Feeling Happy !

Looking at the way the season's progressed, I must admit that though there is not much to cheer about since there's no Ferrari on the podium much and M Schumacher is now history, I do feel a sense of happiness for Button and Webber. These guys have been around for quite some time now (Button started with Williams way back in 2000 while Webber started out with the Minadi in 2002) without much to cheer for. Button has struggled with the then BAR Honda and to see him leading this years championship is nice.Webber too has shown what he can do with his car and to win a race finally must have been a great relief.
I somehow don't see Barichello wining the championship this season. He is way to inconsistent to pull out a stunt like that. He's an amazing driver on his day but somehow he never manages to bring a consistency in his driving and I see him always playing second fiddle to some driver or the other. If it was Schumacher then, it seems like its Button this time around. I wish he could pull up his socks and do something about it (ya ok the Brawn cars were stuggling to get heat into the tyres but still)
After winning the 2007 championship, Kimi seems to be having off years. He does drive well in parts. I don't think anyone will be complaining the way he's driving this year though given the lack of performance from the Ferrari team as a whole. If RedBull continue this performance, the championship will be tightly fought !

Lonely

A sudden feeling of loneliness has enveloped me in the past few days. I hate this feeling...its depressing ! May be its that urge for attention from someone special...but at this point in time is not there in my life there is no one to call special.... I guess its high time to tie the knot...but where's the girl of my dreams.....helloooo.....sweetheart...do you hear me ??????

Char Dino ka ....

Char dino ka pyaar o rabba
Lambi judai lambi judai
Char dino ka pyaar o rabba
Lambi judai lambi judai

Tere bin dil mera lage kahin na
Tere bin jaan meri jaye kahin na
Kitne zamane baad o rabba
Yaad tu aaya, yaad tu aaya


Aaaaa….aa..aaaaaaaa….


Khoya raha mein, saason mein apne
Aahat bhi teri, bhool gaya mein
Kitna jeeya hoon tanha raho hoon
Ishq tera bhool gaya hoon


Khoya raha mein, saason mein apne
Aahat bhi teri, bhool gaya mein
Kitna jeeya hoon tanha raho hoon
Ishq tera bhool gaya hoon


Uljha raha mein is zindagi mein
Dil ki duhai dil ki duhai

Tere bin dil mera lage kahin na
Tere bin jaan meri jaye kahin na

Kitne zamane baad o rabba
Yaad tu aaya, yaad tu aaya


Ohhh rabbaa.. rabbaaa..aaaaaaaaaaaa….

Har bebasi mein, is zindagi ne
Tujh ko hi chaha, tujh ko hi manga
Jin raston se guzra yeh dil tha
Manzil mili na pyaar na paya


Har bebasi mein, is zindagi ne
Tujh ko hi chaha, tujh ko hi manga
Jin raston se guzra yeh dil tha
Manzil mili na pyaar na paya


Khud ko chupake rahon se guzre
Dil ko sambhle dil ko sambhle


Tere bin dil mera lage kahin na
Tere bin jaan meri jaye kahin na
Kitne zamane baad o rabba
Yaad tu aaya, yaad tu aaya

Friends - Change - Friends !!

Even though we've changed and we're all finding our own place in the world, we all know that when the tears fall or the smile spreads across our face, we'll come to each other because no matter where this crazy world takes us, nothing will ever change so much to the point where we're not all still friends

At some point in time, we end up at what they call crossroad junctions, in our life. These junctions throuw up a variety of choices and decisions around us. The choices we make mould us into what we are today or what we become tomorrow. We are often at such crossroads in life and unfortunately there is no way to avoid it, avoiding it typically means that we have taken a decision - to avoid !

One such crossroad where we all end up is when all your friends are married, ok not all of them but most of them and suddenly you find that those impromptu / unplanned meetings are no longer happening, the usual sunday hangouts is history and evey plan has to be cross checked since the better half has to be consulted with and you suddenly find that everyone's priorities have changed and you feel grumpy, helpless and wonder what happened to all that we are friends forever shit !

Little do we realize that change (or we do realize but like everyone we resist it) is an inevitable part of life, it is the essence of life and every change does bring about its own discomfort, but though priorities and other change happen, our friends just don't love us any little. They in a way take certain things for granted and one such thing is the fact that we understand and frankly speaking I think we should. We need to appreciate this fact and move on with life because somewhere down the line, we will all have to go through the same thing our friends are going through and our friends, what we are going through.

