Memorable moments with my friends in Ness ...

Its been just over an year since I have joined Ness, and have been working here. And life here has been good. Lots of friends since we had a training session and over 30 freshers from all over the country ... We got along great ... had a lot of fun and memorable times as we went through the transition of being a college student to a professional engineer ... well I have to say we still haven't completely grown up ...

We had loads of fun, in the Ness Family Day celebrations, on our trip to Wonder La, Our stay at the Shelter Inn during our training period, Our B'day celebrations, Lunches outside, Night strolls in search of sweets to eat, Just being crazy in the hotel and jazzing things up, a lot of fun ...

But then we moved on to different projects and some gone away to Mumbai, the rest in Bangalore, where we do take our responsibilities seriously and do our work better everyday, we still have keep our sense of fun, which I think is a good thing as it would be a good thing to liven up our workplace ...

The friendship that we made during our training is a great boon ... since once in a while we plan an outing for enjoyment and a group of people who still feel like just out of college is a lot of fun ... and as we (me and my roommate) was wallowing in memories we made this collage for the good times we had, with our friends ... so that we will remember the good times, and hopefully get inspired for more such fun filled get-togethers which will continue to make our moments ...

WE MEET TO PART AND WE PART TO MEET

Sometimes I think about how I used to spend hours on end talking to a friend, who seems miles away now, since we parted from school or college. And still one day when we meet again its like we have always been together (at least that's how I feel most often, though its possible that's not how everybody feels ...) and we chat away like always ...

So we do meet one day, become good friends, only to part another day when we choose different paths that will take us in separate directions. But quite often our paths meet again or we make the paths meet, if just for a while, so we could get to know how things are with our loved ones.

Long ago, when there were no cell phones, emails or maybe even land phones ... people had to leave up to chance the possibility of meeting a friend once they go off in their own separate ways ... But now it is easier to find a friend, meet up and generally know how a friend is doing even if we are miles away on totally different paths that we chose to follow ...

So I often make it a point to contact people who mean so much to me, at least sometime when I find the time and space ... so that I could know what their life has brought them and how they are faring in their chosen paths. It might be a month or even a year since I last heard from them but that doesn't stop me from crossing their path when I feel the urge to.

I often wonder why people hesitate to call their friends, just because its been too long since they called them last, or maybe by petty thoughts such as "couldn't they also make an effort to call back?" ... because it always comes to the question - does that matter? As long as you love that friend and feel like speaking to him/her, what does it matter when you last spoke, or who initiated the contact?

So I still float in and out of my friend's lives at my whim, and always welcome them to float in when they feel like taking a glimpse at mine ...

My life is changing ...

There are times when your dreams start coming true ... And thats when you realise your life is changing ...

I am starting to believe that I am going to live a life that is my dream from now on ...

I got a raise in my company ...

I am changing for the better ...

I am making decisions that I was putting off for a long time ...

I know that something good is happening with my life ...

So I will keep dreaming big and see how far it takes me ... I have got nothing to loose by dreaming ... ;)

Someone who is really crazy, but still a dear to me!

Since I am respecting a person's privacy, I would not mention the name or other actual details of this person.

This is someone who does all the weird and crazy stuff in life - has absolutely no awareness about her surroundings, imitates anything and anyone she likes ... can bug you to no extend with her crazy antics such as real bad singing or repeating after you in the same tone and words, or imitating every action you do ... sometimes you feel u are walking with a permanently active cellphone which seem to be walking in another world and you wouldn't get a response if you knocked her down.

She also happily follows all the stupid instructions like dance in your office if you are feeling sleepy, following all weird instructions as per some crazy and mischievous mail which says something like "if you are feeling sleepy at work follow the instructions :

1. your head to the right and then to the left.
2. Lift your left arm and wave it slowly to the left and then to the right, repeat with other hand.
3. Sway your body to the left and right, repeat 5 times.
4. Bang you head on the table till you knock the sleep out ...
5. .... so on ..."

Crazy isn't it ... :P.

She can happily stay obsessed with buying everything she likes till she realizes she is close to being bankrupt. Then in 5 minutes she will look at the shop window at something she likes and say - I want to buy that - to which I end up asking "Do you really want to end up on the road asking for alms? :P " ... he he.

Its fun when she is at her crazy heights - happily oblivious to who is watching and stand in a bus stand as if she owns it, and stays with her arms resting on my shoulder (as if I am a post she could lean on ... ahem), with her legs crossed and chatting away to glory on her phone and laughing non-stop every 2 minutes ... till I remind her where she is ... when she will be like "oh god! I forgot! " and hurriedly stands a bit more normal (not for long ... he he) ... If she is listening to some songs we can see her walking around dancing and most often it is a copy of exactly what the actors or actresses do for that song in the movie ... I am waiting to see her forget that she is on the road and dance one day! :P ...

