Hapee B'day Dad!!

Today is dad b’day…
...The most complete man I have ever met in my life – a loving father for us, an understanding hubby for my mom, a responsible son for his parents, an excellent bro for his siblings…god-fearing but self made man…extremely knowledgeable in & out of his domain, let it be job, politics, sports or shares…very jolly & life of the parties…luvs discipline, values freedom…gives right to make our decisions…all in all my role model….
Wish u lots of happiness dad…all those which God can shower upon u…even all those which he hasn’t planned to give u till now!!
LUV U PAPA...No one cares in life like u & mom...

Diversity & Being Different...

My project is tight on schedule & have deadline for 28th of the month plus I am going home on vac but had to attend one diversity class as had signed for it earlier on my PM’s request & cudnt cancel as dept had to levy a fee. So watevr mood – good or bad I m going thru…had to attend this class…the class was on US & India culture diversity…more specifically on working with the US of A… have spent three tense & sleepless nights…so wat…commitment is commitment so had to go…
But no doubt going was worth it…They were telling how we are different…the cultural divides & how to bridge the gap…
This recalls me that some had very recently told me “We are different!” donno in wat context tho…

Ok let me figure out for myself…how I m different…
In communication:
Ya may be…I m not shy, I speak up my mind & speak the truth…& ya I do need reasons for things said & done esp those affecting me… I m good in commn…if the person in front of me is new “male or female” does not matter…I take up as my responsibility to make them at ease by initiating a talk…
In looks:
Ya may be, I m slim & short & ya not the prettiest face in town, but surely a person with beautiful heart…I don’t doubt on both the things for sure :-)…take my word on that…ne one wid doubts out there ;-)…as far as the beautiful heart is concerned u hav to knw me closely to agree to that…;-)..dont knw can be included here or not…
In nature:
Ya surely…I respect mutual independence but at same time value interdependence…I am concerned & possessive abt my relations...luv my close ones…first one to patch up a quarrel…cant take misunderstanding for long & like to clarify them & land up easily forgiving ppl for the worst of things done if they just extend a hand of frndship again & says lets start afresh…a little talkative..:-)…sensitive & thatz bad of my nature tho...sur my roomie in one line calls me independent, helping, bubbly, intelligent, strong-minded, adjusting but strict in principles…
In hobbies:
reading & music all time fav…Luv watching cricket a lot & cheering up the teams…a bit of party animal...luv to freak out, go for outings, dance partys preferably only wid known set of ppl…..
Blah..blah…blah…
Smthings offline…I m eldest child but have lot of friends in all age groups, across culture gap- many south indians…& only close ppl & sm of my team mates know that I m very jolly & naughty & cud be at times found teasing ppl arnd…
Hey hav jotted down like a chklist my differences…wil ponder to c them if I can get sm takeaways frm there…

Was thinking the way ppl get influenced by above things…
A stranger pays attention in the following order first to our Looks, then communication, then hobbies & lastly gets to know our nature….while
A friend values our nature…pays attention to our hobbies, then style of communication & then lastly bothered abt looks…

Have heard not all five finger are same…so even I m one of different fingers & if given a chance wud like to be a ring finger they say it goes straight to one’s heart :-) …but v shud value diversity coz remember all different fingers make our hand …

And, if you turn around & find sm not so good-looking, jolly, chirpy & naughty girl…watch out it can be me…
Thot of penning down a blog for sm sweet change in my life…
Ciao

Reading spree....

Wrote it over yest, posting today...
I smhow luv reading…if I m not reading sm specifications regarding my project I can be caught reading sm novel or story book…lite music, a book & my intellections….

