Zindagi Live !!

The Joy

2011-12-09T17:15:00.001+05:30

How old are you?
If you are above 20..and below 60 then I am talking to you.
Lets start with few simple questions.when was the last time you behaved like a 10 year old kid? when was the last time you tried to learn something by actually trying it ? when was the last time you laughed like no one is noticing and without bothering what people around you will think? when was the last time you opened a Calvin Hobbes or a Garfield or Chacha Chaudhary comic to pass your time and lived moments without bothering about past-present-future?

Simple questions but not so simple answers right?

If you haven't done it in recent past all i can say is DO.IT.NOW. its sheer joy to be child again. :)

About Choices

2011-11-09T00:17:00.000+05:30

At some point of life,you would be asked to make a choice and there will be two windows to choose from.one will offer you more money than the other window.the
other window will not give you more money option but will have a relatively better
life.Don't know about your choice.I am always tempted to choose the former one but end up choosing the latter. pointless to say, life has been good.

Talking about some more choices in life..
if at some point of life, you are asked to make a choice, between your job and your family, Always choose your family. they are the ones for whom you do job. jobs come and go, family always stays.

Also, at every moment of life, you have two options. to crib with what you have or be happy with what you have. stay happy because if you see people around you,many of them won't be at the stage where you have reached. so be happy about it. also,you are part of competitive world, so stay in the competition and march ahead.you will cover more distance in less time this way.

On choice between your friends and your girl friend..choose your girl friend.because friends will be your friends no matter what..so you don't have to worry about them and if your girl friend asks you to choose out of two. choose your friends because they will be the ones who will tell you that its time to make a new girl friend ;)

you have read this post.now to make a choice.to close window after leaving a comment or without leaving a comment.choice is yours. ;)

One Life. Live It.

2011-11-08T23:00:00.012+05:30

why this thought came? In last 45 days,four souls in my friends families left this earth for their heavenly abode.words fail to come out while writing this.but then this thought in mind raises lot of questions.why would god take someone away who has a complete life ahead or someone who is there as pillar of family.someone who has just completed college education and have dreams of successful career ahead.but taking someone away at young age is harsh.cruel.its law of nature i agree. a life has to end.no questions asked if someone sees four stages of life and lives life completely and then goes away but its so unfair on part of people who are left with memories and vacuum people who go leave behind.

In last one year i did not even meet anyone who has gone. but i knew they were there.doing well or on bed, they were still there. such tragic news coming one by one and so many in such short time, for me it has been tough time. very tough.i don't know what to say at such times. I don't have anything to say.tears refuse to come out.they ask me to be strong instead.i try.

jio jio tera hukam tive teo hovna.

Six Places - 10 Day You Challenge

2011-10-18T17:21:00.000+05:30

Six places I love. lets start right away.

1. New York - recently i saw the movie 'New York I Love You' and fell in love with NYC. since then the city is on my list.the culture and the experiences my friends living/been there share make me visit the place and enjoy the buzz in the air.new york, see you soon.

New York I Love You - Shot by Pooja Ganeriwala

2. Amritsar - Born and brought up in Amritsar,the city attracts me like magnet and i would not mind staying in the city for lifetime.The city has my people, golden temple and food and combination of these three is impossible to be found anywhere.

3. Goa - Goa is awesome.one needs to visit the place with friends and enjoy the time there.I visited the place in april this year and had an amazing time.goa is definitely one of the places you would wish to go again and again.so plan anytime and everytime you get the opportunity.

A Collage of Memories - Goa 2011

4. Maldives - too many honeymoon albums in my facebook from maldives.lovely place it looks in those pictures.so i want to visit the place.NOT for honeymoon but.

Maldives - A Dream . Shot by Pooja Ganeriwala.

5 & 6 & 7 & 8. Europe - I want to live in Europe atleast for an year to absorb the beauty especially Athens(5),Paris(6),Rome(7),Bern(8).the fascination and attraction to Europe is credited to all the Hollywood movies shot there which take you to these places.definitely on my radar and will not miss any opportunity to visit these places.

An evening in Paris - shot by Harman Boparai

so many more places to visit..so much to explore.

Seven Wants - 10 Day You Challenge

2011-10-17T16:43:00.000+05:30

Ahem..look who is back to his own blog.staring at edit window for almost two hours and then finally deciding to break the block to complete the you challenge.time to talk about seven wants.my first expression is only seven? but then when i think about it, i am not able to pen down seven things i would WANT.

1. World Tour - It would be ~~nice~~ ~~great~~ awesome to visit all the places which are on your 'places to go' list and it would be equally awesome for Thomas cook or cox & kings to sponsor one.i promise i will blog about my trip and do shameless promotion about them. :)

2. Time travel - yes, i want an ability to time travel.many a times watching a movie, you see a place.and you wish you were there.exactly at this time i want my superpower to activate and take me there.

3. One week exile every year - I want one week long vacation/exile every year somewhere where there is no signal and there is no internet. it would be great to live stress-free life. no tension. just be with people you like/love. for one week. :)

4. Credit card free life - I want to live life without any tension of credit. nuff said.good enough money in debit card to buy anything i like so i can spend till last penny and by the time that happens, god brings back the second last day of month so salary is credited and debit card is recharged. ;)

5. Revamp Wardrobe - I want to revamp my wardrobe every six months.

6. Chitranghda Singh - but then she is married..so may be in some other life..

7. finish the challenge - you bet. i want to finish this 10 day you challenge.

then there are regulars like world peace, loads of gadgets , happy life, etc etc..

Eight Fears : Ten Day You Challenge

2011-08-20T20:48:00.000+05:30

Right So we are on ~~day 3~~ post 3 of ten day you challenge.and this is the most difficult post for me to write.I fear what?

1. Losing - who doesn't have a fear of losing ? losing your near and dear ones. people who you love.people for who you pray for

2. Water - i dunno where i heard it but its stuck in my head that i have water accident in my life at age of 35. and from that moment i fear water.i just can't get myself to learn swimming.fyi i take bath everyday.

3. Height - you can take me to 100 story building but don't ask me to look at the ground from there. that fear of height i carry with me. i have lived on 5th floor..8th floor...13th floor. but have tried best every time to not look at the ground from windows/balcony. scares me.

4. Expression - fear of expression is what I fear the most. i can't express myself. i will have emotions i will have feelings but i will not express them. there is a fear always. at times of losing someone. other times of not being sure if that is right time/right person to talk to.

5. Double-faced people - you know people who are sweet to you when they talk and talk about you behind your back.i fear to make friends with such people.they kill your belief in trust and friendship.

6. God - i fear god. a lot. and because of fear i believe in 'when when what what happen, that that then then happens' . :D this fear also lets me believe in myself after i do anything wrong. after all i am not god. :D

7. Hospitals - i don't like the hospital environment. it freaks me out. but at the same time utmost respect for doctors and people who support them in saving lives.

8. Horror/Ghosts - I don't like listening to horror stuff. although i know ghosts are non-existent but then the fear in mind is there. whenever i fear ghosts, i remember god. and that helps me fade out this fear.

My 4th fear has ensured i don't write a detailed post about my fears. next up is seven wants.

'The 6 PM Slot' - Book Review

2011-07-18T23:03:00.000+05:30

Take a popular youth channel which will show you all uncensored stuff claiming it to be youth oriented content, another popular news channel which shows everything except the news, one star journalist anchor whose aim is to make his news channel the best and himself a brand in Indian media, an ambitious girl who wants to make mark in industry.mix it well. And you get some hilarious, some surprising, some oh-my-god moments and of course, a good novel.

‘the 6 pm slot’ revolves around Tania, a supervisor producer at YTV the channel which brands itself an entertainment channel targeting the Youth age-group, gets a chance to handle a show hosted by scantily clad host to solve love problems at a slot when nobody watches TV.6 PM. Series of events take place during each episode and the book is journey of events and the consequences .The show gets an attention when Rajneesh Tiwari who runs a news channels targets the show in a well-planned plan to increase the TRPs of his news channel. What happens after that is for you to read.

Naomi being a TV journalist has used very indianised vocabulary in the book and at times, it makes a good laugh for reader. There will be few moments when you will just stop reading and laugh at the situation and few when you will stop reading but this time think about situation and go Darn! what-the-beep! why! why not!! .’the 6 pm slot’ is one of very few Indian books where an Indian author doesn’t makes an IIT or an IIM campus its location, doesn’t base the story on an IT guy and makes an interesting read even without any single chapter of sex in it. And when someone who rarely opens a book to read finishes it in two sittings, you better believe it’s a good book to read.

I am not an avid book reader and when it comes to books written by an Indian author, I definitely give them a second thought before reading them. Because there is only recipe which every author has cooked in different way and presented to you. But 'the 6 pm slot' turns out to be an exception. It’s a book you will enjoy reading. More so because you will be able to relate to some live examples that you see on television every now and then.

When I started reading the book, I did not know that Naomi Dutta works as TV journalist but while reading you can make it that writer is someone among them since the description and way the story has been narrated gives an impression that writer is one of them. The vocabulary used is interesting and very clear picture of what happens behind the scenes and what impact it has on what we see on TV .I hope Naomi writes again and on a different subject and moves out of TV industry plot.

Book Rating - 3.75/5

*this rating is just a random figure so don’t bother. Go. Read the book*.

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Nine Loves : 10 Day You Challenge

2011-07-04T20:25:00.000+05:30

9 Loves

1. Family : There is no debate on this point and everyone loves their family. same goes for me too.and they come on top of my 'love' list.

2. Golden Temple : I totally LOVE it.For those who have been to the golden temple, they would totally agree to this. and for those who haven't been, PLAN and visit this abode of god. the experience is amazing..

4. Home : Home Sweet Home. :)

5. Maggi : Maggi should be declared national food of India.most of indian population is young/unmarried and survives on what? Right. Maggi. and this 2-minute noodles actually takes more than 2 minutes to make.Maggi Zindabad thi.maggi zindabad hai. maggi zindabad rahegi.

6. Madhuri Dixit,Shireen Bhan, Steffi Graf and Chitranghda Singh : Give me one reason to not love these lovelies.i haven't found any. :)

7. Ipod : Not much of Apple fan but totally love my ipod.I had ipod shuffle 512 mb when this love affair started.now I have an ipod nano 8gb.and am more than happy with it.

8. Tea : I am tea addict.and I can drink tea anytime and everytime of the day.or night.

9. Few Friends: and there are few people in life who I don't have blood relation with but still are part of my life.I don't think they know or will ever know but for me,they are special.will always be. :)

I made this wordmaze.you will find all my 9 loves in below pic.especially the 9th love.few of my friends have their names hidden in it. :) how many could you find?

dan dana dan done... next up is eight fears. :)

Ten Secrets : 10 Day You Challenge

2011-06-27T21:23:00.001+05:30

So after reading Preeti’s and Prateek’s blog posts on 10 Day YOU challenge, I thought to give it a shot. This tag requires you to write 10 posts about 10 different things in life. One each day.

Starting with 10 secrets.

By the way , If I post them here, then they are no longer a secret. So I will modify this tag as per convenience ;) and will share 10 things that you may not know about me.

I have taken most of my decisions in life at first instinct. Whatever thought came in my mind first, became my decision. And I can’t say I am disappointed with my decisions. Life has been good and I have enjoyed.
I don't throw my boarding pass.Although I am not a frequent flyer but whenever I travel,I try to save my boarding pass.
I want to perform dance/act/stand up/voice over/MC in big crowd. By big I mean really big crowd. Stadium crowd.
I talk to people before I make an opinion about them. People behave different with every individual so if someone is good to you doesn’t implies that he is good to everybody.
I have many ‘girl’ friends but no girl-friend. Also I have many ‘guy’ friends but no boy-friend. :P
I prefer watching stuff which would make me happy. Bring on good comedy, romantic, cartoon, sitcoms over thriller /action /sci-fi any time of the day.
I am proud of being a Sikh and like to share knowledge about my religion with everyone who is interested to know about it. On similar note, I like wearing matching turbans and I have got 9 different colors. And I plan to add few more on my next trip back home. :)
I totally love Calvin and Hobbes. And I have been hunting for Calvin Hobbes T-shirt for ever now.
If you play/sing an English song, 95% chances are there that I’m hearing it for the first time. Also if I haven’t heard it, I will not pretend. My face expression will tell you. Either I will be enjoying the beat without caring what lyrics offer or will be trying to find out the lyrics and enjoy it. But I like Enrique, Rihanna and few selective singles.
One thing I have always asked myself but never got answer to. Why I don’t have long lasting friends. Most of people I was once friends with are now acquaintances and I hardly have any friends who I can call anytime and talk about anything. That’s one secret of mine that even I don’t know.

Yaay. I managed to write ten things.

p.s : If you like the tag, do it. :)

Go Goa - The Movie !!

2011-06-16T17:19:00.001+05:30

4 days.16 people.G.O.A. :)

Fun Unlimited.

Vacation : 21st April to 25th April '2011
Location : Goa.
Junta in the video : yours truly, amit, shashi, pranjal, gaurav, sagar, ankit, gurbani, rashi, priya, harshjot, vijay, shreya,ninad,najib and sangam.

Special Thanks to Amit for making this wonderful video. :D

Thank You Allen Solly

2011-06-16T16:50:00.000+05:30

One day I saw this tweet in my replies tab:

For a moment looked a spam tweet to me since the handle @allensolly wasn't much active on twitter and out of nowhere they randomly chose two people to give gift vouchers to.Then after some research this looked like a valid ID so replied back with my email address and they sent an email to share all the address details with reason to be selected for one :

"Wondering why we selected you? Isn’t being yourself a reason enough :)"

Full marks. Ten days later I get an Allen Solly voucher with condition that it can only be used in Allen Solly Exclusive showroom ONLY. I was travelling continuously with voucher in wallet but did not find any allen solly 'exclusive' showroom to use it. Luckily i visited home and they have one 'exclusive' showroom in town. I managed to make a visit just in last week of voucher validity. The showroom staff was little hesitant to redeem the voucher probably because they never had seen one but after checking with their owner, they agreed to.So out of limited stock available, I managed to select one shirt and that was it. Gave the voucher. and Happy Me returned back :)

Thank You Allen Solly for the voucher. :)

Note - I wrote this post on April 7th and then missed publishing it. :D

Winning in Style - The World Cup Story

2011-05-03T19:21:00.002+05:30

2 April 2011.India witnessed biggest ever celebration in its history.India - Cricket World Cup Champions.

Till the moment league games finished and India got a quarterfinal berth with Australia,Everyone had their money on aussies to win the fourth world cup in the row. But Motera had different history written that day when India played like a unit and made australia pack their bags to return back home.That was the confidence boost that every Indian got and the world cup dream actually started looking like a real deal.Australia OUT.Next up is Pakistan.In Mohali. Clash of the Titans.It wasn't a game.It was a war.and there was one week between quarters and semis so the pressure was built, hype was already there and stakes were really really high.Winners gets to play for World Cup.Since match was on working day and there was no chance of getting a chutti, plans were made to see it in cafeteria.Company was kind enough to install BIG Screens and Sound system for employees.All the work for the day was niptaoed before 2 and seats were grabbed before the first ball was bowled.That was the day when every employee spent maximum time in cafeteria in a single day. We cheered for India.and Indian team did not disappoint us with their performance. India beats Pakistan, enter finals for clash with Sri Lanka who comfortably reached finals beating nzealand by 9 wickets.For me that semi-final win was our world cup in itself but now there was real chance of grabbing the cup and we were just one match away.

Just two days break and a grand final, With such high pressure semi-finals, exursion and then travel from chd-mum and getting ready for the big finale,Sri lanka had clear advantage over them. India's advantage was home stadium and home crowd which supported Indian team every single moment.

02 April 2011.Saturday. chutti in office. but there was a mailer that match will be shown in cafeteria. made a plan with friends to watch match there only.Also, the hunt began to look for a more happening place.hence the hunt began. Friend managed to get seats in Soho's.In kalyani nagar.2 PM was deadline to reach since toss and pitch report happens that time. Very important to know both the things since thats what your next eight hour expert opinion is based on.
1.50 PM. Outside Soho's. Amit wore Indian team shirt but had a superstitious fear that India may lose because of him wearing it. coz thats what happened when he went to see the south africa match in nagpur.Amit, Ninad and I were the first ones to reach the place.and actually wondered if they really are showing the match here.because it was empty pub then.First shock,Screen is there but no Audio.press panic button.much drama. we missed the pitch report.And the toss too.some drama on the pitch too.It looked like we were watching a silent film and making own stories outta it. and then within seconds another toss. what the ...i mean how can you toss twice? where is the honesty? Sanga called something which no one listened. He lost. and when dhoni asked him again, he refused to tell what was it.Clearly batting first in wankhede was big advantag.Mahi being the gentleman and the expert 'toss-loser' tossed again.and history repeated itself.He lost.Result Sri Lanka batting first.Just at that moment, all the goodwill and respect for sri lankan captain went off. You are in a world cup final and you want to play this way.

Coming back to Soho,DJ arrives.plugs in the audio and silent movie turns stereo sound action film.What fantastic start in first ten overs.Brilliant bowling by Zak and safe hands of veeru hit the first nail.We(India) were in complete control of the game for first 40 overs.We cheered for each wicket and celebrated brilliant effort in field by team.and then from 170 odd in 40 hours to reaching 275 in 50 was nothing less than a shock.I had expected them to restrict lankans to 240. Even then a decent effort in batting was required to win the match.275 was way too much for second inninga in wankhede. Add to that 20 runs save from sri lanka in fielding and another 20 runs for factors like humid,breeze,slowness in pitch.

First innings break.We just kept wondering how will India make those 275.and no one wanted to think negatively.This was the moment everyone prayed for a good start and good batting performance.

Post interval all the hopes in my mind were set on sehwag and sachin. and boom second ball, one of the hopes dashed out by malinga.but soon after Sachin played some amazing drives and the classic straight drive for 4.Few balls after that poetic shot went GOD. Sachin Tendulkar. OUT. Damn. 31/2. Mother and Sister of Malinga remembered by almost every indian watching the match.First feeling there goes the world cup. but instantly, the nedt moment, was this hope that we have beaten aussies and pakistan and we still had long batting line up.yuvi, raina, gambhir, kohli and mahi still to play. on their home soil. in front of their home crowd. and they will give their best to win the match.The dream run can't end like this.support the team. For next 43 odd overs,one slogan that went on and on 'jeetega bhai jeetega India jeetega'.Gambhir and Kohli took india to 100 and we were cruising on good run rate so that confidence started building up. Kohli gone.and what a surprise entry by Mahi.everyone was expecting yuvi considering his brilliant run in tournament but mahi had different plans.I never considered dhoni a proper batsman. but his luck and his destiny has given him power of turning anything he touches to gold.that day he proved me wrong.He went on to stabalise innings with gambhir and played some amazing cricket.and just when we were 50 runs short of winning world cup, gauti got out at 97. Another shock.because of the shot he played to get out.It was bizzare.You are in world cup final,three runs short of dream century and you play a weird shot and get bowled out. Bad luck but clearly innings he and whole india will remember.always.Yuvraj came and played master strokes.Yuvi and Mahi on crease and the magic show was on our screens.Cruising towards the victory.4 runs required in 11 balls and then this shot came.

INDIA WINS THE WORLD CUP. YES !! WE ARE CRICKET WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni did for the country.led the team from the front. kept his cool and brought world cup back home.and the world cup was won not only by individual performances.Team India won it. every person played and performed. yuvraj proving everyone wrong and scoring 400+ runs and grabbing 15 wickets. Zaheer taking wickets at crucial times, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina contributing with both bat and field, Bhajji, Ashwin, Nehra and Munaf bowling well and taking out wickets at regular intervals. Gambhir playing a master stroke in the finals. Sachin and Sehwag blasting pakistan and scoring well in league games as well. Truely a Team INDIA that won. much deserved win.

Celebrations Began.We all sang our national anthem. Followed by Dancing on punjabi numbers, hugging everyone around in celebrations, and loud loud cheering.Amit and I went to Magarpatta to witness the celebrations later.Everyone was on streets.Every single person.I have never ever seen Indian public getting united and celebrating like we did that day.That was the day when I saw Happy India.That is how I want to see my india.That is the day history was written.after 28 years.and I was happy to be part of it.

and It was pure delight to See Sachin Tendulkar part of winning team.21 Years.Dedication, Passion and Perfection and Six world cup appearances later, he finally gets a world cup champion medallion.Virat Kohli put that brilliantly in an interview moments after we won the cup "Sachin Tendulkar has carried Indian cricket on his shoulders for 21 years. So it was fitting that we carried him on our shoulders after this win ".and every player shared the same feeling.

