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

The Hotness radar just broke...

Its a wonderful Afterlife has more than just comedy and drama to offer...it has 'Sendhil Ramamurthy'. He is dark tall and handsome. so cute... so handsome.. so smart... i feel soo silly.. gosh!.. am soo smitten ...

I m not really a person who falls just for the luks of a guy... but then i guess there is an exception everywhere...

......Gorgeous is an understatement... drool drool

And guess wat ... he is Kannada / Tamil. He is such a hope for south indian gals... (no offense ... m jus kidding)

Cant wait for his forthcoming movie 'it's a wonderful afterlife ' to release...

His image fits soo perfectly in my ideal guy... err... i think i should stop...

Sry .. couldt stop myself from posting this...

Great Indian Shopping ... yuucckkkk

One thing i have learnt from this saree shoppin experience... its HORRIBLE! I kno you guys think that shopping is every woman's ultimate fav activity, but not me... i cant shop for more than half an hour... one hour max! I m getting chills just thinkin about my marriage shoppin.... brrr...

I even considered having a court marriage lol. :D

But all in all it was an experience... and am happy that its over.

And for my marriage ... lets see... there is still time..

The Great Indian Wedding Shopping 1

Finally my project is over.I can tell that confidently as my report has gone for printing, there better not be any mistakes... else i'll kill myself. I feel so tired...

Finally i'll get some break ...yippeee. Going to blore- chennai tom for a couple of days. No.... not for relaxing but for shopping. My sisters wedding preps have started. The shopping started with the wedding card. Man! it was a task... horrible is the word... everything looks the same...

Second in line is the grand saree shoppin for which we are goin to B'lore and chennai. when my friends came to kno, the first question was- why b'lore-chennai? and to why am i goin with mom.. Well, Its not just any saree shoppin... its silk saree or popularly known as kanchipuram saree and these 2 cities are the ultimate paradise for saree shoppin. Secondly i dont trust any1z choice except mine when it comes to my clothes so i need to go. For all you kno i'll look like Malini Iyer if it were mumz choice...lol;) (am strictly talking about the saree... i kno sridevi luks like a goddess.. i m not even close)

Anyways it would be fun... it better be fun.

Job matters

Working is fun. I love my Job. I wanted this all my life and here i am. I have worked very hard to reach here.All izz well.- This is what i tell my heart.

This is not a real job ...its just a project, i'll be gone in a few weeks.But this is what the really corporate world looks like. Work would be my priority, will be at office most of the time and will have little or no time for my family, friends or myself. And I worked like a dog for all THIS?

GHANTA...All izz well.

This is not what i want... do I? Lets Analyse..

I want to be independent. check

I want to earn well to secure my future. check

I dont want to be a house wife all my life. check

But what abt the other things that i want...like spend time with my loved ones, paint, cook, swim...errhhh! What would happen when I get married? and when I have children? I cant afford to come home at 10pm and then again leave by 7 in the morn.....

Place where i am working right now is OK. Its a gr8 company to work with. I kno people who would kill to be a part of it. People work till like 10 in the night and are back in office by 9 next morn.But there is no life when work becomes ur life. wats the point of living? wats the use of living like this?

I dont want such a life. NEVER!

Was arguing with my guide the other day. Acco to him we Indians are extremely adaptable. We can work all day long .. thats the reason why India is progressing.

Really? I thought it was because of our fantastic education system, liberalization supported by globalization.But i didn't wanna argue. Some how the concept of India progressing purely because of working overtime doesn't get me. I feel overtime is a sign of inefficiency- you are working overtime because you didn't finish it on time. (its arguable)

The work life i am aiming for is the normal 9-5 job. where i work for 8 hrs and go home. I kno am being impractical but i'm sure there are companies who respect pple's time.

The search is on...

The Ugly Truth

'You are 23 and still have't fallen in love??'

'Nope'

'Wat?? ... never been in a relatonship?? never had a BF?'

'Nope'

'WOW!.....Maybe you are being too choosy..'

(Gimme one good reason why should't i be?)

When i was a lil' girl LOVE was to receive red roses,cards, gifts, romantic ' I Love U' s and the rest would follow ... simple. It took me quite some time to understand that it is not soo simple. During my teens when I started receiving the 'I Love U' s and the roses et al I realized there s a lot more to this obnoxious thing called love.

Over the years, i have been observing love stories around me and I have come to the following conclusions..

Love is not conditional...

Her: 'He wants me to discontinue my dancing, he does't like it.'

Me:'But u love dancing...it makes you happy.doesnt he kno it?'

Her:'Yes.. he does but he said i should discontinue it if i love him.'

Its not Charity..

Her:'He said he loves me and he said he has been loving me since 7 yrs and never looked at any other gal so told him a yes'

Me: 'Gr8! so u love him too'

Her:'No, but he loves me...poor thing, he said he will not eat or sleep till i tell him a yes'

Me: WTF!@@#$ clear it! he is interested in loving you or blackmailing you???

It is not a Compensating factor..

Her: 'He saved my life'

Me:'So you gave him ur heart? fantastic trade!!@@#$'

Is it necessary to spend the rest of ur life with the person saving ur life... isn't a thank u,respect, gratitude, cash prize(whatever) enough??? I blame bollywood for that..

Its not a compromise to make up for something..

Him: 'I hurt her before, i think i should be with her to make up for it...'

Her: 'But arent you cheating her... she thinks you love her.'

Him: 'No, eventually i may fall in love with her... who knos '

Her:'Wat if you dont?'

Him: ^silence^

I still donno how arranged marriages work. How can you decide if u want to live with a particular person for the rest of your life in a couple of meetings?

Was watching the Ugly truth ( for the nth time...i really love that movie)

Made me think.. do we women really want a living check list? well arranged marriages is nothing but a whole process of selecting the best one with all the items on the checklist.

My ultimate conclusion...Love is nothing but co incidence

Really.. think about it. Both need to fall in Love with each other at the same time. And most importantly both need to be single(preferably);).

"Its like a traffic jam when you're already late

A no smoking sign on your cigarette break

It's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife

It's like meeting the man of your dreams and then meeting his beautiful wife

Isn't it ironic?"

hmmm... gonna spend one more V'day without a valentine:(

Aal izz well!

There comes a time in every person's life where one feels,'Ab bas bahaut ho gaya'. Thatz the point where i have reached now. Am done running after exams, marks, presentations, submissions blah! Am done waiting for my life to start.

Since the past one week have stopped worrying about everything... well not totally, but have atleast started. As they say one achievement can really boost one's confidence level. In the past one month i feel i have managed to convince myself that i am capable of being called as a MBA... so i really need not worry...'All izz well' .

Chetan Bhagat's words ring in my mind, 'Dont take life seriously, screw some interviews, bunk some lecs, fall in love'-Enjoi life... and thats exactly what intend to do...

Wish me luck!