Tuesday, January 31, 2006
office Bday bash!!!
nuthin to say - just the pics...party time at office with my teammates...postin them a bit late - check out the one with the cake on da face...cool huh?(grinning)
Friday, January 27, 2006
Feelings on being 'twenty-two'...
When i got up in da morning today, my first tot was pertaining to da title of this post...was it some sort of a great achievement or just a 'time-stone'(instead of a milestone)...theek tarah se dekha jaaye to life still has a lot to offer me..and i still have to live a lot more of life. But having crossed the mark for the proper age of adulthood...(ahem! 21 years - official age for a lot of things, including marriage and watching certain stuff which every teenage boy dreams of - OPENLY!!-haha)...of course there are things now which bear even more importance in life than just these things...responsibilities to be shouldered, opinions and advice to be given - dese things are a part and parcel of life beyond the teens - in fact these are the things which make one feel like an adult...which gives one a sense of satisfaction that he is being asked for, he is respected as an individual...aint I rite folks?
It was real nice of my parents having come down from Goa to celebrate the bigDay with ME...of course i had been feeling so lonely since a lot of so-called 'debacles' had happened in the last couple of weeks...always agree with da fact tat in bad times, even when things just dont seem to be going rite for u, its best to turn to people for whom u mean a lot - who care too much for u to see u shed tears, or even have a pouted face... It gives me a real nice feeling to state that the in da 22 years of life i have lived, I have had, and have also found a lot of people who are, and have formed a big part of my life...who have given me a lot more that they can imagine, not just in tangible terms, but in mental feedbacks, who have beared with me in times when i have needed them so much and was at despair..who have encouraged and inspired me, and have been my motivating force...warm hugs and kisses to all who have made my life so very SPECIAL!!
There have been parents, relatives, and of course, dat part of my life which i give a huge amount of importance - FRIENDS -> especially close friends...evryone will agree tat a nice evening spent talking to a close friend, or a nice time @lunch or @dinner spent with some close friends are some of the best moments one can have in life...something one can always cherish in his/her life - once again its nice to say that I have had so many of these...and am looking forward to havin lots and lots more with my friends... For me it has always been life moving at an unusual pace - sometimes slow, sometimes fast...friends have been comin, and departing - (gee...i guess everyone has a life like this)...I sincerely invite the comments of those people on this page whom I mite have missed out on in life...dat wud be a real nice way to get back with oldd friends...
Any issue left to discuss as yet - ah yes...maturity...kam ya zyaada? hehe...left to the others to decide...of course you readers who know me personally, and/or, know me thru this blog...But i guess a 70 percent level wud be a 'mature' answer...what - me boasting? Howeva there is a lot of maturity in different spheres of life yet to come - here's hopin that 2006 is a stepping stone to dat!!
Friends, Indians and countrymen -> I officially declare that...
my jokes(pj's), silly humour, whacky styles(ahem!) and a whole lot of other things shall still continue...
in other words...
you still gotto bear with me and tale-tellin blog!
It was real nice of my parents having come down from Goa to celebrate the bigDay with ME...of course i had been feeling so lonely since a lot of so-called 'debacles' had happened in the last couple of weeks...always agree with da fact tat in bad times, even when things just dont seem to be going rite for u, its best to turn to people for whom u mean a lot - who care too much for u to see u shed tears, or even have a pouted face... It gives me a real nice feeling to state that the in da 22 years of life i have lived, I have had, and have also found a lot of people who are, and have formed a big part of my life...who have given me a lot more that they can imagine, not just in tangible terms, but in mental feedbacks, who have beared with me in times when i have needed them so much and was at despair..who have encouraged and inspired me, and have been my motivating force...warm hugs and kisses to all who have made my life so very SPECIAL!!
There have been parents, relatives, and of course, dat part of my life which i give a huge amount of importance - FRIENDS -> especially close friends...evryone will agree tat a nice evening spent talking to a close friend, or a nice time @lunch or @dinner spent with some close friends are some of the best moments one can have in life...something one can always cherish in his/her life - once again its nice to say that I have had so many of these...and am looking forward to havin lots and lots more with my friends... For me it has always been life moving at an unusual pace - sometimes slow, sometimes fast...friends have been comin, and departing - (gee...i guess everyone has a life like this)...I sincerely invite the comments of those people on this page whom I mite have missed out on in life...dat wud be a real nice way to get back with oldd friends...
Any issue left to discuss as yet - ah yes...maturity...kam ya zyaada? hehe...left to the others to decide...of course you readers who know me personally, and/or, know me thru this blog...But i guess a 70 percent level wud be a 'mature' answer...what - me boasting? Howeva there is a lot of maturity in different spheres of life yet to come - here's hopin that 2006 is a stepping stone to dat!!