One month today to the win and I still cherish those moments of us winning the world cup and all those celebrations.

P.S - There have been some brilliantly written posts on world cup win.I enjoyed reading world cup posts (in no particular order) by @sidvee , @gkhamba, @daddy_san, @a_traveller,@shaaqt, @livetimeefe, @ujj, @tantanoo, @sunainak

Cheers India !! :)

The Unreal Reality

2011-04-30T22:15:00.000+05:30

If you have been a regular visitor to this not so regularly updated blog, You would remember 'ever donated creativity?' post, in which I shared about one of my friends using her creativity and doing an awesome job.I am going to share some more awesomeness on my blog as and when my friends share it or I notice it.Starting a series and tagging all such posts in 'young top' tag. 'Top' in english means at the highest point and 'Top' also is punjabi word for 'canyon'.So both ways 'young top' justify their talent.If you have any other tag in mind, do share. Its just second post in series, so can edit the tags and use the suggested ones.

This post is all about artwork which for me is very creative and astonishing.I am talking about making miniature paper models.Models of Rifles, Pistols, Bikes, Fighter Planes and anything that you can think of.and Atamjeet portrays brilliance in it.Atam started making all these models during his high school days and got passionate about it in graduation.Till then I knew him as table tennis champion. Brilliant player of the game turned brilliant artist making state-of-the-art paper models.I have seen few of his creations and they are brilliant. Atam has displayed his art in many exhibitions and also creates models on demand if one wishes to buy them.He wanted to become a pilot (his site says that) but then went on to do engineering in very uncommon field (his site doesn't says that) and eventually landed up in IT Industry(We work in same organization.but in different cities.;))

Talking about one of his models,have a look at this M41A Pulse Rifle which is a 10mm pulse-action air-cooled automatic assault rifle.This 1:1 Scale Paper Model is completely made out of 320 GSM thick ivory paper and is one of his favourites. An approximate effort of 2 months on this and he started building his arms and ammunition portfolio with this Rifle.Talk about more awesomeness, The ramrod can freely slide to and fro and the magazine can be removed as well.

So Go and Visit Atamjeet's Website (http://www.atamjeet.com) for all his creations which include so many helicoptors,fighter planes and space shuttles and buzz him with your wishes/queries/compliments. :)

Muskuraiye. Aap Lucknow mein hain !!

2011-03-05T00:27:00.002+05:30

The best part about life is that it is full of surprises.Surprises which make you feel good about the small decisions you take.surprises which bring the best moments in your life. My decision to take 5-day training in Lucknow turned out to be one such pleasant surprise.

6 people from 6 different projects from 3 different locations,we met for first time in Lucknow. And till the last day, all of us explored Lucknow like we were on recce for some food documentary.These 6 days were enough to make us understand that Lucknow truly is city of nawab, kebab and shabab. : D and also of statues and mayawati.We all were there for official work so mornings were of company and evenings were of ‘my time’ for everyone. I love food. ‘Acha khaana khaane ke liye hum kahin bhi jaa sakte hain’. and thats what inspired everyone to make a move every single day out of campus to enjoy *food-e-nawabi*. Taking you through journey of our exploration and not taking gurantee on how you feel at the end.lengthy post but very short one if you ask me to write everything.

Lucknow Food Diary:

Day 1: Dastarkhwan in Parivartan Chowk was our first stop. First day in Lucknow and we took two autos and asked the auto-wallah to take us to any good place. He dropped us outside tulsi theatre and asked us to check out places near by.we saw this place and thought of trying it. Our thought was good and food was awesome. One great advantage of going in group of foodies is that you order anything and everything.We ordered first six items in the menu. One for each one. From ‘galauti’ to ‘shammi’ to ‘seekh’ to ‘kakori’ all the kebabs were yummylicious. To go to Lucknow and not try all the kebabs is a sin.no photos clicked since we just met each other and weren't planning to actually have a foodie tour.

Just to play safe with our respective stomachs, we decided to try other stuff from day 2.

Day 2 Evening. Stomach status check: all is well. Destination: Hazratganj.

Hazratganj is probably the only place in India where you will see all brands and logos in one color combination: black and white. Be it Café coffee day or blackberry or any other brand, every hoarding in the shopping area was black and white and roads and footpath were well constructed with bench on every few meters to take rest which is quite impressive considering the impression Uttar Pradesh gives in news.Our first stop was Royal Café. My first thought, it’s a lounge. I am wrong. It’s a local chat shop and famous for its ‘basket chaat’. We all had ‘fountain batasha’ which is nothing but lucknawi name for golgappe or paani-puri.

And then we all had world famous ‘basket chaat’ which was INCREDIBLE and DELICIOUS and FINGERLICKING GOOD. A basket made of fried sev and ‘tikki, dahi bhalla, paapdi, loads of khatti-meethi chutney and dahi’ added to it. must must eat when in lucknow.Next stop Moti Mahal.just 50 steps from royal café, this shop is famous for its ‘matar tikki’,‘falooda’,’rabdi’,’emarti’, ‘badam milk’ and ‘ras malai’. Yes, we ordered all of them and tried and tasted everything on their menu. Yet another discovery and another place you should not miss out.'falooda’ and ‘matar tikki’ tops my charts there. From Moti Mahal, we all went to ‘Mint’ in Arif Castles. This lounge was recommended to each one of us by our friends. Our group was a tea-totaller so no drinks taken. Food was pretty average; Sheesha (Hukkah) was good, Ambience pretty good. Resulted in good time pass for around two hours and our group of trainers became a gang. Quick visit to ‘tunday’s kabab’ in Sahara ganj mall happened and all kebabs and few dishes tried out. What we heard of tundey’s and what it turned out was bit of conflict but then we were asked to check out the original shop in aminabad to resolve this. which eventually happened the next day.

Day 3. Back to Hazrat Ganj. Back to Moti Mahal. Back to ‘falooda’ ‘emarti’ ‘tikkis’ and ‘ras malai’. 100 steps from the place and on the opposite side, there is one batasha stall. Famous for his water of 5 types. And everyone just jumped on it. Full on fun. Next stop a popular dahi bhalle stall near GPO. Few metres away from Ganj is this stall which serves super-tasty dahi bhalle and chilla. After so much of oil and kebab stuff, yummy dahi bhalle were awesome. We had one. And two. And three plates before we moved to aminabad to try the original tunday’s kebabs. First look at the shop and we wondered what’s so special in it. Soon we realized that something definitely is there and the aroma and taste of kebabs especially the galauti kebabs is different. We had kebabs with sheermal which is an orange colored parantha sweet n salty in taste. Followed by awadhi kheer.slurp.slurp.Bill for 6 people came out to be a shocker since we are not used to give 600 bucks for such a treat.

Day 4 Due to fantastic knock of sachin tendulkar and India scoring decent score, our committee decided to stay back and enjoy the match. so this diary entry has no food to write about on DAY 4. :)

Day 5 Lucknow being hometown for one team-mate so he invited everyone to his place and then have dinner together. That’s where the ‘Nawab’ style and quotient was witnessed and experienced. Free flowing conversations and interesting talks with gang and his parents and stupendous dinner at Barbeque Nation turned out to be a memorable one. We have had team dinners at BBQ but much fun in this one. We started at 10.and continued till 12.30 and were last to come out of the restaurant. Must try the goan fish curry, dum biryani, barbeque snacks are standard everywhere but main-course had bit of Lucknow touch in dishes. I term it as Sexy Dinner since it was different ;)

Day 6 Marksmen – The place one should try only if you are okay with experimentation. For a first look, it’s a shocker. Marksmen is famous for everything desi-fied. Especially Chinese food. We tried Marksmen special sandwich, marksmen special noodles, veg, cheese and chicken burger, and fried rice. Turned out to be gala treat for the stomach when we ordered vanilla shake with ice-cream. All this came under 100 bucks a person and 5 smiling faces were ready to shop at chowk. Went shopping and got decent stuff at pretty okay prices. Half the junta thinks we got looted. Rest think better shopping luck next time. ;)
“When men go shopping, last thing they do is bargaining. When women go shopping that’s the first thing they do.” :D :P

Day 7 Sweets bought from Moti Mahal and Chowdhary Sweet Shop and bid farewell to this food heaven.

Cheers Amit, Tushar , Sathya,Arthy and Pritish for such an amazing time.

Muskuraiye, abhi abhi aap lucknow ki sair kar ke aa rahe hain !! :)

Coming Soon : Lucknow Food Trip in Pics :)

The Mind Factory

2011-03-03T00:05:00.000+05:30

You wish for something.
You don't get it.
So you fight.
By the time you end your fight, you no longer want it.
and then you get it.
long after you wished for it.
Excitement comes and leaves.
In few moments.
Life moves on.weird weird way how the mind and emotions work.

2010 - The Year It Was

2011-01-14T19:34:00.000+05:30

Quick recap of the year that went by.
-The past year was little less exciting as its predecessor but glad that year went well with more smiles and joy than cries and depressing moments.
-Went on stage to perform as stand-up. It’s not easy to stand on stage and it’s not easy to make people laugh. When you do both and step down with people clapping for you, it’s a different high. In this busy life, if you make anyone smile or laugh, you have done one good deed of theday. It has been memorable experience, and would definitely give more shots at stand-up.
-Got an opportunity to write an article which eventually got published in ‘education times’ by times of india. My friends have said that its’ not a big deal and all which is somewhat right but when other people read the article and appreciate it, it’s certainly a good feeling. From one article last year, lets target few more articles in more publications in this year. :)
-In Professional life, Received SAPEX Reward which came as surprise but a very good one.
Also missed my promotion last year. Was very disappointed and felt bad as well. Well I never wanted my appraisal or money to be the reason to leave my company. So am here, still with the same company. Completed another year with it. And being in IT,it definitely is a big deal :P
-Talking of travel, I travelled to Bangalore and Mumbai this year. Mumbai twice, Bangalore
thrice. Chennai got planned and canned once. Bangalore trips were fun but Mumbai trips were amazing. First trip in April and Second in Aug-Sep during rains and ganpati, I’ve had memorable times there.
-Another year of social networking with twitter and facebook. Met so many twitter handles :p ,made few new friends. Some amazing amazing meet-ups and tweet-ups happened. Will try to add faces to some more twitter handles this year as well. If you use twitter well, nothing beats it.
- First half of year dedicated to emails and writing letters. Absolutely amazing thoughts
exchanged through emails with friend and some great times came along.
-Only one person thought to send me a diwali gift this year. a box full of home-made
Chocolates.So cool. And no thanks to Courier Company which failed to deliver it and also did not return it back to sender. So not cool.
- Had absolutely amazing times every time I went back home. Every.Single.Time. Amritsar
totally rocks.

For Arrivals and Departures – This ratio of new people arriving and old mates moving away has been very uneven and disturbing at times as well but then that’s how life is and three words sum it. Life Moves On. Started the year as ‘single’ and ended as ‘single’ and let’s not talk about the time between. ;) Some wonderful arrivals happened this year. No names to be written here but glad we became friends. Actually a book can be written on this. Also, I can go on and on to write about JA’s maiden trip to India but for now...moving on to next point.

Shaadi Viah and all – arrey yar... everyone decided to get married last year. Attended four
weddings last year and missed wedding of a very good friend. I wrote about the case of
invitations as well. Chalo.. Tussi vi viah karao hun !!

2011. Press Rewind. 2010. Check. Forward.

2011-01-12T19:00:00.004+05:30

2011 is already 11 12 days old.

Made any resolutions? Actually I don’t get this funda of making new year resolutions on first day of every year. So that you follow them for whole year and then make some new resolutions on your birthday as well so that you follow them till your next birthday. What if resolutions you make on Jan 1 are completely opposite to ones you make on your birthday?

Anyway, Instead of resolutions,I made a ‘things to do’ list last year and this post is just to update the progress bar :

1. To get interviewed- oh well... does job interview count? did not happen in twenty ten.Setting the same for this year as well ;)

2. Shot at dream companies – Oh I did I did. In feb. made shot at one of my dream companies. All went well till the decision. :p but am glad I made a shot and had one of the best interview experiences. So this point is ‘Check’

3. Read and Write – Reading..if you know me and I say I have read more than 10 books, you will actually laugh but to my surprise I actually read few books this year which is big thumbs up to me.Winning, Stay Hungry Stay Foolish, Such a Long Journey, Second Degree, Connect the Dots, Of Course I love You, Dork and Open: Autobiography of Andre Agassi and few more. I think the best read this year was ‘Open’. So Big Cheers to that. Writing...well this blog is still up and running and getting updated ~~quite often~~ once a month, one of big things that happened last year was an article coming in Times of India. So this point is also ‘Check’

4. New Wardrobe – Abbey Yaar.. got so many new shirts, trousers, t-shirts, shoes, sweaters and now I think I need a new wardrobe again. So the wishlist remains the same for this year.also Check .

5. Bring AmritSarovar back – Almost back. Working on it whenever getting time. Managed to get all the content from archives, site will hopefully be back very soon. Uncheck.

6. Travel Show – Did not happen. Mainly because I was not in one city for long time. Koi na. this year again, it remains on ‘things to do in 2011’.

7. Less of Crying and More of Laughter – Definitely. May be. I did not count so theek theek laga lo. ;)

8. Travel Travel Travel – I did.I did.I did. Three trips to Bangalore, Two to Mumbai, Two to Ludhiana and So many to Amritsar :p .

9. Gain Knowledge – Lets mark this as ‘Check’ and continue learning.

10. Learn a dance form – Did not even make an effort to do this. Hopeful to do something about it this year.

12. Talk Less- Are you kidding me??? :D

New Year. New Hopes. So far So good. Hope its going good for you as well.

Happy Reading

2011-01-11T23:55:00.003+05:30

I am quite regular on google reader since most of the sites are blocked in office and am dependent on RSS feeds to read stuff.So sharing few blog links which are on my Google reader :

On my regular reading list are Exalted Soul, Outlandish Musings, Youth Curry, Ujjwal's Blog & PostSecret for the funs and Gursimran & Shantanu for the puns.

I also follow blogs of Michelle, Shoe-Girl, Kristopher, Sumantics, Supreet, Sakhi, Anubha, Pari,Sagar, Anaggh, Sunaina, Gul and Preeti.

Technology front,I follow Digital Inspirations, Pluggd.in, Medianama and Quick Online Tips

On Creative Side, it’s fun to follow Mansi, Nithin, Anshul , Meera and Jasmeet

On Photography, I follow Tarun Chandel, Ashu Mittal, Big Picture and RSS Feed of 'Recent uploads from my Flickr Contacts'.

Happy Reading!!

The Curious Case of Marriage Invitations

2010-12-23T23:04:00.001+05:30

Am I the only one who gets marriage invitations by Email or Facebook event invitations? I know your answer. but i have something to say.

Clearly I am not able to understand this new fashion of marriage invitations the electronic way. During my school and college times, I never received marriage invites e-way. we used to get a card and mithai ka dabba with it to share the happiness and getting a proper invite for the wedding. Then trend changed. Those sweets got replaced by chocolates and dry fruits. But still one would get a wedding card with it.

What is my problem with invite?

No problem certainly. BUT, where is the personal touch? Where is the feel of getting an invite? How will I get into the mood that it’s your wedding and I have to alter my plans and make it to your BIG day? I get the point that now we both are in different cities and you can come and give me the invite but a phone-call? One two-three minute call inviting for a marriage or sharing the plans would add so much value to your email or even face book invite. If I am available as helping hand, trust me, I will ask you for that as well.

Another thing, in last one month, except for checking on mobile, I have hardly been to face book and commented on your status messages or pictures. There if you send me your wedding invite, chances are that I see that invite even after I comment on your honeymoon album pictures. Yes. Quite Possible.

Same goes for email. I check my mail mostly on mobile and all the attachments don’t open. And at times, if you send me the invite on one email address I hardly check, there goes my chance of attending the wedding too.

For the record, I have attended only ONE wedding out of family this year. That of my friend’s sister. And I would have gone to that wedding even without a mail or face book invite. :D

So In short invitation is not compulsory, personal affection is. And if you think its acting pricey and ego issues and all. Aisa hi hoon main !! :P

P.S – Don’t take this post to your heart especially if you sent me an invite and I could not make it to your wedding. You know about corporate life. It’s a bitch. Call me when you have new entry in your family and we will celebrate it then. Lohri. Diwali. Birthdays. Anniversary. :)

BTW What do you feel about such e-invitations ?? :P

IT Insights - A First

2010-07-17T17:46:00.002+05:30

This post is just to share a first. first article that got published in a newspaper.written by me :) . Its certainly a very nice feeling when you know something you wrote has reached masses and been received well by them.

Some Facts before i share the article.

Paper - Education Times (Mumbai Edition.Dnt know if it came in another editions as well but the below pic is from Mumbai edition)

Date - July 12, 2010

Day - Monday

Title - IT Insights :) [Career in IT Industry]

Online Link to Article - Click Here

Here is the article pic :

Read it. Share it. Tweet it if you like it. Share the feedback.Much appreciated.

Super busy in life?

2010-05-26T19:59:00.001+05:30

Ever wondered how busy everybody is in life and at times miss out in contacting friends because of one or the other reason.many a times excuse is that other person can also contact,why should i make a move? I say why not? The other person might be thinking the same thing. Write a note. Write an email or a letter. Call. Just few minutes of conversation can charge you up and renew the bonds. If you can breathe,eat and sleep, you can definitely take some time to talk to your mates who you spent talking all night or chatting on messenger windows and have shared your sms jokes and random pondering.connect offline coz virtual world is no replacement to human bonding.I have experienced friendships turning from very good friend to good friend to friend and eventually just being facebook friends.and this mini post is just an alert so that you don't lose any diamonds in your life.

p.s this is first post written entirely on mobile. Expect more mini posts now. Will try to get back here and write something.

CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS !!

2010-03-20T21:47:00.000+05:30

Last Week was full of News.. Good ones.. 

Congratulations to Faded Glory for her promotion. 
Congratualations to VR and AD on their engagement.
Congratulations to Simar for getting his degree 
Congratulations to JK for opening new venture.
Congratulations to RS for ROKA.
Congratulations to JK for engagement.
Congratulations to PG for parent's silver wedding anniversary. 

God Bless them all. 

to my friends -> if you did something great and did not share, you missed mention in this congratulatory post. 

p.s - waiting for all of them to invite me and give treat. :P 

p.p.p.s - wait for my self promotion post which will be up next :D

Reservations? I also want.

2010-03-09T19:36:00.000+05:30

Are you from any reserved category? Sadly I am not. I belong to 'general' category and even I aspire to become a government office if ever get a chance. A respectable position, serving the country and securing the future, I don't have a chance.

While I was looking at all the options and ways to serve my country, I just thought to see if I meet all those basic eligibility criteria’s.

About me:

Nationality: Indian

Category: General

Aahh... General... should be little difficult but I’ll try to see if I still make it.

If 100 Seats are on offer, as per current constitutional acts, there is a 23 percent reservation for SC/ST, 27 percent to OBC, 20 percent to MBC, 1 percent to scheduled tribes. Total 71 percent which is applicable to all depts. If women reservation bill of 33 percent is passed, total goes to 104. And seats are 100. Therefore centre has to create 4 additional vacancies to consider all quotas and give EQUAL opportunity to everyone. Yeah, general category is waiting if they can compete for any post. The answer is NO. If it’s not a central govt. vacancy, then add to that some additional reservations to families of freedom fighters, families of ex-servicemen, region based quotas, religion based quotas and management quotas.

Even if I studied well and completed my graduation with good marks, I am not eligible to serve my country, why? Because I belong to General Category and unfortunately, we don't have any quota right. I remember losing out on seat in good college to someone whose rank was way below then mine but he got the seat because of some 'quota'.