Adapting to change that comes into their life is not very easy for our friends too, having a new person in their life who's demanding their attention, who's sharing their bed, their bathroom, their room, their personal space and that is not an easy thing to digest. All these things wouldn't have been thought out during courtship, but then even ample thoughts wouldn't have given us an idea on the intensity of the whole situation. The additional responsibilty of one more person in their life takes a longer time to digest, to adapt to. They do and will take some time to cope up with these changes. It is our responsibility to support them during this phase, even if it means just being a silent spectator, even if it means just smiling and saying I understand dude and even if it is going to take them eternity to do adapt to the changes.....after all what are friends for !!

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference

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Is it an Error or a Crime !!

To Err they say is human and to forgive - Divine, but what would you do to the people who have knowingly committed the errors. An error committed knowingly is not an error but an intentional act legally speaking its called a CRIME !!

What is even more worse is that is that the person has intentionally kept certain life threatening issue away from the person concerned, knowing fully well that when the issue comes to the fore, it is going to affect not only their life, but the life of the other person concerned and everybody else's who by some way or the other are linked to the two of them. You have the right to screw your life, you have absolutely no right, whatsoever, to screw mine !

Even today I see these so called people walk with their heads high not concerned with what they have done and what they have made other person go through. Remorse is a word that does not exist in their dictionary. They expect the others to forgive and move on with life. I am not God, I can still try to forgive but I cannot forget.... I cannot forget what you've done to me, I cannot forget what you've made me go through, I cannot forget the days I have silently cried because of you, I cannot forget the fact that you've taken my trust in you for granted and played havoc with it... I cannot forget....

I can still try to forgive simply because I believe that whatever happens, happens for one's good and I was made to go through what I had to go through for a good reason..whatever, I have learnt my lessons..... Even if I forgive or don't, there may still be some forgiveness waiting for you out there.... because who am I forgive....

Even out there, the rule is the same, forgiveness is granted for the error not for the crime..there is justice waiting to be delivered and justice will be delivered at the right time because as they say "to err is human, to persist in error is devilish"

--Amen--

Quarter Life Crisis !!

This came as a forward some 10 years back and I found it to be so so relevant and I again happen to get it couple of years back and it was still relevant, I was like man the damn thing is relevant at 20 and at 27. Today at 29 (what did you expect 40!?!?!) when I read the article again, I didn't shake my head for every sentence the way I shaked it when I was 20 and 27. Has anything changed apart from the fact am much older and hopefully that much wiser. Here's the article, let me know if its still relevant, if it is viola you are going through a quarter life crisis :-)

May be we all are going through this same dilemma which you will read in the following lines. Do spend some time in reading the entire passage and then come to a consensus. It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are many things about yourself that you didn't know and may not like. You start feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barely know where you are now. You start realizing that people are selfish and that, maybe, those friends that you thought you were so close to aren't exactly the greatest people you have ever met, and the people you have lost touch with are some of the most important ones. What you don't recognize is that they are realizing that too, and aren't really cold, catty, mean or insincere, but that they are as confused as you. You look at wat ur studyin or ur job... and it is not even close to what you thought you would be doing, or maybe you are looking for a job and realizing that you are going to have to start at the bottom and that scares you. Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are doing and find yourself judging more than usual because suddenly you realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and are constantly adding things to your list of what is acceptable and what isn't. One minute, you are insecure and then the next, secure. You laugh and cry with the greatest force of your life. You feel alone and scared and confused. Suddenly, change is the enemy and you try and cling on to the past with dear life, but soon realize that the past is drifting further and further away, and there is nothing to do but stay where you are or move forward. You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you loved could do such damage to you. Or you lie in bed and wonder why you can't meet anyone decent enough that you want to get to know better. Or maybe you love someone but love someone else too and cannot figure out why you're doing this because you know that you aren't a bad person. Getting wasted and acting like an idiot starts to look pathetic. You go through the same emotions and questions over and over, and talk with your friends about the same topics because you cannot seem to make a decision. You worry about loans, money, the future and making a life for yourself... and while winning the race would be great, right now you'd just like to be a contender! What you may not realize is that every one reading this relates to it. We are in our best of times and our worst of times, trying as hard as we can to figure this whole thing out. Send this to your twenty-something friends...maybe it will help someone feel like they aren't alone in their state of confusion... Its called "Quarter-life Crisis." nothing is constant......except change.wats life without a few risks? keep playin the game!

