Respect Everyone

My dad always used to say, “There is an art of doing things. If you do it that way, it will be perfect.” I somehow second his thought. Though I don’t do things in order, after seeing something, I completely agree to his point.

Gunjan was shifting to Andheri. They had called ‘packers and movers’ to pack all their stuff. One would easily notice the room being dusty, the place being noisy and people moving here and there. But if you look closely, you can actually sense how creative the packing guys are! 

While we were chatting, we noticed how creatively this man was packing the computer table and the computer itself. He simply attached a pillow to the monitor and plastered it around so that the screen escapes from scratches. 

What an idea! I mean, when we are under work pressure, we usually end up doing something stupid. These men have a deadline, like say, finish it within few hours, but they still do it perfectly. They had bought so many rolls of carton sheets and they used them perfectly without wasting it. 

Every work requires an art. When people used to question me why I didn’t take up engineering, I simply said I am not interested. There are 'still' few people whom I know personally who don’t consider other courses ‘respectable’ as engineering or MBBS! [Don’t know what ‘respectable’ in their dictionary means]. 

There are other few good gentlemen whom I know once said to me, “Mehul every course and job has a value.” I so got reminded of this while typing! They are true. Can we sit and pack all our belongings in such a nice way with minimum of time? No, right! It’s time people respect the work of others and never underestimate them by their work nature.

College Days and College Life

As I have come near to the end of the college journey, I want to take some time to get into flashback and write about some old memories which bring smile at my face even today. I know, I will be giving my Graduation exams in a period of one month and there are only 2 more days when I would be going college to enjoy (Farewell and Hall Ticket distribution day) but there is some feeling from inside that I still want to be in college and not a graduate as not only I want to be a mature person and take responsibilities but I don’t even want to lose some crucial and enjoying days from life. But things have to go the way it is designed to be.

I still remember the last day of my school back in year 2007, where along with the happiness of getting through the 10^th, the only question in mind was, What Next? What am I going to do without my friends who had become more or less a part of a family? I never wanted to leave all my buddies and move ahead but sometimes you really don’t have an option as to. Given an option I would still prefer to be back in there :P

Today after 5 years of college life....I feel the same again as my last date of school. I spent 2 years of College in Science and 3 years in Commerce. This tenure has left some extraordinary and everlasting memories to spend my remaining life with. I truly feel lived the college life the way it had to be ( Except for last year – CA Articleship) L......Bunking college lectures and going for movies.....Sitting in College canteen whole day singing songs and playing Guitar........violating college norms in each possible ways........playing computer games on LAN (CS, Half life).......racing on bikes and cars with college friends.......Sitting on last bench in lecture and commenting on the pronunciations of teachers and imitating them.......texting friends and using FB during lectures.......counting number of Girls and giving ratings out of 5 to each ( no offense :D)......... creating unnecessary rifts with Professors........coming at least 30 minutes late in exam hall and then hurrying up and disturbing everyone else........bribing watchmen and Office boys to leak the papers............backing up friends whenever in need........sitting late night for completing Journals and before exam days.........participating in extracurricular activities and planning for annual day functions.......!!! The only question in mind is, are these days going to be back?

I know these days are never ever going to come back and these days will never be forgotten whatsoever. It is not like I had only enjoyed, I even took some learning which no books can ever teach. Many of people supported me when everything was not good with me. There were times when I was even opposed where I was wrong which has made me strong enough to take correct decisions today. In Science, I had an opportunity to study in the best college of the district and I met some wonderful intellectual people and in commerce, I studied in a college which is not so good where I got to know different types of people and bonded along with almost all and had equal fun. There were also moments when I had gone into deep depressions when I broke up with someone and even there were ample moments of Joy and happiness the other days. I find me very lucky to enjoy such the “College Days” and hope everyone else even have enjoyed as much I have.

I would also like to draw some attention to say Sorry to all those people whom I have at some point of time caused troubled. Seriously I didn’t have any intention to do so. I would thank all my colleagues and dear ones to be with me and make my college life so interesting that I can cherish my whole life.

Now before I break into tears, let me end this topic here itself. And to all those who have given their time for reading this out, I really admire and hope you would have recollected some of your favourite days. I am adding the song "College Days" which I feel like hearing at this time.

Even though college days are over, I would still keep my College-Me inside alive !!! ADIOS !!!

Do the DO

All our lives, we’ve been trained to ask why.

The development of science is attributed to the question ‘why’. Problem solvers say if you ask ‘why’ five times to the problem, you’ll get to the root of the issue. The ‘why’ always gives the prim, propah, logical and sane answer that gives us that comforting and reassuring feeling about that uncertainty called life.

OK, that was the serious part of this post….

J

And so…..

So the crazy things we do in life don’t really subscribe to the ‘why’. We do it just for the heck of it. And have a whole lotta of fun all the way.

