Youth - and so called generation gap !!!!!

Most of the time....I don't take so much time to accept or to ask for apologies from friends because they are from my generation and we are more transparent and vocal about likes and dislikes. 

Youth these says may not be wiser than the elders but they are more transparent.  To hide once own mistake is may be the expertise of our so called elders but guts to accept that mistake and trying to make it correct is the power and monopoly of younger generation.

See again I am vocal about praising my generation but that doesn't mean every time elders are wrong. I use 50 bucks by taking Auto to save time of 15 minutes and my Mom walk that distance and use that 15 minutes to save 50 bucks. We both are correct from our view point and I respect that view point as well.

But I have issue when something happen like this.....

Incident 1 :- 

One day at my building I saw two elders waiting for lift....lift was at fourth floor and we have to reach at 2nd floor. Instead of waiting I opted for the staircase and we all reach to second floor at same time. One of the gentleman asked me that if you could have wait for few seconds you might not had to climb stairs and ultimately it took same time. I just said I don't like to wait for anything.  Just after that I overheard them murmuring that no body wants to wait...what will happen with this new generation.

Incident 2:- 

The next day I again meet both of them during dinner at some function and people were waiting in queue in front of counters.  And there these so called elders came jump the queue and took food in their plates and no body from us who were waiting in queue uttered a word out of respect.  After taking food I went towards them and whispered in his ear that...as I don't like to wait ...but I also understand and respect the feelings of people waiting for something and hence I don't jump the queue.

My point over here is that ...we give you respect (which you deserve) ... but we also want you people to understand and respect our view point. 

Most Imp - Here by younger and elder ....I don't mean by age... I am talking about the mental state. Elder means living in past century.... I have one uncle (friends dad ) of age of 60 whom I do consider of my generation. 

What is success !!!!

Feeling Successful is an emotion that is not really related to Success….

***************** Not my words************

Consider that everyone in this world is running a race. Everyone is somewhere in the race. The beggars and homeless are somewhere towards the end, whereas the likes of Bill Gates and Ophra Winfrey are somewhere towards the front. You are also somewhere in the race, running and trying to move ahead of those in front of you.

Also, consider that everyone is suffering from myopia. Therefore, no matter where you are in the race, you can only see 5 people ahead of you and 5 people behind you. A small shop owner somewhere in the line can only see and compare with similar 5 people ahead, and 5 people behind. This shop owner cannot even see Bill Gates or Oprah Winfrey. If the shop owner moves ahead, he would have a different set of 5 people ahead and 5 people behind to compare with. Similarly, a multi-millionaire somewhere in the race can see and compare himself only with 5 similar multi-millionaires ahead and 5 behind.

People continuously move ahead or behind in the race. Their position keeps changing with successes and failures in their own lives and in the lives of others. However, no matter where they are, their position remains the same from their own perspective. There are always 5 more successful people ahead, and 5 less successful people behind.

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I agree life is not a race. In fact it is not possible to define what is life. There are multiple perspectives of life. Life being a race it one such perspectives, which helps in understanding some aspects of it.

Some other perspectives of life that I personally like are, life is a journey, life is a game, life is an opportunity, life is an illusion....

Oppsss diverted from topic.... Let me bring it back to track....

........... So ........What does really success mean to you ????

Feelings unleashed - a short love story !!!!

It wasn't his day.... Ayaan ran ....ran with full speed collecting all the energy left in his body...but it seemed as if it wasn't his day.....he was destined to be late. He was breathing his lungs out ....the car had already left the campus....only thing left behind was a puff of smoke.... and trail of memories.... memories that filled his heart with happiness ....but at the same time it has created void and snatched away his beloved Mishree.

The book.....the gift he has chosen for his loved one..... dropped from his hands.... as a grief stricken Ayaan broke down in pain for not ever being able to speak of his innumerable emotions..... emotions that he was trying to hide behind his subtle smile. He left the place ...left the place with empty hands... perhaps empty heart....and mind full of thoughts....

