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Snow Fall

My First snow Fall, I gazed, I enjoyed and I played like a kid when I was finally let out telling me that when it snows its actually not as bad as you think.. :) .. it was a light snowfall though.

I starred at the snow for almost about 2 hours from my window right from the time it started took me a while to figure out what actually was going on , as it started to get little heavier realized the dust of wind was actually snow and I jumped and got all excited, opened up all the blinds of my room and roamed all around with cam to get a good angle but couldn't. This was at 6 in the morning and was still having the jet lag and what better way to kill time so woke up my wife from her marathon hours and started getting excited and shooted all sorts of dumb questions for which I could only hear little hmms as she was still in her deep sleep.

A faint voice came as I observed the winter bird flocks having fun and the seagulls taking there stance facing the snow, and she said "go down and have fun!". I was damn excited, sorry if i am exasperating but it was the first time I saw this wonder call snowfall right in front of my eyes. I couldn't dare to go out and was too lazy to go out with that 10lbs jacket of mine but from last night's chilled winds and freezing cold weather I was also scared that if it snows it got to be more freezing and I didn't want to dare.

"What nonsense, you should experience this", said my wife and dragged me down, "its not that bad as you think just grab a normal jacket of yours and we are good to go", she added. I went along but hesitatingly but all excited and once I got out I was freaking happy that it really wasn't that bad and the snow felt so good to the my slipper-ed feet like a velvet carpet. Its a nice feeling which got out the kid in me.

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Sporting a new avatar this winter !!!

This is the look I go out with and yet feel terribly cold. Last time I came was in summer and I saw all the species go half naked in paths, rails and public commutes and as I wish to see again I gotta wait for about 4-5 months. This is the first time I am exposed to such chill winds and cold temperatures and its gonna take a hell lot of a time to adapt. I was wishing to see some snowfall before I came and was all excited but .... not any more not any more ...

Send off

Emotional Send off…..

Yes it was an emotional last working day for me…well more than me for the people who have known me for long. I was in mixed emotional state of finally meeting my girl it was over an year’s wait and every time we meet its like a vacation, I was happy and excited that we’d be staying together setting up home etc etc. On the other hand little nostalgic about the years I worked here. My parents getting sentimental about the stay and my friends asking me when I will come back for which I had no answer.

There were also people who come up with these brilliant exclamations… “Couldn’t wait huh? You had to go the same day you finished working here”, “someone is desperate to meet”, “hell bent to go to US uh?”...Smile or nodding to what they say was my reaction. I love these people they are perfect for lateral thinking if you ask me but if only they did this thinking over their decisions.

In my farewell lunch I discovered a poor soul’s grudge on me on having moved closely with the person he wanted to talk???(yes just talk :P). The girl was in the team for a very short period and I was best friends with her, much to the dislike of many other colleagues including my wife as I discover from other incidents narrated by wife. Well this guy all along showed his keen interest in knowing my love story and was puzzled why it didn’t work out with his dream sweetheart. He is unlucky not to read the myfariest-lady blog and also if only he’d be the man to speak up to a girl he’d not be crying/cribbing over so much.

Anyways I am not here to teach someone but it feels really good to pinch someone without knowing if only had I known I would have raised the expectations even more. Later that evening had a farewell party at office… where everyone speaks good about me and it happened the same way but much to my surprise there were more tears than words.. Completely swept off by the affection I share with them. I surely will be missed and I’ll miss them too. Blame the Boss I was prepared to stay :-p

Now for the climax, at the airport my parents in laws and my dear friends.... me assuring my parents I will back soon and assuring my in laws that I’ll take care of their daughter and to my friends I was listening and fooling around, it was a good send off until I took my luggage and stepped inside at the entrance everyone stopped by and there was huge emotional burst and especially that of my friends which over took my parents.. They were little shocked by the reaction their son was getting and my in laws seeing their son in law among the thick of emotions from their daughter best friends :P and my wife was surprised and puzzled that why didn’t I get such a reaction when I left…?

