Aug 15, 2007:
India celebrated its 60th year of independence and I celebrated mine from the bonded labour called “Articleship”. But 3 years at Deloitte was fun in terms of learning, experience and friendships. And now was the time to look forward in life- to choose my career. And like all others, I din exactly know what I wanted to do in life. I knew I could continue with audit for couple of years more but not for very long, so might as well step out of it sooner than later. I knew I wanted to do something in finance and Investment Banking was the buzzword then. But before getting into it I guess I would wanna share few of my interview experiences (if at all it helps ppl who are givin interviews lolz).
A rank at the CA final helped me get couple of interview calls from FMCG majors.
Though very gud packages, I really dint wan those profiles but gave the interviews for the experience of it…
The first one was technical with questions on Tax, Accounting Standards which I guess I answered well though fumbled a bit when questions were thrown on VAT (I wanted to say it was never in our portion…lol). Things went well till the interviewer asked abt operating leverage. I just couldn’t recollect but I did babble somethin. Thou I don remember now wat I said but it was some crap after which interviewer told me, “Vijit, You can say I don’t know but don’t bluff” (well a golden rule learnt from this interview).And after that neither did he call me nor did I bother him.
The second one at another FMCG was a completely different one. There was a written test first after which the first round started with questions like “Tell me an instance where you have demonstrated your leadership skill, ur strengths, ur convincing abilities, ur analytical abilities, etc etc etc” And if 1 round wasn’t enuff ther was 1 more with similar questions and at the end of it I was like too tired n wanted it to get over. Here I had no clue how they would be judging candidates and here too neither did they revert nor did I call.(Golden Rule learnt here: Expect the unexpected. You can never be fully prepared for an interview, jus keep an open mind).
The third one was at an IB KPO, where again I din get selected, but this tym I was disappointed not knowing why. Did some introspection and realized the goof up..Golden lesson learnt: The answer to why u wanna chose a particular profession has to have a strong reason to be demonstrated by your competence to perform well in the same…….but anyways I wasn’t too disturbed as was hopin for sumthin gud to turn out at campus…
Oct 1: A written test at campus for an IB KPO again, got selected…and the same day evening went to a large engineering and const co for an interview. Some forms, Again a written test first, got selected and then PI…an interview which I guess I can never forget…. The interviewer, probably in his late 40’s, took me by surprise when he started, “Tell me something interesting about you. How often do you go to pubs?” and slowly he moved towards question answer session based on articleship, studies and gk. The interview continued for around half an hour after which it slowly turned towards a counseling session when he asked, “So what are the options you are considering now?”
Me: Sir, waiting for the campus, targeting Investment Banking in one of the Banks.
He: Why are you so attracted to IB? And that too in a bank? IB is very different from banking and it is difficult for a bank to establish itself in IB. This is not the right age for you to get into IB. You need to have some industry exposure. You are too young to join IB and you will be thrown out in 1 year. Tell me, if I offer you a job here right now, what would you choose?
Me: Sir I would still like to take a crack at IB. What profile can I get here?
He: Here, ideally I would want u to be under me in Internal Audit, but since you are insisting so much I can try to push you into M&A or treasury though I cant promise it.
As per me , u should join us now, work for 3 years, simultaneously prepare for ur MBA…u will get enuff time to do that here, do ur MBA from IIMs and then join us back….(Wowwww!!!! I thought he had my whole career planned!!!!!!!!!!!1)
Anyways I am giving u a spot offer right now.
Me: And when do I have to reply sir?
He: Today’s youngsters….you will want to have 2-3 offers on hand and then evaluate..take your time, reply in another 2 weeks from now.
And before leaving, he reminded me of a saying in Malayalam (he was a tamilian who hailed from Kerala) which basically meant, “Whatever elders say will sound sour in the beginning, but will taste sweet at a later stage”
Well, at the end of it, I was just happy that I had an offer on hand and was satisfied with the way the interview went and got the required confidence boost.
Oct 3: 2 rounds of interview and got selected at the IB KPO, but managed to delay the signing of offer letter.
Oct 4: Finally, the interview for profile that I was targeting all along. Just 1 round of interview and I guess results were declared at around 10.30 p.m or so and yes I got through along with 2 others who got into IB!!!! IB focused on mid-markets….not bad at all….joining date Nov 1:
Things started well, new types of assignments, lots of learning, glamour, parties (which i dont really like) increasing contacts (the most imp aspect in IB i realised), but with the pressure of achieving Targets….1 year has passed now…the markets have seen its all time high and all time low during this period and so have I… Exactly 1 year later, the HR tells, “As you are aware, organizational realignments are happening. Without mincing words, let me tell you that you will have to be transferred to Compliance. Please don’t see this as a downgrade in your career and these are difficult times, but once things pick up, we can always consider you and transfer back to IB if your senior recommends” Aah the normal HR thingie, I thought, but I dint have any other option. Toooo disappointed, thoughts just went back to my earlier interview..Those words still play loud in my ears…..
And the 2 other colleagues who had joined with me also got similar transfers…I dinno whether I should be feeling sad for them or happy that we all were sailing in the same boat….So Compliance it shall be from now, I thought.
Its been couple of weeks in the new set up now. And though initially I was quite negative about it, now I have started enjoying this profile…Increased interactions among colleagues with queries and approval requests coming from all around the bank, learning the banking operations now (earlier depts. like OSD, TBG etc were jus few alphabets clubbed for me, now I kno they are an imp part of banking), interpretation of RBI circulars, corporate laws,etc…well this may not be glamorous but it aint too bad either…or Maybe its just that I genuinely believe in the saying, “If you don’t get wat you like, you shud like wat u get”. But what remains a worry is if I would wanna make this a long term career? Is there enough prospects and more importantly money in here, thou I know it would be a stable profession? To be frank, I believe it is those big fat bonuses which attracts ppl towards IB, but then who doesn wanna make money in life…that’s wat we are primarily working for, right?....Aah jus too confused….and eitherways I don’t have much of a choice…the job market is really bad with IB being totally screwed…and the golden rule to be followed now is Stick to what you have!!!!!!!!! And 1 thing which did make sense to me was what my current boss told when I had expressed my apprehensions in joining compliance, “Your career is 35-40 years long and there wouldn’t be a single profile which you can stick to for all of these years. You will want to change your profile after every 5-7 years and you can definitely learn a lot here if you approach it with a positive frame of mind”….Did sound too “Global” but somewhere it also appealed to me…………………I jus wonder if I will ever be able to get rid of the confusions in my life….lolz……….
Oops....fuhgot to mention...miss playin those pen fights and ofcourse lunching, rather hogging together wit the BBFA team (earlier dept that is).............
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Books and Me
21/09/08
Its 2.50 a.m as I finish my last story from Jeffrey Archer’s Cat O Nine Tales…Found the book to be just about ok as m tryin to develop reading interests again (inspired by my pathetic scores in English in SIMCAT)…..started with One Night @ Call Centre n found the book to be quite interesting that I finished it one day…..Total filmy n probably dats y I liked this book….And its not that I never used to read…I actually luved reading durin my school days….used to sit from 12.00 a.m to 4.00 am durin my vacation to finish off a book (favourites being Enid Blyton’s Mysterious 5, Hardy Boys, R L Stine’s Fear street saga) despite some serious warnings to go off to sleep frm my grandfather…..I donno y but after 9th std I completely stopped reading….n now making an effort to start that again………Luk fwd to reading 5 point someone and 3 mistakes of my life in the near future…
18/10/2008:
I had written the above post initially as a part of diff strokes -2, but then dint feel like posting it…so removed dat part while posting….n by now I have already read 5 point some1 and 3 mistakes…after reading one night @ call centre, dint really find 5 point to be all dat interesting but after reading 5 point. I liked 3 mistakes….though interestingly book like 5 point actually inspires me to write as well….but then sadly I don hav frends like Ryan and Alok, nor do I have a galfrend like Neha (jo ek crush thi who bhi kahin kho gayi n gues m actually happy abt it), nor do I have too many memorable moments of school/college life (the only ones I remember are couple of embarrassing moments…wonder y these never leave u) and hardly have I ever screwed up my grades….infact this reminds me of few instances where I had screwed up my scores (CA course not included):
One which I distinctly remember was in my 9th std during my science-1 practicals..the experiment was to measure the volume of a stone by immersing it in a beaker filled with water upto the brim n calculating the volume of water displaced by it…I took the stone tied onto a thread and immersed into the beaker holding the thread, and then realized water was not filled upto the brim and as I was trying to pour water into the beaker using other hand, the thread slipped from my hand and the stone was going inside…as an immediate reaction, I put my hand inside the beaker to collect the stone and the water started flowing onto the table and my answer sheet (and to make matters worse , I was occupyin the first table) when prof quickly came up to my table and helped me with cleanin up the answer sheet and remarked with a smug on his face “ R u trying to measure the volume of your hand???” n sarcastically added “ u r the same guy who scored full in algebra? How much do u think u ll get here?” I thought to myself “ ok fine I m a duffer when it comes to science…big deal”…I never even liked dat subject
Another instance which I remember was da maths paper in FYJC in the second term which I guess no podarite of my batch can ever forget….twas the toughest maths paper I mite have ever come across…I remember wen I started writing that paper , questions were looking like greek and latin…absolute bouncers to me. I realized dat I was consuming too much time on the initial questions and after wasting considerable amount of time, I thought I will start solving from behind and I quickly realized I wont run short of time…infact I will have too much tym on hand coz I jus dinno how to solve…but then here situation of others weren’t too different …all of us were lookin at each other n one of my frenz walked out of the exam in half an hour….but I did manage to pass securing a 42/100 (ohh I stil remember those marks) I think not more than 6 students mite have cleared out of our class of 50 (majority of whom were those who secured 85+%in SSC)
Apart from the above 2 instances, another subject which scared me was “ Foundation Course” (FC) in SYBCom…had no clue wat was dat subject doin in syllabus…it was abt sum historic n pre historic stuff…sumthin which I could neither understand nor mug up..i think I scored 19/50 in first term n 17/50 in 2nd (meaning 36/100 …just managed to pass thou technically speaking flunked in the 2nd term…n I guess the first and only tym I mite hav flunked)…neways I made sure these marks never reached my parents…I jus gave dem the overall percentage I scored which was quite decent I think (don remember dat at all) probably the reason y they never asked individual subject marks….
Oops….got a little carried away… now comin bak to the topic I was originally discussin …dat abt writing a story…wel quite clear dat I don’t have much to write abt myself that can be converted into a story so sumthing like a 5point sum1 is ruled out….but then a “3 mistakes” kinda story is possible…for which I jus needed sum1 else to narrate their story to me….and importantly an interesting story….n yup I did find dat person…..so next few posts on my blog wud be her story….Apeksha's love story……well I don really know how well can i/she put it across…but ya can definitely assure u dat its gonna b worth a read…..keep reading……….
