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Alright, so here I am, in another year of life.  I am not at home and I want to be with my family so much at the moment. For me this is a very special day but there is some sadness also some where. I mentioned in my last post that at times, some people do hurt you beyond limits and I am feeling so much hurt at this time again. I won't tell the reason for that but its true!Just thinking, isn't it funny enough that those who are not our nears and dears as such, they at times are much better than those, for whom we did so much, gave them all what we had! Anyways, let's keep this all aside for today. Hope this year would bring at least few joys for me. Let's see what happens!

At times, why it does happen that tears even don't help? Why it does happen that being nice becomes the worst mistake? Why it does happen that only those hurt whom we love the most? Why it does happen that only those leave whom we always thought would stand beside us? Why it does happen that only those don't stand beside us for whom we always did? Why it does happen that at times, you want to cry so much but tears don't come? Why it does happen that when some one calls you good, it appears he/she is making a fun of you? Why it does happen that that at times, all you want is just one hug, one shoulder , one lap to rest upon but you don't find it anywhere? Really don't have any idea why it does happen at times!

You may be thinking that this post title doesn't make sense at all. Yes, it does sound a bit odd but that's what happened today and by the end of the post , you will be agreed that the title indeed makes sense. If you are following this blog than you must be knowing already that I am not feeling well. Its been since the last travel which I did that I am having couple of issues, both physically and mentally. But as I am again on the travel at the moment, which is for work, I can't escape it. So despite that I was having no strength in the morning to get up, part because I did get over here very late in the night which lead to no dinner and almost no sleep too( well, that doesn't happen otherwise also too much) and because of a "bit of" fever, I had to leave. Day didn't go much bad as so far, the guys are good and being supportive. But its too early to say anything as we have just started today and there is a long path ahead. The program did start with lot

Yes, its "that" time again. I am going tomorrow. I am not feeling well since I had come back from the last program, both emotionally and physically. But that's not something which anyone would actually care about so I have to leave. I hope this won't effect my program and it goes well. I shall be away from my family on my birthday too. Not sure, but I don't have a good feeling. It seems something is going to happen, some thing really wrong and/or bad. I just hope that this remains as just a bad feeling and doesn't come out as a reality. Pray for me guys.

I just got this mail which made me smile so much. Software engineers really have a poor life and its a proof of that. Its few conversations between project managers(PM) and software engineers(SE). Have a read and smile, SE  : Why don't we have flexible office hours? PM :  Who says that? You can come anytime before 8.45am and leave anytime after 8pm. See, how flexible we are! Now carry on with your work!                                                               **** SE:   I want leave for two days. PM: (Thinking, He has 2+ years of experience. He didn't get chance to go onsite. He lives in the area which is near to lots of other company offices. He must be going for an interview)  Hmm, no there is lots of work pending and you need to come on weekend also.                                                                **** SE:   I want leave, my sister is getting married. PM( Thinking, Damn, his sister has to get married when we are approaching dead line). Okay,

A  post , just to tell that how a party gets turned into a "puke fest". I hate those who drink and I hate those much more who drink and create all this kind of mess! Anyways, enjoy the "party"!

Some times, some lines of poetry depict the emotions so truly. I just read these lines and found them so true. These are in Punjabi. As like always, I shall translate it to English in a while. Have a read, Je Ishq Di Koi Hundi bhaasha, Taan Pyar Mere da vi jwab hunda! Bewfai ohdi j gini jandi, Ta jakhman mereyan da v hisaab hunda! Seene j hunda dil ohde, Ishq mera v parvan hunda! Dil da dard j bol sakda, Har ik shabd kitab hunda! Har panna hanjuan nal bhijda, Har lafz te ohda hi na hunda!   And here is the meaning in English, If there would any language of love, Than for my love too, there would be some answers! If her betrayal woud had counted, Than wounds of mine too would had got justice! If there would be a heart inside her, My love too could be complete! If the pain in heart could speak, Each word would be a book in itself! Each page would had been drenched with my tears, Each word would had her name over it! There is nothing more that I can add to it. There

