unrest ++ ;
disturbed mind, soul at unrest ... as if some volcano is gonna erupt from within ...
disturbed mind, soul at unrest ... as if some volcano is gonna erupt from within ...
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
life transitions
A short term life change characterized by sharp, quick discontinuity with past - this is the formal definition of life transition you would find on the web.
It is not as complex as it sounds. Any quick change, positive or negative, that happens in our day-to-day lives are transitions.
How easy is it to cope transitions?!
Positive transitions are always welcome. Yes, why not. Why wouldnt anyone welcome positive experiences like a windfall ?!
But, how good are we at handling negative ones? If it is unexpected then it is really worse. Even when it is expected, if you dont train your mind adequately, it is really hard to accept the negative transitions in life.
They are challenging because they begin with a string of losses. They cause us to leave behind the familiar and force us to adjust to new ways of living, at least temporarily. When a transition from positive to negative is expected, and especially if it is known to happen regularly, it becomes really difficult for the mind to get set accordingly. They can leave us feeling completely unprepared, dejected and withdrawn, in turn bringing in resistance to everything.
It will take a while before you begin to accept the change.
Best way out is to accept that change is a normal part of life. People who have this attitude seem to have the easiest time getting through life transitions. Expect to feel uncomfortable as the time of transition is confusing and disorienting.
Life is a roller coaster ride, anyway! Enjoy it.
It is not as complex as it sounds. Any quick change, positive or negative, that happens in our day-to-day lives are transitions.
How easy is it to cope transitions?!
Positive transitions are always welcome. Yes, why not. Why wouldnt anyone welcome positive experiences like a windfall ?!
But, how good are we at handling negative ones? If it is unexpected then it is really worse. Even when it is expected, if you dont train your mind adequately, it is really hard to accept the negative transitions in life.
They are challenging because they begin with a string of losses. They cause us to leave behind the familiar and force us to adjust to new ways of living, at least temporarily. When a transition from positive to negative is expected, and especially if it is known to happen regularly, it becomes really difficult for the mind to get set accordingly. They can leave us feeling completely unprepared, dejected and withdrawn, in turn bringing in resistance to everything.
It will take a while before you begin to accept the change.
Best way out is to accept that change is a normal part of life. People who have this attitude seem to have the easiest time getting through life transitions. Expect to feel uncomfortable as the time of transition is confusing and disorienting.
Life is a roller coaster ride, anyway! Enjoy it.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
world didnt end today :-)
Thank God! World didnt come to an end today.
It is past 4 30 pm IST and I am still alive. Yahoooooo!!! :D :D :D
The CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) did *not yet* create a black hole that will destroy the entire planet.
If all were to go according to plan, in the worst case, the Large Hadron Collider, a gigantic particle accelerator underground near Geneva, Switzerland, could re-create the very moment 13 billion years ago when scientists believe a tremendous explosion known as the "big bang" created the universe.
The Universe, it seems, started with a Big Bang – but we don’t fully understand how or why it developed the way it did. The LHC is the latest and most powerful in a series of particle accelerators that will bring new knowledge about the beginning of our Universe and how it works, as the LHC recreates, on a microscale, conditions that existed billionths of a second after the birth of our Universe.
Hmmm... sounds pretty interesting, but what if the world had ended today?!
Would we have given up on life so easily?! What about the nicest, sweetest dreams woven?!
If a big bang kinds were to really happen today, I could have only closed my eyes, thought of all my dearest, most loved people and bid goodbye.
Hey, there isnt much you could have done at that moment except this :-)
I am so glad this didnt happen today!
'Live as if you are gonna die today' - Yes, I am going to follow this from now. Who can precisely predict the aftermath of such experiments? The world might really end tomorrow!
At least this day is ours, lets live it truly.
Take care people.
It is past 4 30 pm IST and I am still alive. Yahoooooo!!! :D :D :D
The CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) did *not yet* create a black hole that will destroy the entire planet.
If all were to go according to plan, in the worst case, the Large Hadron Collider, a gigantic particle accelerator underground near Geneva, Switzerland, could re-create the very moment 13 billion years ago when scientists believe a tremendous explosion known as the "big bang" created the universe.
The Universe, it seems, started with a Big Bang – but we don’t fully understand how or why it developed the way it did. The LHC is the latest and most powerful in a series of particle accelerators that will bring new knowledge about the beginning of our Universe and how it works, as the LHC recreates, on a microscale, conditions that existed billionths of a second after the birth of our Universe.
Hmmm... sounds pretty interesting, but what if the world had ended today?!
Would we have given up on life so easily?! What about the nicest, sweetest dreams woven?!
If a big bang kinds were to really happen today, I could have only closed my eyes, thought of all my dearest, most loved people and bid goodbye.
Hey, there isnt much you could have done at that moment except this :-)
I am so glad this didnt happen today!
'Live as if you are gonna die today' - Yes, I am going to follow this from now. Who can precisely predict the aftermath of such experiments? The world might really end tomorrow!
At least this day is ours, lets live it truly.
Take care people.
Monday, September 8, 2008
kiddish...
