Lets Count 8

Pixie asked me to count till 8 long back..late homework ..sorry about that.

8 Things I am passionate about

-> My family
-> My Friends
-> My Blogs
-> Keychains
-> Flowers
-> Bangles
-> My Grand Parent's House
-> Dilli Haat

8 Things I want to do before I die

-> Travel around the world
-> Donate my eyes
-> See Aryan grown up as a responsible person
-> Do something for orphans (not decided what and how)
-> Decorate my own house
-> Look slim
-> Learn to dance ..atleast a little
-> Learn to swim

8 Things I say often
-> Right
-> Aryan
-> Anupam
-> Acha
-> Kyo
-> Khane mein kya khana hai ?
-> Mujhe neend aayi hai.
-> Very Good

8 Books I've read and I remember
-> Many Lives Many Masters
-> The Alchemist
-> Some Robin Cook books like Coma and Mutation
-> Five Point Someone
-> One Night at call center
-> Choker Bali
-> Ignited Minds
-> Some Agatha Christie books like And Then There Were None


8 songs I could listen to over and over
-> Woh Kagaj ki Kashti - Jagjit Singh
-> Kahin door jab din dhal jaye - Movie Anand
-> Hume Tumse Pyar kitna - Kishor Kumar
-> Chura Liya hai - Asha Bhosle
-> Pal Pal dil ke paas
-> Meri Bindia - Movie Abhimaan
-> Dil hai ke manta nahi

8 Things that attract me to my best friends
-> Smile
-> Honesty
-> Simplicity
-> Truthfulness
-> Straightforwardness
-> Ease of talking/chatting
-> Their dressing sense
-> Eyes

I am sure I cannot tag 8 people ..since this is a pretty old tag ...so I tag first 8 commenters (if there are) who have not done this :)

BORED !

I was BORED yesterday. Told this to a friend and she thought I am Vella , as in without any work. But NO , I had work.Search for the word "Bored" on google and you will get 76,000,000 links, from bored.com to i-am-bored.com.And they tell you fun things to do when you are bored for lack of work.

But what when you have work to do, people to chat, blogs to read and recipes to make and yet you feel bored ??? I was BORED of the other type ...yeah the other type ..when you have so much to do but yet you don't want to do anything. You feel as if the switch is OFF. You get what I mean. People usually don't. They tell me interesting things to do. But all I can do at that stage is to SLEEP OR EAT. Yeah , I eat when I am bored ...now you know the secret of my good health ..hehehehehe.

Funny is that I am never bored without work , coz then I can do so many things , make my long pending calls to old friends , sleep , eat(again), find and try new recipes for us or Aryan (food ..:-P) , blog , find new blogging friends, watch some stupid movie on TV , Listen to music...so much and so how can I be bored without work.

But worst is that my switch gets off when I have so much to catch on. And why does the switch gets off is what I am still to figure out. I know a few reasons , like a fight with husband or cancellation of my weekend plan or cancellation of any long awaited moment or office politics , but sometimes its none of these. Sometimes I am off the mood JUST LIKE THAT , even on weekends. Is this NORMAL :-P or I need to see a Physco ..Solitaire please help!!!!

Editted to Add : THIS BLOG IS MORE THAN AN YEAR OLD ...AND I FORGOT TO WISH IT A HAPPY BIRTHDAY :-P

Piece of Advice

My advice to all the WANT-TO-BE-PARENTS , esp WANT-TO-BE-MOM :

Do a crash course in "Time Management" ,"Anger Management" and "How to be more Patient."

Puzzle : Kya Aap Nursery Pass Hai ?

Which way is the bus below travelling?

To the left or to the right?



Okay ..since you are not being a sport or you are not able to make up your mind..lets unfold the the solution.

Primary school children were shown this picture and asked the same question.

90% of them gave this answer: 'The bus is travelling to the right.'


When asked, 'Why do you think the bus is travelling to the right?'

They answered:

'Because you can't see the door to get on the bus.' !!!



How do you feel now???

:-)

Experimenting with Comfort Zone

Disclaimer : This is again a long(=boring) introspectory post. You can read it at your own discretion. Your views and advice are always welcome.

In 5 years of my career , I have worked in 2 well known and reputed companies.

I never wanted to switch from my previous company inspite of the fact that the culture in the company was not too great and there was too much of politics.I was not even paid too well. The reason I would give to myself was I was a respected employee , who was considered to be bright and was given quality work. I did switch since I had to shift to another city after marriage.

