COD (trademark term by me) seems to affect almost everyone when they leave home to go onsite for a few weeks to a few months or maybe years. The COD (Common Onsite Disease) infects you the minute you step on foreign land.
For the first few days - the disease is asymptomatic. The subject shows no signs of malady and is happy go lucky. Only talks about how good the place is, how luxurious the hotel is, guys would definitely comment - Yahan ki bandiyan badi hot hai yaar!, girls definitely are elated at the shopping opportunities.
After the incubation period of a few days, the COD virus comes into activity. Here's a guide to know if the subject is suffering from common onsite disease. Symptoms include:
- More Hindi Usage
- 24X7 online status on IM's
- Too much internet presence
- Sudden fondness for Hindi Songs/Movies
- Calling friends back home more often than usual
- Feeling blue frequently
Monday, August 31, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
To be or not to be
Should you be yourself all the time without the fear of people getting judgemental or Should you portray a certain image and behave in a certain way?
Was shakespeare right in saying - All the world's a stage and we are actors who are supposed to act out or was he right when he said - God has given you one face, and you make yourself another??
Was shakespeare right in saying - All the world's a stage and we are actors who are supposed to act out or was he right when he said - God has given you one face, and you make yourself another??
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Official Attyachaar
Same company and same designation for over two years and the same manager and the same people around is too overbearing. Add on top of that - the measly hike over two years which wont even buy me a family pizza every month.
As they say, be happy with what you have. I am happy that atleast I am lucky enough to still be employed in a firm that's considered to be one of the best to work for. But there are still some things because of which im on the last nerve these days.
PM: One jackass, knows nothing about what we do. Always imparting gyaan or giving sugar coated golis. Doesnt even look like a manager or behave like one. You talk of salary hike and promotions and he will have his own dukhde. I end up feeling sorry for him.
The Cab PM: If people ever said women are dumb, I always dis-agreed. But now i agree - she is a live specimen. She will have the weirdest of questions and a poky nose. Never ever will wait happily for 10mins for a cab mate who is stuck with work. Wont walk even 5 steps to board the cab. Wont sit in the middle seat. If she cold, AC off, she hot AC on. And the other day she picked up a fight on the internal messenger group at work. Uff!!
Onsite Lead: His NT/user id is KULKARM. What co-incidence no, uske saare karm kukarm hi hain. He's the kinds who would ask 'Ram kaun tha?' after listening to Ramayan. And he would have the same question everyday if he listens to it everyday. There is nothing he can do right. Oh there is - he can smoke away to glory like a chimney. I guess along with the cigarette - his grey cells are on fire and getting burnt and turning to black soot into a kaala dhabba for the team.
Present State: A victim of Official Attyachaar
Present Mood: Bitchy, but feel better after venting :)
As they say, be happy with what you have. I am happy that atleast I am lucky enough to still be employed in a firm that's considered to be one of the best to work for. But there are still some things because of which im on the last nerve these days.
PM: One jackass, knows nothing about what we do. Always imparting gyaan or giving sugar coated golis. Doesnt even look like a manager or behave like one. You talk of salary hike and promotions and he will have his own dukhde. I end up feeling sorry for him.
The Cab PM: If people ever said women are dumb, I always dis-agreed. But now i agree - she is a live specimen. She will have the weirdest of questions and a poky nose. Never ever will wait happily for 10mins for a cab mate who is stuck with work. Wont walk even 5 steps to board the cab. Wont sit in the middle seat. If she cold, AC off, she hot AC on. And the other day she picked up a fight on the internal messenger group at work. Uff!!
Onsite Lead: His NT/user id is KULKARM. What co-incidence no, uske saare karm kukarm hi hain. He's the kinds who would ask 'Ram kaun tha?' after listening to Ramayan. And he would have the same question everyday if he listens to it everyday. There is nothing he can do right. Oh there is - he can smoke away to glory like a chimney. I guess along with the cigarette - his grey cells are on fire and getting burnt and turning to black soot into a kaala dhabba for the team.
Present State: A victim of Official Attyachaar
Present Mood: Bitchy, but feel better after venting :)
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Ajj Din Chadeya
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has churned out a brilliant number yet again for Love AajKal. This one's Ajj Din Chhadeya - amazingly soothing, meaningful and addictive. This one has been on mind ever since I've watched the trailers. Having the watched the movie twice (yes twice) at the cinema hall - the plot the picturization has made the song grow on me even more.
