Hues and Blues of People!

Well!.. Blogging after a while now..Exams exams exams kept me completely glued to facebook and gtalk!..Man am i glad that Google and Mark were born during our time ;)!..

Exam time for me is more of self contemplation and day dreaming about mils of stuff rather than the actual studying bit. So this time around I thought instead of self indulging in my boring self, "why not observe people" and try to categorize them!..Not the whole junta..but people "different"!.. People whom you look at and think..."Wow man!. This dude is different. He/She would go a long way"!..

So here goes nothing!. A small compilation of the types of people in my life who truly influenced me in some way or the other:

Radical thinkers: Now these are the guys who are truly focused and don't care a shit about the whole damn world. They follow their own rules and head and move along a mysterious path, the outcome of which they themselves don't know. That's where the whole fun of it lies right.

You can have scintillating conversations with such folks on topics they are truly interested in!. Heavily opinionated folks, bending down for them is so out of question!. Lol. Yeah! I have been one of the few to completely argue my guts out with these individualistic intellectuals, and truly in the end I was enlightened and silenced !!...:D!!..

Happy go lucky: I am real crybaby and pessimist!. (Self acceptance is the best defense :P..That's what I have learned over the years when my friends used to kick my ass royally when I would crib about a bloody fly also ;)). So people in this category really enthuse me cause they may have a million troubles in their head but really, they always emerge smiling from it!. I simply admire their ability to do that and always try to borrow a few leafs from their book!.

Also, I love drinking and discussing philosophy with such kinds. I being a "live life queen size" freak myself, when I am with them I feel at home!.Cheers to you guys!..

Strong and Silent: These are the folks I really really respect a lot. Honestly, many of us literally worry about "chindi" stuff as I'd like to put it. Really, actual problems are the ones concerning an ailing close aide or family member or you yourself in those shoes. And people who are able to handle this amidst betrayals, loneliness, hopelessness are the true heroes!

They are the silent spectators in your life who at the time of difficulty are your support system! And somewhere down your heart you know that you can count on them for literally anything!. If any of you are fortunate to have such a person in your life, make sure that they are not taken for granted (Yeah ! I do give advice at times coz yet again I have made a lot of mistakes :P)

Creative Upbeat Go Getters Every group must must simply have one of these!..They are the life of the party cause they can concote such amazing plans and also have their logistics in order to execute these plans. Complete go getter's, you can never have a weary moment in their company!.Their motto "Lets do it! Chuck everything..Lets just do it". Really rare to come by!. Wish there were more of these!.

Many more are to be added to this list!. I could just go on actually. Homosapiens are a real interesting breed to analyze!. And figuring out different kinds of homosapiens can add a lot of variety to you and your life as each person would lend a different flavor and perspective!.

Nyways!. Back to cooking food now.. :D!

My Tryst with Time !.

Wondering wondering..whats gonna me inspire me this time around?!..Jeez i have so many thoughts running in this scrambled brain of mine day in and out and when it comes to putting it down on paper..it goes like....teeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

Anyways, I was reading this article on time management which runs through the experiences of successful people who truly know how to balance their busy work lives and also relax. All of them were really valid points to ponder on and that what really got my old tinkers chiming! There!..My inspiration..for now at least.!

Time management is really one thing you can credit the westerners for. "Born Managers" as one of my friends puts them as, they are truly born with it! Let me prove my point here with a comparison of work trends. Me V/S Cute smart westerner who one day hopefully I would get to work with!.. :D

Me:

I am assigned a task to do. On an average, it should not take more that let's say 2 hours. But if i had to provide an estimate of how much time it would take, I would definitely give a "ballpoint" figure of 1 day :D .!(I love using the cliched IT jargon!..It sounds so wordy!)

So let's see, what do I do in those 8 hours. First, minus 2 for lunch,tea and coffee breaks. Minus another two hours for compulsive email checking, meetings of endless mindless nonsense, etc etc.!

