Sunday, May 21, 2006

Job Satisfaction

Umpteen people spolied their careers by job hopping and the the opposite also holds true,Many promising people stagnated just because they didnt make the right moves at right time.In this volatile and booming economy employee satisfaction and loyalty is a big myth.Desires rule the world.Mr.Buddha you are really out of fashion.I m no different.A twenty percent hike in the present salary is enough to trigger a thought in me, not that I will hop just like that but i will definitely give a thought about the offer.

I recently read an article written by 'God' Drucker titled 'Managing oneself'.He says most of the gifted people realises what they want to do in life in thier mid-twenties.And i m 25... :-)..I m posting an excerpt of that 10 page article...

"Throughout history, people had little need to manage their careers--they were born into their stations in life or, in the recent past, relied on their companies to chart their career paths. But times have drastically changed. Today we must all learn to manage ourselves. What does that mean? As Peter Drucker tells us in this seminal article first published in 1999, it means we have to learn to develop ourselves. We have to place ourselves where we can make the greatest contribution to our organizations and communities. And we have to stay mentally alert and engaged during a 50-year working life, which means knowing how and when to change the work we do. It may seem obvious that people achieve results by doing what they are good at and by working in ways that fit their abilities. But, Drucker says, very few people actually know--let alone take advantage of--their fundamental strengths. He challenges each of us to ask ourselves: What are my strengths? How do I perform? What are my values? Where do I belong? What should my contribution be? Don't try to change yourself, Drucker cautions. Instead, concentrate on improving the skills you have and accepting assignments that are tailored to your individual way of working. If you do that, you can transform yourself from an ordinary worker into an outstanding performer. Today's successful careers are not planned out in advance. They develop when people are prepared for opportunities because they have asked themselves those questions and rigorously assessed their unique characteristics. This article challenges readers to take responsibility for managing their futures, both in and out of the office. "

Did I realise what I want to do with my life ? A million dollar question.I have lot of questions but no solid answers...I only know onething.I want to make a positive difference to the world I live in.Never ever I dreamt of driving S-Class,nor did I dream of running a corporation.But at the night when I go the bed to sleep I want to pat my back for the good work I did during the day time.Yes buddies...The guilty consiousness pangs me..I definitely believe I belongs someother area of work. All management decisions are tradeoffs...there is not rigid right or wrong.Same is the case with life.There is nothing called Job satisfaction.It is just a tradeoff between materialistic desires and intellectual stimualation.Yes some lucky exceptional souls get both or perhaps the earn that.I salute them.

But I m sure sooner or later I will enter the arena where I belong to...But when is the question...Plan buddy plan...But When ur plans are spoiled what to do ?? Be optimistic there is always a tomorrow.Anyway there is no fun being pessimistic...Atleast being optimistic..will help you to shed your tears for someother purpose.

And Mr.Yechury and Sharad yadav....I wanted to write reply for the articles you published in Hindustan Times...in a span of 2-3 days.Really You people are 'politicians'.Why are you doing like this ? Do you really think reservations will make difference.I know your heart also beat for those protesting doctors.I know it is your brain speaking..for petty political gains...I beg please dont spoil mother India.. You championing the cause of pro-reservation is another thing,but the reason you both gave for supporting reservations is plain outrageous.

Sunday, May 07, 2006

My Jaipur Trip.....and my lost obsession

OBSESSION....(my last post..in this series...thank u othalanga....)

False promises...

When you make promises....
When you make commitments
When you love you be ready
To face the pain.. the pain of
Shattered dreams..When poison
warns you...then you want,
You need an explaination
When you are denied a call
When you are denied a word...
You are left alone in darkness
When the geographical divide
laughs at your silence Its time
that you signoff..else you can't do
it gracefully...its all about grace
Pain is very relative feeling...
When you are used to it then
You fail to identify its presence..
Life is too good to live for....

Thank you othalanga....Thanks 4 that..
comment...You opened my eyes...I was blind...


It was an obsession
that phase is over forever..everything which blooms fast.......???
I told you all in the previous post that if muddy waters get cleared
by this sunday I will write a travelogue....Everything is 'fine'
really fine...