Its 2.50 a.m as I finish my last story from Jeffrey Archer’s Cat O Nine Tales…Found the book to be just about ok as m tryin to develop reading interests again (inspired by my pathetic scores in English in SIMCAT)…..started with One Night @ Call Centre n found the book to be quite interesting that I finished it one day…..Total filmy n probably dats y I liked this book….And its not that I never used to read…I actually luved reading durin my school days….used to sit from 12.00 a.m to 4.00 am durin my vacation to finish off a book (favourites being Enid Blyton’s Mysterious 5, Hardy Boys, R L Stine’s Fear street saga) despite some serious warnings to go off to sleep frm my grandfather…..I donno y but after 9th std I completely stopped reading….n now making an effort to start that again………Luk fwd to reading 5 point someone and 3 mistakes of my life in the near future…
18/10/2008:
I had written the above post initially as a part of diff strokes -2, but then dint feel like posting it…so removed dat part while posting….n by now I have already read 5 point some1 and 3 mistakes…after reading one night @ call centre, dint really find 5 point to be all dat interesting but after reading 5 point. I liked 3 mistakes….though interestingly book like 5 point actually inspires me to write as well….but then sadly I don hav frends like Ryan and Alok, nor do I have a galfrend like Neha (jo ek crush thi who bhi kahin kho gayi n gues m actually happy abt it), nor do I have too many memorable moments of school/college life (the only ones I remember are couple of embarrassing moments…wonder y these never leave u) and hardly have I ever screwed up my grades….infact this reminds me of few instances where I had screwed up my scores (CA course not included):
One which I distinctly remember was in my 9th std during my science-1 practicals..the experiment was to measure the volume of a stone by immersing it in a beaker filled with water upto the brim n calculating the volume of water displaced by it…I took the stone tied onto a thread and immersed into the beaker holding the thread, and then realized water was not filled upto the brim and as I was trying to pour water into the beaker using other hand, the thread slipped from my hand and the stone was going inside…as an immediate reaction, I put my hand inside the beaker to collect the stone and the water started flowing onto the table and my answer sheet (and to make matters worse , I was occupyin the first table) when prof quickly came up to my table and helped me with cleanin up the answer sheet and remarked with a smug on his face “ R u trying to measure the volume of your hand???” n sarcastically added “ u r the same guy who scored full in algebra? How much do u think u ll get here?” I thought to myself “ ok fine I m a duffer when it comes to science…big deal”…I never even liked dat subject
Another instance which I remember was da maths paper in FYJC in the second term which I guess no podarite of my batch can ever forget….twas the toughest maths paper I mite have ever come across…I remember wen I started writing that paper , questions were looking like greek and latin…absolute bouncers to me. I realized dat I was consuming too much time on the initial questions and after wasting considerable amount of time, I thought I will start solving from behind and I quickly realized I wont run short of time…infact I will have too much tym on hand coz I jus dinno how to solve…but then here situation of others weren’t too different …all of us were lookin at each other n one of my frenz walked out of the exam in half an hour….but I did manage to pass securing a 42/100 (ohh I stil remember those marks) I think not more than 6 students mite have cleared out of our class of 50 (majority of whom were those who secured 85+%in SSC)
Apart from the above 2 instances, another subject which scared me was “ Foundation Course” (FC) in SYBCom…had no clue wat was dat subject doin in syllabus…it was abt sum historic n pre historic stuff…sumthin which I could neither understand nor mug up..i think I scored 19/50 in first term n 17/50 in 2nd (meaning 36/100 …just managed to pass thou technically speaking flunked in the 2nd term…n I guess the first and only tym I mite hav flunked)…neways I made sure these marks never reached my parents…I jus gave dem the overall percentage I scored which was quite decent I think (don remember dat at all) probably the reason y they never asked individual subject marks….
Oops….got a little carried away… now comin bak to the topic I was originally discussin …dat abt writing a story…wel quite clear dat I don’t have much to write abt myself that can be converted into a story so sumthing like a 5point sum1 is ruled out….but then a “3 mistakes” kinda story is possible…for which I jus needed sum1 else to narrate their story to me….and importantly an interesting story….n yup I did find dat person…..so next few posts on my blog wud be her story….Apeksha's love story……well I don really know how well can i/she put it across…but ya can definitely assure u dat its gonna b worth a read…..keep reading……….
Monday, October 20, 2008
Karzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz………..( o.k now wake up guys n pls read this)….
Monty is back….with Vengeance.. (n so is the audience after watchin the movie)…
19/10/08:
The Background (absolutely compulsory for this review):
It all started on 30th June, 2007 at 6.00 p.m. As I was getting up from my seat after watching Aap Ka Surrooorrr, I promised myself I will come back for Himesh Reshammiya’ s (HR) next movie…..
And as the release date for Karzzzzz came close (17/10/08) started gathering people for the movie….its no fun watchin HR movie alone or with jus 2-3 others…. rather its suicidal but then no difference as far as the end result is concerned if u r taking a group alongwith u since others in the group will do the honors……
So shout out mails to all the possible friends who I thought would either come for an HR movie or those who I thought I could convince to come with me….and after all convincing and last minute cancellations there were finally 11 of us (had booked 12 tickets but Ramaiy’s car broke down on his way and we had to sell his ticket n thankfully we did find a buyer)…n now let me immortalize their names by writing it here and in the order that we were seated from left to right….
Sulakshana, Rohit, Avani (deloitte frends), Viju (Myself…lolz), Vaidehi (gotta know her thru a common frend), Sangeet (GMCS), Mihir (Yes Bank), Prapthi (Mihirs cousin), Ashwin (School & College), Sudeep and Vaishak (deloitte again, with vaishak being the only guy who was der for aap ka surroor as wel)
Diverse group where only I knew all of them except mihirs cousin ofcourse….
N now THE REVIEW of THE MOVIE of THE YEAR…..
The Movie:
To sum up in 1 line “ Monty (HR) is the super dude who can sing, dance, romance, fight, etc, etc, etccccccccc (the z effect)…. all gals are jus crazy over him…In short hes da best guy in this world” or so he thinks… but alas!!!! We wish he could act as well….
The storyline is absolutely the same as the old hit Karz (so m not gonna narrate the story), which has jus been “modernized” rather ther was an attempt to modernize…n the only notable change being the few extra zzzzs which is very much reflective of the movie…it puts audience to sleep,,,,
The movie starts with the background music of “Lut jaun Lut jaun is karz mein” yup distributors toh lut hi gaye is karz mein….but I liked the song….
And then there is a song by our rockstar after every 5 mins…all sounding the same…
I understand HR playing the character Monty as its basically wat he aspires to be….and can only aspire….but wat on earth was Dino Morea thinking when he played Ravi Verma….. uff wat kinda roles can a series of flop movies make a person do!!!!….but seriously hero bane na bane HR toh fir bhi paise banayega thru his music…wonder what will Dino do???
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Sorry, a break in between…..Well incidentally jus came to know that 2 of the above mentioned 11 have already blogged about the movie (hey but dats not fair guys, I was supposed to be da first one to write….) Neways after reading them, I don’t think I have anything more to offer…….. so guys pls do chk out these blogs for the movie review…….
http://veekay4u.blogspot.com/2008/10/monty-is-back.html
http://lostonmyway.blogspot.com/2008/10/karzzzz-why-did-monty-ever-come-back.html
n ya before concluding, a thanks to everyone who came for the movie….Expectin each one of u to show up for Kajra reeeeee…..HRs next movie….lolzzzz……
19/10/08:
The Background (absolutely compulsory for this review):
It all started on 30th June, 2007 at 6.00 p.m. As I was getting up from my seat after watching Aap Ka Surrooorrr, I promised myself I will come back for Himesh Reshammiya’ s (HR) next movie…..
And as the release date for Karzzzzz came close (17/10/08) started gathering people for the movie….its no fun watchin HR movie alone or with jus 2-3 others…. rather its suicidal but then no difference as far as the end result is concerned if u r taking a group alongwith u since others in the group will do the honors……
So shout out mails to all the possible friends who I thought would either come for an HR movie or those who I thought I could convince to come with me….and after all convincing and last minute cancellations there were finally 11 of us (had booked 12 tickets but Ramaiy’s car broke down on his way and we had to sell his ticket n thankfully we did find a buyer)…n now let me immortalize their names by writing it here and in the order that we were seated from left to right….
Sulakshana, Rohit, Avani (deloitte frends), Viju (Myself…lolz), Vaidehi (gotta know her thru a common frend), Sangeet (GMCS), Mihir (Yes Bank), Prapthi (Mihirs cousin), Ashwin (School & College), Sudeep and Vaishak (deloitte again, with vaishak being the only guy who was der for aap ka surroor as wel)
Diverse group where only I knew all of them except mihirs cousin ofcourse….
N now THE REVIEW of THE MOVIE of THE YEAR…..
The Movie:
To sum up in 1 line “ Monty (HR) is the super dude who can sing, dance, romance, fight, etc, etc, etccccccccc (the z effect)…. all gals are jus crazy over him…In short hes da best guy in this world” or so he thinks… but alas!!!! We wish he could act as well….
The storyline is absolutely the same as the old hit Karz (so m not gonna narrate the story), which has jus been “modernized” rather ther was an attempt to modernize…n the only notable change being the few extra zzzzs which is very much reflective of the movie…it puts audience to sleep,,,,
The movie starts with the background music of “Lut jaun Lut jaun is karz mein” yup distributors toh lut hi gaye is karz mein….but I liked the song….
And then there is a song by our rockstar after every 5 mins…all sounding the same…
I understand HR playing the character Monty as its basically wat he aspires to be….and can only aspire….but wat on earth was Dino Morea thinking when he played Ravi Verma….. uff wat kinda roles can a series of flop movies make a person do!!!!….but seriously hero bane na bane HR toh fir bhi paise banayega thru his music…wonder what will Dino do???
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Sorry, a break in between…..Well incidentally jus came to know that 2 of the above mentioned 11 have already blogged about the movie (hey but dats not fair guys, I was supposed to be da first one to write….) Neways after reading them, I don’t think I have anything more to offer…….. so guys pls do chk out these blogs for the movie review…….
http://veekay4u.blogspot.com/2008/10/monty-is-back.html
http://lostonmyway.blogspot.com/2008/10/karzzzz-why-did-monty-ever-come-back.html
n ya before concluding, a thanks to everyone who came for the movie….Expectin each one of u to show up for Kajra reeeeee…..HRs next movie….lolzzzz……
Friday, October 10, 2008
Different Strokes –II
10/10/08:
Its 2.23 a.m and m jus not sleepy as m listenin to “Bas Ek Pal” (I simply luv this song) for the umpteenth time now…..Enjoyed the Dussera holiday lazin around at home, sleepin, eatin and of course chattin….also made an attempt to understand the solutions of maths problems of the last SIMCAT and realized ki “mera kuch nahi hone wala CAT mein”…..was chattin with V wen she asked abt my next topic on the blog and as usual I replied I hav nothing to write and as I write this I realize that I actually don’t have anything to write…..lolz….well she did suggest a topic n I thought I ll jus club it with sum random thoughts to finish of the 2nd part…..
