Too much work.. too lil time...

.. Expired passport...

..Family arriving..

.. 7 a.m. meetings

.. Dirty laundry..

.. Faint headaches ..

.. Over-dose of caffeine...


.. But y'no what... life's still okay.. eeyup !!

I have what I need..and a plough through...

Your salary in Bananas ??!!

Well.. not quite.. but here while I continue to fret over the fact that I don't get paid enough.... I find out about this guy...

A very intelligent... "work smart" kind of guy.. who at this appraisal... instead of negotiating a Raise.. negotiates for "fewer" working hours :)

All the while that I was trying to figure out how I could work MORE to eke out more money/hr I spend at work.. this dude, was trying to figure out.. how to work smart and work out a deal where he now works fewer hours for the same money..
Claims he already has enough money, all he needs is more time on his own !!

WellI'llbeDAMNED !! :)

Today was about... (in no particular order..)

... weird dreams about family...

... walnuts, almonds and raisins..

.. financial planning...

... looking silly in front of IT..

... Mr. "You-know you know"..

... toast and an over-easy...

... serious Gaffes in code...

... washing dishes for the umpteenth time..

... easy farewells... knowing we'll meet again soon..

... Bangkok confusion...

... early morning calls..

... sleepy sleepy days...

... thinking about friends who are absconding...

... brief uncomfortable thoughts... easily overcome..

... rrrreallly really sleepy...

... missing Dad...

If I stop spending time with a friend...

... to be able to "be" a better friend to her...
Does that make me a good friend.. or bad friend... ?

:-/ hmmm....

When two people get together...

... they usually go one of two ways...

One in which the number of things they do together becomes a small intersection of what the two have in common...

Two in which each one takes the opportunity to try and appreciate /learn and understand the interests of the other person... as a result of which the activities they can both be involved in.. close to double !

The first one is unfortunate as you get to spend less time together (assuming you like the things that you do.. so you spend your time doing them alone...)
The second one is ideal in the sense that you get to explore areas that you haven't had the opportunity/interest to yet.. and that expands your own horizons alongwith giving you more together time..

There is a third way it can go... its when one person completely gives up on what they ever liked to do and do only what the second person enjoys....
This.. in my opinion.. is worse than the first one... UNLESS of course.. you ACTUALLY completely change and begin to like ONLY the stuff that your significant other does...
THAT is kinda pathetic.. but yer probably happier if you have sufficiently convinced yourself that your significant others' interests are now YOURS !!

So its true about a lot of North Indian parents (of boys mostly ??!! though I can't be too certain...).. and maybe of others too .. that the "beautifulness" of their children's spouses are an indication of how "good" their marriage will be !
Unfortunately sometimes they make their opinions so clear that they might actually end up "affecting" the marriage .. hence making their initial assumption correct !!

.. or something like that atleast.. you get my drift !

But its not just the parents.. aren't we all guilty of saying.. "He/She coulda done better !!"... alluding to the looks of one half of a couple.. at some points in our lives ?
Or sometimes our reactions are almost patronizing... "But he's a wonderful person.. "

So how important is it.. for a couple to be equally matched in the looks department ? Or for a person to pursue and woo (?? is dat english for "patao") a person who's good looking "enough" for their families and friends ?
I dunno... I think I know a lot of "beautiful" people who wouldn't evoke a second glance from a bystander... as also a lot of very attractive faces that I can't stand to be around for more than minute.
But I also know people who are concerned that their significant others do not evoke appreciative glances from friends and family...

Aren't we all just a little too needy ? :)

Nother thing about yesterday...

... After a long time I noticed the ladies taking care of their "boyz" rather than the other way around... which weirdly enuff (after all that talk about women's lib and whatnot).. seems to have become the Norm !!

Amazing weekend...

... A fun 'activity filled' weekend after a looooong time...

Went out camping with some friends... and some of their friends.. It was my first "married couples" outing.. And it was fun !! Eeeeyup you better believe it !!

I must admit I din think I would enjoy it this much..
I mean I was all enthu about the camping and stuff.. Just the idea of spending the night under the stars was really inviting... but I haven't had much luck in meeting people I get along really well with...

But this was easy... we were three couples.. quite different in our own ways...
Just the common sentiment of wanting to pack ASMUCHFUNASHUMANLYPOSSIBLE in our one day of outing.. did the trick for us..
And we din waste one second...
Everything from.. making the khichdi .. pitching the tents.. renting the dilapidated fishing boat (that even stopped.. bang in the middle of the huuuuge lake.. stranding us till someone noticed and agreed to tow us back ashore) .. and then finally the chilling out in the sand/sun/hardly-a-beach beach was simply amazing !!

I think I also needed this outing to unwind... I've been wound a lil tight the last couple of weeks..

Ahhh.... I'll sleep well tonite... :)

Happy Bday MORON !!

x-(

Ah..what a WONDERFUL day...

.. Spent the first half of my day in meetings.. and the second part of my day.. adding TABS to statements..

Can you f***in believe it ? Because I'm not a power user of emacs/vi I will be adding about 2000 tabs to multiple files today..
I can almost feel RSI setting in my wrist :-/

Dheere jalna.. dheere jalna dheere jalnnnaa......

Mein deewana... hoon mein deewana.. aise jaane na doonga jaana..

"With great power... comes great responsibility..." <- SPIDERMAN wise(??)
... and...
"With lot of information... comes a whole lot of nonsense.." <- INTERNET wise

I thought if I keep this window open.. next to me.. for (what's left of.. ) the entire day today... I might be able to capture some fleeting thoughts etc..

Irrational prejudices and biases stick pretty hard in my brain.. and refuse to vacate even when explicitly commanded to...
Makes me wonder if they really ARE rational after all.. but NO... that's not the point.
The point is they DO take up MIPS that could be better spent elsewhere...

Shaadi.com profiles that start with "Myself god-fearing, jovial... " blah blah.. bullshit is such a turn-off for me. Might have something to do with the fact that I'm a bitchy-atheist.. ;)
But naah.. its just way-too-run-of-the-mill.. and hence entirely boring and unimaginative.. thas all..

Hmm.. its an odd thing that I should feel sick today... considering I had all of yesterday to do that... ;)
Hmm.. maybe its the crap I have been consuming the past few days.. I think it might be time to go partly vegetarian.. I did it once 7 years ago.. on a stupid bet ! Went without meat for 40 days.. but I remember cheating on the diet with some Chicken flavored Ramen...

Looking forward to camping this weekend.. and to Junior's arrival in 2 weeks !!

Power emacs user.. I should just get one of those power emacs users' guide, set a deadline for myself and DOIT !!

focus.... Focus.... FOCUS GODDAMNIT !!

Today's the kind of day..

... that I should blog about...

Nothing spectacular happened... but nothing really went wrong...

I went in to work... did just enough to not feel completely useless..
One meeting happened and one got cancelled...
Got some good sane advice from a good friend... followed it.. and things are working out fine..
Had good food with some good friends...

A nice cool breeze is blowing outside.. and I'm slowly getting sleepy...
Have a call to attend early in the morning...

Looking forward to the weekend...