My Friend...My Philosopher....My Guide....and now My Dentist...!!

 We all have our ups and downs and we all have friends around to share it with....it could be the same person or could be different people....depending upon your plan of action....but the point is we always have someone to talk to.....
For me  it has always been 1 person...for some time now...

While we are on that note....let me tell you about this friend of mine....Cause i am one of those lucky ones to have her by my side for quite a while....

yup...datz her...!!

 Doctor Ketki Joshi....actually a dentist...
But who cares....she came to my rescue....wen i needed a saviour...


It's been 10 years....and 10 years straight without any breaks.....
Shez known me in and out.....advised me....helped me and stood by me at times when i was in need...
and soo was it today as well...
place...time.....work....nothing ever has stood between.....i am not a firm believer in the concept of best friends but....if i had to choose one among all it will surely be you ketki....

Which brings me to today.....and as of today she's my new Dentist..

Well i happened to have a tooth problem and though i had my regular Dentist (who by the way was extremely good)....but still i decided to give my friend a chance...:P
soo i paid my friend a visit....to get myself treated....
Itz always weird to have someone ogling down your throat...and all the more if she's a hot girl....now imagine if she happens to be your best friend....it was seeming too crazy and weird

but as it turned out....it wasn't such a big deal eventually....
Firstly i get a preferential treatment by not having to wait in the queue....then itz ketki in the Doc's apron....waiting inside....gives me a smile....and trust me...somehow i could not stop smiling....or rather i was laughing....which made her laugh too...haha
Although i was mentally prepared....it was soo different there...maybe not for her coz she was the doctor....and mite be used to this....but to mee....it definately was..
Eventually it got better....and from then on it was a doctor patient like thing...until...
while working on my tooth she starts telling me stories about different things....about other people...like gossip stuff.....and i was sitting on the chair with open jaws....i was like... this dosent seem a visit to doctor at all...it was as if 2 friends hanging out....credit to her....

She did her thing to my tooth which was excellent by the way....but thats not the point...for her of course it was....coz she thought i would be a good critic.....and for that maybe she was extra cautious...soo she wanted a report later on.....well to cut the long story short.....i have got a dependable dentist.....who gives me preferential treatment....rest who cares....
she's my dentist now....she can do the worrying....

Soo coming back to the point....i can still remember the first time when i really got to know her....seemed to be a out of the way....spoilt girl to me....who was way out of my league....but then we sort of connected.....i wouldn't be wrong to say she was there to share each and every happiness with me.....and even my sorrows....plus she thinks am funny.....though i doubt that....but then who minds the compliments....
And even today whenever i hit a jackpot....she knows it first....and vice versa...hopefully..:)
It just gives me Immense pleasure and happiness to see you stand with such great future....
and so for you my friend i have a few lines...

Miles we came since the first day we met...
and miles we will go till one of us may set...
But what we share is a gift that few get....
i will be there with you even if i have to be your pet...(nothing else was rhyming yaar)

Remember the time when we were brittle..
and the night had seemed to be soo little...
now is the time when we look to settle...
but i wanna go back somewhere in that riddle..

since you have always been in my boat...
i hope you will be there till i reach the coast...

and while you are there i don't want to reach the coast
cause then i won't have anything to boast...



Thank you dentist....not just for today...but for everyday....
my teeth she says are in best shape....
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P.S.: Ketki....at 3am the effect of the Tranquilizer has completely subsidized and i feel a slight tingle in my tooth..it feels funny...hehe

Sitting in my Office...

Just when i was starting to get used to working here...when i was starting to get comfortable with everything around me...it's time to leave...
Yes our 2 months of internship are almost to over now...or letz just say...my time at Business Development Bureau is fast coming to an end.....and i see all other interns of different colleges have already left

Just 2 more weeks to go....and then it will be back to college again....
which i have missed very much....specially the sleeping in class and the fun....
I wonder how the first day is going to be.....

Neways working at BDB was a very enriching experience....now i am not sure if i would be coming back post my internship here....but clearly thats not on my mind....i did what i wanted.....i had fun....learnt a lot....had the maximum opportunities and will come out as a learned man....nothing else i asked for....
But just for the record...yes i will get my stipend too...

But there are somethings which i am going to miss....
letz see what....some might be amusing too...

I am definately going to miss the responsibility i was vested upon....
I will miss gawking over the HOT chick in branding....i think her name is khusboo....and rightly soo everytime she passes by i can smell the aroma....
i am surely going to miss the ATC(any time coffee)...
Then there are the other interns who have already left........my mentor's who taught me work here....the meetings in the meeting room...my desk....my PC....and the systems guy Sharad....
And also the "chachiya" employee Amogh...
the coming late and then making excuses...the most delicious veg cheese grill sandwich at a restaurant nearby(well this one i can have again...but still)....
The free food and petrol allowance....
the laughing and the talks in a hush-hush tone.....
The jumping at the first chance to go out on field.....My company paid trips to Karnataka,Mumbai and now Chennai....
The feeling of coming home after a long day at work...
And yeh in between maybe sometimes i might miss the work here....
But above all i am going to miss the Sunday holiday....which we used to get...

