God's favourite child!

I always feel that I am God's favourite child. I have had enough experiences in my life for me to feel that!
Recently I met with a car-accident. With the magnitude that it had, it would have been fatal for me. But I escaped it with not even a single scratch on my body!!! Call it a mere coincedence or the Divine intervention, today I am here... sound and very much alive!!!
I always got what I wanted in my life. I was always kept away at a safe distance from what I should'nt have in my life. I was always surrounded by people who love me and that made me strong enough to face the ones who didn't! I always got second chance to correct my mistakes, however incorrigible they were! The decisions that I made always proved to be right through the course of time. Doesn't all this really mean that I am His favourite child and that He always has a caring and protecting hand on me?
Hopefully this continues till I am alive and I remain His favourite child all through!! :)

The Oracle Experience!

Finally it’s time to bid adieu to Oracle….

Tomorrow is my last working day… and for reasons unknown, I am really feeling very nostalgic. I have enjoyed my 6-month stay at Oracle thoroughly. There was a lot to learn plus there was a lot to enjoy. My Oracle-Experience can be bulleted as…
- Successful completion of Siebel 7.7 core exam. All the learning was a domain-enhancing experience indeed!
- Interacting and making friends with a 30-odd member team. I have all of them in my Orkut Friends’ list! :-)
- Friendly work-culture and yet very competitive. You are always on the edge to improve your performance in such a healthy atmosphere…
- How can I forget tea-time snacks!!! ;-)
- Our Snow-World and Eat-Street picnic!! Remember guys… if anyone of you reading this post? It really was a great fun!!!
- Last but not the least…. Now I have “The Oracle Brand” behind my name! :-)
The experience, though short-lived, was sheer fun to have!!! I think, thinking of re-employment with Oracle is not a bad option at all once I come back!!!

Can we forget?

Can we forget? Can we forget incidences we wish would never had happened to us? Can we forget people we wish would never had met us?

Perhaps not! Forgetting though is one of the most enigmatic wonders the human brain is adept at, we can not forget some even if we wish to...

People come, they go..

We forget them...

Just that in case of some it is difficult.

Why such a pain in forgetting some?

One simple answer...

It's difficult to forget the ones who have either given us extreme joy or extreme agony. That's life and it's extremely unfair... for the ones who did it forget it all and the ones who faced it are there to remember it for all their life...

"Forgive and Forget...." - Easier said than done!

Ode to Friendship!!!

My reunion with my school friends!!!
I had been to Pune this weekend. I was to hault at Abha's (That's one of my close friends) place there. Incidently Pooja (Ek aur dost) landed at Pune the same time. And she also stayed at Abha's!! Then we all were invited at Ashwini's (Yet another friend) place for lunch. We absolutely had a gala time at her place. Relishing sweet old memories, discussing our school, our get-togethers, our hang-outs, our past crushes... it was all so much fun...
The chitter-chatter was going on for the entire day and still we had many things to share with each other. The entire night as well fell short for our talks. It felt great to see my friends settle into the respective lives and careers of thier own choices. It felt great to share with them what I had achieved till date and what my further plans were. It felt great to hear their's as well!!!
In all, it was one of the most memorable time-outs that I had in the recent past!!!
Three cheers to our 'Gang of Gals!!!!

Nostalgia...

The most apt word for what I felt when I visited my school this weekend in my trip to Nagpur…
“Somalwar High School, Khamla” That’s the name of my Alma Mater. That’s the place where I spent perhaps the best days of my life!!!
Well, most of the teachers who had taught us had already retired. Nevertheless, a few were still there whom I met and they recognized me at the very first sight! I could see the warmth on their faces in acknowledgement of my visit to them and the school.
They inquired of my present activities, of my fellow classmates and their whereabouts. They also had reminiscences of how nice our batch was… One of them said that our batch was an all-rounder batch with students excelling in all fields and that it feels great to see their students soar to such great heights.
For me, it was an altogether a new and enriching experience to rediscover my school. Now I feel all the more pride in saying, “Yes! That’s my school!” My school is something that belongs to me… forever!!!

Hold My Hands...

One fine day he said to me “Just be with me and hold my hands all throughout…
and we shall sail through life TOGETHER..”

I said… “You hold my hands love…”

He asked, “What’s the difference?”

I answered “Darling, I know if I hold your hand and…
Our fate turns hostile, then the grip might loosen…
But I know if you hold my hand,
You will hold it tight all through...”

Hearing this he held my hands and promised me he’ll never leave them…
The moment was bliss, a cherished dream was realised!
Time elapsed… Fate turned hostile…
Now I see him loosen the grip,
The grip I had firm faith upon…
Now I want to hold him back,
But he is slipping out of my hands like sand…
I can do nothing but see him disappear…
Leaving behind…
The hand that yearns…
For the firm grip that once held all of me together…