I am going to Bareily…Official visit again. I am feeling so tired and restless. Throat infection has led to cold and mild fever and I can’t backout at the last moment.
I will be back on Sunday evening. Thankfully next weekend in a long one.
Thanks to Baapu ji…I love him for this :)...and only this
September 22, 2006
September 21, 2006
Chandigarh Trip: A success?
My Chandigarh trip was good. We started @3.00 p.m from office. We hired Innova, gud vehicle. GT Karnal road is a good road for 5-6 hrs journey. We picked two from delhi and then reached Murthal Dhabas. My manager could no accompany as she wasn’t keeping well, so last minute the whole plan changed and my colleague came into picture. From Murthal Dhabas we picked some snacks and choorans and then moved to panipat and finally reached Karnal. Technical managers parents were staying their so, we halted and met them. Sat there for few minutes and then decided to have snacks at haveli. Haveli is a nice chain coming up in NCR region. Its basically a food joint, given a design of our village/ ancient times. Its huge structure appears like a haveli and it has a good architecture. I guess a good place to see if u plan to travel to CHD.U will see the big verandah and some khats/Manji’s. There are stalls for panipooris, pavbhaji, jalebis. Artifical envoirnment created by the person is appreciable. We picked most of the food items (snacks) and had it there. There are two restaurants as well apart from stalls, with reasonable rates. And food is hygenic. A Must C.
We started again, and the driver took an isolated route. This route was made when there was terrorism in Punjab. So Haryana govt. made this as a bypass to connect to Chandigarh. This road had no street lights, no dividers and the trucks were rash. We were sharing all sort of stories with each other. We entered chandigarh from panchkula and reached Hotel Mount view at 10.30 p.m. Rooms were booked so had no problem in settling down. Had no enegy to take dinner in their dining room and moreover it was about to close, so ordered food at 11.30 from round the clock menu. Same boring sandwitches and cutlets.
TV in the room was an ancient one. I mean the button to switch channel/tune volume was on the top and had no different color…10 mins we spent fining the buttons to it. We had remote..but none of the buttons in it were working. Supposedly 5 star hotel..but TV said it all. i guess i tried to press all those buttons embedded some 10 times but none responded back. Finally i stood and surfed the channel mannually. A
Me and my colleague shared the room and others were in the adjacent rooms. We cuddled ourselves in bed and slept @12.30 midnite. Morning got up at 7.30 and started preparing for the event. Reached there @9.30 when it was supposed to start. By the time it got over it was 8.00 in the nite. We were supposed to travel back but I was damn tired. My legs were shaking. I guess the heels which I wore wasn’t a gud fit for an event like it. We were in dilemma whether to start or to stay back. I was in no mood to travel back asif the body had dissipated all my energy. So we all decided to stay back. Then we decided to explore the city. In that condition also I was ready to explore. Someone pls shoot me to end this habbit of exploring places. We went to sector 17 market, which is a famous hangout for youngster. But that’s a different story that u will see old ladies and couples in 40’s resting on stairs in front of the fountain as if they have come to some park.
We came back and sat in the bar/lounge of Mount View. Some Danik Bhaskar, (newspaper) corporate party was organized in the lawn and they played all lousy hindi numbers which itched us. Believe me people were dancing on those as if all the nuts of their body parts have fallen and they were shaking as if tremors hit the place.
We sat in a loungebar and had our discussions on various topics. I felt really tired & excused myself…me and Abha came back in the room. We slept and next day we started back @ 12.00 in the noon. Just halted at haveli for lunch. I just had 4 spoons of curd rice. Wasn’t feeling well and reached back home @6.30 p.m. I was so tired that came back and slept as if I was deprived of sleep for ages.
BTW: on my way back I saw sukhna lake from outside…beautiful lake but heard there are lots of snakes..water snakes…& I m scared of snakes..they come in my dreams and make it a nightmare.
Hissssssssssssssssss
We started again, and the driver took an isolated route. This route was made when there was terrorism in Punjab. So Haryana govt. made this as a bypass to connect to Chandigarh. This road had no street lights, no dividers and the trucks were rash. We were sharing all sort of stories with each other. We entered chandigarh from panchkula and reached Hotel Mount view at 10.30 p.m. Rooms were booked so had no problem in settling down. Had no enegy to take dinner in their dining room and moreover it was about to close, so ordered food at 11.30 from round the clock menu. Same boring sandwitches and cutlets.
