Livin' up to my reputation..

Its really heartening to see me livin up to my reputation. You wonder why?? The reason is that I'd started off this blog as a conscious (struggled a bit with the spelling there..was confused whether it should be 'sc' or 'cs') effort to update it dilligently everyday. But there's been a loooong break of almost a week since the last post. Now that's typical me.

Whatever I undertake I make a conscious (this time it didnt take long) :-)) concerted effort to continue it regularly, but somewhere down the line; something happens, either I get lazy or busy (or whatever other excuse I come up with) and the thing just falls by the wayside. And after sometime, I pick up the pieces and start off all over again.

Actually, the post about the month being jinxed (Click here), I'd initially intended it to be a small post and I had posted it here, but later I changed my mind, made it into a bigger and more detailed post and posted it at its current location. So to be honest the delay's not much. Anyways, I really , seriously intend to post stuff daily here. So Long!

Of Old Colleagues and New!!

My first day outside of the ODC. I'd been a part of that ODC for almost 2 years now and I went out of it before I could blink my eye. More than anything I'll miss my team-members. I was a part of a wonderful team and I made some good friends. I'll definitely miss the "snacks" my friends used to get which most of the others ate leaving them to sift through a few morsels.

One unforgettable moment, in fact 2 now that I think of it. One was when I was down with back problem and everybody from my team came and visited me. The other was when these guys gifted me a half-shirt as a farewell gift. That was extremely touching. I wore it today just to show it to them and everybody liked it and I proudly flaunted it. :-))

Well, I'm definitely looking forward to tomorrow. Why?? Its Friday!!! Of Course!

Sigh of relief!!!

Today, I breathed a sigh of relief. After almost 3 weeks, I got my car back. Earlier in the evening I drove it back from the service center to my house. It feels awesome. Its become a lot smoother, the gear-shaft was changed. So were all the 4 tires. And most of the components in the A/C (condenser, coil, dispenser valve, coolant and the gas inside) everything has been changed. The cooling now is amazing!!

Another thing that finally happenend is my getting out of the "clutches" of my existing client. I'm referring to Openwave and their projects. Today I moved out of the ODC. I was touched when my team members gifted me a shirt as a parting gift.

So the wheel of change has started rotating in my case. I hope the US thing also happens fast now. The only sad part is that im poorer by almost 30 thousand rupees. Because thats the amount I had to pay to the car service center!!! So all in all a mixed bag kind of a day for me.

Waiting waiting and still waiting...

The last couple of days have been so damn frustrating. I feel as though nothing is happening. What?? You dont understand?? I dont understand either!! My car's gone for servicing and its not yet come back. Check this post for further details about it.

The other thing is I havent got any information whatsoever about my "impending" US trip. The earliest plan was to go to the US on the 3rd of October. But now its getting more and more delayed. The date thats now being talked about is the 1st of November. Wow, thats a delay of almost a month!! But then all this is in the air. Nothing's concrete!

I'm tired of this wait. Oh My God, Its so damn frustrating to know that you're gonna be getting something but just dont know when. Its worse than even Labour Pain. :-))

Just Another Sunday!!

Its heartening to see me take pains to actually live up to my promise of posting some details or the other every single day isnt it? :-))) Anyways, lets see how long this sincere effort lasts. Knowing me it should not last long...hehehehe...

This Sunday was like just another Sunday. Lazed around in bed till 9.00 am and then had to get ready to get to the MockCAT centre on time. This Mock was not as good as the last one (not that I cracked the last one). Should be getting around 24 marks. Was thinking to myself..Oh No!! Not Again!! Will I ever cross the 30 barrier??? Next time I'm definitely gonna attempt to do it.

Actually, where I'm going wrong is marking answers where I'm not entirely sure of the answers. It's paid off for me sometimes but its also caused me a lot of harm. Nonetheless, this time around made a sincere attempt to read all the questions in Quant.

Finally, the Formula-1 season has come to an end. I almost already cant wait for the next season to start. Ferrari were not at all competitive this year and McLaren and Renault ruled the roost. Had it not been for the consistency of Alonso (or rather should I say the inconsistency of Raikönnen) McLaren would have swept away the drivers' title.

Ho..Hummm...thats enough for today I guess, and its back to the grind from tomorrow onwards. What??? You dont know why?? Its yet another Manic Monday!! Oh My God dread to think of it. Anyways, feelin damn sleepy now. Catch cha soon!!

Whatever!!

You know what...the one reason I created this blog...is to update it on a regular basis (read "everyday") with happenings and "tidbits" and "snippets" of my life, but I havent been able to post regularly. Various reasons for this. Dont wanna go into details, because it would seem cliched, run-of-the-mill and excuse-ridden! You get the drift dont cha? ;-)

Off late there's been a lot of pressure at work recently. Pressure not of work but of not having any work in the office. Trust me, the last 10 days or so have been sooo monotonous, I havent been doing anything constructive at all. Apart from giving mock CAT exams every Sunday for which I never study or prepare anything, but give it nonetheless, in the hope of cracking it one day.

Dassera Despair!!

Yes...u read it right!! The day started off on a good note and ended on a very bad note!! Thanks to me ofcourse.

A friend of mine was buying a new car and the only "decent" driver available was me! Wow...come to think of it, I'm relegated to the position of a driver from a position of a project leader...hehehe..

bottomline...is i did all the driving...after dinner i dropped the car back in his house and decided to go home by bus...I just crossed the road and saw a bus drive by...i ran behind the bus and caught it...only to realize a second later that my cellphone had fallen out of my pocket...i got down from the bus and ran back...searching all along the road...but could'nt find my cellphone anywhere...

somehow managed to get through to my sister and told her to get my number blocked.

the point is not about getting the number blocked and preventing the misuse of my cellphone, but the point is....i lost all my phone numbers.....i lost all my SMS messages....i lost all the pictures i had taken recently....i lost the couple of cellphone games that I had downloaded....i have to re-feed the information about my credit card...insurance policy...etc...in short the loss is IRREPAIRABLE

And to top this off...mom was constantly bickering away...censuring me for carelessness...which got me all the more flustered...i feel like kicking myself at the back end for this damn thing

if only...i had not ran for the bus...if only i had decided to go in a rick...if only i had not put my cellphone in my trouser pocket...if only i had worn a different trouser with a deeper pocket....if only i had not gone to my friends house to drop the car and gone home directly home...if only i had my own car...well the if only's...can continue no end...

Harsh fact of life...what has already happened...cannot be undone again....Oh my god..how much I hate myself for this incident...

now...as i await the arrival of my new SIM card and new mobile handset...my resolve to take care of my stuff only grows stronger!!

First daily Post...

Actually, this is my second blog...the first one is reserved for very loooooooooong...never ending posts...

This one should be more concise...and short...will include my daily thoughts...and carpe diem experiences...okay so this is what has happened today since morning...

for a change came to office at a "decently late" time...
What do i mean by "decently late"??
office starts at 08:20 am...I came in today @ 09:15 am...

Why do I call it "decent"?
Bcoz off late I've been dropping into office at around 10:30 / 11:00 types..

Now thats a good start to the day...hope I make this a habit..