton this time? he he he
Keep freaking on food gurl. ah non-veg food... coz that ur FUEL...
Monday, February 26, 2007
Smokin Clove!!!
After a good heavy lunch me and my friend went to this paan wala and ordered for a saada pan there. While he was making the pan one nice looking gurl parked her car in middle of the main road blocking the traffic and came to this paan wala and asked for some smokes and a gudan garam. When she left we got talking with the paan wala guy who told us that he is from Banaras etc... I told my friend about gudan garam. i have tasted it earlier. my friend had not. then the paan wala added. "sir is se aapka gala saaf ho jaayega..." (sir, smoking this ur throat will be clear)
My friend got interested and he wanted to try it out and we bought a couple of gudan garam. taking a walk we had these gudan garam. he liked it so much that he went ahead and bought another couple later on...
for those of u who dont know what gudan garm is.... its a clove flavoured cigrette. there is hardly any tobacco in these and it makes ur lips wet and u feel cool inside. nice one though... but a cigrette remains a cigrette... whatever maybe the flavour ;) - Injurious to health.
Cigerette in hindi is called "shwet varna lamba kaar dhoomrapaan dandika"
which means "white color long tobacco smoking stick"
these hindi names are too much... ufff...
My friend got interested and he wanted to try it out and we bought a couple of gudan garam. taking a walk we had these gudan garam. he liked it so much that he went ahead and bought another couple later on...
for those of u who dont know what gudan garm is.... its a clove flavoured cigrette. there is hardly any tobacco in these and it makes ur lips wet and u feel cool inside. nice one though... but a cigrette remains a cigrette... whatever maybe the flavour ;) - Injurious to health.
Cigerette in hindi is called "shwet varna lamba kaar dhoomrapaan dandika"
which means "white color long tobacco smoking stick"
these hindi names are too much... ufff...
Broken Mirrors n Bruised Bodies - Apology!
Met a couple of old friends this weekend...
All foodies - Freaked out on food.
Loads of Fish, chicken, Kebabs, Desi ghee paranthas, anna-sambhar... and the list goes on...
With all the variety of food going in we had a good time pulling each others legs and making fun.
the conversations started with sharing the pranks we used to do in school / college etc.
We laughed our heart out... so much that it starts to pain as soon as i start laughing again...
Then someone started to talk about music and we started to listen to Punjabi Music - Gurdaas maan and Bappi Maan. I have heard of Gurdaas maan but not bappi maan. Bappi maan is supposed to sing all sad songs. He was betrayed by some girl sometime... ladki kya kya karvati hai... pata nahi Bappi maan kya banne wala tha... singer ban gaya... ha ha ha
With the music that touches your heart everyone started to get high with the music... saari junta feelings mein aa gayi...
Everyone then started to talk about their experiences with girls betraying them. Everyone wanted to talk and everyone wanted to talk first... ha ha ha... guys will be guys
I went mad at one of my friend for the reasons both of us dont remember... i pushed him and poor guy fell on the internet router and hurt himself... another guy came to help him and i pushed him somewhere and he happened to hit a dressing table and the mirror went into pieces... thankfully he was not hurt by the mirror... sorry guys i dont know what got into me. the guy who fell on the router injured his finger and it started to bleed. nothing serious. he will be fine.
Have a great week ahead guys!
All foodies - Freaked out on food.
Loads of Fish, chicken, Kebabs, Desi ghee paranthas, anna-sambhar... and the list goes on...
With all the variety of food going in we had a good time pulling each others legs and making fun.
the conversations started with sharing the pranks we used to do in school / college etc.
We laughed our heart out... so much that it starts to pain as soon as i start laughing again...
Then someone started to talk about music and we started to listen to Punjabi Music - Gurdaas maan and Bappi Maan. I have heard of Gurdaas maan but not bappi maan. Bappi maan is supposed to sing all sad songs. He was betrayed by some girl sometime... ladki kya kya karvati hai... pata nahi Bappi maan kya banne wala tha... singer ban gaya... ha ha ha
With the music that touches your heart everyone started to get high with the music... saari junta feelings mein aa gayi...
Everyone then started to talk about their experiences with girls betraying them. Everyone wanted to talk and everyone wanted to talk first... ha ha ha... guys will be guys
I went mad at one of my friend for the reasons both of us dont remember... i pushed him and poor guy fell on the internet router and hurt himself... another guy came to help him and i pushed him somewhere and he happened to hit a dressing table and the mirror went into pieces... thankfully he was not hurt by the mirror... sorry guys i dont know what got into me. the guy who fell on the router injured his finger and it started to bleed. nothing serious. he will be fine.
