random ramblings

Lost.....yet again! (My IBM experience,part 2)

2007-09-10T14:03:00.000-07:00

It happened, I lost my way again and you would think that after having been in IBM for more than a month now, I would have been all set. But that was not to be, as I just found out. Okay, I know you have no idea what I am talking about, so let me tell you, :-), I work in a building, let me call ‘A’ and I need to go to ‘B’ once in a while, it’s as simple as that? Oh yes, but the catch here is that there are ‘n’ number of ways to get there, as I am discovering. Blame it on my poor sense of direction or my poor memory, every time that I want to go from A to B, I wind up going in a different route, and I just can’t comprehend how this happens! There are so many twists and turns that keeping a track of all of them is proving to be quite a Herculean task. I am beginning to wonder if it is easier to drive from one city to another, so you can well feel my predicament, :-) , which brings me to ponder over the question, is a women’s sense of direction bad or is it only me? Or better, is it only this building to building route! :-) . I remember the time, which was not too long ago, when I had no idea about directions, I had to remember that odd numbered highways run from North to South and so on…That was my way of remembering routes…but of course, now that I drive, I am much better! Probably I should drive from A to B (which are only a cupla of feet apart!) or even better, I should get directions from Google!!!! Now, wouldn’t that be a hoot??

My IBM experience - Initial Days

2007-07-22T06:41:00.000-07:00

Am finally back to blogging,after a long hiatus.The past month has been very eventful,suddenly out of the blue, got into IBM for three months,and I am definitely not complaining :-).IBM had been a far-fetched dream for me for quite sometime,always used to wonder how it would like to work in a place like this, how things work around here,how different things are from how they are in a school enviornment and now I know!
My first week here has been quite an experience. Suddenly they are approaching you with schedules for meetings from 9 in the morning to the time you go home.At each meeting, you see a sea of faces who introduce themselves to you and chat with you as if you have known them from ages.And in your mind, you are thinking,God,please let me not mix up names and people,especially when it is so critical!
But that said, the people here are so kind and helpful that it really throws you off,balance.You walk in,expecting a pleothora of people with all kind of experience, expecting that you will be just a small insignficant part of a larger organization,but you are really suprised that they treat you exactly as you are,a curious student unaware of what to do and where to go and they do that best to make you feel at home,which will lay the groundwork for my next blog :-),so cya u there...

too busy to update! :-(

2007-06-12T19:59:00.000-07:00

to my regular visitors :-)...this page will be updated very soon with lot of new entries....until then peace,V :-))

Hum Dum

2007-05-21T09:39:00.000-07:00

Saw this movie a few days ago and my mind began to swirl...:-),well not really, but yeah,it did change my perspective about some things...some things mainly being arranged marriages!!and this movie happened to have perfect timing...my close friend told me that he had decided on a girl to spend his life with...i started asking him questions like,'do u know her' etc..and he told me that he will get to know her eventually...i was suprised and then this movie happened!!!before i go on...lemme give u some background, :-)...always wonder how arranged marriages survive...two ppl who do not know each other spend their lives toghther. Always found it a bit strange...I think this movie sort of answered my questions!
Hum Dum is a movie in which the guy and the gal come toghther because of a game show and they have to spend a few days and not fall for each other...well,okie, the concept is stupid,but it does have a point...it being tht ppl are put into a situation (read marriages) and eventually they tend to grow on each other...and probably fall in love...so, giving life to the line...that love is nothing but a habit,a habit which grows stronger with time!!!

change...the only constant??

2007-05-20T20:33:00.000-07:00

all the inspiration for this blog goes to my friend...just told me that he was going to get married soon..set me thinking..and the relization hit me..soon,i am gonna to see him a married man and all...life's gonna to change so drastically for him,his prefernces change and for us too..no more late night phone calls,no more conference calls,no more teasing,no more....,but admist all this,i wonder about one thing-what would we prefer,for things to be the same always...or is change the only constant and is that really the good thing???

things that trouble and they really shdn't!

