SALES AT MY FACE

I just picked up a new job....Well, Yes... I did... with this new front, I guess I would be completing the SALES CYCLE.... I have seen most of the Cycle fronts...
I've just summoned up all my courage and got into SELLING. They say Selling is an Art!!!
Art, well that is why I'm here to get it on...

With all the enthu & tempo in place, I was on the job the first day...
High hopes, with a daring heart I was all set...
Lo, behold... What do I see on the first day....
I have a forty lakh target jeering at my face!!! I was dumb stuck... Is this some kind of a joke of is this reality...

I just kept staring at the board and all I could see was 40 L in front of me.... And this target had to be achieved within 2 months of time... Can you beat it!!!! Not even for the quarter......

Well, I have decided that I am going to beat it and stare back at it with happy face...
That's the spirit gurl!!!!

APRIL FROLIC

APRIL - FOOL... This seems to go hand in hand since times immemorial. Come first of April, all wicked minds gets more evil and cranky. One such mind is mine too.. The tiny gray cells on the verge of shrnking like dried raisins all of a sudden come alive and grown in size - A process known as REVERSE OSMOSIS (For all non-science guys).
After this reverse osmosis takes place, the gray cells are hyper active.

This APRIL 1st , 2010, Along with my CHINKZZ , we decided to play a prank. Racking a lot for the TARGET PERSON, we zeroed down on TWO scapegoats. This involves a lot of brain storming else the product positioning can act like a boomerang.
One was my colleague's better half and he other was my bitter half. (Pun Intended).

Our super crooked minds had already come up with a great plans. (Just that we didn't have fangs and horns coming out, else perfect wicked look.)

What we had decided was something like this... From my colleague's cell phone we would send out a message stating, "CONGRATULATIONS!!! You have just one yourself a movie pass to watch WHEN IN ROME with your partner at PVR Cinemas. Please do call up......, our COLLECTIONS HEAD to redeem your pass"....
We has planned to type in my colleague's better halves number to call up collection head.

Now we sent the message and waited eagerly.
After a while my bitter half called up and said someone has played a prank on him and he went on to explain the entire story. I just couldn't hold on any longer and I burst out laughing...
He understood it and joined it...

Finally our evil minds managed to pull a prank with ease. What a month - APRIL!!! BEWARE....

P.S: Thanks to our Scapegoats SHY PIE and GUDDA. If not for you, it wouldn't be memorable....

AMIGOS AROUND

I guess these days my blogs are getting highly sporadic... Until & unless my friends keep asking if I posted a new blog or not, I ain't going for it....But, it's not because I have become lazy, it's just that my gray cells has stopped pouring out ideas!!!

Now finally I have found something kindling at the back of my mind and before it gets off, I thought I would put it up...

FRIENDS form a part and parcel of everyone's life. They come in various forms; Some get real close, some just come in to teach you things, some come just to part, some come to stay forever etc.
You meet people at various places in one's life. School, colleges, during journeys, jobs etc.

Now this blog of mine is dedicated to one such friend who popped into my life because of sheer luck.
Her name is Arch & I fondly call her my Bomb Joy!!! She happens to be my friend's wife, but she gotten to be more closer than my own friend.

She happens to be a R.J and is one of those species so full of life. She is so similar to me that I don even need to think twice before I am able to pour my heart out.

Arch thanks so much for being there for me for now and for times to come!!!!

This is my Bomb Joy!!!

I have yet another person who has become very dear to me. She is my colleague at work but means more than that. Her name is Amita & I fondly call her my Chinkzzz!!!!
She joined a month after I joined this new place. She is one amazing girl with a brilliant heart.

These two people would have never come into my life otherwise. Had my friend not married Bomb Joy , she would never have met me. Had I not changed my company, I would have never met my Chinkzzz..
Sometimes things in life happen for the best...

These two are just the best that happened - DESTINY I guess!!!!

