Tomorrow is not the End

The hottest topic of discussion these days, “The End of the World”, I know you have been discussing it with your friends or family. My perception, ‘Not gonna happen..!!’ & I am thankful to you all that you follow me with so much dedication that my belief matches your thinking :P

Anyways, now that we are so near to the Day, you have been thinking a lot and what are the things that these thoughts have in common, ‘I should have done so many things before I die, and I just have a day left, and today also I am in office :( ‘ There would have been a lot of things that you wanted to do lately but you haven’t been able to take out time for it, or you did plan but your friends ditched you on it.

I am giving a list of things one would have wanted to do before the so called “End of the World” and here it goes:

Top thought: You want to kill your Manager or Lead :D or least blast them nicely ;)

Rest of them:

·      Go out booze, get high and get wasted. I am sure many of you haven’t even smelled liquor by now :P

·      Bunk office :D most of us would have bunked college and school, how many of you have bunked office, ‘No’, then go ahead and try it.

·      Live in The president house for the day and see all the nuclear missiles in action ( I am sure this thought is going to pre-pone the End of the World by a day :P )

·      Sneak into NASA and take a trip to the outer space in a space shuttle.

·      Take leave and enjoy with your family, umm I guess you are a little late for that, but you still have tomorrow left if in case no one implements the above thought :D

·      Want to have a muscular body or a curvy one, well you can’t get that in a day unless you meet a Genie or a Fairy :P

Apart from the above crazy thoughts, some of the normal thoughts may be enjoying a sip of coffee and witness the way time flows, go around the places you wanted to visit, live a life of a your favorite celebrity, drive a Ferrari on a highway, get dressed like a prince/princess and many more things.

Now you can come out of the dreams you went in, thanks to me & I would say come back to reality and continue doing your work which most of you hate to do. The most important of all, don’t laze around and think about enjoying your life only when you get the knock at your door about the limited time. Take out time from your busy schedule, live life the way you want to and enjoy the most you can.

P.S: If you are going to implement any of the above thoughts, I am not responsible for the consequences. :)

The You and The Me

To a long lost friend……………………………………………..

The you who was once around

The you who was full of life

The you who made me lively

The you who shared my feelings that no one even knew

The you who I bored for hours

The you who still bore me

The you who cared for me

The you who shared with me

The you who made me feel special

The you who laughed and smiled

The you who I called a close friend

The you who I disappointed

The you who I hurt

The you who I turned down

The you who I betrayed

The me who didn’t have words

The me who kept mum

The me who didn’t know what to do

The me who thinks if you think of me

The me who had a beautiful you

The me who was sorry for all he did

The me thanks you for being with me.

Are you really cared?

We all have been working in the IT industry for quite some time now. Some are in the starting steps and some are on the verge of climbing the stairs and some are already on the top. But as we move up on this ladder, or we are stuck at some step, our needs and demands vary widely.

Expectations are you work hard, extend when required, consider project issues on top of your plans or parties or personal issues and many more, I am sure each of you has your own list, but What do you get in return?? Do you get in return to the dedication of the work you have done. Are your expectations met against the hard work we put throughout the year? Indeed for some of us they are, but most of them fall into the potholes on the way ahead. Not only the expectations from the organization but Conflicting egos, age differences, over confidence and insecurities are such factors which are also among those potholes on the way ahead. Definitely the expectations from the organization need to be met, because they hired you for a reason, but how do we face the other challenges. At the end of the day all that counts is the one thing that you missed or you did no finish on time, and the countless things that got you or the team appreciation, ‘Oh! That is history, are you still stuck in those dreams, Come out already!’

Still you keep working in the hope that you will be rewarded for your efforts, but do you really get to do what you want? At times you have the skill to do a task better than someone else but then, you will not even get a chance to show it. Only technical skills are not enough, the most important thing in my realization apart from technical skills of course, is people knowing you. Yes, it is not ideal but this is how it works, ‘Getting the spotlight’ is going to be your key. How to grab it you ask? Well there are two ways to do so:

Either you perform extra ordinarily, take a lot of initiatives and make sure they are addressed, if they are not addressed they won’t be implemented, but I know you are smart enough to know that much ;)

Second being, make a blunder which will grab all the attention to you, but if you don’t want to be kicked out, make sure you have the plans to correct what you did and earn the appreciation.