I being myself was showing all my teeth for the most of the above and was eager to get out on the flight. C’mon People you all have seen me long enough I need someone to tell me how much I miss home: P

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Thank you

Thank you to my 1st company, I share a lot of experiences with it and have the most fun filled years. I got the biggest promotion in my career thanks to you ... Marriage!. Below are few memories in my small tenure of 68 months....

Initial days when I joined this was the huge group isolated/restricted on one floor now its just 9 of us in a container :)




Client visit in Salt Lake City, Utah




Road trip to canyon, Steve n Shanna my two best friends in SLC made the trip ever so memorable without their company my trip would have been very very very boooring.




Out Bound Learning(OBL) programming in the same year gave me an opportunity to open up with the rest of the members of my company(gals in particular) and i never looked back :-p



Was mostly in the thick of team outing and celebrating birthdays :D giving b'day bumps was the icing in both the cases.




Aarku Trip being the trip to break free from work, this was fun and went perfectly according to plan .. the jeep ride sitting on top it was the highlight...



A Photographer was born :)




at the company day.. company days were always fun except for the last where we got completely isolated.. but nevermind....




Thick friends ... awesome threesome =))

and finally
one last pic to fit here which I doubt will come its the pic at the last day at my first company.

Thank you Dear first job for giving me a wife and for whom i have to ditch you if only you had tried harder i would have still been with you :-p

Company 101

Disclaimer: The opinions and views mentioned in this blog are that of the authors and might have either been influenced by a section in the community under the influence of alcohol. No individual has been targeted either intentionally or unintentionally, any offense taken is purely unintentional, and intentional ones do not deserve any apologies.

My friend Mr. Ramanarayan Azim Permchand Ratan Mukesh Nandan Kumar Mangalam Bajaj a.k.a Buddy, after being in the IT world for nearly sixteen years with a single company he shares his views lessons do’s and don’ts about his experiences with me i.e the after affects

• Love the work but don’t love the company… because you never know when the company stops loving you. Some great personality has said that and most of you say its true but not for my Buddy he says love the company and company will show you the way to love other companies if not atleast will show you how to love :-p.


• Sharing is caring they say but for work issues My Buddy says its like a suicide. Imagine you share your work issues and tensions with your friends being the kind hearted as they are and also the concern they have with you, they pretty much have experienced everything in life which just happened to you and thus when you go depressed, happy or whatever feeling it is.. one thing you will always here is .. “been in that position before my dear” “I know how you feel exactly” “expected!” “take it easy its just a phase” … beat me down but please just listen screams out my best friend in gust.


• With Family if you do share, then for the rest of your life that issue will remain unresolved, you will never overcome that situation in front of them its more pressure than the actual issue, you gotto give status updates, metrics and what not. Last thing you ever want to hear comes out too... “Why don’t you look out some where” “some x has some y knowledge ask and see?” “Told you not to go there, you never listen” “I don’t see anything wrong, they are right you should listen to them” … slap yourself twice and kick yourself thrice but please never discuss your work issues with family.


• Expect "Never" !!! Buddy says... no matter how tiny small or big, there is always an expectation that it will be noticed by one or the other. If the person says I got no expectations then surely there is some problem or he must be retiring. There are also cases where you have an expectation for an expectation this is a superlative case you come across this situation when one threatens to leave or during the departing scenarios mostly by far the worst to keep, stay away from them and dont deal on expectations.


• Always give your best…but Show off is must! Adds my buddy. He says there is no stoppage on how much you give there are always takers but if at all the case is reversing you suddenly find yourself in a situation where the best of you goes in gutter. Always always always show off I repeat show it off that you work hard it pays good dividends by this you should always consider the personnel in higher position to be blind dumb and deaf and need to be shown and told as loud as possible. Even then if you don’t see results consider them impotent and go elsewhere to youknowwhat yourself.


• Learn the art of taking credit if you are not good or you don’t believe in applying brains or if you lack the same. This is not a difficult thing to practice, all you have to do is follow the rears and be the first to do accept anything and then distribute it saying you are over burdened, once done accumulate and present it.


