Lost in my world !!!

Thats it, I am done... Now I am craving for my Mom`s chicken curry and fish fry
I was all excited to try new dishes few weeks back but now I am sick of noodles and sticky rice.
I want Simple Homemade Indian food .... I always told my Mom that I hate cooking and I need a cook to be sent as my dowry...
Now I really miss my stints with cooking ... gud old days ....

I was on the way to my office with my mallaysian colleague and I suddenly noticed that I forgot my 2 finger rings in the hotel dressing table.
I called the reception and asked him to hand them over to my friend. It was all confusion because the receptionist could not understand English fluently and I had to explain everything.
And finally I got my rings back.
I swear I would never keep my rings on the dressing table.

PS: My colleague got to see how messy my room is before housekeeping could come n clean it up.
What the heck I got my rings back

I had a talk with my career manager yesterday, he gave me the usual crap about how this appraisal is going to be.
And then he showed me the feedback from my immediate boss. It was all praises but then my career manager gave me just "Meets expectations"
thats it?
When the feedback says that i have been
1. a quick learner, took up the work without any training and brought a very proactive and determined approach to the project which meant I was able to bring myself up to speed quickly..
2. Possess good problem solving skills,
3. Interacts very well with clients
4. Been a good Team Player

But still he says "I have just met the expectations"
the reason he gave for why I could not get "Exceeds expectations" is that the project I am in is not generating good revenue so the resources are not stretched to the max(meaning not utilised properly)...
Then whose fault is it if there is no work around?
When I pointed out this he said he will talk to the management to give me more challenging assignments to prove my skills.

Now I have to wait and see if he is just trying to conclude the appraisal process without my making an issue out of this or he would for once behave like my career manager and try to help me out of this shit.
So Im crossing my fingers that I should be selected for the new project ...
I am on tender hooks nowadays ... waiting for a break ...plz plz plz

A.R Rahman won 2 Oscars...
He made us all proud... If there is any Music directors in Indian Cinema to receive Oscar then its him...
We have taken him so much for granted ...that nowadays if there is some good song from him, it does not surprise us.
I can never pick which is his best song ... every new movie has some better song
hip hip hurray... Rahman you have really made us all proud.

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime !

I had read about this quote long back (http://www.yuni.com/library/docs/631.html)___##0##___ I never thought that i would somehow use this philosophy in my life.
One of my friends was very upset yesterday about his breakup with his girlfriend and I was trying to console him by quoting this that some people are meant to leave us and how some people are gonna stay in our lives forever. I do not know if he could relate to what I was saying or not.
But the whole night I went down the memory lane. I could see how people in my past came for a reason or they were there just for a season...
I also could realize that my family, my friends and my hopes are all going to stick with me for a lifetime

We are planning a surprise birthday party to my neighbour which is today.
I know that he is not expecting it but thats the fun of surprise parties
I love doing such things but my friends have thrown all the responsibility on me.
So I have to start everything as soon as I leave office.(scratching my head)
Order the cake and then buy some balloons and a gift as well ...
And I am planning to decorate my balcony since we cannot do it in his room without raising any suspicion.
I am so excited...
Any ideas for a gift?

This weekend was good.
I did many a things and also took rest
I have joined a gym and working out everyday may be because of that I feel active.
On Saturday I made Puris(A puri or poori is a South Asian unleavened bread primarily found in India made from a dough of whole grain durum wheat flour, water and salt by rolling it out into discs of approximately the size of palm and deep frying it in ghee or vegetable oil) and they came out very well. I am proud of myself as I am proving to be a good cook(better)
Yeah but I also burnt my finger trying them but the result was worth it.

My days are not so boring here as I have got two neighbours(guys) who keep me company almost everyday. The best part is we became very good friends and just friends.
I am crossing my fingers that this should not be messed up... I like their company and their banter and I am not attracted to any one of them. So i just hope that they also should feel the same.

Though I am more friendly with the younger one that`s only because he is very carefree person and I prefer such people. It is easy to be with him as I do not have to pretend to be seriously thinking about whatever he says and we tease each other silly .

Together we have watched India loose the cricket match to Sri Lanka
But hooray they have won the series

Yesterday I was reading Imagining India written by Nandan Nilekani.
The author was explaining how the curse of over population was turned into a boon,
How India has broken the prejudice that over population is a hindrance to growth, and used this overblown population as manpower and how IT industry has grown with outsourcing....

When I was reading this book, the fact that I am part of this so called young blood contributing to the national income was very intoxicating.
But then my bubble of contentment burst when I read the news about "Protecting Indian Culture"
There are some organisations in India who are self proclaimed gaurdians of the Indian Culture and they had beaten and mollested girls in Pubs for drinking and wearing skimpy clothes!

My shock knew no bounds when I saw this.
Who said that "beating women is Indian Culture"?
Where is it written in Indian Culture that it is OK for guys to go to pubs but women cannot do the same.
They also had guts to say that they are doing this for the parents who cannot control their wards.
Shame on you people who can even use such words in the defense of your actions.
Nowadays it has become an in thing in India for such organisations to go ahead and punish(in their view) individuals saying that it is against Indian Culture.
They are taking Law and order in their hands and go to any lengths. And this is not becoz of protecting Indian Culture, it is for their own selfish and political reasons. They cause incovinience to normal people whenever they need some national identity.

These people were arrested and went scot-free. The police even commented that there is no such law to punish mobs. The law can punish an individual but not a mob...

Imagining India or Fanatic India???

So come on, I will also form a mob to punish such selfish and fanatic organisations. Just kidding, I can find better things to kill time than be same as them.

2008 is gone! I am glad phew !
It was a very frustrating year and I hope that 2009 would prove to be better.
nothing wrong in being hopeful

I don`t know my gut feeling says that this year would be lot better than 2008 but somehow I am a bit skeptical about the future. It`s all so very frustrating to wait and hope that it is gonna be OK.
I know I should take it easy that is what everyone says...
I am so full of energy and impatient to do something and prove something

There is no work at all in office. I am bored of coming to office go on coffee breaks and then have lunch and then check my mails and go home

May be I should cook something today night to spend this overwhelming energy hehehe.
Cooking always soothes me... never in my life I thought I would cook. I had told my Mom to send a cook with me in dowry when I get married.
But now I can cook elaborate dishes hmmm

May be I will cook Gulab Jamun ....

I was asked to go to client office and Oh God !! what a chaos !!!
I was sent telling that I am an expert in the field and I do not know what I am supposed to do?
I feel as if I am in the middle of some mad world...

People here openly call meeting rooms as war rooms