MARCH ON

Pick it up & walk along,
Neaver let go off your closed fists,
You never know what you'll lose,
For it may serve a purposse along,
Pick it up & move on!!!

Pick it up & move on,
Quicken you pace to reach out,
For there will be who'll want,
It is your only chance,
Pick it up & walk along!!!

EMBRACE LIFE WITH ZING

Come along to enjoy the sands of time,

For Life is all joyous and fine,

Embarce life in full swing,

Soar high flapping your wings!

Nothing to rejoice, nothing to remorse,

For deeds & reactions at times oppose,

These are the links of the chain,

Never let go in vain!!

The world is very bright,

Forgo your fright,

Enjoy with a new you,

Bundle away your blue!!!

Embrace new life in true spirit,

Excel & rise with merit,

You have every right to be a winner,

The world loves a true winner!!!!

NEW WHO

For a change here I come with my poem.

This poem is ESPECIALLY BEING POSTED on my DEAR BRO's REQUEST....




The sweetest smile I've ever seen,


But the hardest task its been,


The sight so true & rare,


Swells with pride the chest bare,


Feels the happiness with your eyes closed!!





Feel the happiness with your eyes closed,


Never let yourself get bored,


Walk with the true self - spirit within,


Never let pessimism creep in,


Feel the world to the greatest leaps!!!





Feel the world to the greatest leaps,


For thoughts should never give the creeps,


Learn to know your self the best,


This is the biggest by itself test,


Feel the new you till eternity!!!!





Feel the new you till eternity,


Bound by calmness & serenity,


The world around you is really vast,


Never let time run by you very fast,


Feel each moment like there is no tomorrow!!!!!





Feel each moment like there is no tomorrow,


Look out for opportunities even in a burrow,


Do no sit & dwindle about the past,


For your future is here to last,


Feel today & tomorrow forever & ever!!!!!!

GOD SAVE ME

Here I come again.. Much faster than expected...U bet!!!

It's our usual routine at work, to wash our lunch boxes by ourself.... (For a change I've learnt it too...Unlike my old college days..) That time is OURS completely, when none of us would want to even listen to instructions from you know....TOP MANAGEMENT in office....Well, its the same case with me too....
But this particular afternoon, was a little different from the usual.
Well, here was I happily chatting away to glory with my colleague indeed friend. (FYI, she also talks non-stop like me). So you guys can imagine the scene when we are together...
I was busy washing my lunch box, when I hear my boss asking me for something. Man!!! Does he need to ask during MY LUNCH TIME!!! No ways.. But yes he did... I said I will do it after lunch.. Well the story doesn't end here,..... I should have kept my mouth shut, but ME being Me... I didn't... I passed a comment... Only presuming that my manager has gone away...
But I was too quick for his pace.. Yes, you got it right...
HE HEARD MY PASS AT HIM.....:)
What a pity?? He being He... Came back and told me I should have passed the remark on his face...Can you beat it....
Thank GOD, my manager is a SPORT!!!!
Else.............GOD SAVE ME INDEED!!!!!

DOWN (ME)MORY LANE

THIS BLOG I AM POSTING IS TRULY SPECIAL TO "ME"!!!

The days date back to my MBA days. I was in my II SEM then. I had a pal of mine who used to work in an I.T firm in Koramangala. At times, I used to go from my college till Koramangala to meet up. Initially, I used to find it tedious as I had to get down form the auto & walk a long way down the lane... The walk was really really long. After some days, I kind off started enjoying the walk. The road seemed beautiful all of a sudden. I used to wait to walk down that road in Koramangala. What a delight it used to be!!!! The houses in that road & the wierd names to it. I used to enjoy reading them while walking. Eventually, that stretch of lane became my favourite PATH. Simply breathtaking. People taking their dogs for walk, people doing brisk walking, vendors selling their yield etc. I used to walk around 5:15 P:M. That stretch was one long road with about 5 intersections. Not mush traffic.. ( Strange but true). The evening walk used to take me nearly 45 mins. (Mind you, I am very fast in walking)....But that 45 minutes of walk was a self motivator kinds. I used to feel so rejuvenated & Positive. That road used to all the more motivate my swirl of thoughts to its peak. It was an undescribable feeling.


