Refreshing!!

Hav you ever watched an ad and felt yourself slipping into its joyous mood no matter how deep down in the dumps you feel? This ad is one. Its pure magic and you will automatically smile when you see it. The lite mood of the ad captures the essence of Limca (I dont know if the drink is effective but the ad surely is).

The music, the voice, the lyrics, the concept (splashing water and playfulness after a hard day’s work)- everything is wonderful and leaves you with a feeling to go out and splash water.


Lyrics:
Fuhaarein, bochharein, nazaaare chura lo na,
kuch boondein chura lo na;
Thaki si zindagi se, ruki si zindagi se,
kuch lamhe chura lo na…;

Kuch yaddein, aur sapne, apne chura lo na;
ooo Ruki si zindagi se, thaki si zindagi se,
raftaarein chura lo na…

lukka chupi khelti hai,
bheed mein hazaaron kaliyaan (hazaaron kaliyaan);
mmmm galiyon mein yun bheed banke,
chup gayi hain saari khushiyaan (saari….saari khushiyaan);
Khushiyon ko bula lo na,
muskaane churalo naaaa…
sulagti pyaas hai toh,
machalti pyaas hai toh;
ek limca churalo na.

Kuch yaddein, aur sapne, apne chura lo na;
Ruki si zindagi se, thaki si zindagi se,
raftaarein chura lo na…”

And so stand stricken, so remembering him!

Time Does Not Bring Relief; You All Have Lied

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Time does not bring relief; you all have lied
Who told me time would ease me of my pain!
I miss him in the weeping of the rain;
I want him at the shrinking of the tide;
The old snows melt from every mountain-side,
And last year’s leaves are smoke in every lane;
But last year’s bitter loving must remain
Heaped on my heart, and my old thoughts abide!

There are a hundred places where I fear
To go,—so with his memory they brim!
And entering with relief some quiet place
Where never fell his foot or shone his face
I say, “There is no memory of him here!”
And so stand stricken, so remembering him!

"Love" - defined

Love is not what happened when our eyes met first,
Love is not what I felt with your first touch.
I knew it was love when...
..my heart cried seeing you unhappy,
..my heart danced seeing you smile,
..my heart sang at the mention of your name.
I knew it was love when,
..I felt lonely if I did not see you for a day,
..I got the courage to stand up against the world to be with you.
I know it is love when I leave you realizing that you love me not anymore.

Read this when I was vetti browsing the internet. It was anubavichu posted by someone in her blog.
Followup link: http://sanmad.blogspot.com/2006/10/love.html

First day special

Yesterday I attended a program about Ten commandments to follow to make the first day of an employee in an organization a memorable one. The program started at evening 6 and the speaker's booming voice woke everyone of us who were comfortably sleeping after a long day in class.

"So how would you like your first day of your first job to be?" the speaker asked.
Not many hands rose for everyone in hall either still managed to sleep or were thinking of a proper answer. Finally one girl rose to the relief of everyone else(for they can now go back to sleep).She replied " I would like to enter my office to a round of applause and it would be great if they introduce me like very intelligent person joining us... great honor n bla bla" The audi broke into laughter and everybody was now awake imagining their would be first day in their first job.I thought of something like wonderful office, all smiling staff, a great infrastructure and finding an old friend working there and a HOT BOSS!!! The speaker's voice cut me across from taking my imagination any step further(I had a vague image of how HOT my boss would be!!)
He then showed a video which was all about the checkpoints to make a memorable first day(an employer's perspective).Everybody settled back to continue their nap. The blissful period lasted only for 20 minutes:( The speaker(a approx 40 odd yr old bald man who has about 15 years of industry experience. He had so far switched about 7 jobs)then reminisced about his first day- the reason why I am writing this post.
His first day was whacky I guess. He had joined an Ad company early 1950s and they had welcomed him cordially. He was asked to remove his shoes outside the office and was ordered to offer prayers to the "creative" department. When he came out after offering prayers, the shoes were stuck to the ground(??!!). After a struggle to remove, he had escaped to the restroom where he had the biggest dilemma he had ever faced in his life. The restroom doors were labelled "THEM" and "THOSE" instead of "GENTS" and "LADIES"!!!!!!! Well yeah. I never found out if he managed to get into the right room. :p