TV in the room was an ancient one. I mean the button to switch channel/tune volume was on the top and had no different color…10 mins we spent fining the buttons to it. We had remote..but none of the buttons in it were working. Supposedly 5 star hotel..but TV said it all. i guess i tried to press all those buttons embedded some 10 times but none responded back. Finally i stood and surfed the channel mannually. A
Me and my colleague shared the room and others were in the adjacent rooms. We cuddled ourselves in bed and slept @12.30 midnite. Morning got up at 7.30 and started preparing for the event. Reached there @9.30 when it was supposed to start. By the time it got over it was 8.00 in the nite. We were supposed to travel back but I was damn tired. My legs were shaking. I guess the heels which I wore wasn’t a gud fit for an event like it. We were in dilemma whether to start or to stay back. I was in no mood to travel back asif the body had dissipated all my energy. So we all decided to stay back. Then we decided to explore the city. In that condition also I was ready to explore. Someone pls shoot me to end this habbit of exploring places. We went to sector 17 market, which is a famous hangout for youngster. But that’s a different story that u will see old ladies and couples in 40’s resting on stairs in front of the fountain as if they have come to some park.
We came back and sat in the bar/lounge of Mount View. Some Danik Bhaskar, (newspaper) corporate party was organized in the lawn and they played all lousy hindi numbers which itched us. Believe me people were dancing on those as if all the nuts of their body parts have fallen and they were shaking as if tremors hit the place.
We sat in a loungebar and had our discussions on various topics. I felt really tired & excused myself…me and Abha came back in the room. We slept and next day we started back @ 12.00 in the noon. Just halted at haveli for lunch. I just had 4 spoons of curd rice. Wasn’t feeling well and reached back home @6.30 p.m. I was so tired that came back and slept as if I was deprived of sleep for ages.
BTW: on my way back I saw sukhna lake from outside…beautiful lake but heard there are lots of snakes..water snakes…& I m scared of snakes..they come in my dreams and make it a nightmare.
Hissssssssssssssssss
September 12, 2006
Going to Chandigarh on 15th sept 2006
Life has become hectic all of a sudden. No time to even have lunch properly…Monday I had burger just to avoid wasting my time in pantry...so told my colleague to get me a burger when she was gng to Mac D.
This weeked gng to chandigarh on an official visit. All business and no fun. I am the only one working for this requirement so I will be the only one who will get screwed if things go wrong..need to give 200% of myself…Today also I almost missed my lunch when my colleague dragged me to pantry and fed me…before I cud complete my lunch my manager called me on my cell “ where r u…we r waiting for ur report…meeting rite now….”
And again I had to leave and run for the meeting as I was already 15 mins late for it. Royally my manager and superboss took my class looking at my status of the event…and manager was still considerate in saying incase we are not able to do…we will push it for next weekend…and rite there..the same moment..my cute superboss said..”no no..u will have to do it this weekend itself & there is no option for u…”
So me stressing myself out….My superboss was wondering whom to send along with me..coz I m a gal..and I will need one lady atleast with other male colleagues….and then my manager nominated herself. I am happy indeed. I really appreciate the way she is dedicated to her work and I try to learn things from her. So it gng to be a good exposure coz I m sure she will share her experiences and guide me in this event…and I m sure before leaving I will make her feel proud on my report.
And i need to find out the good places to see after 6 in chnadigarh as i m sure i will be stuck with work whole day so only evening i would be able to go out with colleagues...i m happy..another place for me to visit..i have heard its one of the planned city in country and quite neat and clean.
P.S: i just realised that my comp is seriously affected by virus..and i need to get it formatted..and i wud not be able to do so for next week...so hopefully if things go fine i will post again...
This weeked gng to chandigarh on an official visit. All business and no fun. I am the only one working for this requirement so I will be the only one who will get screwed if things go wrong..need to give 200% of myself…Today also I almost missed my lunch when my colleague dragged me to pantry and fed me…before I cud complete my lunch my manager called me on my cell “ where r u…we r waiting for ur report…meeting rite now….”
