All i need is me

Have you ever wondered?

The world we live in is an awesomely crazy and confusing one too. Have you experienced certain moments which we end up taking for granted at times? Moments which make one feel all the more humble when made to face the vastness of this world of which we seem to be just another speck. Have you ever looked up at the sky and wondered if somebody else in this huge world was staring up at it at exactly the same time as you? Have you ever cried and thought that probably another person on the other side of the world was wiping away a tear at exactly the same time as you? When you probably prepare yourself to go to sleep, someone else prepares to start a brand new day. When you are probably out with your friends having the time of your life, somebody is struggling to survive a minute longer.

This world seems like a crazy jig-saw puzzle and all of us are nothing but pieces of the puzzle. All our moves have been pre-planned and all events of our lives have been chalked out from the time of our birth and till our death. We meet people for a purpose and when the purpose has been fulfilled, we move on. Have you wondered how at times you can know a person for years together and still not know their various idiosyncrasies while yet at other times you come across people who you meet for the first time but still feel like you have known them all your life? Life is full of a million meetings and goodbye’s and if you think that some point you get used to saying goodbye, you’ll only be fooling yourself. As you mature, it only gets harder but it’s a way of life.

There was this one time when I needed to cross the road in my childhood, I used to be terribly afraid of crossing roads and there was this one time when I needed to do so. Out of the blue an old man caught hold of my hand and helped me reach the other side. I was so thankful and relieved on reaching the other side but by the time I turned around to thank the man, he was gone. I can never forget that one incident. How somebody gets sent for someone all the time. Haven’t we all experienced such things? Just when we think it’s the end of the road for us and we can just see the walls crashing in on us, someone comes along, takes us by the hand and the next thing we know, a new chapter of life begins right then. This is where the story of ‘foot prints n the sand’ comes in and we realize we are never really on our own, in fact we are more protected than ever during times of trouble. It’s just amazing how we will never be made to go through things we don’t have the strength to go through and He goes through those things before us and all we have to do is follow!

BY SHILPA JOHNSON

Its a vicious cycle

The New Year began around 27 days back and if I were to give an account of what I did on each day, the entries would be eerily alike,

• Skip breakfast
• Hurry to college
• Worry over submissions
• Reach home late
• Crash on the bed
• Hate waking up the next day

Not the most ideal life, really! And if you haven’t got this life, u aren’t really missing out on much. This is exactly the life I haven’t imagined for myself and have been tried hard to run away from. I blame it all on education. I spend the hours of my day either at college or doing college work! Can get frustrating, let me tell you. It is kind of ironic to think that for someone who is studying to be journalist, I actually wrote more substantial stuff before I joined the course.

I feel like I’ve lost touch with myself and the only amount of writing I do, these days, is for grades :/ , which reminds that I don’t even have time to complete this post! Time to work on my next submission!

BY SHILPA JOHNSON

BOMBAY FOOD = BLEH!!!

Why is the food in bombay so bland?...I come from hyderabad where even the water is spicy and im also a malayali which i like to think of as the best of both worlds as far as food is considered. Dont even get me started on Vada Pavs...they're horrible...i have no idea why millions of people eat that (pardon my french) crap...The most disappointing thing about the food here is the chaat...I have lost my ability to enjoy Pav Bhaji anymore...The chaat here tastes so strange...no spice no flavour at all...I'd rather eat the vada pav in hyderabad it tastes so much better.

Aargh i haven't had a decent meal in ages...The worst of the worst is the biryani...Stop believing you're eating biryani, they're just serving you a plate full of pulao...

How i yearn for some hyderabadi food right now :(

Where's the medication

A friend of mine had a terrible stomach ache and a fever the other day...pretty normal illness to have right...you pop a pill and your fine by morning...turns out he didnt have the medicine he needed so we decided to go get some for him...it was 11:30 in the night when we left the place to go pill hunting...(not that kind of pill)....

Turns out every pharmacy townside shuts by about eight or nine...and the only place we could get medicine was if we went to bombay (bite me shiv sena) hospital...Apparently there are hardly any 24 hour pharmacies open townside...what do you do in case you really need medication? Hitch a taxi ride to bombay hospital?

In hyderabad there are tons of pharmacies that are open all night long, im surprised bombay doesn't have any...Especially considering how disease prone you are when you live here...

Give me wings and i will soar

Random thoughts

Conformity is the process by which an individual's attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors are influenced by other people.

we live in such a strange world...your always judged...Is it too much to ask for a simple life :(

Life is just mean..you constantly have to step over people to get where you want to...you have to keep outdoing the rest...were all just mindless power hungry zombies at the end of the day...