A year later, when he was in the team to welcome freshers, they had gotten even more creative and had designed fake food coupons of OBEROI hotel(early days when photoshop was first introduced). The appaavi freshers had taken those coupons to the hotel and what was more weird was that the hotel had even accepted them. WOW!! (of course this company's manager had immediately called up the hotel and apologised and asked them not to accept these vouchers!*sigh*)
What a day those freshers would have had!! I personally prefer that "them & those" idea better..!! :)

So first day in the office, I now wish, that it is something whacky like this instead of a boring or over sweet introductions but i doubt if any corporate will ever take time to make any first day of any employee memorable. So much for the program I attended!

If u have patiently read this post I would appreciate if u can share your first day experience or your dream first day with me.. :)

PS: I would also appreciate if someone can enlighten me about that "them" and "those". It would be highly helpful for my future reference!!

Mind Behaviour!!

"Yengeyo un mugam
Naan paartha nyabagam..
Yeppodo unnudan
Naan vaazhndha nyabagam...
ta ra ta ra tata tata rara ra ra........"

My mind waged a battle between absorbing this wonderful song and taking in the various types of decision making shortcuts that people use(I had OB exam in another two hours). The author of the book had done a great job filling the book with loads and loads of real time examples and only for that reason I am still with the book else I would have given it up as a bad job and caught up on lost sleep.
Note: Just because I am with the book does not connote that I have absorbed anything that is written in there.!

But yeah, Thanks to Stephan Robbins, I have taken a liking to this subject.I have always thought that I should have taken a course that deals with people (I can imagine some raised eyebrows. The probability that I would scare the people away with my stares is higher than that of any effective dealing with them!.)But still its one very interesting job, dealing with people because they are the most dynamic of any species. Anyways, the reality is I am very clumsy in handling people because of two main reasons.
1. I have poor reaction skills that can utterly confuse the one talking to me.
2. After the casual hi, I usually run out of topics while talking to someone I dont know much. So when I talk to any one I dont know, I give them an impression that I am dumb or that I am not interested. So much for wanting to deal with people!! *sigh*

Now I have taken a liking towards marketing thanks to Brand Equity supplementary of ET paper. The very word marketing and brands brings in a whole lot of colors into my closed eyes and I can see a kaleidoscope of vision in my mind. Due to the above stated reasons abt why I cant handle people well, It can be safely concluded that I am utterly and naturally poor at marketing stuff to people and that was the main reason why I avoided marketing field so far. But now, the brands have created an extremely colorful image in my mind that I want to try.

Ps: This post made me realize one very important thing. It is that our human mind has a knack to cook up uncomprehensible jumble of extreme nonsense when one is extremely bored.
Proof- The above post. :) Thank you for wasting your valuable time for me!!

Love Stories!!!

"A lot of things had changed, in me and around me. I had started slipping out of conversations with my friends just to give her a call. I slept less and talked more. My phone bills led my monthly spending chart,leaving the house rent miles behind in the race. I started noticing couples:the way they sat together in gardens, hand in hand; the way a girl holds her boyfriend, on a motorbike. I started worrying about the "how do I look" factor. My status on Orkut changed from "single" to "committed". She became the password to my several internet IDs. Sitting in my office alone, I used to smile, talking to nobody
Love was in the air!"

Recently I read a novel by name "I too had a love story" by one Mr. Ravinder Singh. I dont know if this book is popular or not but when I read this book it made me smile in a lot of inst ances which was just damn simple and not "novelistic". It was just out of the real life scene. And so it was boring in some places but I went on reading it for one reason. The book cover said "A heartbreaking love story" and I read about 170 pages of this 210 page book and everything was flawlessly sweet. It started with a guy meeting his love on one of these matrimonial sites and everything was perfect. The girl was beautiful and the guy handsome( of course, its the author!), the family cooperative, both guy and the girl in good jobs... it was just too good and yes the guy n girl were head over heels in love with one another and they cant wait to get married. I thought, after reading all their cute romantic interludes(sometimes it was boring cause they were too cute!) that the "heartbreaking" part in the novel was just this heartbreak for the readers who will be awaiting for the heartbreak and when none comes up, they will be heartbroken(I know I'm intelligent!!).

