Lunch ??!

My waist is moving from 30 towards 32. I haven't been jogging regularly (just started again yesterday). So for the last one week my lunch has been only liquid diet. I call it my protein shake, guess what it contains:

1. 1 cup oats
2. 1 banana
3. 1 glass slim milk
4. 1 egg
5. 1 nutribar
6. 2 teaspoons sugar
7. 5 almonds

put them in the mixer for 1min in low speed, this will amount to 2glasses of shake. which is like HEAVY!!! It is highly unlikely that you'd feel hungry till dinner. Its FULL of calories n less fat, so make sure you burn them if you are trying it out :) n for those wondering what egg would do to the taste, have no second thoughts, you wont even know that egg was in it. Banana would steal the taste, so it'd just be like a banana milk shake with chocolate flavour added but heavy.

Videolog

edit: found he idea dumb + couldnt find a place with good lighting inside my house for a quality video. hence .......... dump

Yup, as the title aptly suggests, this is my 1st video log. Started with relationships. I started it to test my webcam and then went on. Have a lot of scope for improvement though.


1. Very bad audio quality, lot of noise.
2. Bad lighting.
3. Poor eye contact (I wrote down a few pointers, its not totally extempore).
4. Worst background and posture.



I hope to continue this series as I observed it takes much less time to post a video log than a weblog, selecting the topic 1min, noting down a few pointers 5mins, recording the video 5mins, editing if necessary 2mins, total of 15mins. Ofcourse doesn't mean I'll stop writing: everything has its place.

PS: The 'never ending post' has been updated.

The new year blah blah post

Edit: The netbook wasn't bought by me, a group of friends paid for it, the prev post on thanking people was inspired by their act. So much moved that I bragged abt it to everyone I know :)

People ask me how 2009 was and how the decade of 2000s was, and I realise wtf let my blog also join the boring gang of new yr posts, not that I have anything against new yr celebrations but making sure you post on new yrs is soo stereotypical (so I'm posting on 2nd :P)

2001-2003: +2 at Goutham Gudavalli, 2 of the best years of my life unlike for many others. Hostel life with close friends, celebrity treatment as I was in IIT batch, pampering parents as I was away from home, some real good new friends (no time for girls, too busy studying) :)

2003-2007: IIIT-Hyd, life altering (afterall thats what college is all about), made me change more than 200% I'll say from a sucker to a psycho :P, less in classes n more outside including coll politics, made few good friends again, n I had a pack of hostiles also (long story). There are no stoned in Hyd we didn't turnover, no restaurants unexplored (thanks to Pratibha scholarship ;) ). I would'nt count them to be my best years (infact quite a bit opposite) but they definitely were life altering and very very thought provoking (outside the class). Made me believe in myself n dream of the future.

2007-Oct2009: DELL Inc, when I didn't sit for all those companies offering wooping amount of salaries my friends warned me and few others mocked me, but I guess everyone agreed with my point of view after they saw my life in Dell. Its a nice place to be, but for recession ofcourse. Esp I got a chance to work, play, have fun, study outside IT, learn and more importantly got apt recognition at every chance. I again learnt a lot about life n as such. Thanks to my managers for all the support, poor me I don't to bitch about my managers like others :D

Jan 2009: ER beeeeeeeeeeep .

Feb 2009: Dumped my bplans due to recession.

Mar 2009: No promotions or hikes at work due to recession. S again beeeeeeeeeeep :). Cousins marriages, loved the weddings, was very much part of them. Unlike most 20 somethings, I like social gatherings, ofcourse not for very long; I like to make an entry, wish everyone, know what people are upto, have nice food n leave. Nothing more nothing less :)

Apr 2009: Life is good with lot of concerts, professionally really good with few awards n recognitions, made few new friends. Met U.

May 2009: work work n more work. I didn't sleep for 3days at a stretch, strange thing no one forced me to it, it was voluntary. Ofcourse recognized for my efforts again :).

Jun 2009: Leg surgery, I tore a ligament playing badminton or cycling. I neglected it for the last few months and here is a surgery.

