Aadha saal khatam :)

June is about to end.and Half of year 2006 is about to pass by ..
Didnt realise how the time flew..
and its check point I had set at the begining of the year
okie so I wear my thinking cap and pass on the review of past half year.
Overall,Amm I think it was wonderful .These six months were significant for me ,as they came after drought of past year ,which went down as worst one in my life.

To start with ,well ,my sis came down fro USA after 2 and half years , she joined for her MS after getting past USMLE .It was fun time for 2 months ,especially 10 days when I too was home.

Then my hard work ( he he he ) at workplace brought me laurels in the form of Most valuable performer of the First QUarter 2006 award ,something which I shall cherish for quite some time.Professionally,am better than a year ago ,though there still
is long way to go.

Chennai trip for stamping in Feb and Goa trip with bosom pals in April meant loads and loads of fun.Again I was looking forward to thess trip for quite some time.
And finally am officially a hyderabadi now , after purchasing a dwelling which would be ready for possession by year end.Only pain is the installments which would rob considerable chunk of my salary,and leave me on the brink of poverty for next
few months .

Wonderful News of Bond and Dushyant`s engagements made us all friends happy beyond words can explain as they are the first ones to tie the knot.,all friends would come down to attend the engagements over next two weekends and these re-unions with college friends ,needless to mention ,would be fun.

Hmm, bottomline is past six months were quite eventful.Loads of work, and yeah still I managed to squeeze in so many precious moments with family and friends.
compared to where I was in Jan , Professionally ,I think I made cosiderable progress.career is yet to shape up the way I want it to be.and personally, I am stronger ,and lot more calm.

Again like a sinusoidal wave ,I went straight up from the pits.of late am awry of these vicissitudes of fortunes which have been integral part of my life over past 6-8 years.

Its almost an year since I moved to hyderabad from chennai .Came here in last july.Hyderabad is the place on earth where I feel most comfortable ,and past one year has simply been great .Made lotsa new friends ,the forum freehyderabad ,where I made many friends, has become part of life now.And interesting thing is my hindi has gradually transformed from normal one to hyderabadi Hindi.Now a days my hindi is replete with words like “Hou”,”nakko”,”kaiku”,”wohich”,”kya to bi”,and its becoming increasingly difficult to hold back these words while I speak with my college friends who are oblivious to these words .

on the flip side , I made another futile attempt of joining gym ,and ended up gaining some more weight ,and salary hike after 2 years was anything but encouraging .

Next six months would again be crucial as there are few things which should happen in this time span.I should better talk about them on year end ,till then ,keep fighting .

Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live..

Okie,I promise I am not going to talk about potti patao and kind of stuff for atleast a month
I went nuts working for June release tasks at workplace.
And I was kind of relieved as its almost done.
I Was looking forward for that much deserved break from work for few days ,fun time at Sunil`s engagement.
And then I come to know that scene is already set for August release.

The Amount of work is going to be double than in June .
The Amount of time we are going to work on it is going to be half than in June.
And The number of experienced resources has shrunk to almost one third. (I am only guy with 2 plus years of work-ex in Team ) …
I hope I will be able to retain sanity by August End.

Wondering whether I am the same person who used to leave at 6 PM from office everyday when in chennai
There were days when I used to leave as early as 1 PM from office,
and here I am .Slogging day in,day out .
Its been ages since I read a good novel
I dont remember when I watched movie in theatre last time.
I have been home only for one day in past 3 months even though its few hours away…
Hmm..
Times change,people change,priorities change….
I am fed up of this rat race ,I need a break ….
Damn,its alredy 1 in the morning ,and why the hell am I writing this now ?
and where the hell am I going to get some food to eat at this time ??

How to pataofy potti..

Hmm,this one is not my creativity ,written by YC bhai at hyderabad forums,place where I spend most of time now a days .Written keeping in mind folks like me who go to office every day to hitec city in hyd ,but appeal to this one is universal .Can be implemented anywhere.Guddu,you can very well try this out in Australia as well :).

A poor man's (me) guide to potti-pataoing-while-going-to-office:

• Take a share-auto to JHCP from punjagutta.
• MUST & SURE sit in the backseat
• Pray for a PYP -Pretty Young Potti - to come arnd for a ride.
• Gallantly offer her the backseat (make sure that the other guys do not do it first & do it b4 the autowallah says so!)
• Pretend that u are uncomfy at the front and ignore any of her protests
• Get down at the same place where the PYP gets down
• Ask her politely whether she commutes daily on the same route…
• if she says yes, be sure to say how come u never saw her in this route (It gives away that u DONT have a bike/car , so be prepared for a cold-stare!)
• If she says that her scooty was broken or her boyfriend had some work and hence could not drop her off, say Ok and move on!
• If not, ask her if u can keep a seat for her tomorrow at the same time
• Wait for the friendship to blossom and fructify

It may sound cliched and run-of-the-mill but it worked sometimes…..If i can manage a few smiles that way then u guys can surely make marriages outta it