My Valentine

My Valentine

Your smile is what brightens my day,

Your words are what encourage me today,

That lovely face, those twinkling eyes,

How i wish, you were never away,

Hoping to see you in the morning everyday,

That touch of your hand, that lovely fragrance make me sway,

Swinging our hands, together we start the day,

Facing the world, together we stay,

Enjoying our lunch and that idle stroll in the park,

How i wish that moment would always stay,

Leaving together in the evening,

Is the best part of the entire day,

Holding your Hand, and carresing your arm,

It feels so good to be next to you, any day,

Seeing you climb the train, and bidding me farewell,

IS the Saddest part of the entire Day,

Do not feel like leaving you ever, wish to be with you forever,

Hope that day comes soon for us, when we will be together forever,

Till then I have to brave the nights,

to see another day, sunny and bright,

Will be waiting for you in the same place,

to fall in Love with you over and over again.

-Smaran

Beauty

A young beautiful Princess, lies in the warmth of her bed, Oblivious to the perilous world around her. Her charming prince sits by her side and guards her from any danger that might awaken her from her dreams. He waits by her bedside, mesmerized by her innocent and delicate beauty. As he stays vigilant, the morning sunshine enters the bedroom. The first rays of the sun, brightens the room and beautifies the angel ten times.

The prince is enthralled by the pureness of the moment, unable to bring himself to reality. Suddenly he realizes, the stealthy sun rays are approaching the princess' eyes. He pulls himself out of his reverie and protects the dreams of his love, by preventing the rays from scorching her eyes. He feels elated that he was able to save his love from the dangers of waking up to an uncertain world, and feels pleased to have preserved her world of dreams in her eyes.

Slowly the princess feels the warmth of her prince's love near her. She opens her dreamy eyelids and sees her Saviour near her, protecting her from the merciless sun rays. She holds her Saviour's hands and wraps them around herself. She feels his strength and feeling secure, returns to the world of Neverland, along with her prince this time, by her side. Both leave this precarious world of uncertainties to be with each other for eternity.

What is LOVE?

Why is it that when your dreams crash, it pains so much? Why is it Dreams appear more real than Life? Why do we aspire for more beautiful Life through our dream than our Life? Is Life really that difficult? Why just one 'NO' removes our sense of self-belief? Is being loved so important?

Lot of women have their requirements. Is that all love is? Why is it that even then we are not able to stay happy, when we get what we want? If we don't want something, is it IMPORTANT to fake the ownership?

But we continue to LIVE. hmmm probably its not about having all the answers, its about finding them. Its not about living just your Normal Life but achieving something more than the ordinary. Living a LIFE of HOPE, because that is what brings you back to reality. Because in the end, LIFE is not the reality, your dreams are. Your dreams are what give you what you wanted, happiness, self-respect and satisfaction. Dreams are what brings your normal like to LOVE. Love is the eternal connection which is too easy to be complicated and too complicated to be easily understood. Because no dream is easy to understand.

Only thing you need to ask yourself is, do you have the courage to achieve those dreams. Are you ready to allow yourself to love again, once you have been rejected? are you ready to rise up and fight to regain your lost pride? are you ready to redeem your status after you have fallen?

This is one Life and fight for what you want. NEVER GIVE UP. If one door closes, another opens, just remember not to stare at the closed door for long. Let it go and Keep Smiling, that is who you are and your only strength, LOVE.

Awards Don't Matter!!

Honestly, since the time i received the Best GET, i dont really feel it is something awesome. On the contrary i feel, what mattered most was those pat on the back from your mentor, when you did your job well. Probably every achiever in life does not really care about his achievements but the efforts he made to reach them.

Becoz ultimately, it is what you put in matters more, than what you get out of it. The strangest part is when you receive an award, it does not matter to you, becoz you already have that award, the day you did your job wit utmost finesse and closed it with dexterity. Only the world had to recognize it, for you its already done. All these awards, rewards and achievements are by-products. They will come, according to your sincerity and passion.

Life is all about growth. Does not matter in which direction, but growing constantly is life, whether spiritually, emotionally, physically or intellectually. Your growth is what benefits you and in-turn everyone around you. You have to focus on yourself and not let anything else worry you. People see problems around and jump in to solve them. The only solution to every problem is in you. Change yourself and everything will change accordingly. It's like an abstract Social Networking. Everything is connected. Your one act of good, can make someone's life and also the vice versa is possible.