In both the cases, you will be known for some of your own qualities, Creativity or Problem Resolution. Whatever it is, don’t get blinded by this little bulb on your head, it’s not the sun. It will go off very soon, you need to perform once you have the spotlight, don’t let it go, Never!

Continue working with all your efforts, dedication and put all your hard work, or just roam around take extended coffee breaks, laze around in the greens or sleep in the dormitory, no one is really going to care, because this is life and on top of it the ‘life of IT’, and you will understand it sooner or later.

P.S: Take Care, coz you are special!!  :)

Hit n Run

What is it that comes to your mind when you read the title? A kid hitting another kid and running away :O are you serious you thought of that :P or a vehicle hitting another vehicle or a person and trying to escape, now you are making sense 8-). Some of you guys might recall the Need for Speed Hot Pursuit versions as well I’m sure. But what is the severity in real life, it can be minute or even life threatening. In any case don’t give stress to your brains, you are already into a lot I know :P

So here I was lost in the beauty of the clouds, the ones who were ready to launch a full scale assault on Earth, and expressing the same in words and I wrote “It took a while for the craft to board and I somehow managed to put my bags in the rack with my injured wrists.” – reference 3^rd para A New Dawn. So here goes the story, well this is a little embarrassing but who cares I need something to bug you guys.

I watched the brother cut the skin around the wound while sitting on a bed in the emergency of Greenview Hospital and tried to recall what happened. It had been a hectic day and another was to follow. It was Independence Day tomorrow and I would be spending 12 hours in office alone. Considering the fact I had to start my shift early morning, my lead allowed me to leave half an hour before. Also I had too many things to do, most important of all was to pack my bags as the next day I was also going home. All I could remember was the empty dark road, a screech of brakes and the bike skidding on the road to its right. It took not more than a moment for me to stand up and pick my bike, only to realize that I could not feel my right hand around the wrist. People gathered around to check what had happened; I could recall someone helping me with the helmet and spects, after that only thing I remember was my fading vision and the thirst that made me ask for water from people not only whom I didn’t know but now was not able to see as well. I felt I had not drunk water from days and it was making me weak every moment, I could realize the diminishing visibility, and the glaring headlights of the passing by vehicles were pinching terribly in my eyes. There was a clash of thoughts in my mind as I started to black out. “I have my bike”, “What about the office laptop”, “What if someone takes advantage of the situation”, I will be in worst condition. So before I ran out of power, I somehow grabbed the bikes keys and put it in my pocket, someone had already picked the bike and parked it on the side. I clinched my backpack belt and tightened it till I felt it hugging me tight and only then I sat on the footpath. The words that made me fight the blackout was someone saying “Take off your bag”, though the intent was generous, but you can’t trust anyone in such circumstances.

The pain of flesh being cut with the skin brought me back to the hospital and I was still confused about what had happened, I decided to let the brother do what he was doing and I again tried to recall how I fell. This time it was a little clearer, it was the dark road again and I was in my usual pace, and something flashed and again the screeching brakes, the skidding bikes and the same story.

I realized I was able to feel the wrist area but was in terrible pain even with an inches movement. After the cleaning was done it was time for X-Ray and another episode of flash back started while waiting. I came to the parking from ODC, started my bike and realized I had not taken out my gloves. It were in my backpack, and came the devil and the angel me on my shoulders, the devil pushing me to let go and just ride, the angel said “No take them out, what else did you buy them for, just to keep in bag is it?” But it was too late the devil me killed the angel after the debate and I pulled the throttle.

The X-Ray was done, turned out I had had enough milk in my childhood to save my bones, but there was slight damage in the ligaments. It was time to get the wound dressed and return home, but the brothers were busy attending other patients. I closed my eyes and concentrated for a minute, played the whole thing numerous times in my mind. Play, Rewind, Play was all that happened for a minute.

