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Friday, August 26, 2005

TGIF

My horoscope for today reads:
If you lose your patience today over a pesky problem, it could cause you to try an approach that might evoke even more trouble

A trite Prayer:
Oh Lord, please grant me truckload of patience and kiss the troubles away.

Have a great weekend all you lovely people out there.

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Thursday, August 25, 2005

We are too shallow

It seems like these days looks come first, everything else second, if at all. The problem with our society is not that we are too pretty or too sexy, but rather too snobby and lazy.

What happened to being compatible? What happened to the intellectual stimulation? What happened to the emotional attachment and spiritual connection between people? When and why did these fundamental elements of meaningful relationship stop being important all of a sudden? Why do we not take time anymore to actually listen, understand and learn about the person, without discrediting them right away based on their inferior (to ours) looks?

Who are we to judge other people’s appearances anyway? In this constantly accelerating pace of life, I fear too many of us have become too busy, too important and too full of ourselves to slow down, appreciate and respect another person’s individuality.

As an old saying goes, one should not judge a book by its cover, and nowhere is this more pertinent than in today’s hypocritical society.

Note: This post is just my rant as to what I am seeing/hearing/reading around me off-late. It has absolutely no resemblance wiith any blogger, thanks.

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Monday, August 22, 2005

Fib revealed

Sorry to keep you enthusiastic souls waiting so long. As promised I am here to announce the winners. First, lets decrypt each of the statements

1. I am possessive and stubborn
Fact. I am possessive and stubborn to the point of no return. What’s mine is mine...rest can go for public utility. :)

2. I have visited Iraq twice
Fact. No I am not obsessed by war rages, my trip was strictly of a religious nature and I do carry some gruesome memories of grave injustice people perpetuate against one another

3. I suffer from chronic anemia
Many thought this was a fib. Misleading, but a Fact. Discovered this about me only a year ago. Iron supplements? where art thou?

4. I prefer blues to greens
Fact. Though I am a nature lover, I hold clear blues dearer than the lush greens. Blue to me is unadulterated, pure, soothing, refreshing, cool, sparkling and energetic. Wonder why it’s associated with melancholy.

5. I hate changes
Fact. They say Change is a process of growth. I think resisting growth is a very natural thing for stubborn people like moi. I hate changes, it makes me uneasy, uncomfortable and uncertain of new innovative ways

6. I am perennially insomniac
Ahh, now this is tricky. The only moment sleep evades me is when I am uneasy or when something has really gone wrong. Otherwise I enjoy sleep to the envy of my folks. I could fall asleep on any given time so much that I can sleep up to 14 hours a dayJ
-So yes this is a fib!

7. Little objects symbolize a lifetime of memories for me
Fact. And Im sure for you too. I for one, treasure the smallest of things that might seem junk or insignificant to many only to ruminate over it later on.

8. Of the 7 deadly sins (pride, lust, covetousness, envy, anger, sloth, gluttony) sloth is my favorite
Another fact that decieved a few. And in the words of Rousseau - I love idleness. I love to busy myself about trifles, to begin a hundred things & not finish one of them, to come & go as my fancy bids me, to change my plan every moment, to follow a fly in all its circling, to try & uproot a rock to see what is underneath, eagerly begin a ten year’s task & to give it up after ten minutes; in short, to fritter away the whole day inconsequentially & incoherently, & to follow nothing but the whim of the moment.

9. I can cry non stop for hours
Fact, but please nobody try and test me :)

10. I can cook pretty well but I am not too fond of cooking
Fact. This doesn’t mean that I’d never invite you over for a dinner ;)

And now time to crown the winners:

Congratulations Zombie, Z000n and Nupur. You made it right with your guesses.
And your prize is you can ask me one question of your choice and I will try my best to answer it.

IV, and Keshi.
I loved the way you applied your logic, You were silly to deter just cos you thought Zombie picked the right one. And Keshi, your answers created some doubts for Zombie and Z00nie’s pick, lol

Strawy, Rohit, Fira, Southpaw, Charmer, Musing, Puneet, Akshay, Pari, Manish, Avik, Gaurav, Ice Princess, Pithaly, Icey, C, Pearl - Thanks for trying and your prize is dinner with a celebrity of your choice. Count the dates unconfirmed though ;)

K-band, I was forced by Zombie to lie, varna you know main jhooth nahin boltee :D

Oh, this meme was so much fun, thanks again my winner friend!

