Aman's Blog....

If you are a traveler, you must be aware about a saying, “this world is a book and if you haven’t traveled , you have just read one page” . But how about when you are doing a little too much of reading :-) ? Well, your eyes would start to get hurt ;-). Okay, a not so good joke, never mind, let’s come back to the post. I was going to post this post when I had just reached Banglore but thanks to being tired like dead and a task to complete the book review of my friend’s book, I just couldn’t do it. Anyways, its better late than never, isn’t it! So, I have finally managed to reach Banglore in one piece, without missing any flight and with a smile and satisfaction because I was able to finish my work properly. There is nothing which makes one more happy than seeing his hard work appreciated and seeing a smile on other’s face showing that they were happy and the time that they spent, was worth spending! That’s what I guess I was able to achieve with my last session and not to forget, relive...

Its Friday but I am still at Singapore, fortunately in the same hotel where I was the entire week. The hotel got a cancellation and didn’t throw me out but gave me an extension today for a day till tomorrow :) . I went to have dinner and tried a new place today as well(have tried one yesterday and did dine at an old place as well). Did buy some chocolates and now, back in the room of mine. As I mentioned already in an another post, I came to Singapore in 2006 for the first time. At that time, I was totally messed up mentally(just for the record, I still am) or may be I can say that the mental breakdown of mine happened at that time and it hasn’t healed since then. I did get up from a very serious sickness(stayed in the hospital for many weeks) and got an offer to come here. I took the offer to come here to change the environment around me because I was almost dead and if anything could distract me was a place change and loads of work.  And these are the two things that I am doing...

Those who know me well, are aware about the fact that I absolutely love oracle database and poetry. I am always looking forward to read something new about oracle db and also to read a good poetry that would shake the inner soul of mine completely. If you haven’t done yet, search over this blog for many such poetries that I have put and also some which are written by me as well. Its just amazing that how in just few lines, a lot can be said, isn’t it? Keeping the trend alive, below are some of those poetries that I absolute love and are among my favorites. These are in Hindi and I shall translate their meaning in English as well. So without further delay, here we go, (1)Tumse ulfat ke takazay na nibhaye jaate, Warna humko bhi ye chahat thi ki chahe jaate! You just couldn't fulfill the promises of love, Otherwise I also wished to be loved! (2)Hum ne aaghosh-e-muhabbat se ye seekha hai sabaq, Jis ko zinda na rehna ho wo muhabbat kar le! I have learnt this lesson ...

This is actually one of the three posts which I have in my draft folder from some time. Since one) I am sitting a little free at the moment in my hotel because its the last day of the session tomorrow and second) I am not sure that I shall be able to write it tomorrow because there is some problem with my booking status at this hotel. It was supposed to be till a certain date but it is getting over tomorrow and now, I am not sure that I shall have an extension because the hotel is completely full. If you haven’t seen me angry and upset, well , then its not possible for you to imagine that how much I can get and how do I look when I am angry so will just say that I am TOO MUCH angry right now. Anyways, will see what will happen tomorrow. At the moment, the post is about the HTC Incredible S , an Android based phone from HTC which I bought few weeks back. I have an iPod touch which I bought few weeks back. I blogged about it here as well too. Besides that, my sister also has an iPh...

I just read this below statement and needless to mention, I truly loved it. The only sad part is, its far away from becoming true ever and to be honest, I really am not holding my breath for it to come true as well. But still liked it so much, Sometimes when I say "I'm okay", I want someone to look me in the eyes, hug me tight, and say, "I know you're not."

Yes, I am at Singapore . Its been a while since I have come to this office where I am sitting right now, Suntec Tower 4 . The last time when I came here was in 2006. That was the first time when I came overseas for delivering a training program and this time again, the reason is same. Its so good to be back here and meet few persons whom I had met long time back and who actually taught me the few of the first lessons about the tactics of delivering a sessions. The session which I am handling right now is a VERY tough one and I am trying my best to keep things running smoothly. Hope all remains and goes fine. Its time to go for lunch. Been very long that I have seen food courts here at Suntec . Hope will find something to eat :-) .

Yes, that’s a truth. Its been tons of things that I have just done in these last two days of mine and still, the list of things is not finished. And to make things more spicy, I am going overseas for a very tough module for which I have done a lot of preparation but still, the heart is beating so much fast because I am aware both about the complexity of the module and the mandatory condition that I must perform well, if not in the best manner, in it. Whether I shall be able to do so or not, I am not sure. Last week session of mine was a very pleasant experience. There were just four delegates, three guys and one gal but all of them were very friendly and eager to learn the technology of which I was taking the session. One delegate out of four was very witty and he did bring so many moments in the sessions which brought not just smiles but laughter on the faces of all of us. There was one particular thing that he was really interested or was mentioning about, about my wedding :-) . I ...