Yes i did learn quite a few things out here....but more than anything....I have instilled great confidence in mee....because i am more sure now that if vested upon a responsibility i will do good....not that i was doubting that...but now i am more certain....
The experience i have gained out here is highly regarded by me...for this i would like to thank my mentor's for giving me the opportunity to handle complex roles....
I even played the role of a undercover information extractor....or to make it sound cooler...letz say a SPY...

Did i do justice?...well i tried my best to do soo....
Am i happy.?...ohh yes i am...!!
soo is this the end....i think so...or maybe there might be a last surprise....letz see 2 weeks to goo...
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P.S.: For the first time...i have got absolutely no work to do...in office...and i think Khusboo just smiled at mee.....shit!! such a despo... haha

The King....in mee

Above all...!!

Have you ever felt like a king....?
Like a real powerful person....Holding so much power that you could just burn out everything in your path...
Do whatever you want....but then you don't do it....you just hold yourself back...
You contain the power within you....you don't want to be soo brutal.....
You know you have it to do it....but you let the Royalty just show for itself...
It's like a test of your patience and your attitude...and your kindness for smaller creatures...



Have you ever experienced that...have you even felt what it feels like too have to power and not use it.....I guess few might have....But I definitely have

Every time i ride my machine....my ZMR...i feel it...
It feels i have soo much power vested in me....but i try to be calm and patient....I hold back....
I relax my nerves and just breathe easy...
I feel everyone watching me....i see them gawking at me when i pass by....they seem to want a show...a display of my power
Makes me feel proud...makes me feel like a Powerful man...
Makes me feel like a KING...!!

Soo i just bask in the Glory...and keep them waiting....and wanting...:P
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P.S.: I don't need a Queen....i search for a DYNASTY...

Happy anniversary mom and dad...

Silver Jublee they call it....some say their best days are behind them....
Then there are few who say it's time your son takes over the reins..
And then there are others who just wish them....and be a part of their happiness like no other..

Itz been 25 years....yes it's their 25th anniversary and they are thousands of miles away from me....yet i feel connected...
I might not say this as much but really seeing you both enjoying and making jokes at each other is a real treat to watch...
Specially when my mom calls my dad a oldie and he tries to prove her wrong....
Clearly not many people really matter to me as much as you both do...
Today  I want to thank god for blessing me with such great parents....who by all possible means have made me the person i am today...
I know i lack in a few departments but that is just ok....i take responsibility for that....my parents tried everything but it's all my fault...
The best part about having such wonderful parents is you don't need anyone else to look upon....
Picture a kid who thinks His Daddy is the Strongest....
For me he Even now is...
My mom is the best care taker there ever was...
And they together is what everything one could ever wish for...

There is really nothing much i would like to say apart from Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad...
I love you Both....Thank you For Everything....

P.S.: Hope you guys are having a blast in Singapore...

The Deathly Hallows-Part2

The movie couldn't have been better made...yes there are a few changes from the book but all in all it was a brilliant movie...to say that it was the best of the lot would not do justice to the other films considering the turn of events which did not exist in this particular film...

But anyways...after a regular day at my internship i went to this multiplex to book tickets for the next day but little did i know that i was more deserving than this...
Just as Albus Dumbledore says..."Help Will be granted to anyone in need at Hogwarts if they are deserving"
I felt like the world was my Hogwarts and since i had the will to check at the ticket counter standing in the long serpentine queue even though all online bookings said Housefull...i got the opportunity....I got the help from my Hogwarts....I got the tickets to the premiere show...and boy what an experience it was..!!....was i deserving...well i would leave that to the beliefs....


Talking about the movie...ohhh it was Grand.!!...and more so because it is in 3D....
I would always miss the fact that i could not watch it at the Dome as i wanted....But that takes nothing away from the movie..
there were instances when i said the dialogues from the book and the same thing showed up on the screen....what i am trying to say is even the dialogues from the book haven't been changed...
The 3D experience is soo real that it seems you are sitting inside the movie....you literally try to hold the Dementors hood....or the Ashes when You-Know -Who burns....
You Move forward to look in the valley where Neville just fell...and you jolt back in your seat when Nagini hits Severus Face on with a powerful Jaw Punch.
For a moment I thought I was flying above the burning stationery inside the room of requirement with Hermione and Ron....then we saved Draco's life too....Hell it was totally awesome.
The Best scene i thought was when Neville Cut Nagini's Throat with the Gryfindoor Sword...the timing the slow motion the aggression on his face and his style...everything about the scene was perfect.

I never Watched a Premiere before....yes it hurt my pocket somewhat but i get to see the movie before the world....so what if i have to pay a premium for that....and plus i get to give a review which might influence others to watch and the best part i have got about a dozen calls and messages asking me how was the movie....soo much to get that the premium amount seems abysmal  ...

Something that i think was missing was the crowd to watch the final fight between Harry and Voldemort...there should have been cheering there should have been the victory cry....
But anyways i don't want to spoil it for the non-readers....