Have a great week ahead guys!
Cellphone ~ A Boon A Neusense
The weekend was good but there was on thing that bothered me a hell lot... my cellphone.
it just kept ringing and i had to answer questions like where are u? what are u doing? what time are u back? i have always hated to answer these questions...
at times i felt like throwing away my cell phone. but a couple of good calls and my throwing the phone feeling changed... and i realized that i have a silent option in the cell phone which i have not been using much. so i turned it to silent and enjoyed the saturday evening with a few of my friends. we freked out on food. they have an amazing cook.
Next day(Sunday) morning i realized that i have some 35 odd missed calls on my cell phone. When i check i realized that people have been looking for me I was WANTED now. Calls from New Delhi to Mysore... well i have been sleeping all the time... so how can people expect me to take calls when i sleep. so i called them one by one... and cooled off everyone... i'm so good at it ;)
I received an unexpected call from a pune number... i thought it might be some bank guys or something... but i was surprised to hear my sister on the other end... she was mad at me. I spoke to her on her wedding last month and after that i could not talk to her at all. NO, she was not mad at me coz i didnt talk to her... She was mad at me cos i fractured my right ring finger at her wedding last month and i didnt tell her... and i also told everyone not to tell her... but some one told her and she was hurt. well i'm sorry sister... never meant to hurt u...
Our conversation went a lil longer and we spoke about lot of things. always good to talk to her...
GOD - WAKE THEM UP!
it just kept ringing and i had to answer questions like where are u? what are u doing? what time are u back? i have always hated to answer these questions...
at times i felt like throwing away my cell phone. but a couple of good calls and my throwing the phone feeling changed... and i realized that i have a silent option in the cell phone which i have not been using much. so i turned it to silent and enjoyed the saturday evening with a few of my friends. we freked out on food. they have an amazing cook.
Next day(Sunday) morning i realized that i have some 35 odd missed calls on my cell phone. When i check i realized that people have been looking for me I was WANTED now. Calls from New Delhi to Mysore... well i have been sleeping all the time... so how can people expect me to take calls when i sleep. so i called them one by one... and cooled off everyone... i'm so good at it ;)
I received an unexpected call from a pune number... i thought it might be some bank guys or something... but i was surprised to hear my sister on the other end... she was mad at me. I spoke to her on her wedding last month and after that i could not talk to her at all. NO, she was not mad at me coz i didnt talk to her... She was mad at me cos i fractured my right ring finger at her wedding last month and i didnt tell her... and i also told everyone not to tell her... but some one told her and she was hurt. well i'm sorry sister... never meant to hurt u...
Our conversation went a lil longer and we spoke about lot of things. always good to talk to her...
Cellphone - This small connection device keeps u connected. Its a boon as i get to connect with the people i always miss being with. its turns into a total neusense coz the same people keep calling and ask the kind of questions i always hated to answer. I guess i got to live with it. ;)
Monday - another week started. I hope my clients give me a reason to smile. They have given me enough frowns and uncertainties in the recent past... hope that comes to an end this week.GOD - WAKE THEM UP!
Friday, February 23, 2007
Excuse Me - Its a Weekend!
I love weekends... everyone loves weekends... They give me a natural smile...
coz weekend is the time to relax and spend time with family and friends.
Well it kind of means the same to me also... yeah kind of...
I treat my weekends a lil differently... while everyone tries to stay home and relax... i study, i travel, i party, i go trekking, i visit my friends, i go swimming... etc etc.
If i'm not doing anything that i just said then i just go to work and i would do just anything BUT I just cant stay home and relax on a weekend.
If i'm staying home then i must be sick or all the above options did not work out. If nothing works out...
I always have a PLAN B - i.e. Ride on my MotorCycle and go nowhere... its an amazing feeling altogether... "sadken napna" (measuring the roads) as it means in hindi.
well this is what usually no one dares to do on a weekend... atleast in bangalore traffic... but as i dont get to ride my bike all the week i would just take out my Glamourous HH Glamour MotorCycle and go no where... since my motorcycle gives me a good 68Km/litre it does not pinch at all. and the best part is i can travel the whole of Bangalore in just 55bucks (thats what a litre of petrol costs here). NO, its not the most economic weekend... since i would be going nowhere i would land up somewhere and i realize that my friend lives there... we go out and enjoy the weekend so its actually an extra cost of 55bucks. Well u must be thinking it so dumb of me to go no where and reach somewhere.
arrey baba... Technology - cellphones - when i'm riding my bike i call all my friends and check who is on that nowhere route that i'm progressing on, the moment i connect with some one i reach somewhere - thats where my friend lives.
if u still didnt get it... dont bother... common sense is not very common - no hard feelings...
