Confused Heart....Confused mind...

I took quite some time for writing this one. The work  had just kept me tied up and had been feeling very restless.The way back from Bangalore was not as thrilling as the first flight. Just captured a few pics at the office before moving for the airport.The girls at the office were as usual quite excited to get clicked.Got a good collection of those moments.

The cab driver arrived a little late but he really made sure that I reached on time and even asked me to give him a call once I am inside the airport. That was quite thoughtful of him. The flight was quite normal.The meal was good and watched a movie half way through when I started feeling a terrible pain in my ears. I've heard a lot about it but didn't experienced this pain in the first flight. And this pain was making me very uneasy. I even thought of just getting up and ask the crew for some help but then I thought to be patient as we were about to land in next 40 minutes.

After landing, this pain was still there but luckily it was vanishing slowly. At the airport, again I just grabbed my digi-cam and clicked few more pics of beautiful master-pieces I saw there. I checked out and my beau had come to pick me up. Felt so blessed to see him after such a long period.He was as excited as me to see me again.

Reached home and met everyone. A typical reaction that I got from them, "You've become so weak. You didn't used to have your food properly there?" All their care and love is reflected in these words. But it was great to be back.

I couldn't even wait to go to my office here and meet my colleagues. They were all so welcoming. Although happy to be back my confused heart was still missing Bangalore, its people and its beautiful weather and my confused mind was just struggling hard to get back the focus on work.

Bang Bang Bangalore...

Its actually somewhat difficult to explore a new city alone. I just ventured out to view a newly released and much talked about bollywood flick. It was a good start...the movie was worth watching. Ranbir Kapoor had set a new standard of acting.

After the movie I just walked around in the market. Had lunch at KFC and was quite tired of walking by then. So, just returned back to the guest house and had a small afternoon nap. In the evening just stayed back, lazily watched T.V. and had maggi for dinner. The day just went by.

Wasn't much excited about the holiday next day. The loneliness was somewhat filling me but luckily my beau and all my dear friends kept me busy on the phone and the net the whole day. Thanks  to all of them. Next, I just wanted to get back to work and just complete it as early as I could.

So it was office the next morning and the day went by busy in work. And it was just the same even the next day and added to that I just got some cold and fever in this changed weather. So just had some rest to recover from it quickly.

Surprisingly I got to know through the net that I have some of my old friends in Bangalore. So just called them up and fixed up to meet on Sunday. It was just so good to have them here who made my Sunday evening somewhat interesting. Also, had a visit at the guest house by one more of the office employees. Had some quality conversations with him. Quite a gentleman and a great human being at heart.

Now, just wishing to get back home and just not keep my family waiting any more. My beau had really been missing me alot as I've never stayed away from him. Hope this wait soon ends.

The New Place...

After landing in this beautiful city of Bangalore I straight away headed for the office. Got into a pre-paid taxi and kept receiving the birthday calls on the way. Looking out of the taxi window it appeared to be just like Delhi but the roads here were wider.

The signboards were in English and Kannada. It took an hour to reach the office. It was not very difficult to locate it. The driver dropped just in front of the building. The office was small with less staff but very well maintained. Then the day went off quite normally with the usual meetings and work. Had a typical non-veg South Indian thali in lunch. And the coffee here is just too strong for me. The climate in the evening was quite pleasant as the temperature lowers.

Went to the guest house in the evening. Its a beautiful one. Then at night went out for dinner. It felt great just walking out on the roads all alone not knowing where to go but just exploring the city. But yes it was of a bit concern to my beau for being out at night and that too alone so he kept calling just inquiring now and then as to where I was. Couldn't find much for dinner so just grabbed a subway at one of the malls and headed back. Not knowing exactly the way back as I am just too bad at remembering the directions, I just took an auto-rickshaw. Even the driver didn't knew the exact location so asked a few people on the way to help with the directions. Finally, reached safely.

Next morning got up early. Made tea for myself. Went to the office as usual. In the lunch, it was dosa this time. The gentleman who accompanied me took me to this small South Indian restaurant which was filled with employees from all near-by offices. Not only the food  was delicious but economical as well and the place was quite tidy.The rest of the day went quite normally but my main concern was how to spend the upcoming two days which were declared as holidays to much of my distress.

So the next two days..............

First Flight Saga

It was moving slowly and I was sitting there with my seat belt on, smiling and a thrill that filled me up. Then the sound of the engines raised and it was gaining speed. The speed raised my excitement level as well and I was smiling trying hard to hide from the fellow passengers that it was my "first time". And when it finally did take-off....waaaaaoooowwww....it was wondrous.