What was it that flashed and came running from the dark, something with brown hair I was sure of now. I remember hitting the brakes hard, but it was not enough, the distance was very less. I managed to balance from the sudden brakes but could no more when I hit it, I lost my balance and it was road my bike and on it ‘me’. Yes I could see what it was, it was a dog, came the words out of my mouth ‘Son of a Beach’. It was not me who had hit the dog; it was the dog that had hit me, coming out of nowhere running wildly on the road and BANG…!!  And I was on road! Even before I got up and saw if it was alive, it was not even there, it had run from the crime scene.

Just a message to pass: “Beware of Dogs, each has its day”, if you know what I mean 8-)

But poor me, there is no dog police that I can lodge a complaint against that dog for not following lane discipline :P and book it on the charges of ‘Hit n Run’

‘Ride hard, but make sure you have the safety gears on and not in your bag :( ’

A New Dawn

The security gates opened to the breaking of a new dawn, the sky had opened its eyes only by a little, disappointed to find out that it was morning and the time to get up had come. It lazily opened its eyelids and the shining eyes came rising up slowly as the bus covered the way to the craft and bestowed us with the beauty called sunrise. The sky became bright gradually and so did my mind, after all I was travelling to my native after a long time. The passing of every second was filling me with a weird happiness, weird because I was confused whether I was happy or content, whatever it be it was subtle and I enjoyed every moment with a smile stuck to my face.

The sky was hazy as if it was not in a mood to wake up and take a sick leave, unfortunately the manager did not approve. From far I could see some hills, the top of which were being munched by the clouds, I wondered if among them were Nandi hills as well - A place to experience the true beauty of nature rising from the slumber from your very own eyes.

It took a while for the craft to board and I somehow managed to put my bags in the rack with my injured wrists. Now that you are wondering how I injured them, well it was a case of ‘Hit n Run’, but that is another story I will share separately. While boarding I witnessed something I cannot resist to share. If someone could give a competition to a beggar for tidy clothes, it had to be this guy who sat opposite to me in the escort bus. He had managed not to wash his jeans from the times when jeans were not even invented or may be clothes as well, indeed I should refer to stone age. I was speechless by the condition and probably many others were too, so I simply offered my prayers for the person who would sit next to this chap, fortunately it wasn’t me and yes that was also a part of my prayer ;)

The craft approached the runway, and I was pushed into my seat when it suddenly picked up the pace, and every time that happens I wish I could sit in a car and feel that speed. I want to press that ‘Red button’ which you would never find in your own car but in sci-fi movies or cartoons. In no time I was hanging in air (for those who understand the term ‘absolute’ and ‘relative’, u know I was hanging in air). The clouds were dense, the visibility was reducing and then it crossed that layer, I have no clue what it is called or any such layer even exists, but it was the layer of the clouds, and all I could see was white cotton spread all over the earth. I was having trouble naming it as there were so many things that I could relate it to at the same time, and I don’t mind if you laugh at my minds weird creativity but the things I could relate the clouds to ranged from an artist’s drawing, a humongous Jacuzzi filled with foam :P Cotton’s mission to overcome human race and what not. I was truly mesmerized by the beauty of the sky, which seems so nice from down beneath, but from above it was even more admirable. This was not my first trip by air but surely this experience was the best. I felt so close to the nature and wished if I could stand outside the craft on the top or wings, but I know I’ll be a part of nature if I do that :P

There are many things in life we love to do, forget our routines, responsibilities and everything else which bind us from our releasing our inner selves. So here I was relaxing and enjoying doing nothing and smiling. Sometimes you should also let go of yourselves and let the you within enjoy, then only you can see the New Dawn.!! 

Think with a Wink ;)

Don’t know what has gotten into my head, I am not able to think what I should write, or rather think what I want to think. It’s like whenever I start writing on the board a magic duster wipes it from behind and again when I see how it appears what my mind has written, “Wallaaaa… Empty”

And now that I am desperately trying to write on the board, the faster is the duster wiping it. I wonder if there were such magical dusters to wipe away people tears.

