Hi....
Its that time of the year again, clogged drinage pipes, streets filled with water, ppl running for shelter. Yes, Monsoon always brings its own set of problems.
I was talking to an American client the other day and he went on complaining on how the rains spoiled his vacation. Another lady started listing out all the problems they face during the rains and how if brings life to a halt.
That got me thinking about the season that I most eagerly wait for in an year, Monsoon. :)
I grew up in a house which had asbestos sheet roofing, which used to leak every time we had rains.
The walls had cracks (quite big ones) and the water use to seep into the walls. Yes, monsoon did bring its share of woes in our household.
Yet some of the best memories that I have of my child hood are tied up with this season and every year the first showers of monsoon brings back all the nostalgia.
Playing cricket with school friends drenched in rain, coming back home and getting pampered by granny (with her yummy chaklees, namkeen and hot coffee), pretending to study while gazing at the rain out side through the window, the list is endless....
Monsoon symbolizes the usher of new life in our county after the tough grueling sweaty summer. In days where there was no concept of air conditioning in our country, every one looked up to an early monsoon to provide the much needed relief from heat. In fact our entire economy depends on how good or bad our Monsoon is.
Our movies cannot do without rain songs.. I mean imagine songs like "Pyaar hua ikraar hua" or "Roop tera mastana" without rains... or Mungaaru male shot in the Thar desert... :)
Its not like Ameraicans have an easy summer, yet they don't seem to have this almost romantic relation with rains that we Indians do. Its weird how ppl who grew up in different cultures get used to different things.
So friends (that is a few who actually read these ramblings of mine), next time you are stuck in the traffic and rain comes poring, close your eyes and feel the cool, pure drops of heavenly showers on your face. Believe me its the most rejuvenating thing in this world.
PS: don't forget to open your eyes before driving again, else you may find your self in an open manhole that our BBMP only closes after somebody falls and dies in it... :(
Enjoy your rains with a hot cuppa tea, pakodas and cuddle up with your loved ones.
Chao..
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Back to Blogging
Hi,
Back again with another start.
As I have told before, Blogging has a therapeutic effect on me and the thought of blogging comes to my mind only when when I am a little less than happy.
The past 3 years have been probably the most productive 3 years of my life. The strides taken in my career, personal (not love) life have been pretty satisfying, hence no blogs.
Recently a friend of mine told me that he used to read my blog and thought it was not that bad and wanted to know why I stopped writing. That lead me to read my old blogs and I simply could not stop laughing.. God, the things that I wrote .. :) ... So I thought of rekindling the old itch of scribbling down what I feel about my life, my surroundings, current affairs, politics etc etc..... I really don't know how long this is going to sustain but here it goes..... :)
Work Life:
1 word. STABLE.
It feels amazing when things look good head. Many people (those who are too eager to share their gyaan) have told me that happiness lies in this moment that we live in. I completely agree with them but with an addition to that thought. "Happiness lies in this moment only when you know that the next moment is gona be good too", so stability in anytjing is such a positive re-enforcement. Be it stock market, a good job or life as a whole. This is probably the reason why I like watching highlights of a cricket match more than a live one, or why I enjoy movies more when I am watching them for the second time... :)....
Love life:
Its wired how some men (like me) have enough courage (you can call stupidity) to drive through a dark ally at 2am in the night, but can't muster enough courage to confess their likeness to a girl.
Yes we are special kind of men who say the most stupidest thing, even when a girl walks up and complements us.
I remember this one time when a girl (a class mate in a coaching class) told me I look cool... I responded by saying " Err.... (long Errrr) .. Thanks, you don't look so hot yourself". Yes that is indeed pathetic... All I wanted to say was "Thanks, you look cool too" .... man, am I bad when it comes to women or what?
Another favorite example, A girl (and this is a girl whom I quite liked) comes up to me and says " Hey you look handsome today" and I, with all my wisdom mumbled "Thanks, you too... " :( ....
