THE YEAR THAT WAS........

Hi all....

I hope everything is in place and doing good.....Now I've stopped criticizing myself about not being regular in writing my own blog.....but hey..!!! wait.....I just did that.......anyways....after a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time ........Here I am.....

From my last blog things have changed a lot....and its really a lot......from 57 to 66 kg... :) and now to revisit and recall between my last blog posting to this....I'll do that in a jiffy. ........

I did my summer internship from Cadbury India Ltd.Malanpur-Gwalior....had a nice time there....then a small stint in a good HR firm....and then I started getting busy in my ongoing term of MBA...participated and won in some events of marketing ......things just happened and happened and happened ....and happenING..........

Whenever incidents occurred i decided to give them a place here itself....but....huh.......only God knows why I was doing nothing in my MBA......

I also travelled a lot..... in spite of various locations.....the frequency mattered....and I noticed and realized that whether the distance is 1km or 1000 km....the journey is only a journey...and which is best when you enjoy each and every moment of it.........

I know I am getting philosophical but theek hai......padh lo yaar....

From a damn damn damn beautiful young lady from Israel....a Swedish gardener.....a beautiful Negro female.....Hindu extremist....Muslim extremist......free advice givers....self made entrepreneurs....teachers......some chutbhaiyye Neta's...some couples...young and old both...some alone travellers...painters......sculpture artists....doctors.....engineers... villagers.....to some sweet little children.....I met a whole lot of people....enjoyed a lot......learned too......

uuhhhmmmmmm.........just smelled the delicious food prepared by Maa...lost all my senses....rest in next posting....and this I will definitely write it as early as possible....and like Chinese people are celebrating the coming year as Year of the Rabbit.....inspired from that....I also declare 2011 as Blogging Year for myself.....

May this coming year bring 2011 reasons of happiness for everyone I know and who know me....

Yours,

-Aditya.......

Observations.....

hi all....

I always wonder why we wear clothes...is it really for protecting ourselves from the cold or heat.....or is it just for fashion........for both the above reasons...or just for being comfortable.........

anyways before I say something more...since its my personal blog and I want it to be read by my future generations.....I definitely want my grand grand children's to read how I used to spend my exam days and also the days after the exam......

here I go.......

Alarm 1 rings@ 3:30 a.m...........
Status........Sleeping(Me.....)...........Awake(My room partner.....)
He puts the alarm off and tries to sleep..........

Alarm 2 rings@4:00 a.m. ...........
Status.........Sleeping(Me......)......Awake(Now the room partner is awake but trying to sleep.....by covered his head using a pillow....Cursing me........!!!.)
Alarm rings for 10-12 times and stops automatically.....
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Alarm 6 rings@7:00 a.m. .....
Status...........!!!!!!!!!!!!Err.......shit man...........aaj toh paper hai.......!!!!! chal be uth.......

Now at 1 p.m. .........
Me:- Yaar bhai ab phatt rahi hai....kya kare..........
Him:- Ha yaar....lekin ab kya.........Chal Dev D dekhte hai.........

At 6 p.m........
Hello..!!!! Mummy........ha bus de diya.......
ha theek gaya....chalo abhi next paper ka padhna hai phone rakho........
bbye.....dhyaan rakhna.......


( My university is having the most weirdest time slot for the MBA exam......scheduled at 3-6 p.m.)

At 7:30 p.m. .......any Movie will do the work of washing away the bad memories of same days paper.......

alas.......anyhow I/we managed to give all our exams on time....(God knows the result.....)

Now I am in my home and yesterday experienced the most boring activitiy on earth....)...that is to go shopping.............

But this time I rather enjoyed it by noticing others .......

A teenager boy with a huge belly...walking as if his back side is bandaged.... came to but a T-shirt with her "Maasi" ( The maasi was looking like a retired bollywood heroine.....wearing revealing saari and talking on her Nokia E series......in a bad good......good bad Hinglish......)

Boy: Maasi ye kaisa hai........
Maasi: Theek hai betaji......lo ye 4-5 aur try karo.....

later....

