this is a choice. I have held this view for sometime that one should never allow people to take one for granted. It is the same case with premium vs everywhere brands. Which one is more wanted? okay, enough of questions, I guess i have driven the point across for myself.
I have done quite a lot of work in terms of extra-curricular and indulging activities here and i don't want any crap lecture on grades please. But yes, it is more important for myself to focus on myself now than forums, so i guess i will do it now and let me try the opposite school of thought now.
that's it. carry on
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Saturday, August 02, 2008
it's friendship day!!
so who is a friend? it is one of the most casually used words in English language and everyone has their own idea of what it means. now this is my blog, so i will say mine.
A friend is characterized by qualities of care and presence. They are there, in your mind and around you, no matter the geographical location. It's not about convenience, it is about trust and the feeling of a bond. When there is something serious and sensitive to talk about, the name that pops up is the friend.
I feel alone at times. yes,i do. Being extremely selective about the people I interact with at a deep level, I find myself without company at a number of occasions, but that's the way I am and that's the way i will be.
I am thankful to life for giving me a few good friends, people who understand life at more than a superficial level. People i can really discuss the depths of my thoughts, I am thankful to you.
Pallavi has been my long cherished friend, she's seen me through some of the worst of my phases and i will never forget that....you deserved a mention for you have been a long story... :)
dale Carnegie says- if you want to make a friend, be a friend...it takes time, energy, faithfulness and selflessness...yes it needs all these things....it's not something in the passing, not come and go
kudos to great friends and kudos to friendship...happy friendship day!!
A friend is characterized by qualities of care and presence. They are there, in your mind and around you, no matter the geographical location. It's not about convenience, it is about trust and the feeling of a bond. When there is something serious and sensitive to talk about, the name that pops up is the friend.
I feel alone at times. yes,i do. Being extremely selective about the people I interact with at a deep level, I find myself without company at a number of occasions, but that's the way I am and that's the way i will be.
I am thankful to life for giving me a few good friends, people who understand life at more than a superficial level. People i can really discuss the depths of my thoughts, I am thankful to you.
Pallavi has been my long cherished friend, she's seen me through some of the worst of my phases and i will never forget that....you deserved a mention for you have been a long story... :)
dale Carnegie says- if you want to make a friend, be a friend...it takes time, energy, faithfulness and selflessness...yes it needs all these things....it's not something in the passing, not come and go
kudos to great friends and kudos to friendship...happy friendship day!!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
the next 4 months!!
this is the plan for the next 4 months.
"work" be it reading, dissertation or aything else. I have freaked out enough and now this is the time i devote to learning and understanding where my future is headed.
"work" be it reading, dissertation or aything else. I have freaked out enough and now this is the time i devote to learning and understanding where my future is headed.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
problems, anxieties, apprehensions!!!
well, i did not have a great day today.. i had an interview with the placement staff and they told me that i need to get clarity about the profile and as well as about the industry details.
It has kept me thinking all day about where i went wrong or i just need to use different words!!! i have been thinking all day and been a bit anxious although that does not serve any purpose. I may also have to change my dissertation topic because airlines is again what i chose. I am lost. It's disturbing me, yes. I do not know if i am the only one lost by the way!!!
And by the way, Ishmeet Singh, the boy who won the voice of India title, 19 year old in all and entire life ahead of him, drowned in Maldives today!!! He died!!! Imagine. Did he not have any plans??? Did he not have confusions?? why did he have to die? but he did? with all his problems, anxieties and apprehensions!!
even i am apprehensive, i have anxieties and issues, but the good news is, I am alive and as long as I am alive, nothing is really as big as death. No matter what happens, i'l always have a reason to be happy..
i am alive
god bless ishmeet wherever he's gone!!
It has kept me thinking all day about where i went wrong or i just need to use different words!!! i have been thinking all day and been a bit anxious although that does not serve any purpose. I may also have to change my dissertation topic because airlines is again what i chose. I am lost. It's disturbing me, yes. I do not know if i am the only one lost by the way!!!
