Hope
Letting this blog die a silent death is not an option for me and I blame my laziness for not writing a single post in the past so many days. I wrote something about two months back but never bothered to post it(Another example of my laziness getting the better of me). I thought I should include that text in this post. So here goes...
There has been a flurry of monumental incidents since my last post. Just to name a few of the prominent ones, the scarce positive incidents first, Obama's official inauguration as the first Black president of the US, Ghajini breaking all records at the box office, Slumdog Millionaire bagging multiple international awards and now the negative ones, the Mumbai Terror Attack, the deepening global financial crisis leading to a worldwide economic slowdown/recession, the biggest ever corporate fraud in India, the Satyam Scam. So what does the future hold? Where are we headed? Is there a silver lining to the darkest cloud hovering over the world economy? When would we get out of this economic mess? These are the questions to which everybody wants answers but nobody has any.
Having written about all that, presently, things are looking up a little. The worst might be over, as far as the financial crisis and job losses are concerned. Obama has completed his first 100 days in office and more or less done what he was supposed to. Tech Mahindra won the bid for taking over Satyam which is expected to bring stability to the company. I guess that sums up the current status of the events I had written about in that incomplete post.
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It's almost as if I have to remind myself that its my blog, so I should write about myself! So this post is going to be my first take on what's currently going on in my life. I am on the verge of making a crucial decision that would shape the future of my professional career. As things stand at the time of writing this, I am pretty much undecided which path to take, the well tread, relatively known one or the more challenging and potentially more rewarding one? And I am having a hard time taking a decision. I guess life is all about choices you make and paths you take because ultimately everyone has the same goal, to have a happy, fulfilling and content life and I am sure, going further ahead there will be many more instances where I would find myself standing at cross roads, both in professional life as well as personal life. So I better get used to making such decisions. Grow Up, Ashish. (reminding myself again!).
About that (growing up). Seeing most of my friends getting settled (read getting married) or on the verge of getting settled, makes me think how I am yet to grow up to the extent of thinking about starting a family. As things stand today I can't even think of myself getting married three years down the line. There's simply too much to do before I take on the extra responsibility. I know I have one more year before mummy starts her lectures cum emotional blackmailing about how it is just the right age for marriage. I guess every Indian male has to go through this phase and I hope I can survive it.
Life is also about change and moving on. And that's what I would hopefully be doing in the next few days. You move on expecting something better, settle down in your new environment, try and adapt yourself, add your own unique flavour to the curry pot and finally integrate with and identify yourself as a part of the new environment. At the same time, you carryover your experiences, memories, relationships, support system - the whole baggage - from the past. I hope I can establish the right balance between the old baggage and the new environment and move on, in a true sense. Wish me luck!
Next Up: My 3 years and 2 months of experience of being a Hyderabadi.
PS: At the cost of this post getting tagged as "too long", I would like to add an explanation for the title, Hope. Hope is the only thing that keeps you going in uncertain times, when the chips are really down. And the reason I chose this title was, at the time I started writing the initial incomplete part of this post, it seemed hope was the only thing that one could turn to.
There has been a flurry of monumental incidents since my last post. Just to name a few of the prominent ones, the scarce positive incidents first, Obama's official inauguration as the first Black president of the US, Ghajini breaking all records at the box office, Slumdog Millionaire bagging multiple international awards and now the negative ones, the Mumbai Terror Attack, the deepening global financial crisis leading to a worldwide economic slowdown/recession, the biggest ever corporate fraud in India, the Satyam Scam. So what does the future hold? Where are we headed? Is there a silver lining to the darkest cloud hovering over the world economy? When would we get out of this economic mess? These are the questions to which everybody wants answers but nobody has any.
Having written about all that, presently, things are looking up a little. The worst might be over, as far as the financial crisis and job losses are concerned. Obama has completed his first 100 days in office and more or less done what he was supposed to. Tech Mahindra won the bid for taking over Satyam which is expected to bring stability to the company. I guess that sums up the current status of the events I had written about in that incomplete post.
----------------------------New Post Starts-------------------------------
It's almost as if I have to remind myself that its my blog, so I should write about myself! So this post is going to be my first take on what's currently going on in my life. I am on the verge of making a crucial decision that would shape the future of my professional career. As things stand at the time of writing this, I am pretty much undecided which path to take, the well tread, relatively known one or the more challenging and potentially more rewarding one? And I am having a hard time taking a decision. I guess life is all about choices you make and paths you take because ultimately everyone has the same goal, to have a happy, fulfilling and content life and I am sure, going further ahead there will be many more instances where I would find myself standing at cross roads, both in professional life as well as personal life. So I better get used to making such decisions. Grow Up, Ashish. (reminding myself again!).
About that (growing up). Seeing most of my friends getting settled (read getting married) or on the verge of getting settled, makes me think how I am yet to grow up to the extent of thinking about starting a family. As things stand today I can't even think of myself getting married three years down the line. There's simply too much to do before I take on the extra responsibility. I know I have one more year before mummy starts her lectures cum emotional blackmailing about how it is just the right age for marriage. I guess every Indian male has to go through this phase and I hope I can survive it.
Life is also about change and moving on. And that's what I would hopefully be doing in the next few days. You move on expecting something better, settle down in your new environment, try and adapt yourself, add your own unique flavour to the curry pot and finally integrate with and identify yourself as a part of the new environment. At the same time, you carryover your experiences, memories, relationships, support system - the whole baggage - from the past. I hope I can establish the right balance between the old baggage and the new environment and move on, in a true sense. Wish me luck!
Next Up: My 3 years and 2 months of experience of being a Hyderabadi.
PS: At the cost of this post getting tagged as "too long", I would like to add an explanation for the title, Hope. Hope is the only thing that keeps you going in uncertain times, when the chips are really down. And the reason I chose this title was, at the time I started writing the initial incomplete part of this post, it seemed hope was the only thing that one could turn to.
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and Wish you luck in all your future endeavors!!
Wish you all the best for future......
Good decision..
Nice Blog man.. I like your way of writting may be becuase I dont know others Justtt Kidding:-)
Wish you all the best and keep posting me..
I hope your mom wins the emotional battle soon..!!