Photography- my new passion!!!

Its been a while since I've been caught up in the web of work and stress, I've been through a roller coaster ride emotionally on what i actually want out of life. Been thinking very hard about it.

Professionally, things might seam very rosy to people outside my circle. But the truth is i think i really cant figure it out.. i like what i do, but I'm not sure if this is what i want to do for the rest of my life. There is this new passion I've about photography, [not that i know anything about it, but the idea behind it is exciting, something that would make me smile when i wake up, not crib about Monday morning blues]. I realized that photography is not about clicking the perfect picture, its the idea/ a particular thought or a concept that the photographer has in mind when he captures the moment. Its amazing how this new found passion of mine interests me. I dont seam to be worried about getting the picture right, or for that matter being evaluated every half yr and the bonus depends on the performance at the work front, none of these.

It amazes me how i can still learn more and more on photography and never crib saying I'm tired.

I never really thought I'd have a passion that would take my breathe away. But I'm glad to have found my new passion. I am still an amateur at photography but I'd still take a chance at it.

Last but not the least, my best friend from school has inspired me to take this photography as a passion. The pics captured have always been perfect and i have a lot to learn from all of them. :)

[Note: This pic was taken at an outing from workplace and courtesy to a friend of mine who inspired me to take this shot. Thank u buddy]

Changed times/ Places/ Experience!!!!

Now this is been a real long time that i've decided to post a blog again.. my last blog was in June this year and now its Oct end!!!.. it feels as though the time just flew past me and i never realised it..

From the time i published my last post here, there has been a lot of changes in my life. I changed my workplace, moved into a new firm hoping things would be a lot different and a great learning experience. Joined the new work place in july.

As i hoped, the new experience is definitely a learning experience but maybe not the learning that i really wanted, but definitely a learning experience. New office culture, new style, new ple and the Corporate World all in a close up!!!..

I really want to take them all in a positive stride and learn each day from the experience. But i guess i would have to learn and grow a lot more and be a stronger person to deal with Corporate Life and learn each day.

I guess i need to start blogging each day with learning experience. But i do fee that i have reached a point where i feel that i've burnt out.. maybe because a nice long vacation is long due for me and i'm getting stressed out. All said and done, i would like to take a break

This is what my take is on the racism that is now prevailing

My Best Friend’s wedding!!

Ya that’s true, my best friend is getting married. It is a huge deal for me, we spent 3 whole years of college life, fighting, making up and having a good time. And its true that great friends n great friendship is not found/ formed over night. It takes years of trial and bumps to know about the value of true friendship.

To talk about our friendship, “S” is complete opposite of me, a very silent, timid girl, but extremely creative and a great sense of commitment and also a perfectionist. I must also add that she is a great cook and makes yummy chocolate cakes that just melt in your mouth. I admire all those things about her. There have been times when we have had differences, a lot of times in fact, but I’m glad we have come through and that we are still good friends.

“S” and I used to have long conversation when we were in college on how the world would be different after we graduate, that we would never have this security of the four walls of the class room. Everything would change after we graduate, our life would be transformed, slowly but soon. This was and is the fact of life, “change” would be the only thing that remains constant.

After graduation we started working, both in different companies, we still made time in between the busy work schedules, to just call and tell each other about the work, bitch about the bosses and also the how it was difficult to get the juniors to work and so on.

During all these times, we never actually spoke or even thought about ‘Marriage’. We were still of the opinion that that would happen later, a lot later. But like every girl of the ‘marriageable age’, there would be continues visits of the prospective grooms in front of whom the eligible girl would have to parade. All this formalities would be done. But I didn’t expect things to happen so fast that one day, she would come n tell me that she’s getting married. I was taken by suprise, didn’t actually know what I felt- I was excited about her new life, a different phase of life- married life a whole new experience. And I was also confused about what would be next- if we could still be friends, the same way that we are now? Would it still be possible for her to come to the flee market, shop till we were tired, eat the pani poori, or chats carefree??.. I kinda started missing her already, as a great friend that she has always been.

And now there has come a stage that she will be married very soon. “S” would have a new set of commitments and challenges and excitement. But I am extremely excited and very happy for her new life. I wish her all the very best for a brand new beginning and a great life ahead. I know things wouldn’t be the same with us now, but that’s life, we need to move on. And on our friendship, I would still be only a phone call away for her any day-always. And I just want to thank “S” for being a great friend to me.

Happy married life girl!!!.. Rock on!!!

Battle of the Sexes- in the corporate world

Let me start of by talking about the battle that would generally exist between the same sexes, [more profound in the female gender]. There is the famous cat fight, which is nothing but the outcome of an argument getting sour. But why on earth do women fight among themselves? I dono, n I’m not the person who should be dealing with the sensitive question, let them fight and settle it among themselves, I really don’t care.

All I care is about the office politics that get sour. Like for example, lets say there’s a person by name “JL” who is a guy working in the same dept as “K”. Now the scene is like this- “JL” had been working in a different office till 3 months back. And “K” was working under a senior head whose work was extremely organized and there seamed a reason for “K’ to grow as a professional under the senior manager. Few months into joining the firm, “K” had gained the goodwill of the senior manager and the dept with hard work and quality deliverables.

Later the senior manager leaves the company for another better opportunity; “K” is single handedly supposed to lead the dept. There is no one to assist her in her work, and initially she is apprehensive about the huge responsibility. In any case, the management decides to bring in “JL” in place of the senior manger so that “K” doesn’t feel the pressure.

