Hurricane Irene - 4 , 12 : 45 am.

So finally, we did leave our house. Feels bad.

I really wanted to stay back,

Interestingly there are still people in our complex, waiting for the hurricane, ready to welcome. Playing cards/having drinks : so these people want to really live life kingsize !Anyways, so here we are at our friends place, Amit malani.
!

We have come here with our big bags. !!! I know its a lil bit too much for just a day or so, but who knows how long we have to stay here. Good thing is we are having loads of fun here. Amits parents are visiting US and we have struck a good cord with both of them ..his dad comes across as a super kul person,

Corruption / Food / Activities : the topics are not ending.

In this whole background we have almost forgotten about our dear friend Irene !
Yet its showing its colors here slowly. Gusty winds and continuous rain ..Things are slowly turning On here.Thank god for the good company here and we are all almost living the moment. Lets hope it does not turn out bad here , well anywhere out there in this storm.

Good luck everyone. Cheers.


PS : a simple thought struck me while ending this blog :
Even in the most precarious situations , having a good company can make all the difference...

Hurricane Irene - 3 : 6 35 pm

Cant find anyone on the street now.
eerie feeling.

Bags are packed, Car is waiting,

Somehow I dont feel like leaving my home, but its not the wise thing.
Wifey dear is not happy with it, and if I were single I would be doing this stupid thing to stay back : I am 4th floor its ok, they only asked lower floors to leave !

but not this time, Worried about her...Worried about us.

Leaving for friends place close by, farther from shore and little higher elevation..

Hurricane Irene - 2

Ok we have packed now !

Cops have come here to inform
"This is mandatory evacuation zone, After this moment no help will be provided in case of flood or fire"

This is scary.
We have shopped entirely : ready to stay alive, but now we are thinking to keep all these items in the car itself.

Interestingly there are some guys over here : njoying at barbecue !!drinking and having fun.Interesting way to welcome the rain and well hurricane.

As much as we want to stay here and see what happens ! ...its time to take a sane decision, see you guys.

Hurricane Irene -1

A lot has happened since last few days.Hurricane Irene has suddenly engulfed the US east coast.Just two days back all desis over here were discussing non stop about Anna hazaare and suddenly it has taken a back seat : Hurricane. The name itself stirs up something in my stomach.Often times we hear about it, we hear about the destruction , we hear about the havoc it creates and the help organizations extend.

Seldom do we think of : what exactly these people are going through.
today is that day, rather this weekend is that period.

Yes it was Thursday(Aug 25th 11) when the first news of a hurricane coming along the east coast struck us.A little fear , some discussions at coffee corners at office and a little mention about it in office meetings. It was going to hit Bahamas on Friday.Till this time it was really just another hurricane hitting US coasts.

Well things changed a bit as friday panned. Discussions had taken an ugly turn.
It all started when I got an email from my manager asking me about what are the plans for coverage in case power goes down and we have to swing our data center away from NY to Western Parts of NJ. News was spreading, every newspaper was not talking about the hurricane. Yes it was category 3 on friday. It was supposed to hit NC coast on saturday and come close to NY/NJ by saturday night- sunday evening.

Winds at speed of 100+ mph for an extended period of time.Often times we hear about 50mph speed of wind/gusts but they are just bursts...only stay for about 5/10 at max an hour, but hod on guys, here I am talking about an extended period of time..

12-16 hours !

Once the office preparation for eventual shutdown of the NY system started, I was sure something i terribly wrong. Talked to Vandita, she was also a bit scared.

Email started flowing around, phone calls: basically it was all over the east coast.
Everyone is now preparing for it.

Stocking up piles of water/non perishable food/ batteries/torches: what not.
When the water supply at the big stores at Walmart/BJ/Sams club is depleting : its a good sign that people are scared and are prepping for the worst. yes its coming our way now.

To be frank we were also scared.: Not sure what to do ...to leave this place and go away or be at home , prepare ourselves. What to do ?? We are still discussing it while I am writing this blog !

