Wishes...

(ahem ahem..Not in any particular order... )
To Chettan,
Wishing you a century partnership...
To Vimal,
Advanced Birthday wishes... I want to see you getting married this year.. doesnt matter whether you invite me or not :P..
To Proff,
Dr. Proff.... Period.
To Kaadu,
I am worried... but not that much.. an Oxford MBA will find a job in any market.. :)
To Leo/ashok,
Wishing you a century partnership :) ... I miss you .. I envy you as well..
To Unknown FMCG senior(working in "connecting people")
I like you machi.. I ll tell you what... You are going to be one of the stars in few more years down the line...
To a girl,
love you .... (Everything else is included in this simple statement)..
To me,
For exploring "Chandni chowk to Cuttack" ( I ll be based out of orissa for next 1 year guys :D)
For walking with a candle called hope ...
For a Boss who is twice as old as me .. Half deaf.. Half Blind.. but TT/chess champion who
can discuss Indian Coffee house origins to International Film Festivals at Bhubaneshwar..
For Being the worst son possible (and not having any Guilt as well)
For being the worst possible friend ( ok .. its a confession time..... )
To God,
For making me an atheist...
For giving me a father who says... " I am proud of you"... and I know that he means it...
For showing me the way to my freedom...

OMG !!

The only reaction which I want to show after seeing all TN politicians fighting for srilankan Tamils : "Ohh My God !! Not again.. "
I hope these political fools realise that they are digging their own grave....
I hope India doesn't interfere in someone's internal mess.
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I realise that my kindness is mistaken for weakness...
No I don't want to please everyone in my life.. My DNA has not been programmed to do that ..
I do show special affection to people whom I love ..... but that ends there ...
I am definitely not a "insecure" type who wants many people around me ( infact its other way around ...I want to be left alone in this world .. where I can shape it the way I want it to be shaped.. )
No , this section is not about "him" who was the subject of my previous posts.. I can understand his reactions. Its just that I have become cool about the whole episode. I don't like him or hate him.. I just don't think about him anymore.
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First reaction after seeing Delhi (unlike most of the suvave people, I have seen the other side of Delhi... the other side where cycle rickshaws are the preferred mode of the transport) -- " Nothing can beat mumbai... period".
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The most important Turn-on for me ... " she should be someone who has a good heart" ...
Again if her kindness is mistaken for weakness, then she should fu*k their happiness..
Intelligence + Innocence -- ( will I ever get this combo ? :P .. hopefully I'll get lucky as I always have been in life :D)
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Well, I hate mentioning this.. But then i should...
There are so many people who think that men jump at first sight ..No (from my experience)
- I really think my sperm is precious. I can't waste it on any random girl..
- No .. Just because I am a guy doesn't mean that I ll have sex with random girl just because I get an opportunity..
- Sex and love are definitely related... atleast for me.
- No .. the above sentences doesn't prove anything about my manhood.. I am answerable to my girl and I am sure my girl will not find me lacking in anything :P .. I ll be more than willing to "cooperate" :D
- some men hate to lose their virginity.. Period.. It has to be special for them :D
- No.. I am not oppposed to pre-marital sex.. I am definitely a liberal .. But that doesnt mean that I'll use an opportunity... I definitely respect women..
( something which happened in my life few days back made me to write this section... )
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I dont think I am a "CEO" material... the bubble had burst after seeing people like my mentors who are way way ahead in life ...
I respect and love my team. My team respects me... Hopefully they ll start loving me back :D
I have seen so many sectors.. but then,
If you are choosing FMCG, you ll never regret in life...
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where are the TAM songs ?
Is it an end of an era ? Gone are the days of Ilayaraja ....
I guess he is unofficially dead unless "Naan kadavul" brings him back..

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Currently reading
you are here - By meenakshi madhavan reddy ..
Elephant, tiger and cellphone - Shashi Tharoor ..
Some compilation of malayalam short stories ..
Rural Marketing ..
Fooled by randomness ...
and ofcourse a Sudhir Kakkar's book. He just rocks ...

