Out Of The Office...

I have been out of office for the last week(that technically restricted my blog hours…, hence no blog entry for the last week) and Today I am going to the office to put down my papers….(enough I’ve been through with Sutherland!!!) Yahoooooooooo…I’m free… free fallin... (Read it with the Tarzan tone)

I know when I go to office I would have tons of e mails in my inbox waiting to read/deleted. I am not the one, who uses an out of office reply, when I am not at work, bad habit!!!!

Anyways came across this Professional out of office replies which you guys could use!!!!

I am currently out at a job interview and will reply to you if I fail to get the position.

You are receiving this automatic notification because I am out of the office. If I was in, chances are you wouldn’t have received anything at all.

I will be unable to delete all the unread, worthless e-mail messages you send me until I return from holiday on 15 August. Please be patient and your mail will be deleted in the order it was received.

Thank you for your e-mail. Your credit card has been charged Rs5.00 for the first ten words and Rs2.00 for each additional word in your message.

The e-mail server is unable to verify your server connection and is unable to deliver this message. Please restart your computer and try sending your message again. (The best part is you would be amazed to see how many dud heads would have tried it)

Thank you for your message, which has been added to a queuing system. You are currently in 352nd place, and can expect to receive a reply in approximately 19 weeks.

I’ve run away to join a different circus.

I will be out of the office for the next 2 weeks for medical reasons. When I return, please refer to me as ‘Margaret’ instead of ‘Steve’.

Hope to see a lot these from you guys…. And yeah, my site meter is doing good, at least 50 people look in to my site every day, and if you are one… don’t just read the articles here, feed them too!!!

Well, I had been tagged to write this....

I was just tagged by another blogger. Hmmmm. Well, here it goes

10 Years Ago Today:
One of the best days in my life, I still dream about it, I still wish that I go back to those days…I was in my 11th class, I opted to study Commerce and Economics for anything else, I mean the usual computer science and the regular science… School at that point of time was the best part in my life, had my first crush, a lot of first things, Bunked school for a movie, went out alone with friends, Travelled alone, Organized school tours, I enjoyed every inch of my growing up… Discussing sex in the catechism classes, Riding Bikes everything was so exciting and new… Adolecence and growing up was/is something I cherish the most.

Five Years Ago:
Tough moments in life, came out of a lot of bullshit and was daring and raing to prove myself that I am worth my space in the world, got my first job in GE, was learning things proffessionally, my base for what I am doing now, learnt to drink, got my first mobile phone, not a great part of my life but still it was those days which decided what I am now… Owe a lot to my family for helping me in all those tough situations…

1 Year Ago:
Got my dream job, ‘TRAINER’, was walking in to TIDEL park with a lot of dreams… met my old collegues, everytime I see them I had a sense of pride & satisfaction that I have grown far proffesionally. Got back with my friends, meeting them often for drinks and lived a life of a royal proffesional… Dealing money with Gold plastic cards… Lived life to the fullest I would say!!!

Yesterday:
Was the end of my 1 week vacation from work, went out with Anita, Jude and Reena.. had fun..still worried about my dog which is still recovering and about my career…

Tomorrow:
We will just have to see. I’m planning to bunk work and go out with friends again!!!

5 Snacks I enjoy:
I’m not much of a shot eater…anyways
Basandhi
Chocolate (anything with nuts)
Good day biscuits with hot cofee
Cheese melt in barrista
Chilli bajji’s at the beach

5 Bands That I Know the Lyrics to Most of Their Songs:
Iron Maiden
Pearl Jam
Green Day
Oasis
Bryan Adams

5 Things I Would Do with $100,000,000,000:
Pay off my Credit card bills
Buy a Ferrari
A nice sea facing Home
Invest in mutual funds
Host a Ironmaiden, Pearljam, Oasis, Green Day concerts in Chennai

5 Locations I Would Like to Run Away to:
I'm done running:)

5 Habits I Have:
Eat the toping alone atleast in one slice of a Pizza
Prefer calling for SMS
Ride too fast
Blogging/computers
Nail biting

