A Blog is Man's Second Best Friend

"Dude I am not a writer, can't write for nuts. What will I freaking write about......................."

This is what I told my friend around 6 months from now, before I started my blog and here I am writing my 50th blog post.

I was not really very sure what I wanted to write about in the 50th post. I could have told you my journey till now or from where the Idea about this blog came or what all I am doing now days or about my journey till the blog. And then I thought why should I write about so many different posts in one post :) I know you would love to know about me (I am a little self obsessed) and you will get to know about me but thats a lot of topics later.
Lets get on with the post now...

Something that you can expect though is me being much much more active on my social networking sites. Anyone who wants to connect to me there just follow the link. Me on facebook, Me on twitter

Also some of you might have noticed your comments are no longer called comments, they are called Kicks, you will know by the end of the post why it is so.

And now back to the important things in life...

I wanted to tell you all about something me and Parv discussed while coming back from the bloggers' meet (still have the hangover).

While we didn't discuss anything about blogging at the meet, me and Parv on our way back discussed why we blog. An interesting thing that we both sort of agreed on was the fact that when a person becomes addicted to blogging, the blog is no longer remain a thing that you just created on the net to write something.

It becomes a medium to convey your thoughts to the world and once you get readers and comments, it starts talking back to you. It becomes like a pet you come back to everyday. You look after it everyday, you feel bad when you don't feed (write something on it) it on a regular basis and it feels bad when you don't take it for a walk (to other blogs).

Coincidentally on the night before the meet I had seen this amazing movie called Marley and Me. An awesome story of a couple and their dog (the dog was the real hero even though he just acted like a normal dog)...... and this is what inspired the topic and the lines below.....

Yess!!! A blog is man's second best friend.... of course the First best friend is a dog :)

"A blog has no use for fancy cars (unless your blog is about cars) or big homes (unless your blog is about architecture) or designer clothes (only if you write about fashion). Status symbols means nothing to him. Even a normal really slow P3 comp will do just fine. A blog judges others not by their color or creed or class but by who they are inside (what they write about). A blog doesn't care if you are rich or poor,educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart (and a little bit of time) and he will give you his. "

Cheers... Thank you for reading whatever I throw at you and giving me a kick(pun intended) every time you are here....

JAB WE (BLOGGERS) MET

Now, I have to tell you this is the first time in my life that I have felt so very comfortable with complete strangers. I was actually talking to them like buddies that I had known for a long time. We actually made CCD into a place where you can talk out loud and laughed out louder and sit for hours after paying the check :). I can really go on and on and on about this meet cause it was that (In the words of Barney Stinson)...... wait for it.... hold on..... here it comes...... LEGENDARY......

Now lets take a closer look at them...........








let me tell you a bit about them In the same order as their pics appeard on the top....

Kaddu... "The common link"...Yes she was the one who connected us all. Proud to be from Patna, great to talk to, a person I think you can never really feel bored with and ya before I forget... she loves to take initiatives. :).. I am hoping that she will send me her pic as I didn't get it till now.
Parv... Mr. "I like writing poems but I am not a poet."... I still smile every time I pronounce your name.. :) (I know i can be a bit of an a** at times). Don't go by the looks. He only looks a calm and quiet guy.
Ajay... Mr. "Been there.. done that"... OMG!!! This guy has done it all. Played and lost 200 cricket matches against the same team. Worked as an IT professional and working as a teacher now. Wants to get into media, has made a documentary... hell he even knows horse riding. :)
Nikita... The "Psycho"-logist... Be careful of what you talk to her about. Has a sharp memory as she remembers the whole conversation you would have had, would have made mental notes of it and by some calculation would even tell you if you have a girl friend or not. :)
Prabhjot... Mr. "Bujho To Jaanu" (Guess what I am thinking, if you can)/ Mr. "Pin drop silence"... Would love to hear this guy talk, really I would. Thank god he writes a blog. I am guessing that he wouldn't want his pic on blog as Kaddu's didn't have one either. Still its him just a bit distorted.

And finally yours truly...
Trying to avoid the light from reflecting in order to get a good pic. :)

What the Future Holds...

Well we had a blogger's meet at Delhi today... It was great fun and I had a a blast... but more on that in the next post. As for today here goes...

“When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let
it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened.”

Today morning I came across on a very interesting post on the blog My Perspective. Now, this was my first visit to this blog and I came across something really interesting. The latest post was about a very interesting topic called Managing Tomorrow and like many other things in life this weird question started a debate in my brains. Let me warn you that when this happens things becomes very complicated and I start asking questions and answering them on my own. But its really very interesting....

So, the question was if anyone can manage tomorrow or not. The author said that we cannot. We can try and have a good present and hope for a better tomorrow. I have to say somewhere in my mind or heart I agree with him.

Yes, we don't have control on the future but still we plan for them. Then it occurred to me that planning is the first step of management (according to a text book of mine).Now, really not many of us live in the moment and thus we think about what has happened and plan for what has to happen. Thus, this would also really mean that we can manage our future.
But how could this be the end of the thought process :)

Today while talking to Kaddu at the meet, she told me something really great. She told me that

"Life is something that happens while we are busy making some other
plans."

Heavy? actually not very. I almost agree with this, considering my own life.

This made me think that if we cannot make a plan for life then who so ever says that they don't live in the moment don't know the fact that no matter what they do, they do in fact live in, on, by and for the moment cause nothing and anything they do can help them know what the future holds for them. After pondering about it again and again, I think.....

