on the way to work

How Raj Thackeray’s act in Mumbai has impacted lives of Marathi ppl staying in other parts of the country, why it is better to study in CBSC & not in ICSE, how important it is for mothers to know their act before they start teaching that to their kid, how the priorities change after the kid comes into your live, which street should one go in order to buy that particular kind of dress, wats the earliest age a child can start to learn swimming and the story line of some latest releases. all this and much more. an hour in the Mumbai local train's ladies compartment(first class to be precise) and your awareness on all the worldly subjects gets better. 

 

having slept at 1 am after that long distance call :) and a game on computer last night, I slept like a log until late in morning only to be woken up by the banging on door... the clock showed 8 am and I usually have to leave for office at 7.30 to be able to reach office on time. so I was late! I rushed thru things to catch a rick to the station. There wasn’t any time for brkfast either but thankfully I reached only a little late after spending one informative hour in the fast train.

 

Some more conversations (overhearing is bad I know but it was way to loud to ignore) while coming back after a not so eventful day at work. This lady standing next to me was not bothered if her shrieking loud conversation was disturbing the fellow travellers. It seemed like her husband or whoever she was talking to had given funds to this friend of his, for some start-up which wasn’t successful even after 2 years and he therefore wasn’t able to return their money. Even though this lady was trying to be as sweet to that person as possible, she made her point clear with a pinch of sarcasm- she wanted the money back, by this way or that.

 

But why was she discussing this so loudly in the train???? 

This is life in Mumbai locals fou u../

 

lonely weekend

Its almost the end of my first wkend in mumbai with none from the family around. There were calls from them to check if i am comfortable, i chatted with a few to know whats happening that side, I cooked, ate, slept, watched movies and still there is lotsa time, making me feel what to do with it. With all this movement within the family plus dad's illness, i dont feel like enjoying anything. 

Then while browsing thru some of the pics I stopped at this one and fondly remembered that post dinner mishti dhoi Amit had got for me and with that memory I am suddenly feeling better..

I hope u are doing good my dear - wish we were together...

parting begins..

Aaj finally aone poney daam mein ghar ka saaman apne hi building ke logo ko dene ke liye tayyar ho gaye hum log. most of the furniture is sold out. rest we gonna move to our family. Ghar ka saaman kitne enthu aur pyar se collect kiya tha, vo bhi bus pichle 1.5 years mein- ek baar bhi nahi socha tha ki itni jaldi jaldi move karna padega. 

lekin movements have always been exciting for me especially coz i come from a defence background. bus ek baat decide ki is baar, ki ab jyada material collect nahi karenge.. coz once u start doing that u get attached to each piece in the house.. and it is not easy to see them getting waste or when u have to give them off to ppl for prices less than half of what u invested. not only the cost part, thinking of giving my plants away - i feel sad!

anyways, change is constant might be a cliche but it definetly gives us an oportunity to make new beginnings with all the learnings of past both on personal front as well as professional. Next two days are going to be hectic doing final packing & moving, I still hope to spend them well.. at least i will try.

words of wisdom

``The most happy marriage I can picture would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman.'' -- Coleridge

Officially Married now.

So finally we get our marriage certificate today after having been married for 1.5 years.

but look at the irony.. i have two long months ahead of staying single :( and thats gonna be the first time that we wont be with each other after being married. While I plan to have a blast (& I am sure he will do that as well), there are countless random things jinki kutch aisi aadat ho gayi hai ki only coming months will reveal how they are going to be.

and then the good part is that i will be spending this time with my parents. After dads posting out of mumbai, we hardly got to stay with him even when I wase there with mom n manu before shaadi.

having said all that.. the fact to rejoice at the moment is having got the marriage certificate for which everyone in family had been reminding us all this while. congratulations to us!!

Mind over Matter?

A colleague of mine did something today that has me thinking about it still. Finding an apology mail, suddenly out of the blue would do this to most of us; it says, its for all those times when she hurt me. More than surprised, for she thinks she hurt me, I am trying to understand even if she did, why did she?

I hope everything is alright there and whatever is going on in her mind, gets off her mind soon as I never felt hurt or anything. I tried conveying that to her & in reply she says, my alternate career could be writing as I love doing that. So she has plainly refused to believe me.

Reason for such reaction from me could be due to my being less observant and attentive than few others round, about certain things. But the fact is- most of the times, its immaterial for me.

Some say its my 'no care' attitude. Could it be that? perhaps yes! Should I care about people who want to hurt me? I am only giving an example.. but when I am engaged in my own world, I am a happier person so why would I get entangled into these issues n get hurt?

Some also say that I have a terribly big eye for detail. I myself am a victim to that. My workplace believes in playing with ones strengths rather than weaknesses. But they also convinced me that your strengths could be your biggest weaknesses if not worked upon carefully. That’s some gyan from 'gallups strengths finder' but yes I do have not one but two big eyes for detail. Ask Amit.

He says my problem is that I take everything literally whereas his statements are most of the time symbolic. Now I don’t remember what was the exact issue that triggered this realisation between the two of us but how could I be so dumb to do so? of not understanding what he really means.. Here again! I feel like telling myself- Does that really matter? I am the way I am.

With a mind full of all such clutter, here ends the day and time for me to try some good night sleep.