Anyways so yesterday night after stacking up everything at home, we went for a quick dinner , had a drink and tried to get out of this mood, this particular topic was making us sick as you really cant do much but wait !!!

Its Saturday morning, stacks are ready..windows sealed and we are checking again and again on them. Calling friends near by, calling mom dad, and talking to friends on FB. Its crazy, the storm seems to have gone down a notch, but still the fear is here to stay...

Its the strangest feeling that we have ever witnessed !

God help us all, hopefully no one ever is made to use all these stacks and we go out and get a nice dinner soon...

Stay tuned..

Glass of wine

well not just one but couple of them ...what can they do to you ?

- You end up watching movie till late 2 am at night :)
- W/o thinking about next days plan you continue browsing on internet.
- Think about your parents/ close people.
- Go back to your school/junior College/Engg College/Masters memories.
- Go to their facebook page and check out what they are up to these days..
- "Like/Comment" on their random pics
- Eat Icecream in a big bowl even when you really want to shed some weight.
- write a stupid blog :)

yeah you got it, I guess an interesting way to come back to blogging.

Negative energy..

I guess its been a while since I have been around here !! Guess what I thought of writing so many things...so many topics but somehow have got this ultra busy life ! not just work ...but fantasy league ! outings...and general lifestyle ...neways.
I think its a phase in life ...

However today I have got something to write in particular..
I always used to wonder what is negative energy.Have heard it from many friends(mostly gals) : "I just cant stand this guys' company..hes got so many negative vibes to him.."

I somehow never understood what that means..never..How can some1s company be so boring ! Not boring really but more of negative..Even 5 mins of this persons company can get on to you. How ??

Yup I got the answer the other day at office.As soon as I left office, this person came to me.Some random frnds frnds frnd.And aah damn he just took off from the minwe met.Every single minute he had something to complain about..Job/ life/ friends/traffic/pollution/lifestyle/family..Aaah damn it..I almost felt like dude: we have met for the first time in life..Y ..Y so many complains. We sat for a lil bit of food and there you go ..he cud come up with amazing negative vibes about food too...some 40 odd minutes spent with this person and I felt more exhausted than ever before..Guess some guys need to take a chill pill and start to take it LIGHT.Try to enjoy a lil bit and may be things might start turning around.

I think the book "Secret" is so right..
Every individual is a magnet: you think of good thoughts and good things attract towards you.....You think of sad ones..and boom..You wud get a whole lot of them !!!

quick quick quick.....

Quick puzzle

Thr are 25 horses in a stable.
On a given track only 5 can race at a time.
You dont have a watch to time them.

What is the minimum number of races you wud conduct to name your top 3 horses ?

Indias Got Talent.

Its 3 36 am !!! and I am still awake: let me say wide awake.
I was watching some videos on youtube : Indias got Talent show: semi finals.
Amazing. Simply amazing.
I just cant stop myself from watching these people perform. Kya talent hai , ohh my god. Strangely more or less all of them come from a not-so-settled background! yet they have a junoon...that josh to push the limits and do something creative.
People, if you haven't watched it as of now then pls with no further adieu, pls do so.
Log on to youtube and put in "Indias got talent" check out some of the episodes and I promise you wont regret.

Specially this special group from Orissa: Prince Dance group.
They are super innovative:mind blowing co-ordination and a one of kind choreography ! hats off to these guys.

Here is there first performance Youtube link and here is the second Youtube link.

If you are from US !!! and if you have seen the BLUE MAN SHOW !!! man o man.
This BLUE MAN GROUP here makes so much money and fame ...I believe if this Prince Dance group gets even 10% of the attention, m sure they are sure to rise and make it BIG...I wish that they soon get thr well deserved NAME.

Random

Ok guys, if you appreciate the kind of comedy in "Bheja Fry" movie then I bet you would like this too.
Check out this amazing item
Youtube Link

hehe I know its random but I just thought to put it down here.