Thoda sa Delhi, thoda sa Thand, Thoda sa Sunlite, Thoda sa marketing, Thoda sa sales, Thoda sa people, Thoda sa andhra bhavan, Thoda sa punjabi words, Thoda sa friendship, Thoda sa "leching" at Fair skin, Thoda sa hindi, Thoda sa movies -- However Bahooth Jyada "Life" ...

the journey...

Delhi...
another 3 months...
Had a rough 10 days and a rough week ahead as well...
Closed my second month.. The numbers just happen...

Dont know why ...

India is all about sex workers, under-world, terrorists, kashmir and orphans...
mani ratnam claims that guru is a better movie than most of his movies...
All sales men claim that their spouse and children are sick...
I love shallow lyrics ....
I want to buy a Rajapalayam Breed dog....
I have lost 5-6 Kgs in 2 Months...
I love sales... ( takes a toll on you.. But still you love it)
still I believe...... Period.

Happy days...

"small" things can make your heart feel warm..

one such small thing is seeing the guy( my best friend) going for the lay-up after seven years...

watching "Happy Days" movie with your UG friends( well , you can't get a better ambience than this...)

Listening to Robin Williams talking to Matt damon in Good-Will Hunting ( I guess I would have watched this movie atleast 20 times)

a new mobile, Hard disk, songs, movies, new relationships....

waiting for the single mail which might come in 2013.... the subject line would be.. " Its time... Lets make a move...."

till then... Learn, observe, enjoy, make love...............

My life is a swiss chocolate right now...

Taxi Taxi...

Dry.. sarcastic lyrics..
just celebrates unconditional friendship ..
starts with a beautiful Pun and just moves on with some beautiful lines..

A friend of mine to other friend of mine at morning 7.00: " I want to commit suicide"
The other guy: "Ok.. call me after 10.00 .. I want to sleep now" :D..

Moi : " I feel like dying.. my mouth is paining " ( when I was down with ... well ... such a "bad oral disease" :P)
Chettan: " ok.. Should I bury you or burn you? "

If you can love the dry sarcastic friendship one liners, well.. go ahead and enjoy that Tam song...
There would always be a Tam guy near by to help with the translation... :)

P.s. what a great relief !!! No more "Mustafa" crap after 15 years....

kootukaran... contd.

I send you a sms on the day before your exam.. you dont reply me back.
I write a post on your birthday.. I m not even sure whether you have my blog in your feed.. (for that matter I dont even care about that.. its just that the post conveyed my love to you)...
I come to your place.. you behave like a diplomatic jerk.. I dont care...
I tell you that I got placed.. I dont get a return mail..
I send you my phone number and explicitly tell you that I expected your call.. I dont get a call..

I keep sending mails to an arbit group with lots of acquaintances .. the mails are about my work life .. Not because I want to boast.. because I thought that atleast you will feel happy that im happy in my life.. I thought that you ll feel happy that Im doing good...
Instead I get a mail which projects me like a "jerk" before people I love...

but I owe you a lot.. you have been my conscience keeper.. my source of strength during distress... you have loved me .. my apologies incase I hurt you..

I respect "your choice".. its just that I ignore "jerks" and "jerk mails".. Not that both of us care about it any more.. but still I have my own value systems which value "friendship". Period.

kootukaran

for if I offer a hand of friendship and If someone doesn't accept it, Its no more my fault..

Right now Im at a resort with 10 of my UG friends.. its just that age old saying comes to your mind.. Friendship should stand test of time....

Beginners luck.....

The son of the Bitch just got his July numbers...........
Not that the son of the Bitch did a great job.. but then it just happened... beginners luck ?:P
Month end in sales is like an orgasm .. as long as you extend it, it gives agony and pleasure :P

ps: Son of the bitch - For whatever Grey things Im doing in the field... yup.. Im no more the pure soul(atleast thats what I want to perceive/ pretend)... but then its like kamal's dialouge in Nayakan... when you do your work, realise the fact that you are doing your part in kurukshetra..

Its just that too much is happening in work and I couldn't even speak about that to anyone..

Not Fair....

She had a beautiful Tan... dark, tall and an amazing shape..
i was looking at her as she entered the shop..

