I found three topics really interesting to pen down on....
New Year..... Problems....and Resolutions...
Nothing connected to each other.....but may be they are.....let me see...
First of all.....wish you all a very happy new year....a year full of pleasant surprises.....a year full of smiles....a year full of blessings.....a year that would be really full of memories for years to come....
one second...hold on...
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k....I am back now.....had got a call......naaaaa not any friend/relative wishing Happy New Year...... some Insurance related...."Would you be interested in our offer" call.... Hmm....with my usual tone I said...."No not interested"......the lady on the other end replied...."Ok Madam...no problem....Happy New Year!" Aaaaaawwww I should have talked in a little softer tone.....but it wasnt intentional also :( I hope that poor soul gets many many customers who would want to take her offer.....my new year wish for her......
With this, I think I should make a resolution to be more kind to people when I talk.......dont know....sometimes situations turn out the way you dont want it to.......Ok....Ok....nothing happened now.... I am Ok....very much Ok.... I thought I will make a resolution that I wont eat chocolates for the complete month of Jan09.....reached office, a cubicle mate offered Toblerone and I gobbled it......then all that I told myself was...."OH!" and then..."Itna cheating tho chalega yaar!"......Hmm I have a problem....what to do? I love chocolates/icecreams/some sweets/chat items/.../.../... the list will continue;to put it in one word "JUNK". Everyone has problems......no, I am not talking about the major problems....terrorism, pak, hamas bombings.....yes there are many....but we also have so many which are great ones at some point of time, someone wants to go on a trip with friends, but the manager is hell bent on not giving leave..."I saw Karzzz in PVR!!! Paisa barbaad"....see the problems...aur suno....My friend cribbing that she is bored of eating upma every morning for breakfast...and ask me who cooks at her home....its she only who cooks...now what problem is this!!!!!!One more saying..."Rithaaaa I lost my ATM card again"...hmm there is a serious problem... someone is desperately trying to reach to her crush....but the call is not going thru....see problem exists......and in many cases, the problem persists...
With all this as part of life in 2008, we have stepped into 2009.....We dont know what's in store (dont ask me which store..medical store or retail store......Did you shout NO PJs????)
Enjoy your year ahead....if Resolutions are a problem...just chuck them....leave it....one of my friends has put in her status message : "Resolutions!!!" sounds so broken... Do you like the sound of someone breaking a piece of chocolate with nuts??
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Lazy Sunday....
Do you feel the same too?
Lazy Sunday...
Waking up at eleven in the morning
Freshening up, but still yawning
Hunger is more and the energy low….
“Should I have breakfast or lunch now?”
Who cares about it anyway?
Life feels a waste sometimes on this lazy Sunday….
Pick up the laptop to check for mails…
Routine of checking new movies never fails….
Sit with friends and discuss just anything
Fight to watch your favourite show on tv
and end up seeing youtube videos and enjoying..
Life feels fun sometimes on this lazy Sunday…
Gobble up something in the name of dinner…
Play that last game online and declare yourself a winner…
Complain that the weekend is getting over….
Promising that we will not waste a weekend ever..
The promise which is kept never….
Life feels philosophical sometimes on this lazy Sunday…
-- Ritha Hegde
Lazy Sunday...
Waking up at eleven in the morning
Freshening up, but still yawning
Hunger is more and the energy low….
“Should I have breakfast or lunch now?”
Who cares about it anyway?
Life feels a waste sometimes on this lazy Sunday….
Pick up the laptop to check for mails…
Routine of checking new movies never fails….
Sit with friends and discuss just anything
Fight to watch your favourite show on tv
and end up seeing youtube videos and enjoying..
Life feels fun sometimes on this lazy Sunday…
Gobble up something in the name of dinner…
Play that last game online and declare yourself a winner…
Complain that the weekend is getting over….
Promising that we will not waste a weekend ever..
The promise which is kept never….
Life feels philosophical sometimes on this lazy Sunday…
-- Ritha Hegde
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
The journey begins.......
