Trip to Umamaheshwaram and Mallela Theertham

As expected, this weekend was a memorable weekend for me. I went to Umamaheshwaram temple and Mallela Theertham with the entire Yash EHS team. I enjoyed a lot during the whole trip. On the way to Umamaheshwaram we played different games and in spite of “Dheeraj “opps sorry “Doku’s” continuous effort, I lost all the games. We reached the Umamaheshwaram temple around 2 pm. This temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and located in the vast range of scenic mountains. Before entering into the main temple, one has to wash his feet’s and drink water from papanashanam. The priest has conducted a small pooja for our entire team. When I saw the Shiva jyotirlinga for the first time, I was enthralled by some strange feeling. I cannot describe it in words. The mantra said by the priest reminds me of my home. I born and brought in a traditional family and because of that I do believe in every Indian ritual. In my home, morning starts with the Gayatri mantra/ Mahamrityunjaya Mantra.

After pooja, we went to Mallela Theertham. It is a waterfall located in the Nallamala Forest. The scenic beauty there reminds me of Pahalgam (Kashmir). The sight and sound of the water falling on the stones was fascinating. We spent almost 2 hours there and did lot of masti.

While returning, I was totally lost in my own thoughts. I recalled my initial days in Hyderabad. I made so many good friends over here. All these things are making my farewell very difficult from here. I never forgot the way I played different pranks with Dheeraj/Navin/Riya. We three joined Yash at the same time so shared a good bond with each other.

On Sunday, I spent my entire time with my flat mates. We went out for a movie and dinner at Greens which is one of my favorite restaurants. I like the quality of the food served over there. I couldn’t understand the concept of the movie “desi boyz” may be because I compared it with “Rockstar” which is an awesome movie but I enjoyed the company of my friends.

Only one month is left in my exit from this city. But, I don’t want to think about all these things as it will make the entire process again complex and confusing…..

INVICTUS

OUT of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll
I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.

- BY WILLIAM ERNEST HENSLEY.

The Quarter-Life Crisis...

Today one of my friends forwarded me this article. I don’t know the “author” of this article. But I think it is applicable to every individual who is falling under the age group of 25-30 years. So, I couldn’t resist myself to post it in my blog!!!

It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are a lot of things about yourself that you didn't know and may or may not like. You start feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barely know where you are now.

You start realizing that people are selfish and that, maybe, those friends that you thought you were so close to aren't exactly the greatest people you have ever met and the people you have lost touch with are some of the most important ones. What you do not realize is that they are realizing that too and are not really cold or catty or mean or insincere, but that they are as confused as you.

You look at your job. It is not even close to what you thought you would be doing or maybe you are looking for one and realizing that you are going to have to start at the bottom and are scared.

You miss the comforts of college, of groups, of socializing with the same people on a constant basis. But then you realize that maybe they weren't so great after all.

You are beginning to understand yourself and what you want and do not want. Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are doing and find yourself judging a bit more than usual because suddenly you realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and add things to your list of what is acceptable and what is not. You are insecure and then secure. You laugh and cry with the greatest force of your life. You feel alone and scared and confused. Suddenly change is the enemy and you try and cling on to the past with dear life but soon realize that the past is drifting further and further away and there is nothing to do but stay where you are or move forward.

You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you loved could do such damage to you or you lie in bed and wonder why you can't meet anyone decent enough to get to know better. You love someone but maybe love someone else too and cannot figure out why you are doing this because you are not a bad person.

One night stands and random hook ups start to look cheap and getting wasted and acting like an idiot starts to look pathetic. You go through the same emotions and questions over and over and talk with your friends about the same topics because you cannot seem to make a decision.

You worry about loans and money and the future and making a life for yourself and while wining the race would be great, right now you'd just like to be a contender!

What you may not realize is that everyone reading this relates to it. We are in our best of times and our worst of times, trying as hard as we can to figure this whole thing out. 

Author-"Anonymous" 

Today I have completed another book “Revolution 2020” by Chetan Bhagat. It was my 10^th book, which I read in 2011 means approximately 1 book/month. Not bad!!! Apart from traveling and writing; reading is also one of my hobbies. Although I hardly get time to do so….

This weekend was good for me. Mostly I spent time in getting together with my friends. Next weekend, I have to go for team outing with my colleagues. It would be my last team outing in Hyderabad. So I am pretty excited about it. After that I need to plan my weekends as I have to complete many pending tasks, plan out to get together with friends within a limited time frame. Time is running it seems. But I want to make all these days unforgettable in my life. So it’s time to take a small break from work (that I have already taken  JJJ ) and enjoy life…..

I am confused again regarding my choices as I am feeling odd one out. Today one of my friends admires the design of one diamond jewelry that was published in the newspaper advertisement. I saw that but it didn’t leave any impact in my mind. I always try to appreciate the regular girl’s talk which basically revolves around movie actors, jewelery, cosmetics, and latest fashion trends; but always fails. I don’t like any specific movie actor. I cannot feel anything for a man I really don’t know. My heart never beat faster whenever I saw Hindi movie heroes nor do I have any specific preferences. Jewelry, accessories never attract me. Sometimes I feel strange about me. Today’s discussion regarding current trends in jewelry forced me to think about my choices in life. I think simplicity is the most important thing that attracts me. I love to interact with those people who have certain dreams and certain viewpoints in life….

I want to live a simple life where I can give all happiness of this world to my family. I want to follow my dreams and explore new avenues in life. After all I won’t get life a second time....