Now that m on this video sharing point..let me also point you to this nasty comedy sequence from SRKs movies...Its not SRK playing the comedian ( I wonder if he can !!)but this motu guy..Youtube Link

Isnt that mind blowing..I literally start crying by the end of this video..Believe me for 5 mins guys and bear this video, starting me thoda normal lagta hai but by the end you are bound to cry..hehe

And now wandering of to this other video: amazing song and some simple but well executed dance steps !!!! Nice one.
Youtube Link

Alrighty guys m goona run for a quick round of RacquetBall. I dont know why I had this urge to share with you these three videos. Have listened to this dance song atleast thrice in last 15 mins.

Njoy your weekend..



Mood: FESTIVE !!! dont know y !!!
Song : Tu hi hai mera pyar mahiya....(I already gave the link for da song... )

Sach ka Samna

Having desi tv here in US has its own pros and cons...On one hand desi tv has got so many interesting things to enjoy. But that's not where it ends, I have observed this recent increase in REAL life shows.We recently enjoyed Roadies to its fullest. The masti, the competition, those meaningless fights and much more...It was all fun.

If that was not enough , thr was this other show on Mtv: Splits villa !!
One hell of a stupid show with loads of young guys and gals competing to get to the top..This show really got dirty in like 2 episodes and we stopped following.

The other day my friend told me about another addition to this list
"Rakhi ka Swamyamwer:: Yes , yes, this show does precisely what it says.
Rakhi is looking for his Dude and apparently she claims that she is going to marry the winner.Now that's a real classy act.I really do not wish to spare any more time on this show...I do want to confess tho: I definitely want to see one episode !!! dekhe to kis kis level ki harkate hoti hai yaha pe.

Neways its almost as if it was not enough, one more show has come up.
SACH ka Samna...sounds interesting !! Well it sure is.Very Very Interesting.
For those who dont know, its another 21 question-answer session: one who does it all wins a hefty sum.This time around its not the usual "slumdog Millionaire" types.

The contestant is asked about 21 questions during this show. They connect some ultra high tech devices and track his brain waves/bp/ and what now.All this is analysed to see if he or she is speaking truth: The show is "Sach ka Samna" and as you guessed if you tell a lie: you are busted , show ends..its time to go home.
Sounds simple..and yeah interesting to watch ..

BUT....
This show gets real nasty. No kidding.The questions get so personal. I wonder how come these people answer such questions.Even if they are telling the truth , they are putting on line everything they have...the most imp part of life : relations !
Questions range from
: have you ever lied in front of your parents ?
to
: Do you wish to divorce your husband ?

: Do you think your mom dad gave you , your share of love ?
to
: Do you have an affair with your brother in law !

and that level is just an average level of intimacy ! The show claims it gets more intimate as they get closer to the big buck ! now come on man...it cant get any worse.Anyways, for whatever reason people come to this show : I feel its sick.
I had a discussion with Vandita the other day as to why this show is ridiculous.
Yes it gives one opportunity to get out some truths out but hey..is that at the price of your relations ! yeah ...Show producers are milking these naive contestants.
They call in contestant that have peculiar life..very peculiar, Out of the 3 shows we have seen : all the 8/9 contestants have had very hard times in thr lives.
Marriage issues :Divorce / parents split / second marriage/ job issues and what not.
First of all I don't get : y such people show up..you have problems with your life..stay back ..relax , try to sort it out..give it a shot..if it doesn't work let it go.Y do you guys want to contest in such shows and vent out more venom for your "once close" friends/relatives...y !!!Its not going to fetch them any good..yes you stand a chance to win the lumsum prize but at what price...what use is that money if you don't have your loved ones around to enjoy it.. May god help them think and decide what is good for them.

We got really involved while watching few of the shows. This lady was filled with so much negativity in her childhood that all she thinks right now is how sad the world is and how bad people can be to her.We felt bad that Y such people show up on this show..all her family members are sitting in front of the camera(on the show) and tearing apart each others image/relation. I felt really bad today for these people.

I hope we get to see less on the same lines.