So why do I usually wear two different colored slippers at home? So why did my friend Rahul drive all the way from Andheri to Marine Lines in the middle of the night to get a cuppa road side coffee and drive back right after and that too, on a freakin weeknight? Why did my friend (should not mention name :P) go and propose to a woman on the road he’s never seen before in his life before? Why did she reply Yes to him? Why did my cousin cancel his holiday tickets to Goa at the last minute cos he was busy watching some hindi movie called ‘Ajab Prem ki Gajab Kahani’ on Colors? Why did my bud  Siddharth walk up to a random gal and ask her something that she impulsively slapped him backhard ? And why are we surprised that he never got slapped before that?

Sometimes, it’s about the thrill of just doing it, irrespective of rhyme, rationale or reason.

Eccentric? Naah…. Stupid? Maybe… Fun? Hell Ya!!!

So in that light, here’s sharing famous last words said by some famous peoples just before they died, that I found at random sites through the googlez:

Either that wallpaper goes, or I do. (this gonna be my epitaph J)

~~ Oscar Wilde, writer, d. November 30, 1900

They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist. . . .(luv this one...)

Killed in battle during US Civil War.

~~ General John Sedgwick, Union Commander, d. 1864

I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.

~~ Humphrey Bogart, actor, d. January 14, 1957

Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.

~~ Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary, d. 1923

God bless... God damn.

~~ James Thurber, humorist, d. 1961

I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor. (wow, this is so me... J)

~~ François Rabelais, writer, d. 1553

Why do you weep. Did you think I was immortal? (hahaha... J)

~~ Louis XIV, King of France, d. 1715

Yes, it's tough, but not as tough as doing comedy.

When asked if he thought dying was tough.

~~ Edmund Gwenn, actor, d. September 6, 1959

I'm bored with it all. (fitting last words frm a legend J)

Before slipping into a coma. He died 9 days later.

~~ Winston Churchill, statesman, d. January 24, 1965

Well, gentlemen, you are about to see a baked Appel.

Executed in electric chair in New York.

~~ George Appel, d. 1928

Take a step forward, lads. It will be easier that way.

Executed by firing squad.

~~ Erskine Childers, Irish patriot, d. November 24, 192

I'm going home, babe.

Executed by injection, Delaware.

~~ James Allen Red Dog, d. March 3, 1993

How about this for a headline for tomorrow's paper? French fries.

Executed in electric chair in Oklahoma.

~~ James French, d. 1966

I'd like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. And the rest of the world can kiss my ass.

Executed by injection, Texas.

~~ Johnny Frank Garrett, Sr., d. February 11, 1992

I'd rather be fishing.

Executed in electric chair, Louisiana.

~~ Jimmy Glass, d. June 12, 1987

I did not get my Spaghetti-O's, I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this.

Executed by injection, Oklahoma.

~~ Thomas J. Grasso, d. March 20, 1995

Hurry it up you Hoosier bastard! I could hang a dozen men while you're screwing around. (\o/)

Executed by hanging Leavenworth, Kansas.

~~ Carl Panzram, d. September 5, 1930

To my friends: My work is done. Why wait?

Suicide note.

~~ George Eastman, inventor, d. March 14, 1932

Don't worry, it's not loaded. (J)

Suicide playing Russian roulette.

~~ Terry Kath, rock musician, d. January 23, 1978

And if you’re thinking to yourself asking ‘Why’ or ‘WTF’ about this post, well, exactly my point. J

So in the great words of Einstein that he never said,

“Fuck the ‘why’ and do the do!”

Here’s wishing everyone a crazy December n advance wishes for a fabulous New Year!!!

J

Personal Life !!

Yesterday, while hanging out with few friends, one thing flashed in my mind. This is probably the only reason that I feel I am different from others......coz I work to LIVE and not LIVE to work. I know many people would say that I am not a qualified yet, and so it is easy for me to say this so casually. But the fact is that we ourselves are responsible for such kind of life.

I know it is hard to maintain peace and balance between Personal and Professional life. Many a times we all just screw up both of them even having no intention to do so. Sometimes we don’t even realise and its too late when we get the feel. But it is really important to maintain a clear line of demarcation between the two. We have deadlines and we have pressure, but we must not forget that our personal and social lives are equally in fact more important. I have seen many people who have achieved a lot more in their life but are just nowhere in their social life. What a pity!! Victory seems incomplete without near and dear ones, doesn’t it? I have seen that under the same set of circumstances, some people break records while other people break themselves. Going forward, we should promise to give at least one-fifth of our time to our family-friends-hobbies or whatever that makes us feel good and comfortable.

The CFO of the company where I was auditing once said beautiful words, “I don’t hang out with my Office colleagues because they don’t let me feel that I am out of Office.”  This is really true because even after leaving the office premises, we actually talk mostly about Office stuff be it on phone-with your dear ones-with your buddies or even while interacting with new people. Even on a vacation, we most often check our mailboxes and contact our office colleagues to know whats happening there.

