Things to do when the weather is great and you are stuck in office !!

It has rained happily and heavily last night, with thunder showers that have made the next morning apt for an excursion..are you still stuck in office, moaning inside, looking out of the window? Oh I know I am.

·         So the first thing on my checklist is to make a note of this suffering in the form of a new piece for my blog.

·         Next, if you work in a company that lets you be on the phone, taking to clients, then this is your time to make a move. Call up the person you would rather spent the day with and engage in some interesting conversation under the open sky outside, giving you the pleasure of a nice walk in the breeze.

·         If that is not the case, then see if you can arrange a meeting, as far away from your office as possible. You get the option of a long drive in this beautiful weather; and after the meeting, you don’t really have to come back to your boring office.

·         If that is not an option, and your company allows you some “creative time-out”, you should be chalking up the  bill by now.

·         For those with no such options to avail, may be it is time to make a bank visit for an hour or two with some hidden lunch plans up your sleeve.

·         Still no luck?? Didn’t someone miss out on giving a birthday treat this month? Gang up on the poor person right now, and drag the whole group out for a lunch on his expense. Bet you’ll have a great time.

·         Or for that matter, when was the last time, you met your counterpart or client to discuss business? Go out for an official lunch and squeeze in some pleasant time for yourself as well.

·         Now ideas are getting a little tricky.  Are you allowed to have meetings in the open? Pick up your laptop and march out with your team for an official brainstorming session (to discuss last night’s game).

·         Well, there is the obvious thing to do..don’t work, sit, gossip,(and as my friend says) gawk..  ;)

But more than anything else, don’t let anybody mess with your mood..as long as you are determined to enjoy this weather, no grumpy boss, no stupid co-worker can mess with your spirit…so enjoy this weather and make sure no work is done, till you decide to roll up your sleeves and get to it…!!

How a little whiff makes me smile..!!

There is a scent that tells me that you are around, that inspires me to walk ahead and put my mind to work..how a whiff of that particular scent does that might seem beyond reason but I know how it works…every cog in my mind is attuned to the sense of that scent, making equivalent visual imageries and making me smile and my heart strong knowing that it is not alone..

I think the concept behind 3 Idiots was very true...your heart seeks solace in little things, so one should keep it deluded till the time it really needs to roll up its sleeves and get to work…the experiment I did today morning very aptly puts this in perspective.. not wanting to wear my good pair of work slippers when I traversed my one hour journey to office, I put on my house slippers packing the other ones in my bag..walking to the office, there was a certain sense of happiness, the feel of those house slippers took away the heavy feeling I got when I travel every morning, and by the time I actually got to the destination and slipped into my office footwear, it really didn’t matter anymore, coz I knew, now I am here, here to work..

It is these little tiny joys that make it a little easier to stay happy…find for yourself those little joys, that make you walk that extra mile..but make your heart feel,” oh! I didn’t do much!”

This association with sounds, with smells, with touch, really amazes me…how and why, a memory is so strong in my subconscious, imprinted with such strong emotion, that a tiny stimulus can inspire me to do more, go beyond my own impression of myself?

There is a motivation behind every step you take and everything you do…u may be self motivated or may seek motivation from all that is around you..but I know, I will find favor in nature..my own little box of motivations, which will keep in afloat and happy.

Don't go running all the way to Hollywood..!!

Stranger in the mirror is one of the better written books in the Sidney Sheldon basket.  The writer develops two different plots which entwine well and bring out a rather rich plot in the end. Sheldon still follows his pattern of giving us a preview of the end before going back chronologically and giving us the beginning, leading the reader all the way back.  

The plot still outlines the reality of the big bad world where people fight and play their parts. The story has Josephine growing up shadowed by the divide better the rich and poor, a polack, a daughter of a seamstress; and there is Toby, also rising from the dregs of poverty to one of the richest and most successful people in Hollywood. 

Josephine runs away to Hollywood after losing the love of her life and struggles to find work under a male chauvinistic industry, whereas Toby feels stuck playing the Toilet circuit as a comedian before finding his big break. Toby finds solace from his loneliness in the form of Josephine as a companion, whereas she finds the power of Toby’s stardom to avenge her struggle in the glamorous world of showbiz.

The narrative flows well with not too many twists in the story line and good visual imagery. The book turns out to be a good read with intriguing characters and a sensible plot. So if your life seems a little hard today, take a read and find solace that you’re not a character in a book.

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A familiar face

A familiar line

A familiar wrinkle

A little entwined

A little memory

A little thought

A little sigh

Of a familiar sight

How you miss

The ones you love

Not forgotten

Just out of sight

Yet there is love

In every sigh

Home away from home

You might be

Love away from love

You never could be

Keep in touch

Keep in sight

So there are

No regrets, no sighs.

Somebody

As tears drip down those lonely eyes,

I wish I had somebody by my side,

Somebody to console and make my day,

Be there for me when life is at bay.

Those seamless days, worlds apart,

I wish I had somebody in my heart

Who could be my sole companion,

A friend in those days, so horrid and dark.

Oh! How my heart aches for a companion like that,

Who comes to me, when luck is scarce,

With a blissful smile so beautiful and sublime,

That it makes you feel like a weightless kite.

With tender words that make you forget,

All your troubles in a swish of a wand.

Like magic all over your face,

That sprinkles down in its own sweet ways.

What wouldn’t you give for a companion like that,

Who can take you above the skies,

With a gentle smile and a tender face,

That somebody who might come some day.

There are no such things as ghosts

There are no such things as ghosts, he always use to say,

He remained as mulish as ever, even after our debate.

Never removed from his purpose, he decided to go to Mrighway,

Which was the most haunted place in London, for that is what they say.

He did not yield to our entreats, and remained a fathead as ever.

The day drew to a close, and night resided on the scene,

The winds screamed and the trees danced,

And the rain, Oh! It was terrible.

In he went through the door, to show his face to the darkness,

He had to reach the window above, which looked out through the attic.

He felt himself tremble, Like he had done never before.

Slowly he reconsidered tracing his steps back, Boom! What was that he heard?

A peal of thunder like he had never heard before?

He trembled and shook and was wet from head to toe,

Someone touched him on the shoulder,

Boo!! I am a ghost!

He seemed to be frozen for an instant, then he ran out like the wind.

Out of that house and back in his.

Now he never says, what he used to say before,

There are no such things as ghosts..!!

The insufficiency of the protocol..

The Indian Government is a sorry state of affairs..the inconvenience of the public is secondary to any dumb bunny in the government with power..the most recent in the spate being the travel arrangements fr the dumbest president ever Pratibha Patil, to visit her husband in Saket's Max hospital..All adjoining areas in the way have been cleared of vehicles, with the Delhi police towing away over 1000's of two wheelers and cars, to clear the way..this drill has been in action for the last three days without any media coverage what so ever...Making the situation worse for those effected by such erratic decisions,..all vehicles confiscated have been labeled "unowned"..." lawaris"...and there is a day's worth of running around government officials required before the rightful owners can lay hands on their own merchandise..how long is the Indian population going to bear the brunt of such a dysfunctional system, where a stupid minister is given such supremacy, that the very people who put him on that pedestal stand to being harassed by such unconsidered actions..