Exciting stuff...

Now this is truly exciting stuff, you see I belong to the world's most boring sun sign (how ironic!), so much so when the hottest fellow in my master's course was discovered to be of the same sun sign, people politely said no you have to be a Sagittarius, not this you cant be. Every sunday I look forward to Bejan Daruwalla (what were his parents thinking when they gave him that name, even though its very self explanatory) forecasts, much more than I look forward to my boss's forecasts and every single time its always - will work harder, needs to work harder, you will focus on financial matters, bla bla bla. You guess it - Taurus, the world's dullest sun sign, but we are nice people, much more trustworthy than the other flashy sun signs like sagi, scorpio or libra. And we don't get along with any of those flashy ppl too (apparently)!

So this sunday I did my usual ritual kept sleeping till my family gave me tea, I am always worried if I get up I might have to make it. Full proof startegy. But this time the paper didn't come, so spent half an hour chasing the paper fellow. Kept convincing him it hadn't come -

" I am standing in my doorway, there is no paper, everyone else has a paper except me" (emphasizing on the me for dramatic impact)

And when the paper finally came, I opened it starting from the reverse till I reached the column and I was blown away. For every taurean who was fed-up reading work hard or work harder, today is the week ;)

Yes yes, of course it will not come true but still... exciting stuff :) 

Year-end review of God

Firm management: Welcome, please take a seat. I know it's a bit late to do a year-end review, with the new year already, but the firm thought it is a good opportunity to combine the year-end and goal setting for the new year, all together. So lets start with you review shall we.

God: (Smile)

Firm management: So the goal set for you were pretty simple, lets see the first one - change sloth's boss. unfortunately not much progress on that front. It remains the same and if I may add it is getting worse.

God: I am working on it, but it will take sometime for Sloth, you see I am trying to get a permanent solution.

Firm management: That brings us to your second goal, speeding-up completion of projects. God you take too long to make any significant progress. This is a fast paced industry and our clients really dont have much patients.

God: I am trying, but it takes so long for Sloth to get the picture, doesnt matter how many bumps I put there, she doesnt seem to take the right path.

Firm management: This brings us to your third goal, communication. You and Sloth seem to have trouble communicating. You need to be crisp and to the point, you cant keep beating around the bush. This industry is all about getting information and analysis out there in the most clear and precise manner. Our clients have a very short attention span.

God: I need to tell her all the points, she needs to know all her options, before the right one comes her way. Hence I find it hard to be brief and precise, you see God is in the details (smile). I do admit a few mistakes get made in-between but there is a point behind each one of them.

Firm management: This brings us back to your final goal, reducing the number of mistakes. You see we need to stop making mistakes. In this industry there is a very low tolerance for mistakes.

God: But with each mistake, Sloth learns something, otherwise it will be a very long and uneventful life. Plus I always make new ones.

Firm management: yes we know and we need to work on that too!

(Pause for dramatic impact)

Firm management: Let us formulate new goals for you, for 2012.
First: Change Sloth's boss
Second: Let's work on being more efficient on completion of projects, maybe you could improve your communication, lets say instead of sending bad gut feeling before something goes bad, let it not happen. And if you feel Sloth is taking the wrong decision, maybe you could put a billboard up and say "WRONG".
Third: The finish product needs to be client ready, we cant keep double checking everything you do. So maybe you could try to get it right the first time.

God: I will try, I am working very hard, its a process you know. Each time you learn something new and come up with a inbuilt prevention mechanism. And it is important to know what is around the bush, so finally when you find your spot you know its your spot.

Firm management: God this explanation will not fly with any organisation and Sloth is not a person who will let this situation drag on.

God: I will try to work on it. (Gulp)

Funny God's review sounded so much like mine, looks like I am not the only one with a bad boss. Maybe we should give him a chance, as we all expect one. I realize this is a confusing post so wanted to add a clarification - God's boss is me and Firm management is just intermediating and transferring my feedback to God. 

To live in fear

is to live a compromised life.
It is to accept people who are imperfect in the wrong places
 it is to accept a day which is more like a prison sentence rolled-up into 24 hours
 To accept the passing of time instead of moments. 

Life

Life is all about finding the degrees of pain you can handle. It never really goes according to our plans, nothing really flows as it is supposed to. People lose their kids, the worst kind of pain for parents; Lovers have their heart broken slightly less painful. Horrible things happen to innocent people and to the innocent, a life long pain. How are we supposed to learn from this pain, how is it supposed to make us stronger, when all it does is makes us want to fall apart. You grow-up when you realize the best safety net is you; you become strong by telling yourself this too shall pass. I think life is to be survived sometimes; just making it to the end of the finish line is all that God asks us. I am not sure about the learning bit, but I am certain we are supposed to preserve the qualities that we were born with – to be curious, even when life seems dull, to be hopeful even when all you want to do is hide, to be kind even when you are kicked on a daily basis. To not let anything or anyone make you bitter, to change who you are. To go through life without letting the bumps run deep. 

The Help

The first 30 mins of this movie, you might end-up praying that the friend you dragged to see the movie, doesnt dose off, but thats about all the praying you will do throughout the movie. It is amazing to see how it builds up, how they start of with slightly dull characters and bring it to life by introducing the soul of the film - Minny. When she comes in with her you cant mess with me, combined with heart of a kid, the movie takes flight. You learn something about how to tell a good story from this film, how to present the plainest layer first and then peal it down to show you all the colours possible. Like a beautiful cake, but its beauty lies inside out. Many reviewers of this movie felt it didnt address the civil rights issue, that it was too happy a film, but I say those people are idiots. This film never looses the plot, doesnt try to be a historical film, doesnt try to get confused with out and out bravery. It shows a subtle bravery and never looses the focus from the stories of the women in the film. It will make you laugh, it will make you clap and most importantly, you will come out with tears of joy.

Verdict: Bloody Brilliant!

I cant take it anymore

Every time I find myself back to square one
One step forward, two half steps back
Back in time, unwinding whatever I have achieved
Achieving the possible, giving up on the realms of dreams
Dreaming to escape reality
Reality beckons shattering my illusions
Illusions takeover, taking me back to square one.