Aal is Well

I again missed my mornig jog due to extreme laziness. I need to get rid of just this one aspect "Laziness"... Welll, the morning breakfast started with the CNN IBN News channel. The first thing I saw was a huge media questioning Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the Producer of the movie, 3i. Breifly, a controversy between the famous writer Chetan Bhagat and the entire crew of 3i. Chetan claims he has not been given enough credit for the movies success. The 3i crew says that only 5% of the movie has been adapted from the novel, 5 Point Someone. Well, to think about it, theres this one day when everyone is desperately waiting for the movie to release, and just when the success celebrations have started, there comes a big controversy. Sometimes, I wonder, how much the world is worried about success, credit, moolah, appreciation. Admist all this, we forget to have control over our emotions. Just the way Vidhu Vinod Chopra started shouting at the media and on the otehr hand Chetan Bhagat argued and questioned the crew about the book.

I have read the book and watche dthe movie as well. I feel, of course the movie has been adapted from the book, the ground work is from the book. Neverthless, it is quiet different form the book in many aspects as well. The credit goes to both. This does not demand a silly and nonsensical fight. All this is just a mess. Anyways, it is a little surprising to see these controversies but the fact is they are not new either. The glamour world is dry without these.

Anyways, taht apart, my day was again not just the way I thought it would be. I havent studied a bit, and time is just flying. Neither have I concentrated on my calories today. Well, I would still say , "Aal is Well"..and its still not too late!!!!!

3i

3 Idiots, one of the best movies of the year 2009. I have loved the movie for everything, the story, the script, the actors, the direction, everything...!! This movie has made me believe that you have to be "Extraordinary" to make the world see you. It is not important to be intelligent, it is not important to go to the best school, it is not important to get the best grades, just know the best of your talent and oursue it with all the heart and soul. You will be extraordinary and success will be yours without even you noticing it. This movie also opens the eye of many parnets who unnecessarily force their kids to be something which according to them is the best, but never ask their kids what they really want to be. This movie also exposes our education system which only pressurises us with loadz of assignments and projects.

In all, a movie which is just not a movie but a learning. Kudos to the entire crew and its members for giving us, such a great time!

Routine and a Calll

2010 is the eyar I am gonna Blog every single day. I am going to make it a habit. This blog of mine will reflect every part of me...the moody me, the bubbly me, the ambitious me, the angry me, the smiley me....everything!!!

Today, began with loadz of messages from all the near dear ones wishing me a happy and a prosperous new year. Since, I am jobless , I have monopolised myself with a bit of cooking, dusting, making chocolates for sale, creative arts and ofcourse studying.. Now, last year I had decided that each day of the year 2010 would be filled with lot of reading, studying and indulging myself in knowledge improvement. Alas, the first day did not turn out anything like that. It did involve cooking, dusting, making chocolates and then came a call. Suddenly, I realised one of my very old and close fren was leaving Mysore for sometime, and ofcourse, I had to meet him. Hence, I was off to meet him and time just flew by. I still have 6 hours before the first day ends and I still can stick to what I decided.

Coming to think about it, Frens can jus be so wonderful. If a friend means a lot to you, you would just keep everything aside with just one call. I have many companions but very few friends. This year, I am going to intorduce to you all, my close frens who mean a lot to me and have made a big difference to my world. Today, was one such fren. He has helped me change the way I think, to be precise, he has made me realise that emotions and sentiments are not valued by everyone. So just don't show it to all. Let the world know that you are as strong as a mountain eventhough you have a heart which can just melt with a hug... I can write loadz about him , but guess, this is all that I would want to share. He means a lot to me and I am sure when he reads this, he will smile... :)

Hello 2010 !!

Is it the time to make resolutions?? There was a time long long ago when every new year we made resolutions, resolutions to ensure that we lived a life of perfection for the next 12 months. I remember, I would make resolutions, follow them for a month and bang! its gone with the wind..

This year, I just need to finish the incomplete things to make a complete me... I have been delaying on this from quiet sometime , but now I know I want to and I will.
One, would be to lose weight, to go on a Himalayan trek and to complete my PG. These are my primary goals, and of course what is life without the endless list of "To Do". Today being the very first day of the year, it has gone just the way I wanted it to be unlike most of my days where I am just pleasing others, or just doing things because I have to. Its a new start and I am gonna have a perky life ahead. I choose it to be this way and this year I will be just "me" but with a addon...

People who know me will love the new me for sure....and people who do not would love to know me..!!! I wear this attitude!

Happy New Year to all!!!!

Risk, Life, Meaning!

