Push The Limits

Its always a divide for people to know the difference between passion and something that they like doing, more like a hobby. there is a close friend of mine who started something as a hobby and now has decided to turn it into a career.

the problem remains that the hobby has turned into a career but the passion is missing. the career is still taken as a hobby, the future is unclear. the focus is missing. the drive to get to the end is lacking.

there is only 'this much' that you can push people to do, and there is a line that we all tread on when it comes to even friendship. too much of anything is bad. so i guess i can talk about it and think about it only to a limit, after that i might reach a spot where i am the blind spot or my concern and ramblings fall on a dead ear or that i am just someone who constantly nags at one specific topic and i have nothing more to discuss.

things arent all that rosy, age isnt exactly on his side. time is flying as usual. near and dear ones are working up a sweat thinking about his future. he has gone into depression a couple of times regarding his own future and yet has not done anything about it.

i guess i have to push him a little more and maybe for the last time. i am sincerely hope that it works, i have the support of all his friends and especially 2 who excel at the line of work that he is currently in. yet, there is no sense of urgency and complete lack of emotion towards it.

god bless him! i am there to help him. we are there to help him. if only he listened and pushed the limits.

may the force be with him, god speed!

Once

there she was, standing
dressed in black, looking stunning as ever
i wanted to reach out and touch her
make her feel loved and wanted

have tried to tell her several times
it just doesnt work the way it was to
living in the dreams and thoughts
wanting it to live through

she came along, lively as always
wanting to take me by my hand
i never understood the meaning
never did i realize the intentions

i was always living in my shell
never wanting to get out,
she wanted me to discover myself,
never did it happen through

something was strangling me
she taught me to breathe easy
she bought me hope,
by cutting each and every rope

Since then I dream that once
Yes just once
Some stronger then I
Will look me straight in the eye

lead me to the ultimate
live with me till the end
be with me for eternity
once. just once!

Walk of life

i guess it was a good decision to change the name of my blog from "its about me" to slices from the pie of life, simply beacuse thats what life is all about. you divide your life into slices and give a piece of it to everyone. life is like time, its like if you have to give someone something special, give them time and they will be happy coz you would have given them something which is never going to come back and its a part of your life.

its like a lot of people walk in and out of your life and there are only a special and selected few who matter and become important in short span of times. its been about 3 months that i have joined a new work place. its a welcome change from what i was doing previously but a new places has its own demerits. you take time adjusting, you need to get fimiliar with people and systems and find your comfort zone.

this place if fun in its own way, its saner, its happier, its cleaner and the best thing is the the people! someone who specifically needs a special mention is the new friend that i have made here. she is fu, spontaneous, chirpy, bubbly and i share a kick ass frequency with her, i am not sure what it would be like if she wasnt around, or if there was someone else in place of her.

we have shared some hilarious moments in the past fortnight or so, spent long hours in office which would have (almost has) drove anyone mad and over the edge, but then there she comes to the rescue, the everlasting humming of Main Teri Parchhain Hoon, or the Ramayan title track or our very dear Simi-ji and Kjo going 'Shaava' - 'Shaava'!

she is someone who has helped me maintain my sanity and helped me from staying away from the asylum! you are a dear friend and i hope this lasts for years to come. you totally rock. bus agar woh hum - umar hoti toh kya baat thi (dont kill me) no one knows this joke and i am guessing no one knows who i am talking about besides her!

cheers to her, cheers to life, cheers to sanity, jai shree raaam!

