Tryst with my destiny or a Twist with my Agony?

Ever wondered why you exist? amm well some people might say... "Yeah! But who cares ?" I guess we should. Since long I wanted to touch base on this topic. It seems now is the right time...

So what is a tryst? Well...Something like a date with someone... You know meeting someone!

So what could possibly a tryst with someone's destiny mean? Interesting enough! Now you are getting a feeling of what I am trying to say. But it's a deliberate attempt to consciously understand the path we are taking towards our destiny.

Many times life throws things at us, so fast, that we move on just catchin what it throws at us, not knowing quite what to pick up... Life can throw many things, opportunities, dangers, rags, riches, useless things, hopeless people, amazing friends, love, relationships, .... many things, but is there something really in your hand? Well think again! many optimistic friends would think that there is, but i feel unless we deliberately control things, normally things control us, and it always works that way... Point is, I want to get a hang of where my life is taking me, and where I am, why do I feel good or bad about things, what makes some things so special to me, what makes something very meaningful ? I need to find answers to all those questions.

At one point in life people become very philosophical... isn'nt my time arrived yet? You bet!

what do you think folks? You know where you are headed? Ahead? very well... Look forward to my next one...

Abhi OuT!

Ho Ha India! Ha Ha India!!

The titled campaign ended up so funny that, Indian's were actually Ho Ha on the field and all the world watching them bat was "Ha Ha" but for most of the fans, this was as tragic as someone dead in their family!

What are the reasons for this? Well media says many... Following are the few which I feel.

1) The politics - The BCCI is the richest cricketing council in the world. Obviously, there are a lot of politicians hovering around the BCCI. There is simply so much money, that every political gun has a dream of becoming BCCI president.

Because of the politics originating at the source, the selection process is flawed. No, I must say is extremely flawed. Instead of giving chance to players who were best suited to play the world cup, our selectors relied on "Experience", which failed to show up on the field. I believe public should be involved in the selection process, instead of sending SMS to programs like Indian Idol, we should do a sms campaign for selecting a better Indian Side.

2) Money dear! - There is enormous amounts of money revolving around the players, in their early stints of careers. The players are given celebrity status in One match! We don't even bestow so much on our beloved bollywood stars as much as we do on these cricketers. I have no hassles with accomplished cricketers who play wonderful cricket, despite doing whatever to earn money. Cricket is about hardwork. Hardcore cash is about less work and more lavishness. The equations are very simple. At least the young guns of Indian cricket of the likes of Dhoni, Irfan Pathan, and others shouldn't be allowed to expose so early to this dirty poison. Yes we need to ensure they get a lot of money, but it should be "Only" through performance. Even mediamen should ensure that they include in their campaign only consistent performers.

3) Non performing Assets - Virender Sehwag, Robin Uthappa, Harbhajan Singh, Ajit Agarkar. They were never in absolute rocking form before they were selected. Then why were they selected? What is the purpose of selecting these NPA's for the team? Only the selectors know! Robin Uthappa is an extremely simple case - an overnight star became permanent member of Indian World cup squad only with one good knock on his home ground, on a not so good attack!


People and their emotions are extreme I agree, but the way cricket is managed in our country is certainly on the anvil now, and people need to hit at it. I believe that people should have more voice in this increasingly failing management of Cricket in India.

More uncertainty...

When all things around you are pointing at something, and you don't understand even if it's real or not, you feel extremely uneasy, and uncertain. But then there is a purpose for everything. So taking cue from previous advise, to take one thing at a time, I am leading time, to complete things. Maybe in near future I might have to face something very different and very unusual. Might be equally exciting, but it will be tough, errm rather, very tough. But who said I wasn't tough!



Suddenly things start looking different. You start realizing new priorities in life. You pause, look back on what you did in the past, and know that, you have been through a lot, and there will be time, when you will want to redeem all of that. Whilst destiny beckons, and opportunities shore at bay, you still have a good deal of hesitancy floating in your mind. You tell yourself, that you are much better than that, and can take any challenge. You tell yourself, that this is just a start, and there is a long way to go.



You feel for some people, some near and dear ones. Select few. You don't know what consequences are going to be for what you feel and are going to do. But nothing is in your hands. So you just have to wait and watch.



Your mood changes too often, sometimes you feel so neutral, you start feeling that you have become antisocial (not exactly in that sense) but... and also you have lost all sensitivity, but it is so taxing to the brain that most of the times you think, you don't want to feel further.



Anyway, I guess, not thinking is the only solution to all above problems. I will stop writing anything meaningless now. Here is a link for a type of meditation. Try it folks, it really works.


Simple Medition



Cheers,
Abhi.

Uncertainties of Life...