I think my confusion is vanished now…..

Don’t Judge People by their looks.....

Today in the evening while returning from office to home, I went to the departmental store to buy some monthly groceries. As the queue was very long at the billing counter; so for doing time pass, I started looking at the things which were there in the trolley of one lady who was standing just beside me. That lady was going to buy most of the cosmetics items that claim to make the skin fair in a few weeks. I was a little bit shocked to see her cosmetic choice.

In India, most of the people prefer fair skin tone over dark complexion. This choice obviously forces some dark complexion girls to buy such fake products because no cream in this world can change your skin color since it ultimately depends on the melanin secretion in the body. Such fairness claiming creams is based on the mechanism of inhibition of melanin synthesis enzymes in the body and has a long term side effect as well.

I sometimes feel pity for those people who give importance to the looks rather than the character of the person because they don’t know that in search of looks they sometimes fails to spot a good natured person in the life…..

Keep Smiling!!!

“Keep Smiling” is one of my favorite mantras that I religiously follow in my life. Despite of all the confusion, indecisiveness, and troubles in life I believe that one should always smile as it is free of cost and gives you as well as your near and dear one’s strength to fight with all the problems in life.

Smiling helps you to stay positive. You cannot think anything negative when you are smiling because it releases some good hormones in our body which makes us to “feel good”. Smiling is a natural drug/pain killer. At times when I feel a bit low or whenever I have to hide my bad temper/irritation in front of others, I always try to smile.

I also believe that there is no point in showing your annoyance to others. I saw many people who because of frustration start shouting at others. Although I never comprehend how one can shout on another person as it needs a lot of courage. By doing this you make the atmosphere around you tense. I know it is very difficult to stay happy all the time but at least by smiling in hardship we can give positive vibes to our body which helps us in coming out from the tough times.

“LIFE IS GOOD”. So dear friends live away from any stress, depression and worry by SMILING!!!!

Confusion!!!!

Sometimes it is very difficult to take any decision. I cannot say that I am an indecisive girl but whenever I have to take some important decisions in life I act as a confused girl....One thing I learned from some past experiences that the more you want to escape from any situation, the more you will trapped into it.

I think that the best way to overcome indecisiveness is that we should try to listen to our heart and soul because in the hustle-bustle of life we often forget to pay attention to the inner voice of our soul/heart which is always correct and help us in taking any conclusion. In the battle between mind and heart, we feel safer to follow our mind because the decisions taken by mind based on some logic while heart follows the inner feeling/intuition.

We may feel confused sometimes but by following our heart we can erase that confusion and can enjoy the life which is of course precious and beautiful too... I don’t believe in rebirth so we should try enjoying it fullest by taking some risks in life. After all we can learn from our mistakes. I am going to follow my heart from now onwards so that I can conquer my indecisiveness in one important decision in life… Are you too????

My First Certificate of Appreciation from SAP Labs!!!

I believe that the way you interact first time with someone determines your nature/personality. At times when you meet a new person; you may want to interact him again and again because of his good qualities and the reverse of it can also be happened.

Today at the coffee break, one of my project coworkers starts interacting with me and his conversation was so negative towards his work that I started finding out ways to get rid of his discussion. Thanks to my mother! She called me at the right time and I got a chance to come out from the cafeteria.

I hate when someone tries to become oversmart or start back biting about their colleagues/organisations especially in the first meet. Tomorrow I have to go back to Hyderabad and I am very happy because I am missing my friends in Hyderabad. Overall this project was a good experience for me….

Life in Bengaluru.....

Now days I am working at client Location (SAP Labs, Bangalore) for completing the final phase of one project. Here I got an opportunity to work with 20 SAP consultants. They come from different IT companies and are much more experienced than me. Today I have given a detailed presentation on EHSM solutions to them and it was well appreciated by clients as well. It is one of the memorable experiences for me.

I learned a lot from this workshop as from India I am responsible for the SAP EHSM solutions so, most of my time is spent on resolving the issues faced by other consultants while testing the solutions.

The work culture in SAP labs is entirely different from other IT companies. It is more employee-friendly and flexible. These day climate is awesome in Bangalore and I am enjoying a lot.  I could not find much difference between Hyderabad and Bangalore regarding basic infrastructure, but in Bangalore, transport facilities are much better than Hyderabad. I want to explore more about this city but my current work schedule is not allowing me to do so….

Completed Two Years In Hyderabad…

Today I have completed two years in Hyderabad. I can say that it is a good city to live in. I never faced any culture, food, language problem over here. And the most important feature of this city is that it is safe for girls compared to Delhi and Noida where I have spent almost four years. I am going to leave this beautiful city most probably in December. I am a little bit scared about my decision to leave this city. I am just following my mind because my heart is saying different thing. Sometimes I really wondered why mind and heart thinks in different directions? I don’t know whether it is a right decision or not…

I have made so many good friends over here both at professional and personal fronts. All these things are making my exit from this city very difficult. I have learned so many good qualities over here for instance how to adjust to circumstances, different people and the most important thing; this city has changed my perception about “friendship”. Previously I believed that good friends mean school and college friends only because they know you much better than anyone. But here I met so many good people and make new friends with whom I can share my happiness and sorrows….

According one of my friends, “change is inevitable in life” so I have to accept it. I am planning to make all my remaining days in Hyderabad memorable by exploring some new areas especially old Hyderabad and by spending quality time with my friends on weekends.

 From my experience I can say that it is one of the best cities in India…