No, I am not lost literally when we mean lost as in, not aware of where to go.. but rather literally, meaning lost as to why? how?
Havent really gone as crazy as this in the past. Its a new phase and hence the feeling no doubt. But then yes, this is what happens when you start working. When u shift focus from being friends, having fun, enjoying life to earning life, earning more money and even more ego. Friends are the things that have always had me sailing thick or thin and m sure would remain that way..(Drr.. u are the best one of course). But amidst all the work, the pressures and the un-necessary hassles of the work place and systems.. where is the fun lost.
Surely, going out and eating with all of them is not fun. Having a laugh at the end of the day is not something that makes my day. I get that kiddo like adrenaline rush when i happen to talk to my buddies or simply go check out a friend's ol NM album,or the Nirma album, or the school pictures. This is immediate remedy to my sorrow and feeling of utter boredom, sick feeling. Nothing cures heart ache better than a batch of awesome old memories.. photographs, chat anything i can lay my hands on.
Apart from all of this hooplah, there is also the issue of the friends themselves becoming a little more aloof, rather, more involved in their daily tribulations.
Been ages since i spoke to the wonderful juniors... Been ages since i ever went out to simply hangout and chill.. Be it on the beach, or simply on marine drive and had those endless, useless, pointless discussions. Surely, it has been a real while since i last fought in the real essence of a fight over something that we were all completely not concerned about, but emotionally attached to - SCR :P
My roomies and the late night chats on whose butt that is.. (inverted picture identification :P) to talking of who is doing what, where and since when.. it feels like far and as if disconnected..
IN SHORT ....!!! I AM LOST. Why ??? Coz my friends have disappeared. There is actually nothing to talk about when we talk if we talk. Some have stopped calling. Yes, seniors are gone and we are the seniors so why remember them?? Apart from the normal gossip.. we have all become boring..!!! I hate this life. I want my college life back. I now realise what it means as being in college and having fun.
Hell yaaaaa.......... chuck the sorrow.. look at the brighter side.. Its going to be a busy and involving next week in Singapore :P
Friday, August 28, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Success
A word that motivates, one that eludes many, something achieved by those who believe. Surely success has its own definitions as you go around asking people. But, how do you achieve what you set out for yourself. You do that by making sure that you work, you focus, you dedicate, you dream and ... you change.
A new product, a new concept, a price sensitive market. Everything that you may not consider as the best reasons. But then, had it been so easy, why would you have been asked to do it. Looking at a micro perspective, its a challenge. One which you have to succeed in. You lose, you dont deserve to be where you are. You have all the time in the world and the expertise that you may want to call, but at the end of the day, what you really have to have is the dedication to achieve what you set for yourself. How, one may ask. By evaluating your own performance, identifying the basics of the market and playing along to be successful. Most of all, you shouldnt be upset by the 'No'. You should be able to live with it. Live with the word No and accept that it is a part of the business. It is just but obvious. Dont you say No to any salesman who comes knocking on your door? You are just another, with a different prodcut/service. Selling ice to an eskimo is something to reckon. Till the time you hone such skills, you must, must keep working. Try identifying and understanding the needs of the individual and focus on those aspects.
There have to be setbacks or so to say hurdles. But to beat them and progress ahead is the name of the game. You have to be on your toes. Make sure your pitch is correct. Make sure you are sure of what you say and also of the offering and the competition. That is possibly the only way to push your way to the top.
How would i do it ??
1. Make a note of all the people who have said yes and reason out why?
2. How would you position your service in a market which is price sensitive?
3. Hone your pitch to suit the adviser and see how you can mould them.
4. Get the superior to tell you what is the kind of adviser group that would join us in this proposition?
You surely have succeeded in making them turn and listen. You surely have managed to get them to hear you. But how would you close onto them? How would you make sure taht you have them with you?
