Life away from family and friends - in pune

There comes a time in life when you need to take up responsibilities, be away from people you love and just try to find a life away from home, just to make your life and career. and it becomes even more difficult when all these things come into your life all of a sudden, without any prior warning. the same thing happened to me on March 30th, 2010. when i was enjoying my training period at patni computer systems, having a good time learning and enjoying with friends, when one by one all of my friends were getting placed in projects. and it was finally my turn.

I guess everything was planned out before hand because i think everything happens for a reason. maybe the day i got the news that i had to go to pune the very next day for my project was in itself an indication that it was high time i took things seriously and got out of my comfort zone. i was always dreaded by the thought of leaving my family and friends, living in a completely different place, away from the comport of home, mom-made food (read: home-made food), and things i was used to. living in a different place, with new things and people to adjust to, having to take care of myself on my own, was something i had never thought about. but i really had to think about all these things and even start planning as to how i was going to handle them from the very next day.

Its only when we are far away from people that we realise their importance. I have heard this line so many times, but now i see its actual meaning. Gossip with friends, home cooked food, meetings and funny moments spent with loved ones mean so much more when you are away from them and reminisce the moments. Even though mumbai is just 190 km away from pune and it takes just 3 to 4 hrs to reach home, you still don't get that feeling of coming home to family on weekdays when the end of a long, tiring day at office finally allows you to get back home.

But i am lucky to have roommates who are just like family. Office gossip, whining about our PMs and TLs, cooking food, laughing over stupid jokes and people, watching tv, sharing our feelings about life, career, family etc are just some of the things we do. Life in pune is different though. The weather's much better, canteen food is just fine, but you really get a good feeling when you cook with your roommates and find some common things which connect you with people around.

Like when i meet a mumbai person, it really gives me a good feeling, thinking that i am not the only one who has been sent to pune and that there are many people like me. It somehow makes you feel at home. and the best feeling you get is when you reach mumbai and your family is waiting for you at the station. :)

So even though life seems tough at times, what with project work, TLs and PMs keeping a watch on your activities and ofcourse family having lots of expectatons from you ! i guess its all worth it. because if staying away from mumbai and family can teach me how to cook (which i knew nothing about earlier), it has to be something really good. :) and i am sure it will make me a better person, help me value my loved ones a whole lot more and learn how to be independent and take care of myself.

I miss my family and friends.:)

Me and Patni Computer Systems

like any student fresh out of college, i too had lots of expectations from life. i wanted to get into the best company, get good pay and have lots and lots of responsibilities. i also wanted to be the one who was totally in control of things and give my best to the job. lets rewind back to that day (18th september, 2008) when i had my interview scheduled at patni computer systems. it was an important day for me, because not only was it my first ever job interview, but it was also one of the days when i had a close encounter with a really huge company (with branches in almost every part of the country) . i had always heard of the saying, "butterflies in the stomach", but this was also one day when i could actually feel it all happening to me. as youngsters being swarmed by professionals, all of us got a new sense of freedom and confidence that one gets when he/she enters the professional field. though our interviews went really well, no one knew what was to happen in the future. to preserve the memories of "our entire day" at patni, we took loads of pictures and also enjoyed the canteen food which was amazing.

coming back to this day when i have settled well in patni (its been a month since i joined the company-18th december,2009) and happily undergoing training, i get a feeling of nostalgia and happiness when i walk around the area where our class had taken the pictures and admired the infrastructure of patni. the feeling is still the same, the excitement and hopes from life remain the same, just the responsibilities have increased. i realise that i have actually accomplished some of the things that i had set out for.

