Stuck!... hold on... jus a lil more..

Ever felt stuck in your life?.. when you found yourself in a situation where you are neither moving forward nor backwards.. where you feel neither alive nor dead..or when you are just waiting for your life to start, waiting for the right time and it is a long wait, while you are watching people around you move on..

As you wait , you hear a voice say 'hold on... jus a lil more...'

Craziness unlimited

Bunch of noisy crazzy gals + couple of weird guys + 1 amazingly humorous boss+ zero work= LOADS of fun.

Had a 2 months fundooo time with lots of trainin, tons of mazaak masti and bahut sara gossip. dont remember the last time i had so much of fun.

One of my colleagues is in love (cant blame her ..that dude is pretty smart, love his sense of humor) and the below mentioned lines are her creation.. found it quite romantic

'my head is spinning, my heart too... my world is tossin and am fallin for u'

just awww.....

Sorry.. i gtg

I have been workin since the past 2 months with one of the biggest (global) Org. I have an 'HR' profile, the coolest boss.. trust me... i can kill to have a boss like him, an amazingly talented team, a luxurious AC car to commute ...BUT i hate my job and i HATE my pay. I cant see my career go anywhere for the next 2-3 yrs.

Worst- this company lied to me abt my career growth . And after wat i heard from the Sr. Exec the other day my decision to quit had become stronger.

Sry boss , i gtg (asap)... i cant see my career bleeding like this. Hope you unerstand...

3 crazy things to do before u die

Its my fav fun question.. "wat are the three crazzy things u wanna do before u die?"

ERRRM... wait!!! there are some rules

1. No Ambitions

2. No 'i want to serve the world' or 'world peace'

3. No 'I want to have a big house' or 'take my parents for a world tour et al'

You get my point... it has to be something crazzy....

Here are a few things i got

Gal Pal 1:

1. Bungee jumping

2. Secretly running away to Musket to my boyfriend.

3. Swim (knowing this gal... i kno swimin would be one hell of an adventure for her)

Dude 1:

1. Sex on the Beach

2. Sex on the terrace

3. Sex (somewhere... i cant even remember... ^sick^)

Most of them kept repeating things like sky diving, Bungee jumping, rock climbing, trekking etc...

One thing that stood out was 'I want to have an extra martial affair' (Well ... is it ok if i find it funny...) This coming from my best friend ... and knowing her boyfriend, am sure after this affair there are very little chances of her or her 'other guy' surviving..thats provided they are caught .. obviously...

Anyways coming to what i want to do before i die...

1. Kiss my beloved on the Eiffel tower (I am obsessed with Paris... that will come in one of my future blogs)

2. Party on a yacht all night

3. Go backpacking to Europe

So... wats yours?

HATE... wow, that must be exhausting..

She: I just cannot stand X.. eerks!

Me: But why?... wat did she do?

She: She didnt do anything... but i cannot tolerate her... i mean she is soo DUMB!... i cannot relate to her..

Me: WAT????? ... you dont like her cos she is dumb??? wat reason is that??

She: X is soo slow... too slow... I just cannot be friends with her.

Me: How can you be so unreasonable... you stopped talking to her for such a superficial reason? She maybe slow.. but its not her fault. she is not a bad person.

She: no... i HATE her ..

This was the time when I thought... nah... this cannot be the reason for hating someone soo deeply.

You see.. my dad always told me.. HATE is a very strong word to use for some1/thing. If you are not a fan of somethin/one use 'dislike' or something like that.

Anyways coming back to the story, after a bit of me lecturing her on values ... she opened up and guess wat! i was right.. it was not the 'dumbness' that bothered her.. the real reason was bigger. X had passed a moral judgement against her ... 'she crossed the line', 'she cannot pass such a moral judgement against me '..

But the truth is ..wat really upset her was that there was a chance that X was right. I tried to tell her that this thought had occurred to quite a few pple and only X had the guts to confront it.

I find hating someone too exhausting.. Herez wat I do... if i have differences with someone ..there are two options : Either confront them and clear things out, if it doesn't work , chuck them out of your life either temporarily or permanently. Just ignore them... dont think about them.. dont call them dont text them dont email them... cut them outta your life... it makes life soo much easier.

Bright part of this is... in the course of time... if you change or they change or situation changes there is always a way to get things back together.

Bottom line: Make life as flexible as possible.

Dont waste energy on hating anyone.

Nothing is permanent ... be it people, life or thoughts (Except change of course ;))

So.. Enjoi life

got some 'change'... ?

The only thing constant is 'change' ... this concept is drilled in every MBA student's brain

Its fun to notice it around u.. observe everything that has changed over the years. Compare everything people , places, things, thoughts beliefs.. everything..

