My Expression!! My Life!!

A little something that a dear someone sent me when I was feeling a bit low…!! :-) It’s quite cute and perks you up as well… The fact that you were born, is proof, God has a plan for you. The path may seem unclear right now... But one day you will see, that all that came before, was truly meant to be. God wrote the book that is Life, That's all you need to know. Each day that you are living, was written long ago. God only writes best sellers, so be proud of who you are, your character is important, in this book, you are the 'STAR'

I am sure all of us have been onlookers to the pathetic situation that prevails at the traffic signals in all metros… The traffic signals are by far the most popular places to beg … Hyderabad is no exception… Every time we get stopped at a traffic signal, we are surrounded by scatterings of these people, more or less kids who clean your windshield, offer to sell you something or just basically beg… Some of them are girls barely in their late teens, supporting a kid on her hip with one trailing behind her, holding an empty feeding bottle in her hands… begging for money, clothes etc etc.. You know when you see the plight of those kids that they carry around, half swathed with bandages on the head to evoke sympathy,… you know it’s a sham (the bandages and all), but what draws you to look at them is the fact of how sick the poor kid actually looks… that kiddo’s face is all tired, droopy and fatigued… it looks like it can drop off anytime in to another world.. The effects of carrying it aro...

We went for this movie yday - Tashan - .. quite an impulsive decision that was considering the fact that we woke up at half past ten and then decided to go for the 12:00 PM show..!! Thankfully we got tickets... for all its worth, its good if u r not watching Tashan in a multiplex paying thru ur nose... 'coz then u might as well end up cribbing abt it.. Story starts off in a very good way, nice pace and all that, but somewhere along the way it gets jaded..!! And jaded in the sense that then u r wondering where the director went wrong and whose whims and fancies he had to comply to... Kareena looks good in the first half and too thin in the second half.. she tries to be a seductress-spunky-good-looking femme fatale all rolled into one which takes some getting used to esp since somewhere along the way she loses track of handling herself... Akshay looks good but his character sucks bigtime with its villager outlook.. Saif looks really hot and carries himself well through out the movie....

Funny how people react to the very word called “APPRAISALS”… Appraisal season is in full swing and I can see a multitude of changes in my colleagues and they way they act and behave in this spell! Suddenly there’s too much of work to be done in units where there are practically no work at all… all of a sudden, all conversations (tea breaks, lunch, even just hanging out together) are only about who’s going to get what rating, who all are eligible for promotions, pay hike and what not… who is whose competition and what rating would I be getting…!!?!?!? People who used to swagger in at half past ten and eleven etc are now prompt on time to office… people who used to shirk or twitch at the very mention of work are now craving for something to be done so that they get visibility – be it whatever – even something so cheesy like preparing the minutes of a meeting.. :P… people who used to leave earlier than the working hours are now staying back even if there’s nothing to do in the hope that t...

From every wound there is a scar, And every scar tells a story. A story that says, - " I survived " This is one of the best quotes I have ever come across on the net ...!! Speaks volumes and that too in a very optimistic way..!! So far the most motivating quote i have ever come across and well...!! for a person who thought quotes were only a way for others to influence your thinking... this one sure did!!!

Quite funny how some things turn out... You do something thinking no one else will ever have the guts or the foolhardiness to do something like that... and then you blame urself.. and end up feeling guilty and all that jazz... but then at the end of it all you find out that someone else did exactly the same things that you did and said...!! Wowee... Funny life this is... And funny ppl in it too.. In a way makes me glad that am not the only deranged soul around ;)... Lol... Some people are alike in a lot of ways than they think..! :P And with that enigmatic statement... Adios for now..!!