You must be wondering what a noble thought that is. Well that in my perception is a hallucination and not a noble or a humble thought. Living a crazy life is good, but living a dream is not, we should not expect everything to happen on its own and depending on destiny to play the role. You don’t wait for God or destiny to feed you food from your plate, do you? Well it’s not another debate I want to start that God does not exist, so if you thought so, keep it to yourselves.

This might be sound like a lecture on Code of conducts, but take my word it’s not going to be. Only message I want to send through this is, don’t wait for things to workout on their own, coz they won’t. Get up and work your way through them. That’s the only solution to your problems, well not only problems but for anything.

We sit around lazily and the whole day would pass, even before we realize it, and then we will say :

“Haaaa, it was morning an hour back..!!” or  something like

“Is something wrong with the clock, there has to be”

Don’t look here and there that it can’t be me, its each one of us doing things like these every day in our lives.

The other best dialogue is: I’ll do it tomorrow for sure, tomorrow I have time.

And all you do in that time is just sleep off or talk to him talk to her, talk to another him/her (him/her specifically doesn’t mean boyfriend or girlfriend, don’t be so narrow minded, you know you will call anybody when you need to waste time), open your laptop and needless to say anything else, this day is also gone :P

Phew, I tried so hard not to make a smiley there but what to do, it just came :D so now I don’t have to stop so I made another if you were wondering :P

After writing the last line (not the smiley one :P ), I was wondering if we calculate the time we spent our lives just dilly-dallying. NO, you better not calculate it, how can I even think of doing such atrocities to me :O “I know myself more than anyone.(So I know my secrets about how of how much I have not dilly-dallied ;) )”

So If you are still wondering what this blog was all about,  even I don’t know, I was just adding some more of that time which no one would want to be calculated ;) and I guess I ended up adding some of yours too :P

Don’t give me that stare, it was you who chose to read it, I did not force you :P

Google BABA ki Jai..!!! Hail Google..!!!

Life Without Google :O  I can’t believe that you are actually thinking about it. How can it be true? Google is the lifeline of so many people, and yes it includes us.

To all your moods, to you all your researches, the first reference is Google, ok for a minute let’s not consider it as a source of endless information, a medium to check your mails, translate foreign languages, look for directions, watch videos on YouTube and what not, you name it and they have it.

And since I said you name it, don’t expect them to do the dishes for you or clean your room :P

So now all these user-friendly convenient functionalities out of consideration it comes to my mind, that of what use is it to us anymore. And here is the best part (also the best usage), I am sure this is the globally made most use of Google.

You are is a desperate need to look for something, may be to check some important mails or book ticket or anything, but you are unable to open that website. So a thought comes to your mind, already giving you nightmares, “Is my internet working? OMG I am doomed if it’s not.”

And what do you do when something like this happens, you open Google and check if your internet connection is working fine. Yes, you can laugh on yourself :P because this is what we do :) Rather than checking for our connectivity in network places, or checking our modem we decide to rely on this little site. Even when you go to a café and you are unable to login to any site, the café fellow will come and open Google and look at you as if you’re an illiterate and don’t know anything.

Now since the topic is so different and haunting, it made me think what Google has given. Apart from the deep information it has, Google has actually made us lazy, we will not try to search a topic in our textbooks or reference books or even pick up a dictionary for a meaning or even a spelling of a word, rather open Google it and parallel to our FB tab will be going on our studies :P Just imagine if we had to go through encyclopedias to get all that information :shock: But what would happen if it weren’t there for real. Making thesis, presentations and wanting to know more about something you just heard today, and the fact that everyone around you knows it already is embarrassing :P yes, I am talking about “That awkward moment ;) ”

We would have had to study real hard from our childhood, and if we didn’t study hard, then we would have to collect all our subject books, so that for every minute detail we require we would always be snogging them :P

And just think what would happen to our fellow wasians, I’m sure you have some around. Go ahead and try asking them, and you will remember the Cloromint ad ‘Dobara Mat Puchna’ (Don’t ask again..!!)