Recently, while reading some journal I went through an amusing line which read “Americans are not smarter than Indians but they can achieve more than us.” At first instant,  I thought it is a racist comment but later I realised that it is however a fact for a simple reason that it has become a ground reality in India “WE LIVE TO WORK.”

I know I may be criticised for choosing and expressing views on this topic but it is my personal blog and my personal view, so doesn’t really bother me cause I know what I have written is a fact.

Responses to my earlier two articles have been really good from all of you. I received valuable feedbacks from many of you. I have tried to make the most out of them. I would be pleased if you provide me with more feedbacks for my learning.

Give a thought and world will be full of Smile. Happy Blogging J

Office Camaraderie

It's such a beautiful feeling! Life tends to be so good when things are going great on the professional front. Productivity automatically improves when you have a fantastic relation with people around you. Things tend to take up on the personal front too. That sense of achievement, that adrenaline rush, that sense of pride over having learnt something new. Ah! Nothing in this entire universe can ever beat those feelings! Well, the reason why I am writing this blog today is because at this point in time I am having the best time right now on the office front. And me being an article trainee (i.e. someone who is not in the race for appraisals and promotions :P); I am getting to make the most of this "slack" period. Bonding with my colleagues over cups of coffee, enjoying my work to the hilt, having big arguments over silly things and then apologising at the end of the day, going on lunches with pals - Well! Not everyone gets the chance to do all this. I consider myself very lucky for having such an amazing team alongwith. Love you all !! Also, you must thank your lucky stars when you are in a Big 4 and are still leaving at like 7 (7 actually does feel like a half day, doesnt it?). Things must definitely be going great for you. Also, there is a different sense of enjoyment when your work is not marred by petty office politics. Thus, I definitely believe that a successful team is the one which has a great camaraderie. Even Sachin Tendulkar had once said a few months before the 2011 World Cup that "that dressing room was the best one he had ever been in." That's what our responsibility is. To build that kind of a dressing room at every place we go. Someone had  rightly said "Life is short. Make this place to be loved forever." A place wherein everyone is aware of his roles and responsibilities and at the same time, others are ready to chip in if someone fails to perform. Well, that's about it with respect to my thoughts on this topic.. 




P.S: Reactions to the first blog have been fantastic. Thanks a lot people! Getting accolades for your first blog... Life must be pretty good! :)

Power of Youngistaan !!

Okay! This is my first venture into this unexplored avenue of blogging. I know I a bit nervous. Hope it turns out to be a good one. After all,isn't life about venturing out of your comfort zones? Okay,with least regards to the results let me set out on my journey.

Youngistaan - a very fantabulous name coined by a soft drinks major - Pepsi, essentially referring to youth.Youth's influence has grown in all fields by leaps and bounds. Companies seem to be formulating a separate strategy to click with the youth.They seem to be loosening their purse strings to no extent just to create a fondness for their brand among the future citizens.Young minds, as subtle and as innocent they can be seem to have a plethora of confusions. Various brands cash in on this confusion and create a niche for their product.

Done with the commerce facet of Youngistaan,lets move on to the more relevant aspect of youth - Power! Youngistaan or plain youth, if well channelised, can go on to have extreme power. Power in all aspects to be precise. Willpower, Power to throw around their weight, Power to do anything they wish to. However,Power if ill-used to can turn out to be a deterrent for someone's rise. On the other hand,as per a certain breed of youth, Power if under-used can create problems in the future. Another more fascinating side of youth is the Power To Dream. Young people always have an optimistic side to them, albeit in different proportions. Dreams are the stuff that defines true youth. Dreams to rise to dizzying heights in life, Dreams to get to a goal in life and working hard to achieve that goal, Dreams to do something different and take the path less travelled. Craziness is what fascinates me the most about young people. There is no particular definition or a degree to be a certified crazy person. For some, craziness is about leaving the exam hall in say X amount on time to win a challenge and for some maybe craziness is well defined as scooping out of your haven to meet someone.

However,in this youth - crazy nation seniors and perhaps, the more experienced, are at a loss as per me. There has been a considerable amount as to whether young blood is better over experience. Age has caught up with greatest of our cricketers. Worldwide, companies are focusing on hiring the services of budding talents. They seem to give a damn about respectable but well past their prime Seniors. Add to this, global recession and you get the perfect recipe of how to land yourself in full-on trouble.

Maybe we, as young blood, can bring about miniscule changes the society's mindset and tradition. But the least we can do is at least build a better place to live in.

Don't really know what is the solution to this problem but not everything in life has a solution eh?

Well,on this note,I would like to end my FIRST blog. Until then, Adios Amigos!!