There were lot more crazy stuff, but I dont remember at the moment ... will update ... and if u guys figured out you can add more info in the form of comments, by keeping respect to the privacy notice (he he :) ...)!

Happiness - the way to live life to the fullest!!!

I just thought I would write about happiness, as I am following the message that I got from "The Secret" and am going full on. I always liked mind games and thinking up ideas and thoughts. So to try out the secret, is to imagine good things, and that's what I am doing now.

Everyone ultimately aims to be happy in life- be it through getting lots of money, the love of their life or their dream job ... But then it is true we can be happy with even the smallest of things - a smile, a nice thought, a rainfall in summer, seeing a friendly face, hearing a joke, going on a fun ride ... many are the possibilities.

But then I thought, if I enjoy every small thing I do, every small sensation, thought, speech, action - get involved in every moment of life, absorb what I am doing and derive pleasure from what small things I get in life, and be thankful that I am receiving this, I would enjoy my life a lot more. And find a lot more happiness in every small thing.

It is something we may have to take the effort and consciously do when we start out, because many moments when we could be happy are lost when we don't recognize what we are getting. We need to be aware of what we do, what we feel, and then appreciate every small action anyone does for us, every small thing we do that is joyful to us ...

This is obvious if we think how many times someone said something nice and it may not even occur to us to be happy about it, or when we get an act of kindness or love from someone we might be too preoccupied to notice the gesture. We also fail often to notice many of the beautiful things in life which we can be happy if we see. It could be different things for different people - flowers, stars, moon, rain, animals, trees, cars, bikes, babies ... any of this could bring a smile to our lips, if we take notice. So when we say live life to the fullest, it means living every moment. Enjoying every moment and making ourselves happy.

It is always up to us to make ourselves happy. Its how we see things. Its how we chose to feel. So all we have to do is chose to live life and enjoy to the max.

Some thoughts on "The Secret"

"The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne is something I am reading right now, and have completed about half of it. It has a real feel good factor about it. Whether you choose to believe or not in what the book states, what it suggests truly would make your life better.

Ok for those who do not have any idea about what this book is about : summarizing the book says that what we think makes our future. If we think of good, good will come to us and on the contrary if we think of bad bad will come to us in life. That is an extremely short summary of the book.

Putting into more frill and fancy as the book does : our thoughts are making our lives and we think our life into existence. And the universe will forge these thoughts into reality. If we think that we will be in debt or we don't want debt(say) both would mean the same - universe would only see "debt" and hence give you debt. If we think money we will get more money. We should believe we already have what we want and it will become reality in our life. We should think happy thoughts and we will be made happy by the universe. In short all our wishes will be true, only if we would dare to wish and believe in the genie which is the universe! Being optimistic is the key!

Anyway I have to say whether all this be true or not, being optimistic definitely makes you happy. And doesnt all people want to be happy? So if one can through reality or imagination be happy that would definitely make his/her life better. So I for one am going to give this secret a shot. I would like to believe in and try it out. If it works for me then - well I am going to be the queen of the universe (:D). He he. Anyway I am sure I am going to be one happy go lucky, cheerful person. So if you guys feel the same, or if you would like to believe in it on your own terms - say spiritual/ religious - what ever the reasons, I personally would say that its cool and should make you a better person. At least you would realize what you want and what would make you happy!

Mustafa

A friend I know from my 12th.

One of the few friends with whom I could talk almost anything with and who understood better than most people my weird flow of thoughts and ideas. We always had a lot to discuss and argue. He tends to be a little chauvinistic, and says that men were designed to be superior to women in the human species and gives multitudes of proof for the same. He kind of gets on my nerves when he does that. Apart from that (irritating topic ... ) we used to discuss a lot of philosophy on a variety of interesting topics ranging from reason for living, meaning of life, is human species superior to the rest of the species, does aliens exist, and many more (many topics lead to heated discussions and it was really great having someone who is in the same frequency as you are).

He is also one of the most sincere , true and genuine person I have met. He is someone who values relationships a lot. There are two things he values most in life : The important people in his life and his bike. He is very caring, understanding and a good listener. He has been my refuge countless times when I was confused and troubled and wanted to pour my heart out. He has also given me countless advice which I heed to sometimes and sometimes not. And I have thought at times that I should have listened to him when I hadn't and ended up in trouble as he said I would.

He is a very special friend to me and I would do my best to help him in every way I can. His friendship is priceless to me because there are few friends who touch your heart and for whom you feel that you would do anything. So I will say that I am lucky to have known him and to be his friend.