Back on the field!!!

After at least two years since I have played any sport, I finally got a chance to get back to sports and games at my company's sports and arts fest. We managed to find people ... make teams ... play throw-ball, cricket, shuttle badminton and also take part in various sports as part of the floor decor competition.

The throw-ball was lots of fun, though we lost pretty badly the first match, having had no practice and being totally out of touch, it wasn't so bad. We had fun. And we soon picked up the game and won the second- and the opponents being not so great helped ... ;). Then we again lost the next match, but all in all it was loads of fun, and felt great to be out there, feeling the rush and the spirit of the game, cheering each other up ...

Then there was the cricket match for which I bribed my room mate promising her a bar of diarymilk chocolate to be present for the game - and played something I haven't played since 6th standard. It was fun ... though I went out duck, and gave a lot of runs in the one over I bowled (er throwed ... he he). And I need not say the result, we came up as runners up (out of two teams ... :D). Well its not to say we played all that bad - I could have been one of the worst, since we scored 41 runs in 10 overs and took 1 wicket in the second ball of the first over, after which we fielded so bad they won in 6 overs or so. All in all it was lots of fun :).

Then the shuttle badminton matches were really wonderful and though I did miserably in the first match, I had a wonderful partner and my game improved dramatically after a bit of practice, So we managed to bag the gold for badminton womens' doubles.

The floor decor was again a lot of work, late night decorations, and then getting the people to participate, and all in all it was lot of work, and we did have fun, but then again it didn't come out as big as we wanted it to, but that was the best we could do with the limited volunteers ...
It looked nice and we did manage a good show :).

So we had lots of fun and exercise, aches and pains and finally we had the great happiness of our house taking the cup :) ... It was quite fun, taking me back to the good fun I ad in school and college.

Life always teaches you something

I think that as time passes and you see more and more of life, be it a lot more than some, or a lot less than another, you always experience new things, learn to handle those things you once couldn't, achieve new insights into things you didn't understand before, gain new perspectives ...

I am now in a stage, where I believe everything in life - good or bad, taught me something, and well the way I perceive things changes everyday... Some of my experiences that I tried to block out, now I can view in perspective, understand why it was so in a better light ... and not all that I once believed, I now believe to be true...

I now can see that life has more than one path, and there is no right road, just different roads, that show you a different way, there might have been shortcuts you could have taken, but sometimes its better to follow a longer route, if you are not in a hurry. You might lose the road you were trying to follow, when you followed your curiosity and went off to make your own road, but you may still make a path that someone else may find ... if not at least you something not everyone sees.

I sometimes wander in those paths I choose to make, finding new paths, or maybe some long forgotten ones ... but I know that what matters is that I enjoy the road I take, and learn to handle the rough patches, make the most of life, that I do not stand still, because then I see nothing new, and my life sees not what it could see. I would always like to keep moving along, so that I find new road, and see more and more in my one time ticket to this life ...

TV SERIAL - EXTREME ADDICTION!!!

This is something that when I put into words might not be giving you even half the effect of what I had witnessed ... but well its still worth mentioning in a post - so I think you would enjoy it ...

There is this friend of mine, that is half out of her mind ... who watches all the serials from when she reaches back from office till about 11pm ... that would be roughly 3 to 4 hours, that is about 6 to 8 serials... I find these pretty boring and rarely watch ... and often feel watching once in a month could give you the entire story ... anyway people differ in interests ... so as 80% of my PG mates are addicted to serials I do other things which interest me more like reading, meeting friends and so on ...

One such day ... I was sitting reading a book peacefully, when my friend found a particular serial episode hard to digest and decided enough was enough ... she came into the room, and let me also tell you that she hates it when I am lost in my books ... So my dear wild and crazy roommate decided to make as much nuisance of herself as possible in order to disrupt my reading ... my guess is that she was bored without the serial and well unless she is occupied with something, she tends to go on her "totally crazy" mode ...

This was how what I would call "the height of serial addiction" took place ... she began by enacting the key parts of each serial she saw that day, with dialogues (so loud - i think the whole pg heard) and high animation, striding to and fro in the room (and all the while munching an apple when time permits :D ... ). This sure did bring me out of my lost world (book) and well I guess I was laughing too much in less than a few seconds. To her extreme bad luck and my good luck, I had my camera handy, and managed to videotape most of her antics ... This included a lot of giggling, apple munching, each serial enaction separated by her saying - "thadak thadak thadak - change", followed immediately by the next serial (its really cool when there are no advertisements - he he). In the end she even showed how she ran and switched off the TV (due to the really unbearable episode) and ran back to the room as a result ... and the whole thing she snded with a "the end" and then munching on her apple wiith full concentration - which was what made the climax ultimate on video...

Well it goes without saying, I called the rest of my hostel mates to review my new show ... and no one could stop laughing ... and I have to say the theatrics was absolutely fabulous, the apple adding the punch ... it was really a nonstop rundown of all serials that day, in 2 minutes flat ... wow ... he he he ... But since I gave my word of honour to keep that video to myself, I guess I cant share that priceless masterpiece ... sad ...

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 :) ...)!