Well, as i ponder on these very serious things.. there are far more important things in life to worry about.. like whats the sweet i would get at home today :D
A new product, a new concept, a price sensitive market. Everything that you may not consider as the best reasons. But then, had it been so easy, why would you have been asked to do it. Looking at a micro perspective, its a challenge. One which you have to succeed in. You lose, you dont deserve to be where you are. You have all the time in the world and the expertise that you may want to call, but at the end of the day, what you really have to have is the dedication to achieve what you set for yourself. How, one may ask. By evaluating your own performance, identifying the basics of the market and playing along to be successful. Most of all, you shouldnt be upset by the 'No'. You should be able to live with it. Live with the word No and accept that it is a part of the business. It is just but obvious. Dont you say No to any salesman who comes knocking on your door? You are just another, with a different prodcut/service. Selling ice to an eskimo is something to reckon. Till the time you hone such skills, you must, must keep working. Try identifying and understanding the needs of the individual and focus on those aspects.
There have to be setbacks or so to say hurdles. But to beat them and progress ahead is the name of the game. You have to be on your toes. Make sure your pitch is correct. Make sure you are sure of what you say and also of the offering and the competition. That is possibly the only way to push your way to the top.
How would i do it ??
1. Make a note of all the people who have said yes and reason out why?
2. How would you position your service in a market which is price sensitive?
3. Hone your pitch to suit the adviser and see how you can mould them.
4. Get the superior to tell you what is the kind of adviser group that would join us in this proposition?
You surely have succeeded in making them turn and listen. You surely have managed to get them to hear you. But how would you close onto them? How would you make sure taht you have them with you?
Well, as i ponder on these very serious things.. there are far more important things in life to worry about.. like whats the sweet i would get at home today :D
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Defiance
Defiance: Meaning in simple terms to go against. It may sound rebellious at the first instance. But it may be just the opposite, it may mean trying to find a way to live. It might also mean, trying to uphold the truth.
Just the other day I came across an article mentioning about the iranian regime. Not really barbaric, but a little short is where i would place them. The methods no less closed, dictatorial than the nazi and the facist regimes. Undoubtedly, the people would have to fight, there would have to be defiance. It may be aggresive in nature, or simply for survival. There have to be leaders. May be of the beliskie cadre, or some other. People have to raise their voice against what they feel is incorrect. If not them, it would benefit the rest. If not today, tomorrow it would bring light into the lives of the many remaining. Undoubtedly, it calls for a lot more. It calls not only for the sacrifices of the people involved, but also of a sane mind who would be able to take charge, take care and be there when the group needs him.
Be it the lady in iran, or the jewish lads who warded off the german troops. It always took and would for every reason take a lot more than simple courage to defy.
But then, hasnt it always been the case. Take the case of Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela.
It is probably God's way of guiding the right and differentiating the right from wrong. However powerful, nasty and ugly the wrong may be, they finally have to meet an end. A sad and sorry end. No fraudster, gangster or a corrupt politician seen a happy ending story. If even one was lucky, he surely left a sad trail behind him for his epitaph.
Last, but never the least the entire meaning of the word defiance has changed for me thanks to the movie.
Owe it to whoever gave me this one :)
Just the other day I came across an article mentioning about the iranian regime. Not really barbaric, but a little short is where i would place them. The methods no less closed, dictatorial than the nazi and the facist regimes. Undoubtedly, the people would have to fight, there would have to be defiance. It may be aggresive in nature, or simply for survival. There have to be leaders. May be of the beliskie cadre, or some other. People have to raise their voice against what they feel is incorrect. If not them, it would benefit the rest. If not today, tomorrow it would bring light into the lives of the many remaining. Undoubtedly, it calls for a lot more. It calls not only for the sacrifices of the people involved, but also of a sane mind who would be able to take charge, take care and be there when the group needs him.
Be it the lady in iran, or the jewish lads who warded off the german troops. It always took and would for every reason take a lot more than simple courage to defy.
But then, hasnt it always been the case. Take the case of Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela.
It is probably God's way of guiding the right and differentiating the right from wrong. However powerful, nasty and ugly the wrong may be, they finally have to meet an end. A sad and sorry end. No fraudster, gangster or a corrupt politician seen a happy ending story. If even one was lucky, he surely left a sad trail behind him for his epitaph.
Last, but never the least the entire meaning of the word defiance has changed for me thanks to the movie.
