Small World

Living a delightful life in my small world filled with adventures, thrills and frivolousness. Doing things which do not take me anywhere in life but things which makes my heart feel light, peaceful and happy. Took a ride in my new cycle (referred as bike in U.S) this evening. I am no longer thinking big, competing with others and chasing my dreams. I am not worried about where I would stand in life. I am not concerned about what would happen to me even for the next second. I am only trapped in this tiny world of mine filled with small small wishes in my life.

Lucky Lindsay

I was the last one to reach the hall to have my breakfast with my favorite women tennis player. I got seated and immediately someone called my name I wasn't even sure why they called me, without bothering much I quickly ran towards them. For a second I didn't even realize what was happening, they asked me to pronounce my name in the mike I just mentioned by first name and came back to my table.

After couple of minutes someone approached me and handed me a bag and mentioned that I won one of the lucky draw prizes. I can't express how happy I was for that second. I gave a broad smile and quickly grabbed my prize. As I was very eager to know what was inside, I opened the bag the very next minute. I found two wine bottles handed over to me in a black bag. I was not sure whether I should still consider myself lucky for having wine bottles which I thought was absolutely of no use to me. Just after this incident my star Lindsay Davenport arrived. Everyone commented on her height (6.2 inch), as she was the tallest among us.

Some big wig introduced Lindsay to us and then she talked few words about herself. Later the hall was open for questions from the audience. Lindsay answered all the questions energetically and jovially. Sports personalities in general are known to be very active, confident, alert and outgoing; Lindsay undoubtedly was not an exception to those characteristics. After the Q&A session we took a group photo with Lindsay Davenport. I met few known faces in today's event and I was in a very excited state for the remaining part of the day.

Dates

My teammate thanked me for placing the dates box at my desk. Looks like those dates helped people to regain some energy in the evening when they were completely enfeebled. I was very glad to hear that. Under normal circumstances none of my teammates would ever prefer to take pitted dates. People have stamped me as a person who is too health conscious, as quiet often I stock only salubrious goodies at my desk. Now I feel very happy to see my teammates adhere to healthy diet at least when they feel hungry.

Backup

When I was in college I had no plans in life so there was never a possibility to think about backup plans. But after stepping into software industry I have learnt the importance of making main/alternative/backup/contingency plans in project. I have even observed people follow similar strategies in every single task they do in their daily life. But I can't imagine having backup for backup for backup for backup plan. Someone today mentioned backing up codes in four different locations, it sounded as if he was extra cautious but on the other hand I also felt, there was nothing wrong in having multiple backups for something very precious.

Fire Day

I woke up this morning on the buzz of a phone call from some unknown caller. "Ashwini" someone freaked out over phone, you haven't logged in for the session at 8 A.M, I could not react anything immediately as my ear and nose was partially blocked. I pulled myself hard and logged in my inbox to trace out the bridge number details. By the time I logged in, people had already winded up the conference call. I only saw chain of escalation mails flowing in my inbox. On seeing the mails I only said to myself "Wow what a day". My mood became still worse on reaching office as I had to work on some compounded critical issues in my project. I was feeling very miserable today. I tried recalling all "great quotes" which people once taught me to use when I get pressurized at work.

Dosing Off

Somehow I was unable to open my eyes and see the monitor. I felt warm and sick to do anything today. I was only in search of Kleenex tissues during my meetings in the conference rooms. Few suggested me to pack home on seeing the number of tissues I used. Feeling sleepy and drained.

Bless you

My elder sister taught me to say "Excuse me" whenever I sneezed but today my client taught me to say "Bless you" for every single sneeze. I sneezed 4-5 times in the meeting and my client gave a smile and kept saying "Bless you". If I was in his position I would not have blessed the person more than once. Through my client I got many blessings from God today.