Happy days....

It’s been seven months and four days since I landed in Dubai… and the past few months have been nothing but eventful... A combination of good, bad and sad moments… but the bottom line is I have enjoyed those moments and that’s only what matters… I haven’t made many new friends, but I have got rid of a couple of them who didn’t fit in my scheme of things. And yes, driving lessons have reached the final level, with only a couple of days left… And professionally, things are looking a lot better with rumours of layoffs gradually giving way to some minor organizational adjustments… All in all, I am going through a period of mental stability and peace… Hope this period lasts forever…

Never again....

They say, inspiring others to do something productive and creative is a great deed… or so I thought until the realization struck me that inspiring the wrong people to do something right could be a crap deed… That’s exactly what happened a couple of days back… Guru M, who generally excels at mentally torturing everyone in the company (physically she can’t as she is too weak), happened to read my blog and was immediately inspired to set up her own blog… And I was elated coz I thought what I did was a great deed and would therefore be remembered forever… But I was wrong… The blog, as far as Guru M was concerned, was only a new method to mentally torture others: this time a wider audience… The bottomline is Guru M has become a more sophisticated torturer and I am the reason for that… I apologize to all those who have been, are being and will be tortured by Guru M… guys, it was not deliberate.. After all, “To Err is Human, To Forgive Divine…”

“Some-times A Man Does Things Without Half Thinkin'
And What I Saw I Did Not Under-stand
Eddie Rabbit….”

Guys, now I understand what I see… Guru M is screwing everyone’s mind through her blog…

Yet another weekend

Time is flying and I am trying my level best to catch up… All I remember is coming to work on Sunday and before I realize what’s happening, its Thursday again… Claire, the cute receptionist, reminds everyone in the office that the weekend is only a few hours away as she greets us with ‘Happy Thursday’ with a smile cuter than her face… After the weekly team meeting, I am back to my workstation, lazily browsing through the internet, in search of, to be frank, NOTHING. Pretending to work hard is tougher than actually working hard…

In fact I have some interesting plans for this weekend… A fan of long drives, I will be going to Abu Dhabi on Friday with my friends to meet a friend… So Friday is taken care of… Saturdays start with my driving lessons and then looking forward to a nice massage session… lunch at a nice restaurant… some moments at the beach followed by a sheesha session at my favourite sheesha joint in Bur Dubai… not a bad weekend right?
Wishing you all a crazy weekend…

Yet another weekend

Time is flying and I am trying my level best to catch up… All I remember is coming to work on Sunday and before I realize what’s happening, its Thursday again… Claire, the cute receptionist, reminds everyone in the office that the weekend is only a few hours away as she greets us with ‘Happy Thursday’ with a smile cuter than her face… After the weekly team meeting, I am back to my workstation, lazily browsing through the internet, in search of, to be frank, NOTHING. Pretending to work hard is tougher than actually working hard…

In fact I have some interesting plans for this weekend… A fan of long drives, I will be going to Abu Dhabi on Friday with my friends to meet a friend… So Friday is taken care of… Saturdays start with my driving lessons and then looking forward to a nice massage session… lunch at a nice restaurant… some moments at the beach followed by a sheesha session at my favourite sheesha joint in Bur Dubai… not a bad weekend right?
Wishing you all a crazy weekend…

Stoned

Finally, after much deliberation, I decided to give it a try. My first meeting with the Stone Guru did the trick. He spoke a lot and I listened to him patiently. I have really become a good listener these days. What a great achievement! Jokes apart, I found myself listening to him carefully and beginning to believe in what he was saying. A glimpse into my past and something about my present and nothing about my future… that’s what it was all about… but I liked it… and my decision to wear the stone he suggested, a Blue Sapphire, was almost spontaneous... as I was walking out of his cabin, I knew I was going to wear it… soon…and eventually I did…
Now, what does this stone do to you? I am not sure.. in fact I haven’t done a research yet, but I hope to do it this weekend… just curious.. that’s it… nothing more.. nothing less… The Stone Guru told me Saturn is the strong planet in my kundli (horoscope) and to please Saturn, I should wear this stone.. and trust me guys, I do have faith in the power of stones.. I have vague memories of reading some books on gems and stones during my college days… I wasn’t so fascinated by it then though… but now I am a different man… I do actually believe in things like this and think it can change my life… it remains to be seen whether it will bring happiness and wealth to my life, but one thing I can tell you is ever since I wore it, I have been going through a period where I am experiencing complete peace of mind… yes.. my thoughts, I feel, are clearer now and I think I know what exactly I have to do… I am looking forward to this 90-day mission wherein I have to live a life without alcohol… This is the first time I am doing it ever since I started drinking.. so not a bad start… will keep you in the loop of what happens in the next few days.. ‘non-alcoholic and divine’ days… Om Shaniswaraya Namah!!

Of shattered dreams and tears

It’s been just over six months since I landed in this land of dreams. But, as soon as I landed, The Land of Dreams began turning into a Land of Shattered Dreams for many… When ‘hiring’ gave way to ‘firing’, every second person you meet has a story to tell… a story of struggle, hard work, and finally tears… The mantra on everyone’s lips is recession… but the truth is most of them don’t even know what it exactly means… all they know is it can hurt them… hurt them badly…and it has… I have seen broken hearts… tears… depression… dejection… where are all the smiling faces gone? What happened to those exquisite, sunny days? Where have they vanished? Will they ever come back? Questions… plenty of them hang in the air.. searching for answers.. but in vain… We all need to wait… patiently… hoping to see an end to this seemingly endless crisis… till then, be prepared to see more broken hearts, shattered dreams, tears and many more…