Figment of Imagination

have you ever felt a gut wrenching feeling where-in you want to hold on to someone or something so bad that you just cant even think of letting go? like something on someone who you would want to be with or someone or something who you feel should be there with you and by your side for the rest of your life, no matter what happens and whatever changes, they shouldnt and neither should the relationship with them.

well i guess this happens too all of us, we try and hold people too strong, sometimes so strong that we end up hurting them. end up ruining something that could have lasted forever, then we end up repenting over the situation that just slipped out of contol.

but then as human beings we are witness to a lot of things in so little span of time that we become habitual to accepting and ignoring things at the same pace at which they enter our lives. and plus we have the greatest healer by our side, it works magic, its called time! with time a lot changes, people change, situations change, life changes, love changes, thinking changes.

if anything is given time, it is bound to work out the way it was initially planned. we have the habit of rushing up things because we feel we might lose something or someone, and it could be a matter of just an hour or a day, had we waited, the result would have been completely different.

imagination is something that drives probably everyone. we can dream of devils and dungeons and we can dream of fairies and wonderlands. if we give ourselves time, we can change and acheive al lot with our imaginations.

by gones are by gone. we just think about them initially, for a day, for a weel, for a month, for a year, for a couple of years, but then they slowly recede, they are weaned off. they remain, maybe in our hearts, somewhere hidden and burried, somewhere untraceable. only a few situations and places trigger them back to life. its like digging up old graves, you dont achieve anything.

let them remain, let them stay where they are, for us they once existed, for us they may never have. yet they remain, a figment of our imagination!

2008 - All around!

This is just my second post of this new year, shame on me! well have been really caught up with life around work and have been keeping late hours for a long time now. there isnt much happening around the other aspects of life for me, but there is some all around cheer that surrounds a lot of things that matter to me.

Let me start with work. its been a great start to a much awaited general entertainment channel called NDTV Imagine, that has promised to entertain and delight audiences. yes! its finally here, launched on 21st Jan with a lot of fanfare and promise. the numbers are looking goooood!

I work for the digital media team and my responsibilities are limited to making the channel presence felt on the internet and mobile world. well if you can be kind enough to check out NDTV Imagine's Official Website

please provide any feedback that you (besides the fact that the website is kinda slow because of the flash, we are working on it)

its one of those positive starts, a lot of things are falling into place. My finances are taking one step at a time towards bliss.

My first wish for friends took a giant leap as one of my friends took a baby step towards her happiness. Its something that i was trying to get done for the longest time, but then i know its all so easy when its said and a different new ball game when it has to be done, its a very difficult and a brave decision to take. I respect her for being so and i appreciate the fact that she is making and effort to reach her goal of being happy.

Another friend is getting close to finding her calling. She working hard to make i work and get things in place and sorted for whats needed to be done about her life. On the work front its going good, great infact, i like what i do, have creative freedom both in terms of planning and execution. Something that i wanted to do from a very long time, is happening, hope this continues.

There are a lot of things i wanna do this year, travel is one of them, i guess i need to give it time for a couple of things to fall in place. I wanna be more confident, more out going, more fun. Essentially i wanna turn over a new leaf altogether.


Cheers to 2008! so far so good!

Cheer!

Every year brings with it its own highs, lows, success, joy, happiness. I hope this year brings with it only positivity! Ups and downs are a way of life. This year should promise to be unlike any other, better than the best ever seen.

There are lot of hopes, there are lot of expectations. There are lot of wishes for myself and friends. Like, i wanna improve my financial situation, i wanna take some things more seriously, i wanna improve as a human being, i wanna try and find true love ;)

for my friends, the wishes are very specific. For one, i want her to be happy, sort her life out, get the best, be relieved of any trauma, get into her routine, be respected, be loved, be pampered, be take care of and be treated like a princess.

For another friend it is that she may get rid of confusion, be delivered towards calmness, lateral thinking, settle down, get the job she wants, sort her life out.

Another wish for another friend. He should be able to fulfil his dream of travelling, climbing the ladder of success, get what he deserves, all opportunities should come knocking.

Another one. Get away from the confusion. Lay things to rest, think straight, focus, not be bothered, look out for what matter, not take unnecessary tensions.

The list can go on and on. But this new year will bring along what is always does. Another year full of maturity, another holiday list at work, another appraisal, another birthday, another festive reason full of love, light, joy. Most of all another 365 days of meeting new people, of getting to know friends better.

its about living it up. how u do it, with who you do it is another matter! live it up the best you can coz u never know whats in store for tomo and u never know whats going to happen when!
cheers to a brand new day and a new begining!