My family is totally mad at me... well if u still could not figure out y... Just imagine ur kid(unfortunately we remain kids for our parents even if we are 75yrs old) doing all the above... i know even i might not like that too much... ha ha ha
The reason for me to escape from home everytime has been good solid confident excuses(and thats what excuse me is about). Well i have always been good at excuses... thank god... u know what trouble it is otherwise...
I'm a very nice and calm guy and i dont harm anyone... but I have a problem with Authority and when this Authority is around on a weekend it makes me find excuses... excuses to break free... "i waana break free" nice song... huh
So here is a weekend again and my Plan A is all set... just incase it fails i would switch to Plan B.
Its a Saturday Morning and its about 9:30AM. I'm tired coz i just finished my night shift work and i should be going to sleep.. but excitement to go to school keeps me awake. Its a long drive to school... with the crazy traffic i would be fighting my sleep all the way...
So U guys have a good weekend. I'm also starting my weekend...
GOD i just learnt that today is an Ashtami and i should not have non-veg meal today... how i wish these sacred days would fall on a weekday... GOD I'm sorry to think that way... now that i know its an ashtami today i would be missing on my tandoori chicken meal today :( but i'll make it up tomorrow :)) no worries... or maybe u never know tomorrow might be another Sacred day...
I'm a kashmiri pandit... and i respect these sacred days and the related customs... i never regret these.
Happy Weekend Guys!
coz weekend is the time to relax and spend time with family and friends.
Well it kind of means the same to me also... yeah kind of...
I treat my weekends a lil differently... while everyone tries to stay home and relax... i study, i travel, i party, i go trekking, i visit my friends, i go swimming... etc etc.
If i'm not doing anything that i just said then i just go to work and i would do just anything BUT I just cant stay home and relax on a weekend.
If i'm staying home then i must be sick or all the above options did not work out. If nothing works out...
I always have a PLAN B - i.e. Ride on my MotorCycle and go nowhere... its an amazing feeling altogether... "sadken napna" (measuring the roads) as it means in hindi.
well this is what usually no one dares to do on a weekend... atleast in bangalore traffic... but as i dont get to ride my bike all the week i would just take out my Glamourous HH Glamour MotorCycle and go no where... since my motorcycle gives me a good 68Km/litre it does not pinch at all. and the best part is i can travel the whole of Bangalore in just 55bucks (thats what a litre of petrol costs here). NO, its not the most economic weekend... since i would be going nowhere i would land up somewhere and i realize that my friend lives there... we go out and enjoy the weekend so its actually an extra cost of 55bucks. Well u must be thinking it so dumb of me to go no where and reach somewhere.
arrey baba... Technology - cellphones - when i'm riding my bike i call all my friends and check who is on that nowhere route that i'm progressing on, the moment i connect with some one i reach somewhere - thats where my friend lives.
if u still didnt get it... dont bother... common sense is not very common - no hard feelings...
My family is totally mad at me... well if u still could not figure out y... Just imagine ur kid(unfortunately we remain kids for our parents even if we are 75yrs old) doing all the above... i know even i might not like that too much... ha ha ha
The reason for me to escape from home everytime has been good solid confident excuses(and thats what excuse me is about). Well i have always been good at excuses... thank god... u know what trouble it is otherwise...
I'm a very nice and calm guy and i dont harm anyone... but I have a problem with Authority and when this Authority is around on a weekend it makes me find excuses... excuses to break free... "i waana break free" nice song... huh
So here is a weekend again and my Plan A is all set... just incase it fails i would switch to Plan B.
Its a Saturday Morning and its about 9:30AM. I'm tired coz i just finished my night shift work and i should be going to sleep.. but excitement to go to school keeps me awake. Its a long drive to school... with the crazy traffic i would be fighting my sleep all the way...
So U guys have a good weekend. I'm also starting my weekend...
GOD i just learnt that today is an Ashtami and i should not have non-veg meal today... how i wish these sacred days would fall on a weekday... GOD I'm sorry to think that way... now that i know its an ashtami today i would be missing on my tandoori chicken meal today :( but i'll make it up tomorrow :)) no worries... or maybe u never know tomorrow might be another Sacred day...
I'm a kashmiri pandit... and i respect these sacred days and the related customs... i never regret these.
Happy Weekend Guys!
The Road to Success!!!