Striking discoveries

10yrs-20 yrs before and after:

Fashion is absolutely OK for gals to follow. I see grandmas buying sleeveless, knee length skirts etc for their grand daughters.

Education is taken seriously for females. Best part is women are encouraged to work after completing their education. N no. of oldies have asked me 'Job ka kya hua tera... better start working soon' and / or have blessed me with 'may u get a nice job with a good company soon' when i touch their feet instead of 'may u get a nice boy and get married soon'. its such a pleasant feeling..

Going to any place outside India was like touching heaven ... NOW... i think i heard my maid planning a trip to Dubai..

Remember our times when we were kids... visiting our relatives place... we would try to be extra disciplined extra sweet and extra polite just to earn that 'such a well mannered child' award. Now a days i guess the parents forgot to give that little lesson to their kids. The 'kids' tend to act extra smart extra irritating and extra ill mannered ..

the other day i heard a 10 yr old boy ask , "Tera office kaisa chalu... sab theak?" now this was to a person who was 20 yrs elder than him...

what shocked me was when he commented on my figure... that too in front of his parents..worse.. his parents didnt say anything they were smiling their way to glory..

Its sad that the innocence is fading away at an early age.. one cannot have a decent conversation with kids these days.

Have you tried comparing people from now to what they were ... try comparing your class mates your friends... its amazing

recently i discovered a childhood friend who was a complete hopeless pathetic asshole change to a perfectly sensible chivalrous gentleman. It was such a pleasant surprise.

But i also discovered that the opposite happens... a completely shy , superbly intelligent, sensible guy turning into a pathetic irrational asshole... well he has become a disaster. hmmm... what to do things happen..

When asked 'wat happened? ' both said.. 'I have changed'

As long as its for the better is all i say... :)

One more change that i cannot tolerate is this summer heat in Mumbai.. it cant get hotter... gosh... am desperately waiting for the rains...

Great Indian Wedding.. 3 (with some blah)

Its Invitation time...

Its a stressful period when your memory and logical reasoning sense is tested. You need to know all your relatives including their relatives. 'n' no. of family tree chats are drawn mentally which by the end of all the rendezvous gets entwined. Had a short trip to Nashik where my dad's extended family resides. Sadly my sis, the bride, could't accompany us b'cos of her work:(.

because of which most of the uncles and aunties thought I was the Bride... it was a task clarifying it to everyone.

Got the opportunity to interact with some of my ( elder...say age 27-28 ) 'cousins'. Had weird conversations with them.. some of them being...

The wise Cousin: What are you doin these days?

Me: Just finished my MBA in HR..searching for a job.

The wise Cousin: You have done B.Com no.... so u SHOULD have taken up Finance.

Me: no.. yaar .. i was't really interested in Finance

The wise Cousin: No... Still u SHOULD have taken up Finance (now it was a command).

Me: (Arey ... yeh kya baat hui)..NO.. i m NOT interested... and anyways i was ALWAYS interested in HR, also was workin as a recruiter for a year... so... my interest grew deeper.

my feeble attempt to enlighten her with the fact that interest is also an important factor to make a career decision. am not sure if she was satisfied with my reasoning...

10 mins later...

One of the oldies: Beta... now u are next in line for marriage.. within a year you will also get married...

Me: No Aunty... i dont wanna get married so soon .. i wanna work for a couple of years..then maybe think abt marriage..

The wise Cousin: NO..No.No... This is the right age to get married. You MUST get married now.. so that within 2 yrs you will have your first child and then after that within a span of 2 yrs you'll have your second child. that is... by the time you are 30 you will be done with most of your parenting...

Me:... huh?!@##$ (tryin to co relate her priorities in life with mine..) ... no akka ... i dont really want to get married when am 23....actually... i feel...( was abruptly cut in between..)

The wise Cousin: NO... i am say so.. cos when have your first child in your 20's you still have the stamina... and if you have kids within the gap of 2 yrs you'll be in teh habit of lukin after kids of that age... its form personal exp you c...

Me: ...(ab main kya bolun... she was talking with a tone tainted with confidence, dominance and arrogance... as if GOD himself landed from the Heavens and whispered into her ears)

She may have a point.. but something that suits her not me.. I felt that she failed to understand that parenting does't end when your children are 2-3 yrs old... it continues till they are independent. I personally dont feel it is mandatory to have kids before 30...

my plan... marriage before 27-28... first kid before 30... (in order to avoid biological complications) and 2nd kid (if applicable) before 33-34..

Apart from weird conversations was the amazing food... hmmm... yummm.. Maharashtrian food rocks.. bhakhri, thecha, bengan ki bhaji, vada pav...yum yum..

In short... had a great time