Boy: Ye Ed Hardy wala le lu........
Maai: Ha...aur ye 2 pink colour wale bhi le lo...,aajkal Betaji Pink is new colour for Men.......
Boy: Haanji...
Maasi:- ye Provogue wala Mirror print le lo ek.......suit karega......

The boy looking horrifyingly khatarnaaak when he walked out of the changing room.....doing a even more Khatarnaak Cat walk.........wearing a black t-shirt ...having Provogue printed in Mirror like material....
The print was exactly on his belly...making it look larger then ever.....

Maasi:- Waah betaji.........teri Girl Friend toh dekhte hi reh jaegi.....

This was the Hardest part to hear..........
( I don't have a belly........I don't look that much Ugly........and that Rs.900 mirror print shirt must have suited me more than him....)

But truth is truth....Girls are girls.....Mysterious as ever..........(Recent study says......in 60% cases ....Dumb also...)

again...

Boy: Maasi ye 5 le li hai ...baaki apan Mufti se shirt le lenge......
Maasi:- Ok Betaji......

I huffffffed a bit....and carried on my search for a good tees...

I got the answer why Indian fashion industry is not that booming...and Indian economy is flourishing as ever..........Thanks to the retail giants and the marketing strategies......

Anyways apart from the boring shopping and interesting incidents like those......the only next good thing happened to me was.....

A young girl wearing a simple looking white top...having features like Megan Fox appeared next to me on the counter..............

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Before ending the Blog......
Lets pay our homage for the renowned Management Guru Dr.C.K.Pralhaad who gave us the idea of "Fortune lies at the Bottom of the Pyramid...."

His idea helped the big companies boost their performance ...............





With the thought of being regular in writing blog.........

yours ...
Aditya............

14th February.........................

14 February.....Sunday..........a day after 13^thFeb......a day before 15^th February..........we can name that day using any of these.......aahhhhhh..Hmmm.....yes....it is also called now a days as.......Valentine’s Day.....a day of love......a day when you can show and express your feelings to any person you care and love.........and this....and that........

But....here I am....yes I am alone...aloof from the entire world this Valentine day.....

But....WHY......why I am alone in spite of my around 375 friends.....( This is what Orkut says.....about me...Facebook I did’nt cross checked....and LinkedIn ...I never noticed.....and Twitter...again......I never had any interest in noticing how my friends and acquaintances I have......)...so where I was.......

Yes......why I am alone in spite of my many many many friends.....in this entire world... alone on valentines day....far away from friends....parents....( love not yet found.....but experienced in breakups..... J) ........hey....1 sec.......I haven’t had a chance to bath today also........yukkkkkks................

The day started pretty nicely.....I woke up in Meerut....had a hard time cleaning my bowels after last night’s “T*tt* Chicken” at Abu Lane. Was enjoying a divine breakfast. Homemade Makkhan....Doodh....Wheat bread with powdered sugar and some of Alloo/Pyaz paranthas...( Yes...food for me... is divine...my good friends know why and how....)...........all this at my friends place in Meerut....chaos all around in the house because of his sisters marriage.....and me with Varun is busy discussing last night’s trip...and enjoying the paranthas............

Suddenly I am told you have to leave with the marriage party to the Grooms place in Delhi....in 2 minutes......Bang!!.....I like this....super fast deadlines........

I immersed my head in the cold water...took a towel and ready to go after applying little oil to make them look washed.....and shiny....(all this went in vain....as there were no one....hope you’ll understand.)....

On the way we three took a stoppage at some very famous eating joints on the Meerut-Delhi highway...........and anyhow we reached Delhi........

I was clicking the boring ceremonies of the marriage.......having heavy Delhi style lunch......and I had a conversation with kid...

Kid: - Bhaiyya.....Alto toh gai Meerut.....apan kab nikalenge.....

Me:- Kaun gai.....????

Kid: - arre bhaiyya ...alto gai.....tavera main challenge ....acche se piche baith kar.....

Me:- Alto....................!!!!!!!!!!!!! kaie gai aur kab....Mera eklauta bag usi me tha....