Then, coming to the actual job!..I can't prioritize for nuts. Given a list of activities or for that matter a task my first thing would be "Where do i start"..I tried coming up with a Master list of the "to do" activities priority wise. At the end of it I would end up with multiple lists. Then I would simply say to myself..Fuck it!..Let me just start!..And I would, with no aim in my head as to what is it I am finally trying to acheive here. In short, it would be an effort that I putting in for which I have no idea of what the end result should be!!

So in this "goaless" pursuit of "semi (kaam chalau) completion state I would waste my time in non important activities. End result..At the end of the day when I would ask myself what have i really really done..the answer would be zilch zero!!

One of the places where I really faced a problem because of this erratic senseless management was when I was "officially" leading a team from onshore in London. Man, the day was packed. Meeting after meeting. To top it all I would understand nothing in these meetings because it would be so unstructured.. Desis would literally literally make things messy!..Any meeting we had would be a classic case of "too many cooks..too many fundas...too much too much too much". At the end of these meetings I would for one walk out with a glazed look and my manager would give me that knowing look conveying "yeah I am in the same boat..but heck I get to go home early...m the one managing...u wud be the one staying up in the night :D:D"!...

That's one of the reasons i hated Infy projects..It would start with chaos, continue in chaos and produce something causing chaos!!.So what used to really happen can be depicted by this equation:

Unstructured Projects+My confused state = 8 hours of not knowing what to => Late nights when finally i would have the eureka moment!!!!!

Now, let's look at the work life of the "Cute westerner whom I would want to work with some day"!

The biggest difference that I would find in the scheduling of activities can be stated in few simple words:

1) Prioritize prioritize prioritize
2) Say NO!
3) Be clear on when an outcome is expected. If email responses are going to be delayed mention it clearly
4) KISS motto for the meetings!..*
5) Time is a premium. Walk fast, eat fast, talk less gibberish and to the point etc etc..!
6) Finally, SHUT DOWN THE TERMINALS AT 5 30!..And go for a beer!..Or take the dog out !..

So there! Need i say more about why I want to work with the cute westerner!...I need a time manager :D:D:D:D!!

Nyways, as shown in the picture above I would always have a "funda" to compensate for my tardiness. Luxury of being a SE you see!.. . For now, I''ll survive with that! :D

Laterzzzz!!...

* KISS= keep it short simple!..What were you thinking ;)!..

Wide Eyed Wanderer

So here I am at work, trying to work, but hell!..With December break around the corner that sure does not seem to be happening!..All i keep thinking of is NY!..The shopping, the partying and my friends!..

Lately, I have been very feeling very happy ..Generally just very happy!..No real reason..But I kinda realized that I should maybe move out of the whole cribbing thing I am soooo in love with and just start "living life" for what it has to offer..!.

When i think about my life for the last one year, I know that for most of the time ive really been with myself..Work always eluded me from meeting people and I was in so many different places that just as I was beginning to make friends I had to move out. So there, I started to wonder whether its only me who feels these pangs of "just letting go but are not able to" because of the newness of the new place !..Or are there others in the same boat too!?

Well, just to be set things straight..I love traveling..I cannot be in any one place for more than an year (MAX!). After that my restless mind would be pestering me to somehow change something about the way i live or move out. Maybe it is because of that nagging mind (Tis worse than my mom ..trust me !..) that I have been in 4 different places over the last three years!...And i loved every bit of the experience!

So i kinda thought let me walk through the phases of moving to a new place. In order to have unbiased views I am basing my observations on my experience and also some of the things that my friends also faced when they were taken out of their comfort zone and placed in a remote corner...And told "all righties..get ur act together"!..

So these phases:

Phase 1: Excitement & loneliness: Well, you are in a new placE!!!...So many new people, new things to eat, new sites to visit..It sure does get me all revved up!..But but but one problem here...Nobody to see it with..:D..
Then suddenly all things start paling out and you keep logging onto facebook, utter sweet musings endlessly on the phone and generally spend a lot of time with yourself pondering over how happy you were back home ;)!..State of depression prevails!.. Another thing about this phase is : You have drinks with urself :D!...

