Inspiration

From Humans Of New York!! "I had a child when I was sixteen. I got kicked out of high school because of all the absences. My family and community pretty much wrote me off. But right away I got a job at a sporting goods store. Soon I was able to get a job as a receptionist at a tax company, and they gave me enough responsibilities that I learned how to do taxes. Eventually I learned enough to become an associate. Then I got offered a job at a smaller company, and even though it was a pay cut, they offered me responsibility over all the books-- accounts payable, accounts receivable, everything. It was less money but I wanted that experience so I took the risk. And I'm so glad I did, because six months later, the controller of that company left and I was given that position. They told me they couldn't officially call me the controller because I didn't have a college degree. So I finished my degree 5 months ago-- just to make it official! So after having a child at sixteen, I made it all the way to controller of a company, without even having a college degree. Can you believe that? Honestly, I've been waiting to tell that story so long that I told it to a customer service representative on the phone last week. She was nice about it and pretended to care." Link is here

Laminated Love

Got to see the pic in Outlook Photogallery It was written - Women mourn the death of Sonu, a female stray dog who according to the residents was living in their neighbourhood for the last 18 years, as they conduct her funeral in Ahmedabad. According to the residents, Sonu has been guarding the neighbourhood round the clock and was a favourite of everyone.

Can I ever cry on death of stray dog? My moribund feelings sometime take a step backward and want to watch show. I guess if I am there I would be surprised to see why and what they all are doing this? It looks to me a sort of comedy rather than a serious death to ponder on. May be I have never experienced death of dog or may be we Indians are so occupied in emotions of laminated love rather than going deep. Whatever....Dil toh hai Hindustani!

Aww moment

Remember the last scene of "Shall we Dance", where Richard Gere goes to meet Susan Sarandon with a rose and all her friends envy her and tease her for him. That shy look with a grace...that was a complete awww moment for me. So, that day...Himanshu came to my office without informing me that he would be coming in afternoon. I had forgotten my lunch-box at home and told him to come during break to give it to me. There he was, in black long coat with grey knitted high neck sweater, black formal shoes and grey trousers with flower bouquet in his hands. He was just eye-catchy at that moment and I was like...wow!! I imagined him how he would have gone to "Market Basket", picked the flowers for me and then how he would have waited in queue to pay for it. I imagined how those four ladies gave him the way to pay first and what those ladies must have said to him when they would have seen - a charming boy buying flowers in afternoon, waiting eagerly to pay - "you must be in a hurry", I guess giggling, covering their mouth to control it. These thoughts give me an awww moment. He came, gifted me the flowers which are still blooming in my office cube (it has more than a week). We went for lunch and it was all so romantic. Who told we are too old for cheesy moments like this? We have just crossed thirties, on the way to cross childhood and just stepped into teenage of old age.

PS: Printing the memory. Picture is from google and I couldn't find a way to upload the real pic. I am still waiting for my mobile and don't have camera in the office.