It has been quite long a wait to write this one but couldn't have waited more. Just want to pen down all the excitement that I have been through in the past two days. As a kid I always used to wave my hand at every air plane I saw in the sky with a big smile on my face and an enthusiasm in my heart. And again there was this same smile on my face day before but this time I was up in the sky on my first flight gazing down at the city from above.

I rather thought it would be quite dramatic when I would be boarding my first flight...with tears in my eyes saying bye to my loved ones at the airport but it was something very different. The excitement didn't let me sleep the night before. But I did managed to get some sleep and at one go of the alarm I got up in the morning at 0400 hours. My beau was to come to pick me up from home and drop me at the airport. I could sense his excitement as well but he had been disappointed the day before and it was because I was leaving on the day of my birthday...the real birthday. He had plans for this day to make me feel special. However, I had to leave for Bangalore for work on this day. I had cut the cake at night with my family. I anyhow felt special and pampered in his presence. He treats me just like his child giving me instructions and asking me to be careful at every point.

We reached the airport. He helped me keep my luggage on the trolley and accompanied upto the gate. It was now when I was supposed to add that emotional touch to it saying bye with tears and giving him a hug. But instead of that I was more worried about finding the directions at the airport. That was really stupid of me. But I did gave him that sweet good-bye hug when reminded by him. I entered the airport and I had wonder struck eyes. Clumsily I was handling all my luggage and didn't even know how to tie up the tags on the bags. They kept falling. While waiting to be boarded I called up my beau. Then we got the call for boarding the flight.

Again walking through those passages towards the plane, and then entering the plane, locating my seat, everything seemed so dream-like. The view that I saw from that height was beautiful. It was in dreams that I have thought of being among the clouds. Although I was very conscious of fellow passengers getting to know that it was my first flight and I didn't wanted to look stupid in front of them but all this couldn't just stop me from grabbing the camera in my bag and capturing those amazing views. The Sunlight falling on those snow like clouds and the tiny structures down couldn't have been missed. I even saw a circular rainbow with the shadow of the plane falling just in its center. The camera couldn't capture it as it was quite light but its captured in my memory.

It was a 3hour flight so I went to sleep as I had no interesting co-passengers to talk to. On landing when I switched my phone on, I started receiving the birthday wishes from my friends.

It was an amazing and exciting start to this day. I hope to find much more in this beautiful city and completing my work assignment successfully.

 

9/11....The Mystery Continues..

It was 11 years back in 2001 that this date made a mark on hundreds of lives but till today this date is one to be careful of. Its my legal birthday as well, the original one being on 17th of the same month.
The day before my sister in law lost her phone which by now is in safe hands but still not with her. But she had some additional trouble to go through with the telecom company as well which didn't blocked the original sim connection when requested to do so and added to that they provided her an altogether different number of their another 10 year old customer. It was a bit of a hassle to bring things back in order and still the telecom company is in process to settle this whole issue. I doubt if they are really "happy to help"?

Further, the upheaval continuing at the workplace was a bit upsetting. I would rather call it a clash of commitments. The management desiring a big commitment from the employees to make the organization reach an astonishing high level but the employees having their own commitments and responsibilities in life as well. It was a tough a call for all of them who just had to make a choice to remain or to move. I truly connect and deeply respect the decisions taken by each one of them. No matter what would be the outcome each one felt quite light at heart after taking their respective calls and had a smile on their face.

Thanks to these smiles that I was able to celebrate my "on-papers" birthday as I call it quite happily. It was for the very first time that I was cutting the cake on this "crucial" date. I had always cut the cake on 17th otherwise but really thankful to all my colleagues and the mails that filled my inbox that really made me feel special. Lucky to have two birthdays in a year.

All the more there was a sadness of separation in the air. Its not that easy to say good bye. But yes celebrating that final bye does helps to some extent. I still see some hope and wish there will be no good bye. But whatever be the case everybody was in a mood of celebration at the end of the day....to celebrate their decisions.

All the best to you buddies in all your endeavors and wish to stay connected with each one of you in some way or the other.

That common mistake...

It was just another day for her but what an exciting one. She is quite careful otherwise but may be this was not her day. She was on her way to office when while waiting for the metro at the station she just went and sat on the bench. The scorching heat having no mercy on her she was sweating alot. She just grabbed her handkerchief from her handbag to wipe her face. Aaahh...That was some relief. And the metro arrived. She hurriedly got up and got into the metro.

Managed to get a seat in the metro which is usually a big task in the morning office timings. It was then that she realized something was missing and oops... it was her phone..that too the one she purchased just few days back... that went missing. Tensed she just got down at the next station and took the reverse metro. Thinking all the while that she must have left it at the bench where she sat while waiting. When she reached there at the same place praying hard just get her phone back but all in vain. It was gone.