Radio : My lifeline during travel
Now as I m listenin to Aksar (from Hijack and my current favourite song from the recent ones), jus thinking about the importance of radio….. If u r travellin in Mumbai n via bus and the journey takes more than 1 hour and u hav lost ur N73 ME phone n ur current phone doesn hav an MP3 but only a radio, u ll know wat a special place radio wil hold in ur travel life……thou I miss my n73, I hav now started enjoyin listenin to the music n the RJs on the radio… especially on my return journey when it is quite late, busses are empty, no signs of traffic n I get the window seat….. n luv 2 test my bollywood music knowledge by tryin to guess the song before it starts…
About the shows durin morning tym…I get too irritated with jeeturaj (98.3 fm)….n cant stand his voice even for a minute…..wonder how can there be such a huge fan following….while I guess Jaggu- Tarana (94.3 fm) completely rock….theirs is easily the best morning show by far…….n on my journey back, quite frequently listen to the Luv 10 at 10 show by K….n find it quite weird as to y ppl make their confessions / ask ppl for a date thru a radio…..neways interesting to hear them…..n now m too bored to write anything further on this…will jus conclude with the songs dat I m currently listenin to (a list of them actually…hehe) apart frm bas ek pal n aksar
Rock On – Tum ho toh, sinbad the sailor, socha hai ;; Kidnap - Mit Jaye;;
Anwar: maula mere/ tose naina laage (if any1 has this song pls send it across)
Bachna Ae Haseenon : Aahista, Khuda Jaane, Jogi-Mahi
Ankahee : Ek Pal ke liye (movie toh andekhi reh gayi but this song is gud)
Aamir: Chakkar Ghumiyo (the song never became as popular as the movie but donno y this song always bring a smile on my face…do hear this…) n so on…..
The Journey:
I recollect an incident on my way back from office which happened I think atleast 1 month back…..was sittin at the window seat listenin to the radio when a guy came n sat next to me…had a plastic bag inside which there was a brown paper cover…he first threw the plastic bag out of the window n then it was the brown paper cover’s time to go out, inside which was an icecream cup, he then opened the cover of the cup n then threw it out….n I was getting too pissed at this n thought to myself if after finishin the ice cream he s gonna throw the cup as well, I will start yelling (thou I wasn’t sure if it was really a wise thing to do)…..n yup after he finished the ice cream he did jus exactly dat, but fortunately or unfortunately due to the wind, the icecream cup flew back inside and fell on my lap…n I smiled to myself…now I hav a reason to yell…but before I cud say anything he quickly took the cup, threw it out again n apologized sayin it was due to the wind….n I replied (obviously not shouting) “ baat ye cup wapas girne ki nahi hai par aap kitni der se kuch na kuch fek rahe ho….kyon itna ganda kar rahe ho”….to which he replied “abhi daanth nikala hai aur doctor ne bola ice cream khaane ko abhi main ye aur kaha pe fekun”….n I said “jab utar jao tab fekna tha na…ghar pe bhi cheezein aise hi fekte ho kya? (all inspired by those Clean Mumbai-Green Mumbai ads shown in the theatre) please aage se aise mat fekna” after which he din say anything but had an embarrassed look on his face….i thought he atleast was among those better category of people who realize that he shudnt hav done that , coz I wudnt hav been surprised if the other guy wud hav shouted at me askin me to mind my own business….jus wanna request all those reading this….pls don’t litter things around n pls discourage others frm doin so…. The most irritatin part is when ppl spit pan out of the window…..too disgustin but can anything be done here??
The Number 9:
Nopes, I don’t believe in numerology and all, but I do feel that number 9 is lucky for me…..My DOB is 18th (which adds upto 9), September (9th month), n year 2007 (2+7=9) was the best year till date for me as I completed my CA in 2007 ….also one of the reasons y I dint want to take the preponed attempt in 2006, apart from the main reason that I wasn’t prepared…..i actually felt more confident when CA final exam which was scheduled to be held on 3/5 got postponed to 4/5/2007 (4+5 added to 9, 4+5+2007 =18 which again added upto 9)….but I guess something which I never imagined was getting a rank in final n it happened to be 45th…..aha a 9 again!!!!! Too much of coincidence…..
The Title:
When I had started with the topic, the initial title that came to my mind was random thoughts, but considerin dat sumbody already had the copyrights on it, I started thinking of sum other title wen different strokes came to my mind and the immediate thing that I recollected was the serial that used to come on Sony I think (or was it Star) which I luved..infact miss those kinda serials now….Dennis the Menace, I dream of Genie, Small Wonder…..
Time for me to hit the bed…..n now again I don hav any topic to write…..n I hav no clue if wat I have written above makes sense at all…lolzzzz……
Its 2.23 a.m and m jus not sleepy as m listenin to “Bas Ek Pal” (I simply luv this song) for the umpteenth time now…..Enjoyed the Dussera holiday lazin around at home, sleepin, eatin and of course chattin….also made an attempt to understand the solutions of maths problems of the last SIMCAT and realized ki “mera kuch nahi hone wala CAT mein”…..was chattin with V wen she asked abt my next topic on the blog and as usual I replied I hav nothing to write and as I write this I realize that I actually don’t have anything to write…..lolz….well she did suggest a topic n I thought I ll jus club it with sum random thoughts to finish of the 2nd part…..
Radio : My lifeline during travel
Now as I m listenin to Aksar (from Hijack and my current favourite song from the recent ones), jus thinking about the importance of radio….. If u r travellin in Mumbai n via bus and the journey takes more than 1 hour and u hav lost ur N73 ME phone n ur current phone doesn hav an MP3 but only a radio, u ll know wat a special place radio wil hold in ur travel life……thou I miss my n73, I hav now started enjoyin listenin to the music n the RJs on the radio… especially on my return journey when it is quite late, busses are empty, no signs of traffic n I get the window seat….. n luv 2 test my bollywood music knowledge by tryin to guess the song before it starts…
About the shows durin morning tym…I get too irritated with jeeturaj (98.3 fm)….n cant stand his voice even for a minute…..wonder how can there be such a huge fan following….while I guess Jaggu- Tarana (94.3 fm) completely rock….theirs is easily the best morning show by far…….n on my journey back, quite frequently listen to the Luv 10 at 10 show by K….n find it quite weird as to y ppl make their confessions / ask ppl for a date thru a radio…..neways interesting to hear them…..n now m too bored to write anything further on this…will jus conclude with the songs dat I m currently listenin to (a list of them actually…hehe) apart frm bas ek pal n aksar
Rock On – Tum ho toh, sinbad the sailor, socha hai ;; Kidnap - Mit Jaye;;
Anwar: maula mere/ tose naina laage (if any1 has this song pls send it across)
Bachna Ae Haseenon : Aahista, Khuda Jaane, Jogi-Mahi
Ankahee : Ek Pal ke liye (movie toh andekhi reh gayi but this song is gud)
Aamir: Chakkar Ghumiyo (the song never became as popular as the movie but donno y this song always bring a smile on my face…do hear this…) n so on…..
The Journey:
I recollect an incident on my way back from office which happened I think atleast 1 month back…..was sittin at the window seat listenin to the radio when a guy came n sat next to me…had a plastic bag inside which there was a brown paper cover…he first threw the plastic bag out of the window n then it was the brown paper cover’s time to go out, inside which was an icecream cup, he then opened the cover of the cup n then threw it out….n I was getting too pissed at this n thought to myself if after finishin the ice cream he s gonna throw the cup as well, I will start yelling (thou I wasn’t sure if it was really a wise thing to do)…..n yup after he finished the ice cream he did jus exactly dat, but fortunately or unfortunately due to the wind, the icecream cup flew back inside and fell on my lap…n I smiled to myself…now I hav a reason to yell…but before I cud say anything he quickly took the cup, threw it out again n apologized sayin it was due to the wind….n I replied (obviously not shouting) “ baat ye cup wapas girne ki nahi hai par aap kitni der se kuch na kuch fek rahe ho….kyon itna ganda kar rahe ho”….to which he replied “abhi daanth nikala hai aur doctor ne bola ice cream khaane ko abhi main ye aur kaha pe fekun”….n I said “jab utar jao tab fekna tha na…ghar pe bhi cheezein aise hi fekte ho kya? (all inspired by those Clean Mumbai-Green Mumbai ads shown in the theatre) please aage se aise mat fekna” after which he din say anything but had an embarrassed look on his face….i thought he atleast was among those better category of people who realize that he shudnt hav done that , coz I wudnt hav been surprised if the other guy wud hav shouted at me askin me to mind my own business….jus wanna request all those reading this….pls don’t litter things around n pls discourage others frm doin so…. The most irritatin part is when ppl spit pan out of the window…..too disgustin but can anything be done here??
The Number 9:
Nopes, I don’t believe in numerology and all, but I do feel that number 9 is lucky for me…..My DOB is 18th (which adds upto 9), September (9th month), n year 2007 (2+7=9) was the best year till date for me as I completed my CA in 2007 ….also one of the reasons y I dint want to take the preponed attempt in 2006, apart from the main reason that I wasn’t prepared…..i actually felt more confident when CA final exam which was scheduled to be held on 3/5 got postponed to 4/5/2007 (4+5 added to 9, 4+5+2007 =18 which again added upto 9)….but I guess something which I never imagined was getting a rank in final n it happened to be 45th…..aha a 9 again!!!!! Too much of coincidence…..
The Title:
When I had started with the topic, the initial title that came to my mind was random thoughts, but considerin dat sumbody already had the copyrights on it, I started thinking of sum other title wen different strokes came to my mind and the immediate thing that I recollected was the serial that used to come on Sony I think (or was it Star) which I luved..infact miss those kinda serials now….Dennis the Menace, I dream of Genie, Small Wonder…..
Time for me to hit the bed…..n now again I don hav any topic to write…..n I hav no clue if wat I have written above makes sense at all…lolzzzz……
Sunday, September 28, 2008
The “Net Connection”:
21/9/08, 3.00 p.m
Last night was chattin with an “Orkut” friend where I was mentionin to her that I m not havin anything interesting to write…..n she replied y don’t u write on benefits of online frenz,,,I jus laughed n said ya mebbe I can thou m not sure how interesting it wud b n I first intend to complete the second part of my earlier post….Then later that nite, met another “Orkut” friend online and we had a long discussion on a topic (which I ll describe later) and then post conversation with her I decided I ll write abt my online frenz and wil continue with different strokes –II at a later tym….
But before I write abt them, the first question that comes to mind wen we talk abt online frenz is y do we chat wit ppl whom we don kno et all and how comfortable are we doin that? I guess for sum its jus fun, for sum its jus to make new frends for the sake of it, thou sumtymes I think ppl r more comfortable discussin their problems with strangers online than their close frends/relatives…strange but true….As far as I m concerned, I like chattin with ppl who either hav a gud sense of humour or I feel are genuinely interested in listenin to me and conversing with me….but ya I continue chattin only when I m sure that at some point of time he/she wud become a gud frend n not just remain the so called “Online friend”
Till date I guess I can safely say dat I have made 3 such frends (all gals…ohh is dat jus a co-incidence….) and for obvious reasons m not mentionin their names…..
