Sleep-Blog !

Some sleep-walk, some sleep-talk, and some..sleep-blog.  The thought of getting to write excites me, and I succumb to the excitement. What better time than this, away from the grind and in silence. I guess I won’t be getting time for this once I start working again, which I am planning to, from next month.

And for the next month to arrive, we still have ten days to go. So, Delhi bound again, this time a friend’s wedding. I got the invitation three months back but I wasn’t sure that I was going to make it, keeping in mind, the troublesome period I was going through in regard of my admissions. But everything is settled now and it’s a good time to catch up with friends again. There are also plans for extending our trip to Mussoorie , Hrishikesh and other adjoining places to visit.

Coming back to the decision I mentioned in one of my previous blog, the ‘picture’ of MBA from India is dropped, IMT is out and I have already taken back my admission. Aiming for a year of work experience and then moving out for the ‘bigger picture’. I have got another six months, and I hope everything sets as plan.

Enough of the bygone and the expected.

We either dwell in the past or deem about the future. Do we really live in the present? Do we relish the moment of now?  An ex colleague of mine says that it all depends on the way we breath. A few breathing techniques can get us to live in the present, at around three thousand bucks per week, that’s all it takes.  Does it make sense?  Let’s not go there. It’s a sleep-blog anyway, not meant to make sense. I mean do the sleepwalkers know what they are up to?

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- By Chetan Bhagat

Another sleepless night! Thought of catching a bit of sunrise as I get little opportunitiy to do so. Sun rises every day and sets, but we seldom enjoy the beauty of the process. Thought of going out for a drive. Thought of getting to Juhu beach and take some photographs of ‘MV Wisdom’ (huge cargo vessel which is stranded for the past week within hands reach from the beach). Attempts are being made to pull it or push it or cut it or maybe lift it, which seems highly unlikely. The tug of war is going on nevertheless. Well, these were the things which I thought of, yes, only that. The key to the car is not accessible at the moment. So I dropped the plan(s). Instead switched on my computer again and here I am spreading my loneliness to no one.

This Thrusday was eventful. Met someone I admire. Everything said by him makes sense to me. The youth icon, Chetan Bhagat. He has a team which takes care of the business part of him. To promote and market the brand Chetan Bhagat, and to make him reach out to the far stretched youth and of course to the corporates who in turn pay him money, which is the business part I was talking about. I had applied to break into his team, and thus I was called for the interview. I thought it would be an office, but as it turned out, the address I was called upon was his home and he was the one at the door to welcome us.  A big surprise. He briefed about the profile and about himself (as if we didn’t know). About his next book coming up around Diwali this year. It’s a dark love story and the protagonists are ‘gopal’ and ‘arti’. That’s all he said about the book. Asked me to wait in the kids room and also allowed me to play with the toys while I waited. Two round interview was conducted, one by the CB team and one by CB himself. It was pretty relaxed. I have little hope to get through since I my answers were pretty honest. Yes, it’s complicated. Plus my profile does not suit their requirements. He told me that I would be getting a call next day if I was selected. And the day just passed L. Which makes it safe to assume that I haven’t made the cut. And that’s the reason I am writing about the experience with him on my blog. If I got through, I wouldn’t have.

All said and done. The point I would like to make is that. When we see someone on the TV or newspaper or anywhere as a celeb. It seems distant and we assume that those people are different and that’s the reason they are there. But they are just as normal as we are. And we can be them too, no big deal. Luck remains a big factor. What I mean is, it’s not that every talented or every hard working person makes it large in life. If everyone is a CEO, the work would not be done. The fish has to be killed to maintain the balance of life. And not everyone can be the hunter, someone has to be the huntee.

However, meeting with the celeb himself hasn’t sunk in yet. It was a wonderful experience. This is more like a diary page to me which I would love to go through somewhere later in life.  

The sun will raise, and with it I’ll prepare to set. 

Have a good day..

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An un-nec-es-sar-y explanation

I wouldn't let my blog pass away to annihilation. I hope.

Oh! what a cynic I am, the blog is just a month old and I am talking in these terms!

Everybody has their reasons to be busy. We always have time to 'drive' or be in a 'meeting' even if its off office hours. My cohort at HDFC Securities would understand this better. But I was busy doing something else. 

For some admission related documents to be collected from my college, I had to visit the city where I spent three years of my life while completing my graduation. New Delhi. I never liked the city when I was there, but I like it now, I miss it now. Hard to explain this. The capital has its own spell. With this, I also believe that its not the place which is good or bad, its the people who make it so. If you are surrounded by dead people in the most happening place..it its a waste. Fortunately, it wasn't the case with me.

The work for which I went there was done. Caught up with some memories from the past, and pals for the future (read life). I preferred not to waste time there and thus remained keen. On the flight back I met a young lady (elder than me), who asked me for a favor to which I obliged, and thus I was given a coffee treat and even meal on board. In return, I tried to show my expertise in the stock market and suggested her a few shares to buy, when she showed some inclination towards it. 

Back in Mumbai, the interviews got me occupied for the next day. Next, due to the renovation going on, we had to shift to a new flat temporarily. Which we did, and that kept me busy again, settling down.

It was dad's birthday yesterday, he asked us if we wanted to go for the movie 'Ready' to which we readily agreed. Had a good day out. Learnt to eat with chopsticks at the dinner.

This, in brief explains my absence from the web world for quite sometime. Though I know I am not a celeb that you would want any explanation for that matter. 

The days coming up might be the most important ones in shaping up my career and future. I have to watch my steps, but still a decision has to be taken, don't have much time on my side. Watch this space for that decision.

Be the light...

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