I finished reading Jane Austen’s ‘Pride & Prejudice’ lately…read a short story ‘The Adventure of the Missing Three-quarter’ and a small novel ‘A Study in Scarlet’ both by Arthur Conan Doyle and ‘My boyhood days’ frm the Rabindranath Tagore’s Omnibus-I …
All three belong to separate categories. Especially first & last are frm the classics in English literature…
‘My Boyhood days’ is a memoir of the Tagore’s childhood days…& is written very beautifully by the author…Omnibus contains six profound works of Tagore….one of them ‘The Post Office’ which I had read sm two months back…as I was busy so had kept Tagore aside for sm 40 days & wen got time, then picked up ‘Pride & Prejudice’…after finishing that I got back to Tagore & read ‘My Boyhood days’…

Arthur is no doubt one of my favorite writers…although haven’t read much frm him…I remember the very first short story book, ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ frm which I developed a liking for Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson. After long I gotta read some books on Sherlock Holmes. ‘The adventure of Missing three-quarter’ is a very short story of hardly 30 pages…too small for mysteries…frm mysteries I remember Dan Brown…I read ‘Angels & Demons’ sm five-six mnths back…wanna read the other two books by him also…Yest. finished ‘A Study in Scarlet’…I think it is one of the earlier novels of Doyle as in this he describes how Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson meet…how Sherlock Holmes studies a case…all this is being closely described.

Pride & Prejudice is a romantic novel…it’s my second experience to read sm romantic stuff…had read one more romantic novel in the beginning of this year…Pride & Prejudice is great for lite reading…really a classic…the way Jane Austen describes the characters, their attires…the whole scene emerges like a movie frm those old days…the character of Elizabeth is superb…she is not the one who falls for smone just like that & how she develops liking for Mr. Darcy is also pleasing & the way they cm closer is surprising…may be sm luv stories r like that in which even after denying & getting away, ppl start to like the other person slowly & turn back & ask for person’s hand…all this happens in fiction only I guess…

I get nowadays arnd 2-3 hrs in evng for myself & so I can read books, pen down my blogs & I c that recently the length of my posts & their frequency has been increasing…I m becoming a proficient blogger ;-)
…its around 7:30 in the evng…Sur is currently reading & I m writing this post & songs frm the singer Faakhir are playing on my lappy…I like ‘Mahi Ve ’& ‘Jiya na jaye’ frm his collection a lot…
…books r good friends to keep u occupied & keep the devil’s workshop busy esp. if u r alone & missing the ppl u like…to sm u can call up, talk & tell u r missing them…while there r sm whom u miss always & have no means to convey that u r missing them…they may think u hav forgotten them wid time but u r helpless to let them know how u feel…unless they themselves turn back & call up…was looking at my phn book in cell-phn…sm nos frm which i get calls frequently…sm who call rarely…1 or 2 frm which I never recd a call, but i don’t want 2 delete & hope i may recv a call one-day & everyday i feel may b that day is today & i don’t delete those no’s…had seen a dream yest. night in which everyone I luv was arnd…dint wanted that dream to end…it was a dream in the morning & they say early morng dreams get true…how I wish this dream to turn into reality…

Wkend retrospects…

Today...
Had worked til 12:30 last nite…& spent whole morning working on the test plan & strategy doc…Just now finished the review wid my PM…my PM’s comment in the last - ‘Good Job!! I like the way u hav thot & done things differently as compared to prev. test plans ppl hav made…u shud pass it on to others in the team so that they can use & follow it…well-done…‘
Mez happy…sm ppl in the world at least recognize my worth… :-)
Thot of taking a small break & post what I wrote ovr the wkend.. :-)

Friday, 7th October 2005

Had been working pretty late in office these days… there is lots of work plus as I m fasting for Navratri there is no worry for dinner…a cup of milk & apple requires no preparation…but ya, my pretty late is 8pm…I prefer to finish up work in time & leave by 7pm… so wat if it means not chking even my mails on a hectic day…but I m not feeling sorry today for working late…

…I m sad bcoz I missed one of my younger cousin’s bday yest…poor kid…he was telling…nobody called up….I remembered it till 4th …how cud I forget it..?...just bcoz had lots of work…ridiculous Sonal…even forgot to remind it to mom & dad or sis…so nobody called him up…
I said sorry so many times today to him… sweet fellow…he just said…its ok didi…
Wen it was my bday…sm 20 days back …He was the one who called me up in the morning before 7am as he was leaving for school …I feel guilty….Sorry bhai…

