Wow, times have definitely changed... I blog sitting in the train and i have a bunch of people around me sitting with their laptops. And you had those 'good old' days when people just read books or mags or simply stared out of the window.

Here is a tribute to all the frozen friendships and broken ties. While they lasted, my life was enriched and I am grateful for that. I am an optimist (except over weekends :P) and I hope that sometime in the future some of the ties will be resurrected.

Appetite for the rainy season!

Tomato basil soup (served piping hot) + plain garlic bread at pizza hut - Two Things worth dying for this rainy season in Bangalore :) Surprisingly, the non-pizza menu items at Pizza Hut taste much better these days!

And in hindsight why does everything appear obvious? What separates the past from the now and the future? Strange are the ways of nature. It provides the experience of the past to learn from. At the same time it throws at us a future that is uncertain. Is it supposed to be a test of our past learnings or past un-learnings or a combination of both?

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Very entertaining movie, fun to watch and all the songs are good. My favorite one being - "Der lagi lekin"

On a side note, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.. So What? In a wide wide vast universe we live in, we are not even a speck worth considering. So why all this self-importance! Deal with what you get, be happy if you get lucky, else move on, and that's all there is to it.

It is a good life! :)

A very peppy tune :) and I am humming,

Oh this has gotta be the good life
This has gotta be the good life
This could really be a good life, good life

Say oh, got this feeling that you can't fight
Like this city is on fire tonight
This could really be a good life
A good, good life

When it matters...

A couple of weeks ago I was part of this interesting training program on 'Customer Relationship Management'. The guy conducting this program was a seasoned veteran from the industry. He was giving an instance of how you win life long customers. In his example, he spoke about a situation where a customer is desperately looking to get a service/ product. The situation is so grave that his good reputation depends on successfully completing it. At that point, the business could take it as business as usual and say 'Oh, but my order log is full and i can deliver it to you in a month's time'. There would still be nothing wrong about it. On the other hand, if the person responsible for delivery senses the urgency and desperation of the customer and prioritizes this delivery above all else, and ends up delivering the product when it is needed the most, he wins the customer's loyalty for life.

Since this trainer was also giving a lot of gyaan about life in general, it struck me then that the same thing would also hold true for personal relationships. Sometimes people are the customers and sometimes they are the business. People never remember all things in the same way. All they remember is of times which mattered to them. When it matters, where you there? When it matters, did you keep your promise? When it matters, did you make a positive difference? Nothing else matters.