BREAKING NEWS: my wedding dates are fixed!! and I feel like the person who had finally reached the tip of Mt. Everest and right the next moment he was like- "Now, What Next?".
And following that, a whole new set of scenerios, worries and fears have started to pop in my head. I apply the Enterprise Risk Management Analysis to all the cases and applicable treatment options for each. Hell, I even made a process map using Microsoft Visio at work. (Do leave your email address in the comment box, if interested, so I can forward the scanned copy of the same).
So far the "love boat" had been sailing in still waters but now it has a sweet rhythem to it, we discuss what color to paint our room, what kind of bed, even the details about how many doors the cupboard should have (maximum is my answer) and if we should get matching night slippers (its highly important). We plan silly stuff and important things with same kind of seriousness. On other occassions something is said or done which sends the boat crashing into the iceberg and I want to grab my life jacket and jump off right away. And I find myself telling my BFF every weekend - SHIT!! I DONT WANNA GET MARRIED!!! One must admire her patience.
Then there r times when I am excited about the whole new life and how I will be no less than "tulsi" and "Parvati" when it comes to being the ideal housewife and life's gonna be so much more meaningful when you ill have someone to share it with and the whole new set of challenges in my learning curve. And then I wonder, a new place- with no family no friends. Ill have to start all over again. Who will I confide in?? who will I gossip with?? Who will tell me I look fab when I dont?? who will I remove all my frustration on?? who will eat all the disastrous receipes I try ?? who will I endlessly discuss shoes with?? who will I karaoke with?? Who will praise my pathetic violin skills?? Then I get tht choking lump in my throat and a red tinge on the tip of my nose and I wanna scream- SHIT !! I DONT WANNA GET MARRIED!!!
Help me, before I become an emotional mess with all these mixed emotions of Love, excitement, panic, anxiety, enthusiasm, fear and hope in one lil heart and mind. Really, We have a situation on our hands.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Dilemma of my dillusional life.
Looks like, I am the only person among 4 different groups of friends and two different groups of family who is without a 3G phone. I tried to take this in a positive way by repeating to myself and others- tht am "special and simpler", But its not helping anymore, my social life is in a major turmoil coz of this.
No 3G phone = No Blackberry messenger / whatsapp = Socially dead!!
Resulting in => nobody includes u in the planning process, they just inform u where to come and when (mostly sad places that they decided) and that also is a pain for them coz they have to call or text you which is so medieval apparently. Even when you meet them, you are out of place coz everything revolves around tht 3G phone, the jokes they forwarded and the games they play and how meeting in person is not as much fun anymore. And you can't even contribute towards the never ending debate of which is better- iPhone or Blackberry??
(I hate it when I cant contribute to meaningless talks)
My dilemma may end when i make that iPhone4 purchase but am afraid, what if the world moves onto the next best thing when am getting used to this??? and till when am I going to be in this chase to catch up with the next best thing??? Thats when i look at my simple NOKIA and think I just might spend the money in more meaningful things like shoes and bags. But that would result in ending up with no friends. And what will I do with the shoes and bags if I am not going out?? That's why I have decided to buy an iPhone4 by end of this month- to retain those remaining friends - I hope u all are happy, u cost me a lot of money n months of thaught process!!
U'd think life's easy, but its NOT!!
No 3G phone = No Blackberry messenger / whatsapp = Socially dead!!
Resulting in => nobody includes u in the planning process, they just inform u where to come and when (mostly sad places that they decided) and that also is a pain for them coz they have to call or text you which is so medieval apparently. Even when you meet them, you are out of place coz everything revolves around tht 3G phone, the jokes they forwarded and the games they play and how meeting in person is not as much fun anymore. And you can't even contribute towards the never ending debate of which is better- iPhone or Blackberry??
(I hate it when I cant contribute to meaningless talks)
My dilemma may end when i make that iPhone4 purchase but am afraid, what if the world moves onto the next best thing when am getting used to this??? and till when am I going to be in this chase to catch up with the next best thing??? Thats when i look at my simple NOKIA and think I just might spend the money in more meaningful things like shoes and bags. But that would result in ending up with no friends. And what will I do with the shoes and bags if I am not going out?? That's why I have decided to buy an iPhone4 by end of this month- to retain those remaining friends - I hope u all are happy, u cost me a lot of money n months of thaught process!!
U'd think life's easy, but its NOT!!
Friday, September 9, 2011
6 ridiculous things I learnt at work.
The downside of having a job is by far the early mornings and nothing else and the up side is tht u get experience out of your education and many other things get into ur system which were earlier missing in ur aimless life, like - punctuality, discipline, professionalism, etc. (N the paycheck ofcourse!!)