Stroke of Luck

Kehthe hain na 'Jo bhi hota hai, aache keliyae hota hai', galath kehthe hain

• If I had only scored enough, I would have got that medical seat, but I think I would have made a bad doctor, bad would be an understatement. Retrospectively speaking today I feel I was and am not cut out for it
• If I had chosen Instrumentation & Control Engineering over Production,things would have been different, how different am not able to predict and frankly speaking really don't know what I would have been doing
• If I had got into BIM in 2002, I would probably still working in the financial sector not knowing that this is what I'd want to do
• If I had got into BIM in 2002, I would have never realized that my dad had so much of faith and confidence in me that the failure of not getting into BIM never mattered
• If I had got into BIM in 2002, I would have never worked my ass out for those 2 years and I probably would have never valued money they way I do today
• If I never had those serious accident in a span of 6 months, I would have never learnt to hold my cool when things were not going my way on the road
• If the stock market hadn't crashed the way it has, I probably would have never rethought / relooked at my investment profile
• If I had got what I though were the wmoen of my dreams, I would not be searching for her right now :-)
• If I hadn't gone through shit last year, I would have never learnt her true intentions
• If I hadn't bumped my car into the other car the other day, i really don't know what mishap whould have happended on my way to the SRA the same day (I was supposed to go in my car)

Kehthe hain na 'Jo bhi hota hai, aache keliyae hota hai', sahi kehthe hain !!

Sometimes, not getting what you want is an amazing stroke of luck !!!

Fitness Freak !!

All my life, there is one thing which I have over a period of time done quite consistently – exercise and dieting. I have worked out as if there is no tomorrow and have held on to a diet, actually a variety of diets right from surviving only fruits, vegetables and eggs to rotis as the only supplement to avoiding everything oily and sweet for a whole year or so to not eating non vegetarian food (hard to believe, but yes I was crazy I did this one too J)

After all this have realized that when one says diet, it does not mean eating nothing at all and having just a glass of orange juice, eating a piece of bread or one biscuit (am told that models and actresses follow this kind of diet to maintain their so called figure, don’t know how true it is though), it does not mean eating everything also. What I have realized is that being human after all we are human and are susceptible to the irresistible pleasures of food (at least I am and I know a whole lot of people who are) and if avoided for a long time, it sort of breaks/weakens our willpower that we indulge more than we would have had we given in at that time when we resisted it with all our might. I have learnt it the hard way and I don’t resist now a days but I try not to overeat also. Eat well, drink a lot of water during the day and between meals also, have healthy food, starve atleast once a month, don’t overeat, and freak out when you want to

Remember: Eat like a king in the morning, like a peasant in the afternoon, and like a beggar in the night

Workout !! I think it’s like some mantra among today’s younger folks; well am not very old but still J Consistency in working out is important, shocking the body (getting it out of the usual routine) with different forms and types of exercises help in accelerating weight loss. Swimming is an awesome form of cardio workout, not only does it help you burn those calories, it also doesn’t hurt your knee or other joints like other cardio workouts we normally do and remember you’ll feel famished after a swim, don’t freaking hog !!

Nothing like running/jogging/a brisk walk in the morning (for all those morning people) or evening (for all those night owls like me); on the road or the beach. Do remember to wear good pair of running shoes to absorb all the impact when you run on hard surfaces because we tend to be careless and end up hurting the knee. I however find this an extremely boring form of exercise and even having inspiring music doesn’t quite motivate me enough’

Aerobics: Its not only for women. Many or most men think and fell that aerobics is a very feminine exercise and its for women, its so not!! If any one still feels that way, please change your views. Aerobics is an awesome form of cardio exercise where in scientifically developed steps are brought together in a synchronized dance form along with music which is again scientifically developed. The combination offers an extremely satisfying and calorie burning cardio workout. The successively increasing tempo along with the heart beat and the likeminded people not to mention the pretty women all pushing the limits at the same time will subconsciously make us also push ourselves. Boys this is one place you’ll find 80% of the time filled with pretty women, do I have to give u a more compelling reason to tryout aerobics!!