i have got into one of the best companies, will be getting my salary soon, and i have got the responsibility of proving myself in this fast-moving and competitive business world. with lots and lots of confidence, honesty, intelligence, smart work and focus, i am sure ill do very well in this big, bad and wonderful world of patni. but for the time being, let me just enjoy my time and learn things at my own pace. :)

friends from different walks of life

friends are the people with whom we can share things, blabber about our day, crib about life, cry, laugh, criticise, blame, share happiness and excitement....people whom we can fight with..we find frnds in all walks of life....some remain in our life throughout, while some bid goodbye wishing us good luck...some best frnds are there with u for every important moment...be it ur bday party at school, ur 1st job interview, ur 1st call letter, ur 1st big important exam, ur gossip sessions abt ur 1st crush, ur 1st day at the job...the list can go on and on...and these ppl can be anyone...need not be ur college frnd..can be ur sibling, ur mom or dad...and u can practically meet them anywhere in this world..can be even ppl u meet online...or a person who became ur frnd wn u were all alone during an important occasion..a family function where u made frnds with a girl who was equally bored..:)

conversations with frnds can be an hour long chat on the phone or can be a simple smile and a hi..it can be blabbering abt things or can simply mean being present for each other wn needed...u just need a connection with the other person to share your feelings, your emotions, your deepest secrets...frnds simply make u feel happy, make u feel cared for, and u think there is something good in life everytime u know someone is there...evn ur building's cutest kid can be ur frnd....i for one love to play with kids..u can go back to ur bachpan, relive all the cute moments...the same way, u can also have a good time discussing abt ur life with ur mother...like the way i joke arnd with my mom, dad, sister, and the way they advice me on things....

but sometimes the presence of a frnd is not important..since people have different ambitions and dreams, u cant always expect things to b the way u want them to b...times change and so do people..and u have to let go off certain people... bcoz if u lose people, u also gain more people in life...sometimes just the old feelings that u get back wn u meet a frnd are much more special than an everyday encounter...so catch up with ur old pals, share things with ur family, and also make new frnds....:)

things to do wn ur not in a good mood...

wn ur not in a good mood or are very sad bcoz of some reason(abt which u cant do anything) or if ur simply bored, do the things that u always wanted to, but didnt have the time....

ill first find out the reason behind my bad mood, try to sort it out...and if everything fails, ill try these....

• go for a walk with ur mom or dad and talk to them abt ur childhood days....
  
• play scrabble with ur family....
  
• dance....its the best distraction..
  
• enqueue ur favourite songs in ur music player...and sing along as loudly as possible
  
• call an old frnd...
  
• solve puzzles, crossword or play sudoku....
  
• watch a funny movie or clip....
  
• sit near the window and watch children play in the neighbourhood..
  
• play ur favourite kiddie games with kids...
  
• have pani puri, bhel puri or ur favourite road side food...
  
• get drenched in the rain...
  
• try to cook even if u know u cant...
  
• take an old cloth or mop and clean ur room..
  
• try an old dress that u had kept tugged in the cupboard for a long long time....
  
• gorge on food....all the good things like chocolate, ice cream....will surely make u happy....
  
• order a pizza....and have the whole thing for urself...
  
• read a good book....
  
• watch a dubbed movie (like the ones which r actually english movies but get played in hindi)....ull definitely have a good laugh...if its a regional language, its even better...
  
• watch a song on tv in mute mode, and at the same time increase the volume of a song playing in the radio...and see wt funny effects r created..
  
• take up some random topic and argue abt it with someone and then laugh over it..
  
• go for shopping, and buy something that u always wanted to have...
  
• simply switch off the lights, ur cell phone and go to sleep...

no mood is so bad that u cant change it...u just need to distract urself from the situation and ull soon be up and ready..as happy as u can ever be..

things that make me sad...

no matter how strong we might be in life, there are things that make us wonder how, when and where things went wrong between us and the people we love. For me, frnds are an important part of life, and these are some of the  situations that make me feel bad:

• when a best friend suddenly turns into an acquaintance...
  
• when chatters turn into silences...
  
• when there used to be a time when you couldnt stop talking to a frnd, and when now you both struggle hard to find some topic to start a conversation...
  
• when the same person who always used to wish you first forgets an important occasion...
  
• when the very number that used to be in your dialled list every day doesnt even find a place in your phone anymore...
  
• when a frnd forgets to give you their new number...
• when you can no longer call a frnd anytime of the day to just blabber abt life....
  
• when a frnd with whom you used to chat everyday appears invisible on yahoo, just so that you wouldnt disturb them...
  
• when a whole year passes by, and u wonder how u couldnt meet your frnd even though you both were in the same college....
  
• when its been years since you visited your favourite hangout (where you used to be a regular in your college days)...
  