5 Things I Like Doing:
Watching good movies
Playing the guitar
Listening Alternative/Punk Rock
Night outs
Long drives

5 Things I would Never Wear:
Bell Bottom Trousers
Skin tight T shirts
Jeans and a Formal shoe
Slim Watches
A Cowboy hat…may be

5 TV Shows I Like(d):
Never liked TV Shows…

5 Movies I Like:
The Saw Shank Redemption
Schindlers List
Seven
The House Guest
The Day of the Jackal

5 Famous People I would Like to Meet:
Steve Harris
Jack Welch
Yanni
The Pope
Max Biagi

5 Biggest Joys at the Moment:
Anita
My Family
My Dog
My Friends
My Guitar

5 favorite toys:
Remote cars
SEGA 16 bit
Air guns
Scrabble
???

I will Tag five others soon….

Amnesia-been there....

I have faced a minor version of amnesia 4 years before. I donated blood to one of my friends dad as early as 6 in the morning and met with an accident while riding back with out eating anything…

I still don’t remember what happened that whole day in my life.

Mom tells me that I was talking nonsense and was talking about things that happened a year before then. And finally I came back to senses after some 48 Hrs and man my head was feeling really crazy and I saw my helmet… It was literally broken in to two pieces… It is scary to even imagine that day with out my helmet(I still broke a tooth with the helmet)

The bast part was I almost broke into tears when I walked in to the ATM and couldn’t remember my Pin # and most of the phone #’s, keeping in mind that I have a great memory when it comes to remembering #’s.

It took me quite a while to come back to reality and to remember things… But I still can’t remember how I met with the accident who informed home about the accident, how I came home… and all the details… the called me home at 2 in the afternoon, I met with the accident at 6 in the morning, I really don’t know what happenned the whole morning!!!

I still gives me chills in my nerves when I think about it… anyways, thanks to my helmet for everything…

However, Sometimes I wish I had the complete amnesia and you never comeback to senses. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to start with a clean slate?(But I need Anita, no matter what!!!) I sometimes daydream about what would happen if I woke up one day in, say, China, and didn’t know who I was or what I was doing. I even thought about turning this idea into a book, anyways what are blogs there for… just like good friends…

But the whole amnesiac-with-a-story has been done to death in a lot of movies and a hell a lot of books.

Imagine when you are done with a book about you, may be a biography kinda thing and you read it after the amnesia how would it be!!! What would you think about it if you were’nt so completely biased?

Of course, amnesia would create its own problems, the first one being the fact that you probably got slammed hard on the head and now have brain damage. Anyways, many of the people I know already seem to have damaged their brains, so perhaps that wouldn’t matter so much.
And what would happen when my former wife / family / dog / other miscellaneous past loved one found me? And I had already re-married and had other children? And a new dog? My old family would probably forgive me and something would be worked out. Knowing the kind of dog I have, she would never forgive me...

Ladies and Gentlemen, On sucessful completion of 25+ Posts...

Would you(includes me!!!) please stop grumbling and get a life???

Been going out with friends and co workers for dinner often in this last year or so. Most of the time we keep complaining about hating our jobs and how we should quit (like we have said for the last two years), how living at home was not great, but that we couldn't afford to buy a place/car and stuffs.

I have been reflecting on it for sometime and I have realized all of our long conversations are nothing but sheer complaining. Of course most of my post atleast 3 / 4 of them this month were nothing but complaining. Good that I got to see that link, the what kinda rocker are you stuff, which redeemed me from writing about my work and stuff.

I really don't have much to say!!!Honestly, I don't know what to say to people who just keep complaining about everything. the U2 song, Stuck in the Moment is something which I would love to play in my mind everytime I go into those situations:

And you are such a fool
To worry like you do
I know it's tough
And you can never get enough

Of what you don't really need now
Don't say that later will be better
Now you're stuck in a moment
And you can't get out of it

I have realized that I have no patience for people who are stuck in the very situations they put themselves in and do nothing to get out of it. In my opinion, everyone has the ability to live deliberately, purposefully and make decisions that take control of their own lives. There's no reason, that would prevent them from fixing all these things and getting on with her life and making things better for themselves.