Jul 2009: Back to work from home in 3days post surgery and 15days back to office with a walking stick :D.

Sep 2009: Nothing eventful for the last few months, resigned to work this month and last working day would be Oct 15th just a day before my 25th bday. Surprised people, but thanks to my surgery I got time to convince my parents. M left for MBA, I'm REALLY happy for her, atleast someone listened to me n took the right decision, but I'll miss a good friend :)

Oct 2009: I'm finally out of IT world, hopefully forever. Promised myself I won't spend anything untill I find a source of income. A rush of ideas. Some contacts who want me to join with them in startup. Few other contacts offering me backup IT jobs if I ever decide to come back. My bday actually celebrated by my friends and colleagues (I never did), the struggle for survival begins ....


hmmm looking back at it nothing 'happy' this year actually na, but somehow I was always happy :) Good for me hehe...I didn't mention everything from 2009 but thats more of less it. Hopefully the new yr 2010 will be more eventful n lot more exciting both professionally and otherwise.

Happy new year folks :)

Its not quarter life, its midlife :O :O

During a routine mundane conversation with a friend of mine I realised just today that unlike my earlier perception of life, its not quarter life crisis I'm going through but mid-life crisis :O :O ... The avg life span is almost between 50-60 (unless you are working from home n roaming in a car, even after which the chances of dying obese are pretty high) nowadays, and I'm 25 which means its actually midlife crisis !!!

Lets review my life at this point:
1. I quit my job recently n haven't started anything yet, in other words I'm workless.
2. Still single, n with all girls arnd getting married, the chances of staying single are pretty pretty high, or should I say rocket high.
3. Very soon will empty my cash reserves and probably move in with parents (what a situation that would be, moving in with parents after 9yrs).
4. I haven't been outside the country beyond Nepal yet.
5. Same old hairline story, recedes faster by day.

n yet I feel good about my life, this definitely is the confusion of midlife crisis.


I probably should just while away next 25yrs too, like I did my 1st 25 :D, or how about decrease age and spend my next 25 becoming a child !!! Crazy isn't it, ahhhh I know. Its 2AM in the morning, I just had 2 coffees another one is brewing, been on a long drive and all hyper. I don't know what I'm posting or why, probably this is how a blogs are supposed to be, totally arbit and just an outlet of ones thoughts; no editing, no rephrasing.


On a different note got a new netbook as a gift from a few friends after they saw how I badly need it :) Thanks buddies, will definitely remember.

Rhetoric

You know you are not doing things in a regular way when all your friends are settled in a safe job, there are only 3/4 girls in your friends who are not married, few guys already have kids too
and you are still chasing your dreams.


-Swami Saakethananda!


Thanks mom n dad for not pressurizing me much :)

One month celebrations ....

One month of doing almost absolutely nothing teaches you one thing if not anything else, that time just flies by ..soo quick that before you get a chance to look back you are way too far to turn around :)


- swami saakethananda

My Dreams

Someone asked me what exactly is my dream, well I wont call becoming so and so as my dream coz it changes based on opportuninty and circumstances,

I'd define my dream to be a sense of achievement and honor in making the right difference in others lives

The baby steps

It's been one week since I quit my job with a plan to start something on my own, I wouldn't say I utilized the week properly, things are going slow, very slow and I have lazed a bit as expected :), but talked to few people, made few decisions, found source for little income etc etc. I'd call these the baby steps. I know the journey wont be easy, it won't happen immediately, will take time, infact more time than I thought it'd.

However there is a bright side to this 'freetime', I'm reading a lot of books again. Its been quite sometime since I did and I got to finish 3more.

Trying to save every penny I can, yet the urge to eat sometimes gets over.

Not much progress on the 'resolutions' taken in April either :D (Courtesy: http://saaketh-preetham.blogspot.com/2009/04/mid-year-quarter-life-resolutions.html)

For those of you who don't know, I tore a ligament while cycling and had to go through a surgery, so cycling is a distant dream for an year.