Life, So uncertain... Is hardly in peace. Despite all efforts to keep calm, and stop thinking about things, many anticipations negatively inhibit mind sometimes, and put a limitation on free thinking that one can do.

Best option is infront is, to take one thing at a time, and concentrate on it, while not thinking about the other.

however, uncertainties add to a lot of miseries, and end up irritating you. Ideally, one should attack them if he can, or else, just plain ignore them.

Monday was something like the same. When you are waiting for something, it often makes you wait more, and things which are hardly expected ofcourse come as a surprise! There is a lot of uncertainty right now. Soon you will come to know what I am talking about.

Yesterday, I was very happy in the evening because my niece (2 years old) who was in ICU intensive care unit for almost 10 days now, miraculously improved and is responding to the treatment. I prayed a lot for her. And god has obliged. Good God! :)

I might have thought about starting back my GMAT studies again, but really didn't think about it, because of some uncertainties looming over my head. Today brings a new day, hopefully a few more good news to make me feel good.

Untill a new post tomorrow, its chao!

Abhi.

Sports adventure

Sunday was a sports adventure right from Cricket, to the winning title.



Cheering, Organizing, treating the tastebuds, shouting slogans, and shooting photographs, the Payment Systems Cricket tournament was a lot of fun. Played some cricket off the ground, and by body is still making me repent all those moves I made yesterday. .

Here are some of the snaps that you would love to see from the tournament.

Interesting Saturday

Hi All,

I am back rather early, well saturday "the whole of the day" was leisure... I watched two movies.

1) A beautiful Mind
2) The butterfly Effect

Both based on quite similar things, have really impacted my mind deeply. Just a few thoughts on these below....

A beautiful mind

Gem of a movie, every person who likes to introspect his own mind should see it. Russel Crowe a young and a very talented mind, goes through things that are beyond even our imagination. He is an expert in cracking any encryption, code, just looking at it!

Some imaginary characters change his life forever, nobody believes them, though they are almost realistic, initially he lives the virtuality, but later his life becomes a mess.

Jennifer Connelly is in the class where he is a teacher, they fall in love... Everything wrong going with Russel Crowe is unknown to this lady, who doesn't know that Russel is actually pretending to himself, unknowingly and is extremely ill, mentally. After a lot of pain, and chaos in their lives, they learn to live together, and slowly life starts coming to normal. It's still not easy, but Russel spends his whole life just on the strength of his love, keeping away from his imaginary buddies, and wins a Nobel.

Enthrilling throughout. The end of the movie is fantastic. Convey's a lovely message, which says, the answer to most complex queries in life often lie in very simple solutions. In Russel's case it was Love. If you want to see what acting means, watch this movie. No wonder it won oscars.

The butterfly Effect

A similar movie... Classes apart as far as acting and the screenplay goes. This tells you how minutest things in life can have mammoth impact on our lives. Based on various parallel Universes, this movie mentions how a young chap tries to live his life in these, with a set of journals, and finally lands into what he is looking for.

A must watch movie if you like watching something different.

Untill the next blog folks...

It's goodbye to you all.

Do let me know how you like these movies.

Cheers,

Abhinandan

Destiny shines, future glooms

Destiny shines, but the future glooms, doesn't know where it is heading, doesn't know what to do, but the time moves on. And you move on with the time...

:) That was just a thought of the day. Many things have happened ever since in my life.

My first GMAT attempt has been a little disappointing, those who visit pagalguy.com, would already know of my GMAT adventures. But this has given me enough confidence to tackle this whole MBA beast with full preperation. I have formed some firm opinions about the whole MBA thing, but now I have to support them with some achievements, hopefully by god's grace, I will have enough patience to manage my expectations, and achieve my most important dream in life.

Okay, serious things apart, here is some fun...

here are some funny pictures from my office...

Here is Bill at the Coffee Table, extremely talented, and funny, Bill is a source of inspiration for all of us within GMG.. Always.



As you can see above, Myself and Meena with other folks, Meena is getting married on 26th April, and our trio (Me, Asit, Meena) is sort of broken, but we shall keep in touch, and be the best of friends forever. She is moving to San Jose with her Husband Santosh who is a very nice fellow.



Here is Asit, My best friend in here. He is sharp, he is cute, and he is ummm little mischevious, as well as mysterious. You don't know what's going on in his mind, but is fun to be with. Likes to crack PJ's like other GMG'ians, and when it comes to work, our future Solutions Architect is undoubtedly the best. I and me have got different plans, but being a friend, Asit helps me a lot, and there is a lot to learn from him.

That's a littlebit about my office. Will tell you all a lot more when I return.

So untill my next post...

you'll know more of a young and an ambitious mind on a tryst of his destiny.

Comments are most welcome.

Cheers,
Abhinandan.