Update of mah Life (vipul)

Phew! Been a while since i posted anything. And yes i had this urge to post something that has been happening lately in my life. OK i will serve you all with a snazzy menu with a seven course menu so grip on and prepare for the ultimate feast cuz whatever i say here isnt gonna be good. Let me warn you in advance that this post is going to be too long...

Life for sure has steady ups and downs but at certain points you do get bumpy speed breakers.
I was away for my internship in Pune so that is what kept me occupied for the most. And i must admit my four months lonely stay away from home was both a great experience to a new life as well as a bitter end to an old life. It was tough surviving alone but yes its here i inculcated the theory of darwin "Survival of the fittest". No i am not talking about any undergarment fit its just about how i struggled.
The starting day was a menace in pune with a Finicky landlady, who was charging money even on the consumption of water i was forced to leave the house and to switch onto another.
Life wasnt easy as the basic necessity in Maharashtra is that you should know Marathi which unfortunately i didnt. I had no friends, no support nothing but still somehow i managed to survive for 4 months, got appreciation from the company, bagged the best student award from the college and yes came back home with a winning smile....

It is said that when success comes at your doorstep and you welcome it with all the required rituals, it wont leave you till your death. How true it was. I got great marks 9.29/10 as my GPA yup the year topper i became, got a scholarship of around Rs 1 lacs (TILL DATE INCLUDING EVERYTHING AND AFTER DEDUCTING TAXES) , somehow managed to bag 75k from the company even though i used my brains rather than working hard...Ya life had so many rewards for me...My friends kept on asking me for treat but ya i know how finicky i am.

Well???? HAPPY ENDING RIGHT!

Sounds really chessy isnt it... Unfortunately that fun part isnt the total story. There is more to it. Besides the good facts let me come to some bad ones that are really shocking!
Let me call this story the AWAKENING

Once upon a time there were two lovers in a relationship since 5 years. Everything went cool until the day, the guy came to pune and landed at the girl's place for 2 days just to meet her parents. The girl's parents had no problems with the guy whatsoever, but the girl's father never liked the guy since the beginning. Ofcourse he cannot reject the guy directly so he planned a real dirty game. He invited the guy to their house, it went all good the guy came back to pune happy as ever, only to know that the grudge in the girl's dad's mind took a new fold when he told his daughter that the guy is lacking this , that blah blah! Thats the first part of the AWAKENING. Later on the girl had this thing in her mind that i did so much for this guy and what he did for me?What sacrifice he did for me?? Its obvious but that WHAT factor shouldnt come should it??
Anyway so the girl started torturing the guy and the guy spent sleepless nights and kept on crying for days, for months, four months! His parents came to know about it and they called up the girl. But she didnt like it! She started going on her own path! One peculiar thing about this girl was the way she termed the word FRIENDSHIP. Is friend someone with whom you roam around throughout the day, you spend time for just one HIM and you dont give any time to your guy?? That is still acceptable but it hurts when you are ashamed of telling anyone that you got a guy. Well this isnt the first time but its been a repetitive process. It is a shame for me to think like this but yes everytime i was right. She got close to her friend, in particular just one GUY FRIEND. She started drinking day and night long, used to stay with that friend and used to return at 3-4 am. Well its painful for a guy to gulp that fact. Anyway the GUY even went on the verge of lowering his self-respect. Now the FRIEND the girl roamed around with fell for her. The most disgusting thing was, that you have a boyfriend but you are not willing to tell that fact to anyone. You can tell everything in this holy shit world including your family, your bra size (NOT LITERALLY, Just a pun to say every damn thing!) but you cant tell about your guy. Anyway the guy bent down. He had to cuz he had this guilt that he screwed up things at her house. Now the lover of the girl, got to know about the girl's boyfriend, so he started sending GOONS to attack the guy. The guy was beaten, battered what not. But he didnt say a word just because the girl was alone without her parents and her lover shouldnt touch or harm the girl. Such was the committment of the guy. The girl knew about everything but she didnt do anything in particular. She went on the verge of staying with that guy in the same room, just to get to know why is he doing this with the guy, but no fruits were reaped out. The girl had a touch for dogs, so the guy bought a puppy for the gal. The lover got to know and got the puppy KILLED! The guy was in shock,pain, sheer disappointment and was broken. After four gruesome months, the guy returned back home. That day he wanted to talk to the girl but the girl was just not willing to talk, she had to drink go out with friends and Booze forever. She promised the guy that she will come to his house for two days then said sorry she cant she will come the other week for the whole week. The guy was excited filled with new hope. The guy's position was not good as crying and under so much depression he skipped his medicines for a month, had a mental depression and a nerve fissure. But he didnt care. All he cared for was the girl. To cut the story short now cuz most prolly am boring you guys, the girl didnt come to the guy's house, because that lover created yet another misunderstanding. The girl told the guy we cannot be togather as i am sick of you. The guy tried and tried his level best to patch things up. He tried lying as well thinking that one lie if it brings your love back wouldnt harm but that didnt make things go right. The guy even went on the verge of cutting his nerves but the girl just laughed thinking it was yet another lie. The guy smsed the girl from his friend's cell certain lies. The girl called his friend and talked for about an hour. The girl even told his friend that she had physical relations with the guy. Well who can fall to this verge telling a third person whom you dont even know about your sexual life?? CHEAP!