Few days back I casually asked my friend if she too felt the same. Today, she said YES, as if supporting my conception (Yes, I call it my conception because it was something I observed, and derived a general idea out of it)
A common friend of ours acts strange. One day she behaves too close with one, and badly neglects the other. The very next day, equation will be totally opposite. She will be very friendly with the one who was her previous day's enemy, and present day's most hated enemy will be the previous day's best friend. LOL. This is the funniest thing on earth to happen, and it has been happening for quite sometime now. LOL
Human relationships are strange, funny, this time extremely kiddish :-)
p.s:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kiddish
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kiddish
A common friend of ours acts strange. One day she behaves too close with one, and badly neglects the other. The very next day, equation will be totally opposite. She will be very friendly with the one who was her previous day's enemy, and present day's most hated enemy will be the previous day's best friend. LOL. This is the funniest thing on earth to happen, and it has been happening for quite sometime now. LOL
Human relationships are strange, funny, this time extremely kiddish :-)
p.s:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kiddish
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kiddish
Friday, September 5, 2008
Can smiles ever make you feel wierd?!
Recently we had a new-employee orientation program at office. A couple of new joinees from different teams attended the program. All of us were shuffled into 3 groups and were given some team activities. Our group's activity was to list down points for the topic - 'what basic etiquettes do you need to follow in office to maintain good inter-personal relations'.
Each of us in the group were supposed to contribute one point. My point was to give a curtsy smile whenever we cross each other, as this is a very basic friendly gesture expected.
There was one person in my group, a manager of another team who sits in the same wing as mine. We have crossed each other many times, even before this program. Infact some product teams including ours had gone out for team lunch sometime back, and some of us were dropped to the restaurant by this person in his car. I have never interacted with him, hence was not even showing any signs of familiarity anytime I went past him. Neither did he ever.
With this background, let me continue.
After I mentioned my point about giving a friendly smile to colleagues, he laughed out loud, as if indicating to me that we never did though both of us were familiar faces to each other.
Anyway, the program was over and next day we were back in office. Again, we happened to go cross each other. This time too we walked past as if strangers. Neither him nor me bothered to smile. This happened for next 2 or 3 days. The 4th day, I felt since it was my point to give a curtsy, friendly smile, let me follow my words. I smiled at him as if saying hi, and he gave a broooaaaad smile. I felt kinda wierd, yet was happy that my gesture was reciprocated, and that the friendly gesture started from my end. From then on, whenever we see each other we exchange short smiles.
Isnt it wierd that even a smile can sometimes make you feel embarassed or odd?! Till this incident happened, I always thought smile spreads only positive waves. But, I now have the realization that smiles can be many-a-time wierd too!
errata:: it is weird, and not wierd, everywhere!
Each of us in the group were supposed to contribute one point. My point was to give a curtsy smile whenever we cross each other, as this is a very basic friendly gesture expected.
There was one person in my group, a manager of another team who sits in the same wing as mine. We have crossed each other many times, even before this program. Infact some product teams including ours had gone out for team lunch sometime back, and some of us were dropped to the restaurant by this person in his car. I have never interacted with him, hence was not even showing any signs of familiarity anytime I went past him. Neither did he ever.
With this background, let me continue.
After I mentioned my point about giving a friendly smile to colleagues, he laughed out loud, as if indicating to me that we never did though both of us were familiar faces to each other.
Anyway, the program was over and next day we were back in office. Again, we happened to go cross each other. This time too we walked past as if strangers. Neither him nor me bothered to smile. This happened for next 2 or 3 days. The 4th day, I felt since it was my point to give a curtsy, friendly smile, let me follow my words. I smiled at him as if saying hi, and he gave a broooaaaad smile. I felt kinda wierd, yet was happy that my gesture was reciprocated, and that the friendly gesture started from my end. From then on, whenever we see each other we exchange short smiles.
Isnt it wierd that even a smile can sometimes make you feel embarassed or odd?! Till this incident happened, I always thought smile spreads only positive waves. But, I now have the realization that smiles can be many-a-time wierd too!
errata:: it is weird, and not wierd, everywhere!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
World #2
Being with Nortel is making me feel PROUD today!
Nortel's VPN Client is ranked world #2 and I work for the VPN Client team here since last few months. I havent worked on the product in anyway to really get it to #2 position in the world ;-) I feel just proud to be a part of such an accredited team :-)
Recently, Nortel has gone to market with the secure "Office on Stick" product which essentially provides a portable office experience in a USB stick with customized client software. You have to just plug the USB into your laptop and you are logged into your corporate network remotely. Isnt this just like Woww!!
You may be a tiny drop of water in the big ocean, the corporate world; hundreds of little contributions from hundred different minds make new ideas click off in grand way. The accolades, recognitions you recieve may be small. It is that feeling of belongingness to the product you work for, that weighs much more. You tend to live with it, be with it through its high and dries. I still keep myself update on the progress of QChat and PTT on which I worked in Lucent; our EMS for QChat was about to go live when I quit Lucent. Even now, whenever I see any news about it, I feel 'Yes, a part of it is my baby too!'
Work is wonderful!
Nortel's VPN Client is ranked world #2 and I work for the VPN Client team here since last few months. I havent worked on the product in anyway to really get it to #2 position in the world ;-) I feel just proud to be a part of such an accredited team :-)
Recently, Nortel has gone to market with the secure "Office on Stick" product which essentially provides a portable office experience in a USB stick with customized client software. You have to just plug the USB into your laptop and you are logged into your corporate network remotely. Isnt this just like Woww!!
You may be a tiny drop of water in the big ocean, the corporate world; hundreds of little contributions from hundred different minds make new ideas click off in grand way. The accolades, recognitions you recieve may be small. It is that feeling of belongingness to the product you work for, that weighs much more. You tend to live with it, be with it through its high and dries. I still keep myself update on the progress of QChat and PTT on which I worked in Lucent; our EMS for QChat was about to go live when I quit Lucent. Even now, whenever I see any news about it, I feel 'Yes, a part of it is my baby too!'
Work is wonderful!
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