Morning that is not coming... :( ...

Everyone sees dream, dream of perfect beginning... I am dreaming of perfect beginning of day since I started job.... I was lean boy during college days, well.. not lean but yes, average body.. neither lean nor fat n it's better then lean, right? :) .... anyways, ones my professional life started, I fell into same software professionals category who spent long hours at office, at chair n less outside, less gym... less physical activity... n then its bound to happen.... :( ..... 

Three years back, My doctor friend asked me to check my cholesterol level and as he guess, it was on higher side and he advised me to start jogging/walking 3 km per day.... since then I am dreaming of wake up early at 6 am and go for running.... I promised him for 3 months n its been 3 years now... :( .... 

Last year, Hetsi born and as a sports lover, I would like if she makes career in some sports... n then I promised myself that I play with her.... now she is 16 months old n very active.... too active for me... :( ......

Yesterday I was desperate for today's perfect morning... preparing myself... that I will wake up today at 6 am.. go for walk n then do yoga at home... I even bought honey (someone told me it burns more calories if you take it with warm water in morning), oat (fiber food) and new shoes. and then then....

I got one issue at 8 pm and stuck in office till 11:30 pm, reached home at midnight... Today I woke up at 8 am... :( ... some dreams are to good to be real..... 

and when you live at Andheri station... it's not about choice between skip dinner or not... it's about choice between McDonald and vada-pav :) .... n damn... McDonald opens from 6am morning to 1am night... n I took two mac-veggie after I reached home midnight....

Where I belong.......

Thanks Giving and Diwali... Cheese Pizza and Butter Roti... Great Breads but dull sandwich and Not so good breads but spicy vada-pav... -5c winter and 18c winter... 1-month long colorful fall season and 5 day single color fall season... Clean / Clear / Wider roads and Crowd / Narrow roads... Friendly Greetings to Everyone and Warmly Ram-Ram only to close friends... Thanks for each n every small favour and Taken for granted even for bigger things... 8 to 5 working hours and 10 to 10 working hours... 10 minutes quick alone lunch at desk and 1 long hour group lunch at canteen... Father goes to school to pick kids and Mother works from Morning to Night... White and Black and Brown People................

All these differences I enjoyed in last 2 months.... I worked in office alone (team mates worked from home) on Diwali weekend and enjoying leave today on Thanks giving day.

Being an software engineer, I have an option to choose city n country and often asked why I am in Mumbai and not in USA/UK. and now I have seen USA... I am not sure life would be different for me here.

Surely living standard of life is better in USA and many more things which I enjoyed here (like NYC city, Casino at Atlantic city, fall colors, much more options in beer, cheese filled pizza, snow and many more) are not possible in India but then it asks for many sacrifices too, specially social life is completely different here. You have to leave behind your relatives, close friends, favourite hangout places, spice food, not-so-social etiquette and many more things which are near your hearts. But yes, I would definitely like to enjoy my bachelor life here but...aah... that's no longer story now and I am even happy with my life in India.

I enjoyed my stay here and I am enjoying life in India too....  There are attractions and dreams at both places and both place asks to leave few things behind.... I am not sure where I belong too.... and where I will enjoy more...

નુતન વર્ષાભિનંદન....

સૌને દિવાળીની હાર્દિક શુભેચ્છાઓ અને નવા વર્ષના સાલ મુબારક....

અમારા માટે તો જો કે દિવાળી દિવાળી રહી નથી, અરે ના ના... મેં કોઈ દેવાળું નથી ફૂંક્યું. હજી મારી નોકરી સલામત છે અને એ સલામત રહે માટે રોજ ૧૨-૧૪ કલાક કામ કરું છું, શનિ-રવિનાં  પણ... હમણાં હમણાં મેં મારા પરમ મિત્ર આળસ જોડે દુશ્મની કરીને પરમ દુશ્મન મહેનત જોડે દોસ્તી કરવાની કોશીશ કરી છે અને કહેવું પડશે કે દિવસો  સારા નથી જઈ રહ્યા, એટલે જ કહે છે કે, જે તમારા સ્વભાવમાં ના હોય એ કામ ના કરવા જોઈએ.