I remember reading somewhere like - The journey to a destination is more enjoyable than the destination itself. Writeup today is something revolving around it.
I for the first time was about to step out of my country. I did not have enough time to prepare myself for this trip......and so I had the feeling that I would miss out somethings... But yes, I had to start my journey on the date my company wanted me to.....there was no other go... It was definitely a mixture of all feelings.....sad that I had to leave my dear hubby alone and happy that I would be seeing something new..... Anyways, will not get into the details of it, as this post is about the journey that I said.
With loads and loads of information from every possible source around, there I was in the airport...all alone. Little nervous and pretending to be confident, I moved along to the baggage checkin counter. A lady standing in front of the counter, smiled and handed over a paper to me.... I smiled back, folded the paper and kept it in my handbag. She also handed me the cabin baggage tag and I promptly attached it to my bags. Got my luggage checked in and was instructed to move to the immigration counter next. There were many queues and I went and stood there, with my boarding pass and passport in my hand. I was pretending to be confident and was looking around....and what do I see...hee hee....ppl are holding their passport, boarding pass and a sheet of paper....form like..... oh oh...i think that lady gave that only.... where did i keep it, did i drop it?....ok its in my bag.....went back, filled it and stood in the queue again and then cleared it and the next baggage checking also fine. Then there was this big seating area where ppl are sitting and waiting.... My flight was at 2:20 in the night. I had my dinner at around 8 that day and had started for the airport...was not able to eat much also with all the thoughts gng on in my head....
It was around 12:3o in the night that i started feeling hungry..... looked around to see what I could eat.....i saw a pizza shop, a cafe shop, some other shops of not much importance to me at that time (ya i mean the book store, the garment store etc etc...). There in the cafe, I saw they were selling fruit bowls too.... dont even ask me how much it cost me.....but ya it was all fresh and good.
I think I wil skip some details here, as it would be of no use to you nor its anything worth remembering for me.
I went and sat in one of the empty chairs......cursing myself for not getting along anything with me to read also........oh god how wil I pass my time....its just 12:45 and I need to wait for atleast an hour more :(
A middle aged gentleman came and sat next to me and said "Hi", introduced his name as some Santosh or something ..forgot now...and working for some company...forgot that also....
"Travelling alone?"
"Hmm"
"Where to?"
"US"
"First time?"
"No" :P
Ya I was behaving like the kid who has been instructed not to talk to strangers....so I told him "Not the first time" :-) But why was he trying to get over - friendly anyways!
Then there were general talks of "This new airport is good na" types....
After sometime...."Ok then its my flight time, got to leave now..... see ya"
Hmm.... clock is stil ticking 1:15...... oh man why isnt the time running now as it does when we are studying for our exams? or when we get up late to go to office?
Few minutes later..... an aunty took the seat next to me....smilingly she said "Hi".
She asked - "Tamil?"
"No aunty Kannada"
"bangalore?"
"haan"
"naan kooda bangalore.....tamilian....kannada artha ...." and she smiled and gestured.... I understood that she can understand kannada.
She said she was travelling alone, for the first time to San Francisco.
"Oh....ok"
She asked me to help me out if needed in the flight as we had the same flight till HongKong and she could not understand or speak english. I checked her tickets and found that our seats were way apart. In any case I told her that I would help her in all possible ways.
After boarding into the flight, I saw her in the HongKong airport only directly. She had her flight 2 hours before mine. Reached HongKong at aroung 11 in the morning, and my next flight was at 4 only. So I had all the time in the world to see the airport leisurely......
Oh god I think I wrote a lot today.... will continue some other day.....
I for the first time was about to step out of my country. I did not have enough time to prepare myself for this trip......and so I had the feeling that I would miss out somethings... But yes, I had to start my journey on the date my company wanted me to.....there was no other go... It was definitely a mixture of all feelings.....sad that I had to leave my dear hubby alone and happy that I would be seeing something new..... Anyways, will not get into the details of it, as this post is about the journey that I said.
