As we all part ways ...

Its been two long years .... Since the day we all stepped into this big corporation with dreams to being "professionals" and discovering the little space in each others heart where we could still be new college pass outs :)

We enjoyed those long discussions, arguements, back bench commentory...but(t)-wara sessions.., evening cafeteria sessions, noisy fifth floor screams, vocab sessions, bravo news, CAT discussions, GRE preps, advises, lectures, technology overviews...., annual days, dances, team lunch n dinner, birthday parties, movies, treats, lunch sessions, chai sessions ....
So much and yet so little...I wonder if I have covered two years here... It was great to have a wonderful bunch of friends...As P always says...Your first job mates are always...ur best pals..Come what may :)

Here we are all..each heading in a different direction.... bidding adieu to one another..with a smile on our face and all good wishes in our hearts...holding back all those amazing memories and wishing nothing but to best for the future ...

I will miss you all ... Our 5th floor gang rocks :) Bravo...!!! Good Luck to Ya All.... Where ever u are..U'll rock :)

The budding cartoonist! -- Zoom in to See

Pursuit of Happ'y'ness

Back to blogging after a long long while. Life indeed has changed over the last few months. From days that seemed to reflect monotony, I have learnt the art of generating vibes. I've started loving a new day....more n more. The transition was seamless. Thank You God :)

"Pursuit of Happ'y'ness" is a very ordinary story...the kind of story normal people can relate to, the kind of life that you and me live. The movie brought back to life some questions I've often asked myself .....

- Why did God bring me to earth ?
- Do I want to live a life as ordinary as the billions around me ?
- What is my mission in life ? What is that one thing that I am born to do that God felt no one else in this universe would do ?
- Is success really measured in terms of reputation, money, social relations and standards ?
- How would I say thank you to God for making me more fortunate than the kid born in slums ?
- How do I pay back God/Nature/Mother Earth/India ?

I've never really found answers to these questions. Being materialistic matters a lot, being successful matters a lot, but somewhere deep within I wonder if these are what really matter ?

Would I be really happy the day I become the woman of my dreams, with a successful career, a happy married life, well groomed children, happy parents? Are these in itself too much to ask for. Is the quest to look for some satisfaction over and above these, being a little too demanding ?

I still wonder ... ?

Backkkk

Its been a long long time...I've been a little busy over the last few months...Am trying to be a little creative, though I don't seem to be quite good at it..

- I've started liking costly-tricklets (oxymoron??) !
- I feel like growing my tresses (a little below my shoulder...tresses!! )
- My footwear now has a 3 inch heel !
- I exercise every morning!!

BIG changes!!! Am wondering if its the age . or its just me ??

Wedding Bells all around :)

Nope...It isn't me... But the world arnd seems to be getting married... :) I got to hear of my 6th friend getting engaged/married within a span of a month, ofcourse, there are 3-4 pending in June :). Not sure, if it is with my age, with the young industry arnd me or just a "co"-incidence...but yeah - Its wedding time :) Some seem happy, some shocked, all slowly realishing an cautiously stepping into the new world from where there is no looking back

The world around me is growing more n more responsible, most friends are buying new homes, those who are in charge of life are moving on for higher studies, those who aren't and are relatively satisfied with their academic and work life are moving on to the state of marital bliss. But yeah...the world is indeed "progressing" from one state to the next.

Am I missing something... Oops... but me not feeling unrest as yet...Hmmm :)) Long way to go :))

(: Congratulation to all/ would - be newly wedded couples :)

Happy Birthday to Me ... :)

Bhabhi just handed me my first birthday gift ...a beautiful bouquet with 2 roses :) A brilliant surprise ...

Suddenly realized...another year of me growing older and wiser has gone by! As I look back at the twenty odd years of awareness... I reminisce many images....

Bhaiyya hugging little me and calling me "unni", me crying, pleading, making a fuss for a small ball ice cream.... me fighting with bhaiyya and all my cousins for the window seat, putting a night out (3 o clock) in my third standard to make up for the 15 day delay to join school at Chennai, me throwing a set square at bhaiyya n it escaping his eyes by a few mms....me n bhaiyya quitely watching snails at the backyard in Assam, ...., me jumping off the rickshaw on the first day to school... n papa sitting with me in class the whole day.......

There are sooo sooo many instances, ... life had been too good to me.... Today I am a girl at the best of my life...the peak which could be called the pinnacle, be it intellect or beauty there couldn't be a period better than the mid twenties... :))

I am happy the way I am - a little crazy, a little weird, so very confused ... sometimes as bold as a queen and sometimes as meek as a mice.... sometimes with dreams of conquering the world ... n sometimes at absolute peace with status-quo.....Wondering with anxious eyes... at what tomorrow would bring me, scared of the uncertain tomorrow ... and yet so very excited about it... :)

Thank You to all my friends, those who are in touch, and those who aren't...I love you alll...!!! Life couldn't have been any better to me .. n I would love to cherish my today with all of you... :))

Welcome 2007.... Am looking forward to another year to growing up, of learning to love and being loved....

Happy Birthday to Me....:))

Dealing with change ...

I've started realizing an obvious reality of life, which I guess someday everyone realizes - "Life indeed moves on". Old elderly pass away and new babies are born, people walk in and out of life, sometimes we move away from loved ones and sometimes they walk out of our life, we win a few deals, we lose out on a few, sometimes we feel our eternal highs and sometimes we get a taste of life's all time lows....we change, our surroundings change - but end of the day - as the world around us transforms - we realize that to evolve we got to realign ourselves, adjust and again become an integral part of the eternal whole.

What differentiates one from the other, is the way we deal with these transformations. There are those, who quietly let the world transform, stay still (like a small spec staying still in the center of a huge whirlpool, being sucked in and yet staying still and maintaining its calm) ; as the world realigns itself, they quietly wait and observe the world around with absolute tranquility, and once the world settles itself, they conveniently fall into their niche.

On the other hand there are others, who get perturbed by the turbulence and sway away from the center. As the world realigns itself around them, they try to realign themselves. They waste a lot of energy, worrying, getting depressed, feeling sad about themselves. They do not watch the changes, they do not learn from them, they are too preoccupied with themselves. And these people take much longer to gain normalcy.

There are very few who have the courage and patience to be the former, and in this era of tremendous changes, this is what differentiates The best from the rest !