And by the way, Ishmeet Singh, the boy who won the voice of India title, 19 year old in all and entire life ahead of him, drowned in Maldives today!!! He died!!! Imagine. Did he not have any plans??? Did he not have confusions?? why did he have to die? but he did? with all his problems, anxieties and apprehensions!!
even i am apprehensive, i have anxieties and issues, but the good news is, I am alive and as long as I am alive, nothing is really as big as death. No matter what happens, i'l always have a reason to be happy..
i am alive
god bless ishmeet wherever he's gone!!
Sunday, July 27, 2008
i promise
I need to make some promises to myself, so here is my first submission:-
I promise myself to
Always think big and let my imagination go wild to find what is the right thing to do. It takes the same amount of energy to think big as it does to think small. I will not bind myself in constraints of why it cannot be done. I will make big goals for myself even if they sound unreasonable to start with and if i have enough passion, I am sure i will achieve them.
Focus on how my goals can be achieved rather than why they cannot be achieved. How i feel and what results come out depend on the type of questions i ask of myself.So once i have decided on the goal and I am sure i want to do it because i will love doing and it will benefit people, I will find a way or make one.
Never allow myself to be bogged down by criticism. People will always criticize my efforts because everything could be done in a better way, after all and as long as they are not doing it, they will always be eager to find faults. It's just okay. I must remind myself that "if you want to avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing"
Set examples of extraordinary human behavior. If I see myself as someone people can look up to, it is immense responsibility and strength of character. It means not taking short cuts and doing what is right, consistently. I will always do the right thing and will admit my mistake whenever i make one. For example, I am happy today that i got out of the bus to make way for someone in the junior batch, coz after all, it was their bus
this is my first list of promises and i will make more.
bye now, gotta read!!!
I promise myself to
Always think big and let my imagination go wild to find what is the right thing to do. It takes the same amount of energy to think big as it does to think small. I will not bind myself in constraints of why it cannot be done. I will make big goals for myself even if they sound unreasonable to start with and if i have enough passion, I am sure i will achieve them.
Focus on how my goals can be achieved rather than why they cannot be achieved. How i feel and what results come out depend on the type of questions i ask of myself.So once i have decided on the goal and I am sure i want to do it because i will love doing and it will benefit people, I will find a way or make one.
Never allow myself to be bogged down by criticism. People will always criticize my efforts because everything could be done in a better way, after all and as long as they are not doing it, they will always be eager to find faults. It's just okay. I must remind myself that "if you want to avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing"
Set examples of extraordinary human behavior. If I see myself as someone people can look up to, it is immense responsibility and strength of character. It means not taking short cuts and doing what is right, consistently. I will always do the right thing and will admit my mistake whenever i make one. For example, I am happy today that i got out of the bus to make way for someone in the junior batch, coz after all, it was their bus
this is my first list of promises and i will make more.
bye now, gotta read!!!
Sunday, July 20, 2008
and they lived pretending ever after...
i think there is a great disease affecting man and womankind...they pretend a lot...couples pretend to love each other when there is nothing left between them...they pretend that everything will be all right, employees pretend to love their jobs because they think they are not worth anything else or they are plain lazy to move their ass and do something about it, people pretend to be friends when they are actually nothing more than acquaintance or a colleague, i wonder why.
i wonder why people find it so hard to face facts and be real. Let me give an example. I love my mother for what she is. She is not a very smart lady and i love her because she is what she is and does not pretend to be smart. I know how she will behave and i like it or not, she will be that way.
So is the case with other people. People who are the way they are, are not liked by people who live by pretense. Idiots, them all. They say something, feel something, do something else. Sheer pain wherever.
If you are not my friend, do not pretend to be. Relax and take it easy. Life is a series of chapters and we are probably just a small chapter and if we are not a match, you will go your way and i will go mine. Whats wrong in that. Do not gimme crap.
About friends, i tell you. Friends are people who think of you, who admire and care. They stay in touch wherever they are, even if not frequently, but you feel their presence. They do not talk in superficial terms. They are real people, at least my friends, although I have very few. I have become brutal with pretense and superficial behavior and I will become even more blunt with time.
Just be what you are, please. I may not like you and you may hate me...but that's okay. we are not a match, as simple as that. Now I am hungry and need to go for dinner...bye
i wonder why people find it so hard to face facts and be real. Let me give an example. I love my mother for what she is. She is not a very smart lady and i love her because she is what she is and does not pretend to be smart. I know how she will behave and i like it or not, she will be that way.