The book...."chosen one".... lay there on the floor untouched.... ignored like a lost love feeling ....helpless ....motionless and baffled.... waiting for someone to come.... come for it’s rescue.... until the canteen boy’s eyes fell on it.....instead of being in hand of "Mishree"... within no time it found itself surrounded by numerous others on road side shop....very famous for old books.

"As in books so in life, it’s not about the hours but the feelings that binds us…."

- Your’s Ayaan 

 ..... were the lines written with curly handwriting.... on the  very first page of a Nicholas Spark’s novel....and other eye catching thing was the date.... it was the date of their graduation ...that Mishree discovered on one of her expeditions for old books in the city.... and an unexpected celebration filled her heart with warmth speaking out unspoken emotions that Ayaan wasn’t able to.

"The longer you wait for something ....the more you appreciate it when you get it....because anything worth having is definitely worth waiting for.... "

Happy Engineers Day - Hum hain to sab hey !!!

Happy ENGINEERS day!!

We rock..

Each one of us claims to be a "farzi engineer" (Imaginary Engineer).....We entered our course with high aspirations....and dreaming about glamorous life...But in the very first semester....we learnt that only thing engineering teaches us is --"Jugaad" (innovative fix or a simple work-around) !!!

Every time.... 

• To finish off the syllabus in one night...
• To pass in midterms and semester ends without even doing half the course...
• To forget the names of the subjects taught in first semester by the end of final semester...
• To know about all the gossips of campus...
• To have weirdest possible nicknames.... ( we all have it... most of us try to hide it in current phase of life )
• So many weekend night outs...and hanging out on the roads on exam nights
• To have bunks and mass bunks....

We loved...we laughed...we cried...we learnt...we fought... and most important we learnt to live!!!

Yeah ...we did it all!!!

Yet , we have a class....we have our unison......we really know how to manage everything in the last moments....(without much panic).....and yet do with grace.....Yes,we do "Jugaad"....but they too are "INNOVATIVE" ( Of course using "File destroyer" to corrupt PPT of assignment is innovative )......proud to be even a "Farzi Engineer"....which most of we all claim to be.

"There is a method in our Madness...and ...happiness hidden in our sadness..... Yess we are The Engineers..."

Happy Engineers day !!!! 

Addicted to something - not an issue!!

You are addicted to mobile. I heard this line 10th time of a day. Now that's enough for a day.

Let me tell you a bitter fact - We all are addicted to something or some person.

Let's put it this way...

"We all are addicted to something ... which take away the pain...."

Let's be honest to answer the question :

What do you do normally after tiring office hours ?

1. Talk or chat with your girl friend/ Boy friend . (If you are lucky enough to have one).

2. Play with your little one and make funny gesture to get smile on their face.

3. If recently merried then fighting and making up with each other.

4. If you are gujarati and living out side of gujrat then 100 % you will go for some hard drinks.

5. If you are far away from home and
living lonely then you might get connected to some virtual world of social networking.

6. If you are fan of Jackie chain and Rambo then you might go for gyming and kung-fu.

7. If you are tech crazzy and geek guy then you might jingle with some weird OS and buggy coding kind of stuff.

8. If you are sas-bahu serial fan then you might turned on TV before removing your shoes.

9. Somebody of you just crazzy after movies and TV serials then you start your lappy and head phone.

There are many more to be added in list in short you all do something which makes you happy. Which take away some pain from you...

Which give you reason to smile though a very little and temporary but still you can't leave doing it.

Yes I am too addicted..... .I am addicted of my friends....

But as I said ....its nothing wrong in getting addicted. Because at the end of the day....

"We all are addicted to something ... which take away the pain....!!!!"

Fish Philosophy - Make their day !!!!

I was just sitting at cafe outside of my apartment. It was the very same place where I used to hang out with my friends during college life. We were gang of 7 friends from same city and school living together. Today after attending the training I just thought of having conversation with them. So I just called one of them and then end up having conference call with all of them. That cafe guy also knew all of us as a gang so I also made him talk with group.