LEND A VOICE

I have always wondered how is would be to lend your voice and listen to it. I used to be wonder how it would be to be a News Reader or an Anchor or a R.J...Well, I never in my wildest dreams expected that this pleasant an opportunity would knock at my door some day..... It was a Saturday. Saturdays are usually off from work. Its weekend time. But on 20.02.2010, it was one of those ABnormal days when we were working. Yes, just imagine.. Saturday and you are working. Oh Freak!!!It's tough to imagine also for those who aren't accustomed to working at the weekends. Nevertheless, I was working and that was just not nice. We had just finished food in the afternoon. (The best part is food on the house when we work on Saturdays.....) My colleague comes up to me and he is like, 'Would you want to record for me'?? RECORD.. Now did I get that work right.. Yes, I think I did. I would love to do recording. (For those extra brilliant mind's, recording is done as a part of Marketing collateral's to put extra info up on the website. I was more than happy to grab this wonderful opportunity which I was waiting for. Saturday afternoon my recording started. I had to read out case studies in nine different sectors to be uploaded on our website. I started off with the first one, which was on BI in Customer Service. Man, it was a good one at the first shot. Ain't I on cloud nine. You bet!!! I AM....IN THE SEVENTH HEAVEN. After I had finished, I started off with another one. It was some beautiful. I just loved it. I finished three of them and we wound up for the day. I was all smiles.When you actually listen to your own voice once it is recorded, it never sounds like it is yours. I was like, 'Is this my voice????'. Indeed it sounds so different. Over the next three days, I completed the rest of the cases and when I was done, my joy knew no bounds. I felt this strange sense of accomplishment. For me, it was like winning an Oscar. And this was possible only because of my colleague BINGO. Thanks BINGO. You made it come true for me.... P.S.: People do listen to it and let me know how I sound. I will send you guys the link sometime later.

HEARTFELT GRATITUDE

This blog goes out to "Ms. KELLY". ( For those of you who don not know, please read FRIENDS FROM AMES, its a must read for all.)

I had posted a blog named EPITOME OF FRIENDSHIP sometime back. I'm sure most of you would have read it.
What is special about this blog is, it has a comment posted by one of the AMES GIRLS!!! YES YOU GOT IT RIGHT.. KELLY is one of the ten AMES GIRLS who has been so sweet and nice to read my blog and post a comment.

Not many of my own friends who read my blogs, post a comment this honestly. They ping me online saying my blog was good or it was not. (Shame on you guys!!!)
Kelly has been so courteous to leave a comment, that it touched my heart.

Thanks a ton KELLY. I feel so proud to flaunt my blogs all the more now.

P.S: This blog is written to say THANK U KELLY... You made my day or should I say , " YOU MADE MY BLOG!!!!

COVER O MAN

I think I'm getting very sporadic with my postings these days. Till one of friend's doesn't ask me as to why I haven't posted a blog, I don't bother.. Well, I will post more often from now on.. This is yet another incident of mine.. Well, I know MONOTONY is setting in among my readers, but I promise the next one will be different. This incident just happened yesterday and I couldn't stop myself from posting another blog. My colleague wanted to withdraw money from the ATM. (Not Ramya guys!!!) It was mid afternoon. Looks like Summer has set in. We were walking down the road, grumbling about the HEAT. It indeed was scorching HOT. We went to the ATM, but in vain. It was not working. So, we were walking back and I had covered my head with my dupatta ( Yes people, I'm celebrating SALWAR SUIT WEEK!!!!). I was trying to wrap it correctly, so I pulled it out ans spread it properly walking down the road. To my utter shock I realized that I had covered another old man's head who was walking next to me. No wonder I had 2 heads all of a sudden. (Fancy me, in a jiffy I've grown an extra head). Well, I silently apologized to that elderly man and walked away without looking back!!!!! P.S : Moral - I should never wear Salwar suits again!!!

INDEED SPECIAL

Today indeed a great day ---- Yes, it's my BIRTHDAY!!!! For Me, it's a special day.....
A day I wait for an entire year, ONE WHOLE YEAR......
Today, finally the day has arrived... FEB 2nd, I just love this date...
As usual I was flooded with calls from morning....Sms all the way...Since it's a working day, I was rushing to office....

I reached office and and I need to use the biometric to enter. As usual I used it and instead of displaying my name.............The display was HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Well, that was such a simple gesture, but the sweetest I have come across. Indeed a beautiful gestures on your DAY!!!!

PHONE 'e BRAIN

This blog is dedicated to PADDY, for making me post yet another blog.

Paddy (I'm sure if you've read my previous blog, you'll know this guy) and myself usually chat a wee bit from office so as take a break from work. We chat or call once a while at work.
On 29th, Jan as well we were chatting for sometime. Post lunch session and Friday afternoon, now I'm sure most of you'll agree that the mood swings are high, but not to work but to party out.

Paddy on Friday was out for a Team lunch and didn't come back until 3 in the afternoon. Then he came around 3:30 and pinged me. After a while he stopped again. So I tried giving him a call, but he didn't receiver my call. I thought he must be busy with work and I got busy too.(It was one of my close colleague's last working day).