• when you need to remind a frnd abt the very joke that binded u both together (just because they dont remember it anymore)...
  
• when a frnd doesnt recognise your voice when you call them...
• when you come across a good frnd, and the only words exchanged are "hey"....and "cu later"...
• when you can no longer crack the same silly jokes, bcoz you dont know what their reaction would be like....
• when you call up a frnd to share something with them, and eventually cut the call thinking they might be busy...
• when misunderstandings between friends increase so much that you cant solve them anymore, no matter how hard you try...
• when you can only remember the old times, and know for sure that those moments are never going to come back...
  

people come and go in our lives, and there are those people who dont even realise their importance in your life till they part ways with you. 

my junior college-sies..and my frnd vinita

last few days of one's time in college are very special for various reasons....be it bcoz of the times when v had bunked college, been scolded by professors, thrown out of the class, caught peeking into someone else's paper, or simply being reminded that we r grown ups and not school kids anymore. and its especially very close to my heart bcoz i have been in sies for the past 5 years...

and this makes me want to rewind my life and go back to my 1st day of college...

the very 1st day when i entered college, and searched for my class, when i finally entered my classroom full of students, abt a 100 of them.when i sat in a bench and made frnds with my neighbours..wn i was gradually starting to experience college life...wn a gal named vinita cracked a joke from somewhere....and i turned arnd and gave her a smile...wn the same gal became my best frnd soon enough...and we started roaming arnd in the entire college, passing comments at people, breaking test tubes in the chemistry lab, laughing during the rat dissection lecture in the bio lab...from talking abt our crushes, gossiping abt everything that we could lay our hands on....to not caring abt the people around us and just simply enjoying each and every moment of the 2 years in college..from traditional day to sari day, from laughing and irritating others no end...to our bdays....everything was crazy... 

i had experienced some of the best days of my life during this time, wn we used to wait to come to college just to see our common crush, talk abt our day, keep looking out the window and not hear a single word taught by the professor, lie at the drop of a hat and give random reasons when we were in the defaulters' list. v had so many similarities, from being huge fans of backstreet boys, westlife and blue, to having the common traits of being a big chatterbox, gossip queen..we could blabber abt anything for hours, eat at anytime of the day, and anything for tht matter..also not to forget the discussions on mahesh tutorials professors and lectures...also the cute sir...(hope u remember vinita)..;)

but having said that, there were also times wn i hated her crushes and thought they looked aweful, and laughed at her choice,and she also did the same...also, wn she tried to impress one of her crushes, and wrong connection lag jata tha...loll..(remember vinita?)....

hindi lectures and chemistry lab keedas cant ever be forgotten by us...wn the professor had caught us having lunch and completing our journals, all in the same day..

wn once a professor had given me an assignment (to write an entire hindi chapter) as a punishment, and since that day both of us didnt sit for that lecture evn once, till the last day of college..from searching for someone in the chemistry lab to running away after being seen by that person...lol..

and wn finally the results were declared and we were clueless abt wt to do after 12th...

just the fact that im in touch with only vinita and none of my other frnds proves the fact that we r still the best of frnds...although others r there in orkut and my yahoo frnds' list...no one can ever make me miss my college days...although we dont meet much,(bcoz of vinita's busy schedules..hehe:))..im sure we will always be there for each other wn its needed...people come and go in ur life,but some special frnds stay with u forever..and vinita is one of them...and hope im one of them in vinita's life...

crack it and typeracer....

today was supposed to be my day wn i would be going for my rj hunt event..i.e radio jockey....but it turned out tht it got delayed, and tht we had nothing to do....so we went for sudoku( an event in which i had won the 1st prize last yr).it was a bit tough, and i had clearly no hopes of winning..it really made me feel bad...to be frank made me think at one point that i didnt deserve the prize last yr...but, there r always better ppl than u....i went on to the next event-crack it..but, we had to wait for it to begin...so instead, we thought we would go for another event...typeracer, which will test ur typing speed....so i gave this test just to pass my time....then we came back to crack it...wherein u r supposed to bring out a story out of some pictures given to u, and explain how it is related to management, and wt u can dipher from it..