But anga vechar author oru twist..

Two days before the engagement the girl will meet with a tragic accident and be admitted in the ICU and naturally the guy was heartbroken. And suddenly I didnt want to continue reading the book for that pain in the book will be infectious and it will make me go dull for days together. But being a compulsive reader, I couldnt stop reading it now and so I plunged ahead with a braver heart and heart thumping. Actually I'm scared of watching horror movies(I got scared while watching saroja movie! Imagine that.). But that time, my sense would prevail and my heart wont jump out of my mouth and I will be in control which means though heart racing, I will still try to laugh it all out and have fun. But these tragic things like losing someone close to us, rape and all these things will leave me empty for days on end. I have read so many Daniell Steel and Sidney Sheldon and I used to feel moody for days and confused thoughts would clutter my brain after reading about the one character I love the most end up in pain or see them leave the world making other characters(including the reader in my case) weep and go on mourning for days together. So back to this story, the guy would pray pray and pray but his prayers unanswered, the girl would leave him and the world. She would leave him with such an ache that it left a gaping hole in his soul(and mine! ) which not even time could heal.

"She died. I survived.
Because I survived, I died everyday."

It was a heartbreaking love story indeed. With my exams around the corner, I cant afford to feel down and stare at the clouds for days and hours. So I tried to ventilate my thoughts so I could get some fresh air. Fresh thoughts.

Two States...!

In the middle of all these exam confusions, I badly wanted to escape into fictional characters and have fun for a few hours. I was itching to buy Chetan Bhagat's new novel Two States-the story of my marriage, the latest of his work and more cinematic too (though three mistakes was equally bollywoodish). This book is no different than his earlier novels like Five Point Someone or three mistakes. Infact its a continuation of five point sumone hari, who is now doing a mba in IIM-A though this time he is Krish!! :)
The heroine, Ananya is a Tam Bram iyer from mylapore who eats chicken n will do anything to get a glass of beer..! A beautiful girl (of course, for d hero) who is also in IIM-A n lives with our hero krish ( literally live). Then the story goes on to explain how they convince their parents to accepting their marraige proposal. Since I am from Chennai, it was refreshing to read familiar street's n place's name as against some english name. It was heartening to read that "Nungambakkam" was considered the toughest word to pronounce for a North Indian guy!!

The author has captured the mood of tamilians in a pretty partial kinda way but his acknowledgment page includes an apology for taking a go at the "madrasis". He justifies that he takes a go on these ppl cause he feels they are his own. o much for justification!!!!

I dont know anything about a Punjabi family but i can relate to a lot of things he has described here. Like for instance, in Chennai, he says, people dont talk while eating but in Punjabi if such a silence is followed, then it will be construed that something has terribly gone wrong or someone had died.!! Now i can relate to this statement cause in my UG class, the most talkative gang was that of a North Indian gals gang and we(South Indian gang) have often got irritated because of their non-stop talking and high powered energy to chatter on.

In the initial few pages where the story is set in IIM-A, I found it quite interesting to note that even at IIMs non-commerce students keep quiet while d commerce students answer nu.. Cheers!! ( I wish my class would reflect the same kinda environment too.. *sigh*)
Oh yeah I forgot, there is quite a superb mention of citi bank and its operations.Whoa! I think the author is a victim of the "citi never sleeps" bug. Citi bank is one of my dream mnc where i would like to work someday in future. But this is the second time I am hearing about Citi's work place and how very different they are. (First time being when i attended a guest lecture on work life balance, the guest(a former citi bank employee who quit citi bank after she gave birth to a beautiful girl baby), told the crowd that citi bank is very understanding about women who are carrying. They understood their problems and gave them two options to consider-1. Either be a citi banker or 2. be a housewife..!!??!! How very understanding!!) Chetan Bhagat here tells d readers that when a citi bank manager says "You have a great future" that means you have no life at all now!! see my point??