With loads and loads of information from every possible source around, there I was in the airport...all alone. Little nervous and pretending to be confident, I moved along to the baggage checkin counter. A lady standing in front of the counter, smiled and handed over a paper to me.... I smiled back, folded the paper and kept it in my handbag. She also handed me the cabin baggage tag and I promptly attached it to my bags. Got my luggage checked in and was instructed to move to the immigration counter next. There were many queues and I went and stood there, with my boarding pass and passport in my hand. I was pretending to be confident and was looking around....and what do I see...hee hee....ppl are holding their passport, boarding pass and a sheet of paper....form like..... oh oh...i think that lady gave that only.... where did i keep it, did i drop it?....ok its in my bag.....went back, filled it and stood in the queue again and then cleared it and the next baggage checking also fine. Then there was this big seating area where ppl are sitting and waiting.... My flight was at 2:20 in the night. I had my dinner at around 8 that day and had started for the airport...was not able to eat much also with all the thoughts gng on in my head....
It was around 12:3o in the night that i started feeling hungry..... looked around to see what I could eat.....i saw a pizza shop, a cafe shop, some other shops of not much importance to me at that time (ya i mean the book store, the garment store etc etc...). There in the cafe, I saw they were selling fruit bowls too.... dont even ask me how much it cost me.....but ya it was all fresh and good.
I think I wil skip some details here, as it would be of no use to you nor its anything worth remembering for me.
I went and sat in one of the empty chairs......cursing myself for not getting along anything with me to read also........oh god how wil I pass my time....its just 12:45 and I need to wait for atleast an hour more :(
A middle aged gentleman came and sat next to me and said "Hi", introduced his name as some Santosh or something ..forgot now...and working for some company...forgot that also....
"Travelling alone?"
"Hmm"
"Where to?"
"US"
"First time?"
"No" :P
Ya I was behaving like the kid who has been instructed not to talk to strangers....so I told him "Not the first time" :-) But why was he trying to get over - friendly anyways!
Then there were general talks of "This new airport is good na" types....
After sometime...."Ok then its my flight time, got to leave now..... see ya"
Hmm.... clock is stil ticking 1:15...... oh man why isnt the time running now as it does when we are studying for our exams? or when we get up late to go to office?
Few minutes later..... an aunty took the seat next to me....smilingly she said "Hi".
She asked - "Tamil?"
"No aunty Kannada"
"bangalore?"
"haan"
"naan kooda bangalore.....tamilian....kannada artha ...." and she smiled and gestured.... I understood that she can understand kannada.
She said she was travelling alone, for the first time to San Francisco.
"Oh....ok"
She asked me to help me out if needed in the flight as we had the same flight till HongKong and she could not understand or speak english. I checked her tickets and found that our seats were way apart. In any case I told her that I would help her in all possible ways.
After boarding into the flight, I saw her in the HongKong airport only directly. She had her flight 2 hours before mine. Reached HongKong at aroung 11 in the morning, and my next flight was at 4 only. So I had all the time in the world to see the airport leisurely......
Oh god I think I wrote a lot today.... will continue some other day.....
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Thanks a million.......
I want to write on this, but just don’t know where to start it from…… I know this is the most wonderful topic on which probably anyone of us could go on and on…..so I want its starting to be a fantastic one too!
But if I just keep searching for words at this stage, then this special day will just pass….so I will just jump to where I want to go….
With the friendship day, friendship week and all in the talks this season…..I thought I should remember my friends who made me feel special sometime, made a difference in my lives and may be who just dint know that they did it….. Somethings that I was never able to tell them personally, here I want to make sure I praise them all…. Names not disclosed here for some reasons…but if your story is there, you will catch your part there for sure! If your name is not mentioned, that means I have told you already that I love you J
I will go with alphabetical order may be….
Arcs, I will never forget the way you made me special with your special birthday surprise when we were in college…. The roses you got up every hour or so…..what a wonderful gesture….I was thrilled…..one of the best surprises I have ever got…. Thank you…..