1. K : My first online friend….met her in sum yahoo conference room when in the common conversation room I jus mentioned my college was in Matunga (this was post my ty bcom exams- apr 05 I gues)….n then she buzzed me n asked which college I was frm….n I said Podar n incidentally she happened to b frm same college…same batch,,, (ok no further hints)…but we obviously dint kno of each others existence…neways I added her onto my frends list at that tym n post that for couple of months we used to ocassionaly catch up with each other….n after that I gues she used to be online quite regularly (had nothing else to do lolzzZ) n I toh was always online as soon as I came bak frm office (was doin my articleship then)….n then conversations became quite regular …..n thought t 2 be sweet wen she wud sms me askin me to come online…..n I guess I even missed her wen she wasn’t ther online or wen I was on outstation audits….infact she was da first gal whom I mite hav smsed sayin I miss u (n pls note that this was strictly as a frend so don start makin conclusions ….ofcourse nw I very occasionally sms sum1 else sayin dat,,,,who??? Keep guessin lolzzzzzz) gues we met sum 1.5 yrs after we first started chattin… at a coffee shop and this was the first tym I was meetin a gal whom I had never seen be4…(n I made sure I took couple o chocolates for her n her cuz who was also supposed 2 b der, but she wasn;t)….n first reaction on seein her ….U luk very pretty actually much prettier than in the pic…..dont remember the conversation that happened except for that she was smiling throughout….Now its been over 3.5 yrs and guess we mus hav met 4 tyms till date n keep in touch thru calls/chat….thou ther was a brief period in between wen I wasn’t too sure if she wanted to continue with the friendship and so I also stopped contactin her but then sumhow I gues talks revived again…..n now consider her to be a gud frend thou not very sure how long wil the friendship last… ….
25/9/08….1.00 am
2. V: I guess after I met K, I had stopped the conference room chats probably coz I din think I wud be makin any more frends online till ofcourse “orkut” addiction happened.. ….Met V in a community of which both of us were members and there was this topic “Would you add the person above you”, thou I don quite remember if I added her or was it the other way round…but then even after dat I gues we would jus scrap each other occasionally n the regular conversations started after Gtalk became a part of gmail….n as usual I was 24*7 online….i guess rgt now she s probably the one with whom I chat/ talk the most, discuss the daily happenings on a regular basis…I generally feel at the end of a conversation with any frend, that I probably kno wats happening in his/her life but he/she hardly knows wats happenin in my life…but its different with V thou n both of us know wat exactly is happenin in each others lyf…and abt her…comes across as person with loads of attitude…lolz……a helping nature…Sum1 who always tend to remember everythin I say n I tend to fuhget almost everythin she says…ohh btw did I ask u wats ur bros name…I guess I jus fuhgot…hehe …n I kno I can always expect a frank unbiased opinion frm her wenever I need it…..n shes generally the first one to read my blog n giv an honest feedback.. I think now its been over 1.5 years now….n we have met jus once at Mc D n since she also stays in Chembur, it helped….though she has promised me that she wud come for Karzzzzzzzz (incidentally K had promised dat she wud come for Aap ka Surroooorr n then ditched after she made me buk tickets for her) Now u dare not ditch me on dis…but more importantly don’t fuhget dat u hav promised to gift me da perfume dat u make n it doesn matter if it doesn’t smell all dat grt…(after all I lyk anything dat comes free…hehe) ….n hey I do expect u to be ther as a frend for atleast sum tym to come…..
3. S: Another frend whom I met on orkut….again in some community not sure if it was the Mallu community or the Chembur Community and again conversations thru Gtalk…..she I guess would be da sweetest gal I ve met till date…. ….the innocent- bholi bhali types…n can get upset at very small things… typical mallu ….find it cute wen she actually calls up to say 2day we had a lecture by a professor who luked like u (n I say as lon as he luks gud I hav no issues….lolz) n then hangs up sayin m runnin out of balance…. I gues it mus be jus 1 yr or so since we started talking n met her jus once….infact as I jus recollect my first meeting with each of them, interestingly, wen I had met K, it was my treat, wen I met V, she insisted we go Dutch n wen I met S, she jus din allow me to pay…..thou as far as commonality among them is concerned….they all happened to do MBA after I met them…n each of them always cribs abt bein low on balance (thou I always insisted on them givin missed calls simply becoz I wasn’t too sure if they wer chattin jus lik dat or did they really intend to continue wit the friendship, but I guess now I pretty much kno dat….)
n now comin bak to the discussion with S that I had mentioned earlier, I would be describing, which actually left me wonderin…I guess I ll put it forward as the conversation actually happened (with her permission n in case u r reading this it means she had no objections to this ) with minor edits and rearrangements to link it to the context n removing the irrelevant parts….
S: so wat is happenin at ur end? Any new crushes? Galfrends?
Me: nopes……only u….
S: hahahaha
Me: waise tu bata? New crushes in college?boyfrend?
S: no chance of a boyfriend. No tym
Me: no tym ya koi mila nahi
S: koi milega bhi nahi
Me: kyon kyon?
S: bas aise hi...don consider myself to b a galfrend material
Me: ok this is interesting..wat is “a galfrend material”?
S: I don hav the damsel in distress luk abt me, nor am I tall, fair and definitely not slim.
Me: hmmm…..so do u feel bad abt it?
S: I dont know if I feel bad but sometimes ppl saying things like I am fat hurts me. I know its true but the way they say it makes it look like its wrong (I actually don’t think she is all dat fat..neways I think definition of Fatness is diff for guys n gals)
Me: i actually liked wen u said u donno if u feel bad coz i probably was expectin u to say “No”
S: Its true…I donno how I feel
Me.: But then if luks are all dat important y is dat wenever I go to the town side..i can see hot babes goina arnd with sum sidey lukin guy (wen I m absolutely khaali…lolz…)
S: see guys dont have to necessary look like hrirhik roshan but girls who are not aishwarya rai or shilpa shetty are not looked at the same way
Me: hmm…but da positive side of lukin at it is when sum1 likes u....it wud b for reason much beyond luks
S: Really?? Don see that happenin too often. frankly when I first started talking to you
was alittle apprehensive about it . I expected u to disappear forever after seein my pic…
Me: so y do u think i dint disappear?
S: because you are one of the rare breed of sensible, sensitive, genuine, trustworthy guys
Me: or do u think mebbe coz i was lukin for a frend n not a gal frend?....thanx for da tareef
S: Bulls eye!!!!
That’s it I stop here,,,,, n I guess ppl mus hav realized the point that I was tryin to make…Y are looks considered so important when we all know that they aren’t too important in a long term relationship…ok this doesn mean m gonna stop starin at beautiful gals hehe but very weird dat relationships are rejected/ accepted based on photographs…..Y is it dat between a beautiful n not so beautiful but much more intelligent gal, a guy always prefers to talk to the former? Ppl feel bad abt their luks obviously not because they want to but coz of the way the world looks at them… not to say that I m any different … N my thoughts jus drifted towards my crush….Thou I can say for sure dat I dint like her becos of the way she luks.. coz if that were to be true then I shud hav liked her wen I met her initially…but if I were to turn around the question n ask myself “would I have liked her if she wasn’t pretty?”… I guess at best I can jus say I donno………
Well tym for me to hit the bed….. bye for now…..
28/9/08:
I jus thought I will also write the initial feedback from the abv ppl in the order in which I received since I m not really expectin them to comment on this post:
S: Very well written…thanks for writin abt me….made me feel special n no issues with postin the conversation!!!!!!
V: May I get sum more footage? J (aah n I thought I cud get an unbiased feedback from her on this post….gals wil remain gals!!!!!! hehe…neways all dat in italics I hav written abt her have been added after she demanded additional footage….but wait a min …isn’t this my blog…so y do I hav 2 lissen to her….on second thoughts...did i precisely do just dat?..lolzzzz.)
K: achcha likha hai......n the conversation is interestin.....
Last night was chattin with an “Orkut” friend where I was mentionin to her that I m not havin anything interesting to write…..n she replied y don’t u write on benefits of online frenz,,,I jus laughed n said ya mebbe I can thou m not sure how interesting it wud b n I first intend to complete the second part of my earlier post….Then later that nite, met another “Orkut” friend online and we had a long discussion on a topic (which I ll describe later) and then post conversation with her I decided I ll write abt my online frenz and wil continue with different strokes –II at a later tym….
But before I write abt them, the first question that comes to mind wen we talk abt online frenz is y do we chat wit ppl whom we don kno et all and how comfortable are we doin that? I guess for sum its jus fun, for sum its jus to make new frends for the sake of it, thou sumtymes I think ppl r more comfortable discussin their problems with strangers online than their close frends/relatives…strange but true….As far as I m concerned, I like chattin with ppl who either hav a gud sense of humour or I feel are genuinely interested in listenin to me and conversing with me….but ya I continue chattin only when I m sure that at some point of time he/she wud become a gud frend n not just remain the so called “Online friend”
Till date I guess I can safely say dat I have made 3 such frends (all gals…ohh is dat jus a co-incidence….) and for obvious reasons m not mentionin their names…..
1. K : My first online friend….met her in sum yahoo conference room when in the common conversation room I jus mentioned my college was in Matunga (this was post my ty bcom exams- apr 05 I gues)….n then she buzzed me n asked which college I was frm….n I said Podar n incidentally she happened to b frm same college…same batch,,, (ok no further hints)…but we obviously dint kno of each others existence…neways I added her onto my frends list at that tym n post that for couple of months we used to ocassionaly catch up with each other….n after that I gues she used to be online quite regularly (had nothing else to do lolzzZ) n I toh was always online as soon as I came bak frm office (was doin my articleship then)….n then conversations became quite regular …..n thought t 2 be sweet wen she wud sms me askin me to come online…..n I guess I even missed her wen she wasn’t ther online or wen I was on outstation audits….infact she was da first gal whom I mite hav smsed sayin I miss u (n pls note that this was strictly as a frend so don start makin conclusions ….ofcourse nw I very occasionally sms sum1 else sayin dat,,,,who??? Keep guessin lolzzzzzz) gues we met sum 1.5 yrs after we first started chattin… at a coffee shop and this was the first tym I was meetin a gal whom I had never seen be4…(n I made sure I took couple o chocolates for her n her cuz who was also supposed 2 b der, but she wasn;t)….n first reaction on seein her ….U luk very pretty actually much prettier than in the pic…..dont remember the conversation that happened except for that she was smiling throughout….Now its been over 3.5 yrs and guess we mus hav met 4 tyms till date n keep in touch thru calls/chat….thou ther was a brief period in between wen I wasn’t too sure if she wanted to continue with the friendship and so I also stopped contactin her but then sumhow I gues talks revived again…..n now consider her to be a gud frend thou not very sure how long wil the friendship last… ….
25/9/08….1.00 am
2. V: I guess after I met K, I had stopped the conference room chats probably coz I din think I wud be makin any more frends online till ofcourse “orkut” addiction happened.. ….Met V in a community of which both of us were members and there was this topic “Would you add the person above you”, thou I don quite remember if I added her or was it the other way round…but then even after dat I gues we would jus scrap each other occasionally n the regular conversations started after Gtalk became a part of gmail….n as usual I was 24*7 online….i guess rgt now she s probably the one with whom I chat/ talk the most, discuss the daily happenings on a regular basis…I generally feel at the end of a conversation with any frend, that I probably kno wats happening in his/her life but he/she hardly knows wats happenin in my life…but its different with V thou n both of us know wat exactly is happenin in each others lyf…and abt her…comes across as person with loads of attitude…lolz……a helping nature…Sum1 who always tend to remember everythin I say n I tend to fuhget almost everythin she says…ohh btw did I ask u wats ur bros name…I guess I jus fuhgot…hehe …n I kno I can always expect a frank unbiased opinion frm her wenever I need it…..n shes generally the first one to read my blog n giv an honest feedback.. I think now its been over 1.5 years now….n we have met jus once at Mc D n since she also stays in Chembur, it helped….though she has promised me that she wud come for Karzzzzzzzz (incidentally K had promised dat she wud come for Aap ka Surroooorr n then ditched after she made me buk tickets for her) Now u dare not ditch me on dis…but more importantly don’t fuhget dat u hav promised to gift me da perfume dat u make n it doesn matter if it doesn’t smell all dat grt…(after all I lyk anything dat comes free…hehe) ….n hey I do expect u to be ther as a frend for atleast sum tym to come…..