Overall an interesting read throughout but its the same old masala about convincing parents.

He is just not that into ME

I had a chance to watch this movie a couple o days back and it is a typical romantic comedy drama of the hollywood but with great cast. it gave me a few things to wonder ( These things are lot more easier to think about than the pending cwa syllabus!!) There were two characters who impressed me most. 1. that Beth, who was in a relationship for 7 years with a guy so perfect and understanding except for a minor flaw that he didnt want to get married. He was of the opinion that marriages are for people who feel very insecure about their relationship and that tey get married just to confirm that they will not go behind another person. Now thats a strange thought. often we have looked at marriage as the final thing to a wonderful relationship.Atleast thats what our culture has taught us. But this thought is the beautiful other side of the coin.( if my mom gets to smell even d slightest of these thoughts of mine, i would be in the streets before i can even blink my eyes.) Now talking about beth, like any other girl she wanted marriage and left the guy because he was not ready to give that to her. during her days alone, she realised that the guy she had was tons better than the "husbands" her sisters had. so bak to the heron all is well :) But the guy was damn sweet. he proposed marriage saying that if he even wants to have a shot at happiness, then he wanted beth happy. wow. That was so romantic!!!

Another character i loved was this one guy called Alex. i mainly liked him cause he was damn cute!! i wouldnt call him hot though. He is this cute lookin guy who just lives life and have fun. he goes out with a lot of girls but always maintains it at an arm's length that he doesnt realise when he actually finally fell for one of the girls. He will finally call her "his exception". :)

Very girly movie but after all its fun to be a girl :) :)

Something to Remember!

Yesterday when I was on my way to college in the ungodly hour of 7 in the morning,I was not exactly feeling my usual cheerful self for various reasons. Fought with a friend of mine ( I always fight with someone or the other but few ppl affect me!). Then I wanted to bunk coll but had to come because if I bunk often then i might lack attendance. whenever I attend college just cause I cant bunk, I mostly am indifferent to whats happening around me and will b quiet and totally touchy. Yesterday was one such not so glorious day and I was sleepwalking from the nungambakkam railway stationto the choolaimedu bus stop to take a share auto to my college. And thankfully I didnt wait long. Got into one auto and the auto stopped at a stop some 50mtrs before loyola.There were 4 girls who wanted to get in. tTere was space for three ppl to sit. The girl who came in last stood near the step and was struggling to stand. suddenly a guy who had been sitting got out of the auto, paid and started walking. I opened my eyes for the first time that morning (the guy was looking good actually :P) and took a good look at the guy. He need not have gotton down at this stop. Assuming that he was going to loyola, he could have very well gotten down at the next stop. I honestly dont know why he did that but i think he got down cause that girl was standing uncomfortably. It made me smile. Strange how this small incident made me smile. I kept turning around to see that guy much to the discomfort of the lady who was sitting near me( 4 of us were cramped in the last seat) till the auto turned the corner and I had to contend with just the image of him and look ahead for a bright day.