It was just 5 minute call but after that my mind was full of memories. How we fought to have one piece of pizza and sharing bill of with 20 bucks from each ones wallet and sometimes those few bucks to be hard to find in it.

At that moment, in cafe I was alone and few couples were hooked up in corners. Wallet was full but was not up to eating something like I wanted it during college life. Things change with time.

Suddenly a horde of kids entered into the garden. So basically this was open air cafe established on the highway so such incidents were not new for me or owner. They will roam around ...would tease couples and then owner will scold them and they will run away.

This time it was no different...they just started interacting or say bargaining with one of the couple and they were just looking for owner to break them away. Before anything like that happen I have called those notorious and what followed that was completely different experience. ...

Unlike the other days this group was not begging something they all were having that brush in hand for shoe polish and they were just asking if anyone wants to look smart with polished shoe. I was wearing sports shoes and one of them just spoke up the fact and they were up to leaving.

Suddenly....and even I don't know why....but I have asked one of them "Pizza khayega??"

The little guy looked towards his gang and I just said yeah not you alone. Offer is for your entire gang. They nodded in affirmation and I have ordered pizza for them. I was not feeling hungry so mean time I was just looking at them...recalling all the fun I have had with my group. I was basically feeling good. They were just about to finish and I have paid bucks to cafe owner for the food.

I was shocked when he the cafe guy refused to take bucks. He was like.."Bhaiya aapne to khaya hi nahi....paise kaise lu?" I reciprocated with "paise kya bachho se lega kya??.. le rakh le"

What he replied was surprise for me. He replied that "jaise aap ko achhha laga...waise muje bhi achha laga.....ye pizza meri aur se". It was more shocking for me because this was the same guy who used to scold such kids to shoo them away and....now he was refusing to take money for food they have consumed.

Just to recover from that shock ...I have tried to give that bucks to the gang of kids and now it was time for double shock. That bunch of notorious kids too refused to take that. The one whom I have approached first spoke up with wink of his eye "Phir kabhi dusre bachho ko pizza khila dena"

I was just trying to follow the rule from the training I have attended few days back "Make their day" and at the end when I left cafe, my mind was full of confusion..... 

"Who has made whose day ?"

Let's not judge it because it was win win situation for all of us as all were happy at the end of incident. For me lesson I have learnt that day was more important.

An Accident - Moments which I can't forget

          Huhhh...it was an awesome day. I had lots of fun and almost died laughing. So much tired went to sleep soon after reaching home. I was recalling those all funny incidents occurred in day and in last few years with friends and in process I also recalled this.....

          I was on my way back to home after party I was cruising at around 80 kmph on my Bike and then THUD. The next moment I felt severe pain on the left side of my head, my palms felt scalded, and I could not stand properly because my left toe hurt. Got up slowly tried thinking over what happened.

          The pictures started falling in place and I realized I have met with an accident. I removed my helmet – no bleeding. Good. Next removed the riding gloves – palms looked well. Checked my foot, and my knee was badly hurt. I wore pair of jeans which had reduced damage but had damn Canvas shoes ! Tried to lift my bike and it was a mess – a broken mirror, front guard bent, connecting rod to the rear suspension was cut. Some how managed to ride back home.

          At home after relaxing a few minutes I started looking at the damage on my helmet and the gloves I wore. The scrapes on my helmet and riding gloves gave me goose bumps. The left side of the helmet was a mess with loads of scratches and when I run my finger over it I could feel the impact the helmet had taken. The gloves well, in simple words I could type today because I wore them. This made me wonder

• What if I did not wear a helmet?

• What if I did not wear riding gloves?

• What if I had invested in a sub-standard helmet or gloves only because it was cheaper?

• What if I had stopped wearing them because many made fun of me, since I shelled out a good amount of money on it?

Well, I thanked myself for investing in the best riding gear. The investment just saved my life.