• One of the oldest trick in the book and always reliable trick is the “licks-kick”. My Buddy explains... as mentioned before the deaf dumb and the blind need some showing and shout out loud the other way or the short cut to get them perfectly functioning for you is to show utmost care they are blind show them the direction in the way that best suits them, they are deaf make them hear what they want to hear, they are dumb interpret in the way you understand it to the best. Basically become there physical organs and keep the rest away from them so that things go according to what you want.


• Never ever grow in a shadow…. My buddy makes his voice louder while saying so. He continues one can have role models but to grow like someone or grow under the person you admire is possibly the slowest possible growth to oneself. Stay away from it … he warns me.


• Never…

As he continued to tell more I stopped him and politely asked him to move on with life there might be many lessons learnt but if you do things right, right things will happen for you with my so and so knowledge I shared and bid him farewell.

Desperate Measures

Man this long distance relationship is killing… missing out on all the fun…yes that thought wanders now n then even when I am counting down the days too... what? don’t be surprised I am a (hu)man, and a social animal. So the other day I was in this beautiful room with a large fish tank with a castle inside bubble water sound as the background music to my ears, lights from the chandelier giving the right amount of romantic affect and the dull winter weathered cool breeze with which I just walked in, making a really cosy atmosphere…

…There she comes, in white and yellow looking bright, beautiful and bold … I ask her about her husband and she replies back saying he will come back in the evening and asked me if she could be of any help I couldn’t say no but I couldn’t even say yes … so I said he has my file. She humbly said will check and offered me to sit. We both starred at each other and turned around and looked at our wedding rings …

…ignoring the rings she asked some water and I said water ummm Hot err Hot water!!! With stammering voice Excuse me she said and we both laughed and eased the moment...man that was tough. My mind was disturbed, I was desperate and so several thoughts were wandering and I felt like in the cartoons a devil and an angel sitting on my shoulders

Angel in Me	Evil in Me
You should wait until evening and come back later….	take it easy may be You should take a chance :). This is the time you be the Man, take the leap and take the risk
You are married and shouldn’t take such risks	so is she and she would know exactly how much risk to give
She is almost 10 years older than you…	yeah experience dude experience you have to take the chance now

… As the mind agreed to the evil side… the angel screamed “you desperate Maniac”, I ignored and started to talk…

…taking a sip I turned back and she was starring me and I starred back and we both locked eyes I wanted to make the first move but I hesitated but she didn’t before I could wink she was into me .. I was equally guilty but didn’t but stop her…desperate measures what to do !!!. Taking the lead and full advantage of my self- surrender and helplessness she drilled me oh yeah it was on hell of a ride I was getting tired but she didn’t break a sweat I gathered all my courage and changed the position for which I had to go through more pain…I almost screamed it was embarrassing but I resisted, seeing that she gently tucked me in saying “its almost over! its almost over!”

To both our shock, her husband walked in… I was stifled and more helpless than before, she couldn’t stop, her husband walked behind her and saw what’s happening and said ever so humbly and gently “relax it will be done soon”... I couldn’t believe my luck and so after a long hour of drilling and filling, my cavities got what they deserved.

Once she had done her job her husband looked at the work and appreciated the difficult task of covering the minefields in my mouth and they my friends are my dentists. They are almost like my relatives i keep visiting them very often :p ... I thanked them both and walked off with a swollen jaw and a numb tongue. Dental problems are nightmares I tell you.. I had to get them done before I leave. Missing my wife very dearly in these hard times counting down baby just few more days to go :-p

Dreams

Dreams! Dreams! Dreams! Who doesn’t have them, ambition to become something, perfect in everything, achieve the impossible etc etc...? In dreams we become the ultimate-superstar of our life, we dream of being an unreal sports-star winning for country, the most beautiful women on earth who is floored with tons of compliments for real life actors(for women), film stars coming in dreams(naughty naughty :p )and what not... we simply rock in them like no one does. Our imaginations takes us to wild places, makes us do whats not even thought off in the real life and blah blah blah and I can keep going on this but most of it are kept to ourselves and some of it which are close to real life and less ambitious are announced and out of which I get to hear some very strange dreams of my wife which brings us to this post :p


I on the other hand, like the very few sleep less infact as Kaveri says I don't know how to sleep and I don’t have too many dreams to tell either all I got is one like most men dream, I come I see I do I do I do wait a min yeah I do and I don’t remember the later part I say and she honestly ignores much to the real life :).

