The return....
Ladies and Gentlemen...
She is back....all she needs now is a new set of shoes....and thats a tough choice....no wonder women take so long to shop for shoes!
:D
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Time for a post long due...
Ive been busy, not very, but fairly, mainly ramadan has taken a great deal of time-shuffling. Its normal, happens every year and by the time we get used to the shifts, ramadan is often over half way through...then you spend another week or two getting back to schedule!
It makes a slight bit of sense when people u know give u a missed call..maybe as an indicator to remind you of something or just to make sure u call them back......but whats a blank SMS worth?? Why on earth would you or anyone send someone a blank sms??
I got one a few days ago, initially i replied with a "who is this?" but when no reply came back...i sent another one "I got a blank sms from this number. btw, its cheaper to give a missed call". I sent those messages cos it costs me 0.12 Rs. to send an sms..hence the crazy mad sms parties I have.
Its just unbelievably blazing hot for the past few days...intolerable....and for some reason....im forgetting something...and since im forgetting it, i dont know what it exactly was that I meant to say.....
Sad......I didn't even have my car today :(
What else is there...
It was me on that road
But you couldn't see me
Too many lights on, but nowhere near here
It was me on that road
Still you couldn't see me
And then flashlights and explosions
Roads and getting nearer
We cover distance but not together
I am the storm and I am the wonder
And the flashlights, nigthmares
And sudden explosions
I don't know what more to ask for
I was given just one wish
It's about you and the sun
A morning run
The story of my maker
What I have and what I ache for
I've got a golden ear
I cut an I spear
And what else is there
Roads and getting nearer
We cover distance still not together
If I am the storm if I am the wonder
Will I have flashlights, nightmares
And sudden explosions
There is no room I can go and
You've got secrets too
I don't know what more to ask for
I was given just one wish
Past few days...
Things have quite busy in the past few days. and the weather is craetin quite a drama. I'm hoping that the weather will come to its senses soon.
I recieved three letters from my bank last week. They were all sent to the wrong address. What surprises me, is that despite the fact that the bank made a data entry error, I'm the one thats supposed to be writing a request for correction of address. It shocks me as to why this nation is so insensitive to basic human interaction skills. The letters were thanking me for opening an account with them and introducing a couple of new clients. Now that does sound great from a customer service perspective, but what they were not supposed to do was to send the letter unsigned, and with a wline reading "This is a computer generated letter and does not require a signature".
Silly people the bankers be. Id be ok with that computer generated crap if it were an account statement, or any sort of lab test report or something, because it only means that there is a system that is managing the whole affair and that its trusted enough by the management not to require a re-check of the contents of that report. You just dont send a thank you letter with that line!
How would the bank feel if I sent the president a birthday card with that line?
Had fun at the blogger meetup, and those interested in knowing more can read details off the the other attendants' blogs since im not much of a storyteller......which reminds me.....aside from Psyched, no one has quite put up the story.....
The past few days have been really maddening in terms of power issues, not to mention the searing heat is creating a laziness sector in the morning mad me.
The world is going crazy too, a coup in Thailand and Chavez just called Dubya the devil. For more on dubya entertainment, there is a site dedicated to his quotes of enlightenment that have always made me laugh.
Tagged by Jaded...
Got tagged a few days ago by a dear friend of the not so distant past, Jaded.
Here I go.....
Im thinking about.....
Theres quite a few things at the moment, mainly im focusing on a shift in certain plans and its overall impact etc etc, standard business crap. The weather is really irritating and I have no power right now...hence im also thinking when the power will be back.....sad!
I said....
Nothing....im in a silent room.....
I want to....
Take a vacation, hang out with friends in some cool weather!
I wish....
Somethings were different.....
I miss....
The care free childhood......I miss Aijaz.....
I hear....
A generator somewhere in the distance and a few crows......no music in my room right now....
I wonder....
If dreams and ideas make all the difference in this world. I know is a statement in a very broad context, but considering how dreams give birth to ideas, followed by ventures (both the adventures and the commercia ventures), Im thinking if it is live off ones dreams......
I regret....
Nothing. I believe everything happens for a reason and at times the reasons for many things are beyond our understanding, atleast for the time. Regrets, in my opinion, only tie you down.
I am....
You'd know better....those who know me, know that I never have an answer to quite a few questions about me....
I dance....
Are you kidding?
I cry....
Once in a while.....silent, in the night....no one knows...and its back to normal again....more of a stress release therapy basically....
I am not always....
Mean......Im not always nice either......
I confuse....
Anything when im not interested....and i confuse anyone i feel like at anypoint of time.....
I need.....
My space....
I should try....
To learn more, know more, be able to do so much more....
I finish....
I hardly ever do that....I just process to a certain extent and pass on for others to finish the rest...its just most often a matter of adding input.
Teaming up with friends
I watched You, Me and Dupree over on Sunday. Its a good movie and an interesting tale on how some of the smallest things matter most in relationships. It also teaches on how not to behave when you're living in your friends house!
Sunday, I also met AR, the ED of the place I used to work. I spent 35 months there and saw it go through so many changes to be what it has become today. A month before I left, one of our good IT friends, RAG left. A week into my notice period, AI and AA also left. AI was from Goldman Sachs in London and New York. AA was an across the board chartered accountant and was a cool dude. AA joined a few days after I did. AK also joined after that, but he left way early, in that context, AS was also team, but she too left way early.