Smtimes v r so busy in sm things/ppl who don’t care for us that v forget those to whom v really mean a lot… it 1:15 in nite & I m thinking of sm of the contradictory personalities…those for whom I m nothing, and others for whom I m everything…

Cudn’t take it more…have to think of sm nice gift which I can take for him wen I go for diwali…
Ciao

Sunday, 9th October 2005

Kamyaa has gone to Chennai over the wkend & Sur has gone for the b’day party of one of her frnds…
…frm last few hrs I m working upon sm of the specs & preparing for sm plan review with my PM tomorrow…nice old hindi instrumental numbers along wid sm songs frm Parineeta & Raincoat are on my playlist…it has started raining outside & its beautiful view frm the window near my bed, which has dragged my attention away frm work & so I m writing this blog…thanx to my lappy I can scribble things offline & post later… :-)

Watched ‘Salaam Namaste’ & ‘Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban’ yest…hav started watching lots of movies these days over the wkend…smone some two yrs back asked me ‘Do u c movies?’…I said ‘No rarely, only if sm frnd suggests’…to that the person advised ‘u shud if u don’t’…Mez puzzled ...wonder wat wud hav been the reply if I wud hav said ‘Yes, I do’…anyways …I m following the advice these days…

Thinking of few things…pleasing or unpleasing…can’t categorize…can’t express them in words…so I m diverting back to my work…

Gr8 words...

Scribbling smthing before leaving office about what I got in mails today.
Smone's mail signature had this:
"Don't cry because it is over - smile because it happened.. "
My take: I agree..MeZ Smiling :-)

Was in some mail,Sm great person has said:
"Love matures through misunderstanding."
My take: I doubt...MeZ confused :-(

What say ppl?
Chalo have to leave now..enuf for today.
Ciao

Wkend after fever whole week...

It was my roomie Surabhi’s b’day on Sunday…
Me & kamyaa had already planned…I lied to Sur on Sat that v r going for a frnd’s b’day & as gift is wid me I hav to join kamyaa…but promised her that I will return in an hour. I needed a strong reason to go out as I was running fever till friday & sur asked me to take rest…then kamyaa joined me at Forum directly frm office…v went & got cake & gift for her…Had to hide that & bring to home…

V watched hum-tum again on the b’day eve on my lappie…then asked her to cut the cake at 12’o clk… :-)
Told her that v hadn’t gone for any b’day party…i tell u it is really difficult to lie…frm 7pm till 12 had a tuf time in hiding this secret…as she asked questions like…where u had gone 4 treat?…wat u had for treat as u r not well?…blah...blah…
Thank God…I asked her to join me for movie & we watched that…else I wud hav been caught…
But laughed our heart out wen v discussed all the replies v had given for her enquiries...esp. for the evening wen while seeing me off on the gate she had said…”Enjoi, hav a nice time!”
But she dint allowed us to giv b’day bumps :-( as I was running viral fever since last Sunday till Fri…OMG, I m falling sick a lot these days, that too this time was sick for five days :-( On Friday I was kidding wid my team-mates that I can include abt viral in my weekly status report…No doubt while in fever wrote a post on illusions also last wk..
:-D

Neways, I was writing abt her b’day…I made her fav. Aloo paranthas & sandwiches in the breakfast…
V were lazying arnd in the afternoon as outside was pretty dull on SUNday without SUN…at home only watched The Longest Yard…some part of the movie was pretty crappy…In general, a time-pass movie...
Went out to Kormangala for treat in the evening…Met some of the classmates at Forum after longtime…
Overall, had a nice time…

A week before on Sat had been to Neha’s home…she was inviting me frm long…
it was first time I went to any frnd’s house after moving out of hostel…
Had breakfast & lunch wid her..Spent a gr8 time…