My take on Women Reservation Bill: I don’t understand why the reservation is required? If at all reservation is required, it should be only at the building block level. For anyone under -privileged right to education is must, so if anything to be considered, reserve some seats for all the castes so that everyone gets education. Post matriculation, everyone should be counted on merit. Everyone’s hard work should pay. Why should someone deserving lose out to reservations? I have seen people having big cars and coming from rich families take need-based scholarships while in college. NOT FAIR..!! But you can't do anything. Why? Coz you are general category and they are certified quota people. It is disturbing and demotivating as well. I might not be aware if there is but any link to proper justification on why the bill is required and how it will help India grow will be appreciated. Please share. All I know is that, if the bill is passed, all the leaders get their wives, daughters, nieces, aunties into the parliament and one big family drama will be shot in parliament every 5 years.

P. S - When I make friends, I don't follow the quota system. :)

How Easy How Tough ?

2010-03-04T16:15:00.000+05:30

"Daughter : Yes Dad..I don't want to meet the guy. whatever you feel is right for me, i am okay with that. and yes,when things are final, let me know.I will have to plan my leaves in office and be there for ceremonies. !! Love you Dad..!!" *and this looked more like a give-away life tone'

makes me wonder what kind of decision is this ? would like to see what you have to say on it. what if someone becomes my/your life partner with such decision making.

p.s - this was conversation of someone standing just behind me in metro few days ago.could not help but listen because metro was crowded and she was loud enough. just three minutes of journey ,we boarded off at rajiv chowk and moved to our own destinations.

My Name is Khan - Ok Thanks Bye

2010-02-15T18:22:00.000+05:30

My Name is Khan.. what hype.. what trouble and end of day you lose out your 2 hours and 26 minutes waiting for things to get over. So much hype and so little out of movie, Srk - Kajol could 've got things way better. After New York and Kurbaan, just another story on post 9/11 attacks situation, i could just go on predicting things falling in storyline.Don't want to put spoilers but minutes after interval, i wanted the climax to happen and close down the things. Alas!! took another hour to happen so. Kjo has tried to use all emotional tools to make you feel sad about the situation and go weak but then if you are ready to tolerate some, movies loses. Kajol has some charm which reflects in her performance. she is cute, she is sweet and she is graceful in movie. Music is savior. tere naina and sajda are best tracks for me in movie. Srk.well ab bazurg ho chuka hai...too repetitive..'young' srk of dil to pagal hai, kuch kuch hota hai, ddlj is gone. should start taking some mature roles if he still wants to carry on in industry.

totally personal opinion.. did not like the movie. can't recommend watching it in theatre. one can easily wait for dvd to come and see.

Rating : 1.5 out of 5 stars. Say 0.5 thank you to Kajol, 0.5 to music, 0.33 to Kjo for good production work (cinematography,editing is good),0.17 to srk and lot of other credits to shiv sena for bringing in loads of business to this movie which otherwise would have been just another movie of this year.

p.s if you have good company, do go for the movie. you will get more than one chance to talk. ek teer do nishane ;)

p.p.s i am kajol fan and it was one single reason i saw this movie.

Is Life Easy?

2010-02-04T17:33:00.000+05:30

Life is definitely not as easy as it looks. Yes. Looking at myself, I think being an under 24, working in a global mnc as an erp consultant, a decent (yes yes I know it can't be called a decent but whatever it is..a good amount) pay package and all the comforts (good clothes to wear, good food to eat, good shelter to sleep. without 'good' they are necessities),what more I can ask for. But something still is missing. I am quiet these days. And there is something in my silence which is Shouting. Screaming. Crying to say the least and it is irritating me. I don't expect anyone to come up and ask me what happened because I can't explain what is happening. but if you know me, you will know what my silence is saying.

To sum it up..as one of classic facebook group name goes.. Mind Says = All is Well. Heart Says = Ghanta all is well!!

P.S There was this negativity in my thoughts (a lot of it) which had to come out. Better it came out through this post than on someone.. If you read my blog ,you can easily ignore this one. was complete non-sense. no-ways-related to anything else in this world but me. my next post will certainly be good. A positive and nice one. All is well.

15 Long Years

2010-02-02T21:22:00.000+05:30

Even after taking care of his family and children for 15 long years, Rakesh still considered Rashmi only a 'Sex Object'.

P.S - Fiction . Short Story . One Sentence . First attempt.

2010 and Dreams

2010-01-22T17:37:00.000+05:30

Dreams make life worth living and some dreams i look forward to fulfill in year twenty ten.

1. To get interviewed- This is most random thing to think of *in my case*, but kuch na kuch to aisa kar hi jayenge ki apna bhi kuch naam hoga. On serious note,be practical, outperform and get interviewed and if by end of september, no one takes my interview then i will post my resume on naukri and will 'get interviewed' for some new job.

2. Shot at dream companies - Not that i don't like my current work place, but i have some dream companies on my list and working in your dream company always act as morale booster. My current workplace was also in that list when i joined it but this year with some experience in kitty, i think i will definitely like to give a shot to two names in list.

3. Read and Write - This year i will read more, not sure if that reading would be subjective or leisure reading but definitely, i will be friends with books. In terms of writing,i will try to write more this year. been a good start so far. Three posts in this month and i have already written so many letters which add to 'writing' stuff and if my english gets better with, i might start writing seriously :p

4. New Wardrobe - I want a new wardrobe. new clothes. new colors of turban.new shirts. new jeans. new trousers. formal. casual.everything. and to buy all of this, a sponsorship. :D anyone? I will be a good brand ambassador. pakka promise.

5. Bring AmritSarovar back - Amritsarovar needs attention and contribution. got plans but need good time to implement them.can expect things getting better in later half of year. so definitely before year ends, site will be back with better presentation.

6. Travel Show - To work on travel show. be it for myself, be it for youtube or be it for any production house, but some time and effort gonna be spent on this.after 'world cafe asia' experience, the learnings and exposure should be utilized in some manner and if you are reading it, make sure you see the show as well. release date. well.. something unsure of.. but soon :)

7. Less of Crying and More of Laughter - took this line from a poem written by a friend. last year has been totally different from few years before that. expectations were minimal and life was better. lot of travelling, good moments and less issues.

8. Travel Travel Travel - I have wheels on feet and i travel a lot and i have this thing in mind to travel more and see some new places this year. Rajasthan, Sikkim, Leh/Ladakh, Srinagar, Uttranchal are some places i want to visit sooner or later and yes mumbai for sure in near future. just waiting for things to be little stable and then i wanna feel the spirit of Mumbai for some time.. kuch to hai us sheher mein.. ya fir us sheher mein rehne wale dost mein ..mujhe mumbai jana hai. too filmy.. but when you like koko.. you can't help it.. :D

9. Gain Knowledge - I want to increase my knowledge about my city, my state, my country, my religion and be confident about all of them when asked about.I am proud Indian,I am proud Punjabi and I am proud Sikh. not in any order.

10. Laptop. Camera. Cellphone. Bike. Wishlist is one word :) p.s= wardrobe already mentioned above.

11. Learn a dance form - Be it Salsa, Jive, Hiphop or Bollywood, i should learn atleast one thing this year. so that next four years i cover all of em. dnt ask me for bhangra,that is in genes :P

12. Talk Less- Heh.. just kiddin.. relax.. :p

Ever donated creativity?

2010-01-09T23:44:00.009+05:30

If you are good at some art/creativity, its a great to donate it in one or other way at times. It might help someone or for that reason,some cause.

Something which caught my attention was this donation by Jasmeet to The Uniform Project which eventually goes on auction and money collected to educate a girl child. Jasmeet is a friend and upcoming fashion designer. Its not that she couldn't donate money to some cause, but since it was something where she could share her art and help the cause at same time, i think a great idea.

Tippy Tippy Top

2010-01-09T00:41:00.004+05:30

What color you want?

I want....

remember the childhood times when this game used to be so much fun. well the same game was played today..different rules..different people and virtual world. Facebook turned to play field, all the girls became players and rules were simple, tell your bra color and let the fun come into the picture. supposedly the motive behind it was to spread breast cancer awareness but honestly, i did not get a single link to any cancer awareness website. i remember working with my corporate for such an awareness campaign but that was in October when the awareness month is actually there. So,why all of sudden, out of nowhere, one word color updates? whatever it was.. all taken in fun and good spirits.

Twitter had to take this thing in chill out mode hence started the #umbra express. i don't know if it will help me if i ever take a GRE/GMAT, but now i know branch, bravery, bracelet,brand, brat, brain,brazil, brandy, bravo,brawn, bravia, bragging, brad and yes, i am not telling you anything more on that. *yes you can find something common in all words*

can't share all the colorful status messages that i read today but must say whatte unique combination of colors my friends use :-} vibgyor for someone, pink for the other, purple was most popular one on my status list and i better move to some other point ;-)

yes, since none of color status messages took me to cancer awareness site and you have come this far reading this post, if you are a girl visit the site for all the information.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/breast

if you are guy, yes.. no fun reading it for yourself but bookmark this for anyone and everyone who you care.

and to end the post, another status message supposedly spreading breast cancer awareness - "stare if you care".

Meaning of Mool Mantar

2010-01-07T12:50:00.003+05:30

Have you listened 'Ek Ongkar' in Rang De Basanti ? and wondered what did it mean? Its actually the moolmantar in sikhism which is sung beautifully in movie as background score. the moolmantar starts with 'ek ongkar' goes till 'gurparsad'.

Original Moolmantar Text in Roman -

Ikoaŉkār saṯ nām karṯā purakẖ nirbẖao nirvair akāl mūraṯ ajūnī saibẖaŉ gur parsāḏ.

Meaning :
Ikoaŉkār - only one God.
saṯ nām - Truth is his name
karṯā purakẖ - the creator
nirbẖao - without fear
nirvair - without hate
akāl mūraṯ - timeless and without form
ajūnī saibẖaŉ - beyond birth and death, The enlightened one
gur parsāḏ.-known by the Guru’s grace

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Jap = Remember Him and Embrace His meditation
Aad Sach = He was present in the beginning
Jugaad Sach = He was present before the Yugas (ages) began.
Hai Bhee Sach = He Is present now
Naanak Hosee Bhee Sach. 1 he shall certainly be present in the future. says guru nanak.

After Gurparsad, these are first few words of japji sahib recited by Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

For any questions on it. feel free to post them in comments. will try to get answers for you :)

2009 - Free Flowing Year

2009-12-31T17:39:00.003+05:30

Looking back at year gone,some of moments which made this year , a year to remember because

- SO MANY Friends got committed..engaged..married..OMG feel.yes yes i am still single and now you don't make that funny face :D

- I spent the first half of 2009 in Mumbai, then moved to Gurgaon for three months.. and last three months in Bangalore.

- I lived the year with very low expectations. helped me lot in dealing with people and stupid things.

- Twitter continued to be one of the awesomest things .met lot of new people. gave face to so many internet friends.and so many of them became good friends.La Cafe APTW, Leopold Cafe Meet,TGIF Meet, Dhaba Meet, City Walk meet..i remember them. :)

- I stayed in one company for whole year. being in IT ,this can be considered as WOW thing :)

- I went to Elephanta Caves, Matheran, Pune, Panchgani, Mahabaleshwar,Sirsa,Jalandhar and Ludhiana in 2009 and all the trips are a great memory.. good times to remember.

- Some beautiful people came in my life.. some beautiful people went away.

- I read some books..some good reads.. some average.. and two states was strictly an OK read. Going to read more books in 2010.i think reading habit is must.

- I learnt good things in terms of my work.by year end i gained good knowledge and increased proficiency in my skill :)

- I got an Ipod Nano and Sennheiser headphones LX80.

- My blog 'Zindagi Live' survived another year.

- Amritsarovar Blog continued with random posts on sikhism.one of the must 'to do' in 2010 is to revive the site back and maintain its blog :)

- special mention to PG for being totally jawdroppingawesomelyfantabulouslysuper girl i know. she inspires me at times.. but i am smart..i dnt get inspired from her which is not good i know. :)

- oh yes.. its a year to remember coz PG gifted me a 'Rockstar' tee.

- this year has been good mix of offline and online world.

- I got my caricature done too. i look super cool in it doing bhangra :P

Cheers to all those who i want to say thank you to,for your presence in life in my 23rd and running 24th chapter of life.if i put down names, i will miss some,so avoiding.but you know who you are.some of you will never read this blog even.. but still.

I dont have many blog friends but FadedGlory and Deranged Insanity, you have been there for whole year. thank you. good to have you as friend in real world as well :)

Thank you everyone who has made me smile..kept me happy..i had good times coz of you, i have this year in my good memories.

Thank you everyone who tried to screw my life, play games with me and my emotions because of you, i have become more strong to face random situations in my life

Thank you to all friends who invited me to your marriages but please now next year hold on with your family plans.. i have to attend some more weddings.. after that..i can visit you guys again to congratulate and meet your juniors :P

Adios 2009

Happy New Year 2010. Hope the next year brings more happiness and prosperity in our lives and make this world a good place to live in,

GOD BLESS ME, YOU, EVERYONE :)

Loneliness

2009-12-29T23:15:00.001+05:30

Loneliness is the space almost every single human being on earth is creating within one's own world... almost all of us have this space of loneliness within us which we tend to fill up with as much time as we can keep ourselves busy in all the possible works we find... sometimes just to get occupied with some job, we move out of our limits and then tend to forget difference between right n wrong but this again is a sincere effort to remove the loneliness.i was just watching a report on a news channel tonite which was showing the same issue of being lonely at times and moving away from the path of leadin a happy life.

Why we feel lonely sometimes ? when i tried to give this thing a thought, just found that our mind sometimes fear from the world outside and brain senses things not going our way, When we don't find anyone to talk to even if we are standing in crowd, there are times when friends part away or there isn't enough confidence to move to them and talk, the mind completely find itself in no situation and with no place to go..the LONELY times come that time.

and i guess we should always be prepared of such times...because during those times, our maximum energy is utilised in just pretending that we are not lonely...the brain at times stop working and watever happens , we keep thinking going against us..and during this time...many a times we lose out on some golden opportunities coming our way and lose out faith on people around us.I ..i find best way to take over loneliness is to be lively and cheerful with a smiling face..this not only gives impression of you being happy with what is going in your life but also gives you a reason to feel the same.. if u wish to be happy ,only then you can be happy

P.S - was written on 15.11.07 .. found them in drafts.. so published it :)

Just a Joke

2009-11-23T20:29:00.000+05:30

Divya and Rohit were in a relationship enjoying life.

Then this very good friend of theirs came in picture.

He ignited some rumor which spread like fire in jungle. And suddenly Divya and Rohit were in doubt about their relationship.

All they could say to each other after that was a bye and a promise not to meet again

Today Divya is married & Rohit is doing well in his career.

Years later, over a reunion, he was high and in his high spirits told Rohit ‘that rumor was just a joke man.. I loved Divya. So couldn’t see you with her. SORRY’

One long year...

2009-11-06T23:20:00.005+05:30

Date: 26/11/2009

Place : Jail in Mumbai

Time: 11 PM

Another long day comes to an end.Did nothing..Today i came to know, during prayer time everyone kept two minutes silence to remember all those who lost lives in Mumbai attacks, which tell me it has been one year for me here now. And what surprises me is that I am still alive.

Looking back at that dreadful day..We all came on the boats fully prepared for that journey to be our last one and with calculated last few breaths. We 12 were united for one mission of destruction.

Remember my childhood times, when i used to go out and pay 50 paise to play contra in game parlour and two players used to just shoot, shoot and shoot everyone they saw , before a bullet shot them. We were told to play similar game in real life during training and the only difference was that we did not get three chances to play it, if shot once.That was one tough camp. We were not in touch with the world .Just 12 of us. We were given such hard training.if I had taken similar training in military, I would have come out as a captain and be posted in Kashmir to fight for my country. Proud moment it would have been.. Getting Kashmir and staying with all brothers in peace. Anyways..It was tough training, we shot almost 100 shots everyday to attain perfection in our targets and 1200 shots in one day will irritate anyone but we were not allowed to go against...I don't know where the camp location was,and who were the other guys,what did they do and if anyone ever been to school like me.I dnt think any body did. During day we used to train,and before going to sleep, our commandor used to sit with us, discuss his plans, and motivate us. We were also given some power capsules and other medications. Now I know, with power capsules, we used to get drugs as well because we were completely out of senses and focussed on what commondar used to tell and couldn't decide if it was right or wrong. Whatever he used to say was recorded in brain without any counter questions. And now when I look back..i don't at all feel good about it.

Now 365 days of my life is travelling to its last destination and this journey is not going to complete anytime soon.

I remember getting caught at railway station, and I was wondering if they will shoot me. No, it wasn't to happen, they took me to the police station and till three days operation went on, they didn't even touch me. I came to know later that I was the only one left alive. I could count my last few hours remembering parents and allah. I was brought into this completely dark cell where I was kept under very high security. They knew , given a chance I won't lose any opportunity to end myself and they were right. I had plans for this but never got chance to do so. Days went and I was given food to eat and clothes to wear, they didn't let me interact with anyone. I'm laughing at myself, crying , talking to myself and hating myself for the deed i've done . After almost a month into this dark cell, I was told , that they will take me to the court . I don't remember from where I was taken to which court but it was good to see light after so long. First light into eyes made me blind for a second. All I could demand was for a lawyer for myself. No body was ready to take my case. but I wanted someone to fight for me.I was from pakistan and there was the denial of the same from the govt. which I could guess easily from the course of events. Why would any country take responsibility of someone who killed so many people and was the key killer in that shoot out.. But my parents are still in Pakistan living.i haven't received any whereabout of them, eversince.

Enough writing today. i feel sorry for myself.

All i have to do is to attend courts and count my breaths. i know this indian judiciary, they will never come out with any solution. max they will come out is hang until death but i have been told in training, all i need to do is to make an appeal to president and live until i die natural death.so until i have nature calling me back, i should attain temporary death.Tomorrow is another day.

Night

P.S - This is just a self-imagination of what kasab would have to say.

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Gurpurab Greetings

2009-11-02T09:45:00.004+05:30

Heartiest Gurpurab Greetings on the occasion of 540th Parkash Purab [Birth day] of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji (15 April 1469 - 7 May 1539) - founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Gurus of the Sikhs. He was born in the village of Talwandi, also called Rai Bhoe-ki Talwandi, now known as Nankana Sahib, near Lahore in present-day Pakistan. He was born, according to all ancient Sikh records, in the early morning of the third day of the light half of the month of Baisakh (April - May) in the year 1469 AD.

Guru Nanak founded & formalized the three pillars of Sikhism:

1. Naam Japna [Recite the name of Almighty]- Guru ji led the Sikhs directly to practice Simran and Naam Japna – meditation on God through reciting, chanting, singing and constant remembrance followed by deep study & comprehension of God’s Name and virtues. In real life to practice and tread on the path of Dharam (righteousness) - The inner thought of the Sikh thus stays constantly immersed in praises and appreciation of the Creator and the ONE ETERNAL GOD Waheguru.

2. Kirat Karni [Work hard]- He expected the Sikhs to live as honorable householders and practice Kirat Karni – To honestly earn by ones physical and mental effort while accepting both pains & pleasures as God’s gifts and blessings. One is to stay truthful at all times and, fear none but the Eternal Super Soul. Live a life founded on decency immersed in Dharam - life controlled by spiritual, moral & social values.

3. Vand Chakna [Sharing and Consuming Together] - The Sikhs were asked to share their wealth within the community by practicing Vand Chakna – “Share and consume together”. The community or Sadh Sangat is an important part of Sikhism. One must be part of a community that is living the flawless objective values set out by the Sikh Gurus and every Sikh has to contribute in whatever way possible to the common community pool. This spirit of Sharing and Giving is an important message from Guru Nanak.