That was the Second part of the AWAKENING.

The guy realized that if the girl cannot support a guy at this phase how can she support him for life. When the guy used to ask the girl about marriage she said i wont marry anyone and i will love you forever. When earlier the guy asked about Engagement the girl said it would be just between me and your family. The guy, who could leave his family for the girl thought that why should he leave his family??? A mother who bore the bliss of keeping the guy in her stomach for 9 painful months?? How can he leave someone who were with the guy forever in his good/bad times. SOMEONE WHO SHARES YOUR HAPPINESS IS MOMENTARILY BUT SOMEONE WHO SHARES YOUR SADNESS REMAINS WITH YOU FOREVER. The guy realized that if a girl is so drunk not in her senses that people have to carry her, how can she carry the responsibilities once she gets married. The guy also kept stone on his heart. If a girl is so indecisive that for a moment she says I want to be with you and the other moments she is away what can the guy expect?? A DIVORCE ??

He cried and cried until his eyes refused to shed more tears. Its not even a month since this happened.

What surprises the guy today is that how can someone he trusted so much fall for money?? The lover of the girl gifted her with a puppy (He killed the guy's gift)...And a few days back the guy got to know that she is getting engaged with the lover! The guy saw their photograph on orkut and the lover looks like someone of her dad's age. He is 27-28 and she is 22. It isnt been a month and she can do this. Then ofcourse it is all for money and power. Cuz her lover is fuckin rich earning like 6 lacs a month. The time when the guy used to ask the girl about engagement the girl used to shudder but it didnt even take a few days for her to get engaged with the same person who tried to kill her boyfriend(EX).The girl said that she will not marry anyone??Huh!!...Thats what i call a Whore in making!

I know i shouldnt say such a thing for someone whom i loved so much but what is this? A joke on love or what??? 5 years of bodily pleasure and you leave the guy for someone who is rich??

Anyway as they say there are always two sides of the story so i am noone to comment.
It is painful yet i smile from outside. I am really happy in life(Supposedly) and it is impractical that you wont marry anyone...Someday i am gonna marry a girl and i know that , she will be the luckiest one:)Cuz i know myself...Whats the past can never be brought back and till this day if she comes back to me it will be a big NO! If you cant be faithful to one person you cant be faithful to anyone...
Today only i got the news that i got a scholarship of Rs. 38,000 and i am really happy! Atleast i get to pay 3/4th of my loan now!!

Its career and career only and i would marry once i make my own house! Thats my dream and a promise i made to myself!

Nice story eh?? So less happening with a 22 year old!

I just pray to god that everyone remains happy be it her or her lover or anyone! And i really need all your blessings to achieve my goals! Its like i am on a mission now...