Peaceful, calm, serene, best described. The dogs would be a real beauty to watch. Some how I kind off fell in love with this path. Each day I walked, the more I wanted to walk. The path had memories embossed for life in my mind.


Well, this path may seem like any ordinary path to somebody else. But to me this path was the best path I had ever walked on. Nothing could beat it ever!!!


But alas!!! There came a day when I had no reason to be walking in that path anymore. But thoughts & the time spent will linger on in my mind for the rest of my life.


For sure, I will walk down this path of mine sometime later, just to refresh those thoughts of mine....


This will always and forever be my BEST & FIRST LOVE of my Life for times to come!!!!


My Path, Me(mory) down lane always!!!

AFTER EFFECTS OF TEMPORARY DISCONNECTION

This is a true incident.

My rakhi brother Juicy, got married in Feb. 2009. Till then he was available anytime for freinds, when they really needed a pal. But guess things change when they marry.

So, the same thing happened with Juicy. This guy had been so disconnected that there was absolutely no news from his end. No calls, no sms, not coming online, meeting toh door ki baat thi....

Anyways every year it was ritual to meet on RAKSHA BANDHAN day.You see he was my pal cum brother. No escape atleast on that day. All advantages of being a SIS. I had reminded him about a week in advance. ( Note: Only to married personals - Reminders needed after wedding).

Again just to make myself sure, I sent him another message on the day of Rakhi. (For my surity).

Time got confirmed and the place - CCD, as always.

I was supposed to meet my cousin brother who had come from U.S.A too. SO met him forst as I had time. A brilliant plan started forming in my mind. Well, read on to find out....

I told the plan to my brother. He was kind of flabbergasted. Bulleyed him to agre. Elder diii to him you see. Poog thing agreed. We marched off to CCD.

As agreed, I was there at 7. Juicy arrived a little late. Apologising, huffin - puffin too.

He sat down. Now who is this guy?? That was the look on Juicy's face after seeing my cousin.

They introduced themselves before even I could intervene. ( None of them had met before you see - TO my advantage).

I popped up a question. I asked Juicy, Wouldn't you want to know who this guy is??? Well, ofcourse he had to. I was his RAKHI SISTER, after all. I casually said he is my WOULD BE. Man, his face was worth seeing then. He was baffled completely.

He just looked at me, and to my happiness, he bought it. He was perplexed. How the hell could I get engaged and not call him?? Man, he was shooting question at my so called would be. That poog guy, kept looking at me, most talkative you see.

After about 5 minutes, my brother took his cell - phone out to call. To my utter shock, he dials my home number. God, I had forgotten to loop in my mother. Of course, the rest goes unsaid. My mum spilt the beans.

What a hearty laugh we had!!!

P.S: I hope Juicy doesn't get disconnected again.

All my dear married friends, beware, you never know what would have taken place in your respective freinds life, if you remain disconnected.