Gym: There are women who avoid the gym thinking that I am not here to build muscles and avoid the body building or the weights section completely. I see quite a lot of women who spend two hours in the cardio section and don’t even peep into the weights section. Little do we know that strength training as it is called is very important for both men and women. Lifting weights (light weights) am told by quite a few people (doctors included) helps in burning calories throughout the day. This is because when we lift weights, our muscle tissue breaks down and starts rebuilding for the next 24 hours and in the process calories are burnt. That is one of the reasons why we work the same muscle every alternate days and I don’t know the other reasons

Circuit Training: It is a form of strength training. In this, one doesn’t spend more than 5- 10 minutes at a particular machine and will be working out on different machine and different muscle groups in an hour.

Games: We should try and play any game atleast once a week

Best wishes for a happy healthy living, am trying to get there, do please pray for me that this time it’s a permanent consistent one !! God Bless !! Remember working out is not just for obese people, it is equally important for all those thin people !! so go for it !!

PS: Workout atleast for 3 to 4 days to maintain your weight and more than that to see some serious weight loss

Disclaimer: The views expressed above are mine and mine only. Please consult a doctor before you indulge in any form of exercise or diet control. This message is especially for pregnant women, children and elderly people apart from the other normal people

Quizbox's take on my personality !

I found this link on my friend Sen's blog, interesting and its actually true too, don't know how though ....

Your view on yourself:
You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.
The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You are a true romantic. When you are in love, you will do anything and everything to keep your love true.
Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.
The seriousness of your love:
Your have very sensible tactics when approaching the opposite sex. In many ways people find your straightforwardness attractive, so you will find yourself with plenty of dates.
Your views on education
Education is less important than the real world out there, away from the classroom. Deep inside you want to start working, earning money and living on your own.
The right job for you:
You have plenty of dream jobs but have little chance of doing any of them if you don't focus on something in particular. You need to choose something and go for it to be happy and achieve success.
How do you view success:
You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying.
What are you most afraid of:
You are afraid of things that you cannot control. Sometimes you show your anger to cover up how you feel.
Who is your true self:

You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.


Interested, take the quiz here

Holy cow, have been blogging for 3 years now... freaking hell !!

Dream !

The guitar has always fascinated me right from my childhood days. The way they play it and shake their head, the fingers moving effortlessly across the stem and the sound (obviously music) was music to my ears

I still dream of playing it that way someday, a distant dream. I started going for guitar classes after school but fate had to play its game, we shifted houses and my dad was adamant that I learn swimming. Well I did eventually learn to swim but I never figured out how to breathe in water J until couple of years back
Well ya so now I have decided to live my dream, I have indeed joined guitar classes and am hoping that one day I’ll let my fingers do the talking for me !!

Experiments with a camera phone

Well, I wasnt feeling sleepy :-)

Quotable Quote

L Sivaramakrishnan said when Gautam Gambir hit a six in the 4th ODI between India and Srilanka
"For just a moment the ball was in the air for a long time"

Welcome 2009!

2008 has been one helluva year for me. I have been through a quite a few ups and downs in the last one year, though I can't quite say the same about my investments... there's just been one way for all of them .... DOWN !!! damn AIG, damn the I banks !! damn subprime crisis !!

2008 personally speaking has been quite traumatic on the emotional front, have come out of it (touchwood!!) though... a long awaited promotion, few good friends tied the knot, and yes how can I forget, exponentially diminishing returns... returns damn my original investments are like heading towards the 'Zero' mark :-)

IPL, beating Australia in Cricket, Olympic medals, Terror attacks, trashing England at their own game, economic crisis, exit of the FIIs, retrenchment, F1's youngest ever Champion winning by a single point (damn that Toyota), Aamir Khan's Gajini and ofcourse the stock market crashing !!

2008 promised a lot of things, but I guess didn't quite live up to it. Of course expectations were much on the higher side. Fingers crossed on what 2009 can offer..

Happy new year and have a rocking and wonderful 2009 filled with health, happiness, wealth and loads of luck !!