Gurpurab Di Lakh Lakh Wadhai Hove Ji

Intezaar - Waiting for Life

2009-10-06T15:26:00.009+05:30

She was sitting on the bank of river. Waiting for him. It was almost a year after marriage and second spring without her husband. Rajeev, her husband was working in armed forces and soon after their marriage, went on to join the duty due to tension on indo-china border. His vacation was cancelled and all army men were asked to join within 48 hours. The tension actually resulted in attacks and firings on both sides and in news in 2008, all channels flashed the demise of Lieutenant Rajeev Pratap Singh and after one day of 'breaking news' and media drama, nobody remembered rajeev. The news of his death reached family via television only and the body was not found because of the heavy rainfall, landslides and continuous bad weather on border range. Rajeev and Sakshi were in relationship for four years before getting married .Sakshi was bubbly, cheerful, mischievous and complete chatterbox till the moment she heard news of Rajeev. She was strength of her friends and a brave girl when one talked of her personality but such a quick departure of her love from her few days’ old married life changed everything. No more she could get a smile on the face, no more a word came out of her mouth and she could not hold herself let aside holding her friends in tough times.never ever she thought she’ll ever question god where she went wrong and what her mistake was. Destiny was tough to her and so was her living after Rajeev went. She was just 25 and already over with one marriage. Society did not tag her single again; she was called a widow and was not allowed to move with freedom. Rajeev’s parents were very encouraging and helpful in getting back sakhsi to normal life. Sakshi joined her final semester of her post graduation to keep herself busy. She was intelligent , so could complete all assignments and projects on time. And in evenings, she used to teach children who could not afford education. Sakshi topped in final semester and in degree to become gold medallist and an offer to work in one of the biggest designer houses. She was hesitant to join job but somehow her in-laws convinced her to join under rohit kapoor's fashion house. Rohit was one of india’s promising fashion designers and it was considered to be lucky to work with him. Sakshi used to work really hard to complete designs, working closely with rohit and help him manage his fashion shows and gala events. With the time passing , rohit fell in love with sakshi with sakshi still living in memories of rajeev and moving on with life. One night over dinner, rohit proposed sakshi for life long commitment not knowing. Sakshi refused and that dinner was the last time she met Rohit and quit her job. Sakshi was turning 26 on saturday and her in-laws in agreement with her parents wanted her to settle with someone so that she should not be alone her whole life but sakshi always dismissed the proposal of second marriage. She always believed that Rajeev was not dead and would come back. Everyone tried best to convince he is no more and has been awarded gallantry award posthumously but she was not ready to accept the fact and whenever there was such discussion in home, she used to go to bank of the same river they used to sit whenever they met and cried endlessly .

It was Friday evening and the day after, she was turning a year older but this birthday was not like other ones.no 12 o'clock call, no cake, no surprise treat and no romantic dinner with rajeev was happening this time. She wanted to cry but no tear was ready to come out of her eyes today. She came to this river bank to refresh all those memories...and as she sat near the bank watching the sunset and remembering the last sunset she saw with Rajeev, she saw someone crossing the bridge over the river. First she ignored but when the figure started moving towards her, she got scared for a moment.and when her eyes actually recognize the figure. She was stunned,she was still and she could not believe if she was living a reality or a dream. All she could manage was pinch herself... smile....and cry.

Reply to Times of India Article on Sikhs

2009-09-27T13:59:00.008+05:30

Sharing my feedback on an article that came today in Times of India written by Divya A. In Black is the article and in red is my comment and view on the written piece as my feedback to Ms Divya.

'SIKHS SPOOL OUT THEIR ANGST ON FILM'

In an attempt to tell their side of the story, NRI Sikhs have undertaken an interesting exercise – they’re making films about their faith and their community and screening them at festivals they organize for the purpose in various parts of the world.
The trigger, it seems, is the community’s collective angst over developments such as the Army operation at the Golden Temple in 1984, the riots that followed Indira Gandhi’s assassination and the recent turban ban in France.

When you are talking about angst of our community over things happened in 1984 and riots that followed Mrs Indira Gandhi's assassination and turban ban, first two and the turban ban have difference of 20 years in between and there has been no account anywhere what sikhs did during this time. Turban ban is completely different issue, non violent, something about our principles and faith. Not saying we are not trying, but we have been too dependent on diplomacies and politics happening on it. The movies on 1984 have no links with other issues in sikhism and as they say 'jis tan laage so tan jaane' the pain is felt only by those who have been affected by this tragic incident of 1984.

Just last week, the Sikh Art and Film Foundation (SAFF) in New York organized the Annual Sikh Film Festival, which acquired especially grand tones for the first time in its 10-year history. There was a red carpet and it was attended by more than 1,000 people. Meanwhile, Visions of Truth, a two-month-long traveling film festival with movies about 1984, was on in California. It was organized by Jakara, a California Sikhs’ club. In addition, Sikhnet, a website dedicated to building bridges between Sikhs abroad, announced its 2009 Youth Online Film Festival, inviting Sikh youth to share videos about “being a Sikh”.

If you would have done your research well, you would have seen that SAFF had two movies on backdrop of 1984 and one on turban ban issues among so many others which were portraying other historical times in sikhism timeline which looks fair to me considering the fact that every dark moment of history also is moulded to cinema. There have been so many movies made on unfortunate events in other religions and have been screened in international film festivals.
Talking of Sikhnet Youth Online Film Festival, its completely *out of 1984 and turban* model and asks for videos from anyone and everyone on topic like 'Being a Sikh','Learning from Sikhism' and anything you think needs attention. Never ever i have seen any normal sikhism website provoking the community to revolt and show anger on 1984. There are extremists and always will be but we can’t take opinion of 100 people as opinion of whole community.

But how healthy is it for a community to focus on a painful past and present itself to the world as a suffering and wronged people?

Exactly,I would like to know the answer to fact on your article, how healthy is for a community to read such an article which has no factual information but acts as ghee to reignite the fire ???

Why ever not, retorts Rajya Sabha MP Tarlochan Singh. “There are 25 million Sikhs worldwide, with more than a million in America and Canada, and about half a million in UK. An acute identity crisis in the post 9/11 world has compelled them to tell people that there is a difference between a Sikh and an Iranian or the Taliban.”
Prof S P Singh, former VC of Amritsar’s Guru Nanak Dev University, explains it as a consequence of “the wounds inflicted on the collective Sikh psyche (which) have not been addressed so far. Time doesn’t heal the injury that hasn’t been redressed. Otherwise, Udham Singh wouldn’t have avenged Jallianwala Bagh massacre 25 years later!”
Perhaps. The film Storming the Temple, part of Visions of Truth, lays out the events that ended in the Army entering the Temple; Reaching for Home is a fictional account around the incident and Amu addresses issues of identity with 1984 as the backdrop.
So too the New York film festival, which kicked off with 1984 and the Via Dolorosa, an attempt to portray Sikh suffering in the context of the Christian belief in the pain Christ suffered while carrying the cross.
So, does the community collectively alternate between self-congratulation and suffering then? On the phone from New York, SAFF president Tejinder Singh Bindra explains, “We celebrate the heritage of Sikhs and their immigrant experience and promote Sikhism in a land where people persecuted us in the wake of 9/11.”
Gurumustak Singh Khalsa, an American Sikh, who founded SikhNet told STOI from New Mexico that it would be wrong to see the festivals as navel-gazing hype. “Most people don’t have a clue who Sikhs are. The genesis of the festival came from the proliferation of short videos on websites and enabled us to reach out to more people.”

These are quoted personal opinions and after I read, I see no good point in quoting them in article since they are out of topic and just general opinions and can be made asking for any general issue on Sikhs.

But isn’t it maudlin for Sikhs to focus so acutely on 1984? S P Singh says there may be another angle to this. He says that playing up the 1984 imagery serves the vested interests of those who sought political asylum abroad in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star. “If the movement dies down, all facilities and aid extended to them will be terminated.”

Wish you would have done some work looking for a good topic than finding a good English word (ref:maudlin) to use in article :-/ if you wish , I can share some good books on 1984 Operation Blue Star which can first guide you to events that happened and if the revolt was justified. Why muslims felt agitated on demolition of babri masjid, why were hindus angry after godhra and why is Sikh community angry over anyone on entering with tanks in golden temple complex which is considered as abode of god for everyone.
It is good to write sensational article which ignites thoughts of people but writing without proper facts and just quoting others doesn’t always counts as a good write.

Link to the Article : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/sunday-toi/special-report/Sikhs-spool-out-their-angst-on-film/articleshow/5061084.cms

Twitterville - talking about my twitter world !!

2009-09-13T00:51:00.020+05:30

This is my first post on twitter junta i follow. i always wanted to write about some of fantastic people i have met/interacted over this social network site. Twitter - for me it has been nice experience so far.. have won some contests , met loads of different people, shared thoughts, interacted with celebrities, shared customer feedback directly with companies and got quick answers to all my queries. #followfriday / #ff a routine trend in which every friday i share my choice of people to follow coz of one or the other reason but some people on twitter are regular feature so i thought why not dedicate a post to them so that i just share this link and you get the names and reasons to follow them.

i've mentioned reasons why i follow them and the choice is yours

People who can be recommended anyday everyday :

1. @ujj - Ujjwal was one of the first people i followed. met him in bangalore last year april and thats when i came to know something like twitter existed. he tweets less but whenever he tweets, am either laughing loud or retweeting to share with all. For cricket, randomness , office culture, tempostand, bangalore stuff , everyday follow recommendation :)

2. @poojaganeriwala - A true MICA stuff.randomness is the word i learnt from her and shez awesome twitterer.. you never know whats coming outta her world.. ahmedabad, food, travel, photography, writing anything n everything coming.. shez friend in offline world as well so i normally dnt keep track much of her tweets :D heh..

3. @krist0ph3r - Totally Random Stuff from this guy, one of my favourite people on twitter world. you can expect loads of amazing stuff coming.. sarcasm included..cubiculture ..music..tweetups..bike rides n all the life keeps on rolling as his twitter timeline shows.

4. @rehabc - if you like to read and you aren't following her.. you are missing a comment/reply on all your literary tweets. awesome shawsome person to talk to.if u ever meet, u ll know how to laugh and smile at same time.. hehe.. have to definitely escape from her 360 degree spy eyes on me. good buddy online... but follow her .. you ll enjoy..

5. @JasleenArora - i like her because i hate her and she likes me because she hates me..we know each other for like ages but twitter has been medium for leg puling all the time n everytime. she tweets poetry, random stuff, about her college life and abt place where she stays.. nice person to argue with.. strong points and wastage of time n energy my side..

6. @ashumittal - my DM buddy :p amazing photographer. expect loads of tweets from her on trending topics which are fun, photography, quotes, adobe, flickr, lightroom etc :-)

and to add to the six above, I follow so many other amazing people and can definitely recommend you following them when you talk of certain topics:

When you talk of

1. Photography = follow @suddentwilight (Paromita's Flickr),@tarunchandel (Tarun's PhotoBlog), @twilightfairy (Priyanka's Flickr) ,@poojaganeriwala (Pooja's Flickr),@ashumittal (Ashu's Flickr)

2. Blogging = follow @realin (Digimantra), @praval (MediaRedefined) , @mayank (Blog Design Studio),@labnol (Digital Inspiration),@pchere (Quick Online Tips), @abhishek (Technix Update, @blogadda (BlogAdda) , @nixxin (MediaNama)

3. Ladies *special quota* - follow @nomadwanderer, @shaaqT, @suddentwilight

4. Cartoons -oh no no.. what you think is wrong,they are not cartoons.. but they make cartoons,doodles and spread message through creative way.. follow @meerasapra (her work), @keeda (work),@tantanoo (work)

5. Microsofties - all your queries on windows, microsoft can be directed towards them - follow @baxiabhishek , @hardik, @manan ,@MicrosoftIndia

6. Corporates - follow @90di, @cleartrip, @flykingfisher , @Samsung_Mobiles, @keralatourism, @infosys, @followtcs, @accenture,@naukri

7 Channels - follow @channelvindia,@colorstv, @mtvindia

8 News - follow @ndtv, @httweets,@bbcworld,@bbctech,@cnnbrk

9 Celebrities - loads of them on twitter but i follow @gulpanag, @priyankachopra, @celinajaitly, @pritishnandy, @sanjaysuri ,@nikhilchinapa, @bani_j, @duttalara, @sonamakapoor, @chetan_bhagat, @1mrankhan, @shreyaghoshal, @ayushmannk , @duttalara, @lisaraniray, @v1sh4l (music Director Vishal), @devikamathur ,@ShashiTharoor

Bas Naam hi kaafi hai, for all of them. Best way to know about them - GOOGLE.com :)

10 Random-

a) They are my gurgaon meet-up gang so keep meeting them all.. fun people.. can bore you in a minute and make you laugh real hard the next minute - @prolificd,@omgsweet,@sloth13, @simple_sy, baxiabhishek,@mekkanikal

b) I've met them in mumbai nagariyaa... so regular interaction and all fun people to follow and you never know you might learn something from them - @punkpolkdots, @unitechy, @annkur, @mokshjuneja, @netra, @harishk, @shadez ,@hardik, @asfaq, @urmiraj14, @rashmibansal, @3heelshigh, @chicalit , @piyushgupta, @netra

c) @thecomicproject ,@amitvarma,@harry_jerry, @sakhi_ , @_atikin , @anaggh , @smilinggal , @neobluepanther ,@streetanchor , @teatattler, @oldmonkmgm, @greenrains, @rwac84, @sm63, @maheshmurthy, @masarat - yet to meet them in real life but all nice people to follow. regular interaction with all of them on twitter and something to learn as well.

11. Sikhism - follow @Amritsarovar, @singhlions ,@mrSikhnet,@taranjs

12. News Anchors - all of them tweet about their shows, current news and views and its fun sharing our point of view on their shows and news. - @bdutt (barkha dutt), @sardesairajdeep (rajdeep sardesai) , @sonalipds (Sonia Singh) ,@abhonsle (Anubha Bhonsle) ,@suhasinih (Suhasini Haider) , @sagarikaghose (Sagarika Ghose), @virsanghvi (Vir Sanghvi) , @rajeevmasand (Rajeev Masand) , @ankitv (Ankit Venguralikar)

13. Punjab Quota *reserved* - anytime you feel like talking in punjabi tweet them.. have fun interacting with them in punjabi :) - @themonsoonkid ,@simarp ,@preetchandhoke ,@simarp, @harleenkaurs, @param188, @kulpreetsingh ,@rajbir, @purplebeing, @jasdeep,@sepiaverse

This has been the the largest follow friday recommendation i've made and i know i have missed many known-unknown people in it but yea.. i will keep on adding people as and when i feel they are missing in this list of mine. :-) . Happy Following.

Just for records i follow 499 people/brands/celebrities/rssfeeds all including and i'm 517 days old here. :)

Oh i missed mentioning my twitter handle na.. its @s4sukhdeep . :-) tada..

As I Move On..

2009-09-06T19:06:00.000+05:30

As I move forward in life..Ithink of the gains and losses i went through while passing different phases of life...be it the super exciting phase of achieving something different, or sharing the wonderful moments with friends or be it staying out of touch with everyone or be it the feeling of loneliness or dejection during recent few months..and this time i come to the conclusion and gains are all mine and losses are all theirs who lost me :)

when i look back at my life many people came [read girls] n life and went but i certainly believe that each one of them was a pleasure to be friends with and you won't find better teacher than them who would give you something to learn after practically experiencing it.

Some of them which i think definitely added to my learnings tab would include the following..!!

1. Not all that glitters is gold.A beautiful look might give you an illusion of beautiful heart inside but its not always true.. and same hold true for the opposite..a beautiful heart or a beautiful mind may not always be portrayed by a beautiful face..so you should be smart enough to understand the person..i guess my mistakes in understanding this phrase has made me a better human.

2. Friendship is not love - Thats one thing that i dont think i learnt but definitely learnt that you should be friends and should care for each other but not turn so good friends that the other person starts thinking that you are in love wid him/her..it brings in very difficult situation and the position where making a choice b/w frenship n relationship comes up....understand ur limits.. or be very clear about these things at every step.

3. I may be wrong here but i always feel while moving away from anyone, you are answerable to some of basic questions one wud have while you are going.. and you should nice enough to atleast clear all those doubts . I've some questions to ask to some of my 'Friends' [atleast from my side]and they still are unanswered..!!

4. Believe in God - A complete rockstar he is.I dont understand how he manages my life atleast.. he ll bring all the people in my life one by one.. and second one wud only enter once first one is taking time to leave....! awesome.. i feel who so ever comes in my life gives me some of the wonderful moments to cherish and some of not so good moments.. which make me more stronger for the next time..!!

having true friends on whom you can rely on anytime/everytime is sitting in a comfort zone and that feeling is awesome..!! i can count my comfort zone on one finger.. and i am not naming anyone here.. but i guess having that circle of 2-3 friends is more than enough for me in today's state. a post dedicated to my real life friends and my twitter aka online circle coming soon on that note :D

Long times this post rested in my drafts but finally i post it.. :)

happy reading..

A Birthday Wish

2009-09-02T23:21:00.000+05:30

I got this lovely picture as a birthday wish in orkut scrapbook from one of my gursikh friends and simply loved the concept

A New Chapter Starts

2009-08-17T20:15:00.001+05:30

As i enter 24th chapter in life, i am just wondering how one day can totally change the way you look at life... from 23 year to 24 in one day and suddenly parents start thinking the kid is now more mature..more sensible.. more responsible.. am still the same.. irresponsible.. careless..mature..umm dnt really know.. some say i am, some disapprove this fact. but one thing i definitely know,this is one of the crucial years in life.
some of the things i think, i might implement in my life and sharing it here to keep reminding it to myself
1.Learn to Say NO.. There have been times, i have disturbed my own life just by saying yes to some people which i could have clearly avoided..so more frequent 'NO' in times to come.
2.people call me internet addict and i agree to them for some reasons but i have had some amazing times in my life just coz of this social media and have made some fantastic people as my friends.going forward, i have decided to use my social media addiction for more good and use it as knowledge bank than just a social media usage.
3.Not to take people for granted.i trust people very easily. be good to me and get me going anywhere.going forward this rule doesn't applies :-)
4.Be expressive. if i like something, i am saying it.if i dislike anything,i am saying that too.i think i have missed some amazing opportunities in life again by not expressing interest but just waiting for best to happen and things to come to me themselves.
5.Those who missed my birthday.i need to forget theirs :) ofcourse this is lame.. but some times it is good exercise

Independent India turns 62

2009-08-14T23:42:00.003+05:30

Its 15th august,2009, 62 years after the lord mountbatten announced india an independent nation and handed over the responsibility to jawaharlal nehru. a historic moment indeed but 62 years passed, have we been able to keep the momentum going and become developed nation. no. despite being the largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest Country in the world, and one of the most ancient civilizations, we still have long way to go , come out of international pressures and be called a developed nation.

Not much to say but a tribute to our soldiers with this brilliant video by bharat bala productions shot at siachin glaciers with indian army. hats off to our indian army and soldiers who protect us in such conditions.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY :)

Happy Friendship Day

2009-08-04T14:31:00.001+05:30

To all the friends who DID NOT wish me today, thank you, im glad i have grown-up friends. To the rest of you, meh! Therz always next year!

This was a tweet from a friend and echoed my opinion on friendship day. so here it goes.. :)

Eventful Weekend in Delhi

2009-07-12T22:05:00.000+05:30

This saturday turned out to be a fun day in life.. had loadsa fun in Delhi.. the day started with startup saturday...was worth travelling 30 km from gurgaon and listen to some interesting talk on how to think out of online space as well and how to go about starting something in offline space..some interesting case studies and interactive talks helped understand the things. A very interesting talk was one on how to get funds from venture capitalists and angel investors and some very interesting points which came out of it were:
- Until the money reaches your bank, you're not funded
-Only real problems are 'fundable'
- Look at 1. Who can give you good feedback? Someone who understands the market you're in. 2. Who has appetite to invest?
-The venture industry is a lot more cocky in india compared to silicon valley counterparts.
- Most people start off with asking for a valuation. There's no point thinking about it today.
-The first step is to convince the investor to fund, not ask for valuation.
-'Don't raise money unless it's absolutely must, and once you decide to raise it, raise as much as you can'
-Money you raise today does impact the prospects of raising money tomorrow. Same thing with Terms
thanks to twitter and @prolificd to livetweet them.. i cud summarize the session in few lines :)
Following the Startup Saturday thing, we went to DLF Emporio in Vasant Kunj.. its a huge huge mall with all the BIG brands and all with sale stuff.. quite expensive but without looking much.. we went to TGIF where 10 tweeters were already waiting for us for a delhi drinks meetup..officially a daru tweet up , becoz of non drinkers attendance turned into a drinks tweetup. met around 25 guys who are on twitter and in different industries, it was interesting to share talks on so many different topics on one table.following a great time, some of us went to Turquoise Cottage for some good music and had a ball over there.. loved dancing after so long forgetting everything in life and just relaxing with the music ova there..although i haven't been listening to english music.. but again listening to it for first time is exciting as well.. dance dance dance and finally out of it around 11.30.. came with some frenz back to gurgaon and finally the day ended post 12.
Today i downloaded wordpress 2.8.1 the latest version, some interesting themes for my new blog. i haven't decided if i ll keep my blogspot blog running but that one is certainly coming up soon :)
tata for now.. a learning week ahead...keep writing.. keep smiling

100 Not Out

2009-07-04T23:17:00.004+05:30

Never thought i will ever post 100 posts on my personal blog but thank you everyone who read it and commented on it. you guys have been my motivation and the reason for updations :) ... 100 posts have taken a long time..
Instead of a long thank you note, just thought of sharing my message in few words.