Kid:- ab kya karoge......aap toh yahi rukoge na Delhi main......ab kya..!!!!

So............this was my story.......I am here......wearing jeans...shirt...sweater...jacket......One wallet with a Rs.100 note....and a cell phone without charge...........and to travel and survive in a city called Delhi...................

Stop it........my mind said suddenly..... You've got a beautiful chance to experience the situation.......Enjoy.......

I enjoyed being caught by policeman while clicking the board which said...” CLICKING PICTURES IS PROHIBITED”...........

I enjoyed drinking the Lassi at Chandani Chawk.....................

I enjoyed travelling in the DTC .......and the argument with the Haryanvi conductor.........

The best of all.......I enjoyed travelling without the tension of having an eye on your luggage..........

This was half the story....and I will keep it half only...........I had a way of solving the situation......U think your own......it will be nice if you’ll share your point of view.......

So what.....if the people around me were busy enjoying the so called Valentine’s day.......

I was celebrating it with my Inner self..............try it once........!!!!!

Thursday, September 24 '2009...a day before my b’day.......whenever I used to visit my blog..this date used to haunt me....teased me....for not yet updating it.....but finally I've got a chance to update my blog after a very huge time gap.......

a lot of things happened......the scenario of my life changed...I made some decisions .....some mistakes.....some compromises......some adjustments with time, family, myself, friends...and .money......

anyways....I have finally joined the college....doing MBA....and haa......still enjoying the Recession Blues.......also third time cleared my EKT....waiting for the SSB date.......

I m in Bhopal right now and sitting in my room.....not alone but with my roommate ...a very good friend of mine....a school time friend indeed...now imagine a person who's a fan of Ayn Rand's Fountain Head but still religiously devoting his whole night reading "2-states by Chetan Bhagat"...yes...there he is.......

now enough of coverage given to him......for details see my followers list.... :)

its 1:51 in the night and fingers are just running to write anything which comes to my mind...but the constraints of "living away from your home are haunting me"......

its good to wash your own clothes.....getting up early in the morning.....going to college.....

but the other part is......"not getting what you require ...what do we call it.....ummmmm.....may be a Full meal......"......." not getting your mothers lap...." to sleep on for hours......".....not freely roaming around in the city...because u don't know the roads and directions.......naaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh..........i will not make my post emotional and boring...............I know the fact that a person who has lived in Indore for so long...can not enjoy in Bhopal..........but why not change it........(i know its hard...to survive without good food....but ab toh bol diya...)..........

Bhopal showed me various colors of life....i got new friends......and indeed very good friends....got to see some very beautiful scenic terrains of this "Mahakaushal region"......

Also got to know that MBA is not that easy as I used to think..........its really hard to give so many presentations in one single day...with out even knowing what the topic actually is......I also enjoyed the Quiz Show conducted in our college HR-Club.......

Also at last I must say....i am missing my engineering days.......because engineering teachs you to think .......yes......”Think’.......to think out of the box......I learned from there only.......hope it helps me in MBA........

- Aditya...

Khatarnaak phase of life...

In bank.....

Me: Sir, online banking activate karvani hai....form kaha milega..???

Employee: Beta 2 min ruko form le kar aata hu....

Me: Ok..uncle..... ( ***plz note....To get the work done faster...I changed from sir to uncle...)

Employee: ha beta...( showing the form..) ye idhar acc number likh do...yaha yaha aur yaha signarture maar do.....

Me: Ok uncleji...!!

Employee: aur beta coffee loge kya...?? ( ***hey ...look it works..)

Me: arre nahi uncle... thanks.... :)

Employee: karte kya ho....which college..??

Me: ucleji buss abhi abhi engineering complete hui hai....

Employee: ohh...good......kaunsi field main kari hai.....gsits se kari kya????

Me: aaaa.....mmm.......uncle maine IT main kari haii.......Acropolis se......

Employee: arre ...badiya.....bahot taareef suni hai acropolis ki.......aur campus vampus kaha hua...???

Me: aaa....uncle hua toh tha lekin letter kahi se nahi aaya....final joining ka..........