May be the fact is that we can manage the future but cannot control it? Is there a difference between controlling the future and managing it.... I don't really know. If you manage something can you control it as well.
May be I will keep this topic for another debate.... What say you?????

Change!!!

Now this one is a real quickie...

Some of the ads that you see these days are really amazing and this one has to be one of those ads.....




Can you imagine my boss sent me this... :)

Challenge For All Of You

Well its that time of the week again when I stopped at Small Footprints and saw his challenge. I am always eager to help with what ever bit I can do for my environment but this time the challenge is a bit tricky. This weeks challenge said:

For one full day this week, don't use (or ride in) a car. That's right ... leave the car at home and either walk, ride a bicycle or take public transportation (or even ... stay home). One full day ... 24 hours ... no car.

OR ... if you are already car free, write a post about not using a car. Include such topics as how to make it work, drawbacks and solutions, and why it's better for the environment.

Now, anyone who is capable of doing this, please take up this challenge. Walk, cycle or use public transport if possible.

While I would love to do this, it is really next to impossible for me to do this as my office is at a bit of distance from my house and the situation of public transport is really bad. The only other way would be to take a cycle rickshaw. I have a friend also dependent on me for going to office. But I still have something for all of you. I have this challenge a bit modified for people like me.

If you go to an office and have someone from your locality going to the same office or going to an office in the same locality please pool in
and
Every time you stop at a red light for more than 20 seconds, Turn off your car.

Once again the source of my inspiration for every environment related bit is small footprints, this is not my idea its his challenge a bit modified.
Come on, Lets change the world....

Its A Tag- Part 1....

So as promissed I am back with things about me... I have a tag from Roshmi as well so.... You can expect two more tag posts about me :).... This tag was from Wrahool.... Here goes my first tag....
Four jobs you’ve had in your life
I have had three....
As a recruiter for a consultant
As a Marketing trainee for an IT firm
Now working as a Creative Content Writer
Four jobs you wish you had
I don't think there would be four cause I am doing pretty much what I want to do at this point of time but may be...
Be a surgeon
Be a DJ or do anything related to music
Get into event management
Anything related to fitness and health really...
Four movies you can watch over and over again
Lord Of the Rings (I am sure many of you must have guessed)
Dil Chahta Hai (Just a great movie)
Munna bhai MBBS (everything about this one is inspirational)
The Matrix, Cinderella Man, Gladiator..... can go on and on and on....
Four cities I have lived in...
Gazhiabad
Dehradun
Noida
Chennai and now
Back in Noida
Four TV shows you love to watch...
Aaaaahhhh....
Any sports telecast really...
At times Seinfeld (I am a bit inspired by it- I mean the way the show is made)
Friends, According to Jim
Thanks to torrent- How I met your mother, Heroes, The big bang theory, House M.D., Whose line is it Anyways...
Four websites you visit daily
http://www.desidieter.com/ and http://www.healthji.com/ (The place I am trying really hard to make a success, lets keep our fingers crossed)
http://twitter.com/ (Seriously trying to get a hang of this one, I even added a tweet me icon on the side)
http://life-hereinindia.blogspot.com/ (Hey thats me :) ...)
AND... A lot of SEO and Social Media related stuff now days...
Four of your favorite foods
I am up for anything veg mostly always keep trying something new to name a few...
Tandoori...
Mexican...
Italian...
Chats, burgers, Kati rolls, Chocolates, Ice Creams, Mangoes (I love them) etc etc etc...
I just found out I am out of options for the next question
Four things you won’t eat
Karelas
Binjals
Olives
Akhrots and Pistas
and Rice (Yes, I don't eat rice)
Four things you wish you could eat right now...
Nothing much as I just had my dinner... But I could have a....
Gulab Jamun
A bit of Mishti Dahi
Not able to think food any more......
Four things in your bedroom...
Ah... Clothes and more clothes
Books and more books all over
My laptop on the books and clothes or covered by them
My lovely bed and everything mentioned above on it... (Its an amazing thing to have around you :) I can always count on it)
Four things you wish you had in your bedroom...
A bean bag
A flat 32 inch LCD TV to play my playstation on and connect my laptop on
Chairs like the one Joey and Chandler had
A universal remote control for everything in my room (I am a lazy lazy guy)
Four things I’m wearing right now...
I know you all would be very curious on this one.... but
Nothing much oops... I meant nothing fancy... shit what am I saying... ok
My shorts and a t-shirt.. oh please.. I know what you are thinking I am wearing underpants as well (Very Funny I know but this list is a bit long :) ..)
One place I’d rather be right now...
A lot of places....
but since its getting a bit late how about in my room and on my bed (I still don't have wi-fi at home yet:( ... )
One fictional place I’d rather be right now...
Again there are many...
Rivendell (The last elven post in the middle earth... again LOTR)
The Shire (want to see the hobits... LOTR again)
The Matrix (hmmm.. you never know may be I am in one now.... Is it air that I am breathing?)
Man this tag is getting to me now :)
Four people you’d really love to have dinner with
Katrina Kaif (Damn she looks good)
Megan Fox ( " " " " )
The guy who made NO SMOKING (The John Abraham starrer) I just want to have a discussion of what was he thinking while making it and what was the idea behind it)
Friends and family (any time really)
Four things I am thinking right now...
Only one thing... How many more to go....
Four of your favorite things/people...
Sorry too many people and friends..
My family
My school friends
Some of my college friends
There are friends except that too...
My 29 followers (as of now) and 35 subscribers and
Everyone and anyone who leaves a comment her
Four people I tag....
Why four???
Everyone who reads this is tagged... In any case leave a comment at least as this is my first tag... I am eager to know how I did...