so this event was really good, where me and my partner, supam explained everything well...next, we went for some stupid "corporate gyaan" quiz...which was bad bad bad....hehe...

so, now we still had to wait for the results, so i decided to register for some other events....meanwhile, i saw my name in the 2nd place for the crack it event. and also for the typeracer event..but, didnt get a prize for sudoku......

hmmmmm.....i must say it was a v good experience....i presented confidently, said all the things tht i wanted, prepared the story really well, and supam and my jodi was the best...:)....well, i got to know wt i can do, and it definitely increased my confidence...:)....

but, i didnt get the sudoku prize, something that i had expected in the morning, wn i came to college....but, got a prize in these 2 events, for which i had no preparation, no idea, something tht i just tried for timepass....

well, sometimes things do happen unexpectedly, u win some, and u lose some...but, it is important to enjoy the experience....just to c how it turns out, and if u r capable of something...today, wn i think back i can rewind and see meenakshi sitting in front of the computer yesterday, even thinking once that she wont go all the way to college......she was getting bored....

and she was irritated wn the rj hunt was delayed... but now i can realise that something good comes out of everything...u just need to go out there and do something...:) 

my cell..sony ericsson k700i

my dad has promised me a new cell phone if i get a distinction...needless to say, i am super happy, bcoz the cell tht i have rt now, though has a radio and a camera, is a v simple cell which il b too happy to get rid of and get a brand new one...which will have a good camera and good memory...but, just then i thought ...wt will hapn to my old cell?my sony ericsson k700i

tht cell which was with me from 14th april,2006...(i even rem the date..:)...tht shows how special it is for me..)

tht cell which was my biggest timepass, wn i was all alone while going to coll and had only radio for company, tht cell which looks really cute to me, evn though it is a simple one...

tht cell which shows ppl's pictures wn i get their msg or call...(which is a v cute thing acc to me, and sumthing tht is lacking in even sum of the new phones...)...

i rem the 1st time wn i got it, the excitement and expectations tht i had from my cell, since it was my 1st cell, which had a camera....and i remember the tons of pictures tht i had taken in the 1st week itself...

tht cell which evn though has a weak battery, works wn i switch it off, and then switch it on again...surprisingly, works for a much longer time....

the loads of pictures tht i have taken with it,the many cute msges tht i have in it...the notes tht i have saved in it...wt will happen to all tht, if i get a new cell?

well, i really hope tht i get a new cell..but wt i wanna say is tht im too attached to my cell, and it would b difficult to let go off tht cell, which helped me take pictures wn my digicam wasnt working, which helped me capture all the moments with my family wn i went somewhere...

so maybe ill just keep it with me always....after all, wt can be better than seeing a person's face wn you get their sms?specially wn u r waiting for it?:)....maybe evn my new cell wouldnt give me tht option....

You know you are in love when…..

A poem about love, a poem which i would love to dedicate to the person i love.....

A call isnt just a call,
U have never missed someone so much at all,
Roses get an altogether different meaning
You know you are in love when…..
In life, you start believing…

You anxiously wait for that one sms
Just to see that person’s name on your mobile…
You don’t care about the world,
You just want that sms, even if it had come before, just a little while…..
You know you are in love when…..
Even a simple message makes your life worth while…

The whole day seems incomplete,
When u don’t hear from them.
There are so many things already said,
But still u have so many words to say….
You know you are in love when…..
Just their voice is enough to make ur day….

All the moments spent together,
All the moments spent apart,
All the silly fights and arguments….
Without them, life seems so boring
You know you are in love when…..
U never wanna let them go….

You look forward to meeting them
And you know they are the ones who care,
Life seems exciting and wonderful.
There are so many things to share.
You know you are in love when…..
You know someone special is there….

So many things happen each day,
You wish you could just rewind
And go back to all the days, one by one
Even if you have all the details in your mind….
When same things seem different
And different things seem alike…
You know you are in love when…..
Love isn’t just love, it becomes your life…..

The time when I was so happy for a call

The first time you called to say ‘Hi!’