I just got back home. I was out today for most of the time. In the morning, after dropping my sis to work, I went to get a hair-cut and some face clean. I didn't want to have that face-clean stuff but my sis insisted that I must have one so there was no escape from it. So I was there, got the hair and face clean done. I got a call today from an old friend whose cyber cafe I used to visit almost daily as he used to have facility for making long distance calls. He just called to ask, in his own words that I am dead or alive? Well, needless to mention , I immediately went to see him. I was meeting him after exactly 3 years. He got married( I didn't even know about it) and was very angry with me that I was no where in his wedding. Well, truly, I never got any call otherwise I would had gone for sure in his wedding. He asked me a lot of stuff about some one and he got no answer from me.  I don't know but I just didn't have any clue even what to answer, what to reply? He tal

Yup its coming. Well, let's see what will happen on that day? This is a quick post which came out because of my nature of "digging things without any real use" :-). I am on Facebook  and today, I stumbled upon an application there which said, guess what, let's find the meaning of your birthday. WTH! Alright, so here is what is said about mine.  I have removed my birth details from it. Lucky Color:                                 Jade Personality Strengths:                  Strength, Style Personality Weakness(es):           Arrogance Successful Career Path:               Fashion Sense of Humor Style:                 Obscure Adjectives to Describe You:        S trong, industrious Description: A hip non-conformist who truly stands for his/her beliefs - you are out to make a difference in this world, and you have a realistic chance of success. You have always been self-driven and derive your inspiration from those close to you. Ambitious - and why shouldn't

Lohri  is among the most popular and much awaited festivals in North India. In winters, there is nothing like sitting besides a camp fire, eating lots of good stuff and enjoying with your family and friends. This year, Lohri has come one day early. Its normally on 13th of January but as per the calendars of this year, its good to celebrate it on 12th this year. 12th or 13th, it doesn't matter, its Lohri and its celebration time. I wish you all a very happy Lohri and hope this year would bring lots of joys for you and your family!

To be honest, I didn't make one ever. I never made any resolutions not because I can't follow what I have decided but because, I never wanted to make a list of things to-do or to-not-do. I have got tons of other important( and unimportant) work already so I can' be really bothered about all this. But series of some past incidents have forced me to make at least one resolution this year, which I shall adhere for the rest of my life. There is a state in India, and so far, one country in the world,  where I shall not visit, at least within my best powers. I can't say never as I don't know what's next is going to happen in future but if its going to be my will, the answer would be a firm "no". My friend Amardeep  said that its not right to ban entire country/state but I can't help it, that's how it goes from now on. Just for the record for those who may think that I am making this resolution because I couldn't go to that country and state, no

Well, I won't forget this day. Some one made me hear some things which I didn't expect to hear, at least not  in the way they were conveyed to me. I don't know why but it did hurt the most today and certainly would pain for the rest of my life.I don't know what to write , what not to, just would say this that I am reminded of some things from the past today once again. I didn't forget them  but surely enough, I shall remember this day on top of everything from now on.

I don't know but today it was not just my day, that's all I can say. I can't seem to recall when it was the last time that I had to suffer so much in one single day only. I guess the starting had been from the last night only when I lost my keys and lock. Yeah its very important for me that I have my keys and lock for my baggage, you may call it whatever you like but that's the way it goes with me. So I lost them, actually not me as I never did open the bag myself but still, the endpoint is that despite searching for about an hour, they were no where and we had to declare them as a lost case. That was the start of the mishaps I guess. My sis gave me a new set of lock and keys but the search is still on for the original pair. In the morning, I thought it would be foggy so I should start early. When I came out, what I see is that today at my place, there is no fog. Great! Never mind, I said to myself and to mom, dad, sis and we decided that I shall go as per the last fi

Yes I am leaving tomorrow. Its kinda tough to make up your mind and leave for a grueling travel in this cold weather. This time, both the places from where I shall be boarding and landing, are equally cold and foggy. I am hearing daily news of flights getting delayed and/or canceled. I hope that it won't happen with me and my flights land and fly safely.  As this is the first travel of this year, I hope that all goes well,both in terms of travel and session. Let's see what comes out! Wish me luck guys and pray for me! 