Chaddi Pahalwaan

This is embarrassing , I KNOW , but its funny too....so m not going to be that SHY types and post it out as it is.This is an exceprt from a story that I narrated " TRUE " STORY...today morning .Something very unusual happened to me this morning. FUNNY as hell ..but crazy like never before..I am not going to alter a single word but paste it as it is...
Hope no1 gets into this situation ever.....

Following is the chat log ....



09:57:13 AMOL KOTHARI : in JS.. for not equal to should we use != or !== ?
10:05:47 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : alrite guys are you ready to listen to the funniest shi**st story of the month
10:07:11 AMIT MALANI : !==
10:07:35 CHAITANYA CSK : go ahead nikhil.... make my day
10:07:38 AMIT MALANI : bol de NM
10:07:48 AMOL KOTHARI : bol NM.. bol NM.. bol NM..
10:07:52 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : alrite if we have enugh audience
10:07:58 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : let me start
10:08:01 AMOL KOTHARI : (to the tune of bol Lkahan.. bol Lakhan)
10:08:17 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : have you ever been locked out of your apmnt ?
10:08:32 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : in the morning ? at 6 45 ...am ...
10:08:57 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : ( **** specially when you had only BARE MINIMUM clothes ON ******)
10:09:25 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : and I really mean BARE MINIMUM
10:09:41 AMOL KOTHARI : go on.. this could get interesting...
10:09:47 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : isnt this interesting enugh
10:10:00 AMOL KOTHARI : ok wats bare minimum
10:10:15 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : is grp me ladkiyan hai
10:10:29 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : hahahah damn I cant blve this hapnd today morning
10:10:37 AMOL KOTHARI : boxers mai?
10:10:38 JITESH DANI : he he
10:10:41 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : yes
10:10:46 JITESH DANI : and then you went down to the reception
10:10:50 JITESH DANI : to get the keys/
10:10:51 AMOL KOTHARI : depends wat kind ..
10:10:55 JITESH DANI : ha hah a
10:10:59 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : not so NICE kind
10:11:02 AMOL KOTHARI : can you send a pic or something
10:11:15 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : I wanted to but I dint have a thing other than my boxer
10:11:21 RUCHI NAIK : why did you get out of your apt in boxers?
10:11:25 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : I didnt
10:11:32 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : i stepped a foot out by mistake
10:11:33 RUCHI NAIK : vandita pushed you out??
10:11:44 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : and BANG the door closed on me
10:11:59 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : and I knew vandita had just got in that elevator which I saw closing in front of me
10:12:07 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : I shouted like crazy but the door had closed till then
10:12:20 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : I ran to the elevator door but it was late
10:12:34 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : and now m standing in my building lobby in my B*:
10:12:40 RUCHI NAIK : so then you sprinted down the stairs?
10:12:40 AMOL KOTHARI : hehehe... so you ran after her on the streets in your boxers
10:13:11 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : I called other elevator coz Its literally impossbile to catch on stairs : specially whe its 38 floors
10:13:27 RUCHI NAIK : yes point
10:13:28 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : but getting down in elevator in that dress
10:13:40 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : at 6 45 when everyone is out thr rushing for office
10:13:44 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : it wud have been amazing
10:13:47 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : so I dropped the plan
10:14:04 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : and then thot of knocking on my frnds apmnt
10:14:13 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : but then I remembered he is marreid
10:14:20 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : so that idea too dropped
10:14:38 AMOL KOTHARI : man this story has a good suspense too..
10:14:48 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : so only option was to run down and try and catch vandita bfr she gets on the bus that starts right in front of my apmnt
10:14:51 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : so thr you go
10:14:57 AMOL KOTHARI : kya nikhil apne ghar mai waapis ghus paayega.. ya uski izzat ki dhajjiya udegi?
10:15:05 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : Nikhil was all the way runing 38 floors down
10:15:14 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : in his amaaizng suite
10:15:17 AMOL KOTHARI : wow... 38 flrs down...
10:15:18 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : wtf
10:15:20 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : RUNING