Certain people make an impression in you whether you know them or not and it will stay forever. They wont even know that they have left a lasting impression in you. Its life.Who knows, somebody is blogging about you at this very moment about how you made an impression on them. (I'm fairly sure that the friend i fought with would be cursing me at this very moment and thats the impression i left on someone :P. Mind you, i still feel happy. and yes, that guy was really looking good!! :))

``````To all my FRIENDS``````

To all these people I owe, not just my life but something more..

In no particular order..

Sowmiya Devi: My friend for the past ten years. Always sporting a smile and never “Unavailable” for me. Aunty’s chapathi rocksJ and uncle’s kalsaifyings:-). Do you remember that photo session at your place when we were in 8^th? Ur bro took d pics n I was looking like a “kid lost in a storm” and u like a “latest fashion sensation” n datcha looking so serious as though a bomb is about to fall over our heads (I have the pic with me). For all those wonderful times at your place and outside, thank you.:-)

Ps: At some point in life, do visit my place at least once. You owe that to me!!!

Dhanayanthi: That serious looking tall girl whom I befriended some ten years ago and since then I have been entitled to the pleasures of doing things “together”. Be it studies or cycling or chatting or shopping or anything. I never forgave you for being better than me at math when we studied with my cousin sis at my place. I used to wonder how u got all the ans right when I couldn’t even remember the sum. Those kiddish days! Do you remember that day when v almost ran(read as rolled) over from the bus stop to my place at 9 in the nite? We were late coming back from sow’s place n we lied to my mom that ur bro accompanied us. Ha ha ha. That was when I found out that I could walk so fast and hey u will always be my walking partner. Honestly I have never found someone keeping such a fast pace with me while walking, in all these years.

Mithun. Do u remember him? Wow. His one player shuttle game in his house motta madi when we were playing in your house motta maadi. Those early morning classes to that “akka” ‘s place for math and that sir’s house opposite to your place. I once walked out of the class cause u challenged me to leave. lol..! stay the same d :-)

Janaki and Aparna: Last benchers, excellent singers. Aparna- I will never forget your vasantha raga varnam which u sung in cca class. I’ve lost touch with u but u prat, u never gave me your phone no. during that rare chat we had some 2 months back. Janaki my hp-discussion partner. I still remember that Sanskrit revision tests where we outscored even Swaminathan cause we already knew the questions from that book (I forgot d name:-( ). You have not changed much d. Stay the same but u can occasionally notice other ppl’s earrings and listen to arr’s latest songs:-)

Sangeetha: My first friend in a then alien place. It seems so long- 5 years ago- when I came here and everything looked so hazy and so fast. It seemed stranger that a girl would extend her hands to me to introduce herself. Well, then it was no mystery that u are a a a well bit “nuts”. Btw did you finish that Nancy Drew book you got? All those cycle trips to school in d hot sun and your whining and laughter! Don’t I miss those fun days?!? The very first person to call me “Priya”. Funny how that name caught on. Hey I love that swing at your place even after I have got my own!!

Soundarya: I don’t know exactly how I became friends with this girl. My only close friend outside of my section in that new school. I wouldn’t tell that we were close when this girl suddenly brought a friendship band n a card for on d friendship day. That was when I realized that we are friends. Until I came to your house I didn’t know what it was to go to a friend’s place and talk to her entire family. I really owe that to u soun for I still cherish all those times with aunty, uncle n your bro.

Preethi (aka) bulb: Sorry de couldn’t resist from calling u bulb. You are more familiar as bulb than as PreethiJ. A tsunami and an earthquake rolled into one. Yeah. I have always admired your happy go lucky character, the way you seem to accept things and be satisfied with it-Amazing! You lite ah irritate me at times but I don’t think anyone can stay angry with u for more than five mins. U absolutely rock:-) And for heaven sake stay d same. Don’t get serious for any reason.:-)

Vaishnavi: You still puzzle me Vaish. I won’t tell that I have understood you like I have understood my other friends. May be cause u have always kept your thoughts to yourself. But I realized that I didn’t know the real you at all until that fight broke out a few days ago. You were more matured than I’ve ever been and that’s when I understood that I have loads more to learn in life. I respect you for telling all that u told me on that “not so great” day. In a way I am thankful that we fought, for otherwise, I would never have really known you.