"In reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future.The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences. I want an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun"-----INTO THE WILD

Theres so much to do so little time...were so insignificant

Ask yourself if your really happy...i dont care if your making lots of money and your future is secure...have you done what youve always wanted to?...(im a hypocrite)

the problem with me is i just talk..i dont actually go out and do what i say..i postpone and i procrastinate everything...

even this blog is late by like 3 years...

i tend to overthink everything so i thought i might as well pen my thoughts...(or keyboard/type my thoughts..technology :P)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNF_P281Uu4

You have to watch this video..its about an average guy called matt harding...hes in his early 30s i think...hes visited over like 200 places all over the world...best part is he just did it because he wanted to...sure he saved up some money from his ordinary job...but would you do the same?? ask yourself...

think about how exciting that must have been...

who am i to say anything im just like everyone else...a rat...

I want to be able to see it all someday :(

i complain too much :P

I hide every emotion behind a smile...i talk to everyone with a smile on my face...donno why i just think its easier to deal with people that way ...

what are you hiding behind your smile??

Into the wild...a must read....

dont go through life thinking of what could have been...move forward and think of what you can be...

why cant we all be like little babies...they dont have issues with anything theyr genuinely happy or genuinely sad...no masks...no peer pressure...theyr minds are so pure.. free from disparity...

i have tons of hobbies that im really good at...who cares?? can i write that in my resume...how can i make a life out of a hobby??...thats the sad part...very few can...

okay im rambling too much...its just my first entry so its completely random...:D

Many nights at a call center

Hey Kedar where are you working??

Me: I work at Wipro

What do you do there??

Me:........

Sadly its true and im not afraid to admit it. I was ashamed of the fact that i worked in a call center.

Ive been thinking about it for a while now, why is it so demeaning to work in a call center? Its a full time job isnt it?? You have all the same tasks and duties and all the corporate hierarchy in a call center too. Why is a call center job frowned upon in our society?

While i was at wipro i was a technical support associate for HP...

When i applied for the job i expected it to be really easy and i heard it paid well. I worked there for about 5 months and it changed my whole perspective of things. I respect the guys that work there. The job i did wasnt as easy as they made it sound. It was just monotonous which is why i left.

The odd hours, the lack of long breaks, the constant need to be a 100% active for majority of your work hours. Trust me its not easy. I had to spend 9 hours a day glued to a headset and a computer navigating 10 different tools and at the same time worrying about a 100 different things, how do i fix it, i hope he gives me a good review, i wonder what i can say to avoid the dead air, please let him be one of those patient customers, hope ive documented it all correctly, will they give me a break.....

I had to instruct people in the US over the phone on how to fix any problem they had with their computers. So yeah each call lasted about an hour and its really challenging talking to a stranger for an hour, keeping him entertained and making sure he doesnt get mad or irritated, plus on top of that there are a billion things that can go wrong with a computer and its not easy figuring out a solution.

The only sad part is not a single person i know there liked what they do. I bet if you interviewed a 100 call takers there all of them would just say they are happy they have a job and it pays well.

Why do we look down upon it so?

Its a job right?

I respect them all. I might not have enjoyed it but it takes will power to do what these guys do everyday and night of their lives.

If you work in a call center dont hang your head in shame, be proud of what you do.

Smile if your happy or if you farted

Have you ever just stopped and looked around? just looked at everyone walking around you? Ever wonder what hes thinking or what shes thinking? I do it all the time, I just find it fascinating observing everyone, trying to figure out whats bothering that person or what those guys are laughing about? One day i noticed something, 90 percent of the people i looked at all had grumpy ticked off expressions on their faces.. whats become of us lately..
you know what the problem is...money...its making everyone so frustrated all the time
you end up living your life based on comparisons...let whatever happen happen...think of it this way "envy is a vicious circle"...
I know it sounds corny but i like just living and making a difference to the people around me...
Sure i may not be building the most attractive resume but at the end of the day when i look back at it all i look at the positives, all the people i met all the things ive done all the things ive learned...and im just happy :D...
i like it when i notice the simple joys around me..like when i genuinely see someone happy and not that fake put up effort they call a smile...
when the watchman in my building smiles when i salute him and he just looks so happy when hes having a conversation with someone on his boring night duty..
like when a new mom keeps complaining about not getting sleep and is all grouchy until the baby laughs then she just smiles and everything else just goes away..
when you want something and you actually get it...
when you watch a sappy movie and the endings all gooey and lovey dovey :P
ah how i wish everyone would just smile more..