Marwadi learning to drive from sindhi

Marwadi touches sindhi's car when learning to drive..

Sindhi beats marwadi again !!

had a bowling scrap with sumit jain the marwadi..

Game 1 : the marwadi starts with a strike.. The sindhi replies with a strike.. The marwadi clears the frame.. The sindhi strikes,, n then neck to neck until last game.. and hold ur breath.. Sindhi wins !!!
Marwadi pays for game one..

Game 2: marwadi vows to hit back with revenge.. Starts with a strike..sindhi starts bad.. Marwadi plays well again.. Sindhi gutters.. Loses hope.. Marwadi loses steam and ends up guttering the bowl.. Sindhi gets two consecutive strikes... Marwadi cries out for help.. Sindhi wins with huge margin...

Marwadi has gotten used to losing to the Sindhi :)

Today was a busy day... And im glad it was..
Most of my time was spent on solving a case study for a start up which is into the business of providing web based tutorials for the bfsi sector..
Went to the sai baba temple at cambridge layout..and i must admit that this temple has some special strength.. The last thur as i was exiting after my darshan.. I receive a call from a consultant.. call it co-incidence or luck .. this thur nothing has happened as yet but im sure something will..
I am nw stuck in a bangalore traffic jam which refuses to even crawl.. Driving in bangalore makes u patient !!

Am i alone?

I tried calling 6 different people this morning between 10 and 11 am.. All from different walks of life.. None of them answered.. Co-incidence isnt it..

Now its 11.15pm.. I call 4 of my friends.. 1 answered to say that she wud call back.. All in one breath and hung up... The other 3 were on call waiting presumably talking to their loved ones..

Leads me to think... Am i alone?

A few ppl with whom i enjoy my food wid.. Simply because they r foodies willin to experiment with me..

(my nanaji always says - खाना खाया जाता है शरीर के रक्षा के लिए .. ज़बान के स्वस्थ के लिए नहीं ... and if he gets to see these pics.. im history)

with chiro @ mugen

with komal @ cafe masala

with anish @ corner house and millers 46

vicky @ cafe masala

komal n vinni @ RRR biryani

and finally me belting chicken at a farm house..

was feeling very very low.. chatted my heart out to a close friend .. told her things that i thot i wud never tell anyone.. yes it was personal.. N no it wasnt abt love life coz there isnt any.. Felt lighter after chatting with her... just when i thot i had no one left She came up.. Normally.. we refer to her as a devil.. she was like an angel.. Thank u friend..
(achanak blogging ka keeda lag gaya.. ek hi din mein itne post..)

I am trying to blog this post from my mobile.. Hope it works..
N hey.. Heres a pic too !!

sundays..

this is what my typical sunday morning in bangalore looks like...

(11.42am - Konark on Residency Road Bangalore - Plain Dosa - car service !! )

and after the dosa comes.. this is what we do :)

(my bro killing it !!)

now.. the reason we fold the dosa like this is for us to get more grip (so to say) on it ..

at times, after the dosa has sunk in.. we head to corner house and have the cake fudge or the choc thick shake - mind you.. i said only at times !! (i dont have a pic of the crime right now... but i promise to upload it the next time we indulge)

we then head back to our beds and wake up at 5ish in the evening.. and then belt domino's ka pizza.. remember they have an offer between 3pm and 6pm ... buy two small pizzas for Rs.110/- ..

dinner doesnt usually happen.. and even if it does.. its probably a bowl of fruits or a glass of cold milk..

that ends our calorified sunday !!

still looking !

im blogging today after almost 2 yrs...and in the last 2 yrs a lot has changed with time..

i got placed with essar out of campus.. dint really know then if it was the right choice.. but now i do.. and that is why 2 yrs after slogging for them, i now find myself looking for jobs !! my cv is now a public document !!

in 2 yr with essar.. i did almost everything a marketing student wud aspire to do.. designed a brochure (after going thru a crash course on application engg for steel).. did some excel jadoo to control pricing of steel in india .. was made to understand how retail mobile chains operate.. set up stores in karnataka... handled a part of the bangalore's stores.. handled a business category which made me peep into the telecom window.. worked under 6 different bosses in 15 months

and just abt then.. when i was doing pretty well.. the company wasnt.. and feelers came in when my most recent boss quit.. i also chose to find myself a career change.. hooked up a friend who i drew inspiration from largely because of his flair for technology... i thot he was the perfect image of me 8-10 yrs from now.. we sat together and made a plan.. a plan to bring a big brand into indian boundaries.. and i got swept away with the ambitious layout.. my worst fear came true and the business dint kick off.. my friend went back to the US for another exigency leaving my clueless abt my career !! i began to feel the pinch.. tried my hand to open a restaurant in coimbatore .. it is one of the things i want to do before i die.. but that idea too flopped.. why - coz we were entering thru a franchise route and the company turned down ideas to expand in the 11th hr !! grrrrrr

came back to bangalore.. not knowing wat to do.. was constrained to look for jobs only in bangalore and that too in the worst of times the market was going thru.. gave a lot of interviews.. but employers were double cautious before rolling out offers...

there is now something dreadful on my cv - an employement gap .. iv been asked a lot of questions abt it.. why arent people willing to deal with reality?? wat is ur fault if ur organisation isnt doing well.. wat is your fault if your start up idea dint kick off.. wat is your fault if the market isnt hiring.. hour after hour... day after day.. im sitting right here asking the same questions to myself..

have i done a mistake by quitting my first job.. answer is NO.. im much happier than what i was 6 months back.. but i am not happy that my efforts have not received my due.. wise ones in my family and around me tell me that im being test on patience.. i pacify myself and it doesnt last for long..

i still seek answers... have i lost my prime?? or am i waiting for the ultimate to hit me ??