લોકો કહે છે સમય સાથે દરેક ઘાવ ભરાઈ જાય છે
તોય રાત્રે ઊંઘ માંથી કેમ બેઠું થઇ જવાઈ છે???

[ I still feel that goose bumps on my hand when I remember those few moments. I was just flying in the air :(]

Black Jack - A card game

Isn’t it a game where I am the dealer? We play blackjack. I keep losing some money in each round. It’s a small amount, I can afford it. But when I win, I win big. I recover the amount 4 times higher than what I had lost.

Aren’t we like this too? I lose each time you tell a lie; but when I win, I gain a lot more. The worst thing is that the win doesn’t have you.

I lose the most when I win.....

Misunderstanding - A story of confusion

Fate had a funny way of playing with things Ayesha thought with moist eyes..

Flashback to a year ago...

Ayesha was a regular customer at a coffee shop two blocks from her office. Every day after work, she’d go there not because she loves coffee, she actually hated it... but because of that tall cute guy with to-die-for eyes working behind the counter. 

Shirley was her best friend…Sitting at the coffee table, Ayesha and Shirley were discussing the  SWOT analysis of being a girl. After a hard week of work with tons of responsibilities, a girl also has to take care of household chores amongst other family commitments over the weekend. After all this, what Ayesha looked forward to was just a glimpse of Sid, the tall cute guy at the counter.

His hazel eyes were so attractive, she thought...He resembled Hrithik Roshan, she thought as her heart skipped a beat. Shirley waved her hand in front of Ayesha to drag her back to reality. This was it Ayesha thought…

It was time to make friends with him. Without hesitation, Ayesha dragged Shirley with her to the counter. Excuse me, said Ayesha. “What can I get for you”, said Sid… Ayesha was awe struck…Her

mind went blank. She didn’t know what to say…She was just staring at him…. It was a moment of embarrassment for Ayesha, so to lighten the mode, Shirley cracked a joke and all of them had a good laugh.

This incident turned out to be the start of a new friendship for all of them. Ayesha and Shirley’s visit to the café increased. Their frequent visits proved cumbersome for Sid working at the café. He had issues with actual working hours and often got angry stares from his manager when Ayesha and Shirley spent more time at the café.

On the other hand, Ayesha and Shirley worked for a corporate giant who had lenient working hours so the café became their common hang out. Ayesha was in love with Sid. She had not yet revealed her feelings to Shirley though. 

Unaware of Ayesha’s feelings Shirley also began to develop a soft corner for Sid. As luck would have it, Sid too had fallen for Ayesha. Some days later, Ayesha and Sid were sitting at the café and Sid told Ayesha about his feelings for a girl and that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. 

When she heard this Ayesha was dumb struck. Her face fell. She assumed that Sid had feelings for someone else. . Why was life so complicated, she thought? Ayesha stood up, quickly bid him goodbye and left the place. She wanted to share her feeling and finally blurted out to Shirley about her feelings for Sid, as well as how Sid had feelings for some other girl. 

Now it was time for Shirley to be dumb founded. Not only did she find out that her best friend and she had feelings for the same guy but ironically the guy had feelings for a third person altogether. She was heart- broken too…..

Ayesha couldn’t handle this whole ordeal and moved to USA to restart her life. Left alone with a broken heart, Shirley too went in isolation and stopped visiting the café. Shocked by Ayesha’s behavior that day, Sid too began to believe that it was a mistake to love high society girls. He quit

his job at the café too. 

Leap 5 years, present day all of them are thinking that they lost their true love. Could things have turned out any better? That’s a point to ponder on…

Moral: - It was clear example of miscommunication and misunderstandings. Sid didn’t present his thought clearly to Ayesha. Ayesha didn’t read between the lines of Sid’s message and passed on a confusing message to Shirley. Shirley didn’t use her logic sense and got carried away with emotion None of them found true love.

Lessons to be learnt -

• To clear misunderstandings, yesterday is never early but tomorrow is definitely too late!
• When in love seize the moment, put no trust in future.