I gained a few pounds but still managed to stay 65, so good with that

I couldn't travel or drive for the last 4months, so there was no travelling, but now that I'm doing good have 2 trips planned in next 2months

Almost no chance of touching 100 posts before 31st

Did save 2months salary before I quit, well had to

Best of all I quit, which was in my mind but never thought it'd happen :D


Will post more details about the trips soon.

Love

Love is what happens when you are least aware, love isn't smart love is stupid, love isn't a 30story sky scraper to be built on strong foundation love is passion, love is heat love is like an ice cream in hot summer you either just go for it or keep thinking. I know its strange coming from someone who believes in not having anything which you cant leave behind when the heat is round the corner but hey I do believe in love.

It could be your next door neighbour, it could be your best friend, it could be the colleague you always admired, it could be an acquaintance or it could be someone you just met, All it takes is one moment n one smile.



PS: Haven't slept for the last 30hrs I guess this is what happens n ofcourse inspired by Cupid the new tv show :)

Mid year - Quarter Life resolutions

Life's been awesome and I felt its time I take some responsibility about myself and make some crazy resolutions to check if I'm mature enough to be 25next year :D Lets see

Learn atleast 10 sentences in 2/3 languages other than English, Hindi, Telugu n French

Participate in atleast one cycling event in Hyd

Visit atleast 4 new places

Expertise in 4-5 new cocktails

Stay below 65kgs

Attend atleast 1 concert/conf outside Hyd

Continue photography and complete 50 best shots

Publish atleast 1 article in local news paper

Touch 100 posts by Jan

Visit all cousins in India

Save atleast two months salary (hahahaha!!!)

Hit the gym atleast 100days in the year before Jan

n ofcourse stay in touch with everyone :)
I could add 'become a morning person' but whom am I kidding :D

chalna jeevan ki kahani ... rukhna maut ki nishani

How true!! Last 1month has been amazing. 3cousins got married, 2 friends got married, went on 2trips with friends, 1 trip to g.parents place for Ugadi, been to 3 concerts, worked on a major project at work. I couldn't ask more from life, but I'm not planning on stopping it there :D Next few months are going to be even more exciting. 5more weddings starting April 19th, 4more trips starting April 10th but ofcourse still within India :) and 2concerts per month :D

And the best part, all these irrespective of people turning up or not. Its a very old story that I/we plan for trip but people backout slowly and finally I end up pissed off, but these are trips already planned and approved :D some unavoidable hehe. Only downside I'd put on a tummy like everyone else if I don't keep up my cycling or exercise after soo much of free food.

I also learnt that I'm a natural photographer :D I could come up with some excellent shots (of a monkey running away with a coconut and another one giving milk to its kid, few censored pics of couples which I could use to blackmail :P, pics of a guy extracting liquor from tree (thati kallu - desi daaru) n more). The cam is worth more than what I bought it for (4.5k worth 9k at a 50% sale) [:)] its a 7.1MP with 4x optical and 14x digital zoom.

I think I'll start to write about each of my trips and concerts explicitly instead of summarizing them into one cramped up post making no real sense :D I started off this blog to express my opinions and now its becoming more and more personal :). I really wish to blog on the onset political situation in Andhra Pradesh (!!!) which could bounce off even the greatest minds but I'm just lazy hehe.

Oh did I forget to mention they opened a branch of Vacs just beside my house :D Now I have a real good bakery(Vacs), a cool hang out place (beenz), most happening pub (poison), few real good restaurants n pizza places, shopping malls(bf, bb), multiplexes (cinimax n adlabs), most happening gyms (latitudes n helios) all walkable distance from my house :D Am I lucky or what hehe .....

"Staying single is a bliss" - Saaketh

Kala Bandar !!

It's been a busy fortnight and it ends on March 1st. Two of my 1st cousins are getting married (one on 19th and other on 27th). I had a really great time at the 1st wedding, and I believe it's gonna be even better at the 2nd wedding :). I have quite a few cool announcements to make, but I'll do that in another post.