Ch, you have always been a mental strength for me when I was away from my family. You have always fascinated me with your matured behavior…. I have learnt a lot from you….you were strict, you sometimes scolded….but you were really adorable…..When I call you, the word you say ‘hmm helappa’…..love you for all that you are!
Gau, kya hua re tere poems ka? Kahaan gaya who saara passion? Lagtha hai client ne tera jeena haraam karke rakha hai…thanks for helping me send a gm message to KM :)
Hg, when the mobile technology was just booming and you were one of the guys around who had a mobile. Thanks for showing those n number of messages to me and help me quench my thirst of exploring the mobile at that time. Thank you.... I really admire the way you respect each of your friends.....
Na, the liveliness, the energy…..hats off… There were sometimes in my life when I was down….calling you up and talking to you has always instilled a smile on my face. I know we have fought so many times, but that I guess is a part of friendship. We don’t call up each other every now and then….but when we do, I still know I am talking to a dear friend…..Thanks for being the same always…..
Nith, a synonym for smile….She has that smile instilled on her face almost all the time… I have felt my tension melt when I am around her… Nith, love you dear…. Hope you are on your way to become the best cook by now J
Panna, a cousin, a friend and what not… you are one of the firsts who made me feel that someone can actually look up to me too! Thank you for making me feel important… You have such a pure and an honest heart…. I hope this big bad world does not change it anytime.
Pra, one of the most matured guy I have met…. With all the odds in your life, the way you have rose to the heights you are today…. I just am short of words….’WOW’ and a great applause for you….. Keep it up… Thanks for teaching me the trick of reminding friends of your birthday….If they don’t wish you, just send them a ‘Thank You’ message :)
Ra, if I have got great marks in my lab exams, I know I owe it all to you. What a mentor you were….I know many others also who felt the same….so don’t dare to argue with me over this point! When I asked a doubt, I knew I was asking the right guy, if you don’t know….no one else can know… Thanks helping to clear all the misunderstandings we had….and being the same old Ra to me as you were before….except that ‘re’ ofcourse!
Rosh, love you dear…. You are the one I disagree the most with….but you know I just cant say ‘no’ to you for anything….
Sen, one of the mostest intelligentest guy I have ever met who never makes the others feel he is so good! This is something anyone should learn…but for me its not useful as I can never dream to be as intelligent as him any day of my life. Thanks for getting the poet inside me to life sometime back…but its dead again now :P
Sham, the perfectly imperfect guy…its so difficult for me to digest how we became such good friends. Thanks for loosing all the fights we have…makes me feel intelligent…though from deep inside, from day one, I know you are a genius. Thanks for helping me be myself when with you.Thanks for all the surprise mails which make my day :)
Shi, I just cant stop adoring the way you are…. I have never seen you cribbing for anything….no complaints about anyone…however hard I try, I know I can never reach there…
Sup, I miss seeing that positive glow during lunch time… I miss those talks we had….I miss a person who would listen to all my cries patiently…. I miss you…
Sm, the one who got the child in me back to life….with whom I don’t have to think 10 times before I talk….You are different and be tht way…I know you are stupid, I know you are an idiot, but I know you also scored more marks than me in the exams…so no comments :P. You better get me loads of dark chocolates when you come back….
Sur, I love the combo of modernity and traditionality in you…. The perfect blend of both… Down to earth that you are inspite of thousands of accolades that come your way every day…. I really don’t know how you cope up with them…. Be what you are….everyone around loves you for that only :-)
Sush, never say die attitude… whatever you are today, I know its all on your own…Thanks.. I don’t know for what….but I love you as a friend.
Simi, Rash and Sush, thanks a lot for making it to one of the special days of my life...my wedding day.... I could feel the affection you had on me...
Va, what do I say about you? Thanks a lot for wasting your time to get the diagrams drawn for me in my lab records. Thanks for listening to my cries whenever I wanted you to....thank you...
You all and many more have made me the way I am today…. If you read it and dint find your name, then as I said, it only means that I have already told you many times what you mean to me.