Although the whole song and the lyrics are beautiful. Here's my favorite bit:
Maanga Jo Mera Hai, Jaata Kya Tera Hai
Maine Kaun Si, Tujhse Jannat Maang Li
Kaisa Khuda Hai Tu, Bas Naam Ka Hai Tu
Rabba Jo Teri Itni Si Bhi Na Chali
Chahiye Jo Mujhe Kar De Tu Mujhko Ada
My Rating for the song - 9/10
Do listen to the song if you can or else you're missing on too much :)
P.S. Can watch the movie a third time too. Loved it so much. Pay for my ticket and Il come along :D
Although the whole song and the lyrics are beautiful. Here's my favorite bit:
Maanga Jo Mera Hai, Jaata Kya Tera Hai
Maine Kaun Si, Tujhse Jannat Maang Li
Kaisa Khuda Hai Tu, Bas Naam Ka Hai Tu
Rabba Jo Teri Itni Si Bhi Na Chali
Chahiye Jo Mujhe Kar De Tu Mujhko Ada
My Rating for the song - 9/10
Do listen to the song if you can or else you're missing on too much :)
P.S. Can watch the movie a third time too. Loved it so much. Pay for my ticket and Il come along :D
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Drop it and Carry on
Just tonight I was talking to my close friends who are now married to each other. They were not a happily wedded couple who is into the third month of their marriage. After listening to both sides, I could easily figure out what was wrong, but they did not seem to realize what it was. I could sense it.
"Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present" is one of the 45 life's lessons from Regina Bretts. Read them here. This one has got me thinking. Making our peace with things that have happened in the past whether your fault or not is of utmost importance or we keep spoiling the present.
We are a result of what has happened to us and what we choose or do not choose to do in life. Our comedy of errors shapes our life. You can never really cut that part out coz its still part of you. The most we can do is close the book and place it in the shelf where you cant see it. If we dont, it will just rise from ashes like the phoenix and meddles into the present. Keep the surroundings de-cluttered and you wont have a feeling of being lost. There is absolutely no space for past in the present. If the wheel of time has moved, give time to time. Move on and let bygones be bygones.
Getting past the past is what is needed at times. Do not carry extra baggage wherever you go like an overstuffed VIP suitcase. Do not be overburdened by something you do not need or isnt useful. Do not be tied down to something that makes the walk of life difficult. Untie those shoes and leave them behind. And Keep Walking.
Forgive and Forget. Travel light. Enjoy the journey called life.
"Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present" is one of the 45 life's lessons from Regina Bretts. Read them here. This one has got me thinking. Making our peace with things that have happened in the past whether your fault or not is of utmost importance or we keep spoiling the present.
We are a result of what has happened to us and what we choose or do not choose to do in life. Our comedy of errors shapes our life. You can never really cut that part out coz its still part of you. The most we can do is close the book and place it in the shelf where you cant see it. If we dont, it will just rise from ashes like the phoenix and meddles into the present. Keep the surroundings de-cluttered and you wont have a feeling of being lost. There is absolutely no space for past in the present. If the wheel of time has moved, give time to time. Move on and let bygones be bygones.
Getting past the past is what is needed at times. Do not carry extra baggage wherever you go like an overstuffed VIP suitcase. Do not be overburdened by something you do not need or isnt useful. Do not be tied down to something that makes the walk of life difficult. Untie those shoes and leave them behind. And Keep Walking.
Forgive and Forget. Travel light. Enjoy the journey called life.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Love Aaj Kal & Humesha
Note: This post is dedicated to two of the P's in my life. Both of them are males. They always go looking for logic and rationale behind everything. So here are my two cents for both of you and the other similar people on planet earth.
Go watch love aajkal and it should make some place in your head for faith in the fact that somethings including love defy logic. The movie re-affirmed mine. The main protagonists Meera and Jai,part of the 21st century 'Mango people' - the aam janta, learnt it the hard way.
Logic doesnt make all things work. Not all things have a law from physics behind it. Not all things come with rule books and instruction manuals. There are no global standards and processes to be followed. There is no right or wrong thing in love.
Be it the 16th century Romeo and Juliet or the 21st century Meera and Jai, the common denominator is love and that has no logical reasons. The only reasons are reasons only the heart knows. And it will always be that way.
So what makes things like love work is a secret ingredient. And the secret of the secret ingredient is NOTHING, but love.
Love,
Faded Glory
Go watch love aajkal and it should make some place in your head for faith in the fact that somethings including love defy logic. The movie re-affirmed mine. The main protagonists Meera and Jai,part of the 21st century 'Mango people' - the aam janta, learnt it the hard way.
Logic doesnt make all things work. Not all things have a law from physics behind it. Not all things come with rule books and instruction manuals. There are no global standards and processes to be followed. There is no right or wrong thing in love.
Be it the 16th century Romeo and Juliet or the 21st century Meera and Jai, the common denominator is love and that has no logical reasons. The only reasons are reasons only the heart knows. And it will always be that way.
So what makes things like love work is a secret ingredient. And the secret of the secret ingredient is NOTHING, but love.
Love,
Faded Glory
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