Saw Delhi-6 today, people didn't really like it, some even didn't understand the movie but trust me its a really great n wonderful movie. You GOT to open your mind and put yourself in the shoes of ANY of the characters if you want to appreciate the movie. EACH character had his/her part to play, and each character depicted something about the human nature. One major blunder that the director did was to chose a wrong concept. Religion is and always was a very dangerous topic to choose. Movies might have become hit when they chose to support a religion but fighting against the evilness and blind beliefs in the name of religion is a VERY dangerous topic to pic, esp in India. I REALLY believe that if the same movie was directed by an English director and the climax changed a little bit (Abi dies), the movie would have won as many Oscars as Slumdog if not more.


I liked the concept of "kala bandar", it's more than just a joke, its a reflection of the fears in common man, its a reflection of the blind faith, its a reflection of exploitation, and it's also a reflection of the role of media in modern India. Some of the dialogues are really thought provoking, but invain, I don't think people got the point :(

Sorry Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, the movie is definitely better than RDB or Slumdog conceptually, but its a little beyond its time, trying to deal with the religious beliefs of Indians is not that easy. Atleast there should have been a typical villain who did all the 'bandar' stuff for the masses to like the movie. I loved it anyway. Hats off and as you said RDB is your high school stuff & D6 is coll, just that you chose a difficult thesis topic !!

Jhansi Lakshmi Sena ....

There is MNS, there is Sri Ram Sena, there is Shiv Sena ... so I was thinking how about a women protection cell ? Lets call it Jhansi Lakshmi Sena !! or something better. A group of people who could help fight the atrocities committed against the modern Indian women without being dragged into the limelight by the media or otherwise.

The group could comprise of:
1. Few guys who can handle situations tactically
2. One psychiatrist
3. One lawyer
4. One doctor (optional)

These guys need not leave their jobs or whatever, its just a part time thing. I'd prefer it to be an ngo kinds with just nominal charges to cover operational costs, and because we register it as a ngo it'll be legally acceptable. Because there is no fear of being publicized or no 'defamation of family if you go to police station' and also we can associate with each other from the new generation, people can contact us easily without hesitation or even anonymously before they decide to show up. As this is not an ngo being run by a few aunties who got bored staying @home, we could actually take action rather than stage a dharna or go before the cam and shout at public.

We could start off with a website where people could register themselves in the above 4 categories, that way we have them within our reach whenever necessary. The more(contacts) the merrier.

Not a bad idea, is it ?

I am ...

I am what I am. I had a lousy argument with a friend on male chauvinism today. I'm a feminist and I'm proud of that. As chauvinism today doesn't apply to guys alone, there is nothing wrong in a guy being a feminist (or atleast that is what I tell myself). Women today (even earlier) deal with more complex situations than men do. Agreed 90% of them are irrational when it comes to taking decisions, but it is only because they think with their hearts or sometimes don't even think but decide with their hearts :P. It's true: While women think with their hearts men think while testosterone is kicking in (I couldn't put it more decently :D).But how do you justify the exploitation ??

Do you see the News channels reporting page3 parties where the camera zooms to body parts of girls who are dancing (ofcourse with out their permission). It is supposed to be a NEWS channel for heavens sake, I understand the commercial aspect but ..!!!

Do you see the daily advertisements, "slim girls-thinly clad" seems to be the only theme

Don't get me started over dowry. WTF !! You are selling yourselves bloody idiots, don't you get that??

Huh!! The lone sharks at office, in college, on the roads and recently even hospitals !!

INTERNET... Yahoo chat, orkut, facebook, fake profiles n teenage girls. You know the stories.

Mobiles n anonymous calls

It isn't about a girl or a guy, but how can someone see so much of exploitation and yet not oppose it ?? Where is the nobility ? Demanding dowry is like claiming to be a Che Guevara fan without knowing who he is or what he fought for. I know its a very bad comparison, but that is the extent to which people are lost, even highly educated and qualified.

PS1: I know I wrote on this earlier (actually that was a better post) but its just frustration after an irrational argument.
PS2: I know there are exceptions to everyone and everything, the above mentioned is only a general scenario.

My dad ...