And finally ask yourself, what would happen to us if there was no Google. After asking this question to myself, I could instantly recall an episode of ‘Dexters Laboratory’, the one in which Dexters head goes on fire and he circles around DD shouting

“My head is on fire.”

“My head is on fire.”

“My head is on fire.”

:D 


Also I would miss the lovely Google doodles and tricks like Zerg Rush. But wake up from the nightmare folks, we have Google with us, and they will keep trying to get more involved in our lives, after all its business and just another way to play the game ;)

Coffee..Coffee..Coffee..

You must have enjoyed the awesome Cappuccinos, Lattes or even espresso from the recently installed CCD coffee vending machine in you nearby pantries. Must have visited different floors to get a closer look at the girl or the guy you had your eyes on from ages and he/she magically appeared in you tower ;) or just to avoid your manager on the same floor :P

Whatever the case be, in some hour of the day you pay a visit to these ‘young’ machines and every time you do, they greet you with a nice brewed cup of coffee. These young guns have become an essential part of our daily life and provide us with the best stress buster poured in WIPRO cups :P Imagine a day without a cup of coffee, leave the stress factor apart, what about the long hour discussion with friends in a 15 min break ;)

Whenever we stay for extended hours, work on weekends or holidays, even in the times we need to stay back and work alone and all your team has left, this friend is always there for you, with all its lights twinkling from far, waiting to provide you some relief. In short, it never disappoints. But something recently happened that disturbed me and left me in a thought process.

The mortified soul of the coffee vending machine in a 24x7 pantry gave me a cup of coffee on a deserted Saturday morning squeaking and squealing in a shrill voice as it managed to give half a cup of latte’. I felt pity as it could not fill the cup full and I had to create a unique blend of espresso, latte and cappuccino. Once the cup was full mixed some sugar and turned again to the machine to get add some of the latent heat of evaporation to my cup of blended coffee :P just to hear a baby crying :O I was in shock where’s the baby crying in office, in the shock my finger came off the steam button and I realized it wasn’t a baby but this little machine’s steam discharger. I felt sad that this poor chap was being exploited. Just the fact that it is in a 24x7 pantry it is never turned off.

The quality of the coffee is reduced as in taste, then the ratios I wonder are appropriate when I get a half cup instead of the cup being full and I have to bend down and look up and say ‘Dude, did you drink the half cup yourself’ :P We all need coffee breaks from work, but I think these machines also need some human breaks :P

You might be wondering I am pitying on these machines..NO I’m not. I just want to say the 24x7 pantries should have two machines to work in shifts :P so that the taste and proportions are maintained and we get nice brewed coffee in our breaks even on Weekends :D :P

The Zzzzzzzz Language..!!

Pre text: Before you read the blog please refer the letter ‘Z’ as ‘Zee’ and not ‘Zed’ at every occurrence :)

Dedicated to each of you who understands my true intention behind this post ;)

I wonder, what the first thing was that came to your mind when you read the title.

According to a survey conducted :P following are the possibilities..

The candidate to the title that got the most votes ‘is’ rather say ‘are’

(drumroll)

The Vodafone Zoo Zoo :) : Yes the Postmaster Zoo zoo, flying SuperZoo Zoo, RajniZoo Zoo and many more forms that you loved have won the hearts of people. So many contenders doesn’t make it fair, but Ill count it :P

The 2^nd goes for my personal favorite :D Yes, I am talking about the Zzz Zzz in the cloud forming out from the nose ;)

Sleep: What to say about this peaceful glimpse of heaven that we get in between our hectic schedule, obvious ones at night and the bonus is between the work hours ;) In whatever way it is, is simply blissful. If you want tips on how to sleep at work read this:

http://randomkthoughts.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-do-you-do.html

Also some of the broken hearts that participated in the survey but could not succeed include (in random order.. as I don’t want to hurt them more :P  )…

Zee TV: This was the one that made me laugh my lungs out, people will continue watching these endless boring daily soaps even if earth splits up into two and still would want to know what happened next in that serial on Zee TV :P

Mosquitoes & BuZZing Bee: Well no matter how much the might of human race be, these mosquitoes will continue to sing the songs in ‘The Zzzzzzzz Language..!!’ and the Bees will always be BUZZing us like a small kid who comes to you again and again says Hi and runs away

