It's nice to be nice

[Office: around 5:00 pm]
"Hi there"... a voice reaches out. There is hardly any response. A bleak 'Hi' from a couple of guys and thats it.

[Office: about 5 mins later - 5:05 pm]
"See ya!". Again a couple of faint voices heard - "Buhby!".

Why doesn't anyone bother to respond? Are we too into our own world, into our own people? I am sure that somewhere inside each one feels that he/she should respond. But some elements, mind factors [or whatever!] pull up the string and we just ignore.

Spoke to the person who has been greeting us everyday. And learnt a lot from her. "Its nice to be nice", she says!

Indeed! Making people feel - yes, there's someone who knows me and cares to say a big 'Hi'

Cummon... start living... express yourself. Acknowledge and accept... and you will yourself realise - 'It's nice to be nice'.

Thanks V for making us realise this!

~a

Tiny bits of Life

A feeling of independence, the scent of freshness, the knowledge of 'being'... each tiny drop of rain falls on the body and with it brings an emotion. Drop by drop, the feelings are enhanced and multiplied.

I ran, ran in the rains, after a long long time. Felt that freedom, felt the freshness, felt the love, felt the feeling of 'being'!

Now, back in my room, these emotions are still bubblying inside me, holding that smile on my face.

I feel I am!

'a

Beacon day out

The excitement was high. The first client party certainly brings out anxiety, excitement and a whole plethora of undiscovered emotions. And especially when the party is in some foreign country by a foreign client the emotions are amplified.

It was the Beacon day, a whole day outing alongwith the client people at a nearby clubhouse. Right from cricket to softball to pool, a prudent arrangement was made which suited the outing needs of the whole group. Our guys did not miss the chance to have a cricket match fixed up with the client team.
Not only these games but a few speciality outing games were also arranged. Seeing the opportunity I was on the top of a bull (although artificial) and having a rodeo ride! What were the chances of me winning the rodeo competition! I did it in style, setting a record for the first time I had a ride and breaking my own record the next time! (read: 73 seconds on the bull!).

Public lazing around after having emptied a whole crate of beer cans into their stomach seemed like a typical scene out of an English outing publication. Got an excellent opportunity to interact with people, most of whom I had never met, let alone knowing their names! Sandy, who was the co-organiser, dropped a bomb having declared me as the 15 yr old boy! (I am sure she was just joking! She was! Believe me! - waiting for your comment, Sandy... you have to assert me!)

The barbeque in the evening was followed by the dance time. The chaos in the atmosphere coupled with the vibrant body moves gave a typical Indian trance + indipop look to the dance scene. Andy, Becky, Michelle, Nick, Craig, Sandy were some of the many client people shaking their legs to the dhakchik Bollywood numbers. Later it was our turn to shake our booty on the English numbers, some of which I had never heard.

The evening passed away with the booze in hand and the mind in the dance. The outing gave me an excellent opportunity to know the team and to interact with the client members and I think I did good.

It was one helluva 'Beacon Day' OUT!

Special weekend post

Life's starting off... After all that confusions about the future, I've decided to take a break. Today is Saturday, no thinking till the next week. [Gosh... this week's getting over today!]. But anyway... Got to live life today.
So what makes this post special!? Guys, this is my first post. Gotto be special!

More comes laterz...