The time when I was so happy for a call

We talked for such a long time

It felt like eternity

I will always remember this day

The time when I was so happy for a call

 

We started chatting everyday

We had so much to share

We used to talk about friends, family and all

You became my best friend

Someone with whom I could share everything

All thanks to that time

The time when I was so happy for a call

 

Soon, we started meeting more

Everything was perfect for me

We laughed, cried, enjoyed

I had found the love of my life

Through the small things, you showed me

How beautiful life could be

What would have happened if not for that time?

The time when I was so happy for a call

 

You were everything I ever wanted,

You were my life, my only true friend

You were with me when the sun was shining, even when the sky was gray

Then what happened today that you suddenly walked away?

 

The laughter turned into tears,

Slowly everything changed

Things were no more perfect

The problems just increased each day

My life was never this way

 

Then you called again, said ‘Hi!’

Happiness now seemed alien to me

With still a ray of hope, I prayed to God

Somehow wanted all the things back

But, I guess, it was never meant to be

Maybe this was the last ‘goodbye’

All good things were over, big and small

Now, the moment is just in my mind

Wish I could rewind,

And go to the time when I was so happy for a call.

ppl who speak less, or ppl who dont speak unnecessarily?

since we were born, we have had so many relationships... Be it with our parents, our relatives, uncles, aunts, cousins, or the frnds that we make all through our lives, we have always seen relationships around us..we can very well say that these relationships make us the persons that we are, define the way v behave...but we cant really say that each relationship is perfect...there are some people who feel closer to their family rather than frnds, and there are some who are able to open up to their frnds more...i.e. we all tend to depend on someone on a day-to day basis....

and then there are some who feel content with themselves, people who prefer to keep their thoughts to themselves, ppl who prefer to communicate with themselves, analyse people, their behaviour, the situation around them..who speak only wn they think is the right time, they dont unnecessarily blabber...we call them "introverts"...

we tend to categorise them as boring, as people having an "attitude", but what we ignore or fail to see is that they are one of the most intelligent people, people who dont need anybody else in their lives to make it beautiful (unlike us)....for them, life is beautiful, and contradictory to wt we think, they can talk abt many many things, infact anything under the sky, and have an opinion on almost every topic...u just need to be their good frnd to know wt a gem of a person they r.....

one plus point is that introverts r gr8 listeners, they will listen to every problem of urs, and their silence itself can give u a lot of support....they know wn to speak, wt to speak, and have a whole of lot of stuff going on inside their minds....this makes them superior to ppl who speak unnecessarily, say the wrong things at the wrong time....

they can be good observers, really smart, and no-nonsense kind of ppl....though im not generalising this topic (all this is through my personal experience as a frnd) wts important to notice is that, we should never jump to any conclusions just bcoz ppl r not the way v r or the way v expect them to be....(excessively talking and doing bakwaas)...introverts can make excellent frnds, listen to us (bcoz as v know, ppl who talk more, listen less) and can give us really good advice...

but having said that, im not saying relationships are not important for them..infact they r the most loyal frnds, will always help u when needed, and can be very good with secrets....u can depend on them without any worries...

but finally, the most beautiful thing abt them is that unlike us, they dont need any person for support, they dont crib about life the way v do....r happy with life... bcoz afterall, the most important thing in life is happiness, and this is where v can learn a thing or two from them...

one of those strange feelings..

today, my morning started as usual with me waking up at 10...i had a feeling that i wouldnt b having college...had heard so much abt the blasts, that i had assumed that there wud b a total bandh in mumbai..but, i was wrong and was forced to get out of the bed and get ready for college....and when i was all set to get out of my house, i didnt have any feeling of a fear as to wt would happen during the day..

anyway, i finished my work, enjoyed with my frnds in the canteen and then decided to go back home...but, just as we were abt to leave, we got the news that firing has started at cst station, and needless to say v wer a bit tensed..could definitely not call it fear though...

all the professors and students started getting out of college, and it was high time that evn v went home...all along, i was constantly in touch with my dad, with whom i was gonna go home....and my frnds wer with me throughout....v waited for the train, which as usual was late, and as was expected, not  evn a single train showed up for 20 minutes, so we thought bus is the next best option...or a rickshaw....finally, got into one(which was jam-packed) and ppl wer sumhow waiting to get home...i could see sum worried faces, ppl talking to their relatives on phone, some ppl discussing abt the taj and oberoi, some adding to the topic of conversation(with wtever they knew)....i could start feeling tension arnd....and just wn i was talking to my dad, one of my frnds told me tht his father was in cst, where everyone was insde a bldng..1 little flicker of tension....."hope his dad is ok"....and one more frnd's dad was in colaba....the very place where yesterday al the action was hapng...