Owe it to whoever gave me this one :)
Sunday, July 26, 2009
The path to follow
Well, now just the other day i was reading a story about a painter and another scientist and yet another social reformer and an educationist. These people are the greats as we see them. They are not Gods, but humans. Some like you and me. But what draws them apart is the way they have led their lives and in a more useful and appropriate manner. What to do with the phenomenal amount of energy and capabilities? What to do with the network that you have? What to do now? Something that is more thrilling, more exciting and more intriguing.
Long gone is the fun to court. So also is over the fun to organize. Now life wants to be more meaningful, more mature and more practical. Everything is seen from the view point of whether it can be or cant be. It is seen from the perspective of what will help and how instead of the earlier care-free attitude in life. Everything is accounted by the amount that is credited in the bank, to the effort that is put in. It is a dog eat dog world. With the numerous opportunities at hand, it is all the more confusing. However, there is always a reason to everything for an educated. And so also, some dim nit-wit like me would want to know why and why not !! Heavens bless our soul. It though seems like i have decided to continue with this life of mine, trying to balance both what i want and what i wish. Which is what is again an enigma. And of course there is always a feeling of being sure of what i am doing and whether its the right way to go or not. Whatever be the case, its decided. I am going to go for it come the end of the fiscal. Go on and jump into this quick sand. To survive is something that i would have to manage and learn by that time. I have to know how. And so only, its necessary to excel at both places. Work while you work and play while you play is the perfect model of the life and the manner of existence that i am going to be subject myself to.
Anyway, not that i really intended to convey something path breaking. But this was just something that dawned on me lately. It has to be good both places. I have to perform. I have to prove that I am better than the best and have to do whatever it takes to achieve that.
Had a decent weekend though :) back to work tomorrow !!!
Long gone is the fun to court. So also is over the fun to organize. Now life wants to be more meaningful, more mature and more practical. Everything is seen from the view point of whether it can be or cant be. It is seen from the perspective of what will help and how instead of the earlier care-free attitude in life. Everything is accounted by the amount that is credited in the bank, to the effort that is put in. It is a dog eat dog world. With the numerous opportunities at hand, it is all the more confusing. However, there is always a reason to everything for an educated. And so also, some dim nit-wit like me would want to know why and why not !! Heavens bless our soul. It though seems like i have decided to continue with this life of mine, trying to balance both what i want and what i wish. Which is what is again an enigma. And of course there is always a feeling of being sure of what i am doing and whether its the right way to go or not. Whatever be the case, its decided. I am going to go for it come the end of the fiscal. Go on and jump into this quick sand. To survive is something that i would have to manage and learn by that time. I have to know how. And so only, its necessary to excel at both places. Work while you work and play while you play is the perfect model of the life and the manner of existence that i am going to be subject myself to.
Anyway, not that i really intended to convey something path breaking. But this was just something that dawned on me lately. It has to be good both places. I have to perform. I have to prove that I am better than the best and have to do whatever it takes to achieve that.
Had a decent weekend though :) back to work tomorrow !!!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
MJ - The Legend - The Best Entertainer of all Times
MJ - 1958 - 2009.
Never been an ardent MJ fan, but surely believed in him being one of those individuals who had attained a greatness when people were just finding their feet. Who had touched the hearts of millions when others are just learning the ropes of life. He lived life king size and why not. He was the KING.
A king in spirit and work. He was unparalleled when it came to music and Pop. He was the person who introduced POP to the world. From Billy Jean, to thriller, to Black or white, to my all time favourites of Heal the world, lost children, cry. He rocked the world of one and all who had the honour of listening to his songs.
He may not have sacrificed his life for anyone/any country, but he is loved, remembered and reverred all across the globe by young and old alike. For he was the one who brought them all together by the magic of his music. His lyrics were straight from the heart, straight from the gut.
Undoubtedly I am "Speechless" as I struggle to pay tribute to this wonderful person. He may have be condoned and hurt by scores of sharks in the world, pestered by the papparazzis, but the sheer number of people who turned up for his memorial show that people love him, people are with him and would be with him forever. He didnt live his life in vain. He made the most anyone could have.