2007-05-16T15:11:00.000-07:00

do u ever think abt the small things that really really bother us...when they shouldn't...writing this because i am mad abt many things at myslef...for instance, today while backing my car out from the driveway,i accidently rubbed against the shoulder of the house...i am so mad at myself that the paint chipped out from the car that it is making me really mad...how silly...when I know that this all a part of learning and there is no way i could have avoided it..i am still comparing myslef with the other ppl who have a car and who i think maintain it really well,when the truth of the matter is,i really don't know that its true!!!my previous blog said u shd be stupid to be happy...but not this kind of stupid i think!!!!

to be truly happy u shd be stupid

2007-05-16T14:59:00.000-07:00

well, am sort of depressed today...don't ask me why...lotz of things on my mind...making me really worried...so was sitting and staring into space...when my office-mate walked in and asked me what I was doing....told him, thinking abt something..he asked me what..i said somethings are on my mind and some things are seriously going wrong...and i told him that my life sucks...that is when he said this to me- to be truly happy u shd be stupid...isn't it so true...seriously!!i used to think that i was the only one with lots of problems...but now that i really think about it...i see everyone have their own things on their mind...be it be grades,be it be their personal life etc...i have yet to come across a person who is truly and really happy with everything...it is so amazing,the person whom i envy,has some one else to envy!!!

Are we ever truly happy??

2007-05-14T14:38:00.000-07:00

whew!!just came back home from wharton's graduation ceremony...probably saw the best 800 business minds of 2007, in the world, getting their degree..was humbled to meet so many great minds & geeks,shd i say??naaah!! :-), they were as ordinary as can be, if not more stylish...well business ppl,wht do u expect...well worth, mentioning here is probably that, I am the proud cousin of one these gr8 minds ..he he he..
one experience of the whole graduation ceremony which impressed and should I say impacted me the most was the presence of Lakshmi Mittal...yes guys,,,,our own richest indian and head of Mittal industries...the 'Lakshmi Mittal'....and his speech during the ceremony...
as any guest of honor,he started off praising the graduates and went blah,blah,blah...but wht stuck me most during his speech is that..he is ordinary...well yes,he is just like any one of us...with fears et al...well,u might think,ofcourse he is ordinary,wht else did u expect??
well,news for you,never thought he would just be like anyone of us...you see, when this arcelor-mittal merge was going on...i was closley following the details and tht is when i came to know lakshmi mittal...and was quite impressed with him.....so you can imagine my suprise and excitement, when he turned out to be the chief guest for wharton's graduation...and as u can imagine, i followed his talk closely...
his speech was as boring as can be,he went on and on about the arcelor deal and how difficult it was to follow it through....but what the rest of us didn't get was what was behind it....he obviously had been through a very difficult time and he was relieved now and that has become the most significant part of his life and how he is so enamoured by the experience that he can't get it out of him and shadows all his talks....i guess...well,what i am trying to say here is...every person has his good and bad times...times when he is unhappy,worried,troubled etc...and time when he is humbled by the experience and just glad that things went welll and just happy that it over....be it be the man next door or the richest india / 5th richest man in the world...everyone had good and bad times...each at their own level.... whew!!what an eye opener :-)

oh my god!!

2007-05-10T17:18:00.000-07:00

just created this blog...now am constantly thinking about what are all the things i want to write here....talk abt doing everything else than the work you are supposed to do...he he he...wish there was some miraculous way to improve concentration..if any one ever reads this blog,even by chance :-)),lemme me knw if u have any ideas....
talking abt concentration,have you ever wondered how important it is??ppl talk all the time abt dedication,hard work blah blah....but they never mention concentration...well yeah maybe in a way, dedication is concentration....but even if you have dedication and miss concentration....well,u are not putting ur best,i guess...:-)...i donno if i have dedication,but i definitely miss concentration...my best concentrated moments are the minutes just before the exam i guess...but even then?????

reflections...

2007-05-10T16:47:00.000-07:00

well started my comp with the goal of accomplishing some work done,but instead my mind started wandering as to how kool it would have been to be some one ,other than the person that you are...talk abt mind wandering...started off writing this blog with the intention of writing something else...but totally deviated.. :-))...well, continuing....sometimes imagine myslef as a write or an author of probably a book or a play...or even a student majoring in english literature and always think how kool tht would be....rather than being a nanoscientist!!doing work which I sometimes wonder, is it any good??well,it must be because it is a multimillion dollar industry,
:-)...well coming back again...:-), i really admire the ppl who follow the dreams that they have...but then again I think,is this really what they wanted to be??who knows??hmmmm.....

wooow....

2007-05-10T16:41:00.000-07:00

wow...my very own blog...always wanted one.. :-)...well truth of the matter is....have always had this urge to write something...well,don't know who will read it,but does that matter??:-)...but really kool to have a writing space dedicated to you,i guess...so lemme start off by saying thank to e-blog??he he he