Initially there were only friendly exchanges of information that “K” and “JL” had. Now that “JL” will have to take responsibility of the office and the dept in which “K” has already been, “JL” gets a all new high and bosses around “K” to get the work done. Now “K” being the nice person not interested in offending anybody takes in all the bossiness and the crap the “JL” keeps throwing.

Soon the stage comes where even though the work is actually executed at the end of “K”, “JL” starts taking the credit of the work very subtly and also makes sure that -when there might a possible screw up “K” is actively involved (even though “K” had no prior information about any screw ups) and if possible even push the blame on “K” so as to save his ass.

Now “K” though has slowly started to realize the game plan of “JL”, she gets highly frustrated and decides to change the job. But now the question arises- why is “K” leaving the job, when the dept in which she works had recognized her work and also that other associates with whom she regularly deals have no problem with the work she does. “K” plans to change the job, coz she doesn’t know what to do abt “JL” and how she can handle that moron.

Now the only reason that seams obvious to “K” about the dealings and the politics played by “JL” is that “JL” doesn’t want “K” to be actively involved in the work and that her work will not be recognized by the senior management.

All I ask the readers is that- do you have any ways in which “K” can actually try to get “JL” to stop playing the office politics on her and to let her get going with the work?? And any other experience that can be shared which would help poor “K” to deal with the office politics.

My Graduation Days!!!..

My graduation days have to be best days of my life. I did my graduation in commerce from a well known college in bangalore. It was for three years and was fun in its own way. The only difference in my graduation days was that my classes started in the wee hours of morning (arn 6 30???)..

My day usually began by cursing every person i found on the road and in college coz i had to come riding in my 2 wheeler to the college in the morning. The college campus is huge, it takes atleast 5 mins to walk from the parking lot to the class. But as usual, it takes us more than tat, it took me longer to get to the class. My friends and i had our routine, curse our misfortune by comin so early to college... and then the torture that would await us for the next couple of hours, the classes which were taken by "STRICT PROFESSIONALS".

We always had our share of fun, not like the usual college goers in the same college, but in the wee hours before the college rush, before the traffic on the road, may even before the cock-a-doodle doo.. kidding. Our professors would also have to come to college to tame the wild animals that we were, taming so we would be "STRICT PROFESSIONALS" like them one day. Guess that was alao the reason why our batch was also named in the similar lines.

I still remember the days especially the 1st class every morning [the classes started at 6.30 sharp every morning, summer, winter, spring, rain all the seasons], irrespective of what the subject would be, we would have half the class strength- [half coz the rest of them would have over slept- slept more than 6.00 a.m].. to top this, i would always have the delight in watching the class doze off, if you ever had the chance to be the back benchers, then you could hear snorring, loud ones, more or less- collective snooring. and then when the class is over, i would invaraibly see the remaining half[who were in class] bang their head on the desk, coz it is torturing to keep the eyes open after a boring subject.

I would also like to tell you that we never had the bell after each class- the watchman never came at that time to college to ring the bell after the end of the class. We would have the class rep do that work, raise his hand the moment the 1hr- is over. It can be a painful job u know, there is a lot of presure and responsibility involved in that job, u've the presure of raising the hand much before the 1hr limit from the whole class of 70+ and then on the other hand u have the responsibility of the class rep towards the only "STRICT PROFESSIONAL" standing in front of the whole class. and to most toughest of all- be awake the whole time during the lecture so u don fall asleep after that 1 hr [actually even if that ever happend- class rep falling asleep, the rest of the clas would be shoving him constantly till he raises his hand to indicate that the 1hr time is up].

And i must also mention the few special ple in the class who would invariable have the doubts cropping at the last 5 mins of the class- and as usual "STRICT PROFESSIONAL"would take his time to explain all the principals in the book for some lame doubt that never actually made any sense to the rest of the class- highly annoying i must tell.

We had are 'breakfast break' instead of the 'lunch break', but the again u can't expect ple in the cafeteria to come soo early for us- to make breakfast for us. We used to make do with the aloo bun, samosa, donuts and small cup of coffee/tea. all this is what we had time for, apart from the constant bitching about the cold, and the fact that we were stupid enough to opt to this life of coming early.

Somehow now thinking about all the times i was in college, I kinda miss them all now. now i have grown out of the class room and into the world- to put it in right words- my world is the class room now. [guess i'd write on how much i've learnt post my graduation sometime later]

Commonsense and the lack of it.....

This is a sad story of how some people live with the deficiency of the most vital element- "COMMONSENSE". I just happened to meet someone with this deficiency- to be precise the COMPLETE LACK of Commonsense... Its absolutely sad, how their life goes on..

(Disclaimer: this article is purely based on my personal opinion about people suffering from this ailment- there is no offence intended to ple with similar disorders-lack of commonsense i mean)

I met this poor creature suffering from the most severe case of the 'Lack of Commonsense Syndrome'. Poor thing wouldn’t even realize that First name, Last name and the middle name of the person are totally different things. Its sad that such people suffer so much that they fail to pick out the appropriate parts (first, Last or middle name) in the given name and fill the given applications.

To top it all such people are unaware of the severity of this syndrome, and any attempts to improve their present situation only makes it worse.

[Phew tat was the most sarcastic way to put across the only thing that drives me crazy. its just against my normal sense to see people who don't have commonsense. Nywy my heart goes out to all those suffering from this syndrome.

I have been a victim to this disease a couple of times, but thankfully its not the most severe case. But i would also like to mention that every1 has the 'Lack of commonsense" attacks once in a while. But the real difference lies in its severity and the duration of this UNTREATABLE disease- "Lack of Commonsense"