On a serious note....If you haven't watched the first part of Deathly hallows watch it before you see this one....you won't be able to connect otherwise.
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P.S.: I was very close to the screen on the 2nd row....maybe that made my 3D experience more real....but i am not sure...go find out for your self.
Long Live Harry Potter...

Coffee @ BDB

What could be better than getting a hot sip to drink at regular intervals...or say just when you want one.

Yes work here at BDB is more or less the same...and for a few days in the recent past life has just been like a hot sip of coffee...

The first sip when we do not know how hot the coffee is and then the soothing warmth which it brings when you are having the drink...and finally the freshness which it puts you in.....to take on the worldly matters.

Working at BDB has been more or less the same...

Whenever i get a new project it gives me the same feeling...

My mentor always scares me...makes a mountain out of a simple job....but then lately i have learnt to understand his tone...

Any new assignment which i am given is just like this hot sip of coffee which burns initially....takes me off guard.....disturbs my moods but then when i start working somehow things just happen and finally when i am through.....it gives me immense confidence to face the new hot cup or rather a new challenge...

Soo coffee at BDB  like work at BDB...

P.S.:Itz coffee time now....and mohan wants to do all the work now....saala chachiya...

Service comes from within...

Are you here to serve or are you here to work...

This is the thought which persisted in my mind after reading the article which Girish sir shared with us about more than a month ago...for those who missed it....try and find itt....
anyways it talked about how the service culture in India is still in the infant stage despite the fact that we are becoming more and more service oriented.

Come to think of it, Service in itself means to serve..
To serve your friends, to serve your family..
to serve your elders, to serve your boss..
and above all to serve your job which you promised to do..
now what do you need to do is....to just stay true to your words...
just deliver what you promised in any situation...

Very recently i had given my bike for some work at the service station
Now what started by "saheb 7-8 din main hojayega"
took as much as 15-20 days...
Not to mention the number of times i had to visit the service station in person and the pathetic response which i always got....
and when i got all oral with the person incharge the manager stepped up and said
"Sir give me 2 more days i will look into the matter personally"

My question is why was he waiting for me to get verbal...?
Why did he not do what was to be done before hand...?
I did not expect anything extra...
I would have been delighted if he had just delivered what was promised....not even a bit more was required....but then that's not how it was done.....the service culture....in our country...still a crying baby

Now let us take our case....getting selected in a company for internship was just the first part...
we all accepted it and were excited to work.....but soon we realized
'this is not the job i want' or maybe 'the PPO is too low'
or some or the other reason....hence we fail to give our best...

Now remember the last time you were mad at a waiter....
or a vendor....or your maid....or anybody who failed to deliver what you expected.....

When you took the Internship did you not promise the company a service....
to serve for a period of 2 months.....
so now when you don't give in your full effort...are you not breaking your own rules....

You expect service but you fail to give it in return....
What if that waiter you were angry at was also a intern who hated his low PPO
What if the vendor you last fired wasn't happy with  the deal you gave him
What if your maid is not happy with the payment you give her...
And what if your friend is not happy with the way you had treated him last time...

In each and every walk of our life there is service....
Consider this...
Just by loving and caring a person you can make the person delighted...
now if you equate this to marketing jargon's of customer and provider...
you are serving the person....you are delighting them...
and return you get a friend with loyalty....
you also get word of mouth publicity....
so then...are we not all a part of this...

The way we behave...
we serve...
we act...
we treat...
each and everything is a service....

so if we as individuals fail to serve how can we expect an organization as a whole to serve efficiently...
It's all in our culture...we want good service we find faults...but then what do we do to improve it....

We fail to realize that each and everywhere there are ill motivated fellows like us...who always need the extra push....just to do what they were supposed to do anyways....

so where are we headed....i had no clue...i had thought we can't change the fact....i thought it was a problem we would have to live on with...where motivating everyone accordingly was the only answer

And then i had a chat on this matter with Girish sir....who explained to me his instances...

He says many a times while teaching he comes across students who would not stop disturbing....or keep talking....some times it just get's frustrating....
There is some point to anyone's patience....but then there is always a motivating force in huge abundance...
It's there within us....he told me if he does a shoddy job then he feels dissatisfied....not because the students might not understand....but because he did not do justice to what was to be done....


motivation should come from within...not from outside....you should know what you want to do....and what you want to deliver....then and only then you will be happy for what you have done....and the rest will just be a fallout...to mark his exact words...this is what he said

" it's a question of personal desires. it's a question of what motivates me!
is it something external that keeps me going? or is it something within me that pushes me to do better and better..."


So just as Johny the bagger at the supermarket Put his own personal signature on the job....each one of us should make our presence felt...something that the company will miss when we leave....
Something that will make the company want us....
If we do this it really won't matter if we get the PPO or not....because we would know that we have done justice to our job....
And rest would just be History...!!!

And on that note...i wish all the best to each and everyone of us....

 P.S.: If you like reading it...please comment below...:P