Ashwin: My “tall” friend. I think even Amitab Bachchan would look short if he stands next to u. How did you grow so tall? Do tell me cause I wouldn’t mind growing a bit tall. One person outside of my family who has seen my transition from school days to what I am now. I know that you don’t like me the way I am now. But I can’t help it! You are one of the reasons why I am like this. Do stay in touch and I will always remain ‘Preethi’ to you.

Vinoth: My cousin bro. ha. We have argued and one person with whom the argument remains as purely argument and the next minute we are partners in eating ice creams. I have always looked upto you since when I was a kid. Do you remember that SAV van? U came to check if I were safe, on my first day in van. (I was studying 1^st std then n u were in your 8^th I guess). Those bangles from kanyakumari. You once broke open a battery in that Maruthi Nagar house and I thought you were “cool” and I wanted to be like you! My only bright spot in coming to Chennai five years ago was that you would be there to give company. My days with you n Nirmal still remains to be some of the best days of my life:-)

Nirmal: aha! Here comes the hero. Nah the villain! Lol. I don’t know. May be u are a hero-villain to me. A perfect bro! Ever fighting and the most helping. You are partly to be blamed for my being so lazy! My inspiration to listen to Hindi songs (nobody to tell me which song to hear anymore:-( ). And one important thing- I look kinda good (no tension) in a lot of photos is cause of this guy. If not for u, I wouldn’t have had so many photos to show off in the first place. So at least for that I will say—u r d best bro anyone can every have:-):-)

Radhika: Five years of solid friendship with this girl and I still don’t know what to write. May be because what I feel cannot be expressed in words. The quietest of all my friends after Vaishnavi. She is this clichéd friend to me- always understanding, caring, loving and everything that an ideal friend should be. I am damn lucky to have got you. Without you I would have forgotten half the deadlines. How do you manage to be so sensible? I will never get that. My mom loves you more than she loves me. In fact my entire family loves you. I don’t know if I have been as good a friend to you as you have been to me but trust me, I am trying!

Pavithra: ha ha ha ha! Ok d.. no tension. Pavi is one unique friend of mine. When I was hating college for what it is, I found this girl and since then life has never been the same for me. For one reason, I realized that I was sane after all cause this girl is THE LIMIT for every thing there is in the world. She is one monkey (honestly d so much happiness while telling this). She is happy with what ever she has and she sees the world wearing these pink glasses and guess what, she manages to survive wearing those glasses without hurting others or herself. Talk to her for five minutes and you will be rolling on the floor laughing. Until then you would never even have considered such a funny side to a spsdly very serious issue. Do u get an image of a clown in your mind? Well u r not even close to imagining pavi. There is this strange thing between us. We can relate to each other better than any two ppl in the world simply because we are equally insane when it comes to “life”. We have many things in common-independent, highly distracted, take big serious things in our stride and break down for smaller things of life and I can go on. One of the many amazing things bet us is that what ever happens in life, it seem to happen to both of us at the same time. Its just too much that even our moms are similar!! I have learnt a lot of things from you d.. like appreciating the good in everybody, looking at the lighter side of things however grave they may seem, to live today, to act on impulse and most importantly you showed me that being a monkey can after all be fun!! Bundle of laughs and smiles!!

I owe a lot to you for everything d. You have made me a better person er perhaps monkey!! :p

Karthika: Opposite poles attract. May be that’s how we became friends! You are everything that I am not- intelligent, professional, thorough, and sophisticated. I admire your ability to talk anyone into considering anything. You know what, I completely agree with you kar, “Always be careful for you never know whats on the other side of the keyboard!” I am following this piece of advice to the last letter. I would like to tell you that, despite all the misunderstandings, you are one of my bestest friends who made a difference to my life.

Prem: well. I have known this guy for the past 3 years and I should say that he turned my life topsy turvy. Without you I would have never learnt what it means to love, hate, be happy, be sad and all other human emotions. You made me grow up from being a girl and face life like a woman. You were the one who got me started on English songs and yea I have progressed from pop to other genre:-). And yeah I think I know to keep my mail ids n pw safe, thanks to u:-). I wish you have a great life and good luck for GRE and CAT.

