FIFO…LIFO…FO?
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
There are three kinds of items on my to-do list
The Last In First Out – this is usually related to everyday work that needs to get done, not be choice but by the lure of that end of month packet… the list that goes into my everyday notepad early in the morning or in most cases when I get outta office the previous evening.
The First in First Out – This is my never ending list… every time I have the energy I try to do as much as possible, but the quality of the list is such that things keep accumulating at the other end while I am trying to manage one end! All petty things that people ignore or do as part of life… but I have to write it down and put it in this list to get it done (could be as simple as paying my electricity bill). And this is the list that can make me love myself or get me on my nerves depending on which alternate day I am in :)
The First In Last Out – this is my dream category :) yes, literally… like my never ending “Suitable Boy” to “attempt at going to the gym”. There are these sparks when things in this list do get done, but they take their own sweet time… sometimes even years! I trust myself that I would get everything done in this dream category… and that’s what motivates my life :)
* even the LIFO has a sub FILO list that no one at work knows about… hush hush
Sometimes I am so tempted to just take a break without a to-do list in my mind... I don’t know if I would be able to… or if I really want to? Would life still be interesting if I don’t have my to-do list to wake up to? :)
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The week that was…
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Was mad at work… don’t think I have put so much stress on myself for work as long as I can remember! And I was running around all the time… jumping from one thing to another… trying to do too many things and sleeping with 546 page DRHPs… well, I didn’t have a choice!
I am waiting to take a break…. Goa awaits… next weekend.
And comes Friday evening… the house and the carpet warming party had been scheduled for today… but then nothing was organized nor was my week’s busy schedule near completion… and when I managed to get the food, drinks, movies and the ambience in place, I was drunk dead realizing how difficult it is to play the host!
‘Negotiator’ was good…’The last kiss’ lacked the romance or the comedy – the genres it was supposed to belong to and managed to put everyone to sleep except me… well, the Japanese would wake up soon and I am back at work to keep them occupied at least for their breakfast session.
well, the crowd was entertained, the carpet quenched its thirst and I am trying to convice myself I don't need more.
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Hol – (i) – day
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Am dead… very close to that… after today’s work.
If I ask for a holiday every alternate day, is that asking for too much? Hmmm… seems so :(
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Ponytail
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
I don’t like my hair style… have been having the itch to cut it off… & still have been too patient with it… ‘coz it’s the most comfortable thing to have during the summer.
The itch to have it the way I want vs the comfort that doesn’t look too great… how long is the battle gonna last?
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A good morning
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
:) I was very happy with the efforts I had put in and the outcome at the end of the day though I had been dumped work from all random quarters yesterday. It was on something I hadn’t read much about and so was interested in just googling and reading reports for a good number of hours and was left working late to finish it. A personal challenge also inspired me to put in that extra effort… I might be stupid, but I do have the guts to challenge :) (I did and didn’t let him have any advantage today :))
My mind was occupied with too many thoughts after I went home yesterday… actually was bottled up for most part of the day ‘coz I didn’t let them disturb my work… but then after I went home, I was in the mood to talk… to write… didn’t sleep until my laptop battery conked and I wasn’t in a great mood… I was writing a very long personal post to get my thoughts organized… but I was left cursing myself for not taking that charger home yesterday :( And I still have half a page to go… & my thoughts are broken…. & the implications don’t let me continue…
Anyways, the good part about the morning, the work I had done yesterday was completely outta my mind when I entered office and atleast 3 people came up to me and said “very good presentation”... that was unexpected! And even more surprising, there was this mail I had sent across to another client and someone came to me and said, “that was a good mail”!! Well, I am not used to hearing good or bad feedback out here and I was pretty surprised & smiling :)
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Sound of Music
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
The music has stopped…
… the same chord is broken
I am still searching…
… I am still learning
May be the music would never be the same…
… may be I was deaf when I was supposed to be dumb!
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Shall we dance?
Monday, May 14, 2007
:) I want to dance… forever.Let's dance put on your red shoes and dance the bluesLet's dance to the song they're playin' on the radioLet's sway while color lights up your faceLet's sway sway through the crowd to an empty space...Labels: the brighter side
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Silence
Sunday, May 13, 2007
… is a word I don’t understand! I am silent only when there are a zillion things running inside my mind and I just don’t want to think of any of them… it is just one of my crazy moods… or lack of sleep which gets me to that snappy state!
There are also the days when I feel lazy and sleep all day… and then curse myself for sleeping so much and I am in a snappy state all evening :(
Or those days when I haven’t worked as much as I should have and then feel guilty and trying to concentrate…
But I can’t be silent for too long… it is just not me :)
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Reality Beckons
Going home… means getting pampered for many, meeting ol’ friends for some, having fun for almost everyone.
… and it has always been different for me.
I have got pampered everywhere I have been… have had very good friends in everyplace I have lived… have had fun almost everywhere… right from the day I ran away from reality… almost 8 years ago… to seek a substitute… to seek an addiction.
Those printed notes are the only things I can give them now, other than these occasional visits… I know both of them make them happy. I know I could do more… but that is all they have been to me and I cant seem to break that wall… it reminds me of those days when I banged the door to let them know… it reminds of me of those days when I sunk my head into my books ‘coz I didn’t want to hear the rest… it reminds me of those days I wanted to run away… it reminds of those days when I saw them cry and detested the concept of a marriage and a family.
I can be selfless, loving, seeking love, a possessive brat and an eternal optimist.
I love to be restless, wander, be around people and do everything and anything.
A tryst with reality makes me
… detest the bonding that is supposed to be eternal and the best.
… be selfish and justify it.
… ignore one and all who were / are an integral part of my life at some point of time
… sleep half the day and enjoy the solitude that I detested when I grew up
… be the irresponsible daughter who can see them try and still ignore
… be the over protective sister who doesn’t want them to see the struggle
… and make the world believe that it is called laziness.
8 years… doesn’t seem that long ago ‘coz I am still running away from the reality to the addiction. Wish I could be the addiction in the reality… efforts have been made… but then, some things can never be the same… some walls can never be broken… my childhood is too far gone for repairs.
Addiction beckons!
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Obsessed!
Thursday, May 10, 2007
First time PDA user… have been perennially fixated on the touch screen that my hands go to the screen even if I take any other phone!
I am still not adept at using the extra small onscreen qwerty keyboard (that too with that translucent cover that I refuse to remove until I get the scratch guard)… and staring at it all day has given me headaches, distractions from work and is gonna get me fired soon!
If that was not enough, I got the GPRS activated yesterday night and have been on the web even when I am in the local and have been showing off my PDA + internet on the move + music player to everyone around the world :)
Have taken additional responsibilities of being a DJ in the Mumbai locals as I cant seem to keep the handsfree intact in the crowded trains… and so end up blaring the music to everyone around and hopefully entertainment to some of those good moody ppl.
One bad part… I lost my dear ol’ Sony in a cab :( dad asked me for it last week and I didn’t give it to him… n now it is gone and along with it my address book :(
And if I continue as obsessed as I am right now, I will be jobless too soon!
The wireless headset comes with the premium edition of the Moto Rokr and costs a few extra grands… haven’t got a positive feedback about it yet… if its good, I want to possess that too (and hopefully stop being a DJ in the local)… anyone knows?Labels: the brighter side
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