‘Just came to Buzz’ :P but all we can get out of it is ‘Zzzzzzzzz’

Zhe ManaZers: People with the ‘Z’ effect like the ones who would pronounce ‘G’(Gee) as ‘Z’ and mana’G’ement as mana’Z’ement. When I meet some people I really wonder, how good people are at their technical and other skills but still they struggle to pronounce the very easy words correctly. About ‘Zhe ManaZers’ No it’s not a spelling error, I just came by this word for people with such difficulty.

I don’t mean to make a joke of you if you have such problem, it’s just a perception of people I interacted with. And yes take it as a positive indicator to improve yourself as ‘Learning never stops’ :)

Grinder:  :lol: Sometimes I get shocked at people’s creativity and the power of relating things so fast and so different. Now that I am writing this I remember the old santa joke “How an induction motor starts”

:D dhurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :P

Although in case of a grinder this is what I heard from a person:

On slow speed: zzzzzzz

On fast speed: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Now its up to you to imagine the sound on those speeds :P

Frustration: This might sound weird but there is some point in it. Imagine the situation,

Its Friday evening and you want to leave early, now at 17:30 your Lead/Manager calls you and gives you the so called ‘Child’s Play Work’ for you, and the best part is you have to give it EOD. Such a simple line said in the most polite manner, but leaves you full of anger and frustration… You wish you could hit them. That’s not an advice and don’t do that at all :P your mind explodes in the emotions and comes out the sound from your head ‘Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz’

No Idea: Haha, this actually has nothing to do with the ‘The Zzzzz language’ but what to do, many people could not come up with anything so I decided to put it here :D But Boss, trust me don’t get idea if you don’t have one. Just Have Fun and enjoy the beautiful Zzzzzz Effect around you :)

Let’s give it a try..

Something happened yesterday that left me in great grief. I could not sleep properly, every time I tried the thoughts of the moment pondered and I would go deep into the thought process, only realizing that few hours had passed.

I felt sad as I wondered if there is any humanity left in the human kind. A kind which is no more kind and calling selfish would be the easiest getaway. As we make our way to and from office daily travelling miles in busses, cabs, bikes or cars, there is someone fighting death and many fighting to save lives. When it comes to need, time is the key. Even a second delay could be the cause of death.

In a city like Bangalore where traffic is so dense, many ambulances fight their way through it to save human lives. And what do we do?? We simply take its trail wherever we find one, so that we can skip the traffic as well. The best thing about Bangalore traffic is people give way to ambulance, even if the signal is red ‘Just honk n move’ is the rule and people do follow it. But do we really Honk n Move as there is an ambulance behind or because we don’t have to wait for the signal thanks to the ambulance behind. Whatever be the reason I’m thankful to them that they at least give way.

About the incident because of which I am writing this philosophical crap here and for some of you it will be, but I really don’t care. On my way back from my office, in the traffic was an ambulance, maneuvering its way through. On the roadside was a girl standing, the moment she saw the stuck ambulance, she stopped joined her hands closed her eyes, her head bowed to the almighty and she prayed for the persons life. A humble soul that cared to spend few seconds of her life to pray for someone else’s life. At first I felt good that people like her exist but I was left shaken by the fact that what we are left off. Kindness, selflessness and moreover humanity are getting extinct. We have become selfish, greedy, heartless and inhumane.

We dispose the wastes in rivers and lakes, thinking that what difference it makes if one person does it, but we all think in the same way and the result is pollution which in turn we all get affected from.

‘Charity begins at home’

But how many of us follow the quote. My intentions are not to point out anyone, but all I intend is to make an initiative towards a happier life.

The world is full of sorrow yet we survive,

Our life is full of sadness yet we cherish the happier moments,

We want our close ones to be happy and carefree,

All we want is a Happy ’Mini World’ of our own.

Friends, colleagues, folks lets not be narrow minded and create a Happy Mini World of our own. Let us see the bigger picture and make an effort to create a Happy World….