I think pretty girls make clever boys go dumb at their sight... :( ....
With great (read extreme) difficulty, I did manage to confess my feelings to 2 girls in the past 4 years, only to be told "You are a nice guy but I don't feel that way about you". I have put this in quotes because both girls used the exact same line. I think there is a secret manual that these girls refer to come up with such lines... :)
So you might have guessed by now, I am still (regrettably) single, too dumb to mingle. :D ....
Thank god for the institution of arranged marriages in our country, else I would die a bachelor... :) ...
To wrap up, life seems to be chugging along in the right direction, hopefully no nasty bumps ahead.
I hope to continue writing this time around, and any comments (good bad or ugly) are welcome.
Cheers....
Gautham
Back again with another start.
As I have told before, Blogging has a therapeutic effect on me and the thought of blogging comes to my mind only when when I am a little less than happy.
The past 3 years have been probably the most productive 3 years of my life. The strides taken in my career, personal (not love) life have been pretty satisfying, hence no blogs.
Recently a friend of mine told me that he used to read my blog and thought it was not that bad and wanted to know why I stopped writing. That lead me to read my old blogs and I simply could not stop laughing.. God, the things that I wrote .. :) ... So I thought of rekindling the old itch of scribbling down what I feel about my life, my surroundings, current affairs, politics etc etc..... I really don't know how long this is going to sustain but here it goes..... :)
Work Life:
1 word. STABLE.
It feels amazing when things look good head. Many people (those who are too eager to share their gyaan) have told me that happiness lies in this moment that we live in. I completely agree with them but with an addition to that thought. "Happiness lies in this moment only when you know that the next moment is gona be good too", so stability in anytjing is such a positive re-enforcement. Be it stock market, a good job or life as a whole. This is probably the reason why I like watching highlights of a cricket match more than a live one, or why I enjoy movies more when I am watching them for the second time... :)....
Love life:
Its wired how some men (like me) have enough courage (you can call stupidity) to drive through a dark ally at 2am in the night, but can't muster enough courage to confess their likeness to a girl.
Yes we are special kind of men who say the most stupidest thing, even when a girl walks up and complements us.
I remember this one time when a girl (a class mate in a coaching class) told me I look cool... I responded by saying " Err.... (long Errrr) .. Thanks, you don't look so hot yourself". Yes that is indeed pathetic... All I wanted to say was "Thanks, you look cool too" .... man, am I bad when it comes to women or what?
Another favorite example, A girl (and this is a girl whom I quite liked) comes up to me and says " Hey you look handsome today" and I, with all my wisdom mumbled "Thanks, you too... " :( ....
I think pretty girls make clever boys go dumb at their sight... :( ....
With great (read extreme) difficulty, I did manage to confess my feelings to 2 girls in the past 4 years, only to be told "You are a nice guy but I don't feel that way about you". I have put this in quotes because both girls used the exact same line. I think there is a secret manual that these girls refer to come up with such lines... :)
So you might have guessed by now, I am still (regrettably) single, too dumb to mingle. :D ....
Thank god for the institution of arranged marriages in our country, else I would die a bachelor... :) ...
To wrap up, life seems to be chugging along in the right direction, hopefully no nasty bumps ahead.
I hope to continue writing this time around, and any comments (good bad or ugly) are welcome.
Cheers....
Gautham
Saturday, November 22, 2008
A Void
Hi,
A long break, and i am back..... You know i started blogging coz it had a therapeutic effect on me, it was a way for me to connect to this little guy inside me... The problem is that i can hear this guy only when i am a little less than happy..... Good times are like a party in a pub. For one u'll be way too drunk to think, two there is too much noise around you to hear this tiny squeal of a voice....
Well let me begin by telling you what happend these 8 months. Job rocks..... I love my company and the bond that i share with my colleges... The growth prospects looks good in the company so, at last my career is heading somewhere.... Shifted my residence (to a much better locality)..... Parents kush (atlast).... So every thing in order and hence i must be realy very happy right??
