Monday, October 18, 2010

Another to the list..

Well I dont know if I would be able to ever fulfill everything on my list, but I definitely added another thing to my list yesterday-A piano. I want to it at my home by the time I'm 60. I should be able to play it whenever I want to in silence,solace. I really feel I would strike peace when I would play it then.

For the short term, I may be buying a drum kit after a couple of months into work .Infact it was my mom's idea. Dad still has his violin,Mom has her veena, Sis's keyboard still exists, time for me to possess my own drums.




Friday, October 15, 2010

Screwed yet again

Oct 14 2010 was a confusing day for me this yr, This day has been an important day always but this time something weird happened .I generally pick the phone every yr ar 12.30 pm (ist), but coincidently this time I got a masg at 12.30 it read - " Sorry dude you dint get the offer from Cognizant " .

I dint know wot to make out of this cuz I have never been able to decipher my summers. It looked a gr8 long term prospect,travelling, 5 star hotels, golf,audi (which my mentor possesed) etc but looked hollow from within . 4 people got offers out of 53 of us. My mentors & team called me up to find out if I did get the offer and to their shock I had to tell them that I dint.
The 4 offers went to IIM-A,C ,L, Xl. The rest B,I,K,fms,iift,nitie,mdi all bit the dust.
In the end, the one yr long relationship came to an end. I thank cognizant for bestowing the title of highest slotted, paid internship in campus on me & now back to square zero-the 'dog fight' is wot I call it . The bone is thrown on the road & 150 of them would pounce on it this december . I kinda feel excited to the new opportunities I might be able to explore this december only that the competition is a little too much this time. The offer from cognizant would have closed the curtains on these opportunities.Destiny is taking me there,I can now almost feel it . All this is defintely happening for a reason.For now I'm a comman man again .

All these thoughts played in my mind in those 2 mins and 12.32 pm I was back on the phone trying to wish someone who was much more important than Cognizant.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Screwed

Well just sometime back I had put an update about Singapura & how it enriched me.. 30 mins after that.. I got screwed.. after 2 months of 'khoon bahana' ..I realized wot it meant to put effort & fail. twice in one day.I defntly can conclude that I'm much better off without the efforts.. when no efforts I get rewards. God defntly doesnt want me to strain myself much..

Anyways today goes down as a bad day in my record books.. as they say 'shit happens'..only thing is my lost sleep cant come back. it was my brainchild,will have to sell it to someone else. Everybody thought we'd make it.. except the one who dint think so.

Back to Square zero.

Singapura ...rewind

When was the last time that I was mesmirzed.Long back.. This time I wasnt mesmirized by the airports,buildings,the roads,the cleaniness etc. I could very clearly see a transition in myself, now when I look back on those 2 weeks at Singapore ,I realized that the finer things in life gave me more pleasure.
To see people moving on the streets carefree .. Restaurents running full house at 3am in the mornings, lady cab drivers who boldly take up night shifts in Singapore carrying drunk people who are least aware of their destinations = Respect .Nightclubs,dancebars,pubs anything.. u name it and people maintained minimum discipline.. & the best on friday nights.. people partied like it was diwali every week ! I sometimes just feel sad for us Indians.. most of us havent seen the brighter part of life. Life is just not about excelling in whatever you do.Its not about coming first from kindergarten to your post graduation.Hence I never topped :P .You need to find pleasure in finer things in life. You need to unwind at Starbucks on a weekend for a couple of hours,You need to hit the F1 track sometimes,You need to be like the Singapore I bankers - who work their ass of till 8 pm and then head for a beer on the 63rd floor,& in contrast our typical I banker would have to catch the last local train at 1.40 am,and hit the bed with the thought that 2mrw would be equally worse.Life does look different from the 63rd floor especially when you could see three countries at the same time.

I met my millionere Alums (70 in total) in Singapore. I was surprised to know some of these guys actually own private sea facing bunglows in Singapore.They are amongst the richest there.So life aint that bad.. Gives me confidence that I would atleast find an apartment to live in.. if not anything else :)


I crashed into my 12th std friend by mistake.We prepared for IIT together..infact we spent a lot of time in various classes together ..Well meeting someone by mistake after 7 yrs only to learn that he passed out from IIM B ,is a Ibanker at RBS Singapore, and has also got his fiancee a job in Singapore.Awesome.. !


Genting may not be vegas but definetly it is Asia's vegas. Totally appreciate it.. Yes this time my vegas experience paid off..I won quite a bit at the Casinos.I just realized it aint bad to even be a taxi driver in such countries where people look for quality of life & not measure success in life by your visiting card.Petronas towers was simply superb.Kuala Lumpur is 50 yrs ahead of India currently & the shopping never ends. Girls could simply go mad in that place .Malls with awesome clothes with things like - Pick anything for 25 ringets...! ur kiddin me..!1 ringet is just about 15 bucks..

I have defntly lost a couple of things in the last 6 months, I wish I could get them back,How much ever badly I want them back,they are just not coming back.Somethings just dont click.But this trip has enriched me in more than one ways.

Reverse Bungee,Tiger,across the lake,Indian Embassy,Ports,Industries,Millionere Alums ,Chinese Sardar,CBD,Russians,Wine,Starbucks,Casinos,Nightclubs,Night safari,Raffles place,63rd floor,Duck,Mustafa,Thai food ,Petronas towers& lot more..

I just learnt that my next destination may be dubai soon..looking forward to it!