Mumbai Bravehearts

No words can write what we feel for you. Nothing can bring back what we have lost.

Vijay Salaskar

Hemant Karkare

Ashok Kamte

We Salute you Gentlemen. And We hope India Rises as a Nation and avenges your death.
May your souls rest in peace.

Tidbits(2)

I guess i push my luck to the limit with some friends, I get to the point of being rude with them. Everytime i do something like this, and i shamelessly laugh and gawd about it to my wife, her common response is " Tum kya kahin ke maharaja ho, Pata nahi why they tolerate you"

I have a friend, Lets call him MV23 becuase that is his chat id. Honestly i dont know how many more days are left of this friendship :)

Here's is what happened today. I was in a meeting and he kept calling me, i pressed the red button every time. He finally caught me on chat.

MV23: Kya be H*R*M*I. Kahan mar gaya tha.
Me: bol
MV23: Bol Kya Bol !!, Mera Phone kyon Kata??
Me: Maine kab tera phone kata?
MV23: Subah se 3 baar, main phone kar raha hu, tino baar tune Kata.
Me: Maine Nahi Kata.
MV23: Kata. 3 Baar Kata.
Me: Arey yaar, Tu utni door Hyderabad main, Tera phone tere haath main, Main yahan bangalore main. Tu hi bol main tera phone kaise katun ?
MV23: Sudhrega Kabhi
Me: :D Nahi !!

In other more interesting news, I have devised a very simple way of finding out whether i am wearing a Shirt or T-Shirt. All i have to do is assume i am wearing a shirt and keep the Cell phone in my shirt pocket. After a while if there is a loud noise and i have to pick up 3 peices of the cell phone. I conclude that i i am wearing a t-shirt without pockets.

F.R.I.E.N.D.S (2)

This blog has helped me get in touch with some really nice people, and today i was lucky to have met two of them today.
Met Imp's Mom, her Imp and Raji with the sister at Koshy's. Was truly wonderful meeting and seeing people about whom one has already read and known so much via thier blogs.
I was majorly impressed by the cuteest way the Imp says NO to whatever you ask her. I am sure when she grows up, Boys will actually be happy to hear NO as an answer to date or coffee invites. S

Thanks Jo and Raji, Hope to meet you all again.

We Are Growing !!!!

Couple of years ago when i had joined this organization I was somewhere in 500-540th Employee range. so you see clearly this organization has grown in front of me and honestly i have grown with the organization too ! I was 58 Kilos when i came from bombay and today i am a frightening 74 Kgs. Now tell me aint that good growth ?? I have witnessesed some drastic changes in the landscape, in people, in office, in everywhere.

Way back everything was in abundance, now everything is scarce and percious.

People travelled to UK, Europe at the drop of a hat and now people who even dream about travelling are dropped.

The cubicles were luxury! with each one having only 4 geeks. Somewhere down the line they squeezed in a 5th one, and when we kept travelling down the same line, one fine Monday morning we realized that over the weekend they had shrunk the cubicle size and added two more seats adjoining to every cubcile. Now the work area more or less resembles a Bombay local train, where there is always place for one more. Ya Kinda makes me feel at home too.

Gone are the days when we dined like Kings. Now after standing in a mile long queue for getting the coupon, you see the other queue already building up for the biryani or the roti-curry, and finally when your turn comes up the Rotis are over.
Typical conversations at the food court....

ABC : You see that guy in the black shirt there he got promoted last week.
XYZ : Ya ?? Look he has got a spoon too today, Man life is so unfair. some guys have all the luck! Promotions, Spoons everything. Its been 4 days now, i have been eating my biryani with bare hands. Its Ok if i dont get promotions but i surely deserve a spoon for all my efforts right?

Scheduling a meeting and getting a meeting room was as simple as 123. Now i hear, there is some underground black martketeering going on. You need to know people in the right places if you have to have the luxury of a meeting room. Else the sofa at the lobby or the terrace. If Rumours are to be belived, They are going to start the same booking system that we have for Meeting rooms for toilets as well.

ABC: Can you come over to my desk at 4 PM today for a quick overview of the new project?
XYZ:Let me check my calendar please. Oh ! sorry no, I have a toilet break booked for 4 PM.
ABC: Cant you hold on till 430 or something, This will not take more than 30 mins.
XYZ: Cant you hold on for 10-15 mins, I will finish and be there by 415. I was not able to able to book any room for the morning as well and i just cannot miss this one. Hope you get what i mean.
ABC: Ya, Ya.. Tough times man... See you at 415.

Yes We are 3000 Strong today! And i loved every moment of being a part of this!

Just Books (4)

Just Finished with Carnage by Angels - Y.P.Singh. Its a well written book, Mind numbing actually, The very fact that an IPS officer has had this to write about the Elite IPS and the Police Force of the country scares me. Worth a read, but the vocabulary used is very impressive but tough to understand as well, Got to refer the dictionery quite a few times to understand sentences and contexts. All in all a good read.

Picked up Songs in Ordinary Times - Mary Mcgarry Morris. This is one of the book i have bought just on instint, I had not heard about it, nor was it referred to me by someone. Just picked it up Off the shelf and said a little prayer that it should turn out value for money. However earlier decisions to pick up books on instinct have been satisfactory, I had picked up I know This Much Is True - Wally Lamb. Had turned out to be quite a good choice.