મેં મલ્ટી-ટાસ્કીંગ એટલે કે એક સાથે ઘણા બધા કામ કરવાની કોશિશ કરું છું, ઓફીસના કામ સિવાય રોજના કામ-કાજ પણ. કહેવું પડશે કે ભૂલો વધારે થઇ રહી છે એમાં, મહેનત કોઈ મદદ કરતું નથી મને. સોમવારે ચાનાં વાસણ ધોવાના રહી ગયા, મંગળવારે ઓફિસનું કાર્ડ ભૂલી ગયો (પહેલી વાર ૫ વર્ષમાં, લોકો છાશવારે ભૂલતા હોય છે પણ.....), બુધવારે સેલફોન ભૂલી ગયો, ગુરુવારે ઈસ્ત્રી કરતા કરતા ચા બનાવતો હતો અને ચા ઊભરાઈને બહાર આવી ગયી. શુક્રવારે થોડી મદદ આળસની લીધી અને કંઈ ના ભૂલ્યો, જુના દોસ્તો એ જુના દોસ્તો. જો કે ઓફીસમાં મહેનતની દોસ્તી થોડી કામ આવી રહી છે.

અને આમ પણ નવું વર્ષ આવે છે કાલે કંઈક તો સંકલ્પ તો લેવો પડશે ને, અહી અમેરિકામાં નવા વર્ષ જેવું કંઈક લાગે. થોડાક રિતી-રીવાજો તો પાળવા પડે ને!!! એટલે અમે મહેનત જોડે દોસ્તી કરવાનો સંકલ્પ લેવાનું નક્કી કર્યું છે અને તૈયારી આ અઠવાડિયાથી કરી હતી, આળસ થોડો નારાજ થઇ ગયો છે પણ એને મનાવતાં વાર નહિ લાગે, એ તો અમારી નસ-નસમાં દોડે છે.

ચાલો ત્યારે, ચા પછી ઉભરાવાની તૈયારીમાં છે....

સૌને સાલ મુબારક.....

Courage...... and IT.....

Courage, it is tricky word, especially in software industry. Usually In real word, it defines you, defines your life, defines you character. The more courageous you are the more fruitful life you have. However, in the software industry, the more courageous you are, more n more n more work you have and that work is fruitful or not, aah that depends on luck, no guarantee for that. Only guarantee is that tons of work is following courageous people here.

So why people show courage here, for money? I don’t think so.

It is easy to delegate work to other and leave early (well, leaving on time is count as leaving early here), it is easy to say that it is not my issue and don’t care about it. But it will heart you inside (if you know that you can solve it better way or faster). It would be hard for you to sleep well.

When issue arrives, you will say, I will do it and that's the courage. And then…  You will be in office before every one arrives, you will be last one in office to leave and you will be working during weekends too. Your manager will see you first whenever issue occurs; your team-mates will see you for resolutions. People will respect you more for what you are doing and and and… expect you to do more n more n more…. And your family, they will miss you surely.

Then why people show courage!!!! Courage comes from your inner-self. Here courage brings lots of work and responsibilities but it brings honor too. More than honor, self-respect is why people show courage.  A feeling when you solved difficult/complex issue is not less than winning a cricket match or wining a race. It excites you and give you thrill to solve more complex things. Obviously it is slow process compare to other thrilling experiences, it is more like Chess. Mental strength is what asks this industry.

For me being courageous is pride thing and I will honor person who show courage to resolve each n every issue occurs although he is poor social life. And I salute the person who do both very well. It is tough here to having good social life with being courageous.  It is tougher to be courageous….

If it's free... it's not worth it... general perception....

Taken from one of the forwarded mail.... not sure it's true or not ... but sounds true... :) ...

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In Washington DC, at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, this man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, approximately 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After about 3 minutes, a middle-aged man noticed that there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds, and then he hurried on to meet his schedule.

About 4 minutes later:

The violinist received his first dollar. A woman threw money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.

At 6 minutes:

A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.

At 10 minutes:

A 3-year old boy stopped, but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head the whole time. This action was repeated by several other children, but every parent - without exception - forced their children to move on quickly.

At 45 minutes:

The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.

After 1 hour:

He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed and no one applauded. There was no recognition at all.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a Stradivarius violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before, Joshua Bell sold-out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100 each to sit and listen to him play the same music.

This is a true story. Joshua Bell, playing incognito in the DC Metro Station, was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people's priorities.

This experiment raised several questions:
*In a common-place environment, at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty?

*If so, do we stop to appreciate it?
*Do we recognise talent in an unexpected context?

One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this:

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made . . .

How many other free things are we missing as we rush through life?