10:15:27 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : coz i HAD to catch her
10:15:37 AMOL KOTHARI : u ran.. not the elevator..
10:15:51 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : Dude elevator me 38 floor se niche jate jate kum se kum 15 log aate
10:15:55 RUCHI NAIK : elevator me log hote na
10:16:09 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : and it wud have been amazing if any1 saw me in taht fashion
10:16:20 RUCHI NAIK : you could have stared at the ceiling and not made eye contact with anybody
10:16:28 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : so anways i RUN DOWN
10:16:47 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : i HAD NEVER TAKEN THIS STAIRCASE SO WAS HOPING THAT THIS STAIRCASE OPENS UP at a decent spot
10:16:57 RUCHI NAIK :
10:17:07 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : and I WAS WRONG
10:17:15 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : it opes on the street straight washington street
10:17:33 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : and that tooo: puts on an alarm if you open the EXIT IN FIRE SITUATION DOOR
10:17:33 JITESH DANI : he ehe
10:17:44 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : so i was like WOW
10:17:50 RUCHI NAIK : wow what a grand entry you made
10:17:57 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : no i dint
10:18:06 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : I was like vandita to ab tak nikal gayi hogi for sure
10:18:12 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : so no use rushing out
10:18:18 JITESH DANI : abhi suspense chal raha hai...
10:18:20 JITESH DANI : wow
10:18:28 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : i tried to find another exit
10:18:30 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : NONE
10:18:34 JITESH DANI : damn
10:18:40 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : so went up 2 floors
10:18:57 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : peeking business to enter in to the lobby at 2nd floor
10:19:04 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : So many people damn it
10:19:06 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : wtf
10:19:29 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : I waited at that stair case for like 15 mins atleast
10:19:29 AMOL KOTHARI : i like the use of the 'wtf' s in ur story.. to depict ur state of mind.. good
10:19:41 JITESH DANI : he he
10:19:45 JITESH DANI : bindast jane kaa usme kya hai
10:19:49 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : and was wating desperately to get intot the lobby when thrs no one
10:19:54 JITESH DANI : kuch nahi farak padta
10:20:01 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : haha
10:20:23 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : so anways I was fortunate to time my entry into the lobby
10:20:26 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : thrs no1 !
10:20:30 JITESH DANI : wow
10:20:33 JITESH DANI : and then?
10:20:34 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : and then I call the elevator
10:20:40 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : thankfully no one thr too
10:20:48 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : and I was like WHOPPIE
10:20:53 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : so get in the elevator
10:21:03 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : and then the task was biger
10:21:08 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : had to go to the front desk
10:21:15 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : jaha pe sab log next bus ka intezaaar karte hai
10:21:22 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : so had to wait thr in the mail room
10:21:35 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : for 5 more mins hoping everyone gets on the next bus
10:21:37 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : and they did
10:21:50 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : and I ran to the front desk : right in his compartment
10:22:00 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : and M like dude yu know whats the problem
10:22:01 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN :
10:22:15 JITESH DANI : ha ha
10:22:20 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : he was like DUDE you rock
10:22:27 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : m like I KNOW
10:22:34 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : asked him for anything to put on
10:22:51 RUCHI NAIK : what did he have?
10:22:53 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : and fortunatley he had a spare jeans !
10:22:59 JITESH DANI : ha hah aha ha a
10:23:00 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : he was supposed to go out today after work
10:23:01 JITESH DANI : ha ahha haha h a
10:23:06 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : so he had this jeans
10:23:11 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : m like you are the MAN
10:23:12 JITESH DANI : which he gave to you
10:23:18 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : and I put on that thing
