I am really not sure about how many emails had I received from so many friends inviting me to Orkut, Facebook, Hi5 and what not! And finally I had to accept my defeat and give a try to these so called Social networking websites! But sometimes I get into doubt about how much have I improved on social networking since I joined Orkut...I guess the answer would be different from those who are now added as my friends, from those who are still safe from this virus! :-)
What seemed to be a beginning in improvement of social relations now seems to be the reason of why I have become lazy in giving phone calls to my friends - 'Jab scrap kar sakta hoon, to phone call kyun?' It would be even cheaper than Chota recharge! ;)
Call me selfish or smart.....but it didn't take much time for me to start thinking that people not on orkut or gtalk belong to some old civilization! And they are so unconnected because they chose so! :-) So...no fault of mine!
The other missing ingredients of making me so socially (pls read as virtually) active was added by my relocation to US, which made me so addicted to Orkut. Result: uploading photos, adding hell lot of 'You tube' videos and being 'in touch' with friends through scraps...Did I miss the word 'only' at the end?
Thanks to Orkut, I no longer have to think of explanations! Kudos to the person whoever introduced the concept of 'Upcoming Birthdays'...he must have been a forgettable person like me! Good thought..I salute him! He helped a lot of guys like me...even a scrap before the day ends at mid-night can save you! :-p
But I was still safe until my friend Pawan introduced me to Orkut communities. The first one I joined was "Punjabi by Nature". Continuous games, threads - Rate the DP (Display Pic), Let the person above eat something you like, Slapp..and give a stupid excuse, Change letter, ending in y and what not!! And the result...the owner of the community made me moderator of the community because I was very active during those days and community needed a new Mod!
Finally the days have come when I prefer to give a scrap to Ashish asking him if he is free for a Coffee break and he replies back in an instant 'Yes' while we may be 'Away' or rather in 'Do not disturb' mode in our office messengers! This is what I call Professionalism and Dedication....to Orkutism!!! :-) and we are champs in that! :-D
Call it a slow poison or addiction! But these Social Networking Websites here finally are in my life and would be there till I get a big one from someone in my life!
Your feedback is most welcome..if not here, at my profile in orkut! ;-)
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Losing someone close...
I lost my Maternal Grandfather (Nana ji) yesterday night...He was very ill for past few months and we all knew this could be coming...but it hurts so much when you lose someone close.
I still remember the golden time spent with him. My Maternal uncle runs a school and Daarji (as we used to call him) was the person who used to take care of stationary and canteen business of the school. I have a pretty big family from my mother's side and we used to be almost a gang of 17 children when we all used to visit Mamaji's place during our school summer vacation. Mamaji's house was just in next plot to school and we all used to attack the canteen just before the break time....Helping Daarji laying out the boxes of sweets and stationary piles before the school children could come rushing for their shopping.
He was a Railway Engineer. Being an engineer meant a lot at his time...Not like today when I can see plenty of engineers hovering everywhere. Jalandhar, Ferozpur and Ludhiana and couple of other cities were under his supervision. A huge bungalow was given to him where the big Nanke family stayed with their 10 bedroom house which had 4 servant rooms and gardens and what all...Have just heard the stories of the greatness and royalty enjoyed by the then family from my Mom, Massis and Mammajis.
Over the past years I remember talking to him on phone...Though I would be calling to get to know about his wellness...But he would hardly let me ask him, and always kept on saying...."Don't worry about anything..everything is fine here...You just take care of yourself..and come back now to a place closer to your home." and I would reply back "Yes Daarji, would look for a change in job and come back soon" Guess I am too late now :(
My maternal grandmother expired when I too small..Have heard it from mom that she wasn't very ill but had to be shifted to hospital for some treatment where some strong medicines and 'The Hospital feeling' costed us her life. All these years after her, Daarji kept on saying...."How much ill I ever may be, never take me to hospital. She was not that ill, these hospital guys made her away from me". Was just discussing the same with my friend Ashish today, and had my full agreement with him when he said "Can't say for sure where I can find this kind of bonding between couples today in our generation. I don't think we need to blame hospitals or death for termination of much of relations these days...."
Still remember me in a snap sitting on Daarji's lap when I was hardly 2 yrs old. He was sitting straight, in a white kurta with a turban on his head. The same kind of turban was he wearing just 5 month back at my sister's wedding. Though he was so ill, but we were lucky to have him pay a visit to us to bless the couple. He was so full of values...I always feel it to be a great loss for any family when they lose an aged one. The presence itself of an old one in family makes it sure that there wont be a wrong deed happening in the house. Their scolding to the grand kids, constant advices to the their own kids, the experience of their lives being gifted to us in small suggestions can never be compensated with anything. No matter how much lifestyle has changed and will keep on changing, the truth of life is that the elders will always have a simpler, better, accurate and a long lasting solution to every problem of life.
Got a call from my sis in the morning at 5 when she told me about this. My emotions were all frozen since I heard the news, but I can see my screen getting blurry now...
Missing you Daarji...