Phase 2: Getting used to the groove! Well, you are stuck to the place..So might as well start getting used to it..So what I do here is really socialize a lot..Talk to a lot of people..vn if they are not very friendly :D..And later on think..What a weirdo :D!..Get to know the routes (esp girls..we are sooo lost), call up long lost friends in that place and act as if you've been missing them for so long etc etc.
Apart from all this, there is other groove which I call as the "me" time..Best described with an example: I have this friend who is in a true sense very individualistic. You leave her alone in an island and she would still find tons of things to keep herself busy with. And i truly admire her for that!..Knowing how to have fun with yourself is truly very important. Heck, if you are one of the lone travelers like me this could serve as a blessing!..
So this friend, she would always engage herself with either running, listening to music, reading, cooking or just about anything random!..And she would really live it up in those times!..

Phase 3: Now this place is urs baby;)!..Now you pretty much know the things around..Getting to know people..Yeah! They may not be your type..But anyways something is better than nothing eh :D..Best phase!

And then, what happens after all this : Bam!..You have to move :D!...

Hee hee..Life's like that..It sure keeps you entertained all throughout.!...That's why I am in love with the concept of the "wide eyed wanderer"

So nyways just to quote a few "famous" people who also think like me!

“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things – air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky – all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” – Cesare Pavese

“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharial Nehru

“A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill

“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca

“Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken.” – Frank Herbert

Nyways!..Back to my work now!

Laterzz!..

SATC!!

I was watching half half episodes (bloody youtube!) of SATC!..Sex and the city!..I luv this serial..Def not for the soft porn it has but for how well they display the camaraderie of four single women in the city of NY!..It feels like living another life where you are not dependant on your man, on your work, on your monotone!..You are the single successful woman who does the perfect balancing act of meeting her priorties and also has time for herself and her friends...

There was this one scene which really made me like..the creators of this serial really thought from the heart and bam!..they put it on the script..that's another of the reasons i like SATC..its sexy, bold and brings out the hidden truths about life & relationships!!

So this scene..It had carrie speaking about how she always ends up with the wrong men..and there she starts wondering..."Am i going to be like this..throughout my life..will i be the katie girl..single & fabulous?! The girl vrybody wants to bed but not take home to because they cannot tame it.. Will i ever find a soulmate?!"!..And her girls said one thing "Well, we can be each other's soulmates...!...."This line honestly touched my inner soul..And i wished i had my girls around me when i was watching it!!...

One thing ive been fortunate with are my girls!..I can simply talk any crazy shit with them!..There was a time when we would sit together with a peg of old monk, cigs and sumthn to eat and gossip away to glory!..We had guys, work and many more in our life..But somehow we always found the time for each other..to simply sit together under the green lamp and TALK our hearts out !..And the resemblances of problems was so strinkgly similar..it was as if we knew what we would say next...!..

Today, although distances and people separate us we still find the small corner of solace in each other. Somethings never change and this would be one of them. Seasons would change, priorities would shift, distances would increase..but the sweet ol tinge of old monk and smoke would always be there!..Lingering arnd reminding us of the sweet ol innocent memories of the yester years:)!..

To US!..Cheers!...

Disclaimer: This post is really not supposed to be interpreted in the "feminine liberation" kind of way!...I don't believe in that!..It more about scenes and how they correlate to life in general!..