Cheers !! Keep Inspiring !! Keep Rocking :)

It's not Writer's Block

2009-05-31T23:12:00.003+05:30

yea yea yea.. its not a writers block.. and i do come to blogger dashboard to blog but since last so many days precisely the days back home, what is stopping me from getting my posts live is damn electricity. we have a routine time table

Considering morning starts at 0000 hours.

First cut at 2.00 AM - 3.00 AM [ 1 hour]

Second cut at 6.30 AM - 7.30 AM [ 2 hours]

Third Cut 10 AM - 1 PM [5 hours]

Fouth One at 3 PM - 6 PM [ 8 hours]

Fifth One - 7.45/8 PM to 8.45/9 PM [9 hours]

Sixth One - 10.30 PM - 11.30 PM [10 hours]

Now these are the 10 hours when power is not there.. there are times when we have horrible voltage fluctuations when even fan and tubes cry and ask us to switch them off.. horribe state of electricity and the temperature is no less than 35 degrees at any point of day or night.. rains.. r u kiddin me.. they are no where near..

all the times when i try writing something.. and write write write and before i click save.. BOOM.. voltage fluctuates.. and my pc restarts.. wherez the post.. GONE..!!

if you get to read this post.. either its my lucky day.. or punjab government doesn't knows they have given us the power :)

P.S if you notice the date of post , its 31st May.. and its clear clear sign that i have tried my best to post and am able to do that only after a month of hard tries.. :D

Ciao

Punjabi Divas on Twitter

2009-05-24T12:37:00.012+05:30

What is Punjabi Divas?

Its a celebration of Punjabi and Punjabiyat on one of the most widely used social networking websites. Punjabi Divas is a concept of social networking one full day in Punjabi language. If you are a Punjabi, or someone who loves Punjabi language, Come be a part of it. Some of the commonly used punjabi words are mentioned below, start your conversations using them, and then other talks will continue automatically.

When?

9th June,2009 09.00 AM

Check your local time when Punjabi Divas Starts : http://uurl.in/3x44

Who can participate?

Anyone and everyone with love for Punjabi Language

In case it interests you, India's most famous celebrity on Twitter , Gul Panag will also be tweeting in Punjabi on #punjabidivas on twitter.

Hashtag - #punjabidivas <- Just write this in your tweet so that your tweet gets counted as Punjabi tweet :)

Punjabi Twictionary :

Hello - Sat Sri Akal

How are you - Ki Hal hai?

Wassup? - Kidda?

It's very hot today - aj bahut garmi hai

Chak De Phattey !!

Bole so nihal Sat Sri Akal

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Balle Balle

Popular Punjabi Phrases:

Jithey di khoti uthay aa khaloti - Back to square one

Chalo mitti pao - Let us just forget it

Key teri maj gum gayee aey - Are you in trouble

Popular Truck Lines

Parnaam Shaaheeda Nu

Buri Nazar Wale Tera Muh Kala

Nanak Naam Chardi Kala, Tere Bhaane Sarbat da Bhala

Some of the Punjabi Tweeters you might like to follow :

@ujj - Techie from Bangalore,humorous and funny

@realin - Tech Guy working in IT industry

@limeice- Web Freelancer from Jalandhar

@jasdeep - For all talks on Punjabi Literature, he is the guy to follow

@simarp - man behind Twitsnaps.com

@mrsikhnet - Gurmustak Singh, man behind sikhnet.com

@kulpreetSingh - Guy from Canada, tweets about Social Media Marketing,Sikhism, Human Rights and Love

@s4sukhdeep - Thats me :p

See Ya on Twitter guyz!!

I wish

2009-05-19T21:20:00.002+05:30

I wish

1. i was able to express myself freely over here. i stop myself many a times expressing things here for a simple reason that even if i write.. hardly anyone is goin to bother abt it.. so let it be inside and fade away..!!

2. i was able to ignore some people in my life. some people simply have too much of my thinking space covered, not actually required.

3. i could take credit of others work which i think is not right thing to do. i ve seen people around me taking credit of all the work done and get aappreciation.

4. i was able to maintain my daily balance of food and sleep.

5. i was able to say to some of my frenz.. where were you when i really wanted to talk to you? where were you when it was time for me to say something? where were you when i had loads to say and was looking for someone to just listen....

6. i was able to update this blog daily.. but now i am thinking to just shut up and close this post....

still have loads in mind.. but just dont want to spill it over here.. peace..!!

Rendezvous with a Legend

2009-05-03T21:53:00.001+05:30

This pic needs no introduction and is of a Legend, Gurdaas Maan. and i met him last thursday. Lucky day for me as i was checking in for my return to home. On Mumbai Airport at 8.45 AM , while i was awaiting my turn to come to collect my boarding pass, a familiar face stepped in the airport with a lady which eventually turned to be his wife and i came to know about it bit later. And i simply jumped and ran towards him to meet him.. Yes.. it was him. The Legend. Gurdaas Maan needs no introduction if you listen to Punjabi Music or watch Punjabi Movies. People say i m lucky to meet him and you bet.. i was lucky that moment because he is such a nice person. When he saw me coming, he stopped to greet me and as i kept on expressing my joy, and wish to click his pic.. very politely with smile on his face, he guided me with directions to click pic from right angle. and on demand of one more, he asked me to click as many as i want.I was speechless and excited and happy and jumping and smiling and posing with him to get a good pic :D :D :D ... its like once a lifetime opportunity to meet such stars.. With Mamla Gadbad Hai, Peed tere Jaan di, Yaad Satave Pind dia gallian di, Des Hoya Pardes, Shaheed e mohabbat Boota Singh and now Mini Punjab he has just kept on delivering best of music and movies.. I 'vent found a single Punjabi who is not fan of Gurdaas Maan - The Gurdas Maan. Love you babeyo :D

Maggi Love

2009-04-21T22:21:00.004+05:30

This post is completely dedicated to Maggi which is my lifeline, which is my heartbeat when i am away from home. and if you think maggi is name of girl.. you are absolutely........wrong. Its the same maggi which takes 2 minutes to get ready and its the same maggi which doesn't takes any effort to get inside the stomach as well ;)

As Maggi completes 25 years of existance and being favourite noodles of all for as many years, i thought of expressing my deep love for this babe.Here is the journey of Maggi and Me :)

Early 1990s: when we were in junior classes, many a times if vegetable made by mom is not what me n bro like, 2 minutes and by the time we got ready, Maggi was in our lunch boxes for us to enjoy. That was the same time, when i use to barter my lunch with someone whu brought Maggi :) not always.. but if u got maggi, i am your friend :p

Mid 1990s: then we grew lil young and started playing in kitchen with gas and stove which was quite risky. but whenever two conditions prevailed 1;mom not at home and 2; me or simar is hungry ... There comes Maggi, put water and masala with maggi.. and enjoy it and with proud tell to mom... we are not dependent on your presence if we are hungry :D .... Maggi din't change et al and so was our love for maggi

Late 1990s and Early 21st Century : Now in these years, i studied class 10-11-12 and bro being 3 years younger in class 7-8-9 and being Board classes, its time for late study just to have an impression of LATE NIGHT Studies..although i am of strong belief that if you sleep at 10 and get up at 4 to study , those 2-3 hours of early morning study will give u more knowledge than full night of study.. but neways.. if mom sleepin and our stomachs rings a bell.. there goes Mister in kitchen, put maggi on stove, and tea on other side.. and in next 5 minutes relish the extra-ordinary effort of making Maggi in night :D Sense of achievement u know..!! ;)

2003-2007 : These are four year of my engineering and i used to be a day scholar and used to come to home everyday. and two or three days a week, my first food was this two minute magic which i asked my mom to make so that she also doesnt feels loaded with work in kitchen :p .. those were the days when she started adding vegetables in it, little bit of butter to make it lil more healthy for me.. loads of cheese and coriander leaves to garnish.. in all a beautiful presentation of maggi came into picture with time passing. Only option where my bro and me would agree was if Maggi is made and then i decide if vegetables are required and he had say on amount of cheese and butter in it. Anyways end of 10 minutes, we both get Maggi so no issues :D

2007- till date : This is 'Maggi Survival Policy' period. The time when i moved out of my home to pursue my career. i moved to bangalore and then lack of North Indian food everynow and then made us eat nothing else but apni Maggi. Still when i think of number of days we had maggi just coz we dint feel like going out, or raining heavily or completely tired or simply feel like eating it..give me an option and i ll declare Maggi as Staple food for Youth :)

Make me Prime Minister of India and i will ensure maggi to be given at subsidised rates near colleges, company campuses and anywhere i found youth :p . Also given an option , apni shaadi pe maggi ka stall lagva denge ;) although i guess i need Nestle to sponsor me maggi's

and btw on account of dear maggi completing 25 years , nestle has launched a special site http://www.meandmeri.in/ - great site for fans of maggi. Enjoy :)

Bas bahut ho gai maggi maggi.. and while writing this post , i just had another 2 minutes Maggi break *burp* .. over and out

The March Story..

2009-04-09T18:14:00.002+05:30

Looking at the march there was not much i did in march... but if i count on most interesting things happening i can recollect following
- Matheran Trip - yea once again we all went to matheran.. this time on a toy train.. jab we met types.. mini train.. waadiyon ke beech se..with group of 30 teammates ..it was fun.. as usual
- then we went to a friend's place as well for Gujju Dinner and it was YUMM... so delicious that we self invited for lunch some time soon at his place.. which might come in my april update :p
- met lot of celebrities in this month.. so many tv stars, anjay dutt in march.. :D
- played holi - the best one i ve played so far in life.. it was great fun. we played in the society we are living in, had rain dance, lot of water, dry colours followed by best of food for lunch and dinner.. wil not forget holi of mumbai for long long time..
- did not go home this month :(
-- i forgot other things. .so when they come in mind.. wil be updated..!! :D

Dil aur Dimaag

2009-03-24T20:53:00.003+05:30

Dil keh raha hai shaam ko 7 baje se kuch to likh.. Dimag keh raha hai.. kahe ko pakayega.. chod na..!

This is exactly what has been goin on almost every time i logon to blogger to express my views..i think to write on something but then taking into account the impact it might have on anyone.. leaves me nowhere. this month has been quite a mixed one for me so far.. nothing exceptional coming my way but then again.. there isnt anything i am sorry about.

one thing i have to believe and accept is the fact that am living in complete feminist world and people around me have the first preference for other gender. no offences to anyone but i hardly find anyone who doesn't falls for other sex and maintains the balance of life in tough and easy situations..

Dil ka thought::

in last few days, i have become fan of Gujjus.. be it people or food.. i love both of em.. and the Dhokla they make.. out of this world.. punjabi add ghee or butter in everything they make and gujju's make everything sweet..

Dimag ka thought::

being in mumbai i have experienced the 'fast' mode of life..i mean life is so fast here that you actually dont get time to stop and think about it at any moment..for me, it has been little hard to adjust coz of few reasons.. one m toooo busy with work..two, i dnt really have a great friend circle and three those who are here, we ve nt been able to catch up coz of BUSY and FAST life of mumbai...!! hope to catch some friends in coming week.. *if i dnt go back home*

DIL and DIMAG ka thought:

"People value you as per their own convenience"

I dont think i need to write anything else in it.. says all..!! :)

Dil ka thought :

Jitne bhi dosto se dostana toot gya hai.. sab ko ek ek sms karke unka haal chaal pucha jaaye..aur pta kare ki unhe hum yaad bhi hain ya bhool gye... *bt i guess this would take me back to all those times which i think i dont want to remember again.*

Dimag ka thought :

See the time and chup kar ke so jao.. its close to 0000 hours and have to get up at 5 in the morning..

ciao..!!

Looking Back at Feb 09

2009-03-04T00:37:00.002+05:30

By no means an exceptional month, february went rather quickly.. i remember writing a recap of january just few days back.. and here i summarize my next month..!!
Nothing exceptional happened in this month except the last week.
- I went to my university to interact with newly recruited students of my company and it was great meeting all new minds and visiting university after almost 6 months.
- i had no plans for vacation but i got to spend almost a week at home.. was one flash and that got over.. so back to mumbai for work
- yes.. first time in my life.. i watched a movie on first day premiere show.. and guess wat.. it was DEV D .. :p first impressions depressing.. bt as a media savy guy.. found excellent concept shot with excellent vision..and acting.. so thums up for production and thums down for watch..!!
- oh yes..i did not go anywhr out of mumbai in Feb :)
- Valentine's day was also this month.. wat i did.. cut a cake.. and then whole day..nothing else.. or may be played football and went some shopping.. cutting it short.. jst spent it like another day ..who messaged me? believe me NO ONE ;) .. and whu wished me.. same person whu wished me new year first..!!
- Office went pretty fine. lot of work..lot of stress alongwith.. some fun moments not to be forgotten..some amazing times with people in office as well and lot of learnings.
- Did i mention two dance parties that happened in office.. two consecutive fridays.. one at some place in borivali or kandivali and other at Rhodas in Powai.. and one at rhodas was just so amazing.. had to fly back next day.. bt koi hosh nai.. kept dancing..enjoying on my own..on all songs.. be it punjabi, hindi, marathi, kannada.. lol.. missed dinner as well.. bt enjoyed a lot that one night.. AMAZING it was ..!!
- while coming back...it was first of march.. and lot of things happened in one day.. so wil updated in march post :)

Abhi ke liye.. cheers.. ciao

Random Query?

2009-02-18T00:07:00.003+05:30

A very general query that keeps coming to my mind whenever somebody talks to me about committments and relationships..
When one person is very clear in mind and thought that he/she is not going to marry the other person in any possible way and both have to go ahead and marry what their parents are going to find..then why dont they understand that the relationship/committments should not be continuous or it has to get over now or in some time.... what makes them stay in relationship and committment..aren't they pushing themselves into emotional web ??

Free ka Tag Game :p

2009-02-12T23:38:00.002+05:30

Just Random Questionnaire picked from Small Town Galz Blog :)
i love filling such questionnaires so picked up the questions and filled with my answers.....

Last Movie Seen in Theater: Dev D(Bollywood). Last English film was Slumdog Millionair.
Book Being Read : The Google Story. i know its old bt i ve got this habit of reading very recently and still not completely into it..
Favorite Board Game : Ludo :P. you give me 1,2,3 players.. i can manager with any number to play ludo :)
Favorite Magazine: Reader Digest, India Today.
These days it's all about: Me,myself and some work along.
Favorite Smells: These days it of Home made food. Being away from home, when you get to eat something home made... its amazing..
Favorite Sounds : someone humming one of your fav songs sitting next to you.
What is the first thing you think of when you wake up: "Already late..dont sleep anymore" :p
Worst feeling in the world : Feeling of being alone
Favorite Fast Food Place : McDonalds.
Future Child’s Name : First let me know my Future Wife's name.
Finish this statement, “If I had a lot of money I’d…” : travel across the globe, stay back in my hometown for rest of life.
Do you drive fast? : No. Speed thrills me.. bt i drive normal.
Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? NO.
Storms - Cool or Scary?: Ofcourse scary.. they disturb the peace of mind..
Do you eat the stems on broccoli?: na na.
If you could dye your hair any color, what would be your choice?: Even if i color them, no one wud see them.. Sardar hone ka ek fayda :p
All towns/cities you have lived in : Amritsar,Bangalore,Delhi,Gurgaon,Mumbai
Favorite sports to watch : Cricket.Lawn Tennis. F1.
One nice thing about the person who sent this to you : nobody sent me.. i just used copy paste :p
What’s under your bed? : Pair of Chappals.
Would you like to be born as yourself again? : I Suppose i would definitely like to be born as myself agaain.. :).
Morning person or night owl? : Completely depends on situation and place.
Over easy or sunny side up? : Sunny side UP!!!
Favorite Place to Relax : Bed at HOME.
Favorite Pie : American Pie. :-?
Favorite Ice Cream : I Like Tutti Frooti, Pista and Butter scotch.

Tagging- All you people who loves their blog and mine too :p ..

Jan 09 - A quick recap

2009-02-04T00:13:00.002+05:30

Looking back at January 09 , and a quick recap reminds me of following things :
- new year celebrations were at guest house with vinaya and me sitting in room talking on phone, watching tv and simply wishing everyone else happy new year.. :p
-january was too hectic in office.. long work hours.. remember working on 1st jan for whole day.
-and by 1st jan, i remember i went to Bandra Band Stand which is quite famous outing place.. that day we went to band stand, saw shahrukh and salman's home from outside which itself turns out to be quite a popular spot.
-my four days back home to celebrate Lohri were simply awesome. kept shopping and travelling and in between kept visiting golden temple all days. Golden Temple is one big magnet which keeps pulling me to amritsar.
- met simar [ my friend] after almost 18 months.. last we met were on last day of our examz and then i came to bangalore to join my company. so it was great meeting after a long time, spending some time together was amazing..great memories..
-then i went to Elephanta caves one of weekends and had amazing time trekking with friends and enjoying the hills. most thrilling part was the one hour journey from Gateway of India to Island of elephanta caves. after the ride, now i can say i have travelled on all modes of transport be it on land, air or water.. so was fun
- also visited Juhu Beach with friends after watching SM with them for second time. Slumdog Millionaire and CC2C were the only two movies i watched in Theatre this month and Slumdog was simply awesome.
Random trips to oberoi and inorbit kept happening. oh yes...i came across quite a few celebrities last month..being in mumbai and in area where many celebrities stay its a common thing but for a person like me who collects autographs or likes to meet them, its an exciting thing for me.

Coming to the end of month on 29th, my brother got his pce exam cleared which is equivalent to CA Inter and what an amazing result he delivered..proud of him.
time to sleep now.. i think i covered my jan times..if missed, i will keep updating..

Adios...

Lady Love..!!

2009-02-03T23:35:00.002+05:30

looks like a pretty odd title but this post is about my lady love.. love i have in my heart for some beautiful people and the ones who i wanna meet.Coming straight to the point..
1. Shireen Bhan : have you ever seen a smiling face presenting news or some show on CNBC or CNN IBN every night at 2030 hours... its Shireen Bhan who i am so desperate to meet.. i simply love the lovely smile, i love the way she talks and love the way she makes other person so comfortable talking of all the business numbers and technical jargon..one of my favourites which has been on my list from day 1 i became her fan and she is still on the list rocking..shez so adorable, so beautiful, so amazing that you can watch the news show without even bothering about any news. :D
2. Konkana Sen Sharma: Another lady who i am die hard fan of is Konkana... be it Page 3 or Mr & Mrs Iyer, Aaja Nach le or Luck By Chance. i am fan of Konkana.. she acts too well, so natural , so adorable..this wheatish gal is actor par perfection.i haven't seen a single film where i can say that she was misfit in chracter. I dont know how i can catch up with this girl.. but if given a chance.. all other appointments can be cancelled and she will be given all the priorities :D after all hum bhi busy insaan hai..
3. Madhuri Dixit : Hum Apke hai kaun to Raja, Beta to Aaja Nachle.. Madhuri Madhuri Madhuri... no match.. simply awesome.. hope to meet her sometime in life. this lovely lady can be called Maharani of bollywood..
4. Shweta Salve: one gal who a hottie in Indian Television, i like her sexiness and i like her acting as well..and i think they are more than enough the reasons to meet someone..
5.Chitranghda Singh: If you think Smita Patil is back in movies, that is because of Chitranghda who gives a quite attractive, and gracious look. i saw her first in Hazaro Khwahishein Aisi and next in some talk show on NDTV and since then.. my o my.. m her big big fan. this dusky beauty whuz wife of india's top golfer jyoti randhawa, looking at her you cannot believe your eyes.. shez so attractive.. so magnetic.. its simply awesome.. :D .. i hope i meet her sometime soon..