10:23:22 JITESH DANI : yeh dhamal story hai
10:23:24 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : and thr was a sigh of relief
10:23:28 JITESH DANI : kal ke akhbar mein aana chahie
10:23:34 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : )))))
10:23:36 RUCHI NAIK : i know
10:23:43 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : then it was normal
10:23:48 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : i dint have my shirt on but who cares
10:23:50 JITESH DANI : uske paas extra key tha?
10:23:54 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : salman ka dude hu mai
10:24:08 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : then he got me into the community room
10:24:13 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : whr I watched TV
10:24:18 JITESH DANI : yeh baat
10:24:19 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : played pool for 1 hour
10:24:23 RUCHI NAIK : hahahahhaha all this while i thought you alteast had a tshirt on!!
10:24:29 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : hahhaha you wish
10:24:49 RUCHI NAIK : why did you play games ? he didnt have a spare key?
10:24:57 JITESH DANI : nahi hota hai I think
10:24:57 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : no only office has it
10:25:04 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : it opens at 8 3
10:25:06 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : 8 30
10:26:14 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : once i had the jeans i was safe
10:26:41 AMOL KOTHARI : lets all stand at our desk and applaud NM...
10:26:48 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : I cant blve all this hapnd
10:26:55 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : 45 mins of drama
10:26:57 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : wtf
10:27:18 RUCHI NAIK : i can imagine you running from one potted plant to another trying to save your modesty. hahahahahahah
10:27:28 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : I actaully did
10:27:38 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : to get in the lobby at 2nd floor was a steal
10:27:43 JITESH DANI : second floor wala idea acha tha
10:27:55 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : hahaha i skipped one minor detail
10:27:58 JITESH DANI : uther see elevator mein koi nahi aaya woh jyada acha tha
10:27:59 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : abhi woh bhi bol deta hu
10:28:07 JITESH DANI : koi to mila beechmein
10:28:13 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : when I got in the second floor lobby
10:28:40 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : woh to time theek tha coz i had already waited for atelast 15 mins at the stair case so that everyone had left
10:28:47 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : but when i got in : called the elevator
10:28:54 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : first elevator that came had people in it
10:28:59 JITESH DANI :
10:29:08 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : hahahha so I was standing on the other side CHOOP k
10:29:12 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : so that no1 sees me
10:29:16 JITESH DANI : he he hee
10:29:28 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : and as son as I saw some1 say: any1 thr : ( from the elvator)
10:29:32 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : i did not get in
10:29:33 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : hehehe
10:29:39 RUCHI NAIK : hahahahhaah
10:29:48 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : so that elevator went by
10:29:53 RUCHI NAIK : sometimes ppl dont say that and just stand patiently so you took a chance the second time
10:30:10 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : hahaha nahi i knew this elevator wud come in next at 2nd floor
10:30:13 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : so i was sure this time
10:30:28 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : so i jumped in it when the next time it came
10:31:03 RUCHI NAIK : did you return him back his jeans?
10:31:18 JITESH DANI : usko ek gift dena diwali pee
10:31:18 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : kal mast dho k return karoonga
10:31:31 JITESH DANI : bakshish
10:31:31 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : I really want to write a blog on this
10:31:39 RUCHI NAIK : to wo shaam ko kaise bahar jayega? boxers mein?
10:31:44 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : hahhaa
10:31:45 JITESH DANI : he he ehe eh
10:31:49 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : RUCHI masti mat kar
10:31:52 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : mai hyper hu
10:31:53 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : hahhaaha
10:32:07 JITESH DANI : tera blog kafi famous ho jayega
10:33:02 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : m mostly sure that I did justice to my "10:05:47 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : alrite guys are you ready to listen to the funniest shi**st story of the month"
10:34:32 NIKHIL MUKUND MAHAJAN : m stilll in the same panic mode