I couldn't resist looking at her..until she opened her mouth and said ..." One Fair & Lovely " :(

Dark... Tan... Hmmmm.....

p.s. The market teaches me many things... The real world is far far different from the all rosy Blog world... ( sounds cliched.. but then how many of us understand this ?)...

I care....

I care more than I show or more than you can understand ... Period.
I love but then I need not be loved back.. Period

its his wedding...

No more mid-night walks in ECR beaches..
No more "dey arul, lets go for a Tea..."
No more staying at the beach house...
No more Aruna bar...
No more taking a T-shirt from his bag...

The first one in the clan gets married...
what the heck ... He brings a new person and lot of love and affection to the clan :P...
Hopefully that will set the trend....
welcome to the party guys....
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Life in Hyd is more or less simliar to Life in Lyon...
Except that Chettan is replaced by someone who is similar to chettan...
Except that Horlicks is replaced by bournvita :)

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you hope that you would get a good looking air-hostess to serve you and you ask for a aisle seat.
and you get a male flight attendant( or steward ? )serving you.

you hope that you would get a good looking girl next to your seat in the train... ofcourse you get a 70 year old grandma who needs ur help.

you buy a train toy for your friend's 1 year old child .. and ofcourse they point out that they have so many train toys as every tom, dick and harry buys only train toys ....

you start at 7 in the night from the depot(to reach home at 9 ) and your manager asks you " are you in a hurry ?"

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I need to be patient... for my men's incentives depend on me..
I love my job (touchwood)

unconditional love...

you find that in an unreserved compartment..
the 16 year old tam who works in nilambur press factory..
the middle aged woman who breastfeeded other woman's baby..
the chettan who gave me a seat ...
people who break language barriers and connect with others....
hmm... life fills me with hope...

oru kutti post

I felt happy for Him and Her .. Finally they said "yes" to each other..

change...

"you have changed".. my father said.. " you don't speak much... no dramatic stuff...no insecurities.. but still the same core... the same power in the eyes... I love the change..."

"i know ..." ..

it felt like ... a raymonds ad... the complete Man....

Dad.. thanks for spotting the change ... I learnt it .. painfully -- yes... But the change will last for a life time...

Nirvana...

been in this B-school..
learnt my lessons..
earned my M.B.A..
got a career..

I wanted the "feel" to sync in..
Guess I have attained my nirvana :) .. Become stable and looking forward.. However unlike occasions before I have an element of patience added...
Good sign.. Isnt it ?

signing out .. may be for a month or so .. Vacation beckons..

I said - part 1..

In the interview panel: " what is the difference between tam movies and mallu movies ?"

What I said: "One is extremely colorful, dramatic, passionate, out of world.. other is realistic and grounded to earth.. Both reflect their respective cultures.. "

what I didn't say.. " one reflects my love.. other reflects her expectations :P " ...

In hindsight I started appreciating both.. :) ...
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Right now ... I can't wait to start my career ..

I utter a prayer .. For I can't control the fury within me... For I have waited so long for this opportunity.. For this is the beginning.. For a long beautiful road... For the massacre of lesser mortals...

" Let the Lord shower his mercy on the lesser mortals....
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Amen."

FmCg and the begining...

and i got what I wanted..

A B-school life comes to an end.. I got my favorite juniors drunk yesterday night... jasmine took a shot for me :) ..
I wanted to smoke grass for the first time. A bout of fever prevented me from trying that.

When will I leave this campus ?
Where will I be vacationing ?
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He he .. No idea :P ..

For this backpacker, life has just begun ..

Cant wait to join the company as a Area sales manager

To my wellwishers..

Pray for the atheist ..

I need to get into a FMCG.. Period.

If you ask me whether it is tough, It is tough for I have been into IT, Finance, Strategy and finally trying for sales..

My resume sucks..

My communication skills suck..

My preparations suck..

I just have one thing in my favor. I know what I want and I have convinced myself that this is what I want to do.. So convincing the interviewer should be easy.

This is a toast to the endless tea consumption, red eyes, night outs, nerve reckoning GDs and a LIFE after the ordeal ......................