PLEASURE MEETING YOU

I would love to keep this one short & sweet... (Hopefully)...
Here goes the story... We initially had a very beautiful & attractive visiting card. I call it attractive because it was partly RED. Yup, my favourite color on earth. One fine day, all of a sudden, we realize that the TOP MANAGEMENT has decided to change our cards.. Man, what a rude shock I was in for....How I loved our old cards... With a heavy heart, I gave my old cards to get a new set of cards. Fine, what could we do... Nothing.. TOP management decides you see....
Anyways, it was time for me to inaugurate my new visiting card. With sheer luck I had a meeting in INFOSYS.. Yes you got it right... INFOSYS... My joys knew no bound.... Now little did I grieve about my old cards.. Was lost in INFY world...
THE D DAY arrive finally. I entered INFY campus.. I was too lost to even talk to my managers. The usual security check at INFY. I told the security whom we wanted to meet & gave him my card as he wanted. What happens next???? Is absolutely unbelievable....
This security guy calls up the concerned person. Guess what he says.......He tells that someone from 'PLEASURE MEETING YOU ' has ccome to meet you... We stared at the security guy for a minute.. Flabbergasted, zapped, baffled to the core.. Shell shocked actually...
To our utter shock we realized that after our name, the card had Pleasure Meeting You....
Poor guy mistook it for our company name... What a hearty laugh we had...
Indeed it was PLEASURE MEETING YOU... Guess more for me.. I'm sure you know why...INFOSYS... Rings a bell.....

NEVA MISS AN OPPRTUNITY

Here I come again.. Not bad right!!! Faster than expected...Let me give you a preamble before you guys proceed. Well, a little secret about me... I can neither ride a cycle, nor a 2 wheeler..Forget about driving a car...Its not happened yet.. But mind you, I am very good with my directions..I never miss roads and reach my direction bang on target.. ( My bro says its a very rare thing in gurls).. Now let me start my story before I brag more...
Here I was on a fine evening travelling with my best friend as a pillion on her bike.. Not much option you see... Me as usual was filling her with all the happenings in my life..There is no looking back once I start.. Talking.......I just go on and on and on......You know it all I guess.....The road was not too crowded for our delight... What a bliss actually?? Its such a rare delights....But neverthless the signals are always there , no matter what....(True I guess)... As usual we got stuck in another horrendous jam.. TRAFFIC JAM... Gosh I was fed up... And I'm sure my best friend doubly fed up... Guessed it.. (Traffice jam & Of course my blabber...:)) Hope not...
Anyways I told her we could jump the signal... And moreover we could not see THE MEN IN WHITE too....(Should we have seen)...Million dollar question??
We people happily jumped the signal... U bet... You can guess what happened next... Needless to say...
Out of the nowhere, our very own MEN IN DISTRESS popped out.... Gosh I was zapped out...Where were these people... Man they stopped us immediately....I mean without wasting a minute...And you bet what he asked my friend.. : Madam, does red light look like green light to you"??? In short, do you have colour blindness.....
Need I say more.....

COLLEAGUES indeed FREINDS

Yet another much awaited blogs of mine.......
Here, i was just out of college. Out of that enclosed comfort zone. I'm sure you'll agree...
First day at work...I walk in, not knowing what to do...All in a haze, mind you with the utmost confidence that I'll manage...Yup you bet!!! Office & Colleagues, both at PROFESSIONAL LEVEL....Yeah the very word doesnt seem too wonderful for a person just out of college...Anyways atfer 2 days I had induction program in amother office. Oh God!!! Now what next was my thought process.....Anyways all prepared I went... I was looking so lost seachin for the office on the 11th floor... Yes high mighty right??? And what should I see there.. There is this girl who is walking towards me with a BIG SMILE... I mean a really warm & wonderful smile...Man what a relief... Not yet.. I was silently hoping that this is my senior from whom I will get all the so called CORPORATE GYAAN types... N u wont believe, GOD actually heard my silent prayers(it works when you pray silenlty especially if you the noisy kinds like me)!!!
She was the gurl from whom I was getting GYAAN... Man what a bliss... From that day till date there has been no looking back.. She is more than my friend actually....She is none other than RAMYA - Colleague hard to believe, The best by far ........
Trust me Colleagues can be REAL GREAT FRIENDS!!!!!!

BOOKS

Books, books, books......Well what can I say about his most enchanting thing I've ever come across in my life. My acquaintance with books dates back to times when I was a toddler I guess..Yeah that's right, TODDLER....My mum actually is the one source appreciation for getting me into this habit of reading...All thanks to MUM, there has been no looking back....