Employee: ohhh......koi baat nahi beta aa jaega.....haaath paao maarte raho....sab accha hoga......

Me: hmm.....ye lo uncle form bhar diya..

Employee: beta MBA karlo tab tak......time waste mat karo....kam se kam padhia toh ho jaegi.....

Me: ha uncle soch raha hu.......

Employee: ok engineer saab....aapka online banking 3 din main activate ho jaega..( **seems like luch time hop gaya...)..

Me: uncleji...koi special procedure.....

Employee: ha beta rehta toh hai lekin tumne toh IT main hi engg kari hai na toh easily samaz jaoge...

Me: ok uncleji...thank you......

Employee: ha beta....ok......

In social gatherings.......

Someone: hey beta....kaise hoo.............mummy kaisi hai.........aur tum kya kar rahe ho.......

Me: namaste aunty.......mummy badiya hai.......maine abhi just engg khatam kari hai.....

Someone(now onwards aunty): kahi job lagi ki nahi.....??? he he he he he ........meri behan ki ladki toh abhi 3rd year main hai...usko kuch guidance do na.......abhi bulati hu usko............arreeeee payal....( shouting very ery loud......) .....jaldi aaa.....

Me: ha aunty ...hua tha placement lekin abhij tak joining nahi aai....aur shayad aane ke chances bhi kam hai....woh abhi mandi chal rahi hai na...isliye thodi prob hai.........

Aunty: arre beta aur woh tum abhi airforce main gaye the na waha kya hua???

Me: aunty waha last round main ahar ho gaya tha.. :(

Aunty: beta abhi toh kahi bhi job karlo......koi bhi pakad lo......bus paise se matlab hai.........chalu toh kardo......fir dekhte rehna yaha waha........

Me: ha aunty .....buss try kar raha hu.....kuch offer aaye hai...keh rahe hai 4 mahine withour pay kaam karna padega Bangalore main.......

Aunty: arre baap re.........bina paise ke bangalore main............dekh lo....

Me: ha aunty....3 mahine se soch hi raha hu......

Aunty: ok beta.....batana fir kya hua....aur mummy ko bolna main yaad kar rahi thi.....

Me: ok aunty....bbye.....( ****arre payal toh aayi hi nahi.........dhat tere ki,.....***)

Hi all......

above were only 2 of the situations that i am facing now a days.....

..the list continues......everyone just wants to emphasize that currently their is recession and I am jobless......workless and all......

our doodhwala......kaamwali bai....postman.......etc etc each one asking ..... " aur beta kya kar rahe ho aajkal..."

earlier I used to just say ki " abhi xyz semester main hu...." but now everyone seems that they were just waiting for me to get graduated..........and emphaseze by calling me "engg sab...oooo engg sab..." seems funny but ............yes .....it hurts............a bit.......or a lot sometimes......

anyways...I am trying to survice through this phase also........AND....I can't answer each and everyone that.........

1. I was 2 times conferenced out in Indian air force.... ( positive side: kam se kam vaha tak toh pahucha.....)

2. When I was gone for IAF interview ..both the times....a good MBA college was calling me for GD/PI....( bimtech...itm mumbai/chennai....singhgad.....etc etc....later on core MBA's were filled..)

3. I was offered a job in mphasis but it had random timings and another company wants to get work done from me for free upto 4 months....in bengaluru......

4. I am allotted a seat in IPER , Bhopal....through MPMET....( for those who don't about IPER.....its Institute of Professional Education and Research....the best in Bhopal.......and better then many colleges in my own city Indore too.......but the only drawback being.......its not hyped....but....... do contain and a strong brand value...)

although I have filled the fees and completed other procedures......the only concern is to leave Indore and go to Bhopal.......But I am afraid of the the special group of people giving free suggestiosn to everyone.........again and again telling to my parents....." are bhabhiji pehle kahi hi job karvalo usse......uske baad MBA karao.......pata hai humare relatives ka ladka abhi USA main hai......usne bhi MBA nahi kara......) AND....arre bhabhiji usse toh abhi drop dilvao....CAT main thode aur mil jaenge toh accha cllege mil jaega usko.......AND....arre usko Bhopal kyu bhej rahe ho......chodo best vest ka chakkar.....Indore ke kisi bhi college se kara lo MBA....aakhir rahega toh MBA hi na....beta bhi aankho ke saamne ghar par rahega......