These five are the ones from indian sphere who i wish to meet and yes CLICK a pic with them..

Its here - Welcome 2009.....

2009-01-01T02:42:00.002+05:30

As i write these lines, i am almost 3 hours into the new date format where i would be no more writing 2008 in any communications... and i still feel time is flying and 08 is over..eyes stuck at 01-01-09 on cell.anyways.. its here so Welcome 2009..

Wishing you a very Happy New Year.. i hope this year is good for me,you and everybody around.

This year no resolutions as such but some things to be taken care of...
- Blogging atleast once a month.. i know very unreal target but less the expectation.. more the performance output :p
- If not having enough to write.. still going to post something... reader discretion recommended ;)
- rest i have them in mind.. but now they are not coming out :P :D

Thanks to all who have made this 2008 a year to remember.. more on my recap of 2008 in next post.. and thatz gonna be very soon.. ciao..

Happy New Year - 2009

Zindagi Live in Mumbai

2008-12-24T00:22:00.004+05:30

I got a welcome back comment.. makes me feel all the more comfortable writing a new post on my Zindagi Live..
if you ask me wats happenin in my life.. my answer is 'IDK' - I Dont know.... i wish to buy one t-shirt since last sunday.. and m still not able to get out of office till all the shops on way get closed.. get an idea of life m leading these days.. he he.. its Office and my majority of time in mumbai is spent there..but yea.. its been a whole lot of learning and experience on proffessional level which has come my way.. thanks to this hard efforts being put in...lots of things in mind but cannot be shared coz it then violates my office policies :P

Coming onto personal front.. what to say... a single soul.. with some set of close friends keeping all updates from their respective places about my life and it feels good when you have some one calling you and keeping up to date with your life. In mumbai, i haven't met anyone in specific although lot of friends are here.. but very cold reactions from majority of them was a big turn off....This is LIFE... amazing things people around you teach you... i call many of them as my friends and they remain to be part of some of my memories... no expectations anymore and this has definitely help me not-to-think about anything weird or unwanted..its either good times or no times.. no bad times in between..

Yes... not to forget.. i saw 'Rab ne bana di jodi' on saturday night..no review from my side but quick thoughts on it...first it reminded me of Amritsar, Golden Temple and my home...some great shots and typical life style of Punjab shown in movie.. +1 ; Shahrukh Khan acted nicely but hez gone old now.. shud stop romancing new heroines.. shud better start doing work which Amitabh Bachan does these days.. -1 ; Anoushka Shankar looks pretty but shez not a heart-throb or hawtt or amazingly beautiful... definitely a next-door-neighbour girl in our punjab +1 +1 ; Nice Clothes worn by her both indian and western +1 ; Weak Pace of story -1 ; Good Music -1 ;Hypothetical and Dreamy Sequence.. forces you to believe the story; One song with all SRKs heroines was came in out of nowhere.. and song was nothing but first line of many old numbers.. horrible thot whu so ever thot that.. -1 ; stress buster and a good time pass. one time watch .. = 2.5 stars out of 5..

abhi ke liye itna hi..

Hum hain raaahi pyar ke... Phir Milenge .... Chalte Chalte.. ;)

Last Few Days

2008-12-16T22:43:00.002+05:30

i know i haven't come in these streets for long. i wanted to come here so many times but times mismatched with the availability and as usual its blocked in my office so cant access it anywhere but once in bluemoon when i get the chance to use someone's laptop at home :ps..

ok back to my last few days...

- My last few days have been in Mumbai

- My last few days have been quite interesting

- My last few days have given me some great memories to keep for times ahead

- My last few days have given me so much new learnings at proffessional level

- My last few days have been made me little more thoughtful about life and made me a slightly more intelligent :p

- My last few days have been me living alone and enjoying life..

- my last few days have been outta online life

These were how my last few days were...

Should I?

2008-09-24T19:54:00.005+05:30

i still remember the date and the time..
we were having great times...
and then, al of a sudden
without a reason
she went and never came back...
i was sad..but she dint come..
i kept looking for her.. but she din't come

and now after so long
She comes to my street
and she still remembers my name.. and my smile :)
she remembers my birthday and recalls the old times..
but should i be friends again..!!
should i?

P.S - Don't be so emotional :p ...i know i am not good in writing :) !!

Whatever..Anything.. You Decide

2008-09-24T19:46:00.004+05:30

Case 1- whatever!!
Men: What to have for dinner?
Women: Whatever..
Men: Why not we have steamboat?
Women: Don't want, eat steamboat later got pimples in my face
Men: Alright, why not we have Si Chuan cuisine
Women: Yesterday ate Si Chuan, today eat again?
Men: Hmm..... I suggest we have seafood
Women: Seafood no good, later I got diarrhea
Men: Then what you suggest?
Women : Whatever..

Case 2- Anything
Men: So what should we do now?
Women: Anything
Men: How about watching movie? Long time we didn't watch movie
Women: Watching movie no good, waste time only
Men: How about we play bowling, do some exercises?
Women: Exercise in such hot day? You not feel tire meh?
Men: Then find a cafÃ© and have drink
Women: Drink coffee will affect my sleep
Men: Then what you suggest?
Women: Anything

Most Dangerous- you Decide
Men: Then we just go home
Women: You decide
Men: Let take bus, I will accompany you
Women: Bus is dirty and crowded. Don't want
Men: Ok we will take Taxi
Women: Not worth it... for such a short distance
Men: Alright, then we walk. Take a slow walk
Women: What to walk with empty stomach woh?
Men: Then what you suggest?
Women: You decide
Men: Let's have dinner first
Women: Whatever...
Men: Eat what?
Women: Anything

Four Different States

2008-09-23T17:44:00.005+05:30

last few days i had some amzing things happening in my life.... a very good friend messaging me not to call back.. a friend pushing talks to next call with a simple reason of 'too busy with life n stuff'..best friend inviting over for a dinner delight :) .. a friend coming for support.. and it all takes me to a very confusing state of mind.. i am very happy coz of some people in my life.. and disturbed coz of some...

i jst have these four states to share rite now .

1. a simple message from a friend spoiled my mood and eventually the day... why? no reason...no fights..no arguements..no hard feelings.. but anyways.. you can't keep on asking so just going with the flow..!!

2. Busy wid something.. ttyl.. and that laters is COMING SOON :) !!

i firmly believe that if you are a friend.. then even if you are busy.. you are always free enough to greet and cut to talk laters..everyone is busy in today's life.. you're not alone..!!

3. Dinner Delight..: Can you think of a dinner with home made saag, roti and wonderful company.. i jst had it this sunday.. followed by Ras Malai from Munim di Hatti :P went to meet mah frn and her mom offered me dinner treat and how can you say NO to tht..!! This was again a friend's house.. and a different situation..!!

4. i had few words to say to my own uni mates but on stage this time round.. so i jst shared tht wid one of my frienz and he came just to support....he had a date fixed.. cud hve gone there and said.. m busy.. but he was there.. !!

Publishing after a year.. coz somehow this went into drafts and never got published.. i remember those times so.. documented version is here.

Looking for a Friend?

2008-09-10T17:42:00.003+05:30

long time back, I heard these lines at kirtan and i get back to them many a times while i meet different people.

Har milan vele puchda e;
tera sajna yaar parvaar kinna?
saak sambandhi ne das tere hor kinne?
te aggeo ohna da karobaar kina?
nagd hai kina te samaan kina?
yari ohde naal paao jera har wele puche
ve sajna tera tere guru naal hai pyaar kina?

I will try to get back on this post to explain what it says !!

Online Friendships

2008-09-05T16:26:00.004+05:30

Online friendship is making friends an e-way. Some of them do turn to life long friends and some are short terms but on the way there are some things, which
should be taken care of, to make the bonds strong. A mixed experience in online friendship has pushed me to write on little things you should be careful of and certain disciplines which you need to take care while things are shaping up.

Before going on to things which one should do, let’s talk about something one should avoid doing : [The DO NOT DO things]

1. Do not email your photographs in the first few chats/exchange of messages only. Danger of them getting misused is more than actual expectations. I have pics on my social networking site but I don’t play ‘Lets share the pics’ game while talking to anyone who I don’t know in person.

2. Do not ever commit to anything online. It’s not a game being played . Don’t make promises of going for a holiday, marriage and all that stuff even if you are sure that the other person is your only one. Meet before you say anything.

3. Don’t be a starter always. Give other person the chance to reciprocate. Online friendship is one thing which needs equal communication to flow from both ends else the age of friendship doesn’t last long.

4. Don’t share any personal details until the trust factor is established among you both. It takes time and let the time pass to start believing in the friendship.

Little time for looking at things you should do while you are having online friends [the DO list]:

1.Be completely honest. If you are looking for honesty from other side, the same holds true for him/her as well. It doesn’t means to share things in and out but maintain a level of disclosing your life and let that portion is true share. Sometimes online friendship go long so in that case, sharing an honest part always helps.

2.Never ever share your passwords/ bank account details or credit card details just because you have started trusting the other person.

3.Always be clear of your expectations. You might just be looking for a normal friendship but the other side might be eyeing for a long term relationship so make sure both of you have clarity of thoughts on your expectations from each other as friends.

4.Confidence is the key. Your shy nature might be the reason of target for any person to fool you around. Be confident while you talk. Since you are not meeting in person its always better to take some time and then reply.

Are you meeting him/her?

Once the level of comfort develops, both would wish to meet and share thoughts offline. No doubt it’s a great way to move from world of online friends to real but be careful before meeting.

1.Make sure before meeting , you have been in conversation for some times. And its always great to talk over phone for some conversations before actually moving to meeting in real. The conversation over the phone would create the level of easiness when you meet for first time.
2.Try not to go alone, for first one-two meets. You might have a common friend or just a trusted friend who can go along with you and you can make him/her part of meeting and not just the point of security for you. There is nothing embarrassing about this.

3.Your first few meeting places should be public places like Coffee Bars, Restaurants, Market places or any malls. Never have your first meetings at secluded place for it may backfire and put you in questionable situation.

4.Stay Connected : Its good to have phone on silent mode but never put it off coz its disturbing your meeting. You make sure you are connected to the world while you are meeting.
5.Never think you are too smart or never show over excitement to meet. This might give a wrong impression on the other side.

I suppose this is more than required list of do’s and don’t to maintain long lasting online friendships.

Cheerz.!!

a musical Interview of myself

2008-08-30T22:07:00.003+05:30

Awrite.. I am tagged and I am trying it although I have a feeling that its gonna be huge blunder for me to try anything like this.. but lets see..

The Rules:
1. Put Your iTunes/ music player on Shuffle [ I have my Windows Media Player Ready]2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer. [ I will move to next question only after the song finishes.. ]
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG DOWN NO MATTER WHAT!!! After you've answered all of the questions, tag other people and then let them know that they have been tagged. [ No tags as of now bt yh wil try to see which song comes up]

Disclaimer : Most of songs in playlist are Hindi and very few punjabi and english numbers, so more bollywood tadka in it.

So I Start :
 IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
- Love me for a Reason - Boyzone (I say its not OK ..lol..)

 WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
- Mai Ho Gya Sharabi : Punjabi MC [ Jeri Nachdi Gidhe wich ,Dil Ode ute aya.. zara os nu bulao..lol ]

 WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
- Maula mere maula : Anwar [ Aankhein teri Kitni Haseen :D ]

 HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
- Khuda Jaane - Bachna Ae Haseeno (Ha ha..)

 WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
- In Dino –Life in a Metro ( Tu Khwaab Saja…… Tu Jee Le Zara…Hai Tujhe Bhi Ijazat.. Kar le tu bhi Mohabbat.. whuz listening???)

 WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
-Kabhi Kabhi Aditi - Jaane tu ya Jaane Na (?????)

 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
-Teri Ore – Singh is Kinng :D (Kheeche Mujhe Koi Dor Teri Ore…No Doubt I am back home every fortnight…)

 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
- Leja Leja - Ustad Sultan Khan (Lai ja Lai ja mehki raat mein chura ke sare rang lai ja.. is it what I think… interesting !! )

 WHAT IS 2+2?
- Hiriye - Shael (Now I dnt expect any song to answer this question so enjoyin the number..)

 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
-Kite Kalli Beh Ke Sochi Ni - Manmohan Waris (LMAO… no comments..)

 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
- Bol Na Halke Halke – Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (Ahaa Ahaa Ahaa)

 WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
-Main Jahaan Rahoon – Namastey London [ lol..do I need to comment on it, NO ]

 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
- Tu Ashiqi Hai – Jhankaar Beats (it says I am dedicated to one person when I grow up… tu khushi hai aasra bhi hai..teri chahat zindagi hai.. tu mohabbat tu ashiqi hai.. :D)

 WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
- Move Your Body – Johnny Gaddar (Doob ja mere pyaar mein.. :D)

 WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
-Jaaneman – Aryan (Mismatch ho gya is baar)

 WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
-Mast Kalandar - Hey Babby [ :D waise I would dance on ‘Munda apne viah te nachda fire’ ..lol]

 WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
-Hey Babby – Hey Babby (Jee lene de is pal ko.. kal ki sochenge kal ko :D)

 WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
- Aaoge Jab Tum Yaad – Jab We Met (Thinking about her…aaoge jab tum yaad..aangna phoool khilenge…!!)

 WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
-Rang De Basanti - RDB (Biggest secret is the energy and passion like one in RDB.. m jst somehow matching the song with question :p)

 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
- Chandni Raatein - Distant Voices (Yh.. Friends are like Chandni Raatein.. Full Moon Nights u know..!! )

 WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS?
- Doorie – Atif Aslam (Wicked Track…!! And I am not posting this as my title..)

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS TAG?
- Chak De India – Chak de India [Kuch Kariye…kuch kariye.. nas nas meri khaule…lol..]

Okayz.. so I am done with this tag now…and yh.. was fun.. try doing sometime with different set of questions and enjoy with different versions of your life in MUZIKAL way..!!

Cheerz….

First Week of 24th Chapter in Office

2008-08-30T21:19:00.004+05:30

An eventful week , A week which went so fast. After having spent 10 days at home including my first work from home experience , I returned back to office. This time round, a very smooth journey from Home to Office made a feel good factor in mind right from start of the week.
As soon as I booted mah system..it crashed and WOW !! That was it … end of my TO DO things on Monday.All I could do was raise a ticket and then just wait for our support team to get me a new system and get back to work.Loads of work was assigned to me, Nothing could be done except putting it on hold.
Tuesday, System still not recovered and me still trying hard to sort out things. Finally in evening, I was able to get a system up and running.Full day again kinda wasted professionally.
Wednesday, Two days work and new work and loads of follow up jobs gave me a fair impression that I have no time for any breaks and just work work and work. Starting at 10, I somehow managed to finish off things by 6 in evening and thought to leave but due to an event planned for next day so decided to stay back and move at 8 pm. It was a quiz , so co-ordinating with my club mates and preparing a good quiz database was task to finish before leaving for home.
Thursday, Series of events continued and I tried to finish my job assignments before 2 pm. At 2 PM , we had prelims of quiz which went on till three and believe me, the teams were more enthu than we had anticipate. Questions were good and so was the response.Finally we had 5 teams to sit in final round. 3Rounds and close to 22 questions to each team was tough ask but Yours truly was the quiz master and tried to do his bit and with response and feedback believes he did fairly well J . A Completely new experience being quiz master , learned so many things while doing the job..!! Event finished at 5.30 and I was back to my seat when the outlook flashed a mail of White paper Contest and there were two days left for the last date of participation. A Wish to participate made me sit back again till 8 and prepare the document.
Friday: Thank God it’s a Friday. Morning had a meeting for our social responsibility club, finished my routine work and there was call for party. Successful Event was the reason and we in organising team were all game. Pizza Hut and 5 Guyz..we ordered everything we possibly could. A heavy meal followed by chocolate sundae from Baskin Robbins was a more than my expectations. Oh Yes!! Its last day of submission and I am still left with more than half document to finish.Type Type Type and format and finally I managed to finish and submit the white paper by 8.13 PM and I left office at 8.20 Pm that day.
Saturday, I went to IIT to hang out with friends and eventually finished with watching 6 movies in a span of 24 hours..singh is king.. bachna ae haseeno..god tusi great ho.. ugly pagli..maan gye mughal e azam and mumbai meri jaan at one go…saw a macbook for myself bt saved myself from getting screwed thanks to little smartness i showed while looking at lappy..a different story and some other times.went to Mezbaan and Priya's as well..phew..

It took me another week to move the past from paper to e-version and in this week we had another successful event in our company which again yours truly hosted and had loads fun doing the same.

A Weekend with Cousins

2008-07-30T15:20:00.001+05:30

This weekend has been a treat...Shopping..Delhi Darshan and meeting cousins after so long. Perfect ingredients to fill all spaces in my weekend schedule. I met three cousins all married and met them all after long times...Two Brothers and a sister with their families are all now lot more mature and understand the life the better way!!

Cousin 1:

Friday evening, right from office went to my first destination..near AIIMS.. Since bro is an ortho doc there..so lives nearby..Bro,Bhabi and Shobit[his 7 month old son] were waiting for me since I told them that i would be there around 7 but thanks to Delhi Traffic and lovely MG Road under Metro Construction..reached there late by an hour.In Dinner, Dal Makhani and Aloo Gobhi were completely attacked and complete justice was done to the wonderful food prepared by Bhabi..Small and single family..they in real terms were depicting life of newly wed couples who are in process of planning for life and making some bold decisions on the way. Friday night we all one by one tried to make shobhit sleep and guess what...All Failed :p... a complete power house.. wonder how kids have so much of energy.. He made us all completely tired and we were feeling sleepy... but finally the mother won and shobhit slept at 1.30 for 3-4 hour sleep but we all dozed off..Saturday planz were to see jaane tu once again ;) but two reasons , one my bro was waiting for his interview results and second the lovely weather tempted us to move for some shopping and India Gate late night...Plans did turn into reality and 7 Pm we went to South Ex to roam n shop..I bought new shoes..Nike..and i dint tell my mother about the actual price :D

Had some snacks @ Bengal Sweet Shop and McD before going to India Gate..Its truly amazing place and one of places where one can see all kinda life.. Poor Rich Happy Sad Excited Depressed all kinda people are there..Mausam bada beimaan tha... so full enjoyment there. Reached back home at around 1..and then sote sote 2.30 baj gye fir se.. Thanks to Shobhit once again...but this time.. i achieved this feat to make a child go into his dreamworld... i made him sleep on my lap and that was awesome feel.. :P

Did i mention we had simply delicious.. awesome..tastiest Pasta i ever had..Bhabi made Pasta in white sauce and Man !! it was tooooo gooood...

Cousin 2 :

Come Sunday and its one of the days one never wishes to get up early morning..and history continued this sunday as well ;) as the eyes opened wonderful Rains outside were making whole Delhi feel Happy and the plans to move to Destination 2 were getting delayed..!! Finally rain stopped at 1.30 and bro dropped me at Dhaula Kuan.. took a cab and reached Gurgaon in mere 23 minutes and 10 bucks.. Not a bad deal on time and money :)

20 minutes of walk to my cousin's place..and what a wonderful 250 minutes of Meet-up we had..complete delight to catch up after long and amazing hospitality was cherry on the cake :) She is married for 18 years now and have two wonderful kids..who again are Champs..! I am so proud of my family..before meeting her, i never knew her as a person..she was just my cousin and thatz it..but after a lot of chit chat and exchange of thoughts..i guess i need to seriously think on some points she expressed about life..for a first impression it looks to be a philosophical session.. but if you start relating yourself .. then you feel you found a right person to converse with.. One who has seen life in Highs and Lows ,Ups and Downs and Today she makes us all proud..!! :)

And family genes..look at it..her daughter/ my niece is a wonderful dancer..closest word for her dance can be PROFFESSIONAL even though shez just into her 10th now.add to it the never below 90 % marks...i guess its all in the DNA of our family..you have high standards to match..and every new member in family crosses it and sets a new target to achieve...!!

If I can quote a quite true yet looking philosophical quote

" To be complete in life, you need to have 3 satisfactions : Satisfaction in SOCIAL, PROFFESSIONAL and SPIRITUAL Life " by D.A

How True !! Yet i feel for an individual its a long journey to finish..!! But yeah..wil keep checking once in while on all the three fronts..!