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Wednesday, August 17, 2005

True Lies

So I have been tagged by Zombie

One lie - Nine truths. Pick the lie and the first one to guess it correct will be rewarded. Of course conditions apply.:)

My confession to the lie will be posted monday aug 22nd

1. I am possessive and stubborn
2. I have visited Iraq twice
3. I suffer from chronic anemia
4. I prefer blues to greens
5. I hate changes
6. I am perennially insomniac
7. Little objects symbolize a lifetime of memories for me
8. Of the 7 deadly sins (pride, lust, covetousness, envy, anger, sloth, gluttony) sloth is my favorite
9. I can cry non stop for hours
10. I can cook pretty well but I am not too fond of cooking

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Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Death by cancer teaches about life

I started to write this as a comment on Keshi's recent post but realized the need of posting it up on my blog as a tribute to my uncle and all those who are/die fighting cancer.

My admiration for cancer soldiers has grown immensely in the last few years. Those fighting cancer become a stand in for hope. And hope in the face of an aggressive, debilitating and ultimately fatal disease is a real dilemma for the terminally ill and their loved ones.

The death of Peter Jennings last week and the news of Donna Reeves having lung cancer and now Keshi’s post brought me back to my own uncle's death from the disease a little over a year ago. By the time he was diagnosed it was too late for a cure. From the diagnosis to death was a mere six months. A blink of an eye in retrospect, but agonizing and seemingly endless at the time.

My uncle fought his battle very bravely, instead of just waiting for death, even though his doctor had stressed the treatment was purely palliative. He spent his last few weeks at home surrounded by the people he loved. Caring for him was the hardest for all of us to deal with, but his death taught us about love and loss, about courage and pain. In other words, about life.

This came in handly, when only a few short weeks after my uncle’s death, my aunt was diagnosed for breast cancer. If my uncle’s quiet courage in the face of his disease had inspired us, it was nothing compared to my aunt’s mettle dealing with hers. It’s a little over a year late and she’s a survivor, a hero to her kids, with her whole life ahead of her.

It’s not the bouts of bitterness and despair which sticks with me but the sense that dying is a part of life and that its important to cherish every last minute of our lives together. Instead of alienating and isolating us from one another, my uncle's death (as good and gentle as death was possible) was as much a gift as his life had been.

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Friday, August 12, 2005

Oh that gawker!

I mentioned in my previous post that I delve in last minutes, that I perform best under pressure. But how about the feeling of being stared at when you at some task? There is something greatly enervating about being stared at. I can’t deal with situations where somebody ogles at me amorously or peeks into my computer screen, or listens to my phone chats.

During my school/college exams, I couldn’t concentrate when examiners would walk in the classroom and suddenly stop behind me, quitely peering into my paper. I would look down and pretend to be reading the question paper or I’d stare into the air as if I were scribbling in thinking deeply for my answer.

I tend to get uncomfortable if someone observes me on the train, at work, or even in the kitchen when someone stares at me juggling with the spices or tossing my pancake.

My new rule to deal with ‘being stared at’:
Don’t fret, don’t be vexed. Either allow your senses to be accoustomed to such oddities and behavioural patterns or simply stare back. That helps to get people off my back and also gives me my dose of amusement -:)

My fellow Indians, Happy Independence Day. Celebrate your Freedom and enjoy your long weekend.

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Tuesday, August 09, 2005

D(r)ead Lines

I tend to while away time and work up the last minutes to meet my deadlines much like the scenario below:

Day 1:
Project A needs to be delivered in 14 days
Oh there is still a lot of time left
Fair enough, I try something out.
Nope, that sucks.
Oh well, I'll try another day..."

Days pass by....

Day 13:
Project A needs to be delivered TOMORROW!!!
Okay, I must focus
Let me try something out
Hmm, that sucks,
Well how about tweaking stuff here and there, yeah, better -
Okay, Im getting there.
BUT dang, only 4 hours left until the meeting....

What I have realized is that the best way to deal with such issues is to set your personal deadlines, way before the delivery date. Needless to say I perform well under pressure, I just have problems convincing myself into taking my own deadlines seriously :-)

However there is a catch on this subject.
(to be continued...)

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Thursday, August 04, 2005

Indulge me

If anything at all, what do you like about me ?

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Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Being ripped

Have you had folks around you who take your wallet for granted? I think this is a terrible quality to have in a friend. One of my colleague had this habit of borrowing my money but never paid back. I didn’t want to be stingy but after a point I couldn’t afford supporting her. I finally said something to her at lunch when she had forgotten her wallet and figured she didn’t need it as long as I had cash. After paying for her lunch that day, I told her she now owed me 20 bucks plus 6.50 for today’s lunch. She gave me an appalled look and said, ‘Oh I didn’t know we were counting.” The people who owe the money never do the counting. The people getting ripped off have numbers running thru their head like an autistic person.

If I wanted to give for charity I would find a better cause than a woman who makes 10,000 extra dollars than I do a year, owns one summer villa in FL, and has an active 401K. There is a happy medium between stalking your colleague for 2 bucks and shelling out money like an ATM. I think the best way to deal with such people is to feign constant poverty, because with a friend like that, it soon won’t be far from truth.

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