3. S: Another frend whom I met on orkut….again in some community not sure if it was the Mallu community or the Chembur Community and again conversations thru Gtalk…..she I guess would be da sweetest gal I ve met till date…. ….the innocent- bholi bhali types…n can get upset at very small things… typical mallu ….find it cute wen she actually calls up to say 2day we had a lecture by a professor who luked like u (n I say as lon as he luks gud I hav no issues….lolz) n then hangs up sayin m runnin out of balance…. I gues it mus be jus 1 yr or so since we started talking n met her jus once….infact as I jus recollect my first meeting with each of them, interestingly, wen I had met K, it was my treat, wen I met V, she insisted we go Dutch n wen I met S, she jus din allow me to pay…..thou as far as commonality among them is concerned….they all happened to do MBA after I met them…n each of them always cribs abt bein low on balance (thou I always insisted on them givin missed calls simply becoz I wasn’t too sure if they wer chattin jus lik dat or did they really intend to continue wit the friendship, but I guess now I pretty much kno dat….)
n now comin bak to the discussion with S that I had mentioned earlier, I would be describing, which actually left me wonderin…I guess I ll put it forward as the conversation actually happened (with her permission n in case u r reading this it means she had no objections to this ) with minor edits and rearrangements to link it to the context n removing the irrelevant parts….
S: so wat is happenin at ur end? Any new crushes? Galfrends?
Me: nopes……only u….
S: hahahaha
Me: waise tu bata? New crushes in college?boyfrend?
S: no chance of a boyfriend. No tym
Me: no tym ya koi mila nahi
S: koi milega bhi nahi
Me: kyon kyon?
S: bas aise hi...don consider myself to b a galfrend material
Me: ok this is interesting..wat is “a galfrend material”?
S: I don hav the damsel in distress luk abt me, nor am I tall, fair and definitely not slim.
Me: hmmm…..so do u feel bad abt it?
S: I dont know if I feel bad but sometimes ppl saying things like I am fat hurts me. I know its true but the way they say it makes it look like its wrong (I actually don’t think she is all dat fat..neways I think definition of Fatness is diff for guys n gals)
Me: i actually liked wen u said u donno if u feel bad coz i probably was expectin u to say “No”
S: Its true…I donno how I feel
Me.: But then if luks are all dat important y is dat wenever I go to the town side..i can see hot babes goina arnd with sum sidey lukin guy (wen I m absolutely khaali…lolz…)
S: see guys dont have to necessary look like hrirhik roshan but girls who are not aishwarya rai or shilpa shetty are not looked at the same way
Me: hmm…but da positive side of lukin at it is when sum1 likes u....it wud b for reason much beyond luks
S: Really?? Don see that happenin too often. frankly when I first started talking to you
was alittle apprehensive about it . I expected u to disappear forever after seein my pic…
Me: so y do u think i dint disappear?
S: because you are one of the rare breed of sensible, sensitive, genuine, trustworthy guys
Me: or do u think mebbe coz i was lukin for a frend n not a gal frend?....thanx for da tareef
S: Bulls eye!!!!
That’s it I stop here,,,,, n I guess ppl mus hav realized the point that I was tryin to make…Y are looks considered so important when we all know that they aren’t too important in a long term relationship…ok this doesn mean m gonna stop starin at beautiful gals hehe but very weird dat relationships are rejected/ accepted based on photographs…..Y is it dat between a beautiful n not so beautiful but much more intelligent gal, a guy always prefers to talk to the former? Ppl feel bad abt their luks obviously not because they want to but coz of the way the world looks at them… not to say that I m any different … N my thoughts jus drifted towards my crush….Thou I can say for sure dat I dint like her becos of the way she luks.. coz if that were to be true then I shud hav liked her wen I met her initially…but if I were to turn around the question n ask myself “would I have liked her if she wasn’t pretty?”… I guess at best I can jus say I donno………
Well tym for me to hit the bed….. bye for now…..
28/9/08:
I jus thought I will also write the initial feedback from the abv ppl in the order in which I received since I m not really expectin them to comment on this post:
S: Very well written…thanks for writin abt me….made me feel special n no issues with postin the conversation!!!!!!
V: May I get sum more footage? J (aah n I thought I cud get an unbiased feedback from her on this post….gals wil remain gals!!!!!! hehe…neways all dat in italics I hav written abt her have been added after she demanded additional footage….but wait a min …isn’t this my blog…so y do I hav 2 lissen to her….on second thoughts...did i precisely do just dat?..lolzzzz.)
K: achcha likha hai......n the conversation is interestin.....
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Different Strokes - I:
13/09/08 :
Its 2.20 a.m and m jus not feelin sleepy…(recollectin the day’s happenin as m listenin to Sinbad the Sailor)…...probably coz I got up quite late (arnd 11 a.m) ..had taken half day (intendin to reach office in the second half) since it was Onam and Mom wanted me to stay bak for lunch as Dad had also taken an off….After a grt lunch (I don remember wen was the last tym I had rice et home), left for office at around 2 p.m,,,,,stopped on the way at ICICI bank Prabhadevi to transfer share to a frends account which was pendin at my end since few months now….(hey dude, finally done that n apologies for the delay) n also said a hi to a frend who s workin ther….thou durin our conversation I thought she luked a little lost…. Probably thinking abt work (felt gud m not the only one whos lost..…lolzzz)….
Well, incidentally, couple of frenz hav been askin me wen r u writin ur next post n I was like I don hav any topic to write….n now dat m not not feelin sleepy ..jus thought I ll write sum recent experiences/ incidents which I remember………..
The Farewell Treat:
The buoy (Ramaiy) is leavin the team, so a farewell party frm him for 2day, thou I thought ideally we shud be da ones givin him a treat….but instead we got him a gift….so I guess twas ok….Went to Gallops at mahalaxmi race course….gud fud…reasonable rate…I liked the place n the time spent there…thou I guess der was a moment wen boss was makin fun of a farewell mail dat buoy had sent to the big boss n I felt quite bad for him n thought that was not required…..but neways he took it quite sportingly at that point of tym…..n buoy thanx for the treat , rather treats ( I guess he has given da maximum treats in group…oops we ll miss dat now)…..n wish u all the best for a bright future ahead….thou ther wer tyms wen I felt quite irritated wit him, but it was fun with him bein around,,,the team will miss u buoy……
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Jai Jai Maharashtra Majha………
Incident 1 : A frend tol me “hey did u see…deloitte is written in marathi as well”. Apparently they hav been given a notice to display the name in Marathi by….i don think I need to specify name here…its obvious….that day wen I was standin at the bus stop I observed dat…thought twas quite strange…A day later wen I was travellin to office, I suddenly noticed from Prabhadevi onwards, each and every store (from Subway to US Pizza to a general store) had their display name in Marathi…I jus fail to understand the reason behind it…..what are people tryin to prove by doin this? Are they really tryin to display their strength and presence in Mumbai? I have no clue…..mebbe my knowledge is limited on all these topics but wud like to hear from anyone who can answer y so much fuss is being created ,even the entire jaya bachchan episode…neways jus thought to myself “Jai Jai Maharashtra Majha, Garza Maharashtra Majha”
Incident 2: It was the first visarjan I think and on my way back from office…at Worli Naka ther was this procession goin on with dhol, drums etc…on the right side and on the left side ther was a large group of Muslims offerin their prayers….n neither parties had any problems whatsoever wit each others religion….N again I jus said to myself “ Jai Jai Maharshtra Majha” Wen a common man understands and demonstrates that ppl from different religions, regions, cultures can co-exist in harmony, then y are ther riots in the name of religion and region??? Again…no clue……
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The Lift at Nehru Centre:
It was a Saturday and I was thru wit the day’s work….The lift which stops on almost all floors was not workin …so I had to go to the 14th floor (I was on 11 th floor) to take the lift …..As I entered the lift ther was a guy n 2 gals in the lift (visitors I presumed as the guy inquired abt the offices on all floors)……then the gal asked “ Does this lift stop only on 1st, 2nd, 14th floor??” I said “Yes”…n then she remarked “ Ohh….thats sad…so it means if sum1 is on the 6th floor he wud have to climb to the 14th floor to take the lift”…..n I replied “ Nopes….if sum1 is on the 6th floor, he wud rather walk it down”…..n Thankfully she realized wat she said n thn replied “yeah obviously” anyways jus to make her feel a little better abt all the poor 6th floor guys I said “ Thers actually a lift on the opposite side which stops on almost all floors but unfortunately is not workin rgt now”
Its 3.20 now and I gotta go n sleep…thou not feelin sleepy et all…but neways wil giv it a try,,,,,will continue with the random thoughts later………….
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Its 2.20 a.m and m jus not feelin sleepy…(recollectin the day’s happenin as m listenin to Sinbad the Sailor)…...probably coz I got up quite late (arnd 11 a.m) ..had taken half day (intendin to reach office in the second half) since it was Onam and Mom wanted me to stay bak for lunch as Dad had also taken an off….After a grt lunch (I don remember wen was the last tym I had rice et home), left for office at around 2 p.m,,,,,stopped on the way at ICICI bank Prabhadevi to transfer share to a frends account which was pendin at my end since few months now….(hey dude, finally done that n apologies for the delay) n also said a hi to a frend who s workin ther….thou durin our conversation I thought she luked a little lost…. Probably thinking abt work (felt gud m not the only one whos lost..…lolzzz)….
Well, incidentally, couple of frenz hav been askin me wen r u writin ur next post n I was like I don hav any topic to write….n now dat m not not feelin sleepy ..jus thought I ll write sum recent experiences/ incidents which I remember………..