Did i mention the yum yum Paav Bhaaji i ate.. and as i took another paav from plate.. had to put it back Thanks to Sis who stopped me from eating.. coz something else was coming my way.. and only my way ;) he he..!! Wonderful kebabs and Wonderful Talks.. a great combination at dining table :)

Then we went to Metropolitan..FYI its a mall in Gurgaon to get some music CDs..did the shopping and went to their shop for sometime before going to Barista for a coffee.. and there a wonderful question came up in my mind which i want to ask you...! Why do galz order only Hot Coffee...??? I have some different answers on it.. but still wats ur say!!

Cousin 3 :

Came back,had a chit chat and finally moved to Destination number 3..my another cousin who came to pick me from some pre-decided place. I gave him company over his beer with my Nimbu Paani :P and it was on da rox ..Itna nasha Kingfisher se nai aya jitna Lime water ne de diya..wonderful Dinner prepared by Bhabi and we all enjoyed it followed by wonderful session of Jokes..big time PJs..great sense of humor sometimes..all thanks to Kingfisher ;) till the clock struck 12..Next day is Monday and we three all working professionals had no choice but to take some rest and get ready for week ahead....and hence The End of a wonderful weekend.

and as i write these lines i get wonderful news: My Cousin Bro [ Cousin 1] cleared his interview and would be Senior Resident Doctor coming month.. Congratulations to him.. isko bolte hain Jhakkas news..!!

P.S –I am happy these days..and wondering my life is still good, infact better even after cutting my phone calls and sms's ……I analyzed my call history and noticed near to 80 percent decrease in number of calls and almost 50-60 percent less talking time on phone in last few dayz…

** Emotions while saying this :

If you are girl… I am in no mood to explain on this.. and if you are a guy.. dude..!! phone ka bill control ho raha hai ;) **

Cheerz..!!

Randomness in Thoughts

2008-07-21T14:43:00.001+05:30

I dint want to write this but then i feel, why not...Sukhdeep for some is one person they can always approach when they need some help and can consider him as person who is a friend.i feel people need to know that person on the other side is human too and carry the same emotions that they carry. So if they feel they should be treated well so do I think.

Recent days…so many small small incidents took place which took me to emotional low.M not writing them here but they put a doubt in my mind if i am a good friend.i feel i am unfair to some of friends who really care for me saying these lines but human tedency... can't help it..!!

You will always think of people for whom you you wanna care rather than who care for you. Don't know why but i keep going back to repeat history which put me in pain.But neways as the saying is

"Ki Farak Painda..!! "

Feel Good Factor is getting back and i am back to same old person which is available 24 x 7 but now not for everyone..!! The 24 x 7 quota has been eliminated for all people who are friends to me just for the help though it still hold for FRIENDS..

Friendship Day is round the corner so i will soon put the post about my friends and this time its going to be public.Some secrets finally getting revealed, some names would be heard for first times and some names would make some of the people in some kinda confusion.. ;)

Did i tell that my search for home ended.I have got a place to finally settle down in Gurgaon and i hope things go well and life also takes a smooth road for some time atleast.Thanks to all who helped me at all times possible.One person needs special mention and her name is Hina. Althoughwe haven't met in person yet , yet everytime we talk, i feel like still there are people who you would always want to be friends with.Pretty impressive writer, MBA , Quality Analyst. Everytime i talk to her, i learn since she is 400 percent times more experienced in industry. :p

Dont know what are contents of this post but whatever has come in my mind.. i just wrote here..!!

P.S- There is no one to whom this post is pointed. Its just what i felt sitting one day and thinking all about things happening around my life..!!

I guess i need some time for myself and i might take it out very soon ;)

Current Status of Life : Still Trying Hard to feel GOOD in Delhi..!!

--
Regards,
Sukhdeep Singh
"Adversity causes some men to break, others to break rules."

Status : Committed

2008-07-13T17:02:00.005+05:30

Amazing huh..!! The kind of response i received after a small change on my profile on orkut, i had to take some time out to think whether this status change was something i should not have done.!!

I was congratulated, questioned, investigated too and what not..!! but nobody took an effort to really think the way i thought while changing it. :p... even if i would have been on other side, would not have taken pain to do that.. So no offences..!!

Everybody took commitment as me going with someone, dating, having a gf without getting this thing public, blah blah blah....

Declaration: I am not seeing anyone [These Days :p]

When the status changed from single to committed , I took it as small change in my life since 2008 has been year which has been quite an OK kinda year so far..and has made me think so many times to committ to some decisions in life and take some of them on a serious note.

So to clear this suspicion , thought of writing and sharing here.

Some of My Committments::

Committment towards my family - They are my source of inspiration, my guide and they are the ones which who are with me under all circumstances. Happy, Sorrow, Ups and downs they are the ones for whom Sukhdeep is and wiill always be the same .

Committment towards my work - After completing a year in the industry, i can visualise some of the real aspects of life and i have committed myself for a better delivery on my work . At current position , i wish i could add more value but current role restricts me from doing that. Anyways my committment towards my work saves me from going lazy towards delivery of work and i hope the committment leads me to better paths where i could feel satisfied on proffessional front as well.

Committment towards my Friends - This is little tricky committment here..coz this committment is not actually towards my friends but towards myself. Committment to be Honest to myself about my friendship with my friends. Every Friend has his/her own space in my heart and nobody replaces anyone there. So my committment to be honest with each one on being friends and not faking myself to anyone is one thing i wish i can carry to distance as long as possible.Doesn't means that other committments are not to be taken that far.. but i feel little extra effort is needed in this case :P

Committment towards my Religion- I am Proud to be Sikh and i am committed to it. I committ myself to be faithful towards my religion, abide by its values and keep its flags flying high ..!! The commitments are lot more and all can't be mentioned or written.

Still wondering why i missed committment on Relationship :P ???

For me, committment to relationship is same way as is for you but i donot have any answer to time when i will be committed, donot have any answer as to whom i will be committed to and really dont know if it happens before my marriage :P.

I don't know if someone really comes in my life but the matter of fact that Crush and Infatuation makes life little more cheerful and i don't know if by any chance any one out of those turns into relationship and committment.

But as of today : I am still 'SINGLE' :)
Yeah yeah i know i've made you happy for a second !! ;)

It was a long due post and finally being posted but the fact that i don't have access to blogger in office so i check it once a fortnight when i am back home. but now i think changing the settings would help me directly publishing my post by mailing to one email address. P

Please bear the Warning Message at end of every message now on !! :)

Cheerz..!!

God Bless

Sukhdeep

Peace

2008-06-30T15:17:00.001+05:30

Peace

P.S - The Post was posted on 30th June but was unpublished saved in drafts..!

Psychologies

2008-06-03T23:10:00.002+05:30

I don't know if I have been tagged or simply just asked to answer some questions..but i am answering them... they give me a chance to take an insight look into my own life and it feels nice sometimes to get a check on own life....here i go

Q1) What do you miss most about childhood ?
A1) Loads..i think those were the golden days and would never be back again....those were the times when i demanded anything and everything and then forgot about it since it was not my pain to get that... so care free life... great brains that time... co curricular activities , every day praying on stage in school....lovely honest friendship wid mates...the list goes on..

Q2) What makes you glad that you're at this age.
A2) At this age, it feels good when you can think of something and then actually buy it. I always wished i had some things yet dint wanted to ask dad since i knew they are for my luxury and not my need... but now when i get chance , i can afford to get them. More than the age factor, the fact that i am engineering degree holder, gives me a stand in society and among peers where i can say that i am happy with current status of life.

Q3) What kind of people repel you?
A3) Many..yes many.. people who have show off, people who have attitude outta nothing... people who backstab... people who talk to get something out of you..people who are double faced...people who dont care for their parents... they all repel me...yes yes one more.. people who keep an eye on my orkut scrapbook :D he he

Q4) What is the biggest dilemma you have faced?
A4) Many a times, there is only one thing.. head asks for something and heart goes for something else.. so that puts me in fix more than anything else.

Q5) So what do you think of marriage now?
A5) Abhi karva do chahe ;) ..... on serious note , i feel marriage is complete upgrade on current version of bachelorship which one should only go for when he/she thinks they had complete understanding of new life, new relationships and completely be matured enough not only to take care of him/herself but be ready to take care of two families.

Q6) So would you prefer a live-in relationship to marriage?
A6) NO NO NO :D

Q7) What would you change about yourself?
A7) May be i am a too good a**.. need to start being Normal :p

Q8) What do you think of the Indian youth?
A8) Indian Youth is me, Indian youth is you.. so i think you and me are talking more and acting less and same implies to indian youth.. Baatein Zyaada Kaam Kam.

Q9) What about the man-woman divide?
A9) This is talk of politics and no comments on it. but one thing is sure in my views.. women have definite advantage in all areas whatever they may keep on saying.. or may be what i have experienced and seen.. there is no divide and adding to that, women have edge

Q10) So you think women are less empowered?
A10) My above answers this question as well.. so NO , women are not less empowered.

Q11) What would you never change about yourself?
A11) My Dream and My Vision. .

NO tags this time.. last time i think deranged insanity took it too seriously and laters she changed her name to dying insanity...lol.... i dnt want to spoil her :D bt anyone who feels like answering.. go ahead and just have small check up :)

Cheerz..!!

Headlines Post

2008-05-25T23:57:00.004+05:30

Overloaded with too many things off late.. too many reasons and too short the time.. but i take it.. infact welcome it with both hands... reasons too many.. so laters on that.. i am too tired currently so cant even write with concentration.. so whateva is comin .. simply written..the post is on hold.. or can say a headlines post.
..wanna write abt two three things so would put them as headlines to write in detail about each one of them seperately/together some time soon... and that soon i know would be somewhere round in next week since i know coming week.. i mite need an assistant to look into my things :p tooo busy tooooo busy... appointment dairy and a personal secretary.. ON CARDS as soon as i can start afforing both ;)
next week monday is normal workin day bt hell tired so would be lazy bum all thru the day..and yh packin stil continues... tuesday last proper workin day in bangalore..gonna meet all the mates f office...wednesday farewell times to bangalore desktop :( and people here.... wednesday nite to delhi and thursday mornin to amritsar.. followed by JAGO on thursday nite.. :) :) :) u can start imagining the Bhangra and Fun expected.. if m not stressed out of travelling... Friday and Saturday Marriage Times... and Sunday i think would surely be rest.. So... Yh.. a dairy is must must to keep my life on track :p
newayz....i want to share that yesterday was Saturday n Today is Sunday.. nothin new in that... but the fact this was last saturday and last sunday here in Bangalore before i move out.
1. Saturday > Startup City + Shopping :D
2. Sunday> Project Outing + Forum Visit.
Out f 48 hours, hv slept 10 hours of total sleep can make u little clear about my health.... no wonder i am all FIT :p.. or SLIM..
Current Status of My Life: Packings...Too Much Travelling.. Too Much Shopping.... Tooooooo Much Fun... Toooooooooo Much Memories taken along..very few times clicked in between :( .. ...Toooooooooo Excited for Vacations.

P.S - Disprin was taken to sleep yesterday.. n i think i need another one today as well.. but i will avoid it this time.. my doc says.. try to avoid allopathy..
So before it becomes a necassity.. need to sleep.... cheerz

Marathon Run - Whatte Fun..!!

2008-05-20T01:59:00.004+05:30

You never know what is in store in Life…and off late the events and moments have been much better than just few days before when I had almost lost all the hopes to enjoy life and just carry on the way it was… Sudden turns and I would say Waheguru Rocks… no clue on how he plays his games but simply love the way all happens..
I went to Sunfeast Marathon Run this Sunday and what a fantastic run in Bangalore, Magnificantly managed and organized International running event which made me happy on fact that I can also run 6 km .No doubt it was hard to finish the race since there was no practice prior to run and the fact that sleep was not adequate nite before the race and not proper breakfast taken before running.. I wonder how I was running on Sunday. We were 30 people who were running from our corporate side to support a cause. As mentioned in earlier post , that we were running for Bosco, a NGO which works with Street Children to teach them, counsel them and make sure they enjoy all the fundamental rights to live in India with pride. Run for a Cause was Majja Run, a fun event for running which had race length of 5.7 km and was scheduled at 9.45. As usual Sukhdeep Paaji reaches Stadium just in time at 8.45 to meet the fellow mates who were running. Perhaps I was the only sikh who was in turban at race, all others were in patka or parna but newayz Style hai to Smile hai ;)
So All set to run and 9.45 race kicked off.Sortching Heat and temperature close to 35 degrees.btw did I tell you the stadium was full of race enthusiasts who were running for themselves, who were running for cause and who were running just for fun. Newly married couples,young children,professionals,students,college peeps,young,old all were there in spirits of their own to show the world that Yes, they can run. Maybe I also wanted to prove myself that I can run this much distance and that too eventually cross the finish line without any break and losing in between.
Race did start at time and all started running. With full energy and completely fresh , I literally thought of running and running fast. I crossed nearly 500 runners within first few seconds and by end of first minute was in first 100-150 runners and continued to be in that league for another 5-6 minutes.Then with the time, the pace decreased and so did the distance covered w.r.t time being taken. I had my own stopwatch to note the time. Kept running in between slowing down and then gaining the pace again… dint have any idea on how much distance was covered and how much to come. Some came there for serious run and some were there just for fun. I started my race on serious note while ended it on fun note..
After every half km, there were groups of people cheering for all the runners and I felt that whenever I got the boost from them, the pace increased and steps became large to shorten the distance.Being a sikh here gives you unique identity and everytime i was crossing a group, all were literally doing bhangra and cheering me, I heard them saying "come’on Milkha Singh.." Run Run…." Oye Paaji Balle Balle…" and there were many others which kept on boosting the energy. In between water and glucose went on going inside to keep me running.

36:52:10 was the stopwatch showing the time when I crossed finish line.

Ending the race, I was second from my company group, gave me immense pleasure and made me all the more excited. As people kept on finishing the race, the environment around became all the more happening and amazing. Amazing arrangements were done with regard to refreshment and medical treatment facilities.
Around 11 , when all finally reached the finish line, we got together , and did my favourite pastime .. click and get clicked ;)
That was it.. A Run .. Run for myself, Run for my company and Run for a cause.
When you run for yourself, you have something to prove to yourself. When you run for company, you do because you like doing such activities and when you run for a cause , it gives you feeling of internal satisfaction when you know, each step you take, there is some money which adds up to the total amount which would be given for some cause. So I believe this was the time when I fulfilled all my runs.
and now when I know I can complete 6 km, may be next time full 10k marathon is on.

Current Status of Life: moving at pace, on last pages of one chapter which says the Life Goes On…….
Btw, I got The Three Mistakes of My Life by Chetan Bhagat today..

Cheerz fr nw… Keep Rocking..!!

Ready for Run

2008-05-17T00:22:00.001+05:30

Sunday 18th May its Sunfeast World 10k Marathon Run in Bangalore, an international event which is in eyes of every camera and with almost all international stars coming to participate in the race, it surely promises to be a great event.
Till yesterday , I also wanted to be part of the event but I wanted some company since I knew there the environment and enthu wud drive you automatically. Suddenly I have someone asking in my aisle to participate and instantly I sent my entry and adding to this celebration came an email to me and my friend from our company that they will be sponsoring first 30 entries and we both come under that sponsored registrations..
So adding cherry on this cake was the sponsorship which doubled the enthu and now the wait is on for Sunday. Although I will not be running full 10k race but being registered for the charity and part of corporate team, will be participating in Majja Run. Run which will be 5.7 Km and will be basically a fun race. Run, Walk, Dance in short have complete Majja.

We , at our company, are supporting Bosco which primarily takes care of Street Children by counseling them , and taking care of them. They have special care homes where they keep them and take complete care.
If you want to help in any way, contact me @ s4sukhdeep AT gmail DOT com . I dnt shy while asking for charity since its for children and Bosco being a registered and quite famous charity , i am assured that the money goes in right hands.

Being in India, you can directly transfer the money through netbanking or by sending cheques.

Being International, there are options to send money transfers ,Paypal and sending cheques.

Help a child in his education and he may become doctor or an engineer to serve you back and help grow the society.

Musical Post

2008-05-15T01:58:00.003+05:30

Today i am writing about the 5 songs which are currently being played on my charts:

1.Dheere Dheere [Shaurya] : Call me whatever but I am in love…. Ofcourse with this song. Believe me, you will also fall in love with it with the first play. And if you are committed , then its just perfect song for you to listen. If you are single, then this will inspire you to start thinking Why Single :P

2.Aasman ke Taare [Humsafar –KK] : I am big fan of KK and this song has been on my lips since its release. FM Radio here plays this every half an hour so m kinda addicted to it listening to it time and again. Lovely song, lovely lyrics and yh lovely singer J

3.Pehli Nazar Mein [ Race] : Atif Aslam is singer who will sing only selected songs in hindi movies but will make sure that each one becomes a super hit . Awesome Lyrics and Wonderful Music to set the tone right for your heart.

4.Yeh Ishq Hai [Jab We Met] : This movie can hear as much as appreciation as one would like to listen. I simply love this movie and same goes with song. Peppy , makes you feel the real spirit of life and makes you feel good about things happening around.

5.Aaoge Jab Tum Yaad [Jab We Met]: No matter how sad the song may sound , I will keep listening to this time and again. This song has feelings , has emotions and has perfect blend of good music , good lyrics and good singing. I avoid watching the video of this song since it reminds of some old moments which are still somewhere roaming in mah mind.

Other ones which just missed out :
Punjabi :
Sajda- Hans Raj Hans -You can not ask anything better than Hans Raj Hans singing such brilliant lyrics

Ki Kehneh – Jassy Sidhu and Malkit Singh [Punjabi Duet rocking in new album]

English
As usual and as always two songs must in my all playlists:

Boulevard of Broken Dreams [Green Day] and Quit Playing Games with My Heart [Backstreet Boys]

Just for fun, I am tagging two people on this post. Deranged Insanity and fadedglory . lets see whats on their playlists.. : )

Maa Tujhe Salaam

2008-05-11T01:46:00.004+05:30

Today is Mother's Day.

A dedication to most important lady in my life. My Mom and dedication to all the mothers on earth.

Its because of her ; I am where i am. I can spend a day without talking to my dad or my bro but not her. :) My Pillar of Strength and one who has kept me running the race of this life on my own. She is one who never expects Thank you . Cheerz to Spirit of Motherhood. I salute every single mother on this earth for being such a great care and support for all of us.

This picture has two mothers and two sons. :) Taken a year ago in golden temple when i was leaving for bangalore.

Something Bloody Brilliant - Suleiman Mirza

2008-05-10T01:59:00.003+05:30

Well this is crazy.. i get two links at same time from two friends, one in delhi and one in toronto. Both links direct me to one video which i call an absolutely brilliant act.
The act is by Suleman Mirza & Madhu Singh on Britain's Got Talent aired on ITV on Saturday 26th April 2008, It was veiwed by a record breaking 15million ppl (including repeats).

When Punjabi Music Blends with Michael Jackson and A Sardar is there to add up the spice, You can expect nothing but an awesome performance on stage.
Watch the video and rest for you to decide.

Miss it at your own risk

Friendship with God

2008-05-09T02:43:00.004+05:30

Many a times when the phases of life are down and spirits are not high we start questioning GOD on why me? Do i deserve this. I always feel i am more complaining than one who's thankful to him for what ever he has given me in life.

Lets take a practical example: There is one teacher who is teaching us to get us all passed in our examination. We feel that some people are getting extra attention and some are being ignored even though the teacher is giving equal attention to all. Now if we are feeling that we have extra attention, no one will even think to question the situation but if we are on side where we feel being ignored, we will crib on why its happening and then until we share this feeling with teacher, teacher wil never be able to catch your mind set. BUT the condition to share is that you study and follow what teacher is teaching. So when teacher knows there is one student who is learning what i want to teach and feeling this way. then teacher also makes sure next time onwards that doesnt happens to you.

Now just take God as teacher and class as students. and getting feeling of ignorance is the time when we feel god is not with us and favouring some other people around us. Always Always Thank God for all the times he gives.Try asking one question to yourself "Is the current situation because of my own deeds only?" If the answer is YES , then be patient and go throguh the tough times and if the times are good, try to collect as many memories out of that as possible and try to cherish them in times you feel down. This surely helps.

One another thing to start feeling good about things around is to stop complaining. Try to be one who answers than the one who questions.