You are the bright sunshine in my life
You are the soothing morning dew
You are the one there for me in any strife
God has blessed me, hope you are blessed too
Happy Friendship Day!
But if I just keep searching for words at this stage, then this special day will just pass….so I will just jump to where I want to go….
With the friendship day, friendship week and all in the talks this season…..I thought I should remember my friends who made me feel special sometime, made a difference in my lives and may be who just dint know that they did it….. Somethings that I was never able to tell them personally, here I want to make sure I praise them all…. Names not disclosed here for some reasons…but if your story is there, you will catch your part there for sure! If your name is not mentioned, that means I have told you already that I love you J
I will go with alphabetical order may be….
Arcs, I will never forget the way you made me special with your special birthday surprise when we were in college…. The roses you got up every hour or so…..what a wonderful gesture….I was thrilled…..one of the best surprises I have ever got…. Thank you…..
Ch, you have always been a mental strength for me when I was away from my family. You have always fascinated me with your matured behavior…. I have learnt a lot from you….you were strict, you sometimes scolded….but you were really adorable…..When I call you, the word you say ‘hmm helappa’…..love you for all that you are!
Gau, kya hua re tere poems ka? Kahaan gaya who saara passion? Lagtha hai client ne tera jeena haraam karke rakha hai…thanks for helping me send a gm message to KM :)
Hg, when the mobile technology was just booming and you were one of the guys around who had a mobile. Thanks for showing those n number of messages to me and help me quench my thirst of exploring the mobile at that time. Thank you.... I really admire the way you respect each of your friends.....
Na, the liveliness, the energy…..hats off… There were sometimes in my life when I was down….calling you up and talking to you has always instilled a smile on my face. I know we have fought so many times, but that I guess is a part of friendship. We don’t call up each other every now and then….but when we do, I still know I am talking to a dear friend…..Thanks for being the same always…..
Nith, a synonym for smile….She has that smile instilled on her face almost all the time… I have felt my tension melt when I am around her… Nith, love you dear…. Hope you are on your way to become the best cook by now J
Panna, a cousin, a friend and what not… you are one of the firsts who made me feel that someone can actually look up to me too! Thank you for making me feel important… You have such a pure and an honest heart…. I hope this big bad world does not change it anytime.
Pra, one of the most matured guy I have met…. With all the odds in your life, the way you have rose to the heights you are today…. I just am short of words….’WOW’ and a great applause for you….. Keep it up… Thanks for teaching me the trick of reminding friends of your birthday….If they don’t wish you, just send them a ‘Thank You’ message :)
Ra, if I have got great marks in my lab exams, I know I owe it all to you. What a mentor you were….I know many others also who felt the same….so don’t dare to argue with me over this point! When I asked a doubt, I knew I was asking the right guy, if you don’t know….no one else can know… Thanks helping to clear all the misunderstandings we had….and being the same old Ra to me as you were before….except that ‘re’ ofcourse!
Rosh, love you dear…. You are the one I disagree the most with….but you know I just cant say ‘no’ to you for anything….
Sen, one of the mostest intelligentest guy I have ever met who never makes the others feel he is so good! This is something anyone should learn…but for me its not useful as I can never dream to be as intelligent as him any day of my life. Thanks for getting the poet inside me to life sometime back…but its dead again now :P
Sham, the perfectly imperfect guy…its so difficult for me to digest how we became such good friends. Thanks for loosing all the fights we have…makes me feel intelligent…though from deep inside, from day one, I know you are a genius. Thanks for helping me be myself when with you.Thanks for all the surprise mails which make my day :)
Shi, I just cant stop adoring the way you are…. I have never seen you cribbing for anything….no complaints about anyone…however hard I try, I know I can never reach there…
Sup, I miss seeing that positive glow during lunch time… I miss those talks we had….I miss a person who would listen to all my cries patiently…. I miss you…
Sm, the one who got the child in me back to life….with whom I don’t have to think 10 times before I talk….You are different and be tht way…I know you are stupid, I know you are an idiot, but I know you also scored more marks than me in the exams…so no comments :P. You better get me loads of dark chocolates when you come back….