But Kaveri sleeps like a log...let me tell you, she doesn't need comfort, she doesn’t need a bed, she doesn't need food, she in fact doesn't even need space oh yes she is very close to sleeping with her eyes wide open one, she needs like a good 8-10 hour sleep anything less would reflect to stress, migraine headaches and what not also the lost hours are covered up on the weekend purposefully and successfully with interest, in my circle of friends she is the only one whom I know has slept for 2 days continuously and only got up one meal....and so she Dreams or rather she calls them Dreams but for me they give complete new meaning and also probes me a bit.


As I said one wishes to do the unthinkable or some pleasure in dreams, my wife gets dreams which are almost close to every other blockbustered-multistarred-huge-budgetted-hindi and english flop movies :) Which are something of these lines...

..me hitting on other gals and cheating yes etc etc too… she sees me first doing it secretly and then she catches me red handed and then forgives me , I feel the guilt and realize the love and we live happily

...me arguing with her and leaving her in some deserted place in the middle of the night with wild animals chasing her but eventually she gets courage kills all those wild things and chases the life out of me and when I am almost about to get killed by her bare hands she forgives and we live happily ever after

...sometimes when she sees some horror movie, she becomes one of the characters of that movie ofcorse me being the ghost and she tries to run or get life into me somehow and the other times she becomes the ghost and chases me and makes my life hell and the lives of chicks I hit on...adding the tag line true love never dies! dah?

...falling of a cliff are very common dreams to most, but Kaveri is pushed by me somehow got hooked a tree comes back to take revenge changes her look, plastic surgery and all and then takes me to the same cliff pushes me but catches me at the last sec of my 1000ft hanging one handed grip and forgives as I fall to her feet and realize what I have done and we live happily ever after

...its the big change in the universe where women rule the world(by saying that I mean women get to do what all men do and all men do what women do of the 18th Century)... yes pregnancy to men, household work other painful things which I cant tell, so she is living in this world married to me. I wake her up every morning to give bed coffee which she slaps on my face as its cold for her and hot on my face, I do the cooking she does the throwing...ok think of typical Indian wife with a troubled husband story with all the troubles a innocent wife faces with a drunken ill treating etc etc partner. This is her favourite dream some how the frequency of this dream is more than anything else also she desires that this should happen for a day at least...

Now those are some of the repeated dreams she gets I don’t remember all of them but when she does… it takes her a movie time to explain, I am going to listen carefully and describe more briefly and believe me they are so much entertaining than any movie. Well all this was before marriage and we being away from each other I can understand her fears but hoping all this would change to better dreams and closer to mine and also secretly praying at least few of them are true except for her fav :).

LOL

its termed as "Arabic marriage" ... :) only for pun
pic courtesy: Google, funny pictures, funny forwords, marriage fun

[Count Down]

Counting down the days I would be flying away from all the friends, foes, carelessness, irresponsibility, sloth, untidy and my wonderful room, flexible work hours, give-a-damn attitude, answerable to none, chase myself bike rides at 3/4 am , afternoon sleep, casual wear to office :P, lovely and delicious Indian food "served", spendthrifty-ness and etc etc etc.....




And Counting towards a new life of togetherness, happiness, to the most amazing feeling called "love" , for being there for each other, fulfilling the dreams, living upto the vows taken, to the caring nature and to the world of our own.
I know I got little carried away there ,but hey anything is possible in dreams and nightmares ;)

Wishing everyone a wonderful year ahead. Cheers