Till the next post take care and adios!

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Updating Sam..... (Sam)

Phew!! ok.. it's been a while. No wait... It's been a long time, since I wrote a word on blogsville. Life has been moving at a hectic pace and frankly am starting to feel a little breathless. I'll trace back six months since that's how long I have been off the map (almost). Firstly, MBA apps had started bombing. I had targetted UK and that was a fatal mistake with about 3 years of work ex (Loony, you might want to remember that!!), coz the excuse was it was too less. Anywyz, meanwhile dad shifted to Chennai, to take over a some real-estate firm. Am really happy for him as he has reached where he should have been about 10 years ago, had not played being the ideal family man. Better late than never is what I say!! :)

Finally in May, while being interviewed for MBA by a UK uni, I was offered a seat in the MSc programme. I decided to wait on it while they took their decision on the MBA. While I got rejected for the same I got the formal invitation to join the MSc programme. However, their was a catch. I had to get an academic recommendation and had just 14 days left for it to reach them. What followed a hurried travel form Pune to Sikkim, via Kolkata and Siliguri and then a dispatch to the uni. A few weeks later the conditional offer came in. I accepted!! :)

Now, if you thought the action was over then the answer is NO!! It was far from it...

The uni required my transcripts which the college couldn't dispatch thanks to the Gorkhaland troubles. On tenterhooks, I remember placing frantic calls to the Sikkim Manipal University. Finally the documents were submitted to the uni a week before deadline. All proceedings done. It was time for visa application. That meant a two week travel to Kolkata. It was while in Kolkata, that at a British Council organised pre-departure meet I came across a long lost friend. She was off to Leicester. Good!! :)

Since then visa app has been approved, last few days at work being celebrated, Gini came around to Pune for a visit and basically am busy packing bags. Oh and the internet policy at work has bit an all time low, with blogger being blocked out. Am using the client network to post this!!

Future update: 8th I leave Pune for Chennai, 15th I reach Kolkata, 1st October I reach London.

I don't know what my status on connectivity would be there so I make no promises!!

Oh, and I'm going to study at Tanaka Business School, Imperial College London

Till then everyone, take care and stay beautiful!!

Cheerio!!

An update on my life..(AmitL)

Hi,all-it's been great,reading updates from everyone on what's happening in their lives-in fact,perhaps we should have this as one of the regular topics each month,since it was fun reading about how Keshi's been feeling like a'live ornament' on a shelf(Loved that pic,Keshi),how Jitendra has been feeling happy at not having to see the 'naturally covered' Nigerians,Mich's been teaching Japanese and missing poetry lessons,21-year young Loon Gal's been working 12 hrs a day and still managing to go to the gym...awe-inspiring,all the posts.:)

By comparison,I'd say my life's just been moving along merrily,as always-the happiness being as I want it to be,the serenity being as I want it to be.i.e. me trying to control my emotions,rather than it being the other way round.

So,what's been happening since I returned from my one month sojourn in Baroda is:

- A whole pile of papers ,emails,crisis at work(amazingly,everywhere I've worked,I've seen that my work always remains where it was when I went on leave-except for maybe 5% of the S.O.S.part which gets taken care of...LOL)..but,then, that's what makes work all the more challenging.

- We had some of the most awful weather of the year- once the mercury touched 51 deg C. And, the last two weeks,it's been 43-45 deg C,with humidity levels touching 70+. It's pretty easy to imagine what happens at such times. Just imagine yourself in,say, Mumbai/Delhi- you go down for a short while,maybe to the nearby grocer, and, there's a sudden shower...so,you're left drenched n uncomfy...well,out here,we don't need the rains for this-the humidity does the job.hehe.

- I have a whole collection of books which I brought back from India-right from 2-3 Perry Masons,to Shantaram(a 900 pages or so tome,which I need courage to even begin reading-but,since it's supposed to be excellent,I'll go ahead,may be next month),the joke books (but naturally)like Then Unofficial jokebooks of Advance SMS, then, India Chalo(the book,not my slogan),Once upon a timezone,anything for you,ma'm,why men lie and women cry,Brida(Paulo Coelho)The Present(Spencer Johnson)....but,the past month was so hectic that my only spare time went in either the walks with the mp3 player providing good company,or,watching TV with mind half-closed.LOL. Can't complain,really- I'd prefer this any day,rather than sitting idle and musing.