And again I had to leave and run for the meeting as I was already 15 mins late for it. Royally my manager and superboss took my class looking at my status of the event…and manager was still considerate in saying incase we are not able to do…we will push it for next weekend…and rite there..the same moment..my cute superboss said..”no no..u will have to do it this weekend itself & there is no option for u…”
So me stressing myself out….My superboss was wondering whom to send along with me..coz I m a gal..and I will need one lady atleast with other male colleagues….and then my manager nominated herself. I am happy indeed. I really appreciate the way she is dedicated to her work and I try to learn things from her. So it gng to be a good exposure coz I m sure she will share her experiences and guide me in this event…and I m sure before leaving I will make her feel proud on my report.
And i need to find out the good places to see after 6 in chnadigarh as i m sure i will be stuck with work whole day so only evening i would be able to go out with colleagues...i m happy..another place for me to visit..i have heard its one of the planned city in country and quite neat and clean.
P.S: i just realised that my comp is seriously affected by virus..and i need to get it formatted..and i wud not be able to do so for next week...so hopefully if things go fine i will post again...
September 10, 2006
September 06, 2006
Life’s unexpected detours
People come and go and they leave a print in your life. I guess i am taking this to a senti mode again but i m so low that i really cant help it. I tried hard to keep myself normal but sometimes u really cant help situations. Last post i decided to be in my bubbly mode but i failed against destiny's war.
Yesterday nite when i was winding up my work at home and was abt to switch off my system i got an sms from my classmate which read "Pranay met with an accident and he is serious." For a moment i thought some prank but when i scrolled further there was no message hidden...i was confused with it...i called my friend back and asked him and got to know that Pranay met with an accident and has got some brain injuries and is in ICU struggling for his life. Admitted in a hospital in Noida itself.
I kept the phone and started thinking abt pranay and Radhika..Radhika was also our classmate and they were in love for past 9 yrs and last month they got engaged and their marriage is fixed in Dec. I met them last month at their place. It wassome discussion which radhika wanted to have. I reached and rang the bell. Radhika opened the door. Then couple of other friends came and we finished the discussion. After others left i stood up to leave ..and radhika insisted me to stay. Then i enquired abt pranay. He was sleeping inside the room in the afternoon as he didnt want to be a part of that discussion. I silently went to that room and woke him up...ordered him to chat with me...Radhika made cold coffee for us and we had good reunion there. fPranay's sense of humor is always the best.
Things flashed and i could not stop myself. It was midnight and i could not leave home also. I decided to see him next next morning. i had a disturbed sleep with the thought of him being serious. Morning i got up without moms yelling. Mom was surprised to see me up myself. She asked the reason and i told her abt pranay's accident. First thing which was in my mind was pranay's condition. I quickly dressed myself for office and then reached hospital. met Radhika. She was no better. She was quite low and her family too was kind of shattered. Upon enquiring came to know that he has got some brain injuries and his brain has not responded in 26 hrs. Doctors have told very clearly that the chances of survival are less than 5%. These things were told to their family members by doc itself. I wonder how can doctors be so rude. After an hr i left for office. With a heavy heart i worked and my friends from all over the countries made calls to enquire abt his health as i was updating them on yahoo group. Last year we had lost one friend chiru in a similar kind of bike accident and brain injuries...2 days back we lost one of our senior.
Everyone was so much concerned and worried abt pranay and radhika. Evening after office i rushed back to hospital. Things are still not fine. His brain has still not responded. There is swelling in his brain and his family members have consulted all major hospitals with his reports and everyone has said the same thing. "keep him under observation for a week and lets see" and yes they did add...."prayers work in such situations."
Till 8.00 p.m today there was no sign of improvements. We all are visiting them turn by turn..Ashish gomber was there till 6.30. then i joined him and he left. At around 8 i checked with other friends and they told they are on their ways and then i left them.
I am so much tensed with his situation and praying to god to give pranay enough strength to come back to normal. I just can think of any other circumstance happening in their lives.
Pranay's mom is the strongest mom i have ever seen. She didnot shed a single tear while we all had wet eyes. She has lost her husband 3 yrs back when pranay was studying with us. She still managed to smile and was consoling others. She has promised us to throw a grand party once pranay is normal.
Dear Lord..please accept my prayer and bring pranay back to his normal state. I want to attend their wedding in Dec and want them to be happy forever.
God bless him...
P.S- To all my friends and ppl who come here, pls be careful while riding bikes and dont forget to wear helmets. if not for yourself then atleast for ppl you care.