How to be Friends with God: You just need to have courage to ask for things from him and don’t just ask for things, need to get the feed of his name as well. If you are friends with him; inspire others and if not, try to be friends. Try to feel associated with him always. This would give the courage, would give you the strength and spirit to live and enjoy life.

was just a random thought that came so shared.. dnt mind :)

Two Classmates :) Elza and Alice

2008-05-09T00:23:00.002+05:30

So finally I got time , hardware and mood to write my post. Its been quite a while and I feel much better than a week before. Life moving in Sine wave..so I want to get straight to point and lemme write whateva I wished to: need to set agenda to cover everything.
Two Incidents that I mentioned in last post ;)
Ok so the two girls I wanted to write about ; names wont be written but I would give them imaginary names, Elza and Alice.. nice names na.. I know :p
Ok so both have been classmates and Elza is in my company only but in different location.So its been a year now since we last met, our last meeting was our final exam viva which took place 14th may last year. So last week , I got a call from her and she wanted me to meet her one friend which had come to Bangalore for a long weekend break.When asked for a reason, got a harsh reply "Meet and get to know yourself." Actually she had sent something and wanted me to collect. So I called her friend , we knew each other already so not a problem in fixing a meet. Friday we met at Forum and what I am getting is a packed gift which states the following statement on the cover “Remember you are the 2nd Best , coz I am the best” . When I opened it, it was something that touched my heart. I really felt special at that time that there is someone who cares. At that time I was very much upset about some things but that day, I felt different and then thought to just think of that gesture of hers and avoid other things. I don’t think we have been in greatest terms when it comes to friendship but have been there with each other when the presence was required without asked for. That I feel made the bond different and stronger. Now this friend whu acted as middle man ,was here for Bangalore darshan so I asked her to come to Gurudwara Sahib and enjoy the langar on Sunday.[End of Ep-1]
Next came Sunday, and I went to gurudwara sahib, and after the samagam got over, During the langar [Free food served], who I see,along with this middle man friend, is Alice who was also my classmate and now in Infy here in Bangalore. I knew she was in Bangalore but never got to meet her. When I met her, there was excitement ; at the same time I wanted to avoid her,reason being she was my crush in my college times. But now as times change,i feel people change and personalities change. And I could sense that I also changed and so did she. Why why why.. when I met her, I felt happy and as the conversation went, I got to know that I was kinda interviewing and she was answering only. So after some time I also stopped and a sweet good bye with hope to catch ya soon wishez happened.

Come’on now she was a classmate, would have loads to say and listen but why should you be doing that if other person dint even care to show interest or just exchange numbers.. seems like four years of engineering were dumped in seconds.our mutual friend who was excited after eating langar nearly after a year, also wondered on how Alice was behaving as if we were meeting for first time. But then you can say this is how life is.
Anyways, over with this incidence and have more things to think and look on. So hardly have time to think..
Cheerz for now.. wil be back soon.. dont have much to write about these days on myself.. so i kinda avoid writing sometimes here..

Current Status of Life: Not Good Not Bad

A Pause

2008-05-04T17:16:00.002+05:30

Its been quite a while since i wrote. and i am writing this post just to hold a pause. Current phase of life is forcing me to write things which i am trying to avoid.Its just a small pause here which would be end soon and it may happen tomorrow. so no time lines but on hold.... i have written something which is saved in office.would post that soon. Few friends asked if i was alive or extinct. So this post is just a confirmation to him and all that i m still alive ;)
Last few days have been quite eventful and i am surely gonna mention two incidents if not more. and both involve girls in it :P he he.. nothing very exciting or happening but both the events are memories for long long times to come. One life long :)

Current Status of life: Just Like YOURS :) :( wateva u take

Bangalore BarCamp - Camp without a BAR

2008-04-24T19:01:00.007+05:30

My plans of going to chennai were shattered by my teammates who were moving out of planned trip and at the end when only 3 people were left, we decided to call it off.. !! but i wanted to be do something on the weekend and suddenly this site www.barcampbangalore.org flashes up and i find it pretty interesting concept and simple way to get into the camp was either by volunteering or taking a session.

This was my first time so i decided to support someone's topic and volunteer myself for anything that was required. 19th-20th were two days for barcamp and venue was IIM Bangalore.
Day 1:
10 AM- I reached the venue an hour late but luckily the camp also started half an hour late so i caught the intro session on what all things are planned for the day. The concept was pretty new so i went on to become a good listener and catch the idea as soon as possible and i was able to do that. Registered myself and went on to see the Time Table. Ok So the concept is very interesting,we have 4 rooms with projectors and audio systems and we have some 4 Dari's placed at different corners. The rooms were taken by the people who had demo's of their products , people who had power point presentations. Dari Sessions were more of more of discussion rather than presentations. Best part of camp was being a mix of Tech and Non-Tech discussions which balanced the hi-fi tech fundae with light-fun discussions. So i started my day by joining presentation by Ashish on Logo Designing. It was revision of all concepts i tried during my time at home. A pretty simple and straight guide to logo designing.Finishing it, i moved to Blogathon Discussion . Blogathon.in which is organising Blog Marathon across India on various Issues which affect Indian People and had nice time listening to people on various issues and getting inspiration to be part of it. Blogger doesnt works in Office so i can just write it when i get time and not be part of Competition which is running this week.I then went to see demonstartion of LifeBlob Social Networking Site which lets you live your life w.r.t time-line. The Concept is very interesting and in very early phases so will take some time to catch up the fever and spread. Currently this site is invite only and I am on it now.. :D After having lunch, we then had much anticipated session on Lesser Known Aspects of KamaSutra- The Art of Love Making. :D it was a dari session. I was done with my lunch and had nothing to do so sat with shashi way before session started.By the time session started, 15 people were there and by the time it ended, crowd of 50 was there waiting for the session to continue following day. Shashi took almost 90 minutes to explain various interesting facts which were mentioned in the book.Except the art of making love which he said was not his area of talk, he told all of us things to take care to Patao the opposite gender and man.. the way he caught the attention,all of us were laughing every minute on somethin or the other. He took lot of time to tell the 64 arts one should possess to attract.:D.. no furthur explanations.. :D Following it, we all went to discussion on Dating and we had one hour of talking about dating.Meri Kahani, Teri Kahani, Sab ki yehi kahani.. thatz wat was gist of all the discussion. then we all went to feedback session in audi and we all left with hope of better next day.

Day 2

Sunday , I started from home @ 9.30 but i had to come back home; reason i had left my cell at home. Reached IIM @ 10 and scheduled my session at 12.15 on Existance of Girl. I wanted to project this problem but i forgot that my session timings were same as that of Shashi.Me and Raj, who planned to take the discussion furthur with problem of inadequate health facilities to pregnant women. and as per our expectations, i ended up having discussion with Raj on my issue and he having discussion on his problem with mine. Right opposite to us was Shashi's session which was House Full :) . BarCampers were more interested in knowing art of love making with women, without knowing the fact in time to come, there might be no women to make love :P.. he he coming out of it, i attended session by Myspace on how to build their Apps and it was nice informative session. The First half of day ended with we all moving to lunch in canteen and the food was better than previous day. After Lunch, i moved to discussion on Free Lancing and all queries on it.Coz i had done the same earlier, i was able to share my experiences.Free Lancing Sites like getacoder.com, elance.com were the routine sites shared by all.Then there was discussion on palmistry,astology and graphology by all of us in Dari Session which went off the topic within 10 minutes. There was deadlock to situation on talks that your fate changes every 7 years. I had gone with no perceptions and came back with same :D ... so for me, graphology is science which can depict your personality if studied correctly. Although first thing i might read would be my horoscope in TOI bt if its not in my favour, i wont even think of it during my daytime.. ;) Session on google adsense followed next and all the FAQ were answered on it.I also went to see concept of RangDe of pledging money for one year @ 3.5 prcnt interest which would be in turn used for providing loan to someone who needs that money. Pretty Interesting Concept.Coming to end of day,I attended Lightening Talks which was last one for me and i heard quick 3 minutes talk on topics like Enterprise 2.0,Microblogging,Sub Notebooks and how to improve education in engg colleges etc..Last but not the least was the feedback session.
This was my first barcamp and i thoroughly enjoyed it and i look forward for many more to come.
For me Barcamp turned out to be the place where i could express myself ,learn about the latest technology trends, make myself aware of latest ventures in market and where i could present myself on any topic. :)

DID I MENTION I GOT TWITTERED. More on Twitter in coming days..lemme get hold of that site and use it properly.

Things i missed: I missed session[s] on introducing the incubation centre at the IIM-Ahmedabad and the CIIE's initiatives.That session was in huge demand and i think 3 sessions took place.. and i came to know about all of them only after they got finished... anyways.. check the website and understand the concept; its really kewl one.CIIE website

I also missed Kwippy's demo and RIA [Rich Internet Applications] Sessions by Adobe Team. :D and loads of other room and dari sessions

Cheerz to all the planners and participants who made this event a success.

Current Status of Life: Cheerful, Happy and Smiling :)

300 Saal Guru De Naal - II

2008-04-24T17:17:00.001+05:30

Finally i got it..I have 300 Saal Guru De Naal Ringtone which is in MP3 format and is simply great one to have.If you want it , just put your e-mail address in comments section, i will forward the same to you.If you have phone which supports MP3 format ringtones,dont miss it.

Earlier Posts:

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Losing Myself

2008-04-22T19:04:00.003+05:30

Exactly, I am feeling this in me now. Its been long time since I am cribbing and its not doing any good to me. Looking at myself what i was and what i am ; its huge difference. The people around me have changed and they have changed me too. Today i am cribbing too much and i am not able to do any justice to myself. I want to be real me and i miss it. I dont talk to anyone these days neither am i coming on any of messengers.Orkut,Facebook addiction gone which i miss; no new friend requests and no fun taking pangas.
I am really in very bad mood today, Reason my HR had some Stupid Reasoning for sending me back.and i wonder if my organisation will lose me just coz of her. The Justifications she is giving are purely BASE LESS and i had only one thing to say after i heard all that.. WHAT THE FCUK !!
As i steal these lines from Exalted Soul's Blog which are completely matching my current scenario
"These days when i just lie down to sleep, a million thoughts crisscross my mind at the speed of light, bombarding my mind. It’s very strange how the life you always wanted to live flushes down the toilet! I mean every thing is awry and entangled. Seriously I’m running out of room in my head. It’s like I’m looking for a safe place in a not so safe world!"

Btw i planned my vacations back home too and i hope this time they dnt get cancelled coz i can't take things anymore and need a break. There is still long time before that but i am just waiting for the next 40 days to pass.
Currently, I feel that much of my energy,passion,excitement is just getting wasted and i want a change.... Change for good..!! Amen.!
Current Status: Frustooooooo... :D
HAPPY EARTH DAY :)

Philips Tubelight

2008-04-21T19:41:00.002+05:30

Wow...guess what, the blogger has new templates with loads of add-on options since ages and i kept wondering how everyone was able to have them on their pages and why i am still out of it and then suddenly last night i updated the template and i was able to do all that i wondered about .Then i got to know that i was actually a Philips Tubelight and it took me long to get the new template..
Anyways, i have a new one now and i am happy now..

Current Status f Life: Had a great weekend @ BarCamp. I will surely write on it. Got Twitter'ed :D , IPL Fever ON completely, Rest allz well for a change ;)

Cheerz..!!

Time to Interview Myself

2008-04-17T19:21:00.000+05:30

“
Speechless? No; Mute? Yes
Hurt? No; Ripped up? Yes
Trust worthy? No; Once was? Yes
Dumped? No; Left behind? Yes
Blind? No; Ignored? Yes
Heart less? No; Heartbroken? Yes
Alone? No; Lonely? Yes
In Love? No; Sure? Yes
For Sure Sure? No; So You Are? Yes ;)
”

This is a randomania of thoughts that came in Jas’s mind and to my surprise, I was writing something similar before going to her blog in different net of words but when I read it I just thought of directly copying it coz I know Jas won’t mind. Jas , would u? ;)

So here I go with answers to all the questions with my take ;) Before writing , lemme tell that I am currently not very much in my spirits so might be emotional on some things.. but no worries; wil be back in spirits, rocking and original Sukhdeep :D

Speechless? No [But not a Sukhdeep with non stop Bakwaas];
Mute? I Speak but its all to keep myself busy.lol.. I m chatterbox but I can speak more than what I m mentioning here :D
Hurt? Yes; I feel people around me and some who are not currently part of mah life, have left me standing in middle of road which goes no where so lil bit hurt ;yes
Ripped up? Yes [Bhavanao ko samjho]
Trust worthy? Some say YES and some say NO so dunno ;
Once was? Some say YES but some say NO… so dunno again
Dumped? No [Egjactly] ;
Left behind? Yes [Completely without telling the reasons to move]
Blind? No; maybe that is the reason I am seeing things happening and getting disturbed
Ignored? Yes ; But now who cares ?
Heart less? No; Who feels I am heartless.. I have some people sharing some space, so if you feel that, may be you couldn’t make up some space there.
Heartbroken? Yes.. not really heart broken, but heart is injured ..lol …
Alone? No; I have got so many people around me but …read next line
Lonely? Yes ; But still I am lonely
In Love? No; maybe yes, coz what I feel love is, I haven’t felt that way with anyone but it might be if you consider what others think about it. So for me , its NO, you can have your opinion on it.
Sure? Yes.. Explained above
For Sure Sure? No; Now I am in doubt.. lol
So You Are? Yes ;) …..No No No… I am not .. ;)

I don’t know why but I felt relaxed after filling it up..and I am definitely back to smiling face after writing.Try doing this questionnaire with yourself and you might come up with smile @ end of your write-up .
Cheerz..!!

Current Status of Life: Plans of Chennai over this weekend cancelled. So might attend Bangalore Bar Camp on 19th-20th @ IIM Bangalore and meet some like-minded and some unlike-minded people :D

When life takes U turn

2008-04-14T20:01:00.000+05:30

There are some times when I feel like saying WHY to life. There are times when I don’t like things the way they happen... there are times when I doubt if I am going on right path. One thing is for sure, the life is not a bed of roses so no high expectations regarding the times and I don’t crib much when things are not my side but I am certainly not happy on the reasons Life takes U turn sometimes. Just wanted to share some moments when I feel so..!!

1. When someone makes a distance without telling - This irritates me the most. I don’t mind u doing that but at least you can tell me once. It might be a misunderstanding or just difference of opinions on something but this doesn't mean that you stop talking and I lose fundamental right of asking you why you did that.
My Take: I am not perfect and don’t even try to be. I am what I am but I need some justified reason for you to be out of my life suddenly. If I share my thoughts with you and associate you with some part of my life ; who is responsible for the time you move away leaving me in illusion of friendship?

2. When someone has un-necessary Attitude: You have that? Keep it with you. Why are you showing huh? This really turns me off when people would have nothing in their pocket; at the same time would pretend to be so UFF UFF..!!
My Take: I don’t give a damn if you have unnecessary attitude. I carry my own ;)

3. Back-Stabbing - This is one thing I never expect from my Friends coz when it happens; it’s very hurting. How easy is it for someone to fake the friendship and make most out of it? Sick!
My Take: God Bless You :D

4. When someone forces his/her Ideology- There are people who want everyone to think the way they think. They try to be authoritative even though they aren't. It’s my life dude, it’s my wish, if I feel it’s the right way to go, I might follow it but I have the discretion to move the opposite way as well. So let me decide what I want.
My Take: Be Diplomatic. I know it’s dangerous sometimes but I am very diplomatic person, so I go this way only. Sometimes it makes me happy and sometimes it doesn’t works. Newayz it’s ok......

5. The way Girls Think: He he.. I know it might seem funny... but I sometime seriously wonder, why girls don't act intelligently.99 percent of my frenz whu are galz would think EGJACTLY the same. They would always try to act silly on most important steps in life and when you tell them; you commit the biggest mistake; how dare you tell them that they have taken a wrong step in their life. Damn..!! Think little intelligently, nobody is telling you the right way; we just tell what we think is right and after few days/weeks/months, you also start feeling the same. :)
My Take: For Girls; You are never wrong and I am always wrong :)
For Guys: Suno Sab Ki ; Karo Man Ki :)

6. Whoever I like, disappears after some days - This is most wonderful and very amazing situation in my life when I ask him WHY :P . Anyone who I feel nice about, she disappears in few days...I mean , just moves somewhere else. !! No Questions on whom I am talking about. ;)
My Take: Now, I have stopped liking anyone till I want them to disappear. he he :D

While last one was on lighter side, the top 5 reasons seriously put me in very different frame of mind and I feel low sometimes on why these things happen to me. I thought of not putting my takes on all the situations but then edited the post to share it.
Cheers...

Current Status of Life: Its Baisakhi today and I am missing these things today:-
- Being in Amritsar [its festive time there]
- Jagriti Yatra [300 Saal Guru De Naal Yatra that has come there today]
- Sacred Bath at Golden Temple which I use to take every year in Golden Temple
Back home,Its holiday in Punjab but I am in office .I have finished my work early so have nothing to do but little research and development.Health is not fine but I nothing to do at home as well.. so sick leave avoided.
Over and Out.

“Mom Save Me“

2008-04-11T19:55:00.006+05:30

Is Someone Listening ?

This is voice of a child who wants to see this world. I am talking about Female Foeticide – One of many ill causes which are existing in current stage of human living. I always thought of writing but this time something inspired to write about it. Details about it in bottom half. Now back to the topic. This term in itself [Female Foeticide] envelopes myriads of meanings, it smacks of the fact that a girl is killed before she is born, or we can say the foetus is pre-determined to be that of a female; completely acknowledges the fact the technology is privy to this horrible crime; not to forget the effort and heart of doctors who are involved in judging the foetus and following it by abortion. And the still we call our India –land of equal opportunity and equal respect for both the genders.
The numbers in Census are shocking and are expected to give a bigger shock with next census in 3 years time. and one state where the numbers are really awful is Punjab; the land which proclaims to feed the whole India but it could not understand the harshness it is pushing the humanity into.
The land of Guru Nanak who said “ So Kyo Manda Aakhiye, Jit Jamhe Raajan ” [Why to say bad to someone who gives birth to Kings and not only kings but the whole human race] , that land is top in this crime. If you say about illiteracy as its reason, I would agree to certain extent but then again, not whole of India is illiterate.
Today despite everyone aware of the fact that Girls are no less than boys, Emotionally more attached to parents, more responsible in Society and by no means less competent than BOY Population;Still People wish to have a Boy. The probability of going for tests and abortion increases in case of second and third child and its pathetic. I don’t know when the scene gonna change and we get this vision of One India without any gender biasing true.
Today, we have Sonia Gandhi, Indra Nooyi, Sunita Williams, Late Kalpana Chawla, Mother Teresa and all are woman and everyone is proud of them and why shouldn’t one be. They have excelled and made a mark of their own in world. I don’t wish to go global on this, but I feel , we need to uproot this evil from our home, only then we have any right to say anything about it to world. When our own home is dirty, how right it is to ask others to clean theirs. The problem is far more serious than the steps being taken by government. Everyone is well aware of judgement and justice of Indian Law, by the time the cases are solved; many people have left this world.
One should be happy with the child and then should think whether it’s a girl or a boy. How wonderful a mom feels when she knows that there is a new being she is delivering. When the decision to get it checked comes, at that very moment, we should stop ourselves and question if the same would have been done, when my mother was getting born or my sister was in my mom’s stomach.
I really feel ashamed looking at the world around where respect for one gender is significantly more than the other. I wish that the steps being taken by Health Ministry to erase this crime from India speeds up and harsh steps are taken towards people who support it.

Now back to point why I wrote it ;) this week we had this Clay Modeling competition in our company and we all were given some clay to make anything we wished to in team of 4. Ours was a very simple yet giving a message kinda entry but I loved it.No points for guessing our theme.Some of creative minds dint submitted their entries but used their hands and ideas on their workstations.Check few of below.

If you blog ,then I Tag YOU to write on it and let your readers be aware of this so that message across city/state/country/continents is spread and even if one or two lives get saved after reading this, you do a commendable job in saving one life and getting her to this beautiful world .

Our Entry :)

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Here I am :)

Mother and Child

Go Green, Plant more Trees :)

Global Warming Issue

Cheerz !!

Sukhdeep Singh