- Watched two movies- Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na(I won't give any review-Happy,Amrita?..for those not clear about this remark,please be visiting Amrita Ma'm's blog) and Singh Is Kinng. The second one was a good timepass-right from Akshay Kumar's unique style of humour down to(No pun intended) Katrina's prancing around in minis of the micro kind. But,then, they suit her,and she still manages to smile,so,it's all for the best! The hall was also just half-full,since we(me and a friend) went for the morning show and,after a week of it's release)

-And,of course,I've been upto my favourite pasttime-reading my favourite bloggers' blogs,being in awe of the immense talent around blogworld and updating my teensy weensy blog,too,when i can!:)

I guess that's enough of an update on what's been happening in my life! And,what's about to occur-well,next month being the holy month of Ramadan out here,we(non-fasting) work 2 hrs less than normal,(Those fasting work just 1/2 day)if the previous 'rules' are followed this year too!And,all work out here slows down,like it slows down this month in Europe,when everyone's on a three week holiday) So,that's something to look forward to-catching up on reading,music,movies,health,walking,treadmilling....:)

Awaiting the next BUFer's update!!

An update on my life ... (Loon Gal)

Interesting Topics! I know I haven't been around in ages now .. and have probably missed out on a zillion birthdays!! But somehow life's been so busy! (Noo! Not another excuse!)

I was one of those people who can remain online all their life! But things have been very different lately. I am back to full-time work in the same bank I worked for. Learning a lot of new things there and have been offered a permanent post there (yay!) but after an IT degree do I really want to get into banking? Moreover ... an Indian bank in the UK? Job scene is not very great at the moment ... August being one of the softest months and then the credit crunch! Aah! And hey! did I mention .. I am a graduate now! Unfortunately, the graduation ceremoney is going to be in January (stupids!) ... so no pics yet! Plan is to go for an MBA after 2-3 yrs of experience.

I turned 21 in the month of June and life's not been same ever since! Everything seems to be changing at the speed of light! At the personal front, things couldn't be better! My weight loss regime is going good ... have lost 15 kgs so far and target says 9-10 more to go and then I'll be fit! Routine is the same ... I work from 9 am - 7/8 pm and hit the gym until 9.30pm .. and by the time am back home its about 10.15pm. Have my dinner, check my mails and enter the dreamland!

Mom's health has been worrying lately ... she had chest pains a few weeks ago and had to be taken to the hospital in emergency. Thankfully the results are alright ... am just hoping everything's fine considering her dad died of heart attack at the age of 40 and her mom suffers from very high blood pressure! My health has not been its best ... stomach's become super-sensitive and body aches (thanks to working out!) .. but am coping up :)

Confidence levels are at its peak (for a change!) and am really looking forward to things now. There's been very frequent visits from guests from all over the world ... as a result of which we haven't been able to plan out our holiday (in ages!) .. and this so sucks!

Weekends .. am either shopping .. or out with guests or studying for interviews! lol! I know sad life .. but I don't know am so content for a change! Summer never came here ... its back to being chilly .. and in the month of July-August we were/are all clad in jackets and jumpers! (yuck!) Shopping has been SUPER-AMAZING! I can call myself a high-maintenance chick now lol! Dior Sunglasses ... Jones Shoes ... Nine West Bags ... posh formal suits and dresses!

There are a few pictures I've clicked recently ... check them out! (Most people have seen them already on Orkut/ Facebook) but others can see what I've been upto :) I'll try to be more regular here ... and hats off to all those who've not given up ... you all inspire me!!

Update (jitendra)

I can see that my name in the little fade-o-meter on the sidebar below is starting to fade given my infrequent posts here. Soo I better make up for it..