I still remember the golden time spent with him. My Maternal uncle runs a school and Daarji (as we used to call him) was the person who used to take care of stationary and canteen business of the school. I have a pretty big family from my mother's side and we used to be almost a gang of 17 children when we all used to visit Mamaji's place during our school summer vacation. Mamaji's house was just in next plot to school and we all used to attack the canteen just before the break time....Helping Daarji laying out the boxes of sweets and stationary piles before the school children could come rushing for their shopping.
He was a Railway Engineer. Being an engineer meant a lot at his time...Not like today when I can see plenty of engineers hovering everywhere. Jalandhar, Ferozpur and Ludhiana and couple of other cities were under his supervision. A huge bungalow was given to him where the big Nanke family stayed with their 10 bedroom house which had 4 servant rooms and gardens and what all...Have just heard the stories of the greatness and royalty enjoyed by the then family from my Mom, Massis and Mammajis.
Over the past years I remember talking to him on phone...Though I would be calling to get to know about his wellness...But he would hardly let me ask him, and always kept on saying...."Don't worry about anything..everything is fine here...You just take care of yourself..and come back now to a place closer to your home." and I would reply back "Yes Daarji, would look for a change in job and come back soon" Guess I am too late now :(
My maternal grandmother expired when I too small..Have heard it from mom that she wasn't very ill but had to be shifted to hospital for some treatment where some strong medicines and 'The Hospital feeling' costed us her life. All these years after her, Daarji kept on saying...."How much ill I ever may be, never take me to hospital. She was not that ill, these hospital guys made her away from me". Was just discussing the same with my friend Ashish today, and had my full agreement with him when he said "Can't say for sure where I can find this kind of bonding between couples today in our generation. I don't think we need to blame hospitals or death for termination of much of relations these days...."
Still remember me in a snap sitting on Daarji's lap when I was hardly 2 yrs old. He was sitting straight, in a white kurta with a turban on his head. The same kind of turban was he wearing just 5 month back at my sister's wedding. Though he was so ill, but we were lucky to have him pay a visit to us to bless the couple. He was so full of values...I always feel it to be a great loss for any family when they lose an aged one. The presence itself of an old one in family makes it sure that there wont be a wrong deed happening in the house. Their scolding to the grand kids, constant advices to the their own kids, the experience of their lives being gifted to us in small suggestions can never be compensated with anything. No matter how much lifestyle has changed and will keep on changing, the truth of life is that the elders will always have a simpler, better, accurate and a long lasting solution to every problem of life.
Got a call from my sis in the morning at 5 when she told me about this. My emotions were all frozen since I heard the news, but I can see my screen getting blurry now...
Missing you Daarji...
Monday, July 28, 2008
A day or Just Another Day
Beep...Beep...Beep
My alarm buzzing in the morning and me wondering again who the hell set it in place! :-D
Another day...and the same thought creeping in my mind...would it be the same as have so many passed by, or does it have something new for me as I expect everyday in morning. :)
As I look back in my life, there have been so many times when I have thought that I could have dealt a situation better, had I faced that situation now - after 'x' more years when I have 'y' levels of maturity added in me! Though I am still trying to balance this equation of x and y in my life.
But then I also feel that the added experience which makes me confident and more thoughtful today is all because of these added years and the wrong judgments I made in my life all this while.
Sometimes I wish I could rewind the the clock back to an earlier time, and take my words back..But again second half of my mind which is more practical (though he likes to be silent most of the times - specially at the most needed times) asks me....Does is really affect you or the one whom you said so, today? And I find myself smiling at me for thinking so much some times!
I feel life is about making mistakes...though preferably small ones. I definitely love the change in me that has all come from all these years, isn't this the outcome of mistakes I made earlier? Would have I been a better person had I not made them at all? Would I have met all those new persons without losing the old ones? and I get disturbed in my thoughts again with my snoozed alarm which is now back to wake me up once more! and I wake up to a new day, all set for making some new mistakes which I might regret after some years....
And I conclude....A just another day could be 'A day' for me, but it might take some years for me to see this change...
My alarm buzzing in the morning and me wondering again who the hell set it in place! :-D
Another day...and the same thought creeping in my mind...would it be the same as have so many passed by, or does it have something new for me as I expect everyday in morning. :)
As I look back in my life, there have been so many times when I have thought that I could have dealt a situation better, had I faced that situation now - after 'x' more years when I have 'y' levels of maturity added in me! Though I am still trying to balance this equation of x and y in my life.
But then I also feel that the added experience which makes me confident and more thoughtful today is all because of these added years and the wrong judgments I made in my life all this while.
Sometimes I wish I could rewind the the clock back to an earlier time, and take my words back..But again second half of my mind which is more practical (though he likes to be silent most of the times - specially at the most needed times) asks me....Does is really affect you or the one whom you said so, today? And I find myself smiling at me for thinking so much some times!
I feel life is about making mistakes...though preferably small ones. I definitely love the change in me that has all come from all these years, isn't this the outcome of mistakes I made earlier? Would have I been a better person had I not made them at all? Would I have met all those new persons without losing the old ones? and I get disturbed in my thoughts again with my snoozed alarm which is now back to wake me up once more! and I wake up to a new day, all set for making some new mistakes which I might regret after some years....
And I conclude....A just another day could be 'A day' for me, but it might take some years for me to see this change...
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