It is all in the genes

We are so much like our parents. All throughout the time we spend with them we observe them, learn from them, and copy them. We think and say "yeah, I want to learn to be like this" or "no, I would never do this". Every action is scrutinized and dissected into the smallest pieces so that we know what's going on. Why Dad said this? How he said it? Was it the right thing to do? Where and when can I use this?

As a kid I used to be amazed at how Dad could make people do work for him. I had always wondered whether I would ever be able to do this. Now that I have grown up and observed him more closely, I want to learn even more. Today was the first time I (consciously) used what I learnt, the way to talk to people, whom to approach, what to say, etc. And now all I want to say is "Thanks Dad".

As for Mom, the more I learn the less it is. How to handle relationships, how to utilize time when you are alone, etc I've learnt it all from her. The softer side of me and maybe the meaner side too is all from her. After all you do inherit the bad genes too.

I adore my Dad and yet my admiration is never outright. It is always hidden beneath all the scoldings I lash on him. I am like him in so many ways like my temperament, some of my habits, etc. Yet I am like my mom so much too my nature, my creativity, etc. After all we are a part of them only.

Love you both. Would have been a nobody without your love and support. :) :)

Serendipity

Random events,
Intriguing words,
Disconcerting thoughts,
Lucid dreams,
Unfazed humour...

Somethings come and somethings go,
what is next you just come to know.
Sometimes it is merely a happenstance,
and sometimes it's all you have,
for what you want isn't always more than what you get!

2 years @ Motorola

2 years back, this day I joined Motorola and had never thought that the journey would be the way it is now. Ups and downs, forwards and backwards, sanity and insanity. It all evens out in the end.

I have realized so many things in the past years.

1) I realized that working is really important to me. Working crazy hours gives me a high. The amount I crib about work is directly proportional to how happy I am.

2) I realized that friends are really important. There has to be somebody to listen to all the cribbing! And at the end of the day they are all that matter. (read friends as friends + family)

3) I have learnt the art of cooking bad food. I always used to think that I can cook well. Now that I have started cooking, I know I am no good at it.

4) I realized that I have decent writing skills. Thanks to my job. Plan to write or maybe co-author a book someday!

5) I realized I have the ability to keep myself  busy by doing absolutely nothing. Days used to pass by and I never used to know what I did? (No, I don't take drugs!)

6) I realized that I can't multi-task. Sad but true :(

7) I realized the extent to which a Scorpion can love and hate somebody. How extreme both these feelings can go.

8) I realized that only those friendships survive which have no ulterior motive in them.

9) I realized that the heart of life is good.

If somebody would ask if I'd want to change anything, I'd say No. I wouldn't want to change anything. These past 2 years have been a journey. A journey worth remembering. Each day, each moment has been an exhilarating event, teaching me that there is happiness all around me, I have to just join in.