just wn u hear tht  sum1 is in trouble, u tend to make tht person feel "everything will b over, its ok...." but its wn the same tragedy affects us, that we realise how serious and dangerous it is..v always tell ppl to b "optimistic"...but can v be optimistic wn sumthing bad hapns to us?wn sum tragedy strikes us, and we r expected to b ok and optimistic? 

i know i didnt feel any kind of a fear the entire day, but iam now sure what fear would actually mean....and i wish i dont ever get to feel it....

one more tragedy.....

its really sad that 26th november,2008 is considered as india's own 9/11...so many ppl have lost their lives, and the numbers r just increasing every time u switch on the news channels....so many police officers r killed, so many brave commandos have lost their lives just bcoz they wer concerned abt the ppl stuck inside taj and oberoi hotels...v have lost sum of our best officers, and still more lives r at stake.....110 ppl killed, countless injured, this is one of the worst days of mumbai, and a time wn v all can come together and help each other, show the true spirit of mumbai...

life as we all can understand now, is not the same anymore...u never know wt might hapn the next minute, wt tragedy might struck us, wt problem might arise, everything has bcum too unpredictable...wt we have is just this one moment, to live our life the way v want to, to show our luved ones wt they mean to us, to just do things that we want to....

sum ppl get sum kind of an indication that they sumthing is going to hapn to them, sum kind of a signal from god...although we might think its all too dramatic, it does hapn...the way old ppl get the feeling that sumthing is going to hapn to them...call it a miracle, a msg from god, or anything tht u like, it does hapn....

but, life doesnt always give a signal to everyone...life is too short for grudges, fights and misunderstandings...call up an old frnd, solve a fight with sumone, talk to ur parents, tell ur frnds how important they r to u....go out for a long walk with the perons u luv, bcoz it is possible that this moment might never come...y wait for things to happen?make them happen...enjoy life rt now, ....

lets pray for the ppl who have lost their lives, and wait for this tragedy to get over.....

bcoz as they say,every dark cloud has a silver lining....

 

the big day

my bday.....im 20 today....the calls started from 11.45.....as usual i was expecting calls from frnds, and was wishing tht everybody would call..i will obviously feel bad if all the people who were supposed to call didnt call, and ppl from whom i didnt expect to get a call(simply bcoz i thought they wouldnt remember) called....never the less, i felt gud wn my frnds called, and felt especially good wn my mom, dad and sister wished me....the day has just started...its 8.20 am and i have the whole day ahead of me...wt will i do now?hmmmmm..lets c....i have my college...got to meet my frnds, and have loads of fun...but what im really waiting for is 5pm....im going to have the best bday today at 5pm...its going to b gr8888...

.talking of bdays reminds me of my childhood, wn just the sight of a cake was enough to make me feeel gr8..buying new clothes, calling frnds over, expecting gifts....well, i would say im the same even today...hehe...afterall, what's a bday w/o a cake or a brand new dress?

and how can i forget my wish for the year...well, ppl might say happiness, peace, love and all tht...but i already have them :) so i would say my wish for the yr would be a time machine....actually tht has been my wish since a very long time...i would luv to go back to my 
childhood, or go ahead and c wt hapns in the future...though the only thing i would want to change would be to do something so tht time stays still....and i guess the only thing which wud make tht possible would be a time machine...i want to relive my 20 yrs...c, experience, and do all the things...go to my old bldng, my old school, my frnds...(most of whom r now busy with their 
respective lives...) tell them how important they r to me, my crushes ;)...play with my frnds, go out with my parents to the same old places as a kid, irritate my sister, see the same old professors....my old grp, many of my frnds with whom im no more in touch...(for which i have no 
explanation)..

however life was, and however life is gonna b, im too happy rt now, and hope i stay like this my 
entire life....and i  thank god for giving me everything....
happy bday meenakshi...