AI joined pretty late, but became an integral team member thanks to her always being around to joining me for donuts and coffee at DD. She is now a Vice President at an Investment bank looking after the product she used to sell here. AA is AVP at another bank, but will become a VP within 6 months.
During my 35 months, I inherited at different points of time, over 4 bosses. One left within 3 days of my joining for her delivery and never came back. She joined another firm. She was the one that brought me there to start off with. I still call her "the boss who ditched me". HK came way later, he is now a VP at another bank in the consumer div. AS is now reaping oil in the gulf. WB didnt have the calibre to be called the boss, while he was atleast 4 steps above me in management. I pulled a battle with him and I won. I never wanted to report to him, and I got what I wanted.
AM was cool, he was out of Fidelity in Boston and he too resigned recently, only to join a similar firm as COO.
It was nice meeting up AR after long, the guy bought a set of fine cuban cigars, only to be shocked when I reminded him that I dont even do sheesha. Well, had a hot choc, discussed business and lives and we hope to stay in touch.
It was good. He to had distanced himself from the company. Spends more time at the parent firm closing their deals. Makes sense. Nothings fun when the team isnt there.
All the best to all of you, and hang in there tight.
So much more, sometimes so little....
So heres an overview of whats been going on, the kind I usually give once ive spent a few days outside bloggosphere...
First, however, is a point of concern. I was and still am EXTREMELY ticked off at the ads on the bottom of my blog! I just cant understand what happened to these bloody google people! (for those who didnt know, blogspot belongs to google, so does orkut and a million other things. Oh, and India's bazee.com got bought out by eBay for USD50 million, so theres tons of stuff happening in the webscape of business).
Ok, i just found out it isnt the google people posting these ads, its the pkblogs ppl (considering the blogspot ban here, we use a proxifying site, hence we just learnt that they arent the ones that insert them).
Back to me....yes, thursday was mostly spent planning and re-reviewing what we have been upto, and developing alternative strategies, so just when we realized the pace of things was slow enough to actually start feeling bored, here comes a new thing which should keep the mind buzzing. Its interesting how barren the Pakistani enterprise scape is, and whats more interesting is how one just cant import a business mode and deploy it here. We need a customization on several fronts, probably thats what makes business in Pakistan so much fun!
Friday was a BEAUTIFUL day. It rained all day since 10 in the morning and continued till God knows when in the night. I liked this sort of rain, soft, serene, the kind that doesnt soak you inside out while you walk for 2 minutes from your car to the building or the office or just to the coffee shop nearby and grab an nice warm cuppa.
The night, however, we were deafened by idiots who dont give a damn about Shab e Barat. If you cant observe it, please dont disrespect it.
Saturday today, have a couple of movies to watch, lets see what I end up watching and sharing with you all. Lets see about tonights mad blogging marathon. My phone line is a bit noisy, hopefully ill be able to make it, but nothings too certain.
As you can see, there is pretty much nothing really thought provoking about my blog. Its just the usual rants that I bore all of you with quite often.
By the way....this post was made by by saving it to my outbox on Outlook, then driving by my office, parking outsede and hitting the F9 button. Considering the internet at home is was extremely crappy at the point of time the post was posted.
New Crib....
And....here it is, one of the first pics of the new office.....
The carpet has yet to be added and ofcourse the paintings and all that stuff for the walls is also in the pipeline...
That laptop there is mine....obviously.....and thats about it to this place so far :)
Friday Fun...
Late Thursday night (technically Friday, hence the title of the post) was a night I waited for so long. Another one of those mad mad bloggers on MSN session, celebrating the revival of my phone line!. Referrin to previous posts, I did get a PTCL wireless last week, but the internet on that is really really slow, Unbelievably slow.
So Friday was a strike; and though I know many of the readers of this blog wont agree to my opinions expressed here today, Illl say it. The strike was just an attempt by some idiots desparate for some attention. The idiots themselves, a so-called religio-political gang, is itself guilty of tearing up copies of the Amendment to the Hudood Ordinance Bill and jumping upon it. Now the Hudood Ordinances themselves are formed by religious consensus of some sort and there were certain anomalies. It was only logical that when a bill in that regard is presented to the parliament, it would contain quotes from the highest sources of law in the universe. These idiots, tore it to pieces, jumped upon it, and the gall that they have, they arent even apologising!
Back to Friday, boring, very very boring, I finally watched Syriana with the concentration I wanted to, considering the extreme number of referrals I recieved. The DVD I had bought earlier had crappy audio quality and I never got around to having it exchanged for a better copy. This time I watched a copy I downloaded.
Also downloaded are: The Shawshank Redemption, Scary Movie 4 & Shes the man.
On the list are: Omkara, Poseidon, The Exorcism of Emily Rose...and if any of you have more recommendations, feel free to post as a comment.
Another observation: I sometimes see that some people need nothing to be impressed! Or, maybe its just a mental conditioning within them that makes people accept anything that comes from a certain quarter.
For the past week or so, Ive seen someone express an opinion about a music video, that was appraently released on Friday. Now, Ill just make things a bit clear, the opinion was not directed at me, nor has that person ever spoken to me about it, but its just like a personal statement infront of the name, like the personal message you can post on MSN or G-Talk.
The video in question was a track called "Dil Chahay" by Saahil (I've never heard of these guys earlier). I saw the video...and was left wondering what was so "un-fucking-believable" about it. No groundbreaking technique, no unique shots; in short, nothing special at all!
Then again, everyone has his/her right to an opinion, and this is mine. You, as a reader may or may not agree to it, which you are entitled to. Just dont bombard me with hate-mail.