I'm usually reluctant to post anything personal other than views, but I guess I'll make an exception today. This might sound like a 6th class essay on my dad, so put on some entertaining music while you read this :P.


We come from a middle class background, my grandfather raised 5kids with absolutely 0 bucks to start with, and left around 10lakhs per head while he departed. My dad couldn't do his masters(n become a doc) due to financial reasons and neither was interested in family business and so fought with his parents, came out of home with the pledge that he'll get back only after getting a job, stayed with his friends for 2-3months, gave bank test and got into SBI, and has served SBI for the last 25yrs. Now I guess you guys understand the roots to my rebellious nature :D

My parents marriage was also in very similar lines. My dad saw my mom one day when he was going on a walk along with his elder sister, after a few days he went along with the same sis to see my mom at her place (without telling his parents :D), luckily there were no cultural differences and so everything went smooth and they were married in a few months on August 15th (poor dad he lost his independence on Aug 15th). And that is love at first sight, now I guess you guys understand the roots of my boldness :D

I could give many more such examples, incidents where he made huge sacrifices for us, incidents where he changed for us, incidents where he fought for us ... it is said that my dad used to drive at 110kmph on bajaj !! He could smoke rings into the air. When there was some family dispute over my g.parents property, he gave it away without any fight saying "I have my son" !! He gave up smoking when I was in 6. He goes for a walk daily in the morning for the last 25 years and hasn't taken ONE sick leave till date. NOT EVEN ONE SICK LEAVE !!!!! He is apparently the only person who is accepted by folks from all religions and castes in employees union, and he raised us in a similar environment where people are respected based on their nature and not religious stature or gender. Do you believe that I didn't know which caste I belonged to till I had to put it in my 10th application :) People used to laugh, but my family used to take pride in that. (He gave the same independence in marriage also).

He always taught us to speak without fear, to think beyond limits and to love without expecting anything in return. He was and is always there to encourage us, support us yet always making sure we grow to be free thinkers.

Love you dad, your ever smiling composure even during the worse times is what made me what I'm today.


{Its ok to be emotional once in a while :D and this is one such post}

what makes me any different ?? !!!

Only those who keep asking this question to themselves AND thrive to find an answer will be able to leave a mark behind (according to me). The saddest summary of life contains three descriptions : could have, might have and should have. I'm not sure who said this, but I truly believe in it. Like any other, my life too has had its ups and downs but the fact that I don't give up has made me the person that I am now, and I happily take pride in it.

Leading a life with your own set of rules isn't very easy, and its more difficult when those rules are not set to impress anyone else but to keep impressing oneself. If you are also ambitious that is a very very tough combination where you don't just have to answer yourself the question of "what makes me any different" but have to let others think that you are different too.

There are always people who laugh at you, who mock you, who try to belittle you and in turn disgrace you, and this is the time when usually we give up. I did so once few years back, but that was the 1st and the last time I let anyone do that to me. I learnt that being accepted is important for an ambitious person, and to be accepted you need not worry about convincing others that you are different and best but have to accept yourself AND others too. As Dr.Taub says "I have known a few people who had dreams, one thing they all had in common was they all got laughed at and they didn't care."

You should make sure that you have the attitude in you to not let others downsize you, not let others demotivate you, not let others tell you what you can or can't do, not let others cloud your creativity. And the most important thing to do is know and accept your weaknesses and you are automatically shielded from the rest of the world.

Sometimes i'm wrong,i have a gift for observation, for reading people and situations but sometimes i'm wrong ... and I accept that. I might not be wrong in seeing the emotions, but I might be wrong in guessing the reactions to be followed. So always remember, "when u catch them by the balls, their hearts & brains follow " and that is how you make sure things work.


{This is the most random and disorganized post, don't bother asking me how any two paragraphs are related}

Dream vs Reality

One of my classmates from college wrote an article on "Prince Charming" Vs "Dream Girl" and claims girls evolved to be much better capitalists than guys :)

http://abbuluelectrified.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/
charming-dreams-and-princely-girls

Maybe maybe not, but being a feminist that I'm, for the 1st time I went ahead and commented on his blog(I usually avoid commenting on others blogs unless I'm really tempted to do so like this post :) ). But what really surprised me isn't the fact that he wrote this post(considering the few happenings in his life that I know of, such a post isn't much of a shock), but the fact that none of the guys opposed the theory, in fact everyone EVERYONE went ahead and supported the theory !!!