Katie Girl!..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUS-cr0duCI&feature=related

Paradoxical Beauty Scares!

ever wondered why the synonym for the "beauty parlor" is also butcher shop...i have a plausible explanation(which m sincerely hoping is contradicted)..........that when u seat yourself on the plush reclining seats ...you are literally handing your otherwise soft & silky(i get a kinky pleasure of using these cliche words used in all "become fair" ads)........non blemished skin to the mercy of the self proclaimed beauticians.........
experiences for mere mortals like me who can afford to go only to the medium size shops rather than the 500 for a mere trim:(;vary from extreme displeasure to simple satisfaction..........simple example: i have (must say) mountain goat like bushy articulately shaped eyebrows.....it takes quite a hand to get them in shape.....so once in two weeks when i have the inevitable rendezvous's with the salon ; the already frustrated(after having to listen to the bemoans of irate customers throughout the day) 19ish girl viciously plucks out the hair as if its already dead and just waiting to be slaughtered!!!....while she does this....i wince and tiny tears stream out...but i keep telling myself...tht hey she is the pro...she knows what shes upto.....!!...sadly end result: you could actually mistake me for the red faced macaque!!........

moving on........the facials...oohhhh!!you can just lie back close your eyes while the soothing balms and the steam hits ur face.......hmm all's well except for one inny weeny detail.........am i sure they are plastering the right things....or will i end up like a woolly mammoth .......thankfully m bestowed with ruf and tuf skin..........so all's welcome...bring it on honey!!

Whew...when i read back....i contemplate....hey thats cynical.........if not for them the huge clumps of eyebrow hair would have served as a nesting point for loud ridicule.......and ooh the legs......imagine...wearin full length swimsuits to hide those awkward ugly dumplings!!....so there....i appreciate your intricate work ladies.....but but........till now i have not felt me getting my moneys worth....sob!!........a wee bit more gentle....maybe a bit more personalized attention for small fishes(like me) may change many viewpoints!!....after all customer is QUEEN:P

Me!..Addict to Facebook..!..What utter nonsense :D!

First off i think i should change the name of this blog to "How to think of utterly nonsensical stuff when there is tons of work lined up and you are trying to think of nonsense just so that you are not thinking of the main job"!..What better way to make a blog title more confusing and utterly foolish!!

Anyways, me has lately been thinking a lot about what to write. Should i be like this intellectual sorts writing about Indian politics or the bullish US something or should i maybe write about philosophy or my college or something "intellectual"! Then i realized that nothing of this really appeals to me!..Yeah, too much of self imposed intellectual shit is not my cup of tea i guess!..

So here i was wondering!. wondering wondering...2 mins gone....Well 2 mins thinking gets to me so i log onto FB!..Mils of updates on the day to day happenings of people...Sumbody is working too hard, sumboy is missing sumthn, sumbody is in a new place or the latest one doing the rounds are news of engagement and marriages. Jeez! Marriage season is here !! Reminds me, my mom is sure gonna be asking me soon! :-I

Browsing through the posts, yet again, a nonsensical thought brushed through my mind!. Are we addicted to FB!..Is fb the only way we stay connected to people? Or showcase the fact that we live a hip and happening life?!.Well honest confession it sure did start happening to me till i finally started to realize, that hey thats not me!..STOP!!!

On a generic note though, FB has become one of the few places of social entertainment.! Vr wonder why the most frequent users of FB are the people abroad?..Why FB becomes the place for them to post their updates ?! Catch up with friends? Post mils of "supposedly happy" photos?!

Well, I come in this segment! And I think i do know the reason why!. When you are there, home away from home, a sense of loneliness engulfs and although you want to really do something about it, you really can't coz of the busy lifes that most people of the US lead!..Loneliness in "busi"ness..yes thts hits the nail on the head :D!..So what do you do? Facebook...Voila!..Eureka!..Comment on how neat your friends photos are, royally bash your next door foes, post mils of your own updates etc etc..What a life ;)!..

I wonder what the supposed "value" for FB is. Maybe :
"http://facebook.com..the gen-next way of keeping in touch!. Fast and reliable, comment on your nearby neighbours online!..Why take the trouble of going over!?..It also comes packaged with loads of games, goodies and kewl apps..so you really do have a lot going on there!.." :D

Oh well that a lot of fb and me bashing that i got going on there!..Like i said "utter nonsense" is the keyword for searching this piece of junk!..

Anways!..Signing off to FB :D!

Laterzzzz!