I came across this piece of text... real good one.
Ever heard the story of the giant ship engine that failed? The ship's owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure but how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a youngster. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom.
Two of the ship's owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed!
A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars.
"What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!"
So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."
The man sent a bill that read :
Tapping with a hammer ........................ $0002.00
Knowing where to tap .......................... $9998.00
Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort in your life makes all the difference!
Ever heard the story of the giant ship engine that failed? The ship's owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure but how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a youngster. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom.
Two of the ship's owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed!
A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars.
"What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!"
So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."
The man sent a bill that read :
Tapping with a hammer ........................ $0002.00
Knowing where to tap .......................... $9998.00
Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort in your life makes all the difference!
Excitement - Can one live without it?
yeah zindagi kis tarah kahan mod le le kuch pata nahi chalta.
sometime it takes a right /wrong turn and some times a U turn... but everytime we turn with it, it takes us to a new destination... even a U turn u see life in a different way altogether... with all these twists and turns in the life there is always an excitement...
life - i feel when on a single straight track becomes monotonous and boring... maybe i would like to have a life like that when i age.. maybe jab mein budda ho jaaonga... that time i maybe i would just relax or god knows what... thats not for now...
at 24 i would say i've seen enough turns and twists and U turns in my life... and i look ahead to many more... everytime life has moved away from the straight track its got tons of excitement into me... new destinations, new opportunities, new people... These changes/turns have fuelled one thing - an urge to do better in life... Excel in whatever i do... Be on the TOP... neeche se nahi upper se... for a change.. ha ha ha
Excitement is what has been driving me all the time.. when excitement starts fading off i start to get restless. its good and it bad too... sometimes
I have been very cruel to myself a lot of times... maybe all the time... or should i say i do things my way...
driving life the way i want it to has got me in a lot of troubles but i have come out clean and with a new experience and a lot of learning all the time... thank god.
I was talking with this person... this person has been following the foot steps of i dont know who... Albert Einstein maybe... that made me think and i asked myself... have i ever done that??? I have never followed anyones footsteps... i make my own road... this is one reason my near and dear ones go mad at me... i dont know why i'm like this... but when i see a footstep there i would like to change course and make my own... i'm so crazy... but i do things my way... ah... i confess.. at times i'm sensible enough to make a couple of compromises here and there ;)
I listen to only a few people... my boss... who has guided me always... and my family... its a change in me.. positive or negative that time will tell... ;) for now its neutral..
This is what excitement does to u... u never follow a path... coz if its tried and tested then there would not be much excitement...
if i look back at my life... its been pretty eventful when i compare it with the people around me... my family n my friends. The graph of my life would look like the Himalayan range... or the Rocky mountains.. ha ha ha
but there has been on thing in specific that has kept me going... Excitement...
Its good to be excited... but excitement has to be in the right direction... if not... u end up doing everything wrong... I Thank GOD for keepin me on the right track and keeping me excited in the right direction... being true and honest to my self, my family and my work...
Work... ah... My work is my biggest passion... its always excited me... I work best when i have tons of work... i'm excited to finish it... i agree sometime i have bad days too... and that happens to everyone... but when i'm back i'm all excited to make up for the lost time... I love deadlines... being from a software background i seriously know what they mean... and i'm so happy that they are the same in sales too... i feel sales deadlines are more crucial than Software deadlines.
Sales is revenue... $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ITS ALL ABOUT MONEY... HONEY!
By the way...
I like realistic Deadlines :) Realistic deadlines are challenging too... they can be achieved only with hard work...
Sales numbers excite me - when i see the numbers rolling like an australian batting score card... (i achieved that in the previous quarter) wish my score card with clients start to roll like that all the time...
well... visualize this... if i'm a batsmen (coz i like to bat) and my client is the bowler... The captain (clients management, VP's etc) is deciding who should bowl... the decision is taking too long... and since i'm waiting for them to bowl... i'm patiently loosing my patience... and i'm getting frustated... but not loosing my cool over it... thats my best Quality...
Well.. i dont blame them... they are going thru changes... but i just hope they dont take too long... 'Cos my boss will ask me... "Hey Naren, What have u been doing this Quarter.... we havent heard from u. looks like u still on a Zero this quarter?" I know no one likes 0(zero) on the score card especially on a sales score card. Even i hate it boss, but is there a way i can help?
Oh god WAKE UP MY CLIENTS... I start my day in excitement... excited to see what my client has in store for me...