Yesterday nite when i was winding up my work at home and was abt to switch off my system i got an sms from my classmate which read "Pranay met with an accident and he is serious." For a moment i thought some prank but when i scrolled further there was no message hidden...i was confused with it...i called my friend back and asked him and got to know that Pranay met with an accident and has got some brain injuries and is in ICU struggling for his life. Admitted in a hospital in Noida itself.
I kept the phone and started thinking abt pranay and Radhika..Radhika was also our classmate and they were in love for past 9 yrs and last month they got engaged and their marriage is fixed in Dec. I met them last month at their place. It wassome discussion which radhika wanted to have. I reached and rang the bell. Radhika opened the door. Then couple of other friends came and we finished the discussion. After others left i stood up to leave ..and radhika insisted me to stay. Then i enquired abt pranay. He was sleeping inside the room in the afternoon as he didnt want to be a part of that discussion. I silently went to that room and woke him up...ordered him to chat with me...Radhika made cold coffee for us and we had good reunion there. fPranay's sense of humor is always the best.
Things flashed and i could not stop myself. It was midnight and i could not leave home also. I decided to see him next next morning. i had a disturbed sleep with the thought of him being serious. Morning i got up without moms yelling. Mom was surprised to see me up myself. She asked the reason and i told her abt pranay's accident. First thing which was in my mind was pranay's condition. I quickly dressed myself for office and then reached hospital. met Radhika. She was no better. She was quite low and her family too was kind of shattered. Upon enquiring came to know that he has got some brain injuries and his brain has not responded in 26 hrs. Doctors have told very clearly that the chances of survival are less than 5%. These things were told to their family members by doc itself. I wonder how can doctors be so rude. After an hr i left for office. With a heavy heart i worked and my friends from all over the countries made calls to enquire abt his health as i was updating them on yahoo group. Last year we had lost one friend chiru in a similar kind of bike accident and brain injuries...2 days back we lost one of our senior.
Everyone was so much concerned and worried abt pranay and radhika. Evening after office i rushed back to hospital. Things are still not fine. His brain has still not responded. There is swelling in his brain and his family members have consulted all major hospitals with his reports and everyone has said the same thing. "keep him under observation for a week and lets see" and yes they did add...."prayers work in such situations."
Till 8.00 p.m today there was no sign of improvements. We all are visiting them turn by turn..Ashish gomber was there till 6.30. then i joined him and he left. At around 8 i checked with other friends and they told they are on their ways and then i left them.
I am so much tensed with his situation and praying to god to give pranay enough strength to come back to normal. I just can think of any other circumstance happening in their lives.
Pranay's mom is the strongest mom i have ever seen. She didnot shed a single tear while we all had wet eyes. She has lost her husband 3 yrs back when pranay was studying with us. She still managed to smile and was consoling others. She has promised us to throw a grand party once pranay is normal.
Dear Lord..please accept my prayer and bring pranay back to his normal state. I want to attend their wedding in Dec and want them to be happy forever.
God bless him...
P.S- To all my friends and ppl who come here, pls be careful while riding bikes and dont forget to wear helmets. if not for yourself then atleast for ppl you care.
September 05, 2006
Enough of Senti stuff ...i need a change
There were so many senti posts and me planning to improve myself now. Enough of Karan-sharukkhan’s melodrama style. Yesterday I met my Ex-Boss and a gud friend Bharat. It was like a meeting after ages. He was the first boss of my career and a good friend and a good motivator always. Has helped me a lot in my learning. I am always thankful to him for all he has done for me. Yesterday we both sat for sometime and discussed a lot about work and life. I am very happy that he has finally found his beloved and currently she is in Taiwan for some official visit. I got a chance to speak to her also when she called him up. She is no doubt a wonderful person.
Then we went back to his place and I met his mom dad and sister. It was nice meeting them all. I really enjoyed those 2-3 hrs of my day.
Another ex-colleague from same company, Smitha…I call her smikky is also engaged and getting married in early Jan coming year. I am so so happy that finally she also found her beloved. I really miss my first company, its people, its work culture and just everything about it. I am lucky…that I got a chance to work with wonderful people and got lovely friends in my life who are always there for me, with me.
Whenever I close my eyes and think of my first employer, I get a very devotional kind of feeling inside me. I see it as a temple.
