After a month break I am back to this site. A long break actually. I even forgot that I have started blogging again. One of my friends just reminded me. Out of thoughts; I am just trying to fill up some space.
Last month got over in a jiffy with mixed bag of experiences, starting with those bombs setting off in Delhi. Boarding an Auto at 6:20 pm at Karol bagh for H.Nizamuddin Stn when a bomb exploded at 6:25. The driver insisted that he will take a long route to stay away from high traffic jams. I agreed as I had lots of time to kill thus avoiding the usual route of Barakhamba Road and Rajeev chowk. I was completely surprised when I reached the station with Police personnel and heavy security screening everywhere. A call from my aunt n mom gave me my answers. I just couldn’t believe my luck. This was first week of September.

After reaching Hyderabad, I had to rush again to Bangalore to attend an interview with Cargill India Ltd. I needed to switch from my present job desperately. They offered me some interesting job description to which I couldn’t say NO. But shifting to Bangalore made me sad. (It’s painful when you just have to move away from a place where your girlfriend stays at a distance of 1 km). but career>>gf, right. This was the second week.

In the third week, a trip to Nagarjuna Sagar on my girlfriend’ b’day. The decision was made so quick that I hardly remember how the idea had come up. But we had a great weekend. With the dam full and the opening of all the 26 gates the view was amazing.
The last week passed away with applying for my resignation, meeting the department heads and then pacifying my Home Minister (my GF loves when I address her that way).

I really don’t know whether the decision of switching my job to Cargill was perfect one especially when Power Sector is booming. But the profile according to my perception wouldn’t add any value to my CV. And I had to find some ways to kill my laziness which was eating up my productivity and this was indirectly related to my previous employer.

I don’t really know how this new company would be. But I am PREPARED, and
I still need some force to shake me up and get me out of this laziness.

How many of us still live our dream or still want to follow one. What were our dreams in our childhood? We had always wanted to experiment with our lives. We always wanted to make some difference. We wanted to ‘be MORE’.

Year on year we keep on updating our Resume/CV but only the Experience List and not the Hobbies. One deep look into that and you will realize that those were the ones which you picked in your Childhood. Why haven’t we picked up any during these days? Leave about picking up a new hobby or interests we aren’t even trying to find some time for the old ones. Too busy, huh?
I realized this after watching the latest TITAN “Be more” ad and more recently “Rock ON!!” movie. In that movie Farhan Akthar (Aditya Shroff) didn’t even realize that he was leading a Mechanical life, discussing Work even on his surprise birthday party!! His mind gets it when his wife hints him. It connects to our life too. He along with his friends was part of a rock band “MAGIK” where he was the Lead singer and a gr8 poet. But 10 years down the lane, he doesn’t pen down lyrics but Stock Prices and the Investments in the country.

As an Investment Banker he is the regular guy who just feeds on the Stock Prices, but it is his passion for music and his creative writing (lyrics) which makes him to stand out in the crowd. The characters in that movie are lucky as life gives them a second chance.

One of my friends has joined Guitar Classes now after landing on a job. During our college days she was just amongst us but today she stands out; why? She knows how to play a guitar!! Standing out doesn’t mean that you have to become a Abhinav Bhindra or a Dhoni or a Celebrity. Even a small difference from your friends/colleagues makes you special.

One way to stand out from the crowd is to take time to do the little things right. The old saying goes that if it were easy, everyone would be doing it. Well, that’s not necessarily true. What about me? Did I join the Guitar classes or the Swimming Classes? There are some easy things most people don’t do because they just don’t think that these could make any distinction.

Do the things which other people are not interested in doing it. What do you normally do when one of your friends is down? Motivate him, right. If given a chance would you do it in a large scale; to a big number of people with talent but down with motivation and lack that drive which would catapult them among big leagues? I bet that 80% of the answers would be a big “NO”.

One would need motivational skills to do that and everyone is not fit for that job. But the skills that we possess might compliment to those of his. Help him, appreciate him and his work. We all know that he wouldn’t become a Shiv Khera but atleast he is doing his part. /*LIVING LIFE*/
Some people are content just to be another face in the crowd. And those who want to stand out from the crowd find themselves cruising through after some initial hiccups. We neither had the commitment to stand out nor the appreciative attitude towards the people who want to get out of the crowd.

The funniest part of all: What do I do to be little different? I don’t buy things which are very common among the crowd. Nokia is always out of my list (b it N96 or the E series). So are Pulsar and Hero Honda bikes. And the list goes ON and On