The Farewell Treat:
The buoy (Ramaiy) is leavin the team, so a farewell party frm him for 2day, thou I thought ideally we shud be da ones givin him a treat….but instead we got him a gift….so I guess twas ok….Went to Gallops at mahalaxmi race course….gud fud…reasonable rate…I liked the place n the time spent there…thou I guess der was a moment wen boss was makin fun of a farewell mail dat buoy had sent to the big boss n I felt quite bad for him n thought that was not required…..but neways he took it quite sportingly at that point of tym…..n buoy thanx for the treat , rather treats ( I guess he has given da maximum treats in group…oops we ll miss dat now)…..n wish u all the best for a bright future ahead….thou ther wer tyms wen I felt quite irritated wit him, but it was fun with him bein around,,,the team will miss u buoy……
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Jai Jai Maharashtra Majha………
Incident 1 : A frend tol me “hey did u see…deloitte is written in marathi as well”. Apparently they hav been given a notice to display the name in Marathi by….i don think I need to specify name here…its obvious….that day wen I was standin at the bus stop I observed dat…thought twas quite strange…A day later wen I was travellin to office, I suddenly noticed from Prabhadevi onwards, each and every store (from Subway to US Pizza to a general store) had their display name in Marathi…I jus fail to understand the reason behind it…..what are people tryin to prove by doin this? Are they really tryin to display their strength and presence in Mumbai? I have no clue…..mebbe my knowledge is limited on all these topics but wud like to hear from anyone who can answer y so much fuss is being created ,even the entire jaya bachchan episode…neways jus thought to myself “Jai Jai Maharashtra Majha, Garza Maharashtra Majha”
Incident 2: It was the first visarjan I think and on my way back from office…at Worli Naka ther was this procession goin on with dhol, drums etc…on the right side and on the left side ther was a large group of Muslims offerin their prayers….n neither parties had any problems whatsoever wit each others religion….N again I jus said to myself “ Jai Jai Maharshtra Majha” Wen a common man understands and demonstrates that ppl from different religions, regions, cultures can co-exist in harmony, then y are ther riots in the name of religion and region??? Again…no clue……
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The Lift at Nehru Centre:
It was a Saturday and I was thru wit the day’s work….The lift which stops on almost all floors was not workin …so I had to go to the 14th floor (I was on 11 th floor) to take the lift …..As I entered the lift ther was a guy n 2 gals in the lift (visitors I presumed as the guy inquired abt the offices on all floors)……then the gal asked “ Does this lift stop only on 1st, 2nd, 14th floor??” I said “Yes”…n then she remarked “ Ohh….thats sad…so it means if sum1 is on the 6th floor he wud have to climb to the 14th floor to take the lift”…..n I replied “ Nopes….if sum1 is on the 6th floor, he wud rather walk it down”…..n Thankfully she realized wat she said n thn replied “yeah obviously” anyways jus to make her feel a little better abt all the poor 6th floor guys I said “ Thers actually a lift on the opposite side which stops on almost all floors but unfortunately is not workin rgt now”
Its 3.20 now and I gotta go n sleep…thou not feelin sleepy et all…but neways wil giv it a try,,,,,will continue with the random thoughts later………….
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Saturday, August 30, 2008
Rock On………Zindagi milegi na Dobara…
30/08/08:
The Background:
Date: 29/08/08....Time: approx 5.15 p.m....I am in a meeting at Fort when i receive a call from Pradeep....I disconnect….then I receive an sms frm him…Call. Urgent.... I excuse myself from the meeting and call and the voice at other end says…dude u hav to book tickets…we r goin for Rock on …excellent reviews 4 stars……n I say to myself wat the hell n saying I ll call later I disconnect the phone….6. p.m…I call him up and then the time and theatre coordination for the movie, keeping the costing in mind….Sterling 10.30 p.m…Rs 150 and Inox 8.30 p.m Rs 250….but then considerin we ll have to leave for home at 1.30 in a cab if we opt for Sterling, suddenly Inox appeared cheaper and again wat was I to do from 6-10.30 as der was no point in goin bak to office….So we decide for 8.30 Inox….by 6.15, tickets are booked ..3 of us…me, mihir and pradeep with buoy (Ramaiy) and Mayur ditching us,,,but wat the hell was I to do from 6.30-8 p.m (had asked them to reach by 8)….well i only had a cell in my hand and made full use of it….. called 12ppl (xcluding mom) out of which 2 numbers came busy, 3 never picked up the fone (thou 1 returned the call later), 5 said they r busy n wil call later (out of which 4 actually called…not bad) and got thru to 2 directly (my gud luck!!!)…seemed lyk whole world was busy except me…anyways the objective was achieved…managed to pass time till those guys came….went to the food court ….surprised not to see a single soul there …n 1 cheese tomato sandwich n 1 pasta is ordered (n ther goes my diet plan again for tosss….roz apne sar ki kasam khata hoon ke tmrw onwards I ll diet which never happens…..but I guess its high time….mujhe kisi aur ki kasam khaani chahiye….not that I blv in all dat but u never kno cant really take chances wit my sar….lolz..)…..
The Movie:
8.40 p.m (yes a delayed start): Starts with trailers of Karzzzz (yippeeeee paisa toh idharich vasool…some whistle blowing wen Monty (arre apna Himess ) is on screen.lolzzzz)…..n now for the movie:
To say in 1 word: BRILLIANT….superb ….extraordinary…..the movie revolves around the lives of 4 friends and their music band..Magik (yes its K)….A typical Farhan Akthar movie starts in the Present , cut to past and then back to present….this 1 was different both past and present were running simultaneously….
The movie starts with the band of 4 performing “Socha Hai” (great music…luved the song….awesome lyrics)
As, the movie progresses, the relationships… between the 4 friends, between Farhan (the movie belongs to him) and Prachi (looks beautiful and great emotions) , Arjun Rampal and Shabana Goswami (she s very gud in the movie) was all depicted very well in the movie….
Music is the strongest point…all songs sung by Farhan Akthar (n he sounds jus too awesome)….especially the song “Pichle Saat Dinon mein” where the band wins its first contest…wat striked me the most in dat song was the simplicity in lyrics….went sumthin lyk this… “Meri Laundry Ka Ek Bill, Ek Aadhi Padhi Novel,,,,,Ek Ladki Ka Phone Number, Mere Kaam Ka Ek Paper” and so on….
All the characters have given a great performance (for a change even Purab was gud)…
All in all- A MUST WATCH…..I recommend…..
And for those critics who think Farhan has paid me to write this…..well u wer almost rgt…he promised…but hasn’t paid me till now…so now the real review::
The TRUTH:
To say in 1 word…CRAP…..a failed attempt at tryin to create another DCH…. Humour, which is expected to be der if u r goin 2 watch a movie abt 4 frenz, was absolutely missin..….The scenes in first half gets too repetitive….2nd half gets too borin….Prachi Desai sure has displayed great emotions…after all she had nothing much to speak…her role revolved around just 1 track…but she is not to be blamed..the movie basically had nothing…
Y farhan leaves his gal frend is unexplainable….the reunion of Magik band isn’t quite convincing either….From being a total workaholic to how Farhan suddenly starts finding tym for the band is also surprising….(I would personally like to kno this)……
N as I said, Farhans songs are awesome….after all it has installed the confidence in me…if he can sing in films…I surely can make an album….n ya as far as songs r concerned, the Socha Hai song “Aasmaan Hai Nila Kyun, Paani Gila Gila KyunGol Kyon Hai Zameen” gimme a break….how many times have we heard these lyrics n ofcourse Pichle saat dinon mein inspires me to write as well…..temme how this goes “ Mere ghar mein ek dabba….
Aur usmein bahut saara kachra….
Ghar ke bahar 4 kutte……………
Jo hamesha bhaunkte rehte…Na Na Na.” It rhymes as well…. N ya theres this scene in this song when Farhan jumps into the crowd and everybody is liftin him n farhan lyk a true rockstar shouts out " Everybody put ur hands together"....my response.."dude, if everybody puts their hands together, then u ll be lying on the ground"
Well, all in all a no brainer of a movie….worth a miss…..thou farhan has acted well n ofcourse since he has given DCH (which is my fav movie)…he is excused for this movie…n msg for him “ Move on …Acchi movie banana dobara”…n ya a special mention for Shabana Goswami (Arjun’s wife)…she has done a splendid job..…n bye for now…...well my next movie review would be for Karzzzzzzz which m eagerly awaiting….releases in October ,,…don miss it n watchout for my review….n if any1 wishes to join me for the movie…u r welcome….
The Background:
Date: 29/08/08....Time: approx 5.15 p.m....I am in a meeting at Fort when i receive a call from Pradeep....I disconnect….then I receive an sms frm him…Call. Urgent.... I excuse myself from the meeting and call and the voice at other end says…dude u hav to book tickets…we r goin for Rock on …excellent reviews 4 stars……n I say to myself wat the hell n saying I ll call later I disconnect the phone….6. p.m…I call him up and then the time and theatre coordination for the movie, keeping the costing in mind….Sterling 10.30 p.m…Rs 150 and Inox 8.30 p.m Rs 250….but then considerin we ll have to leave for home at 1.30 in a cab if we opt for Sterling, suddenly Inox appeared cheaper and again wat was I to do from 6-10.30 as der was no point in goin bak to office….So we decide for 8.30 Inox….by 6.15, tickets are booked ..3 of us…me, mihir and pradeep with buoy (Ramaiy) and Mayur ditching us,,,but wat the hell was I to do from 6.30-8 p.m (had asked them to reach by 8)….well i only had a cell in my hand and made full use of it….. called 12ppl (xcluding mom) out of which 2 numbers came busy, 3 never picked up the fone (thou 1 returned the call later), 5 said they r busy n wil call later (out of which 4 actually called…not bad) and got thru to 2 directly (my gud luck!!!)…seemed lyk whole world was busy except me…anyways the objective was achieved…managed to pass time till those guys came….went to the food court ….surprised not to see a single soul there …n 1 cheese tomato sandwich n 1 pasta is ordered (n ther goes my diet plan again for tosss….roz apne sar ki kasam khata hoon ke tmrw onwards I ll diet which never happens…..but I guess its high time….mujhe kisi aur ki kasam khaani chahiye….not that I blv in all dat but u never kno cant really take chances wit my sar….lolz..)…..
The Movie:
8.40 p.m (yes a delayed start): Starts with trailers of Karzzzz (yippeeeee paisa toh idharich vasool…some whistle blowing wen Monty (arre apna Himess ) is on screen.lolzzzz)…..n now for the movie:
To say in 1 word: BRILLIANT….superb ….extraordinary…..the movie revolves around the lives of 4 friends and their music band..Magik (yes its K)….A typical Farhan Akthar movie starts in the Present , cut to past and then back to present….this 1 was different both past and present were running simultaneously….
The movie starts with the band of 4 performing “Socha Hai” (great music…luved the song….awesome lyrics)
As, the movie progresses, the relationships… between the 4 friends, between Farhan (the movie belongs to him) and Prachi (looks beautiful and great emotions) , Arjun Rampal and Shabana Goswami (she s very gud in the movie) was all depicted very well in the movie….
Music is the strongest point…all songs sung by Farhan Akthar (n he sounds jus too awesome)….especially the song “Pichle Saat Dinon mein” where the band wins its first contest…wat striked me the most in dat song was the simplicity in lyrics….went sumthin lyk this… “Meri Laundry Ka Ek Bill, Ek Aadhi Padhi Novel,,,,,Ek Ladki Ka Phone Number, Mere Kaam Ka Ek Paper” and so on….
All the characters have given a great performance (for a change even Purab was gud)…
All in all- A MUST WATCH…..I recommend…..
And for those critics who think Farhan has paid me to write this…..well u wer almost rgt…he promised…but hasn’t paid me till now…so now the real review::
The TRUTH:
To say in 1 word…CRAP…..a failed attempt at tryin to create another DCH…. Humour, which is expected to be der if u r goin 2 watch a movie abt 4 frenz, was absolutely missin..….The scenes in first half gets too repetitive….2nd half gets too borin….Prachi Desai sure has displayed great emotions…after all she had nothing much to speak…her role revolved around just 1 track…but she is not to be blamed..the movie basically had nothing…
Y farhan leaves his gal frend is unexplainable….the reunion of Magik band isn’t quite convincing either….From being a total workaholic to how Farhan suddenly starts finding tym for the band is also surprising….(I would personally like to kno this)……
N as I said, Farhans songs are awesome….after all it has installed the confidence in me…if he can sing in films…I surely can make an album….n ya as far as songs r concerned, the Socha Hai song “Aasmaan Hai Nila Kyun, Paani Gila Gila KyunGol Kyon Hai Zameen” gimme a break….how many times have we heard these lyrics n ofcourse Pichle saat dinon mein inspires me to write as well…..temme how this goes “ Mere ghar mein ek dabba….
