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  • Krazy and Korrect

    At least that’s what the latest on blogthings says about me!!! I am pretty glad to read it too!

    You may not have long hair or a closet full of tie-dye, but you definitely dance to the beat of your own drum. (And you may even play the drum as well.) You are a true free spirit. You don’t let yourself be weighed down by rules and expectations. You are creative, philosophical, and caring. You want everyone to have a better life. For you, the worst thing in the world is being stuck in some rat race. You rather be broke than have to wear a suit every day.

    It might not be what I am, but it is for sure what I am getting to be!

    • Rules suffocate me
    • Expectations irritate me
    • Creativity excites me
    • Philosophy catches my attention
    • Care strengthens me (but I decide who I want it from; any non-asked for care is suffocating)
    • I want people to have better life… some while being around me, and some will have it better by just getting out of my face 😀
    • Rat Race… yea! I know how that feels
    • And suits! Well… I have a lovely black jacket, but I have not worn in over an year! Just do not feel like it!

  • Hello Ween!

    Ok Day at work on Friday

    Bad Evening with a repeat muscle pull… and temporary reduction of movement around the house for a few hours with much uncomfortable pain!!!

    Worse Evening with a totally ridiculous movie called “Management”… what a piece of crap!!!

    Better ending to the day… sleeping while some movie is on… not even realizing when you slide into a deep sleep is one of the nicer ways to fall asleep!

    Not so good start to the day… waking up because of a strange dream at 4 in the morning…

    And making it better by spending the day at The Office (watching all 28 episodes of season 5 back to back, with a Japanese movie for a break), getting a 1965 edition of a photography magazine, and buying a Tie for myself.


    So all in all, this Halloween turned out to be full of Tricks and Treats for me!!!! purrfect!!!

    Happy Halloween Everyone, from the Chaiwala, and the Chai Ki Dukaan!

    The Pumpkin I carved for the Halloween!

  • some this some that!

    some learn it

    some know it

    some learn it and then know it

    some know it but never learn

  • Closure!

    She kept asking herself what went wrong!

    She did everything it takes to keep a relationship, or so she thought!

    She never felt away from him, even though they were miles apart… though he never felt close to her or so he thought!

    She always made time, and he never bothered

    She wanted, and he did not need it

    She spoke, he never heard

    She wanted to hear, he never spoke

    An year after they spoke last, she finally gathered enough courage to call him and ask!

    the phone rang, and her heart was pounding on every bell, so loud! that she could hear it clearly

    Same irritating caller tune, she thought!

    He picked up

    She said,”Hi”

    He asked, “Who’s that?”

    She said, “Guess!” no wait… she wanted to say “guess who” but said,” Neeelima!”

    He said,” Hi Neelima. How are you? Been a while!”

    She said,” Why do I feel that you never bothered how I was, what I was, and did not value me in the relationship we shared? Just want to know why?”

    He said,” wake up idiot… you have been speaking in your sleep for the last 30 minutes.” Put some nice hot tea next to her side of the bed, kissed her on the forehead, and walked out to the porch of their honeymoon cottage!

  • अंग्रेजी की माभेन

    1.
    I onderw hatw si os reatg bouta nglishe ro orf hatt atterm nya anguagel… tsi os asye ot akem a ewn ets fo ordsw… lla ouy eedn ot od si, aket het irstf lphabeta nda utp ti ta het nde!!!

    hatw ays!!!

    ________
    2.
    Oh John, please don’t do it
    Oh John, please don’t do
    Oh John, please don’t
    Oh John, PLEASE
    Oh JOHN,
    OHHHHH…

    _____________
    3.
    Hi,
    I am looking for sharing accommodation with female roommate preferably, in
    2bhk.Pls let me know if anyone is offering.

    Thanks,
    Nancy

  • The world is flat

    Laughter, farts, and Idiots sound exactly the same, no matter where you are in the world!

    Prashant Bhardwaj
    Oct’09

  • is equal to…

    Reliability

    leads to

    Trust

    Trust

    leads to

    Faith

  • At home this Diwali!!!

    I was just not excited about Diwali, for ONE simple reason! I am not home!

    However, one evening when I reached home from work, I found this packet lying outside the door… now the only thing that I am ordering these days are DVDs of some movies, and this packed could not have a DVD… I picked it up! shook it a bit and realised that there are a few things inside… Wondering what it could be and who would send it, I opened the door, kept my bag aside and opened the box!!!

    And I find

    Diyas
    Roli
    Chawal
    a Greeting Card
    and umm.. Motichoor ke Laddoo in the box!!!


    And suddenly Diwali made more sense than it was making so far!!!

    Thank you Joy for this lovely gesture! Cannot thank you enough for this! Keeping the card for you to sign, when I see you next!!!!

    This Diwali ended up being a nice one in its own taste, with the laddoos, Gaurav bringing in some sweets for me and a shirt for me thinking that I would not have gone anywhere to shop for myself, all my Mamas calling me and getting all excited about talking to me, and then the finale at a colleague’s place with a Diwali party… ended up enjoying till 3 am in the morning!

  • Work Smart

    1. look busy! have at least 2 documents on your desk printed always.. and keep changing them every week… print old documents/flowcharts/graphs… it’s not the content that matters, but the presence that matters
    2. never walk empty handed around office! Always have a notepad/document file with you… and if possible a coffee mug as well which keeps you fresh while you are working so hard(ly)
    3. Always be upto date… keep at least one web-page of some recent news/report/event about your work on the office computer… if someone comes over while you are aimlessly browsing, start the topic of what they feel about that report or news or event
    4. Have a to-do list pinned up somewhere on your desk and keep updating it… cut something… add something… but it should be a live one.. if you have a software like sticky notes installed on your system.. have some sticky notes on the top of every window that you are working on
    5. Be positive… always have a success story or case study about your work memorized with data and a supporting research report artifact to substantiate that
    6. Have a strong social network… make sure you have at 50 similar or better profiles of a variety of experience linked to you on LinkedIn, facebook, orkut, MySpace, myadda, hi5, blahfriends, blahnetwork, blahconnect etc… have some important industry names in it too.. so that you can refer to your conversations with them in your meetings
    7. Delete all your not so good testimonials and even the ones which make you look like a super human! You never know who is watching your recommendations and testimonials these days!
    8. Demand for two monitors at work. Tell the IT that it makes your work easier and makes you work faster.. and at least one of the monitors should be a LCD, a large one at that because you need to monitor data which would be instrumental in organizations growth and potential
    9. Eat with your manager and be ultra-interested in what his life is about! Keep throwing ideas for improvement at him till he resigns or promotes you
    10. Don’t be stupid enough to follow 1-9 without using your own brain 😀
    On a partially related and a totally unrelated note!
    I at times feel, the good thieves make the best cops! and worst politicians (:P)

  • Irony

    The world is shrinking

    and
    the people are drifting apart