HATE IT... ...when someone questions my ability to do a work... ...when the genuine reasons I give are termed as excuses... ...when I am being taken for granted... ...when the rest are outside having fun while am sitting on my ass working away... ...when ppl make fun of something that I have been working hard on... ...when something that I want so badly does not happen... ...when ppl say that I do not have the passion or the aggressiveness for work... (I'd rather be assertive than aggressive!!) ...when whatever I have been working on so hard fails to meet the approval of my seniors... ...when I have a BAD DAY at work... The only good thing that came out of it being... Thank God It's Friday..!! :-)

Came across this blog when someone forwarded it to me..!! :-) A very nice piece of writing and one that many of us can identify with at anytime…! :-) Read thru’ it… Reminiscence… Take a trip down memory lane and let the nostalgia engulf you!!! This blog was written because I was left with no work to do after coming back from Café Coffee day today. I always feel that blogs are written by people who have nothing else to do, but write blogs. And blogs are written for people who have nothing else to do, but read blogs. So if you have nothing else to do, continue reading. Café Coffee Days in my life!!! I can’t believe it. Six, seven years back I would never have imagined that such a day would occur in my life. Café Coffee day is supposed to be a place where high class people who didn’t know how to spend the money they had, go. But now I am there… I have changed a lot since my school days. As I said in my previous post, I never talked in English till the end of my 12th standard. May be in...

There’s such a lot of hue and cry being made about gender diversity in teams and work places and organizations … I mean... apparently it’s important that there is an equal number of men and women in the team so that there is a balance in the work environment … ASK ME!!! I am the only girl in my team of 15 people… whew! U think it works to my advantage… well yes and no!!! Yesterday we’d a team dinner hosted by our super boss for the excellent way our team is working and for us to communicate outside work also in a more friendly atmosphere and settings… hmmm… I was BORED… dead bored..!! and here BORED would be an understatement … being the only girl is a little unnerving at a dinner setting with 14 other men folk… I mean for heaven’s sake they were all behaving in a way that was unlike them at all… I mean what is it with men and a few drinks and food??!!?! So in any case my super boss was asking or rather telling me yesterday over the course of dinner that it’d be good for us to have ano...

Ever read those series on Calvin & Hobbes and Dilbert.. :-) They are so funny for words..!! Man, they ROCK! So subtly sarcastic, hitting the nail right on the head.. :P Love them...!!!

I had gone for a dinner yesterday with my aunt (dad’s sister) and her husband and some other relatives. One of the topics that revolved around the dinner was the fact of how people are being exploited by the higher-ups in the organization… one of the aunties there related this incident… She is a teacher in a school out in Ahmedabad and she was one day interviewing candidates for the post of librarian for the school. Now the school I guess is quite well-to-do even though being under some association or group (did not quite listen to that part of conversation..!). But the point is that, there was this lady candidate who applied for the job and her interview was being handled. After the initial round of questioning, she was asked what her expected salary was… the poor lady was in a dilemma and after a few minutes of thought, she hesitatingly replied “Rs.3500/- ??”… Now my aunt and the principal who was along with her were put in a fix… the poor thing was unaware of how much she was even e...

May you always have work for your hands to do; May your pockets hold always a coin or two; May the sun shine bright on your windowpane; May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain; May the hand of a friend always be near you; And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you. Wishing you all a very happy and prosperous "Vishu".... :-)

Mediocre But Arrogant – M.B.A. – Abhijit Bhaduri. I just read this book on my way back from Chennai… I had been wanting to read this ever since my friend told me about it… but somehow could never lay my hands on it… it was always out of stock or something or the other … but yesterday when I was in Chennai, I happened to go to Landmark and thankfully they had this book there… No second thoughts! I bought it… and well… Read it in 4 hours flat… If you have done your MBA from any institute chances are that you’ll identify with this word for word…!!! I sure did!! It felt so good to read the book… it sure did bring back a lot of memories; some good, some bad; some sweet some bitter; some beautiful some ugly…!!! But it did really feel good to read the book… If you have read Peter Robinson’s Snapshots from Hell; you’ll enjoy this even better…. This is the Indian answer to his book…. This might in the beginning seem a little like Chetan Bhagat's - Five Point Someone... it's after all a ...