Now I'm surprised!! The only logical explanation I could come up with is that all these guys are from 'elite' institutes where girls/guys ratio is less :) and thus the 'frustration'. How else would/could someone explain a bunch of 'well-educated' guys gang up and bash all the girls in the world ?? more so when all/most of these guys are not even married :D (hehe well I understand such a post after marriage, but ...). Don't tell me that girls are soo film-ish that they would slap you or throw a sandal at you if you ask them out (atleast I haven't met one such yet). Maybe as a part of ragging seniors should educate young folks on how to impress a girl :D or even better how NOT to get into their bad books.

Lets try and get some basic facts clear, its always survival of the fittest be it evolution or just emotion. You can't expect to look shabby, talk rubbish, not respect people and yet be liked by the other gender just because love is blind, that's sheer bullshit. "Love is blind" only works(or is supposed to) when you impress the other person not during impressing.All that the other person is looking for is company where he/she will feel happy and secure, if those basics aren't in the correct place you can't really expect the relationship to work.

Once you impress the person/fall in love, you got to get the next theory right- he/she isn't your 'property', you are not given 700 perms(how geeky!) on the person. Both guys/girls would want their space with their friends, both would want their partner to look/be the best in their circle, both would want to 'show off' that they have the best partner one could get, both would like to brag about their partner... its all the mushy kinds, and its also the time when things could go weirdly wrong, too many expectations and if one is not ready to be in a relationship one shouldn't jump into(I like this in the western style, you take your time to say 'I love you' and when you say, you are ready and really mean it, and you don't do so just coz your friends encouraged you to or just out of sheer peer pressure). Well, the point is, one has to have the list of expectations his/her partner would have, in mind before jumping into a relationship and then trying to act idealist by saying 'looks don't matter' or 'you are expecting too much' or 'you are suffocating me' blah blah.

As my dad once said, "Relations are never stained, It's the communication that is". That apparently is the mantra for a happy life and luckily I have always sticked to it(of course I'm still single, please avoid the cliche, as Jane Austen puts it love has many forms like moments of time).


I know, I know this ought to be the most bakwaas post till date but I couldn't resist the temptation and I had to blurt out, at least some of it. All guys who would want to bash me, feel free to ping me :P and if at all someone is reading this post and wants to give me an example of an extreme person who doesn't fit the logic, please realize that its the same with the other gender too. If there are a few girls who are real emotion wrecks there are guys who are real jerks, so lets not get into specific examples. But generalizing I would say guys and girls aren't really different deep within, both are looking for a nice company, a company which would bring a smile on their face whenever they think of him/her, a company their parents would feel proud of to have in their family, a company their friends would envy.... a company who would stay with them in thick and thin, who would see their sleepy weird face in the morning and not run away but kiss them good morning :)

Something B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L

I know I'm supposed to write about a lot of things, but I found a BEAUTIFUL piece of write-up by a beautiful person ... I didn't acknowledge the person to not disturb the persons privacy, but I hope it's ok to copy in this internet world !!!

"

I am my own special creation
I take pride in my little world
and it’s not a place I have to hide in
I bang my own drum
some think its noise but I call it music
and so what if I love each sparkle and each bangle
I love seeing things from a different angle

No other has my mystique, so I take pride in it.
I’m intense, amorous, passionate,
and in equal measures, secretive.

They say my eye speaks,
love, dreams ,life's sparkle
is what is reflected in it…

One of my greatest assets is,
the ability to effect change,
if only by sheer will.

I have enough,
Warmth in me, to heal
Loneliness itself,
of its dire state...

I live in yesterday’s tomorrow,
n tomorrow’s yesterday..
I like to live life,
In my own special way!