Couple of months ago, I was to supposed to go to Nigeria and Saudi for 4 months (for business trip). Living in California had surely spoilt me.. so it would have been a good way to see what it means to not *see* any female specie for 4 months (in Nigeria, they are naturally covered by black.. in Saudi, they are artificially covered. No offence. Thats the way it is.) Somewhere down the line, the big bosses in Nigeria felt too bad to put me in such female-less-ness condition and postponed my Nigeria trip for sometime later next year. Ok, jokes apart.. there was a major unstability issue in Nigeria and bombs were being targeted towards oil companies' expats as if selling aaloo-gobhi. Strike. Conflicts. Unrest. And the result: trip postponed indefinitely. So now I am still in sunny california waiting for my Saudi trip in November.

Work has pretty much taken a front seat over the past few weeks. And when I am not working or working out, I am with friends who soo irritatingly keep asking me about my marriage plans like 50 yr old aunties. Sometimes I wonder how could I spend my whole life with *just* one woman. I mean, come on, everyday I ogle at 10s if not 100s of hotnesses.

On another note, I have started to feel that mental training (calmness/focussing/fierce concentration) differentiates successful people from the lesser mortals. Just observe Michael Phelps before his finals. You ll know what I mean.

cheerio!

Faltering and Giggling (Michelle)

Hello everyone! The topics are perfect given the weather and a lot of people being A.W.O.L (including me). But I DO have excuse(s). I still am stuck in this time warp which only allows me to work and absolutely NOT have time for anything else other than my books.So, all that gives me all the more reason to update all you nice people that actually want to know whats up with me! :P

Firstly,

A BIG HEARTY HUG AND LOTS OF BEST WISHES TO ISHITA, RAJIV AND VEDANT for little ANURAJ! The pictures I saw were adorable and I can tell he is going to make a lot of girls swoon.So, Vedant has competition now.

This is one of the few days that I have gotten to view my computer screen so please cut me some slack :-( . I can tell that I really have no time cause I haven't changed my facebook display picture in over a month!! :-O

Yes, I still am teaching Japanese and I have been buried in my books cause my exams are coming soon and I must beat my previous score in order to not gouge and scratch everyone in sight.Things have also been depressing lately because I HATE THE RAINS and my favourite teacher is on leave for 3 months and I simply cannot imgaine studying poetry without her.

''Absence decreases mediocre passions and increases great ones; just like the wind extinguishes candles and the fans fire''

Me and my guy completed 2 years in July which was quite unbelievable...in fact, I still don't believe it.Another thing that has gotten me ecstatic is how amazingly me and his mom clicked.Its like shopping sprees and hugs X 2. :D

Right now, I wish life would slow down a little and I wish I could be lying down on a hammock and sipping a smoothie :-( but I am going to make use of this long weekend coming up.I'm bringing in Independance Day in Mumbai!! Even though the weather is TERRIBLE, I shall still have fun and just relax.

Have a great weekend guys! Jai Hind! :-)

Kitty Flying Cold! (Keshi)

This is what I'm like at the moment...crippled by a small accident and feeling immobile and quite like a live ornament kept on a shelf...














What I wanna do right now is fly...fly in full freedom like an angel with no emotional attachments...








Amit I just had a shower so please don't ask me to take another one or even dream of one in this extremely cold Winter! Add John Abraham to it, I might reconsider it lol!

August Topics(AmitL)

Hi,all...seems everyone's still busy. So,to spice things up a bit, how about this topic from Keshi:

1)An update on my life (Thanks,Keshi,for this lively topic..it will surely tell us what everyone's been up to and is/are up to!!

As part 2 of the above topic, how about continuing it with:

2)...And,what I'd like to be doing right now.(Since no-one covered that topic last month,including me)

3) And,how about this as funny 'Word'of the month: Shower: Let your thoughts run wild,tell us what you interpret by the word,what you sing in there,whether you stare at and admire yourself in the mirror,et al. LOL..of course, I was referring,innocently as always,to the current season in India- of monsoon showers.

So,who's first? Keshi,I feel!! *claps*