MJ you would be regarded not just as an entertainer, but as a human, as a person who dreamt and worked to be what he always wanted to be. As someone who came from the so believed dis-advantaged section, but became a hero bigger than life.
You are an icon, a legend, an invincible spirit, angel personified. You would be always missed, but surely never forgotten. Your songs, your style and your persona would always over shadow everything that someone else would try to achieve. You have raised the bar to a level un-attainable by any normal human.
As someone rightly said it, God needs you more than we do. But we love you, will always miss u. May you rest in peace MJ. Loads of love.
Never been an ardent MJ fan, but surely believed in him being one of those individuals who had attained a greatness when people were just finding their feet. Who had touched the hearts of millions when others are just learning the ropes of life. He lived life king size and why not. He was the KING.
A king in spirit and work. He was unparalleled when it came to music and Pop. He was the person who introduced POP to the world. From Billy Jean, to thriller, to Black or white, to my all time favourites of Heal the world, lost children, cry. He rocked the world of one and all who had the honour of listening to his songs.
He may not have sacrificed his life for anyone/any country, but he is loved, remembered and reverred all across the globe by young and old alike. For he was the one who brought them all together by the magic of his music. His lyrics were straight from the heart, straight from the gut.
Undoubtedly I am "Speechless" as I struggle to pay tribute to this wonderful person. He may have be condoned and hurt by scores of sharks in the world, pestered by the papparazzis, but the sheer number of people who turned up for his memorial show that people love him, people are with him and would be with him forever. He didnt live his life in vain. He made the most anyone could have.
MJ you would be regarded not just as an entertainer, but as a human, as a person who dreamt and worked to be what he always wanted to be. As someone who came from the so believed dis-advantaged section, but became a hero bigger than life.
You are an icon, a legend, an invincible spirit, angel personified. You would be always missed, but surely never forgotten. Your songs, your style and your persona would always over shadow everything that someone else would try to achieve. You have raised the bar to a level un-attainable by any normal human.
As someone rightly said it, God needs you more than we do. But we love you, will always miss u. May you rest in peace MJ. Loads of love.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Life is when there is a fight
Well, the last few months have made me realise that there is no fun in life when there is no fight. Be it for admissions, for CR, for the council or for the placements. Life is fun and exciting only when there is a challenge. Now in life when the challenges are less appealing and when there is enough time at hand, it feels mentally less interesting and less fun. There is enough time to while away doing nothing which i like. And for the rest, there is no company and no passion. Dead is that individual who would run up and down 5 times in 5 minutes for the sake of the council, or placements. Murder !!! comes the shout. Well, it may be the murder of the old me and here comes the more stupid, complacent, more tolerant me. Unfortunately, where does this lead me?
I cannot but think of something new everyday. I remember those wonderful college days with envy. That was something that i would never get back. The first day at college with faizal mohammad. Those days in the hostel meeting up with people and having dinner together. Its been a long long way from those initial hostel days to the days in the flat and the issues therein. Not to forget those times spent in the council and the hours and nights spent on working for Paragana. How we slogged and what we got? A tradeoff possibly never going to balance considering the emotional fulfillment that it gave. The times when i felt proud of having taken care of Paragana and the issue following it.
The tension and the tribulations of placements and the wonderful times spent with friends. Be it those expensive chacha excursions, or the wonderful sweet times spent at PR. The wonderful dinners at Angethi or the Jalebis at Tiwari. Life was fun. Everyday was different and you wouldnt know where you are going to be at what time. You woudlnt know what you are going to eat or do. So basically there was always the excitement of the unknown. There was very little time for anything else in life because of the permanent marriage with the activities of the college and the issues incumbent to a mammoth money making machine. With studies still taking some spare time in life, the present seems pathetic.
But then, I am sure the days ahead are not going to be smooth sailing. The sword is hanging. Its only days that i am counting i can prevent it from falling down. So lets take stock. Lets find out. How i can find something to fight for. No doubt, the job is challenging, but the principle of work while you work makes my play life difficult. I miss my friends, i miss those days in the quad, whiling time checking the beauty of God and eating nice food at expensive places.
However i may curse the place, but i still owe NM a lot in life.
