Saturday, June 25, 2011

Voice is deceptive.

Listening to a female radio jockey..what is the one thought that come to my mind? Is she as beautiful as her voice? In most(rather all) the answer is NO. Female RJs are no Vidya Balan of 'Lagey Raho Munnabhai'. Reel life is indeed reel life which bears no resemblence to real word.

Why should I be cursing female RJs only having seen a live example a moments ago, when all my hopes came crashing down! Ohh my God! how sweet the voice was..I just could not put the receiver down after talking to her. I wished the calls were longer and not ending. I guess she felt the same..since I was the caller only a couple of times. My subtle/soothing voice did do some trick and without disappointment [smiling]. Now that I've used the great Facebook I realize that.....chhod yaar kya likhu..bas itna samajh lo ki katt gaya. Had she been the one whom I had been thinking her to be, it would still have been tolerable. I was witty, I was funny, I was considerate and what not..hoping for the best but....Now I need to be in check in the next conversation - no masala(or flirting) included.

There is another instance where I heard another voice, no appealing, hissing, attracting everybody's attention for being different, not in the positive sense. Yet when I actually relaized that this was the voice of a beautifully intelligent girl whose mention can be found in another post of mine, I was amazed.

I feel the strong urge to chalk a rule, with exceptions certainly a possibility that:



  1. Don't go by the voice - Although advised by many and learnt by experiences, I'm not sure if I can save myself from falling in the trap.


  2. Do check the source of the voice - The voice is deceptive..no rule can actually be formulated on that.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

A session with Sir Parvez

Title so because I treat him in high regards.
Having feeling not very good about my work environment these days, I tried to have a discussion with Parvez about the work life. I really won't like to elaborate much but gist can certainly be put here, before I go onto jot down key takeaways. I feel I'm too loaded these days, get no credit for the work I do, rather someone else is taking the credit and I do not feel enthusiatic about the work anymore. Thus I got into discussion with sir and I was 'enlightened'.

1. Prioritize - My per day work gets revised after every couple of hours and yet I'm expected to do all of them, whatever told whenever told. Sir advised to prioritize the task by asking upfront from the supervisor and telling timelines for each of the task. This way both, the supervisor and I will have a fair idea of the deliverables of a day and I'll have clear goals. Also keep a track of the work I do so that when September comes I've a ready reckoner.

2. Goals - Not idealistic but realistic. These days, while I 'prepare' for CAT, I set goals way ahead of my reach and end up shunning the preparing activity altogether. Getting up at 4 am is no way possible nor is study for 2 hours straight after coming back by 9 pm, at least not for the start. Start with something achievable say an hour in morning and build up on that. With not much time left, it's better to get a start or else the expectation/determination may die very early because of the magnitude of the task.

3. Involve - Sir could assess that it's the unsatisfaction at some level for the troubled soul. 'Twas the not getting credit/recognition in the current work scenario. I was asked to get involved in DU activity/Project PPA activity, Testing forums, white paper activity etc. This along with helping in getting recognition will also help in moderation and CAMS!

There is one more, I wish I could recollect it, but my eyes are burdened with sleep, plus I need to sleep 'early' (12 midnight already!) to get early.
One point before I go to sleep - A colleague of mine got into US and other got the visa. I got nothing. Not that I regret it, I miss it. There could be missing dot. Connecting...