Sur, I love the combo of modernity and traditionality in you…. The perfect blend of both… Down to earth that you are inspite of thousands of accolades that come your way every day…. I really don’t know how you cope up with them…. Be what you are….everyone around loves you for that only :-)
Sush, never say die attitude… whatever you are today, I know its all on your own…Thanks.. I don’t know for what….but I love you as a friend.
Simi, Rash and Sush, thanks a lot for making it to one of the special days of my life...my wedding day.... I could feel the affection you had on me...
Va, what do I say about you? Thanks a lot for wasting your time to get the diagrams drawn for me in my lab records. Thanks for listening to my cries whenever I wanted you to....thank you...
You all and many more have made me the way I am today…. If you read it and dint find your name, then as I said, it only means that I have already told you many times what you mean to me.
You are the bright sunshine in my life
You are the soothing morning dew
You are the one there for me in any strife
God has blessed me, hope you are blessed too
Happy Friendship Day!
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Stories of Vanished Mobiles
"My cellphone is ringing, no one is picking it!"
"Now it says switched off!"
"Oh, out of coverage area! So soon they took off the sim from my cel already!!!"
These were the words my teammate uttered in breaks of 2 mins each, in the morning when she stepped in the cubicle.
Ya, she forgot her cel in the bus....someone saw it, flicked it and threw off the sim.....
This incident just prompted me to think back on different stories I have heard on mobiles vanishing.... Just trying to put it down...
Nothing great...but ya, most of them real stories as far as I remember.....may be I would have added a little masala wherever I forgot the link....
Let me start with my own story :
My first mobile..... I lost it in a overcrowded bus. I dint drop it anywhere, but someone very cleanly picked it from my carry bag.....Just my vallet and mobile were gone and nothing else touched. Dont ask me what else worth was there! Went to the police station to complain....with 100% guarantee that I wont get it back ( confidence aah?). Ya I will have to make sure my number is not misused na..... Ok I went to the police and he made me write the complaint the way he wanted saying I dropped it somewhere and all that. And then his lecture started.... "You know you IT people only have spoiled the public here.....you use major gadgets and tempt people to steal it." ( I swear his mobile on his table was atleast double the price of my mobile) . I was very upset with my mobile and a tear just dropped when he started blaming me. I guess he was not expecting that, he changed the course of his lecture.... "You know what madam..... you should help us catch the criminals. Next time you are in the bus, keep your carry bag open and act as though you are careless....but you be observing. When someone comes to pick it, you catch them red handed" (Hmm what an idea sirjee! Anyone wants to give a try?)
Story of Smith :
She had gone for some trekking. She left the mobile somewhere there only. She came and realised that it had vanished.... She and some of the friends tried to contact her number. It rang for sometime and later on we got "Its switched off" message. Then after 2 days we got a call from her mobile from an elderly gentleman (voice sounded elderly) saying he got the mobile in such and such a place. Its battery had died down, so he charged it and contacted us. He took her address and couriered the cel.... See miracles happen!
Story of Manoj :
Manoj sir was woken up from sleep at home when his roommate started shouting "Mobile Mobile". With the sleepy eyes he spotted that the mobile he kept on this table was gone....The window fluttering open said the story. Next day as usual police complaint and all happened. He reached home the next day and saw his sim kept neatly at his door. Very thoughtful thief.... What a message he gave us - If something is not useful to you, give it to the person who will make proper use of it! Jai ho.....
So what's your story? Do let me know in the comments section...
"Now it says switched off!"
"Oh, out of coverage area! So soon they took off the sim from my cel already!!!"
These were the words my teammate uttered in breaks of 2 mins each, in the morning when she stepped in the cubicle.
Ya, she forgot her cel in the bus....someone saw it, flicked it and threw off the sim.....
This incident just prompted me to think back on different stories I have heard on mobiles vanishing.... Just trying to put it down...