After a while I got a call from Paddy. I as usual picked it up with high enthu (Usual HIIIIIIIIIIIIIII PADDYYYYYYYYYYYYY which continues for at least a min ---poor guy)
I did the same, but the response I got from the other end was very different. Here it goes,

PADDY CALLING....
Me: HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII PADDYYYYYYYYYY
Other Side: Hello
Me: Kya hua Paddy (What happened Paddy?)
Other side: Hi, this is Prasad here..
Me: Oh hooo.....(I look at my phone, it shows Paddy, now what the hell happened)
This is Prabhat's (Paddy's forgotten real name to me) number.
Other side: Ma'am he has left his phone in the meeting room and gone.
Me: Oh okie. He is.......(I tell him in which domain he works)
Other side: I will return it back Ma'am. Thank you so much
Me: That's ok.

And he hangs up.

Now my great pal PADDY in the mean while is pinging me and totally unaware about his lost phone.
Fianlly he got his phone back and ALL THANKS TO ME!!!

P.S: Paddy I'm sure you'll agree.... right???

EPITOME OF FRIENDSHIP

GIRLS FROM AMES - This were the three words I was hell bent on... For those of you who don't know, these three words are a title of a novel by Jeffrey Zaslow. I accidently happened to come across this novel and from then I was determined to lay my hands on it, but I wasn't lucky. I never found this book in Bangalore in any of the book stores, be it big or small.

I once casually mentioned it to my bro in the USA about this bok and asked him to try it there.

It took nearly an year before I received that book. This time my bro didn't come to India, but he had sent me a surprise. YES!!!! THIS VERY BOOK WAS THE SURPRISE. I was exuberant. I kept looking at the book feeling so happy. (BRO THANKS A TON!!!)

I couldn't wait to start with the book.

For those of you who don't know about this book, here it goes.

It's about friendship shared between 11 girls (now 10) over a period of 40 years. Now what is so great about it!!! Well, the greatness lies in the way they have maintained it.

Their friendship started in a place called AMES, hence the title. It's splendid freindship that bonds these girls together.

It's a pleasure to read small anecdotes in the book like how the girls have treasured letters that they have written or small hand written notes passed in the class.

Memories you share with friends are for life. They are the most treasured possessions in one's life.

This book goes on to show pictures of all the girls in junior school to graduation to college to how they look now.

Each page you read, you'll fall in love all the more with the book. Every word written is so beautiful. The way they started off their freindship, the way they hung around, how they kept in touch even after moving out of Ames, how they kept it up post wedding, post kids etc, is just mind blowing.

When you read about this group, you'll all the more wish to be a part of a group like this.

Their re- union each year in a friend's place and how they travel back nostalgia is superb. The pics they bring, the notes, small gifts they share is just beyond words.

Friendship is something which everyone needs in life. But to have one friend of a group of friends to lean on, is like an elixir to life.

This book is a must read for all, for Zaslow has brought this group for us to read.

I would like to add, though I may not have a group like Ames Girls, I'd like to thank my friends - Ani, Shy, Juicy, Dummua, Paddy, Ashu, Champ, Scientist, Komala, Delphi Dude for being there when ever I needed them and all those whom I have met in my life and have made it special.

ANI you are and will remain my BESTEST FRIEND FOR LIFE. Thanks to DP for his Vishwabharathi, else we'e never have met.

I'm glad I have you for LIFE. Cheers to our 11 years of Friendship!!!!!

ALL IN A DAY

Well, another day, yet another incident....

These days I leave office at 6:15 P:M. I traverse half of the city to reach back home. (That's how far I travel to work). This mega event happened just yesterday.
7:05, my colleague and me were standing in stop no. 2 waiting for a bus. (Oh yes, now I have a partner to travel with). Both of us were jabbering away to glory. She is Ramya's replacement now.
There was this amazing guy, dancing away to glory in the stop. (I'm sure liqor does have some power, of should I say lots....) He was speaking to all the girls in the stop..... And it went something like this...Hello all,,,, I'm Ravishankar follower.... Blah Blah Blah.... My colleague and me were wondering as to why none were belting him..

7:15 P:M, our bus came and we were more than happy to duck this awful scene and protect ourself in those majestic public transports....

We both were discussing what a relief it was and I think we spoke too soon.... This guy had boarded the same darned bus... Christ!!! At 7:20 in the night, who wants such mega events happening....HE started again.... Hello ladies.. Don't fall in love... Thank you all... This goddamn line he kept repeating a zillion times......

Finally someone shoved him out of the bus.....

Relief regained back.....