"

I won't claim to be anywhere near to what this person is, but I'm sooooooooooooooooooooo in love with this person's attitude !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 yr at work

Please assume this is posted on 4th June 2008 :D
So yes I finished 1yr @DELL, doing good definitely good, and definitely worth all the infringe during placements not sitting for most of the dream companies (but for 1), I got and do get all the time I needed, to finish things I always wanted to, and with a decent pay for a bachelor :).
People might complain; there are people everywhere who complain, not everyone is happy either in MS or Yahoo or Amazon or ... the high paying companies. Well my point is there are people who always complain about the work they are doing and there are people who adjust and adapt to the environment and make their work life merrier, luckily I have been one of the latter. I wouldn't call my work remarkable, but I did leave a good impression with the managers and senior lot .. so far so good.

I joined the firm when it is doing very bad and is trying to make a comeback, the first thing I got to learn is whatever you do, whoever you are, you can be kicked out without second thought if you don't place yourself properly. The first thing I saw in my work is layoff with a 10% headcount reduction and then rampup of projects retiring almost 4000 projects. In my one year I worked with 3managers on two domains Finance & Sales, the 1st manager left as a part of layoff, the 2nd team got dismantled and the projects retired and the 3rd team is about to breakup and by month end I'll be working with a new manager.I worked on 3projects, the 1st one retired, 2nd one is scheduled end of life in December and the 3rd one will retire in an yr or two.

So in such a situation people can do two things, complain there is no stability and not able to put full effort on a single project and blah blah, or learn to deal with ambiguity, learn how important is positioning in a company and learn how you can use the time you have, the domain knowledge and the resources company provides to help career progression.


So ya well the point being, I'm happy and planning to stay here for another 2years (salary is a trade off I accept to deal with). I don't think I'll be kicked off unless something drastic happens. To all my readers esp juniors (if any), the key to stay happy is to stop cribbing & work on the things you don't like.

- Too much of gyaan, end of post (no proof reading as usual)

I cheat on her !!

Before you decide to be judgmental and start throwing all that gyaan on me, let me brief you, its all gonna be a disappointment ;).

So here I'm one day (27th) looking at my old friend with whom I have been for the last 4yrs. She hasn't changed a bit in these years .. although I tried to get her to do a makeover once she remained the same old self; beautiful, simpleton, plain, a little few extra pounds though; like one of the heroines from 70s ;). I was always proud to have her. I used to(I still do once in a while) brag about her when among friends, and they would tell me how lucky I'm to have her and how difficult is it to maintain the pompous ones they were with. But I changed, changed a lot in these 4yrs, I'm everything but for what I was back then. People change and its common, and I was thinking its time I change her too. Not that there is anything wrong with her, but I reached a stage where I can't just stay with her ... I needed more, I had my own desires(wants not needs) she couldn't satisfy.

Say coincidence, fate whatever but on the same day I see someone else.. gorgeous, extravagant, stylish, urbanite and ofcourse slim, like one of those heroines from the 2010 :D ... and thats it I decide to lay my hands on her whatsoever. All night I tried to tell myself that my good old friend is still perfect for me and its just the hormones kicking in disabling my power to distinguish between wants and needs and then there is this thing that I know I wont be able to handle such an extravagant miss for long.

28th morning ... I try to forget everything and stay with my old friend, went to office happily, some important work but overall a nice day, came back home by 6 and the urge to 'own' the beauty hit me again .... This time I don't think I fought for even a minute, I decided to cheat on my old friend. I decided to tell her I'm going away for a few weeks on work and so I did.

This is how the eventful thing happened after a lot of cogitating:

Started the bike went to the store bought the new HTC S710, removed the SIM card from 1100 and lo & behold I have a new mobile after using 1100 for 4yrs.

hehe I know such a stupid narration, I just wrote whatever came to my mind not even bothering to proof read it once, lazy me :D. I thought I'll say 1100 retired, but then I realized I still own the piece and could get back on it whenever I want so cheating sounded apt :D

I don't think posting the pic here is such a nice idea, viewers can figure out the story even before the start reading it :), but what the hell its a dumb story anyway ..so here is my new HTC s710 .....