Friends, Indians and countrymen -> I officially declare that...
my jokes(pj's), silly humour, whacky styles(ahem!) and a whole lot of other things shall still continue...
in other words...
you still gotto bear with me and tale-tellin blog!
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Achchha ulluu banaaya!!
If you guys wondering what this post is all about - well - u gotto read till the very end.
We had one hell of a time with Deepa in Bangalore...especially during this week and the weekend which just passed...with loads of shopping...me buying jeans, a Denim shirt..and Deepa buying a nice T-shirt for her cuzin...selected by yours truly...
Jan 24th...one day before our dear friend Deepa was to be leaving for Pune - what was planned was a nice gift - a reallll cute teddy bear soft toy...which we knew she wud adore...more than nethin else. (I can imagine Shweta's tears to be givin away that teddy - are u readin this Shweta? hehe!!)...well this just starts the whole thing...
Jan 24th nite...a dinner planned to bid farewell to Deepa for hre trip to Pune...venue - Lemon Grass, restaurant in Jakassandra...the first appearance of the restaurant was great...altho the latter experience with da food etc wasnt so pleasing...Lemon Grass was bound to be more fun as our whole group was supposed to meet. By around 9, all of us had arrived...me and my friend hiding Deepa's gift. I dint know that my friends were goin to get a cake for Deepa too, and was surprised to see it - made a face at my friend for not havin told me bout it in the first place.
After the usual gupshup, of course, the cake had to be cut. The covers were thrown open, and what do i see - low and behold - 'Happny Birthday Ashish'....(for those of you who dont know, my bday is on Friday this week)... I was really taken by surprise...and shud admit that I would have neva guessed what was cookin up these guys' sleeves. To add to it, there were some marvellous cards from da 2 gals, and the biggest surprise of all, a gift - guess wat - the same T-shirt I had selected for Deepa's so-called 'cousin'...
Yup - too much...i know...seems to be a re-run of Bluffmaster's ending - indeed was feelin like AB junior, as he runs through after havin found out the truth at the end...I was literally overwhelmed...had neva been surprised in this way..but it was certainly very very nice of all my friends to have brought it this way. Thank you guys...for each and every moment of yesterday evening....I know it has been special for all of us...
Of course what followed was a nice dinner - (leave the food aside)...and Deepa's teddy gift to end with...
One of the best birthdays I have had ever - and guess wat - it isnt even done with as yet...!!!
We had one hell of a time with Deepa in Bangalore...especially during this week and the weekend which just passed...with loads of shopping...me buying jeans, a Denim shirt..and Deepa buying a nice T-shirt for her cuzin...selected by yours truly...
Jan 24th...one day before our dear friend Deepa was to be leaving for Pune - what was planned was a nice gift - a reallll cute teddy bear soft toy...which we knew she wud adore...more than nethin else. (I can imagine Shweta's tears to be givin away that teddy - are u readin this Shweta? hehe!!)...well this just starts the whole thing...
Jan 24th nite...a dinner planned to bid farewell to Deepa for hre trip to Pune...venue - Lemon Grass, restaurant in Jakassandra...the first appearance of the restaurant was great...altho the latter experience with da food etc wasnt so pleasing...Lemon Grass was bound to be more fun as our whole group was supposed to meet. By around 9, all of us had arrived...me and my friend hiding Deepa's gift. I dint know that my friends were goin to get a cake for Deepa too, and was surprised to see it - made a face at my friend for not havin told me bout it in the first place.
After the usual gupshup, of course, the cake had to be cut. The covers were thrown open, and what do i see - low and behold - 'Happny Birthday Ashish'....(for those of you who dont know, my bday is on Friday this week)... I was really taken by surprise...and shud admit that I would have neva guessed what was cookin up these guys' sleeves. To add to it, there were some marvellous cards from da 2 gals, and the biggest surprise of all, a gift - guess wat - the same T-shirt I had selected for Deepa's so-called 'cousin'...
Yup - too much...i know...seems to be a re-run of Bluffmaster's ending - indeed was feelin like AB junior, as he runs through after havin found out the truth at the end...I was literally overwhelmed...had neva been surprised in this way..but it was certainly very very nice of all my friends to have brought it this way. Thank you guys...for each and every moment of yesterday evening....I know it has been special for all of us...
Of course what followed was a nice dinner - (leave the food aside)...and Deepa's teddy gift to end with...
One of the best birthdays I have had ever - and guess wat - it isnt even done with as yet...!!!
SOS - a movement...