Vimal: I’ve never fought with anyone as much as I have fought with this guy and I have never made up as soon with anyone else either! We fight on and off but I always respect this one. Can talk about anything under the sky with him and he will respond in that leisurely pace as though he has nothing better to do other than chatting with you about that really stupid topic and what more he will make you feel like the most important person in the whole world. I would like to know one day how you do it nuJ and I would also like to know how u actually manage to multi task so many things and still spend so much time with your friends? Really man! You just rock!:-) Remember that prank you played on me? And that quarrel in the guindy station? You walked out on me!!!

To me, you will always remain spl for you made me happy and helped me realize that love is indeed “unconditional” and it need not always be ‘showcased’.

Swaminathan: If I could change one thing from my past, I would gladly erase that period when I deliberately avoided you. I was completely an idiot and I apologize with all my heart for being that stupid! You are one person who makes me realize that I am more a monkey than a good girl!! grrr.. And I must tell you, I have always admired your patience with me. However foul my temper is, you seem to hear me out patiently. All d accusations included! That is really a tough task for I can be really rude when I’m in a rage! Thank you for everything and yes you owe me Swiss chocolates. Don’t you forget!!

Karthik: At first I thought he is just another guy. Then I ‘happened’ to get to know him better and voila! He is just one of the best! Someone who has strange theories about every little thing in the world.. You were the one who taught me that the point of living is to show life that we are smarter! I’ll never ever forget that lesson I learnt. Hey I’m absolutely bowled over as to how to word my thoughts! Anyways I don’t think I need to say for I can trust you to understand that you will always remain as that ‘Someone spl’ to me.

A few others..

-Haripriya- That first English class in 11^th std when I knew absolutely nobody, you called me to join your group. I owe you one for that!!

-Aarthee- I would have never liked any of my 12^th std English class had it not been for you and Sumathi. Remember that song list you guys created?

-Pavitra.K- I learnt a new definition for friendship from you and I tell you, your attitude towards people is just awesome!

-Subhashini- shubha! My cat prep partner!! Apart from Pavi, you are the only person who has actually identified that I have poor ‘reaction’ skills.

-Sreemathy & Vat- My business plan partners. And best team any person can imagine to work with.

-Revathi & Ramitha- Without these two brains sitting next to me in class and invariably lending notes(also sharing answer sheets during exams) to every subject, I would have been chucked out of my PG course on day one. I really owe them big time :)

-Sowmya- We share not just our birthdays, but a lot more complicated things!

The Present Tense of LiFe!

It seems like yesterday that i was dropped in the primary school with two pony tails and a micromini lunchbox.
It seems like yesterday that i got my 10th std results and planned for d biggest change of my life-shifting to chennai..
It seems like yesterday that i, in an alien place(chennai), cycled my way to a strange school studying brand new subjects in hsc..
It seems not long back when I looked at those hi-fi girls in coll, wondering if i will ever fit there.(actually hating it for joining there)
It seems like just now that I stepped into second yr and then third yr with attendance struggle and semester blues..
And today, its all over!!Having Completed my Under Graduation, currently halting at the crossroad of my life---important one at that!!

Today I was looking back on all those things that have happened over the years. those people who have made me the way i am.And I wished a lot of things had never happened and a lot more had happened.. I wished I was still that "reserved girl". I WISHED a lot of things and suddenly I realised-- I am not living this minute by wishing for something that just cant happen how much ever I WISH!!

We are all carried away by our past or worried about what the future may hold at any given time. Its perfectly natural but we 'grow up' when we realise that v have to live in the present and that no matter how much we worry, things that are 'meant' to happen WILL happen!! so whats the point of worrying about the past or planning too much for the future?

Today is the greatest gift and lets enjoy this very minute. We will never get it again.
I came across this version about life in one of my friend's profile in Orkut-
"The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is much more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again."


So go ahead and live ur to the fullest..:)
Simple things that can really make ur day-

• Laugh aloud
• Indulge in things u absolutely love; however silly it might be(b it jumping into a puddle or singing on top of ur voice in d middle of a road!!)
• Give a pleasant surprise to someone
• Break silences
• Write with both hands
• Dance ur way to glory(doesnt matter if u r as bad as me in dancing! v will create a new style)
• NEVER REGRET
• Dont bother with trivialities..
• Eat colorful ice creams:):)

If u feel like doing something, do it that instant-cause when u pause to think, the moment might b lost forever.. that is, after all, "The Present Tense of Life!!"

Life is simple and lets not complicate it (philosophy borrowed from pavi :D)