And my words are eluding me...in the depths of mind....
I wish i had a time machine...Othalanga.. I wish I could.. have you
Cowards and nice people are synomymus...Ditch them...ditch them alll...
they wont plan revenge..the wont crib.... they will offer you friendship
where you will play all the cards...You can domiante...So thanks for all....and bye...

Jaipur...The royal city

A secret...it is quite difficult to remeber the names of places and those trivia.. guides give....S K Pottekad...you are gr8

I claim no authenticity to the datas given...

May 5th night 11:00 pm in a sleeper coach 2 of us start from frying pan dillii to tandoori jaipur.....Who knows the time when we reached pink city may be 6:00 am in the morning....though the coach was really uncomfortable we slept 'pleasantly' and reached.moved to a hotel whom the rick driver who bought us got a gud commision...that he charged only 10 Rs..for a very long trip.After bath we hired a rick for sight seeing(they charge u 300 bucks...pretty decent)....and we moved to Birla mandir...(usual temple yaarrrr....w lot of marbles)Mrs.Gayathri devi 84 years old..(rajamatha..) stays in the palace behind to that..(triva...She still models for some diamond brand..and ayakalathu avar..oru mahasundari ayirunnu...)

Then we visited museum..There was an original work by davinchi..a pencil sketch of an old man...marvellous...piece of art...ya.. off course there were minature paintings of rajastan..which is painted using one stranded hair brush..actually 2 schools of painting...Kota school and Jaipur school....(photography not permitted.. :-( )

Then our next destination was hawa mahal....through pink city I dont know why it is called pink city It is actually orange city...(for mallus it is 'kaavi' yaar...) the city was white b4..in respect of the Prince of Wales...the maharaja..(so n so.painted it pink)..But one thing i like....Damn planed city Jaipur is.. marvellous town planing...it is the new capital of rajastan.. the previous was amber...

Hawa mahal...it is build for the Maharani's to eat air.. and see the festivals without being visible to general public...MCP kings live long....Another trivia...(it has got 600 odd windows..(not sure..:)) and doesnt have a foundation it is a civil engg marvel....) A 4 stored excellence... in civil engineering made almost 400 years back..Another trivia...there lived a king of rajastan who used to drink only gangajal...so when he went to england for a trip he carried 1800 litres of Gangajal in two silver pots...and those silver pots are still available at City palace.. coming to City palace this is where the present Maharaja Bhavani Singh lives...

I was getting tired in scroching heat...Ya the babes were sexy..phoren ones..showing all thier assets..then we moved to kanak brindavan..A garden wat else..(when the writer is lazy how lazy wud be the readers..) Better i post some pictures..Somewhere I have read a picture is worth 1000 words....Really I m tired writing prose is really difficult lazy people dont try writing prose..You will fail miserably as I did :-)

(amber palace...)

(birla mandir)

(hawa mahal...)

(museum...)

(note the kanikonna...This is some tomb of some maharani...I bought 'dried' kanikonna flowers for 50 Rs.. year.. for preparing vishukani...happy to see this tree..though @ a diff terrain..)

Friday, May 05, 2006

New to a relationship...and my second apology in 2 days...

Sorry my sweetheart
though I am also pained
I find your pain is hurting
me more than my pain
I love you...and I miss you..

For my other readers(If at all.there is someone..) I m sorry again...
This is my blog and emotions have become
too..volatile to handle..i dont have anything new to offer
When the storm..recedes.When I hear her giggles again
I will be back to my real slef...
Now I m just a mad lover pleading for pardon...
I m leaving for jaipur today with a heavy heart
may be things are in place when I return back on sunday
and I promise you a travelogue...(may be my first one in life...)

Thursday, May 04, 2006

I m with you


when you feel you are alone
you are terribly wrong
When you feel he is away
you are terribly wrong

when you write he is the words
when you sing he is the song
when you wish he give more
when you cry he wipes them all.

I pray for you....

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

I m sorry

I m stranded..
again all alone..
Her silence sends
shiver through my spine..
Why did I doubt
I dont have the right
She faded in anger
I m again alone in pain.
I begged her not to
read all those junk
I dug the hole...and
I knew that I am the one
I warned her
but she didnt listen
I told her my pain..
but she just kept mum.
I m the sinner
And I m bombed..
He gave me the glass..
vase and i ended up droping
When she show
her pain in silence
I m feeling so helpless
Why did I wrote such a mail ?