All of us have certain events designed in our sub conscious mind. And sometimes we organise our life to ensure the events designed are perfect and our life is tuned for teh designs to work. I had designed such models in my head when I started my professional life. I always aimed more than I could achieve. The results were awesome. But then came a time, where I woke up each day thinking, "I do not want to live life this way". Everytime I closed my eyes in the night I felt "I wish I had magical powers"! I somehow did not believe I felt this way coz I always thought life had its phases. Sometimes they can be great, good and sometimes they can be so bad. I would convince myself, bad times don't last long. It will be fine. I went on this way for more than a year. Then comes the end of the longanimity of life. There comes the day where you just cannot push it further. I realised I had not been smiling. I realised the precious moments of my life were just ravaged with stupid philosophies of "Phase of Life"!! I realised, I wanted to sleep peacefully. I realised I wanted to be happy. I realised I wanted to spread my happiness and not get a shoulder to cry. I realised that it is now or never. I decided to take the risk of my life. I went against my policy of "Independent Strong Woman" to just a "Strong Woman". I QUIT MY JOB. I have 'n' number of people telling me , "You shouldn't have, till you find another job", "How are you going to manage financially", "You will be dependendt now", "You will get frustrated" and blah blah! But I told them all, I want to live a life of respect. I want to be rich. I want to be sucessful. I want to be happy. I want to have a sound sleep. If I spend the 9 hours of my day in a job that I do not like, the rest of my day gets fucked up. I want to do something which just not gives me the monetary benefits but also makes me sit back and appreciate the small wonders of life! There is nothing called a low phase. Take the risk, there will be only a one thing in life. Satisfaction which will lead to Happiness.

So here I am today, with absolute no regrets of having quit a job in todays world without having another one. I have taken the step of giving my life a nice design and draft. The colours of success will be filled eventually. My life is going to beautiful!!!

Take a risk!! You will not regret! :)

Resume!!

When I first started working, I did not really think much on how my CV should look like. All I did was just put in my qualification and all my co curriculars and the additional talent that i had. It was so easy!!!!!! But today, after around 5 years of work experience, when I sit and think of making a CV, I feel stressed! Yep, Stressed because if I have to write all that I did in the last 5 years, I would never get a job. It seems, recrutires just take 10 seconds to view your Cv and hence, it ought to be short, crisp and PERFECT! Only then you would get exactly the kind of job you want! Initially I had a 2 page Cv with almost everything in it, accomplishments, ambition, qualification, experience blah blah blah. But, this time when I redid my Cv with the help of a fren of mine, I realised certain things:

• Your goal should be apt to your experience and should not be anything that comes out of your head!
• Experience of each organization that you worked for should not have more than 4 to 5 points, preferably bullet points. These points should be the TOP BEST things you have done in your organization. The rest of the good things done by you could be spoken during the interview if needed.
• Technology is at its peak. Every organization has the basic ABC requirements like your computer skills etc. These need not be elaborated. They could just be out in a single sentence under heads like "Additional Information". This could also contain things like special trainings which really hit a punch to the CV, or some talent of yours which could make a difference to the job that you are applying to. This requires loadz of thinking as its diffcult to just put that one talent with which your CV would be heavier.
• Qualifications need not be detailed.

In short , the CV should be exactly a One Page. I am not kidding people. A One Page CV, if you look is just "a page" but trust me, it took me close to 46 hours to make it!! One has to think of "Power Words" while making a CV. If you use simple English and not Power Words , there are less chances that your CV will be shortlisted. The CV should be read several times before you sit back and relax and start uploading. Re-reading will throw out all the grammatical errors. Re-reading will make you relaise that there are better accomplishments of yours and you would want to rephrase certain things. Re-reading makes you change things you thought were the best a proportionate number of times. READ your CV atleast a 100 times!! Get your CV reviewed by people who have similar experience and also people who are from a totally different background. It gives a lot more clarity. Phew....!!! It is a brawny task!!!

I wonder what it would be like to have a job to just make CVs for people. It is interesteing but could definitely be gruelling!

I just know one thing, I am going to redo my CV every 3 months, just to improve it, make it look more reliable and content specific!!

Happy CV writing!

MOMMY!!!

"Ma" is the first word I learnt ever in my life and never knew it would become such a big part of my life, my soul. "Ma" is there when you are happy, when you are sad, when you are excited, when the whole world turns its back on you and the only one you can anyday fall back on!! You grow up with her and then you reach an age where you feel everything she says is outdated, where if she asks you too many questions, you feel she is getting too pecky, where if she tries her best to speak English and be the way you are, you feel insulted.... But then comes a day when you realise that she is the only one who will be there for you no matter what you wear, what you say, what you do and what shit you go through in life. She is there even when your wife would treat her badly, she still would love you juts the way she did earlier.She gives you an Unconditional love at every phase of your life!! Do take some time out of all your busy schedules and ensure that you give atleast a part of your day to your mmum!!!!!!!!