Guess this post in the blog has been delayed enough...it was a visit to a unique place that had taken place on Sunday - I hadnt heard of it myself - it was my friend Deepa who gave me most of the inputs...and as she was leaving for Pune on Monday it became all the more reason why she shud have visited da place in Bangalore before she left...
The time - around 1 pm, after a rather late breakfast, and a hangover of the previous day's excitin time togetha. The place - SOS villages...quite far off on Bannerghatta Road. On the way to it, my friends could get a nice view of my company, as well as Honeywell, where another of our friend works, as well as of course, the one and only and ever-prestigious by its presence in Bangalore - the Indian Institute of Management. Now what this place was - and why would I describe it as a movement...SOS is an effort to home a majority of the orphans in the world...started quite long back by a foreigner - but now quite widespread in 37 cities India (dat was real nice to hear)...I guess its a must for one to know about such places - and such a movement for the cause for mankind...
The first thing I missed there on reaching of course was my camera phone(some defect in it)...howeva Deepa's 6600 was there to do da work...there was an official from SOS who showed us around and let us know the place better...there were around 16 homes everywhere, with around 10 children at any time in each home - of course 'equipped' with a mother(well she is employed, out of around 100 people who apply for the post)...the mother is the lady who takes care of all the children entrusted to that house. She spends all the life she after she joins SOS in nurturing the well-being of the children, till they become of eligible ages. The man, in fact even told us of a girl from SOS who was now comin back to her mom after delivery so that she can take care of her in her post-pregnancy period.
Once again- not all the photos are come dat good...still postin them so that u readers get a teeny weeny feel of this place...
The photos depict the lake in the campus, and also a snap of their beds in the rooms. Each house has around 3-4 rooms, with similar kind of beds for the kids. Of course, that is, until they are kids.
The place SOS is a must-visit. Deepa has left for Pune today, of course with the urge in mind to also visit SOS in Pune. Besides everything else, the place was a relief to get to from the busy life at Bangalore, with its quiet and serene surroundings. The 'movement' as I have called it, seeks help from every source possible, and of course even from monthly or annual donations, something which the official told us about.It is also possible to legally adopt a child from SOS. But of course, only after a screening process of how well can u mother or father the child. It was indeed a nice time that we had had at SOS. The reason was that we could associate ourselves with this movement - for the benefit of the homeless children, or those who are deserted by their parents. Lend a hand, take out a day from your busy life, and do visit SOS - an asset to the nation.
The time - around 1 pm, after a rather late breakfast, and a hangover of the previous day's excitin time togetha. The place - SOS villages...quite far off on Bannerghatta Road. On the way to it, my friends could get a nice view of my company, as well as Honeywell, where another of our friend works, as well as of course, the one and only and ever-prestigious by its presence in Bangalore - the Indian Institute of Management. Now what this place was - and why would I describe it as a movement...SOS is an effort to home a majority of the orphans in the world...started quite long back by a foreigner - but now quite widespread in 37 cities India (dat was real nice to hear)...I guess its a must for one to know about such places - and such a movement for the cause for mankind...
The first thing I missed there on reaching of course was my camera phone(some defect in it)...howeva Deepa's 6600 was there to do da work...there was an official from SOS who showed us around and let us know the place better...there were around 16 homes everywhere, with around 10 children at any time in each home - of course 'equipped' with a mother(well she is employed, out of around 100 people who apply for the post)...the mother is the lady who takes care of all the children entrusted to that house. She spends all the life she after she joins SOS in nurturing the well-being of the children, till they become of eligible ages. The man, in fact even told us of a girl from SOS who was now comin back to her mom after delivery so that she can take care of her in her post-pregnancy period.
Once again- not all the photos are come dat good...still postin them so that u readers get a teeny weeny feel of this place...
The photos depict the lake in the campus, and also a snap of their beds in the rooms. Each house has around 3-4 rooms, with similar kind of beds for the kids. Of course, that is, until they are kids.
The place SOS is a must-visit. Deepa has left for Pune today, of course with the urge in mind to also visit SOS in Pune. Besides everything else, the place was a relief to get to from the busy life at Bangalore, with its quiet and serene surroundings. The 'movement' as I have called it, seeks help from every source possible, and of course even from monthly or annual donations, something which the official told us about.It is also possible to legally adopt a child from SOS. But of course, only after a screening process of how well can u mother or father the child. It was indeed a nice time that we had had at SOS. The reason was that we could associate ourselves with this movement - for the benefit of the homeless children, or those who are deserted by their parents. Lend a hand, take out a day from your busy life, and do visit SOS - an asset to the nation.
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