Fantasy Cricket...

Yeah I think its about time to join the fantasy Cricket.
It was grt fun with the last season and blve me if yu want to be part of this high voltage excitement look up on google groups for "bawas fantasy cricket".

Join in and we can have loads of fun...
Its just another initiative to get people on board and look forward for some fun and masti...

Pls join once and and I am positive yu wud not regret...
Bawa

Mhajatla me

That stands for "The real 'me' in myself"

The marathi line definiltey makes more impact than its english translation.
yes thats the topic that my dad was discussing with me the other day.

Looks like hes upto a new venture. Writing his second book
M so proud of my dad, he comes up with amazing ideas, I wish I could be like him..

neways so this last weekend, I called him early morning: just like that to see whats going on at Nagpur and damn he asks me if he can read me thru some of his lines that hes been working on. I obviously ask him to walk me thru his thing...
and I am so happy that I did that :)

next 15 mins I had the time of my life. I was so happy to listen to him and to be frank I did learn a lesson: have heard/read this so many times yet this time when it came from dads mouth: it suddenly made so much sense.

Since Saturday, I have been trying : every morning that I wake up I try and say it to myself , out loud and clear: Hey what a nice day , Good morning and start da day with a smile and a cheerful setting !

It sure has made a difference.
Lets see how it goes from here.Thanks dad for reminding me this golden truth.
and yes I am waiting desperately to read his book !


btw, Did I not write here bfr :D
yessss mom dad are coming to US ..April 10 to July 29th !!!!
Countdown begins...

3 years in US...

These last few days have been really hectic. Time is flying ..
With a blissful engaged life, added responsibilities ,career concerns and associated struggle and hard work.. everything has been piled up and 24hours really seem less.

With so much to do , so much to look forward to ..I nearly fgt this day..27th July..
Today I will be completing 3 yrs in US...I can definitely say its been a whirlwind experience..I was waiting for this day since a while. In the first week of July I was planning to write up something specially dedicated to these 3 years of my life.

and as I sad it can be..Today m really feeling bad that I cannot devote as much time and energy that I really wanted to write an article for this day. Anyways, my dad called me write now saying "beta tula jaaon aaa 3 wersha jhale" I could definitely feel the heat in thr..He was really feeling sad about this whole thing. At least I guess so..it was not about my career/life it was me being away from the family..these few imp years when I really should be with them....

anyways, I wonder if all this is the best that I could offer them for all that they have done for me..sacrificed for my well being.. I wish I can go back to des as soon as possible and be with them for time to come, compensate for the lost times...

Apart from this front, life seems to have been playing a fair game. Looks green for now,I hope it does. Apart from all the good things that I have witnessed I believe meeting my life partner has been the biggest and most important phase. Soon we will be completing 1 year of committed relationship. Cant believe but its True..it feels just yesterday that we met and next month it will be one full yr !! I am so happy that I found her. She has been a loving/caring and one of the most understanding person in my life. She accepts Nikhil, with his my eccentric traits and even praises a few of them that even I wonder ..why ??? I love you dear..

All in all it will be difficult to phrase my feelings in words....
Happy for being with my partner, Vandita, and having a blissful life.
Sad for not being with aai , baba , ketki and aaji..I miss you all..love you loads..

lets see what life has in store for us in the coming year..



PS: few days back my frnd forwarded this link:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nXcNcvmy-Tg
It has indeed touched me in a very subtle way.

US life.. 2

***Had writn this Blog long time ago..it was just saved and never published..Today was just cleaning my blog portal and wanted to post this one as it is..***



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I am like the most FUKAT guy ever.
It was a hectic week altogether. Got up on friday around 7 am. was about to go for bath when it struck me about an I day...alrite I day in my office is " Sick - ill day " . nd yu can take as many number of I days in a year as yu want.( until your manager really looks back at you :P)
So took this holiday and totally had a ball at my place. basically did nothing and spent one day full at home doing NOHTING. So unlike what I am ..but yeah it was a welcome change.

Neways recently we had this huge discussion at our daily chore of evening walk. We all were talking against us :) .... Amazing aint it

So here it goes. Recently everyones family members are kinda looking for marriage. Everyone wants to get their son/daughter get married like asap. They want us to get serious on this topic and look "AROUND". Now when someone asks them how thr son/daughter is?? they start with thr whole thing..Yeah yeah every mom thinks that hes got the best son and every dad thinks that hes son is like the brightest kid around rather only guy with all the qualities bestowed. Not that its thr fault probably every parent thinks that way. Even they are totally aware that there are guys who are far too much talented than thr son, they kinda ignore that fact pretty nicely. nd they are good at it. So anyways, in this whole confusion of whether we are good or not..one question popped in our discussion.

