Of Quotes n Such

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned / Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned (I had never heard the full thing - only the 2nd half!)

Nothing in this world worth having, comes quick n easy!

The shell must break before the bird can fly. -- Tennyson

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -- Helen Keller

There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial and error, experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately "works."

On Other People's Expectations
The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me.
(George Bernard Shaw)

The more realistic version of an existing quote:
To Err Is Human, To Forgive is Divine, And to forget Is Impossible!

Enjoy!

Of the Indian Middle Class

The crux of the Middle Class worries in India is that it is neither poor enough to demand attention, nor rich enough to carry law makers in their pockets!

The result of which is that the engine of India's boom, the middle class, is ignored by governments in power and by politicians vying to be in power alike!

The middle class needs to play the dirty game, championed by the politicians – the necessary evil of democracy – vote bank politics. Until the middle class makes it count itself as a powerful vote bank, it will be constantly ignored! The middle class needs to participate in bigger numbers in the elections to make its vote count! The politicians are power hungry and this is not going to change in the near or distant future. As such, to get policies / laws which are not against the middle class, the middle class needs to emerge as the so-called king maker!

Minority appeasing policies, reservation quotas policies, all will eventually affect the middle class. And to bend the government to look into the middle class problems you need to be able to decide the government’s fate in an election.

Love it or hate it, but to fight the mess, you need to play dirty!

Of MBAs n such!

Considering that a lot of my acquaintances are planning to do MBA, I tried to analyze the reasons for such plans:

Top few reasons to do MBA:

1) Need to grow professionally, but feel handicapped by existing Bachelor's Degree

2) Need a switch in career

3) Need a break from working life, and return to student life!

4) Need to keep relatives / parents who are pushing to get you married at bay (inspiration for this post and heard recently from a cousin!)

MBA can be substituted with any higher degree (especially for reason no 4).

Of sleepless nights n such!

It's 0205hrs on the 24th of July 2006 AD! and i cant sleep! i have been in the bed for the past 2+ hrs, but i have not been able to sleep! i got up an hour back, caught some parts of kuch kuch hota hai (on sony) and ramayan (on zee, new version) and then went to bed again - but still no sleep! it's not a case of excess sleep over the weekend. i just slept my fair share of 7 hrs a day!
all kinds of thoughts crossing my mind -
home related (family in india)
job related (boss and other work issues)
and other ponderings of happenings around me!
a lot of aggressive thoughts also:
what if i have a fight with my boss (verbal - work related)
what if a have a fight with some one (physical - somebody punches me, how will i react - dont ask why this). i have never been in a fight, never been punched, never punched somebody. probably it's all stocked up!
confusing thougts, random thoughts, violent thoughts, thoughts thoughts n more thoughts, but no God damn sleep!
only possible solution, sleep while watching something!
and the old-time solution, dig out some uni-time lec notes, start reading - i'll probably be off to dreamland just by reading the name of the subject on the lec notes!
i shall go and try something. sleep by hook or by crook! anyways, tomorrow at work - will need a more than regular supply of coffee to get through the day, considering i can only get 5 hrs of sleep - if i fall asleep within the next 5 min!
tough call i say!

Of Tags n Such!

My dear friend Sayesha has helped me revive my blog and forced me into activity!
So hear we go - on Sayesha's request!

I am thinking...
Good God, Sayesha gave me something to write on my otherwise dormant blog! Thanx Sayesha!!!

I said...
Life’s a b***h

I want...
less s**t to happen in everybody’s life!

I wish...
peace n prosperity n happiness for all (picked that up from a new year’s greeting card)

I miss...
Uni and school days (school days more, coz I was also at home with family!)

I hear...
myself talk before i go to sleep

I wonder...
what if we were living in the matix (too geeky :D)

I regret...
not being able to pursue my first crush! Not too much though – just do some naatak once in a while – devdaas ishtyle!

I am...
somebody!
need time for detailed analysis of this. Still searching what the hell am I!!!

I dance...
when lights are low and nobody can see my crazy moves, that is, if they qualify as dance moves :D

I sing...
as and when I like. In company or when I’m alone!

I cry...
havent done that in a long long long while! Ran out of tears n emotions I guess!

I am not...
nobody!

I write... (/blog)
coz sometimes I cant discuss all this with anybody! Hidden identity blogging ROX!

I confuse...
myself by analysing my own thoughts!

I need...
more money (huhaahaahuaaa) and more time and more socializing!

I should...
not make loud jokes. Stick to the first impression which ppl get when they first meet me!

I finish...
work after deadlines are over!

Done! Yeahoooooo! First post after first anniversary!

of Anniversaries n Such!

Happy B'day! On the World Fools day my blog has completed one full year!
15 Posts is a pretty low return, but still.
Hopefully in the next one year, i shall have more many more posts!

Of Spare Tires n Such!

My latest crush met me after a long time (2 months)! I asked her for the cake she was supposed to get for me! Heart-ripping came a reply - 'Cake? Look at you, you have put on weight since the last time I saw you! You've become chubby!!!'

And then in two minds - happy to see her, sad to be called 'chubby' (though the way she called me chubby was cute), I gave myself and my eating habits a closer scrutiny! I've been averaging 1.5 pizza meals per week since the start of 2006. Late nights at work mean I hog on 2 dinners - a not-so-light supper to keep me full till i reach home and a gigantic dinner to last me thru the night! No surprise then, that I see a spare tire shaping up!!!

So my immediate target is to deflatten this spare tire and get in good shape (muscular and well-built). So, on the 75th day of the year, I hereby declare a new year's resolution for myself! Y call it a new year's resolution - coz its good to have a resolution, a plan, a goal, a target (too MBA like) and you don't feel bad, when you can't keep it, coz afterall new yr's resolutions are meant to be broken. Smart thinking, what say?

Anywho!!! Dear latest crush, meet me in 2 month's time and you shall no more see a spare tire! And a six pack taking its place (not visible to you though)