a day trying to study for snap...

now almost everyone would b knowing abt snap...symbiosis national aptitude test....and i guess just 1 month sounds a bit difficult to prepare for an exam which has so many ppl trying to gain admission in one of the most reputed colleges...but i learned today tht infact if u really try hard, it is possible to crack just abt anything....and this is just the thing whihc keeps me going rt now...bcoz i guess 1 month though a small time can make a lot of difference in the way u utilise ur time....
so the day was spent trying to solve sums which seemed really irritating in the start, but made sense later...and now i actually find them interesting..so i guess its just abt the way u make things for urself...evn the most boring thing can b made interesting if u really want to....
the same thing applies to life as well..we might find sum things really unnecessary and think
"y am i doing this?"...but just look at them from a positive frame of mind...and it will be done happily...after all, its better to do things with all ur heart rather than doing them half-heartedly....
thought this was just abt some stupid sums, these r the samll things which really help us handle evn the most boring things, which we wud otherwise ignore...so im busy preparing for snap, trying to solve some problems which have now bcum really interesting for me...lets c wt hapns....though this wud just b my first try at sumthing so big, it will atleast help me in knowing where meenakshi stands, and if just 1 month can help her achieve sumthing....b it an admission to symbiosis, or just the a better ability to solve problems....:)

bday party

wn we hear the word party, the things tht cum to our mind today are....booze, loud music, sum kind of a club or pub, disco,etc, etc..and ofcourse lots and lots of money..but how many of us can forget the way parties wer organised yrs back?wn a party was a reason to get together with family, frnds,relatives...just to c a smile on the faces of our luved ones....
today the essence of a party is lost. ppl give parties to flaunt their money, power, and status...its abt calling as many ppl as possible...going to a hi-fi restaurant...having the best food, and doing things to basically please others. how many of us give a party just bczo we really want to?everyone is just becoming a part of the crowd 2day...its all bcum like a trend...u r forced to give a party evn if u dont feel like giving one...
how many of us give a treat to our parents?the same ppl who have made us wt we r today, the same ppl who bought us a cake wn we wer busy planning for our bdays, and forgot to evn thank them for all their support. who got us the best gifts, who invited our frnds on our behalf, who made sure every guest was served and everyone had the best time....
bdays today, or any party for tht matter have changed the way v look at things...its all materialistic..yrs back the best gift for us was a pencil, pen,a scale, anything tht our frnds got for us...we had such gr8 fun in just looking at the huge heap of gift boxes...out nights wud b spent looking at them, and feeling happy abt the day gone by, but today its abt frnds competing on giving the best gift, so tht we can show the bday guy/gal tht we r indeed giving then sumthing which equals the money they have spent on us...we live in such a materialistic world, tht v forget to think abt the small things in life...
learn to just b urself, do things only wn u really want to, appreciate ppl arnd u, value all those who r dear to u, or it might b too late..bcoz years pass by without us evn knowing abt it...learn to sumtimes bring back the child in u....
go and give a party to ur frnds at the near by thela.....stylishly give a pani puri treat to ur frnds, without caring abt their reactions....if they really r ur frnds, they will b too happy to share the puris with u
and finally, for a change, in the middle of the night cut a cake on ur bday, and this time share it with ur parents, rather than being on the phone with ur frnds....

fashion world

just saw the movie fashion the day b4.....
the fashion world is so full of colour,glamour,style,fame...with so much of money at stake....we are besotted by the image tht the media has created arnd it..but the real story is untold..sum films like fashion try to bring to life the real story, but still many things r left unsaid and unexplained....but still this seems to b a gud step towards reality movies..not just running arnd the trees and romantic songs...today we get to c so many movies which show much more than just glycerine and tears...but having said, i dont really agree with everythign tht was shown in fashion. specially the fact tht to b successful u need to make compromises, and also the fact tht every designer and possibly every guy remotely related to the fashion industry is gay..i think it was just hyped, and i dont think every guy has to b gay to b a part of the industry....making it generalised is not a gud idea..anyways it was just a movie and v shud really appreciate madhur bhandarkar for attempting sumthing which other film makers can only imagine....