Actualy I am happy however there is this void somewhere... I keep gettin a feelin that i am missing something... Thats when i started to listen to this little voice..... I normaly feel this after the days work when i come back home, parents have hit the sack and i am sittin all alone watchin the idiot box..... Just feel that i miss a very close freind.. some one to whom i need not say anything but they would still know whats up my mind... Some one with whom i have this connection... just a friend, no strings attached.... This voice has started to grow louder and louder every day and thats when i remembered the bolg therapy and jotted down some nonsence.
Amazing is this human mind it can find light in the darkest places and a volid in a happy content heart.
I'll let you know what haapens in the comin days... till then
Seeeya...
A long break, and i am back..... You know i started blogging coz it had a therapeutic effect on me, it was a way for me to connect to this little guy inside me... The problem is that i can hear this guy only when i am a little less than happy..... Good times are like a party in a pub. For one u'll be way too drunk to think, two there is too much noise around you to hear this tiny squeal of a voice....
Well let me begin by telling you what happend these 8 months. Job rocks..... I love my company and the bond that i share with my colleges... The growth prospects looks good in the company so, at last my career is heading somewhere.... Shifted my residence (to a much better locality)..... Parents kush (atlast).... So every thing in order and hence i must be realy very happy right??
Actualy I am happy however there is this void somewhere... I keep gettin a feelin that i am missing something... Thats when i started to listen to this little voice..... I normaly feel this after the days work when i come back home, parents have hit the sack and i am sittin all alone watchin the idiot box..... Just feel that i miss a very close freind.. some one to whom i need not say anything but they would still know whats up my mind... Some one with whom i have this connection... just a friend, no strings attached.... This voice has started to grow louder and louder every day and thats when i remembered the bolg therapy and jotted down some nonsence.
Amazing is this human mind it can find light in the darkest places and a volid in a happy content heart.
I'll let you know what haapens in the comin days... till then
Seeeya...
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Routine
Hi all,
Routine, thats how i wish to describe my life after my gr8 Indian job hunt. The word might sound very ordinary and ppl might feel that my life has become boring..... but whats wrong with routine??
Now you might ask me as to why i am bantering about like this...... It so happened that i went to a wedding ( Correction was dragged to it by, who else, my mom).... All the aunties who have seen me only in my half pant days were present.... They were so inquisitive about other's lives that it made me feel violated after a while..... i mean first thing they ask is what ur doing..... then ur salary. "Hello, my parents don't know my salary, why the hell will i tell you??" (wish i could have said that to them)..... Then they would sympathize with our generation as to how our lives are such a routine and a bore. As though we are slaves of some MNCs who are slowly sucking life out of us like HIV.
Well thats when i got that question in my mind.... whats wrong with routine?? dont we all have one..... How many of us get to do things we wana do?? does that mean we are unhappy.... The answer lies with in us.... its all about contentment.... I may not be jumping with joy about those 9hrs i spend in front of my office PC but i am content as of now... What more does any one need?? Ppl say you need a purpose to live... but isn't life purpose enough to live?? Some might have gr8 aspirations.... some gr8 dreams...... Well i have this... A Routine... which fills my days and tires me soo much that it puts me to sleep at nights... Thats how i like it..... i may not have gr8 adventures to write about but i am still writing.... So Cheers to our routine lives coz no matter who is with you or not, your routine will always be there.....
Uffff i can be a bit of a preacher at times so apologies again.... Well as to things happening in life... The job is going gr8... still on a mock project...so no real pressure... Personal life is stable... nothings bad, so thats good enough....
So bye for now and keep ur comments and suggestions flowing..... I will be back with more "Gyaan ke baathein"(should have called this blog Gomzi's Gyaan)....
Anyways seeya Chao.....