Since the time i was a kid, when i used to see a mountain i always felt like climbing it and conquering it. a road thats goes further than i had to go... i wanted to go ahead and explore that part of the road as well, wanted to see what comes next... Excited to know where it will lead me...
Today also i'm stranded on one such crossing in life where i'm waiting (i hate to wait)...
I'm waiting for some one to come along...
I'm alone I'm stranded...
r u coming?
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
R U COMING?
ITS A WEEKEND GUYS... LETS PARTY!!!
sometime it takes a right /wrong turn and some times a U turn... but everytime we turn with it, it takes us to a new destination... even a U turn u see life in a different way altogether... with all these twists and turns in the life there is always an excitement...
life - i feel when on a single straight track becomes monotonous and boring... maybe i would like to have a life like that when i age.. maybe jab mein budda ho jaaonga... that time i maybe i would just relax or god knows what... thats not for now...
at 24 i would say i've seen enough turns and twists and U turns in my life... and i look ahead to many more... everytime life has moved away from the straight track its got tons of excitement into me... new destinations, new opportunities, new people... These changes/turns have fuelled one thing - an urge to do better in life... Excel in whatever i do... Be on the TOP... neeche se nahi upper se... for a change.. ha ha ha
Excitement is what has been driving me all the time.. when excitement starts fading off i start to get restless. its good and it bad too... sometimes
I have been very cruel to myself a lot of times... maybe all the time... or should i say i do things my way...
driving life the way i want it to has got me in a lot of troubles but i have come out clean and with a new experience and a lot of learning all the time... thank god.
I was talking with this person... this person has been following the foot steps of i dont know who... Albert Einstein maybe... that made me think and i asked myself... have i ever done that??? I have never followed anyones footsteps... i make my own road... this is one reason my near and dear ones go mad at me... i dont know why i'm like this... but when i see a footstep there i would like to change course and make my own... i'm so crazy... but i do things my way... ah... i confess.. at times i'm sensible enough to make a couple of compromises here and there ;)
I listen to only a few people... my boss... who has guided me always... and my family... its a change in me.. positive or negative that time will tell... ;) for now its neutral..
This is what excitement does to u... u never follow a path... coz if its tried and tested then there would not be much excitement...
if i look back at my life... its been pretty eventful when i compare it with the people around me... my family n my friends. The graph of my life would look like the Himalayan range... or the Rocky mountains.. ha ha ha
but there has been on thing in specific that has kept me going... Excitement...
Its good to be excited... but excitement has to be in the right direction... if not... u end up doing everything wrong... I Thank GOD for keepin me on the right track and keeping me excited in the right direction... being true and honest to my self, my family and my work...
Work... ah... My work is my biggest passion... its always excited me... I work best when i have tons of work... i'm excited to finish it... i agree sometime i have bad days too... and that happens to everyone... but when i'm back i'm all excited to make up for the lost time... I love deadlines... being from a software background i seriously know what they mean... and i'm so happy that they are the same in sales too... i feel sales deadlines are more crucial than Software deadlines.
Sales is revenue... $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ITS ALL ABOUT MONEY... HONEY!
By the way...
I like realistic Deadlines :) Realistic deadlines are challenging too... they can be achieved only with hard work...
Sales numbers excite me - when i see the numbers rolling like an australian batting score card... (i achieved that in the previous quarter) wish my score card with clients start to roll like that all the time...
well... visualize this... if i'm a batsmen (coz i like to bat) and my client is the bowler... The captain (clients management, VP's etc) is deciding who should bowl... the decision is taking too long... and since i'm waiting for them to bowl... i'm patiently loosing my patience... and i'm getting frustated... but not loosing my cool over it... thats my best Quality...
Well.. i dont blame them... they are going thru changes... but i just hope they dont take too long... 'Cos my boss will ask me... "Hey Naren, What have u been doing this Quarter.... we havent heard from u. looks like u still on a Zero this quarter?" I know no one likes 0(zero) on the score card especially on a sales score card. Even i hate it boss, but is there a way i can help?
Oh god WAKE UP MY CLIENTS... I start my day in excitement... excited to see what my client has in store for me...
Since the time i was a kid, when i used to see a mountain i always felt like climbing it and conquering it. a road thats goes further than i had to go... i wanted to go ahead and explore that part of the road as well, wanted to see what comes next... Excited to know where it will lead me...
Today also i'm stranded on one such crossing in life where i'm waiting (i hate to wait)...
I'm waiting for some one to come along...
I'm alone I'm stranded...
r u coming?
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
R U COMING?
ITS A WEEKEND GUYS... LETS PARTY!!!
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