Well there were many reasons that I am missing Classic Search so much because I met my ex boss…because smitha called and because I have already complete 2 yrs of blogging and this interest which became a habbit started when I was working there.
Hope to be a blogger forever…
Then we went back to his place and I met his mom dad and sister. It was nice meeting them all. I really enjoyed those 2-3 hrs of my day.
Another ex-colleague from same company, Smitha…I call her smikky is also engaged and getting married in early Jan coming year. I am so so happy that finally she also found her beloved. I really miss my first company, its people, its work culture and just everything about it. I am lucky…that I got a chance to work with wonderful people and got lovely friends in my life who are always there for me, with me.
Whenever I close my eyes and think of my first employer, I get a very devotional kind of feeling inside me. I see it as a temple.
Well there were many reasons that I am missing Classic Search so much because I met my ex boss…because smitha called and because I have already complete 2 yrs of blogging and this interest which became a habbit started when I was working there.
Hope to be a blogger forever…
September 01, 2006
We will meet again... Will we?
I never wanted this moment to come in my life. Every passing day makes me sick with the thought of loneliness that I will be facing in coming months. Distances matter in any relationship. Most of my good friends have left the country for further studies/ career.
And some are yet to leave. Things change so frequently that sometime you don’t get to understand the situation. U don’t get a chance to react on them.
Monday, Sachin (one of my bestfriend) was in town. He had informed me about his plans before arriving. We planned to meet on Tuesday. I left early from office to meet him at CP. He had some work in karolbagh so we drove down ..and he picked his stuff which he had given for stitching. We came back to Narula’s in CP and sat there for snacks. I met him almost after an year. We discussed about each others life..work and other friends. He treated me coz his visa got stamped. Yeah he is also flying to US. I was happy for him but at the same time sad for myself that another person leaving me and this country.
Then we went to the parking and stood there for sometime discussing on some topic. Silence was a bonding. I looked at him and tried to smile. Past few days of my life had been really tough and I see another tough moment of life. As he walks away from me..i feel the loss inside me…I feel the pain of standing alone and watching a person go again. I started my vehicle and came back home.
I don’t know how many goodbyes are stored for me. I had no words to stop him as he is going for good. And I always want him to achieve the most in life. He is not a net savy and not regular in mails either. All we were in touch were through phone calls. And practically speaking the frequency from US will go down.
I try to convince myself by saying “we will meet again and this friendship will go on”
Next Morning, I woke up and tried to forget the pain and started my day as an ordinary day. I reached office and started working. My mobile rings:
Me: hello
X: hey, whats up
Me: nothing much, u tell me whats up..hows life and how how come u have called me in the day time?
X: just like that
Me: ok cool..so whatelse happening? Whats new?
X: M going to Belgium on 9th Sept….long term onsite….
(Do I need to say anything else?)
And some are yet to leave. Things change so frequently that sometime you don’t get to understand the situation. U don’t get a chance to react on them.
Monday, Sachin (one of my bestfriend) was in town. He had informed me about his plans before arriving. We planned to meet on Tuesday. I left early from office to meet him at CP. He had some work in karolbagh so we drove down ..and he picked his stuff which he had given for stitching. We came back to Narula’s in CP and sat there for snacks. I met him almost after an year. We discussed about each others life..work and other friends. He treated me coz his visa got stamped. Yeah he is also flying to US. I was happy for him but at the same time sad for myself that another person leaving me and this country.
Then we went to the parking and stood there for sometime discussing on some topic. Silence was a bonding. I looked at him and tried to smile. Past few days of my life had been really tough and I see another tough moment of life. As he walks away from me..i feel the loss inside me…I feel the pain of standing alone and watching a person go again. I started my vehicle and came back home.
I don’t know how many goodbyes are stored for me. I had no words to stop him as he is going for good. And I always want him to achieve the most in life. He is not a net savy and not regular in mails either. All we were in touch were through phone calls. And practically speaking the frequency from US will go down.
I try to convince myself by saying “we will meet again and this friendship will go on”
Next Morning, I woke up and tried to forget the pain and started my day as an ordinary day. I reached office and started working. My mobile rings:
Me: hello
X: hey, whats up
Me: nothing much, u tell me whats up..hows life and how how come u have called me in the day time?
X: just like that
Me: ok cool..so whatelse happening? Whats new?
X: M going to Belgium on 9th Sept….long term onsite….
(Do I need to say anything else?)
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