Routine, thats how i wish to describe my life after my gr8 Indian job hunt. The word might sound very ordinary and ppl might feel that my life has become boring..... but whats wrong with routine??
Now you might ask me as to why i am bantering about like this...... It so happened that i went to a wedding ( Correction was dragged to it by, who else, my mom).... All the aunties who have seen me only in my half pant days were present.... They were so inquisitive about other's lives that it made me feel violated after a while..... i mean first thing they ask is what ur doing..... then ur salary. "Hello, my parents don't know my salary, why the hell will i tell you??" (wish i could have said that to them)..... Then they would sympathize with our generation as to how our lives are such a routine and a bore. As though we are slaves of some MNCs who are slowly sucking life out of us like HIV.
Well thats when i got that question in my mind.... whats wrong with routine?? dont we all have one..... How many of us get to do things we wana do?? does that mean we are unhappy.... The answer lies with in us.... its all about contentment.... I may not be jumping with joy about those 9hrs i spend in front of my office PC but i am content as of now... What more does any one need?? Ppl say you need a purpose to live... but isn't life purpose enough to live?? Some might have gr8 aspirations.... some gr8 dreams...... Well i have this... A Routine... which fills my days and tires me soo much that it puts me to sleep at nights... Thats how i like it..... i may not have gr8 adventures to write about but i am still writing.... So Cheers to our routine lives coz no matter who is with you or not, your routine will always be there.....
Uffff i can be a bit of a preacher at times so apologies again.... Well as to things happening in life... The job is going gr8... still on a mock project...so no real pressure... Personal life is stable... nothings bad, so thats good enough....
So bye for now and keep ur comments and suggestions flowing..... I will be back with more "Gyaan ke baathein"(should have called this blog Gomzi's Gyaan)....
Anyways seeya Chao.....
Monday, March 3, 2008
Dinosaur........ Hunted
HI,,
To start with i must apologies for not posting for a while now.. In my previous post i had said that i would post after a couple o days, but its just been a couple o weeks...... anyways, who reads this piece of junk.....
Okay now abt the topic..... In my last post i had spoken of my exploits in the job jungle, trying in vain to hunt a job.... i had even called this job hunt as hunting dinosaurs(that they are extinct).... At last i have some good news....
I AM EMPLOYED>>>>>>> :D ......
Many of you may say so whats the big deal.... every one gets a damn job..... Well it was difficult for me.... SO BACK OFF.......
At last Mr luck thought enough is enough... lets give the poor chap some slack......
Well since its no smaller an achievement than winning an Oscar to me, here goes my acceptance speech......(i wanted to give it to the HR who gave me the offer letter, but somehow controlled my self).....
Agrmmm....just clearing my throat.. [:D]....
I would first thank the almighty God (for at last accommodating me in his 'approved a wish' list). I want to thank my dear frnds Naveen and Deba (for, well referring me....), My parents who did not throw me out of the house even though i am 21 and still living on my pocket money [;)]... and all the well wishers......
k... Enough of blowing my own trumpet..... oh i forgot to mention the company's name.. It is Webcetera ....
k... Other than this, nothing much has happened off late in my life.... On the personnel front i have been spending more time with family, enjoying my last few days as a free man.... I did watch Gaalipata...with my mom and dad. It was a good viewing... but not as good as Mungaarumale....
But watching a movie with parents at this age is a bit embarrassing, especially when my mom still says not to spill the soft drink on my clothes in front of the whole crowed... Every one in my row gave a look which can only mean, look at this looser can't find a good company to watch movie with... Well thats how moms are, isn't it?? I'll not be surprised if she says the same thing in front of my kids in the future.... [:)]... but i know she is the only one who is truly and genuinely happy for me in my success...
Looking forward for the new innings and hope to meet some new interesting ppl and learn new things.....
I'll definitely not say when I'll post next... but please keep the comments coming....
Here is me signing off...... Chao.....