My friend, Amardeep Sidhu  sent me a message saying that he has put few lines of a poetry over his blog. As usual, I went and read it and needless to say, those few lines touched me very deep inside. I am going to put those lines here with the translation as the original is in Punjabi. This verse is written by Sukhwinder Amrit, an awesome  writer who has out flames in her words. Please note that the entire credit for putting this poetic marvel over net is of Sidhu and its originally here. Here are the lines in Punjabi first, tere mud aaun di dil nu aje b aas baki hai k mere dard de tan te eho hi libaas baki hai jadon hasdi haan hanjhu shalak aaunde ne subhavik hi mere ehsaas de tan te same di laash baaki hai eh meri akh da athar, kahani da hai ik akhar te meri hiqq de wich dard da itihaas baki hai tere seene ch thaathan maarda daria mohabbat da mere seene ch kai tapde thalan di pyas baki hai je pathar ho gia seena tan taithon seh nahi hona k aa v ja, mohabbat da aje ehsaas baki

It was sort of a busy day. Though I didn't do any meetings but still, I was out almost the entire day. It was (still is) really cold outside and now when I am sitting here and writing this post while listening couple of sad songs, its just a cold feeling that how did I spend the entire day out despite so cold? I started my day with dropping my sis to work. After that , I was initially coming back to home. But then , all of  a sudden it occurred to me that I am leaving again after a day so I should go and get a hair cut. So I took a u-turn and left for the salon from where I get my hair cut. My hair dresser, who is also a good friend,  was shivering as much as I was so it took him a long time than usual to finish the cut. After that , I was sitting there for some time with the other staff and was chatting as it was for the first time in 2009 I have visited there. There are lots of gals over there who are my sis's friends and some how , today all of them were after me asking th

I guess that was the first and hopefully the last time when on 31st December's night , I was traveling away from family. Yes I am back home today on the 1st January 2009 which means that we are now officially in the new year. So firstly, I wish you a very happy and prosperous new year. May god give you a lot of happiness, joys and success in this year and you touch the skies in whatever you do. Hope this year comes out among the best years for you. Hope that in this year, you face less support tickets, database and query tuning issues and do lots of learning about Oracle as well :-). Needless to say that you would keep on coming to my blogs/sites as like before. Happy 2009 from Aristadba,Aman! The session went well.  Guys , as like always were excellent. Infact, for the first time, I was told at the end of the session that they did a search over Google for me and came to know about my sites/blogs. That came out a very nice and pleasant surprise as I didn't expect to hear it t

Yup, bags are getting packed, tickets have come so it does mean that I am leaving once again. And once again, its for the same kind of tough session. I just hope that all goes well.Pray for me guys and wish me luck!

Wall-E   or bettrly said, Pixar's Wall-E  is among those few movies which I wanted to see so much but didn't get time to see because of one reason or the other. I did read the review that Tim gave over his blog post  about it but still, I wanted to experience it myself too. This time, when I was flying back to home, I found that the in-flight entertainment program  is showing it. Needless to say that I didn't let the opportunity slip out of my hands. So I did watch Wall-E or Hal's love story with Eva and here is my take over what I felt about it? If I can give a single word review, I shall say , EXCELLENT! I am not sure that how much you are into animations/cartoons but I am totally hooked up to them. If there is a very good animation combined with an excellent story , I guess, that's the best combo to get and wall-e is exactly the same. Pixar animation studios have done the best of their work I must say with it. The graphics are by far the best which I have seen

I got back home today morning from  a spine chilling session that I did. As I mentioned in the last post, the session was among the toughest of almost all which I have taken so far. The guys were amazing and there were some very interesting discussions that did happen at times. As I always take that as my take-away back to home from a session, so in a way, it was very much beneficial for me. I am hopeful that I was able to satisfy the guys some what and their expectations were met. Well, all had a smiling face so I guess I did achieve it ;-). I mentioned "for 2 days" in the title. Yes , just today when I got back home, I got a news that I am going to the same place again and guess what, I shall be there on new year eve as well. Now I certainly don't mind working but who would have thought to organize a session on a new year eve? That's like too much of work isn't it? When the entire world is going to welcome new year, what I shall be doing, trying to discuss som