Nothing great...but ya, most of them real stories as far as I remember.....may be I would have added a little masala wherever I forgot the link....
Let me start with my own story :
My first mobile..... I lost it in a overcrowded bus. I dint drop it anywhere, but someone very cleanly picked it from my carry bag.....Just my vallet and mobile were gone and nothing else touched. Dont ask me what else worth was there! Went to the police station to complain....with 100% guarantee that I wont get it back ( confidence aah?). Ya I will have to make sure my number is not misused na..... Ok I went to the police and he made me write the complaint the way he wanted saying I dropped it somewhere and all that. And then his lecture started.... "You know you IT people only have spoiled the public here.....you use major gadgets and tempt people to steal it." ( I swear his mobile on his table was atleast double the price of my mobile) . I was very upset with my mobile and a tear just dropped when he started blaming me. I guess he was not expecting that, he changed the course of his lecture.... "You know what madam..... you should help us catch the criminals. Next time you are in the bus, keep your carry bag open and act as though you are careless....but you be observing. When someone comes to pick it, you catch them red handed" (Hmm what an idea sirjee! Anyone wants to give a try?)
Story of Smith :
She had gone for some trekking. She left the mobile somewhere there only. She came and realised that it had vanished.... She and some of the friends tried to contact her number. It rang for sometime and later on we got "Its switched off" message. Then after 2 days we got a call from her mobile from an elderly gentleman (voice sounded elderly) saying he got the mobile in such and such a place. Its battery had died down, so he charged it and contacted us. He took her address and couriered the cel.... See miracles happen!
Story of Manoj :
Manoj sir was woken up from sleep at home when his roommate started shouting "Mobile Mobile". With the sleepy eyes he spotted that the mobile he kept on this table was gone....The window fluttering open said the story. Next day as usual police complaint and all happened. He reached home the next day and saw his sim kept neatly at his door. Very thoughtful thief.... What a message he gave us - If something is not useful to you, give it to the person who will make proper use of it! Jai ho.....
So what's your story? Do let me know in the comments section...
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
The 10 minute challenge
Sounds like a tagline from a product ad? Well...its not....One of my friend, threw a challenge.... Challenge was simple....atleast what I thought at that time...
I had to think of something other than family friends and work for 10 mins at a strech....Sounds simple right?
I felt....aah anytime possible!
I was a little drowned in my work when this challenge was thrown.....when I was returning back home, I thought of it, and gave it a try.....infact many tries :-)
Topic chosen : ShahRukh Khan......why? just like that....
ShahRukh seems to be such a sweet guy.....there is something in him that makes me watch his movies.....I know there are many who like his movies like me....and there are some like my husband who just hate him....aaahh....aaah....no family member to be thought of!!!!!!
Ok no problem....hotha hai....will try after sometime....
Topic chosen : Cricket.....why? hee hee even i dont know...
Just to make it clear..... it wasnt that I had to choose a topic and think about it for 10 mins...i just chose them so that I dont get distracted.....
Ya cricket.....hmm Men in Blue .. Sachin, Sourav, Dravid, Kumble, Dhoni, Yuvraj, Sehwaag, Ishanth Sharma, Uthappa, Kapil Dev, Sidhu, Azaruddin, Mongia, Jadeja, ( I looked at my watch....damn....its just around 15 seconds!!!...Ritha....cmon you can do it!) hmmm Javagal Srinath, Ravi Shastri, gavaskar and ofcourse his son Jr.Gavaskar....his name....hmm... anyways...then....Irfan Pathan, Joginder Sharma, hmm.....Harbhajan ofcourse! and....... who else who else? some more names please.....arre.........whats wrong with me? Am I tensed? ( I think I am desperate to win this challenge!) hmm.....ok let me shift to Aussie team..... Ponting, Gilchrist, Symonds...... "Tan Tan Tananana Tan Tan......taaaanananana naaaaa......." my cell ringing ofcourse....and the call from office...."Hey Ritha, I have overwritten the file in LAN by mistake, do you have its earlier copy with you?".....I felt like 'eeeeeeeeh', yes ofcourse for the challenge being uncomplete.....and yes I did have the earlier version of the file with me.....so.......