Then there r these other thigs which no one will train and certify u for, but u will eventually learn at your workplace, like:
1. To controll your smile when your boss is being yelled at by their boss, its incredibly difficult, u smile n then suddenly u have to act like u dint coz ur boss is embarassed and wants to see how u reacted the first thing.. but ur system automatically rejects the straight face n the smile comes back again . if i can depict it in smiley format it would look something like this :) :I :) :I :D :I :( . And thats how I learnt to "keep a straight face when you want to roflmao"
(Also at no times u must laugh when the jokes on ur boss.)
2. To yawn without opening your mouth, this takes a lot of practise and your nostrils flare while at it and u look like hulk for a moment but u really dont want to offend the person who is having the effect on you by yawing in their face. I learnt to "yawn-mouth-shut".
3. You go to the washroom and meet ur boss/colleague. She is in the next stall and she wants to discuss "stuff" and you are not comfortable talking while doing your business. But ull have to....I learnt to "talk in the loo"!! I dont even want to go into the gross details of having to ignore the background noises and i half hope and unhope that u get the picture.
4. When you u meet someone in the corridoor, meeting rooms, cafteria here n there ...and u automatically say- Good morning How r u?? u both r walking with a purpose and the person doesnt even care to answer and asks -Hey- Good morning how r u?? even u dont reply and walk off. I got used to the- "I dont care how u r, but ill still ask for the heck of it".
5. Then there r the times when you dont have any work to do, so u think y not watch some movie online (coz the connection speed is so uber awesome), and then u go one step ahead and also take the liberty to skype all your friends one by one and eventually ur laughing n talking out loud and having an "online pardy". And there comes ur boss (mostly attractd to u by all the commotion) at that time u have to act all serious all of a sudden and pretend that u r so bored, so much so that u feel wasted coz u dont have no work to do and immediately shit load of unimportant work is thrown at u. Alas!! I learnt to pretend to be "bored when am not".
6. Then u have these co workers who are absent most of the time (coz they have family, kids, and better things to do than come to work) and then they emotionally black mail u to do their work (coz they think u r this single girl who dsnt have better things to do than come to work (which is true...but still)). You have to learn to say No to them even if u r a nice person n have fallen for their "my kid was so sick story" u just have to tell them that its not ur job. It took me long time to, but I learnt to be the "Heartless Bitch". !!! Applause !!!
...That and more.....
If I ever become a career counsellor for young graduates, I will charge to train and certify them for the above mentioned. Apart from that, I see no applicability of this in my future house wife role (hopefully).
Then there r these other thigs which no one will train and certify u for, but u will eventually learn at your workplace, like:
1. To controll your smile when your boss is being yelled at by their boss, its incredibly difficult, u smile n then suddenly u have to act like u dint coz ur boss is embarassed and wants to see how u reacted the first thing.. but ur system automatically rejects the straight face n the smile comes back again . if i can depict it in smiley format it would look something like this :) :I :) :I :D :I :( . And thats how I learnt to "keep a straight face when you want to roflmao"
(Also at no times u must laugh when the jokes on ur boss.)
2. To yawn without opening your mouth, this takes a lot of practise and your nostrils flare while at it and u look like hulk for a moment but u really dont want to offend the person who is having the effect on you by yawing in their face. I learnt to "yawn-mouth-shut".
3. You go to the washroom and meet ur boss/colleague. She is in the next stall and she wants to discuss "stuff" and you are not comfortable talking while doing your business. But ull have to....I learnt to "talk in the loo"!! I dont even want to go into the gross details of having to ignore the background noises and i half hope and unhope that u get the picture.
4. When you u meet someone in the corridoor, meeting rooms, cafteria here n there ...and u automatically say- Good morning How r u?? u both r walking with a purpose and the person doesnt even care to answer and asks -Hey- Good morning how r u?? even u dont reply and walk off. I got used to the- "I dont care how u r, but ill still ask for the heck of it".
5. Then there r the times when you dont have any work to do, so u think y not watch some movie online (coz the connection speed is so uber awesome), and then u go one step ahead and also take the liberty to skype all your friends one by one and eventually ur laughing n talking out loud and having an "online pardy". And there comes ur boss (mostly attractd to u by all the commotion) at that time u have to act all serious all of a sudden and pretend that u r so bored, so much so that u feel wasted coz u dont have no work to do and immediately shit load of unimportant work is thrown at u. Alas!! I learnt to pretend to be "bored when am not".
6. Then u have these co workers who are absent most of the time (coz they have family, kids, and better things to do than come to work) and then they emotionally black mail u to do their work (coz they think u r this single girl who dsnt have better things to do than come to work (which is true...but still)). You have to learn to say No to them even if u r a nice person n have fallen for their "my kid was so sick story" u just have to tell them that its not ur job. It took me long time to, but I learnt to be the "Heartless Bitch". !!! Applause !!!
...That and more.....
If I ever become a career counsellor for young graduates, I will charge to train and certify them for the above mentioned. Apart from that, I see no applicability of this in my future house wife role (hopefully).
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