Mom dad apart. Given a condition, that my friend has a sister. His family thinks that I am "good" guy and approaches my family for the same. NOW that my friend knows me so NICELY..he knows what I think ..what I do ...what I crave for ...what goes in my mind forever..he totally knows me...he has been an accomplice in all my crimes or atleast witnessed everyone of them. He knows how irresponsible I can be.. how spendthrift I can be !!!!! he knows all my "vices".. Would he still recommend that I am "good" guy !!!

After the heated debate we all decide that we wont and wud never suggest each other for our own sisters :))))

FRANK, that we are !!!!

Cheers

Somehting we learnt while in our schools...The IF factor..

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!


--Rudyard Kipling

wht she feels about me :((((

अब क्या बताएं मम्मी/दोस्तों !! वैसे लड़का हीरा है हीरा ! कमाने का क्या है अब आदमी जुए में रोज़ रोज़ तो जीत नहीं सकता है, कभी हांर भी जाता है| लेकीन लड़के की कीसमत बहुत अच्छी है| कभी कुछ बुरा नहीं कहता है| हाँ लेकीन दारू ऐसी चीज़ है की 1 बार अन्दर गयी तो फीर अच्छे बुरे का कहाँ धयान रहता है| वैसे ये ज्यादा दारू भी नहीं पीता लेकीन जब भी वो नाचने वाली के पास जाता है तो पता नहीं इसे क्या हो जाता है...पीता ही चला जाता है, कनट्रोल ही नहीं कर पाता है! मैं तो कहती हूँ की रीशते के लीए मुझे इससे अच्छा लड़का मिळना मुश्कील है| हाँ बस घर का ठीकाना नही है| उसका क्या है आज नहीं तो कल वो भी हो जायेगा| लेकीन लड़का हीरा है हीरा |

To the added responsibility

Its been more than 1 year working with Bloomberg and man was it not an amazing experience !! From the initial hiccups and trying to understand the environment to handling responsibilities, its been a whirlwind learning experience.

Today I got my first PARENT TREQ - Bloomberg lingo for a new project.
Not that I wasnt working for the past whole year but this time its more of a full blown project.Arranging meetings with clients/Business side/managers, gathering requirements ohh man it was fun.

Lets see how all this works out...

Cheers.

If at all this phase ends ?

Not that, I am waiting desperately for this phase to go away....

Often times I just wonder does this phase ever ends ?
The phase when yu think of learning/doing/preparing for "something" so as to attain your "Next Brand New GOAL", yeah isnt it True, this crippy beast name "GOAL" just keeps on changing. It manifests itself in such not so forgettable manner that , more than often times, we tend to keep working towards it.

I do not recall exactly how hard my mom-dad must have tried to to get me into this studying business when I was a kid and by kid I mean a real kid like KG1 - KG2 types. From whatever lil I know about myself, one thing is for sure, I was definitely not one of those top ranking nerds in class. I was one of thos Back-Benchers who often shared the "Taaj" for "Baata-meej_kala_dhabba kind kids.

Its been a long journey since then. So much has gone by, nd so much is yet to come,
Yet I believe, only one thing has remained constant, DESIRE to do "something"...
This somehting word has gone places and makes me go places.

It was my dad who used to instruct me about this "entity".
Things have changed since then and now its me, myself who is searching for that next "something". More than the search it is more of a realisation in process .....

I wonder does this ever ends ? Does this search for that lil something ever reaches its "final destination" !!! I wish it does. Life without that lil something is goona be so boring with only mundane stuff to be taken care of.

As much as I always need the NEXT GOAL in my mind, I also wish to bath in the joy of my current Destination, coz no matter how small it might seem right now, it was once my "NEXT SOMETHING"

HUMANMETRICS ...

Hey guys..
Just came accross this link and thought Ill share it wid yu.

You might have seen like a billion os such links..but the explanation these guys gave was amazing.

Chk it out for yurself.
http://humanmetrics.com/


Heres what they said for me :)
http://keirsey.com/handler.aspx?s=keirsey&f=fourtemps&tab=2&c=provider

and here
http://typelogic.com/esfj.html


Current Song :" Tumse hi "
Tum se hi


Cheers ...