Way of the World

Another one of those regular working days in Mumbai with all the slaves with white collars clinging to the edges of the doors of the local trains just to get to their respective workplaces in time. Tough job being an employee in a city like Mumbai and it’s even worse if you don’t have a job that pays you around 15 to 20 K per month because then you have to find an accommodation on the suburbs of Mumbai because those are the only places where you can find flats on rent at a cheaper cost. The reason why I say it’s tough is because if you have a flat in the suburbs of Mumbai and you are working in some other place then you have to experience the crowded local trains everyday, especially during office time (morning 8-10 am) and evening (evening 6-10 pm) they are most crowded and during that time you get a place to put both your feet on the ground only if you’re lucky.

In spite of this city being so crowded I get the feeling that everyone is so alone in this city. Maybe I am wrong because I am deprived of any kind of company here in my stay in Mumbai and I am all alone and by myself but still you can’t help but wonder whether these people (including myself) who are working their asses out everyday, are they really happy with what they are doing ? I don’t think so because that’s written all over their faces that they are not happy with whatever they are today. Though it’s none of my business to point fingers at people so I will speak for myself.

NO, I am not happy with whatever I am doing. Maybe it’s the initial time during the job that I am finding it hard and will get used to it after some time because that’s the way humans are, they start adjusting with things rather than fighting  them, maybe I will do the same but to be honest I think I am much more capable than what I am deserving right now. There are times when I think about doing something else but then I am not able to move forward not because I can’t find any options but because I am faced with a problem of plenty, I know I sound like a smartass but that’s true, or maybe I should say that I am just too lazy to do anything so I prefer sitting on my ass and wait for things to happen for me.

As Gregory Peck said in Roman Holiday that “Life is not what you always like!” so maybe that’s the way of the world. Sacrificing your dreams so that your future generations come good but the matter seems to be a financial one in my case. I recall the last lines from my one of my favorite hindi poems in school which perfectly describes my present scenario..

एक दिखने वाली मेरी इस देह में
दो “मै” है |
एक मै और एक मेरा पिट्ठू |
मै तो खैर एक मामूली  सा क्लर्क हू
पर मेरा पिट्ठू
वह जीनियस है |

“Folsom Prison Blues” – Johnny Cash

A Void to Fill

Finally I found some time to write this blog post after returning from the training program that our company has for freshly recruited candidates. After 22 years in the same city this was also the first time when I went to stay at a distant place (Chennai) and for an introverted personality like myself I think blogging is the best way to freely express my experiences in the past 3 months because sometimes I tend to worry too much about what people think about me and believe me it really sucks being that way.

Luckily for me I found some really good roommates in Rahul, Jayant, Shreyans and Akshay although it was strange in a way that all 5 of us had totally distinctive personalities but we really enjoyed each other’s company during our stay together. My personal experience in chennai was a mixed bag or to put it in proper words It was like self realization, I discovered myself and what I really am. I got recognized amongst my batch mates as a hardcore hollywood fan so I guess I did a great job sticking feathers up my butt.

 

From left to right – Akshay Sharma, Rahul Anand, Shreyans Jain, Jayant Phatak and Aniruddh Tare(me)

Apart from my roommates I only met a few good people whom I think I will find it difficult to forget, and had a few crushes too (as a matter of fact I still do) . We really had a lot of fun visiting different places in and around Chennai even though I don’t like to wander around places but still I really enjoyed the company of my room-mates and friends. The best thing that happened to me was that I really opened up a lot, I mean I hardly had any interaction with girls in my college, and during the training programme I was a lot more interactive, in fact some of them are really good friends now and I hope it remains that way.

Apart from all the fun that we had in Chennai, the situation has been opposite here in Mumbai. Now when I think of myself it reminds me of that rage cartoon that’s famous on the internet these days “FOREVER ALONE”. I have no one to give me company, and I have been surrounded by all new people in my project and I understand that It will take some time for me to get used to things but I really hope that happens soon. May be there is a void in my life that needs to be filled up . Want to write some more things discussing about my crush but I fail to find liberty on the blog, may be I will do that in the next few posts.
Till then in Mumbai – “I AM JACK’S SEARCH FOR A COMPANION“.

The Man with No Name

Clint Eastwood as “the man with no name” in Sergio Leone’s ” The Dollar’s Trilogy”

Can’t think of a Title

It’s been ages since I last wrote something on my blog.. curse my lazy ass for it, to be honest i even thought once about deleting my site but don’t worry not-so-enthusiastic readers I am not gonna do that and hence forth I will let you suffer by making you read this 3:)
Well really I don’t think anyone’s gonna read this so I am just writing this because I have a lot of time to kill at present. After logging in into my wordpress account I”ve noticed that people are really eager to establish an internet radio station and also read quotes on facebook addiction, both of  those posts have the maximum page views.
So things have really changed a lot. I have grown into a Pro hollywood movie freak and I still loathe some indian actors and directors as they cannot match international standards of film-making. These is an other side to it though, some directors in India really think out of the box and I guess future of the Indian film industry lies in their hands. I am almost tired taking a rest and I have to do that because my joining date which was set to be 2nd Feb has now been postponed to 19th March, Chennai. Each day now seems to end in frustration and I am desperate to get my meter down in my job by joining my first company on 19th March
I hope you guys have come across the new funny stuff called meme faces on the internet, I really find them hilarious as they explain real life situations through cartoons and funny faces. That’s my daily dose of laughter these days along with new internet sensation website 9Gag. I think I don’t have any readers and also blogging doesn’t excite me much now so I can’t be sure when will I write my next post or whether I will write it at all or not.