Got tagged by RAT .... and well... since he placed so much hope on my responding fast, here goes.. :-) 1.LAST MOVIE YOU SAW IN A THEATER: RACE – at Sangeet Theatre, Hyderabad 2. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING? Fools Die – Mario Puzo 3. FAVORITE BOARD GAME? Chess.... Used to play it.. Don’t find the time anymore 4. FAVORITE MAGAZINE? I read almost all magazines I can lay my hands on... 5. FAVORITE SMELLS? Smell of the earth after the first few rain drops hit the ground, Jovan’s white musk, BRUT (on guys) 6. FAVORITE SOUND? Pitter-patter of rain on the roof, 7. WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD? The feeling you get when you’re betrayed by people you trusted.... 8. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE? Yet another day!!!! 9. FAVORITE FAST FOOD PLACE? I prefer all those ‘Chaat Bandaar’s’ on the road-sides .... They serve it pretty fast and its damn good too..! 10. FUTURE CHILD'S NAME? Dunno yet!! 11. FINISH THIS STATEMENT. "IF I HAD A LOT OF MONEY I'D.....

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I had written in my blog earlier about my tryst with Telugu Desam and the people here… In a bid to learn the language, quickly and efficiently, I have resorted to watching Telugu movies… (Some of them are so corny that it would sure make up for another post…but first things first!!!)… Of course when you all of a sudden start watching Telugu movies, you are greeted with skeptic amusement from all quarters, more so from your friends forget anyone else… there are then such a lot of chitchat flying around like “she might have gotten a Telugu boyfriend”, “trying to show off – the stupid #%@^”, “there should be a reason as to why she is suddenly so interested in Telugu… hmm!!” Forget all that, the best part was, it was not as difficult as I thought it would be to understand the dialogues, as many of the words are common to Tamil, so I kind of started quite enjoying it and showing off my command over Telugu-in-bits-and-pieces …. And soon I could quite follow what people were talking about whe...

If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume And come back as a new character... Would you slow down? Or speed up? Quite a poignant thought – if you look at it… it questions the very essence of your living… Do you love yourself..?? Do you feel a sense of pride when you look at yourself in the mirror? Do you say ‘I love you’ to yourself?? Are you your favorite?? Are you happy with yourself? Happy with the way your life is going? I am sure a lot of times you feel let down, bogged down, frustrated, irritated, depressed, and emotionally feel like you are not capable of doing whatever comes your way… doing what people entrust you with …. Or even simply not doing something that you actually feel like doing and something that you actually love doing… Everyone is influenced by something or the other… someone or the other…. But it all depends on how you look at the way people say things… it is all a matter of fact if you have the courage to look deep inside yourself, and ...

There’s this huge debate going on in the media as well as between people I know about the item numbers in the new Rakesh Roshan movie – ‘Krazzy 4’. There are 3 item numbers in the movie performed by SRK, Rakhi Sawant, and Hrithik Roshan. Now the debate is not about Ms.Sawant, it’s about SRK and Hrithik on whose performance is better as they are dancing to the same song – one a remix of the other supposedly the title song. Personally, I feel that SRK’s performance was more appealing than the junior Roshan’s. Not just because of the way it was portrayed, but also because of the choreography. The choreographer for Hrithik’s version – Ganesh Acharya – could have utilized Hrithik a lot more better… the visuals of Hrithik’s song was perfectly good… but just the steps and the song as a whole could have been made differently or in a better light exploiting Hrithik’s amazing dance talent…!! SRK though he is not a great dancer or anything, he has that ability to bring his persona onto the limeli...

Okie this is been long in the pending stage… a travelogue on our trip to Vizag…!!! :-) Vizag is around 700-750 kilometers from Hyderabad… a neat straight road that goes through Vijayawada, Rajamundry and then finally Vizag… An impulsive decision to go on a road-trip, a unanimous choice to drive down to Vizag for the weekend, and 2 days of guaranteed fun… Sun… Sand… and a holiday… Rhythm of the soul!!! :-) There were 10 of us for the trip… Me, Glen, Meenal, Kalyan, Ravi, Amol, Lokesh, Bheemesh, Nagaraj, Mahender…. 2 cars… A Scorpio and a Wagon R… We started from Hyd at around 6:00-6:30 on a Friday evening and drove down all the way without stopping for gaps until 9:00. We stopped for dinner at a road-side dhaba, hogged, swapped stories, had hot cups of chai to keep us awake during the journey and moved… stopped again at around 1:30 – 2:00 at a toll gate and swapped passengers… :-) we stopped for breakfast at a place called Annavaram where we had a nice good satiation of our hunger-pang...

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