I cannot but think of something new everyday. I remember those wonderful college days with envy. That was something that i would never get back. The first day at college with faizal mohammad. Those days in the hostel meeting up with people and having dinner together. Its been a long long way from those initial hostel days to the days in the flat and the issues therein. Not to forget those times spent in the council and the hours and nights spent on working for Paragana. How we slogged and what we got? A tradeoff possibly never going to balance considering the emotional fulfillment that it gave. The times when i felt proud of having taken care of Paragana and the issue following it.
The tension and the tribulations of placements and the wonderful times spent with friends. Be it those expensive chacha excursions, or the wonderful sweet times spent at PR. The wonderful dinners at Angethi or the Jalebis at Tiwari. Life was fun. Everyday was different and you wouldnt know where you are going to be at what time. You woudlnt know what you are going to eat or do. So basically there was always the excitement of the unknown. There was very little time for anything else in life because of the permanent marriage with the activities of the college and the issues incumbent to a mammoth money making machine. With studies still taking some spare time in life, the present seems pathetic.
But then, I am sure the days ahead are not going to be smooth sailing. The sword is hanging. Its only days that i am counting i can prevent it from falling down. So lets take stock. Lets find out. How i can find something to fight for. No doubt, the job is challenging, but the principle of work while you work makes my play life difficult. I miss my friends, i miss those days in the quad, whiling time checking the beauty of God and eating nice food at expensive places.
However i may curse the place, but i still owe NM a lot in life.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Time and the meaning
Well, no doubt its been long that i posted here. But well, that surely doesnt mean that i dont have the time to write or that i have been busy. It might just be taken as a pint to tiredness, with a spoon of laziness and loads of other distractions :P
No, seriouly, its about time something be done of the uselessness of an individual when he comes home from work. There has to be some activity in the life of an individual when he returns from work till the time he may love or sleep or both. Now, what does one do? A hectic beginning and an equally funny job profile adding to the sorrow now. Well, not used to be home at 10pm in the night and then not free till 10.30pm at work made life very small and the time left for oneself very less. That was the time when i wanted that i have some time for myself, to introspect and understand where and how to go. But now, with a little too much at hand and not really knowing what to do, one really gets upset and nervous. There is a faction in the party which may say that u read, whereas the other may vote for guitar and the still other would root for the drums or simply reading. But, there is only one self and not so much of time as retirement. But simply tit bits where possibly i could simply read and while my time away constructively. So also, there are movies and masti galore waiting to be explored.
The time now has a completely different dimension. With there being literally no tension after work on most days, there is little to do but watch the television. As compared to in RCNI or in the council, there was always something or the other in the mind.
Nevertheless its one time of my life which i am enjoying today and possibly and hopefully so, not tomorrow. I would prefer to be on the move and be occupied for most of the times. But then.. as it is said " Change is the only thing constant in this world"
Till the time we put together heads again, happy birhtday DP and of course, you are free give me suggestions on what i could do.
No, seriouly, its about time something be done of the uselessness of an individual when he comes home from work. There has to be some activity in the life of an individual when he returns from work till the time he may love or sleep or both. Now, what does one do? A hectic beginning and an equally funny job profile adding to the sorrow now. Well, not used to be home at 10pm in the night and then not free till 10.30pm at work made life very small and the time left for oneself very less. That was the time when i wanted that i have some time for myself, to introspect and understand where and how to go. But now, with a little too much at hand and not really knowing what to do, one really gets upset and nervous. There is a faction in the party which may say that u read, whereas the other may vote for guitar and the still other would root for the drums or simply reading. But, there is only one self and not so much of time as retirement. But simply tit bits where possibly i could simply read and while my time away constructively. So also, there are movies and masti galore waiting to be explored.
The time now has a completely different dimension. With there being literally no tension after work on most days, there is little to do but watch the television. As compared to in RCNI or in the council, there was always something or the other in the mind.
Nevertheless its one time of my life which i am enjoying today and possibly and hopefully so, not tomorrow. I would prefer to be on the move and be occupied for most of the times. But then.. as it is said " Change is the only thing constant in this world"
Till the time we put together heads again, happy birhtday DP and of course, you are free give me suggestions on what i could do.
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