Sometimes I think people just like complaining about their situations for the sake of complaining. They derive some sort of fulfillment/satisfaction from it, makes them feel like they are in this big life struggle (note: this is different from venting, which I think is a healthier way of talking through one's issues).

In reality, people know what's best for them - what decisions they need to make. They usually either don't want to confront those decisions or trick themselves into believing they don't have control over those decisions, and 9 times out of 10, they are usually wrong.If you don't like your job, your significant other, your attitude, your friends - do something about it! life is short and here for your taking - no excuses.

And that’s precisely what am gonna do!!!

What Kinda Rocker Are You???

Came across this link ... cool one, it tells you what kinda rocker you are and I'm pretty sure my result is right, I would have been this way if I had my own band now, and I was this way, when I played with Amitesh, Ankur and Jeeva for the 'Timothy'

Well, if you guys want more stories about my rocking days, please do leave a comment that way I can blog something other than my stupid office and its policies and depressions and blah blah blah....

To start with...

My Current Favorite Band: Cold Play (Thanks to Farish)
My All Time Favorite Band(s): Pearl Jam/Iron Maiden
My Current Favorite Song: The Scientist – Cold Play
My All Time Favorite Song(s): Low Light – PJ/Wasting Love – Iron Maiden
My Favorite Guitarist: Dave Murray – Iron Maiden
My Favorite Bassie: Steve Harris – Iron Maiden/Flea – RHCP
My Favorite Drummer: Lars Ulrich – Metallica
My Favorite Keyboardist: GRRRRRRRRRRH!!!! – Hate Keyboards and Keyboardists
I Can’t Stand: Boy/Girl bands singing about love, flower, and happy, hippy-dippy stuff
I Would Love To Play For: Pearl Jam/Nirvana
I’ve Watched Them Live: Deep Purple, Bryan Adams, And Pink Floyd
I Own: A Grenada Cut Away Jumbo Acoustic Guitar, A Givson Deluxe Electric Guitar, A Digitec RP 200 Guitar Processor/ synthesizer, A Stranger Distortion Pedal, A Sony Amplifier
I Play: Alternative, Grunge, Hard Rock

Want Me to Continue???

Am I being prepared for better things???

I wish I was a neutron bomb, for once I could go off

I wish I was a sacrifice but somehow still lived on

I wish I was a sentimental ornament you hung on

The Christmas tree, I wish I was the star that went on top

I wish I was the evidence,

I wish I was the groundsFor 50 million hands upraised and open toward the sky

I wish I was a sailor with someone who waited for me

I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me

I wish I was a messenger and all the news was good

I wish I was the full moon shining off a camaro’s hood

I wish I was an alien at home behind the sun

I wish I was the souvenir you kept your house key on

I wish I was the pedal brake that you depended on

I wish I was the verb ’to trust’ and never let you

I wish... I wish..

There are a lot of things I wish I could be, but unfortunately my wishes are just wishes till date. Again, sitting here at work, don’t know what to do, waiting for a meeting to decide if they let me keep this job!!! Downsizing and lay off’s are something which I have been living with for the last to months… thanks to the dumb, lick ass team my manager hired when I was not around, when I was working for a different project for a while!

My salary is not credited completely…that’s another pain, keeping in mind all the loans I got to pay…not a great part of the year. August is always never fine for me, last august I was in the same phase when i worked for proton web, year before with Ajuba Solutions, Year before with Maple Thoughts… anyways my job hunt is on like crazy.

There are two things I encounter when I give interviews… 1) Over qualified to just be a trainer 2) no requirement 3) cannot match salary. So I need to work on a mediocre resume to get myself a job, godamnit, I know I would be under employed, but I need a job so give it to me.

I cleared an interview with a small company and was about to collect my offer, but I declined it…don’t know why!!! May be I should have at least taken it for the worst case scenario. Cleared two rounds of interview with GE is the only consolation.

What so ever I’m not going to bog down, I will fight, it’s a tough situation but I will never get myself an under paid or under employed job and I am stern about the decision. I will never compromise on my self esteem; I will never, irrespective of what my mom says, my bro says, who so ever it may be.

Let me see how things work out for me… I firmly believe that I’m going through this because I am being prepared for better things in life…