I have been in this company for past 3 years. This again is a BIG Brand. I have no issues with my manager. Life is cool and work is not too hectic. But then , there is hardly any growth. And yes, there is politics , which I understand well , but not good when it comes to applying it to use. But I still do not want to switch.

You may say there is no reason , but I feel that a stagnant career is enough reason for so many people. I know people , who shift jobs every once in an year. I don't believe in shifting jobs too often , but yes you should shift when you think there is a need. And yes, just to clarify , money is not a prime motivator for me for any of my decisions.

Then why I do not want to switch. Because though I like change , I am not always ready to come out of my comfort zone easily. I may readily accept a new challenging task in the same company , under the same manager but when it comes to a job shift , I feel uncomfortable to take the risk.

And this is not only with job. It goes with so many other things.Like my pair of sandals. I have more than half a dozen of footwear. But most of them are as new as they were at the showroom. Why , coz I am very comfortable with my simple flat sandals. I can walk easily with them , run if needed. So all the seven days of week , I wear them when I go out. Even on weekends , when I go in car , coz I fear that I will not be able to walk in my new slippers from parking to the shop or on the stairs :-P (Don't laugh ..I am not sick !!!) So till the sandals decide to abandon me I will stick to them. And this was the case with my previous pair of favourite footwear too.

And my handbag , which decided to abandon me last friday. I was using it for over an year now. For it was quite comfortable. Nice , easy yet safe pockets. When I need to travel in a local bus ,I need a backpocket to keep the change. Now I have not travelled in bus after I came to Bangalore with 1-2 exceptions , but you see I should always be ready for exceptions :-) So now the bag's zip stopped working and the handle is broken , I have no choice but to find another comfortable choice from my collection or from the market. Remember I told you once that I have a bag full of hand bags and I love them.

I dislike changing my shampoo and my mosturiser and even my comb. And I am quite loyal to the brands I use.

Comfort zone , as per Wikepedia, "denotes that limited set of behaviors that a person will engage without becoming anxious." So now that you know that I am quite an old fashioned, boring female, let me tell you that its not that I have never stepped out of my comfort zones. I do and I did when I felt that there is a desperate need.

But why this post today , coz I think its time for change , for a makeover. In so many things, from personal to professional. From footwear to job. From mobile to umbrealla. From IE to Firefox :-P I should change unless it becomes too monotonous. And no , this post is not even 1% inspired by husband or anyone else. Its truly an introspection. I think I should learn to experiment and come out of my comfort zone more often. I should do it for me and myself. As whenever I come out of my shell and do something different , I find myself evolving into a more confident person. I should also do it for Aryan , coz if I am not open to a change , I may mess up Aryan's life. Like Usha said , that we like change when its not too close to home. Aryan is a different generation and I need to open my mind and heart to accept the changes that come with another generation.

What do you have to say ?

Concentration skills

Will Aryan develop same concentration levels  like his father has. He cannot listen the world falling when he has his news paper with him or when he has his favourite news channel on. I wish and I pray that Aryan develops the same , but not for TV but for books :-P

P.S : If I do not blog for a few days now , blame it to this POST in praise of my DEAR HUSBAND ;-)

What Brings You Here ?

I analysed my last 100 refered vistors again and here is what I know :

21 people came here searching for day care / preschool in Bangalore
15 people came in search of old TV serials / actors.
2 of them came for Baby Smiles
1 of them came to know "Why woman can't be Einsteen?"
Of course I had a few from my fellow bloggers
Then there were a few wierd ones like "What are moms for" and "Wrist bands"

Do let me know , what brings you here ?

Advertising on Roads Through Handouts

Have you seen people giving handouts to the pedestrians by road sides? If you walk by the Airport road in Bangalore ,you will find one at evert 10 meters. What do you do when you see some one giving  pamphlets ? May be I should do a poll on this. By my experience , I have seen that more than 90% of people take it and crush it and throw it right away , without even reading the information on it. Others read it and then throw it. I don't think that even 0.1 % people read the full thing and preserve it for use later. We do not even bother to preserve it to dispose in the next bin. Ofcourse one reason to which is very few/NO bins by road sides in India.

For past sometime I politely refuse to accept these handouts as I know that I do not need any home loan, car loan, inssurance , broad band or computer education.What about the flyers that come with newspapers. I use them too , for Aryan to do drawing on the reverse side or for wrapping waste products.

Do you think its fair to waste so many resourses on these flyers and then throw them just to make the place unclean ? Give it a thought ?