So always remember, "DO YOUR BEST, AND LEAVE THE REST". Some one special taught me that ;)

Winning for the First Time

Hi,

I know its been ages since i wrote anything, but well at least i have not given up. Recently i won the Best GET of the Year in Reliance Tech Services. I tried to reflect back on my old times at school and college but cant remember anything i Won, which was so unique and outstanding. So i am still pondering on how and why did i win this award.

Let me start by saying that most of the work in my office is basically handled by the youth brigade and so obviously i had the opportunity of diving straight into good hard core GIS related work. I learnt a lot under the very able guidance of my Mentor, Mr. Vijay Chopade. All the Quality Assurance i have successfully implemented is thanks to this person who has been my, friend, mentor, teacher and also the person who believed in me. I eventually completed 30% of QA single handedly towards the end of project. After this i ascended into the throne of Development. I know it is quite strange, how can someone directly receive the throne of Development but here again Luck and Courage helped me. Most of the Developers were leaving the company in my department for better and brighter opportunities. This left a very wide hole in the development team in the department. I just needed the nod of one person, My Mentor, and thats it i jumped into Development, having absolutely zero knowledge of what exactly was I suppose to do. But as you know the rest is history and i was awarded beyond my belief.

Now, all this is fine, but what i am still not able to understand is, if i always had this calibure in me then why i was not able to display it earlier?? was it coz i probably got easy opportunities or was i lucky? this seems quite a easy way to criticize me, but it still is quite baffling for me to grasp the paradox of my present circumstances. I pondered on this a lot and eventually came to a very strange and weird conclusion.

Now that i have won the so called best best... obviously i have brains and hard-work backing me. Question is why did this not help me earlier? I have brains, since every college and school that i had gone to, every teacher had said this. So probably i was lacking in hard-work, but y? why did i work so hard in the company and not in school or college? Is it becoz now i get paid? No, then i would have already started my own business. no its definitely not money. Then? Probably its the Mentor, that i lacked, throughout my school and college life. Suddenly I realize the importance of a Mentor. It is so easy to forget someone who has helped you solely becoz he felt good about it. He supported you when you could not stand, he guided you becoz he saw lost New Joinee and also made you laugh when you felt there was no happiness left. Yes, a mentor is who changes your life and gives you the proper path to have your own vision and will to achieve it. I will be always in-debt to Vijay Sir.

Now you will ask me, how did he teach me coding, since he was not in Development? True, but he always gave me a boost to move on and subdued my fears. I met another great person, 'Mr Arif Ali Baig', who gave me insights into GIS Application Development. it is truly amazing, when you are exposed to the unlimited opportunities in life, which help you satiate your hunger for learning. This gentlemen gave me the look of GIS which i was not aware of, but now i can say i have made my foot hold really strong in this domain as well.

Ultimately, it all comes down to two things in life, your passion and will to achieve it. You like something, you must always strive to achieve it and not be bogged down by some hurdle which is inconsequential in front of your dream. Because as Henry Ford said "Obstacles are those things you see, when you take your eyes of your goal". Keep your mind focused on your passion and DREAM as much as possible, coz only dreamers can transform fantasy into reality. So enjoy life and all the best.

The Tempest

I had this novel in my school cirricullum named "The Tempest".

It was written by shakespear(i think my spelling is wrong). Well at present i am in florida at my uncle's place and lookin outside i saw this huge storm brewing up. For some, it is a sign of trouble somethin that a person shuld be running away from but for me it is a challenge.

lookin at the tempest in front of me wit dark clouds encircling in the sky, a flash of white light trailing down to the earth. I felt like challenging the mighty tempest in front of me for a duel.

Its obviously a crazy thought but it appeals to me wen i see such sights in front of me.

A storm comes in everyones life (now i am talkin abt the metaphorical storm not the weather one). It is sort of a deciding factor. It determines a persons character. wat will he do, will he flee or stand tall and fight? Such a question, no one can answer spontaneously. one has to be in tht position and truly test himself. It is there tht his actions determines wat he is capable of in his life. Might be he might not act wat he thought he would but tht is no reason for him to walk away depressed, rather he shuld learn from his mistakes. To learn is very important. Generally people tend to lose the lesson since they dont have the state of mind at tht moment where they can scrutinize the situation and leran from it but it is only thru their flaws will they learn. To make mistakes is essential but it is also essential not to commit them again.