About someone whom I crib about a lot

This is about my boss, about whom I have cribbed to almost every friend of mine. About how he is a workaholic, which means I end up working on many holidays.

Although none of the B schools i applied to found me exciting enough to grant an admission, I like to believe I keep doing stuff which normally MBAs do . and also that I am half an MBA already. (lol) And its just thanks to him. I agree, he is one person who is tough to satisfy. But he has not even once spoon fed anything, and now I am learning to become independent.Finally!!!!!! And in retrospect, over the last year and a quarter, I have changed, and changed for good. And he had a great contribution in this.

Maybe I should tell him some time.

Thank you Sir..

Questions for the day

1. Why can't Kellogg just take me? why put me through all this anxiety of being on the waitlist?? Dreamt so much about Kellogg last night..
2. Why can't there be more Rajkumar Hiranis..???

Why god why????

Teen age...

When exactly does teen age get over??
19??? I dont believe it.. I have seen people who feel the flutter long after that....

Strip Poker

That night, they played strip poker at his place. Strangely enough, everybody won or lost almost equally.. Lights were switched off so that they dont see eachother naked .And they ended up sleeping together... They had always wanted to ........

Just to let them know....

Every time , some one speaks or writes or communicates in some manner, there is a reason.
There is a reason for this post too. This one is just to let them know.. just to let them know how much i detest their behaviour.. and if this particular "they" know who I am talking about, I am sure they will know what I am talking about too.. so they may please discuss with eachother, not with me. No comments allowed on this post..

On Life and motivation

Disclaimer:Another one for people to laugh at ...

I was suffering from a writer's block(so i would like to say .. though by any measure... i am not even a blogger.. leave alone being a writer )

For the last few days , i have been thinking of something.

What motivates a person? for anything.. not just work.. anything..

I am almost convinced that it depends on the person and even time is a variable. people behave differently at different times. But then there should be some common things which motivates people.. some trends.. of course, I am not the first person to think about this. I am sure there will be a lot of literature just waiting to be explored. But then i think everyone has their own experiences from which , we find the trends.. or join the dots....

I just put this out for discussion with a close friend.. and we agree on many things like money, fame, etc as a motivation to do things.But then is that all?

Why do NGO's work? fame? atleast not all... sense of accomplishment.??. yeah.. maybe .. but whats that ? whats this sense of accomplishment?Isn't that some kind of a complex concoction of money, fame, recognition and all that?

Or is this motivation thing built into each and everyone's system?biologically?

And yeah my observations point me towards some things... there are some of us who are intersted in things just because they are new... must be just the curiosity that motivates.. I believe I am that kind. But to what detail can someone be curious?

And I know some people who are motivated by only some things.. only some very specialised things..say.. technology..Have seen some great people around ...but then how do you survive with these specialised skills..

And there are some people who have a mask on.. which gives you an impression that they are interested in everything or most of the topics.. (or so they say) .. but just see beyond the mask and you will find, they are not interested in anything .. anything whatsoever. just putting on the facade!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok.. so all said and done.. how to identify the kind of person you are dealing with and package it accordingly? And worse.. what if you are addressing a group ?even a small group would be tough . and think of a huge one... you dont know most of them personally..haven't even heard their names before.

Now I know what Managers and in particular HR managers need to do(till now, I thought they were quite an easy going lot). BUt thats not what I intended to write about. For me, the real question is what exactly makes a person do anything that he does .. or makes him/her not do something that he/she doesn't,.

Enough of all this confusion .. I am off..

Joining the dots....

When , I was a kid.. i used to get ideas, while in the loo.., As i grew up , to be precise, when I was in Thrissur, I had the habit of walking back home from my classes.And since i would walk alone, and it was quite a long walk, I used to think while walking. Nowadays I walk very less.. now all my thoughts and observations are while i am driving my bike.. those are the ones which get posted as today's observations on this blog.

And today I was driving back from a dinner with my juniors. A thought struck me... it hit me very very hard.

I am sure each and everyone of you would have joined dots to get a picture when you were kids.

Today, while on my drive back, I just joined the dots.... and got the big picture.. The really ugly face of a monster.....and it answered so many questions i had..Wonder what took me so long...I thought i was intuitive.. hell no.. but then .. better late.. than never.

some thoughts on the Indian culture

Yeaterday was Thiruvathira.. the festival of married women, celebrated mostly in the northern part of Kerala.. similar to Karva chauth in north India.. We make a sweet dish made out of arrowroot powder during this festival. A discussion about that ended up in an internet search for something.. But, this post is not about how it is celebrated, or what it stands for.. but what this search triggered. The search came up with some results regarding the malayalam calendar and the month of Dhanu in which it is celebrated.. but it just caught me thinking , Is it well documented? how long is anyone going to know about all these things?? one more generation? maybe after that , there will be an opportunity for someone like Dan Brown to write about the ancient culture, monuments and events and the old culture of Kerala. HUndreds of small things will have huge relevance when mysteries are woven around these. hmmm. or maybe someone will be documenting all this while i am writing this just like my friend whose blog is mostly about hindu mythology and similar topics. I guess there are too many things in this world for someone to keep track of. lets divide the work.. you guys write about all this and I read it . what say?