Losing a mobile is quite common with the girls but it can be as stressful as a final examination. She then borrowed a phone from one of the fellow passengers to call on her number. And as expected it was switched off. Quite angry on her own blunder she went to the metro customer care center to explain her situation and seek some help. But...these customer care centers do not actually care for it. She wanted to get a complain registered to which the officials replied that metro thefts complaints are registered at only one police station that too in Sarita Vihar. And what raised her tempers really high was when she was refused to view the CCTV coverage. She just couldn't stand this refusal. She argued that what is the use of their opening a customer center when they cannot entertain customer's complaints. She then got to view the CCTV coverage but was of no use.

With a lost heart she went to the police station for the very first time in her life to lodge an FIR. What a weird atmosphere there it was she realized. She came home with her head just bursting out with pain. But then something more was still there for her in the store for the day. She receives a call at home on mom's phone from her sister. Her sister  had some good news for her. Her sis when called up on her number a man answered who said that he had found the phone at the station which went off due to low battery so he brought it home. He gave his address from where the phone can be collected. It was actually a relief to her.

Hats off to this happy go lucky girl that is my Sis in law. But the story has something more to it.....

that will be continued in the next blog with a lovely message.

Something is missing...

Getting an eerie feeling. Its like losing something. This is just lack of something and I don't know what. Have been feeling quite left out...didn't actually wanted to write this but feeling relaxed to some extent after hitting the keyboard.

Hopefully this goes away and it goes away fast. Missing the fun these days and missing all my best buddies. Wherever you guys are...just give a call....let us hit the dance floor once again. And hopefully when we are happy we will find out what is it that is best for us in life.

Life is just too big to play small. Come, lets make it large and lets bring back that missing inner happiness.

UPHEAVAL................

An upheaval that's not required....an upheaval that is just leading to waste of precious productive time. Its making the atmosphere tensed. Not only that, its leading to raised voices as well.

Something which has a positive side of it. Something which will definitely not turn out to be as bad as imagined. Something which will bring a smile on every face and all this tensed period will be forgotten as a bad dream.

But all this upheaval as i call it has definitely brought unity among those who are facing it. This has all the more provided them the strength to bear it. There is actually no sense of fear amongst them. Its something they are dealing with smiles on their faces.

I am cent percent sure that these smiles are not going to vanish so easily. There is a positive outcome which I could view and they all will end up having a great party at the end of the day. And this celebration will be for coming out victorious collectively.

Hoping for the best!!!!!!!!!

Excessive analysis...leading to paralysis

One of my favourite teachers always used to quote this, " Too much analysis leads to paralysis". Its so true that too much of thinking is not a nice habit plus it eats a lot of productive time. Its hard to get rid of this habit and this is what that can be commonly seen around us.

Too much time spent in planning and meetings is somewhat eating the time that ought to be consumed in execution. Plan of action is important but its of no use without any action taking place.

Had I not got into action this blog wont have been in existence and remained just there in my plan of action. Hope I'll soon be able to bring the other actionable items into actual action soon. The thoughts running in my mind desperately need a platform of execution now.

All credit to my teacher for repeatedly using this favorite quote.

Young and Old...Together...

Family gatherings...a frequent phenomenon in everybody's lives...yet there is still something that goes unnoticed in these gatherings....the togetherness of the generations and the sense of completeness among each of the family member.

Its true that it is one's family that makes him complete. And it is in these family get togethers when we actually enjoy these generation gaps. One such get together at my place was no different. Yes, we being the hosts it was somewhat hectic for us but a lot more enjoyable. Staying up till late a night before for packing the return gifts and making extra seating space in the house so that all fit in comfortably. Then getting up the next morning...the day of the party...going to the market for buying vegetables, fruits, cold-drinks and other snacks for the evening and can't forget the scorching sun having no mercy on me and my sister-in-law who bravely ventured out in the heat to make all the purchases.

As the evening approached the preparations sped up. The house filled up with the aroma of the veg and non-veg starters being cooked. The guests slowly started flowing in. The kids getting just too excited started with their trademark hallah-hoo. The ladies in the family just got busy in serving the food and gossips of-course. The gents as usual busy with their drinking stuff. A sort of group-ism yet togetherness. Each one being incomplete without the other.

There was an exchange of gifts along with smiles. Few lightened their hearts by sharing the hardships that they had been facing. Hopefully the young found some solutions to their day to day hardships in those advices of the experienced elderly.

Finally, the good-byes which went upto 2.00 a.m at night. The hardest part was cleaning up the after party mess. After completing it we slept around 3.00 at night. Though tiring yet it leaves a smile on faces. Its a fun get together that's just always welcome.