Huh....So now? I am going to give it another try....yes and this time with my cell switched OFF....
And this time, believe me, I said NO TOPICS...let me think with the flow.....its just 10 mins after all.....
Pets at home, I have heard are real stress busters...... no no....something is running in the back of my mind....let me start again....
Relaxed for a few more mins and....
When I am free, I am almost always in front of the TV...... my writing habit has like kind of rusted.... I used to read so many books some time back, and now I am all the time hooked on to television......... and the chain of thought went of for a long time...and yes I did NOT think of family, friends or work in between at all......just glanced at my watch to check how much more time to win....and I was all smiles when I saw that I had completed 9 mins 5 secs......gooooood goooooood... so now I can say Arun that I did it!!! Arun by the way, is the friend who asked me to try this challenge.....
So........................................................
I will keep trying....... this is an interesting one for sure...... though for little over 9 mins, it really acted like a stress buster for me...thanks for this Arun!
And others....why not give it a try too?
I had to think of something other than family friends and work for 10 mins at a strech....Sounds simple right?
I felt....aah anytime possible!
I was a little drowned in my work when this challenge was thrown.....when I was returning back home, I thought of it, and gave it a try.....infact many tries :-)
Topic chosen : ShahRukh Khan......why? just like that....
ShahRukh seems to be such a sweet guy.....there is something in him that makes me watch his movies.....I know there are many who like his movies like me....and there are some like my husband who just hate him....aaahh....aaah....no family member to be thought of!!!!!!
Ok no problem....hotha hai....will try after sometime....
Topic chosen : Cricket.....why? hee hee even i dont know...
Just to make it clear..... it wasnt that I had to choose a topic and think about it for 10 mins...i just chose them so that I dont get distracted.....
Ya cricket.....hmm Men in Blue .. Sachin, Sourav, Dravid, Kumble, Dhoni, Yuvraj, Sehwaag, Ishanth Sharma, Uthappa, Kapil Dev, Sidhu, Azaruddin, Mongia, Jadeja, ( I looked at my watch....damn....its just around 15 seconds!!!...Ritha....cmon you can do it!) hmmm Javagal Srinath, Ravi Shastri, gavaskar and ofcourse his son Jr.Gavaskar....his name....hmm... anyways...then....Irfan Pathan, Joginder Sharma, hmm.....Harbhajan ofcourse! and....... who else who else? some more names please.....arre.........whats wrong with me? Am I tensed? ( I think I am desperate to win this challenge!) hmm.....ok let me shift to Aussie team..... Ponting, Gilchrist, Symonds...... "Tan Tan Tananana Tan Tan......taaaanananana naaaaa......." my cell ringing ofcourse....and the call from office...."Hey Ritha, I have overwritten the file in LAN by mistake, do you have its earlier copy with you?".....I felt like 'eeeeeeeeh', yes ofcourse for the challenge being uncomplete.....and yes I did have the earlier version of the file with me.....so.......
Huh....So now? I am going to give it another try....yes and this time with my cell switched OFF....
And this time, believe me, I said NO TOPICS...let me think with the flow.....its just 10 mins after all.....
Pets at home, I have heard are real stress busters...... no no....something is running in the back of my mind....let me start again....
Relaxed for a few more mins and....
When I am free, I am almost always in front of the TV...... my writing habit has like kind of rusted.... I used to read so many books some time back, and now I am all the time hooked on to television......... and the chain of thought went of for a long time...and yes I did NOT think of family, friends or work in between at all......just glanced at my watch to check how much more time to win....and I was all smiles when I saw that I had completed 9 mins 5 secs......gooooood goooooood... so now I can say Arun that I did it!!! Arun by the way, is the friend who asked me to try this challenge.....
So........................................................
I will keep trying....... this is an interesting one for sure...... though for little over 9 mins, it really acted like a stress buster for me...thanks for this Arun!
And others....why not give it a try too?
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