Aur usmein bahut saara kachra….
Ghar ke bahar 4 kutte……………
Jo hamesha bhaunkte rehte…Na Na Na.” It rhymes as well…. N ya theres this scene in this song when Farhan jumps into the crowd and everybody is liftin him n farhan lyk a true rockstar shouts out " Everybody put ur hands together"....my response.."dude, if everybody puts their hands together, then u ll be lying on the ground"
Well, all in all a no brainer of a movie….worth a miss…..thou farhan has acted well n ofcourse since he has given DCH (which is my fav movie)…he is excused for this movie…n msg for him “ Move on …Acchi movie banana dobara”…n ya a special mention for Shabana Goswami (Arjun’s wife)…she has done a splendid job..…n bye for now…...well my next movie review would be for Karzzzzzzz which m eagerly awaiting….releases in October ,,…don miss it n watchout for my review….n if any1 wishes to join me for the movie…u r welcome….
The Feedback:
30/08/08
Thanks a lot to every one who have given their feedback to me either through comments or otherwise…..Recd quite a lot of appreciation n sum criticism…the most common comment I got…. “This is quite unlike you” well sumtimes its gud to be different (ohh the philosophical me!!!!)…..neways thanks again to all those who hav read n all those who hav commented…n also special thanks to those who have read and promised to comment and not yet commented (ohh jus wrote this to make u guys feel guilty n make sure u comment.......btw was ther any need for me to reveal this? lolzzz) keep reading….and any kind of feedback is appreciated,,,,,n next topic isn’t goin to be a senti one for sure……
Thanks a lot to every one who have given their feedback to me either through comments or otherwise…..Recd quite a lot of appreciation n sum criticism…the most common comment I got…. “This is quite unlike you” well sumtimes its gud to be different (ohh the philosophical me!!!!)…..neways thanks again to all those who hav read n all those who hav commented…n also special thanks to those who have read and promised to comment and not yet commented (ohh jus wrote this to make u guys feel guilty n make sure u comment.......btw was ther any need for me to reveal this? lolzzz) keep reading….and any kind of feedback is appreciated,,,,,n next topic isn’t goin to be a senti one for sure……
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Dedications - III
17/8/08: 1.40 p.m……Sunday afternoon!!!!!!!! Got up at 12.30 n I jus luv this!!!! my cousins are expected to arrive late afternoon …..Hav to finish a presentation so that I can take an off on Monday…hmmm sumtymes even Mondays are exciting…..ok this reminds me of a PJ I heard recently…Who is stronger – Sunday or Monday?? Sunday ofcourse…after all Monday is a week (read weak) day…..ok pathetic….neways movin on…..
Time to move towards my work….4th dedication to my colleague….n it obviously has to be Mihir……first met him at Ghatkopar where they had tax classes and I had gone to collect notes frm a friend…though mihir doesn’t remember that….then we met at the campus interview where both of us got placed at Yes Bank for the same profile….n then I joined n mihir was to join after 15 days….n I remember callin him after my first day of work updating him on ppl I met n our boss….n telling him m not sure how co-operative our colleagues r gonna b n after da conversation I recd this sms frm him sayin don worry dude we ll b there to help out each other,…..n after dat I guess we have always stuck to that n been there for each other whenever either of us required help…..
Comes across as a very genuine person, intelligent n a gr8 sense of humour… n the only guy I have seen gossip so much…..haha…
I enjoy those extensive breaks that we hav wen boss s not around, those moments on the stairs/ in boss’ cabin/ in conference room discussin work n lyf in general n realisin how f***ked up it is …hehe….the breaks for havin butta/ sandwiches n chocolates (3 eclairs, 3 éclair crunches, 2 melodies, 2 chloromints n 2 coffebites….dat makes it 10 bucks)…n next tym I ll definitely count the number of Gems wen we buy the Rs 5 pack n if its les or more than 14, we ll sue Cadbury’s…njoy those “lets buy” jokes which has now become so popular n thanx to him new words have been added to my vocabulary which includes “ auks, I likes, I agree, rockin”,,,,, n those number codes for females in office (1,2 (aah!! shes so pretty) ,4,9 (on whom he has a big crush nowadays)),.within a short period he has become a very gud frend …infact I remember once he was talking to the HR for his frend n I asked him that since his frend is already placed n quite happy as wel, y Is he still talking for him n he tol that he dint want his frend to be workin in back office…that’s wen I realized he can be a very gud frend…..neways will stop here sayin dat witout u dude my work life wud hav been borin…thanks for being there,,..n wish u a bright career ahead n all the best with ur studies as well…m sure u ll make it this tym…n hopefully we ll b able to retire at 40 (that’s very unlikely thou, but no harm in hopin…hehe)……
Hmmm… n now for expectations..u better post a comment n call is not reqd….we anyways call each other atleast once a day…n buoy (pl note the spellin)…u need to find a gf who can wake u up at 6.45…n I need to find a gf whom I can call at 6.45 am n say gud morning hahaha…..n more importantly,both gals shudnt b same…lolz…….
N song dedication wel I leave it to u to put it in ur comment…….
N finally I think 5th n last dedication for now has to be to “MYSELF”……nothing very interesting to write here thou…I think I hav always been happy in life..happy wit whatever I have got so far…n mebbe coz I haven’t really wanted too much…thou now I feel that thers sumthin missin in my life…mebbe lack of a goal in lyf…3-4 yrs bak I was happier coz I knew then wat I wanted I wanted to be a CA….so there was sumthin which I could work towards (n I worked pretty well at it considerin I managed to get a rank as well in final n will always b proud of dat)…..but now I donno wat is it that I really want…the famous interview question…where do u see urself 5 yrs frm now….well I jus donno…not really sure if I wanna do an MBA…thou I gues I d luv to do a CFA….i donno y isn’t there enuf motivation to work…m sure I can do much much better at work than wat m doin rgt now,,,,but I donno y I m not putting that extra effort ,,,probably I gues I really need to sit down n frame a goal for me to be achieved in the next 5 yrs…..
Or mebbe I m missin someone in life….someone special with whom I could conversate with for hours without either of us being bored,,,,well don really kno….neways lemme not confuse myself any further…..n I think I ll end this topic here….
Ohh I fuhgot dedication to me…..n I gues the apt song wud b again frm jaane tu…
“ Dil ki yehi khata hai…dil ko nahi pata hai….ki dil chahta hai kya…”
I don really kno if I will actually post all these….but I guess I would like to share this with each of the person abt whom I ve written…..actually cud hav written a lot more abt each of them but considerin the reading interests of ppl hav curtailed it…hehe….
N now tym for me to arrange my clothes n stuff (mom wants house to b clean especially when ther r ppl comin…..gosh its so borin….)…bbye for now……………
Time to move towards my work….4th dedication to my colleague….n it obviously has to be Mihir……first met him at Ghatkopar where they had tax classes and I had gone to collect notes frm a friend…though mihir doesn’t remember that….then we met at the campus interview where both of us got placed at Yes Bank for the same profile….n then I joined n mihir was to join after 15 days….n I remember callin him after my first day of work updating him on ppl I met n our boss….n telling him m not sure how co-operative our colleagues r gonna b n after da conversation I recd this sms frm him sayin don worry dude we ll b there to help out each other,…..n after dat I guess we have always stuck to that n been there for each other whenever either of us required help…..
Comes across as a very genuine person, intelligent n a gr8 sense of humour… n the only guy I have seen gossip so much…..haha…
I enjoy those extensive breaks that we hav wen boss s not around, those moments on the stairs/ in boss’ cabin/ in conference room discussin work n lyf in general n realisin how f***ked up it is …hehe….the breaks for havin butta/ sandwiches n chocolates (3 eclairs, 3 éclair crunches, 2 melodies, 2 chloromints n 2 coffebites….dat makes it 10 bucks)…n next tym I ll definitely count the number of Gems wen we buy the Rs 5 pack n if its les or more than 14, we ll sue Cadbury’s…njoy those “lets buy” jokes which has now become so popular n thanx to him new words have been added to my vocabulary which includes “ auks, I likes, I agree, rockin”,,,,, n those number codes for females in office (1,2 (aah!! shes so pretty) ,4,9 (on whom he has a big crush nowadays)),.within a short period he has become a very gud frend …infact I remember once he was talking to the HR for his frend n I asked him that since his frend is already placed n quite happy as wel, y Is he still talking for him n he tol that he dint want his frend to be workin in back office…that’s wen I realized he can be a very gud frend…..neways will stop here sayin dat witout u dude my work life wud hav been borin…thanks for being there,,..n wish u a bright career ahead n all the best with ur studies as well…m sure u ll make it this tym…n hopefully we ll b able to retire at 40 (that’s very unlikely thou, but no harm in hopin…hehe)……
Hmmm… n now for expectations..u better post a comment n call is not reqd….we anyways call each other atleast once a day…n buoy (pl note the spellin)…u need to find a gf who can wake u up at 6.45…n I need to find a gf whom I can call at 6.45 am n say gud morning hahaha…..n more importantly,both gals shudnt b same…lolz…….
N song dedication wel I leave it to u to put it in ur comment…….
N finally I think 5th n last dedication for now has to be to “MYSELF”……nothing very interesting to write here thou…I think I hav always been happy in life..happy wit whatever I have got so far…n mebbe coz I haven’t really wanted too much…thou now I feel that thers sumthin missin in my life…mebbe lack of a goal in lyf…3-4 yrs bak I was happier coz I knew then wat I wanted I wanted to be a CA….so there was sumthin which I could work towards (n I worked pretty well at it considerin I managed to get a rank as well in final n will always b proud of dat)…..but now I donno wat is it that I really want…the famous interview question…where do u see urself 5 yrs frm now….well I jus donno…not really sure if I wanna do an MBA…thou I gues I d luv to do a CFA….i donno y isn’t there enuf motivation to work…m sure I can do much much better at work than wat m doin rgt now,,,,but I donno y I m not putting that extra effort ,,,probably I gues I really need to sit down n frame a goal for me to be achieved in the next 5 yrs…..
Or mebbe I m missin someone in life….someone special with whom I could conversate with for hours without either of us being bored,,,,well don really kno….neways lemme not confuse myself any further…..n I think I ll end this topic here….
Ohh I fuhgot dedication to me…..n I gues the apt song wud b again frm jaane tu…
“ Dil ki yehi khata hai…dil ko nahi pata hai….ki dil chahta hai kya…”
I don really kno if I will actually post all these….but I guess I would like to share this with each of the person abt whom I ve written…..actually cud hav written a lot more abt each of them but considerin the reading interests of ppl hav curtailed it…hehe….
N now tym for me to arrange my clothes n stuff (mom wants house to b clean especially when ther r ppl comin…..gosh its so borin….)…bbye for now……………
Dedications - II
17/8/08: 12.26 a.m : Finally….my PC’s back…..n hard disk is totally clean…cool….i hope no more problems atleast for sumtym….n ya bak 2 da topic………..