To start with i must apologies for not posting for a while now.. In my previous post i had said that i would post after a couple o days, but its just been a couple o weeks...... anyways, who reads this piece of junk.....
Okay now abt the topic..... In my last post i had spoken of my exploits in the job jungle, trying in vain to hunt a job.... i had even called this job hunt as hunting dinosaurs(that they are extinct).... At last i have some good news....
I AM EMPLOYED>>>>>>> :D ......
Many of you may say so whats the big deal.... every one gets a damn job..... Well it was difficult for me.... SO BACK OFF.......
At last Mr luck thought enough is enough... lets give the poor chap some slack......
Well since its no smaller an achievement than winning an Oscar to me, here goes my acceptance speech......(i wanted to give it to the HR who gave me the offer letter, but somehow controlled my self).....
Agrmmm....just clearing my throat.. [:D]....
I would first thank the almighty God (for at last accommodating me in his 'approved a wish' list). I want to thank my dear frnds Naveen and Deba (for, well referring me....), My parents who did not throw me out of the house even though i am 21 and still living on my pocket money [;)]... and all the well wishers......
k... Enough of blowing my own trumpet..... oh i forgot to mention the company's name.. It is Webcetera ....
k... Other than this, nothing much has happened off late in my life.... On the personnel front i have been spending more time with family, enjoying my last few days as a free man.... I did watch Gaalipata...with my mom and dad. It was a good viewing... but not as good as Mungaarumale....
But watching a movie with parents at this age is a bit embarrassing, especially when my mom still says not to spill the soft drink on my clothes in front of the whole crowed... Every one in my row gave a look which can only mean, look at this looser can't find a good company to watch movie with... Well thats how moms are, isn't it?? I'll not be surprised if she says the same thing in front of my kids in the future.... [:)]... but i know she is the only one who is truly and genuinely happy for me in my success...
Looking forward for the new innings and hope to meet some new interesting ppl and learn new things.....
I'll definitely not say when I'll post next... but please keep the comments coming....
Here is me signing off...... Chao.....
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
life after a battle.....
Hi to all....
Is it me or is it common that your hands start to itch after an exam..... In my previous post i had told you guys about the upcoming exam... Well its over and don't ask me how it went coz i genuinely don't know how it went.... It was easier then the previous year's paper so the cutoffs will be sky high....
Now comes the part where my hands have started to itch(No skin allergies there to blame).. I have lots of time on hand and nothing much to do....
I have started to hunt for a s/w job. At last the fear of those tiresome night shifts have gotten in to me(much to the delight of my parents).... Oh hunting jobs is like hunting dinosaurs nowadays.... ppl say they exist but i find that they are extinct.... All that crap abt the dollar falling down and the IT companies feeling the wrath have started to make sense now.... Well heard that companies are laying off ppl let alone hire new once.... All that a chum like me can do is to keep trying and hope my luck changes some day.... If the results of my exams come good then it'll buy me 2 more yrs.....
Well enough of this depressing crap( Sorry but can't help using that word), or so i said to my self and went to see Taare Zameen Par... yesterday with my best budd.. What an awesome movie... The best i have seen in many years... If a movie can make me, the insensitive stone hearted idiot(at least thats what my ex called me) cry then it gets my thumbs up.....
The movie should be made compulsory viewing to all teachers... Through out the movie all i could think off was this kid in my class back in school, Rakesh... He never used to be able to read or write properly in spite of all the effort that the poor bloke had put in.. My teachers never understood him, one even pinned his exam paper to his shirt and paraded him through the school.... The poor chap could not even differentiate b/w colors..... They humiliated him.... i too laughed at his answers when they were read out in the class just to put him down... I wish i had the guy's number, so that i could call up and apologize.... I think thats the least i can do..... I wonder what he is doing now??
Anyways... So thats whats up in my life as of now.... Its the calmness after a battle....and yet an intuition of some troubled waters ahead.... Lets hope that there is no chinks in the armor this time around.... see you in a couple a days... Chao...