I was a kid when I first got the hang about books.. I started my tiny venture with books which had more of pictures and less of words.. The animals looked so real to me, that I used to look at those books for long hours.. Then started off with small books containing small strories.. I was just too excited for words.. Being the only child, I did not have brothers & sisters to disturb me too.. Started devouring books on a regular basis.. From tiny books to a little bigger books, I got my promotion.

I came to junior school, the addiction was only stronger. I started with ENID BLYTON. Fell in love with MALORY TOWERS. It is my all time favourite till today. Then came FAMOUS FIVE, FATTY SERIES, SECRET SEVEN. I used to be so lost reading books. It just continued. The urge to finish books was so strong that I used to polish them off in a day. Man, what a delight they

used to be.

Than came the High School days. Like all the reading gurls, I also entered the world of NANCY DREW. Started loving her Prosche cars too. I practically finished all her books. Never had a keen passion for HARDY BOYS... Then swayed into the enigmatic world of SWEET VALLEYS. You see in my school, SWEET VALLEY was a huge rage. All the girls, who read, wanted to read SWEET VALLEYS. You would actually find an Elizabeth (or LIZ in short) , or a JESSICA everywhere. I'm sure most of you who read will know them. But for those, who are alien to the Paper world, these 2 girls are the twin sisters of SWEET VALLEY books. Then from SWEET VALLEY HIGH, I moved up the ladder too SWEET VALLEY UNIVERSITY. I still fondly remember, in my Bio classes, I used to keep a novel in between my text book & read. Then moved to THREE INVESTIGATORS.....(What an impression right!!!!) My maa'm never found out.

Alas!! the end of good ole school days.. Time to move on...

I landed up in college now.. Yup, college.. Started off with ROBIN COOK. A whole new wrold of science fiction unmasked. My favourite was INVASION. Then started off with AGATHA CHRISTIE.. Loved all her books to the core. Then it was SYDNEY SHELDON. I still used to read ENID BLYTON at times. Time for JEFFREY ARCHER.

Then I got into Enginnering. Well, I never ever gave up reading. I was just far too addicted to quit reading. I continued. Back home mum is an avid reader. We used to dicuss a lot on books. she used to tell her favourites, & I used to tell her mine.

I started with VICTORIA HOLT, Gothic romance you see. Then moved on to MARY STEWART.

GEORGETTE HEYER. Though not one of my favourites. Of course how could I miss, POTTER MANIA!!!.

I was also a maniac. Just loved the books... I have the collection from U.S.A ( Courtesy: Ma' bro)

I was lost on Hogwarts... Actually forgot B.M.S.C.E for sometime.....LOL....

Then came the era of ASSORTED AUTHORS, as I call it. Paulo Coelho, Men R from Mars, Women r from Venus types.

Then I moved up the level. Joined Masters program.

The most unbelievable thing started happening. I was entrapped in Management & Non- Fiction books for a solid 2 years. Fiction seemed to be losing its essence. I started off with JACK WELSCH. Loved his book STRAIGHT FROM THE GUT. A whole new world opened up in front of me. I was kinda elated with the change. Built to last followed. A whole lot of other books.

Now after college, I have started loving Fiction as well as Non - Fiction.

But somewhere down the line my heart still voted for Fiction. ( Childhood days - Old habits die hard).

Books have always been my favourite. Jut to name a fw authors that I read,

1. Agatha Christie

2. Sydney Sheldon

3. Jeffrey Archer

3. Paulo Coelho

4. Victoria Holt

5. James Hadley Chase

6. Barbara Cartland

7. Mary Stewart

8. Randy Pausch & Jeffrey Zaslow

9. Sudha Murthy

10. Jack Welsch

11. Enid Blyton

12. J.K Rowling

And many more to name.

Books will be books. The Constant Factor in my Life.

Thanks MUMMY. All the credit for widening my data base goes to you. Hats off MOM!!!!