The drive of guilt

There was this moment on Nov 11 last year when after reading a SMS which said "To me you are a total stranger, so I dont feel good emailing you", my old acts of villainy ran through my mind. The inclination now is not to start any new accounts and to put an end to any old and inactive ones. Otherwise i would have similar feelings of guilt even later if such hiccups come my way.

friends

"friend in need is a friend indeed they said long back. But in these dynamic times, friend in need and in time is a friend."

Though my mom taught me stories from Lev Tolstoy book (eg: "the boy who cried wolf"), I told recently to my friend "*e*" how all these efforts of mom is not of so much use. There was one more story in the book of two friends: "two friends are in the jungle. As they see a bear one climbs to a tree and escapes from the bear. The other lies silently on the ground, and pretending to be dead. The bear just sniffs him and leaves. The guy on the tree climbs down and asks his friend what the bear whispered to him........."

Reality check

Reality check is a difficult job. Here, no cheating is allowed. It reminds of the often repeated statements of school teachers: ‘Please do not copy students. If you do so, you are cheating yourself’. I never understood the meaning of the term ‘cheating yourself’.

But when I have to confront reality, I have to close the virtual escape routes. I need to take out the books from the library and see how the current situation is. But just observation and analysis isn’t sufficient. There also has to be concrete action I need to take. Otherwise in reality I am static.

Tides......

Tides were a topic we had in Science. I dint have an idea about the low tides and high tides then, what they are - and how they get affected by the distance of the Moon from the Earth. Glad that there are a few people around who understand me. Nowadays, my day to day life doesnt seem to be as lonely as it seemed a little while back. Also may be I am more understanding about others' feelings.

Its now a year....

What to call this? This is certainly not an anniversary, not a cause for celebration either. But when events are marked on the axis of time, its a year since those eventful days happened and the very reason to name this blog as Fateful 2007. February 02 in 2007 (time around 5Am) wont be forgotten easily.

"You are fired"

There was this question at a recent corporate quiz conducted by Tata.
Question: What was the reply given in a Martha Stewart show to the statement "You are fired"?
Answer: "Thank you".
(Wonder if the character in this show had a job offer in hand when fired!)

But last week, there was no way I could tell so. 2007 had blessed me with yet another novel experience!

It was on Sep 26, a wednesday that the company chose to say bye to some of us. Convenient for all, i would say. The india prez flew in next day to address the company. We could start the job search straightaway that day. (also Thursday is considered to be an auspicious day to join a new company; just in case somebody had an offer in hand)

Personally, I had the feeling I would be there in the hit-list; that even if one had to go from our division, it could be me.

I spent rest of the day sending my resume to consultants, uploading my CV in job portals, and writing to some office friends.

So, bye to my dear office.

Meeting cancelled

Somehow the meeting planned with MGR, Sree, Thoma, Giri, and Pressy couldnt take place

Take off!!

So, this is it.... here is my first blog. Tuesday, 8 may there was a function in office. I was on leave that day.