Is it me or is it common that your hands start to itch after an exam..... In my previous post i had told you guys about the upcoming exam... Well its over and don't ask me how it went coz i genuinely don't know how it went.... It was easier then the previous year's paper so the cutoffs will be sky high....
Now comes the part where my hands have started to itch(No skin allergies there to blame).. I have lots of time on hand and nothing much to do....
I have started to hunt for a s/w job. At last the fear of those tiresome night shifts have gotten in to me(much to the delight of my parents).... Oh hunting jobs is like hunting dinosaurs nowadays.... ppl say they exist but i find that they are extinct.... All that crap abt the dollar falling down and the IT companies feeling the wrath have started to make sense now.... Well heard that companies are laying off ppl let alone hire new once.... All that a chum like me can do is to keep trying and hope my luck changes some day.... If the results of my exams come good then it'll buy me 2 more yrs.....
Well enough of this depressing crap( Sorry but can't help using that word), or so i said to my self and went to see Taare Zameen Par... yesterday with my best budd.. What an awesome movie... The best i have seen in many years... If a movie can make me, the insensitive stone hearted idiot(at least thats what my ex called me) cry then it gets my thumbs up.....
The movie should be made compulsory viewing to all teachers... Through out the movie all i could think off was this kid in my class back in school, Rakesh... He never used to be able to read or write properly in spite of all the effort that the poor bloke had put in.. My teachers never understood him, one even pinned his exam paper to his shirt and paraded him through the school.... The poor chap could not even differentiate b/w colors..... They humiliated him.... i too laughed at his answers when they were read out in the class just to put him down... I wish i had the guy's number, so that i could call up and apologize.... I think thats the least i can do..... I wonder what he is doing now??
Anyways... So thats whats up in my life as of now.... Its the calmness after a battle....and yet an intuition of some troubled waters ahead.... Lets hope that there is no chinks in the armor this time around.... see you in a couple a days... Chao...
Saturday, February 2, 2008
its boring boring sitting at ma home....
hi to all.... (that is to two or three ppl who actualy read this crap),,,,,
Well an all immportant exam is round the corner and i've started to feel the heat.. Too much is at stake and that makes me apprehensive... There is something with me and math. Its like this irritating guy in your peer group whom you hate and want to get rid off but some how every one else in your group loves this guy.... I am no math hater from birth..... i enjoyed math in school... i still love combinotorics(which many hate)... but there is something about trigo and calculus.... i never seem to get hold these subjects.... they are like quicksand more you try, the more you sink.. so my stratergy in this exam is to do well in subjects that i am strong at and hope that i can solve some in calculus...
on the personel front life is a bit smooth... with me sitting at home burried in that big fat book, social life has gone for a toss... haven't met any friends from months.... havent been able to catch any movies..... (would love to watch gaalipata).... so not much there to screw up in the personel front...
cant wait to finish this exam and move on with ma life......
so catch ya guys after the test...... bye....
Well an all immportant exam is round the corner and i've started to feel the heat.. Too much is at stake and that makes me apprehensive... There is something with me and math. Its like this irritating guy in your peer group whom you hate and want to get rid off but some how every one else in your group loves this guy.... I am no math hater from birth..... i enjoyed math in school... i still love combinotorics(which many hate)... but there is something about trigo and calculus.... i never seem to get hold these subjects.... they are like quicksand more you try, the more you sink.. so my stratergy in this exam is to do well in subjects that i am strong at and hope that i can solve some in calculus...
on the personel front life is a bit smooth... with me sitting at home burried in that big fat book, social life has gone for a toss... haven't met any friends from months.... havent been able to catch any movies..... (would love to watch gaalipata).... so not much there to screw up in the personel front...
cant wait to finish this exam and move on with ma life......
so catch ya guys after the test...... bye....
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