So is the case with other people. People who are the way they are, are not liked by people who live by pretense. Idiots, them all. They say something, feel something, do something else. Sheer pain wherever.
If you are not my friend, do not pretend to be. Relax and take it easy. Life is a series of chapters and we are probably just a small chapter and if we are not a match, you will go your way and i will go mine. Whats wrong in that. Do not gimme crap.
About friends, i tell you. Friends are people who think of you, who admire and care. They stay in touch wherever they are, even if not frequently, but you feel their presence. They do not talk in superficial terms. They are real people, at least my friends, although I have very few. I have become brutal with pretense and superficial behavior and I will become even more blunt with time.
Just be what you are, please. I may not like you and you may hate me...but that's okay. we are not a match, as simple as that. Now I am hungry and need to go for dinner...bye
courtesy kunal
I am dedicating this post to Kunal Agrawal, who sent this wonderful mail to the team and I think it is beautiful and worth all the praise for his effort....thanks Kunal, it's efforts like these which make life worth living, in fact it's always the intangibles that matter..productizing them as our professors will tell us, is just to make life more convenient and easy to understand...hope i understand what i have just written...
cheers Kunal..here is his mail..
Dear All,
It was indeed a pleasure being a part of the team irrespective of the outcome. The positive outcome added cream to the cake Congratulations for that.
Not undermining the efforts of anyone, I would like to recall and thank the following people for their unique contribution that added to the memories that I will cherish:
1. Sheeba for giving me a slap – truly deserved
2. Chidiya – for letting me flirt with her and for her tolerance
3. Amar – for leading the team and pulling it off on the last day
4. Santosh – For the role play and his pleasing the aunty and his unique comments – 2nd bus stop par pahunch gayee, maal lag rahe hai anuty
5. Ameya – for his sweet style of eve teasing – Veeeeeeerrrrrrryyyyyyyy Slow and Decent
6. Divjot – for his words “OUR NGO”
7. Shruti Bidappa – We all know you that are intelligent and creative and got yet another chance to see that through the ad – many thanks
8. Urvashi – For being there till morning and through the entire experience – especially deserted/ troubled look when she was sitting with shruti in the corridors at 4.00 am thinking for 2 hours……………..
9. Pranay – The ad director of the movie and bringing in the unique effect of eve teasing “The fart effect”………..lol
10. Ann Mathews – always sweet and consistent in her contribution and for effective planning exercise with Shruti
11. Arshdeep, Amit, Vaibhav – for their contribution in the brief and the discussion and Arshdeep – giving his piece of mind to Ameya …….
12. Roly & Rachna & Prakash – for briefing us, directing our thoughts from time to time
Cheers,
Kunal Agrawal
cheers Kunal..here is his mail..
Dear All,
It was indeed a pleasure being a part of the team irrespective of the outcome. The positive outcome added cream to the cake Congratulations for that.
Not undermining the efforts of anyone, I would like to recall and thank the following people for their unique contribution that added to the memories that I will cherish:
1. Sheeba for giving me a slap – truly deserved
2. Chidiya – for letting me flirt with her and for her tolerance
3. Amar – for leading the team and pulling it off on the last day
4. Santosh – For the role play and his pleasing the aunty and his unique comments – 2nd bus stop par pahunch gayee, maal lag rahe hai anuty
5. Ameya – for his sweet style of eve teasing – Veeeeeeerrrrrrryyyyyyyy Slow and Decent
6. Divjot – for his words “OUR NGO”
7. Shruti Bidappa – We all know you that are intelligent and creative and got yet another chance to see that through the ad – many thanks
8. Urvashi – For being there till morning and through the entire experience – especially deserted/ troubled look when she was sitting with shruti in the corridors at 4.00 am thinking for 2 hours……………..
9. Pranay – The ad director of the movie and bringing in the unique effect of eve teasing “The fart effect”………..lol
10. Ann Mathews – always sweet and consistent in her contribution and for effective planning exercise with Shruti
11. Arshdeep, Amit, Vaibhav – for their contribution in the brief and the discussion and Arshdeep – giving his piece of mind to Ameya …….
12. Roly & Rachna & Prakash – for briefing us, directing our thoughts from time to time
Cheers,
Kunal Agrawal
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