2nd dedication …to my frend,,,well I don’t think I can claim I have anyone as a best friend…probably coz I never blvd in da concept of “best” friend..but some 1 whom I consider to be quite close to is Akshay,,,,,met him first in FYJC (I gues t was the second day of coll ) at the college bus stop when he took the initative to strike a conversation…n I gues we went along well since then….. we spent quite some time together on the OM project on “Organizing” …our first n my only presentation in coll which was quite appreciated by prof…..n I think now the only thing abt presentation dat we still remember wud be tanu’s definition of “Authority” (n it stil makes me laugh)………
have known him for 7 years now….comes across as a committed, hard working, smart n a true frend…..We may not talk to each other that often n I guess meet once in 2 months, but I guess the best part is that We know that we are there for each other whenever required……dude I don’t expect you to call me often, neither do I expect u to remember my birthdays (thou I remember urs n to be fair to u I think u have wished me on alternate bdays) but ya I expect u to be there for me always coz I gues I ll turn to u when I’ll need a frend to be with me,……n dude u can always count on me………wish u a rockin and a very successful lyf ahead,,,,,
Hmmm….gues I ll stop here…n ya the same expectations as above….after reading this u have to post a comment n giv me a call……
N dedication has to be this song which is one of my favs….
“ Yaaron dosti badi hi haseen hai, ye na ho to kya fir bolo ye zindagi hai,
koi toh ho raazdar, begaraz tera ho yaar”……
3rd dedication…..to my first crush…(n no name here for obvious reasons)……well actually first crush happened quite late for me….i mean considerin that first crush is expected to happen in school or college….probably school was to early for me n I hardly had a college life…..
Well abt her: shes sweet, shes pretty n shes got the cutest smile….N it wasn’t a crush at first sight kinda thing or else mebbe it wudnt have lasted this long …I gues easily over a year now (or mebbe even longer) but I would stil call it a crush only……As I gotta kno her, she came across to me as a sweet, honest, innocent and a very genuine person, very shy but has the ability to talk well if required….n I always thought I liked her for these reasons….but I guess over a period of time I realized mebbe my opinion abt her wasn;t entirely correct….n tried to reach the conclusion that since I liked her for certain qualities and now I wasn’t too sure if those really existed, then I shouldn’t be havin the crush anymore….but the fact is I still lyk her ….i still miss her,,,,n dats when I realized that things don’t necessarily happen for a reason…u like sum1 becos u jus like her/him (ohh how profound!!!!)…there need not be any reason attached to it….
Thou earlier I used to get annoyed/disappointed, now I guess neither does it matter nor do I expect her to return my calls/ reply to my sms ..…she would stil b very special to me (until I find some one else ofcourse…hehe)…..
Its now 2 a.m and tym for me to shut down my PC…n expectations frm her….none actually…n ya dedication…actually too many but I guess I ll dedicate the song which m listenin to right now n must have heard like 6-7 tyms in da past 1.5 hrs…..
“Kahin toh hogi woh duniya, jaha tu mere saath hai..chaha main chaha tu aur jan bas tere mere jazbaat hai……..jaane na kahan woh duniya hai, jaane na who hai bhi ya nahi, jahan meri zindagi mujse, itni khafa nahi…..”
a lazy Sunday morning awaitin me….hmmm how much I luv dat,,,,,,,bye for now…
2nd dedication …to my frend,,,well I don’t think I can claim I have anyone as a best friend…probably coz I never blvd in da concept of “best” friend..but some 1 whom I consider to be quite close to is Akshay,,,,,met him first in FYJC (I gues t was the second day of coll ) at the college bus stop when he took the initative to strike a conversation…n I gues we went along well since then….. we spent quite some time together on the OM project on “Organizing” …our first n my only presentation in coll which was quite appreciated by prof…..n I think now the only thing abt presentation dat we still remember wud be tanu’s definition of “Authority” (n it stil makes me laugh)………
have known him for 7 years now….comes across as a committed, hard working, smart n a true frend…..We may not talk to each other that often n I guess meet once in 2 months, but I guess the best part is that We know that we are there for each other whenever required……dude I don’t expect you to call me often, neither do I expect u to remember my birthdays (thou I remember urs n to be fair to u I think u have wished me on alternate bdays) but ya I expect u to be there for me always coz I gues I ll turn to u when I’ll need a frend to be with me,……n dude u can always count on me………wish u a rockin and a very successful lyf ahead,,,,,
Hmmm….gues I ll stop here…n ya the same expectations as above….after reading this u have to post a comment n giv me a call……
N dedication has to be this song which is one of my favs….
“ Yaaron dosti badi hi haseen hai, ye na ho to kya fir bolo ye zindagi hai,
koi toh ho raazdar, begaraz tera ho yaar”……
3rd dedication…..to my first crush…(n no name here for obvious reasons)……well actually first crush happened quite late for me….i mean considerin that first crush is expected to happen in school or college….probably school was to early for me n I hardly had a college life…..
Well abt her: shes sweet, shes pretty n shes got the cutest smile….N it wasn’t a crush at first sight kinda thing or else mebbe it wudnt have lasted this long …I gues easily over a year now (or mebbe even longer) but I would stil call it a crush only……As I gotta kno her, she came across to me as a sweet, honest, innocent and a very genuine person, very shy but has the ability to talk well if required….n I always thought I liked her for these reasons….but I guess over a period of time I realized mebbe my opinion abt her wasn;t entirely correct….n tried to reach the conclusion that since I liked her for certain qualities and now I wasn’t too sure if those really existed, then I shouldn’t be havin the crush anymore….but the fact is I still lyk her ….i still miss her,,,,n dats when I realized that things don’t necessarily happen for a reason…u like sum1 becos u jus like her/him (ohh how profound!!!!)…there need not be any reason attached to it….
Thou earlier I used to get annoyed/disappointed, now I guess neither does it matter nor do I expect her to return my calls/ reply to my sms ..…she would stil b very special to me (until I find some one else ofcourse…hehe)…..
Its now 2 a.m and tym for me to shut down my PC…n expectations frm her….none actually…n ya dedication…actually too many but I guess I ll dedicate the song which m listenin to right now n must have heard like 6-7 tyms in da past 1.5 hrs…..
“Kahin toh hogi woh duniya, jaha tu mere saath hai..chaha main chaha tu aur jan bas tere mere jazbaat hai……..jaane na kahan woh duniya hai, jaane na who hai bhi ya nahi, jahan meri zindagi mujse, itni khafa nahi…..”
a lazy Sunday morning awaitin me….hmmm how much I luv dat,,,,,,,bye for now…
Dedications - I
6/8/08: Its 7.45 p.m and m thru with the days work….was a relaxed day with nothin much to do….jus the usual couple of follow up calls n mails…n auditin Mihir’s model…..n now feelin quite bored…..would be stuck in traffic if I leave now so I’d rather leave a little late…….n either ways nothin much to do at home now dat my PC also aint workin…. …so decided to write sumthin……actually have been thinking abt.creatin a blog , so let this be the first post …..
Initially was thinking of writin sumthin humorous, but then I guess this being my first post let me dedicate this to 5 ppl…..
First dedication has to be to my sister….a very integral part of my life…after spending 23 years with her under the same roof,now I sometimes feel so lonely at home…I miss those times when we used to discuss the school happenings with each other at night, those petty fights over TV remote, over chocolates, over practically everyhtin ….
I remember I would always stick around with her whenever there were relatives at home or when we used to go to relatives place…I felt so uncomfortable without her….
n I guess even she relied on me for quite a few things….i guess , she trusted me more than anyone else incl parents, when she had to take decisions….even when we went shopping together (ooopss I used to finish mine within 15 mins n then roam around the entire market with her for God knows how long) and if she liked something , she would always ask for my opinion n if I disliked it, then she would never buy that….though the reverse never worked..hehe….
But I gues as time passed by n we both got busy with our individual lives, the communication started becoming lesser n lesser…donno y….n after her marriage, it has become much lesser….Infact I think even mom has realized that n takes efforts to make us talk by callin her when I m at home….well whatever be the reason, I jus wanna say that m so lucky n proud to have u as my sister…..its so amazing how u have adjusted so well after marriage….frm knowin absolutely nothin abt cookin, I get so surprised when u say I prepared gulab jamun, aaloo parathas etc etc n I guess m missin all dat after all whenever u even tried cookin at home, u wud always experiment it first on me without even darin to eat it urself….well I gues I ll stop here …jus wanna say that I luv u n miss u so much n wishin u a beautiful married life ahead………….
I kno after reading this u wud be like “ hey bhagwan ye isko kya hua itna senti kabse hogaya ye” hehe but ya after reading this I m expectin u to post a comment here n also giv me a call…..n finally a song dedication (I always manage to fit in songs anywhere n everywhere…hehe,,,)“ phoolon ka taaron ka sabka kehna hai….ek hazaron mein meri behna hai saari umar uske sang rehna hai” I kno hazaar is quite less considerin the population explosion, but I thought I ll maintain the originality of the song……lolz….
Hmmm… I guess I ll leave now for the day…wil write my next dedication sum other tym….
Initially was thinking of writin sumthin humorous, but then I guess this being my first post let me dedicate this to 5 ppl…..
First dedication has to be to my sister….a very integral part of my life…after spending 23 years with her under the same roof,now I sometimes feel so lonely at home…I miss those times when we used to discuss the school happenings with each other at night, those petty fights over TV remote, over chocolates, over practically everyhtin ….
I remember I would always stick around with her whenever there were relatives at home or when we used to go to relatives place…I felt so uncomfortable without her….
n I guess even she relied on me for quite a few things….i guess , she trusted me more than anyone else incl parents, when she had to take decisions….even when we went shopping together (ooopss I used to finish mine within 15 mins n then roam around the entire market with her for God knows how long) and if she liked something , she would always ask for my opinion n if I disliked it, then she would never buy that….though the reverse never worked..hehe….
But I gues as time passed by n we both got busy with our individual lives, the communication started becoming lesser n lesser…donno y….n after her marriage, it has become much lesser….Infact I think even mom has realized that n takes efforts to make us talk by callin her when I m at home….well whatever be the reason, I jus wanna say that m so lucky n proud to have u as my sister…..its so amazing how u have adjusted so well after marriage….frm knowin absolutely nothin abt cookin, I get so surprised when u say I prepared gulab jamun, aaloo parathas etc etc n I guess m missin all dat after all whenever u even tried cookin at home, u wud always experiment it first on me without even darin to eat it urself….well I gues I ll stop here …jus wanna say that I luv u n miss u so much n wishin u a beautiful married life ahead………….
I kno after reading this u wud be like “ hey bhagwan ye isko kya hua itna senti kabse hogaya ye” hehe but ya after reading this I m expectin u to post a comment here n also giv me a call…..n finally a song dedication (I always manage to fit in songs anywhere n everywhere…hehe,,,)“ phoolon ka taaron ka sabka kehna hai….ek hazaron mein meri behna hai saari umar uske sang rehna hai” I kno hazaar is quite less considerin the population explosion, but I thought I ll maintain the originality of the song……lolz….
Hmmm… I guess I ll leave now for the day…wil write my next dedication sum other tym….
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