I know the same situation is with many of the people.....I just tried to mention some feelings of the same group.....yes the same group having many big plans .....ambitions......

I hope in future...our generations will be given more value because we are very bravely facing the recession....and the society too.....

he he he.......

|| Shri Ganeshaye Namah ||

"Shuklaambara Dharam Vishnum, Shashi Varnam Chatur Bhujam
Prasanna Vadanam Dhyaayet, Sarva Vighna Upashaanthaye"

Meaning: Lord Ganesha always dressed in white represents purity. He is omnipresent with gray complexion like that of ash glowing with spiritual splendor. The Lord with bright countenance has four arms. I meditate on the God who can destroy all obstacles whether material or spiritual.

"Vakratunda Mahakaaya, Suryakoti Samaprabha
Nirvighnam Kuru Mey Deva, Sarva Kaaryeshu Sarvada"

Meaning: Lord Ganesha has a curved trunk with a powerful body. He has the brilliance of a million suns. May the Lord, remove all the problems from the actions I aim to achieve.

"Ekadantam Mahaakaayan, Taptakaajnchanasannibhamh
Lambodaram Vishaalaaxam, Vandeaham Gananaayakamh"

Meaning: Obeisance to Lord Ganesha, the one tusked, huge-bodied, big-bellied, and large-eyed God, whose complexion is like that of molten gold. I surrender myself to such great lord.

"Srikantho Mathulo Yasya, Jananee Sarva Mangalaa
Janakaha Sankaro Devaha, Tam Vande' Kunjaraananam"

Meaning: The lord, for whom Lord Vishnu is the Uncle, whose mother is the divine auspicious one, Parvati and whose father is Lord Shiva. I offer salutations to Sri Ganesha, the Omkara.

"Prasanna Vinaayakam Devam, Perivana Pura Samsthitham
Sarva Vigna Haram Nithyam, Vandhe Sri Kunjaraananam"

Meaning: The Lord Sri Prasanna Vinaayaka, who lives in his Temple of Pearland; one who removes all obstacles of all his devotees at all times; one who has the Omkara face of the elephant. I pray to the divine Ganesha.

"Agajaanana Padmaarkam, Gajaananam Aharnisham
Anekadantham Bhaktaanaam, Ekadantam Upaasmahey"

Meaning: Lord Ganesha, the elephant faced is like sun to the lotus face of Mother Parvati. The single tusked Ganesha is the giver of boons. I salute the great lord to grant us a boon.

"Ganaanaam Twam Ganapathi Gam Havaamahe
Kavim Kaveenaam Upamasra Vastamam
Jyeshta Raajam Brahmanaam Brahmanaspatha
Aanashrunvanna Oothibhi Seedha Saadanam"

Meaning: The Lord of spiritual faith, son of Lord Shiva, is the wisest among the wise. Ganesha has no comparison. He is the senior Lord of the Vedic mantras, who listens to the devotee's prayers. I invite Lord Ganesha to visit my home with prosperous things and be seated here.

Happy Independence Day...!!!!!

Hi all.....

Swatantrata Diwas ki bahot bahot shubhkamanaye......

soo....howz the feeling of being born in India........??????

answer will depend from person to person.....But I must say......I am proud to be born in India....

The chances of learning which India gives.....socially, politically, democratically,religiously,culturally,........and above all.....Independently..........is the best.....

I love my country.........

My previous post was a bit like a Indian documentary film....but that post I am going to read in the blogger's symposium ON 16th...if given a chance ............

Rest all ok....enjoying unemployment....still trying to keep myself motivated.....

I am quoting a thing......will read it again the day when I will be successful....he he....

" The big shots are only the small shots......who keep on shooting......."

Jai Hind....

yours,

Aditya