I am not a poet, never claimed to be one and probably, never will be one either. Whenever I have tried to write something poetic( here , here , here , here , here and here ) , I have mentioned it that don’t expect that I shall be writing a masterpiece in poetry. Still, at times, when some thoughts, pains of some wounds given over soul rise their head, one does attempts to do many things. Some die(some try doing it but not sure why their wish of going away doesn’t get fulfilled) , some get themselves buried under work and some, along with burying themselves into work, do give a try to write some words even. Irony is that those who give such wounds, such pains to their beloved ones . This is the reason for these write up to originate, at least in my case. If you think that they are a complete shame to poetry, well, there you go. I have been warning you all the time that don’t expect Shakespear or Ghalib writing here. So with the fair warning, here is one another write up that came up ...

I have got this text just now which had this below statement, A boy becomes valuable when a girl drops a tear for him, and a girl is priceless when a boy drops a tear for her. Is it really true? If yes than what about when even after seeing tears, one gets to hear, “ I have nothing to do with these tears? May be some drops of tears have really no importance neither does those eyes who have them or may be, what I remembered reading long time back is more true than the above statement, Saathi jag te sab jiondian de, koi raahi na jag to challeyan da! Sach sayane keh gaye ne, hassa sarian de rona kalleyan da!   And its translation in English is, All are companions of alive, no one is going to accompany those who are fleeing the world! Its a wise thing said by someone, laughter is for all but cries and tears are just of your own!   Isn’t it?

Its Friday and I have finished my session of this week today. Its been a hectic, really hectic week and I guess, this hasn’t over yet. The next coming two weeks are also going to be same, or may be, even more harder than this one. But that’s next week. For this week, I am done with the session and I am hoping that it did turn out okay for the delegates. There were just three of them but they were very senior and experienced guys. It was a hectic session for them as well and I hope it was productive and useful for them as well. All three were really friendly and nice and I hope that in some other program, I shall get a chance to meet with them again. I normally travel on Friday but this time, I shall be traveling on Saturday since the flight booking for me is done for the same. Now, this is going to be really bad for me since I shall be having just a night to spend at home and on Sunday, I need to start the travel back to Delhi for another program( which I have mentioned that will be ...

I should be actually sleeping right now because that’s what I was thinking to do when I was about to leave from the session today. I was(and still I am) tired like dead and didn’t have anything except a Pasta at Barista. But thanks to this darn headache, I am still having my eyes wide open and not sure what to do about it. Its being a very hectic week so far for me. The module that I am handling right now is VERY tough and hectic. The delegates in the session are very nice, friendly and eager to know about the stuff though which is always a good sign. But still, there is so much of work that I have to finish of my own for which I am not able to make up my mind that when I shall start and how I shall finish it? There are three blog posts which are lying in my draft folder right now which also I need to complete. Not to mention the mind which gets lost in tons of thoughts! Hope I shall do finish everything soon.

And what a week it has been! I haven’t slept for not more than 3 hours in all the days and was busy doing study. My eyes are all red at the moment and I need to wake up VERY early in the morning to start the travel for a very tough session. Hope it would go well. I am very disappointed from the last session’s rating of mine, especially from this fact that the most worst rating was given, not for the technical part but for me being not punctual! HUH? Me and not punctual and that too when in the last entire week, I actually reached office by 8am(1 and half hour before the session) and closed it at least for 3 days at 6pm (half an hour late from the official time). I had skipped lunch for two days in a row since I was so struck up in solving the issues. If that’s still is not enough to call me punctual, well, not really sure what really can be. Anyways, I think all has their own way of looking at things and may be, the viewing angle of mine and others are different for certain things. I j...

I have mentioned this so many times that pain is the most common and unbiased emotion that we all share. Tears don’t have different color for different people and wounds, especially given by your loved ones, give the same kind of pain and same deep and long cries for all. And to depict this pain, at times, many words are required and at times, in just few lines, a lot is said! Irrespective of the count of the words, what’s more important is that whether the underneath pain was depicted completely or at least, close to completeness or not? If yes, I think that’s about it! And what more can express the pain than tears except music and/or a good piece of poetry right! I have posted many many times such small snippets of poetry which appear to be just 2-4 lines but they say a lot. Yes, I have been criticized many times that what the heck is the meaning of such lines anyways and I do agree, at times, the meanings are not so clearly described. But let me tell you, to understand the meaning...