DECEMBER BORN=BEAUTY

This straight-up means ur the most good-looking Loyal and generous. Patriotic. Competitive in everything. Active in games and interactions. Impatient and hasty. Ambitious. Influential in organizations. Fun to be with. Easy to talk to, though hard to understand. Thinks far with vision, yet complicated to know. Easily influenced by kindness. Polite and soft-spoken. Having lots of ideas. Sensitive. Active mind. Hesitating, tends to delay. Choosy and always wants the Stubborn and hard-hearted. Strong-willed and highly motivated. Sharp thoughts. Easily angered. Attracts others and loves attention. Deep feelings. Beautiful physically and mentally. Firm Standpoint. Needs no motivation. Shy towards opposite sex. Easily consoled. Systematic (left brain). Loves to dream. Loves freedom. Strong clairvoyance. Understanding. Sickness usually in the ear and neck. Good imagination. Good physical. Weak breathing. Loves literature and the arts. Loves travelling. Dislike being at home. Restless. having many children. Hardworking. High spirited .

Not everything is true, but most of seems to be true.

Morning Blues

Sun is still hiding behind the woods, but its mild rays have already reached part of the world. Same way as I am still deep in sleep, alarm clock on my android has already started singing good morning song. I thank to all the mobile companies, from the bottom of my heart, first thing in the morning every day, although I still remember my grandmother's words to thank the God first thing in the morning for giving us another new day and pray him for making that day a pleasant one. But, what worst can any person do to anybody more than disturbing one from a good sound sleep early in the morning and every morning.. (and if that person is youself who tunes the alarm before sleep?)

After thanking those gentlemen (who invented alarm clock and who incorporated this into phone), now I start to crib about having 5 working days in a week. I would have thanked this guy who gave the idea of 5 working days also if at all I had some idea of his idea.

Then I wonder why nights are shorter than days or its just that somebody is cheating on us by moving the earth faster than usual when we are deep asleep. After lots of Miss Marple’s and Mr. Holmes’, I must have acquired this habit of suspecting and spying, nevermind!

Now, its time to crib about office hours that is 8 in the morning, why can’t it be 9 or 10 am. It doesn’t do any good, though, it’s just a thought. Now, after all the cribbing, its time to take a decision; to wakeup or sleep for some more time. We are all die hard professionals; we check pros and cons of any option available before making the decision and what ever the decision it may be.

So, now I am in the analysis mode. So If I want sleep more, I need to take a bus or book a cab. But Bus?? to Whitefield ?? Are you crazy? No way. It’s not that the buses are very bad in Bangalore, every 5 mins a nice Red AC Volvo bus picks you up from anywhere in Bangalore and drops you at Whitefield. It’s of course better than our office cabs, but it’s just that we need to check on our daily horoscope once, before getting into it. I am just speaking about the availability of seats or else one has to stand all the way, you know. If you are lucky enough, you will get a seat but what time you will be dropped in Whitefield is the point. The Ghastly traffic in silk board!! That’s sounds scary, isnt it?

What about taking a rick? I feel it’s easier to cross the country border than to take a rick from my place to Whitefield. I seriously have no idea why I think so!!! Now another option is to book a cab. But it’s a costly affair - I need to spend 450 bucks to reach office and that too for just reaching the office half and hour before what the trip in Volvo AC bus would have taken. And more over I have to pay 50 extra for the cab driver to switch on the AC. Both the options ruled out.

Now I remember work from home option. That sounds sooooo soothing except for the bad feeling of lying my boss with obvious reason of "Not well"(its actually not lying, I am ill and have a problem of sleeping more). This can be done but there is something called responsibility- I need to check my calendar to see what calls I have to attend today and again decide if I have to be there or can I take the call from home, for this I need to open my laptop though I have a feeble memory of my meeting schedules for the day.

Well, I somehow decide to work from home, but unfortunately all this decision making process took me 5-7 mins, by using my brain for such a important decision of my life early in the morning has made by brain so much more active now that i don’t feel sleepy anymore. So why should i work from home when the very purpose is not solved.

So finally I decide to get up and go to office in the company cab – after all its far too much feasible, a pleasant journey in a nice climate at 6.30 am, a little bit of saving in terms of money and all, I will not be sinner for lying my boss about fake illness. What more can the person expect. Yes of course, I can sleep one more hour in the cab peacefully, unless there is somebody behind cracking some crap jokes.

However, I need to hurry up as I am already late by 5-7 mins. What difference that would it make? Yes of course it makes a lot of difference, every minute is so precious, hope you understand how precious the time is.

Happy Morning!!!

Looking for the answers to all the questions in my life!!!

When the life gets tougher and we coming across the same kind of problem in every step of our life, what do we feel?

We feel “Oh! God, why me again and again”

I remember reading in one of the books – Life is like a test , When you are facing same problem again and again, then it is that you are failing the test as you are not able to solve the problem correctly. Hence, you are reappearing for the same test again.

Don’t you feel that there is some logic in this?

Every time in your life, you are given a situation (case study) to analyse and solve -the case study of your own. You are required to analyse the case thoroughly and solve the problem. When you do quick fixes without analysing the problem in detail or wrongly analyse the problem, you are not qualified. You will be given another chance, hinting that your analysis is not right.

Hence the same problem repeats. You have to go through the same process again and again, until you get it right.

Take for an example, you are in a deep misery and you want to get out of it. You try solutions to get out of it, but land up in another misery of the same nature. Again you try something else to get out of it. Suddenly, one fine day you feel relieved from inside for some reason and all the miseries are vanished, like a magic. You feel good.

Haven’t you come across this situation? Think of it, I am sure you would have.

Once you get the solution right, then you qualify for the next exam. Just like you are qualified from 1 Std to 2 Std. Now the syllabus is little tougher than the previous one, hence the problem here are new and complicated.

Life goes on. But you don’t have any time frame to solve the problem. Sooner you solve the problem, more sooner you get to the next level and gain experience – you will be highly successful personnel then.

So now do you think your age give you the experience? I think it just gives the wrinkles on your face.
However, the question still remain unanswered - how to solve the problem (at the earliest)? Or else solving the problem with blindfold and with no clue of answer, most of us will remain unqualified and some might get into depression solving same kind of problem again and again.

The only person who can help you is yourself – your soul or self-consciousness. It knows everything, but will not tell you unless you poke it or provoke it.

I again remember reading a story – A man is depressed with his problems – nothing going well in personal or professional life, financially he is going down, and he has so much of loans to repay. Something is bothering him from inside. With all this, he is not able to concentrate on his girlfriend; as such he has a fight with her every now and then. But he can’t leave her as she is the only one who is helping him financially.

One after noon, he gets call from his boss asking him to pick up one of his guest from airport. He can’t refuse, as he can’t afford to lose the job. He goes to airport and meets a typical Indian. Without much of talk, he picks him and drives towards hotel. After long hours of silent drive, the Indian guy breaks it and introduces himself. Again after some more silence, the Indian again ask him if the guy has some problem. The guy gets irritated and tells him that it was none of his business.

The calm Indian, however, tells him not to worry and says that the solution to his all his problems is within himself. He asks the guy to relax on the chair/bed and do meditation. Meditation on bed? He must be crazy, the Guy thinks. The Indian continues to tell him to imagine a light/fire in his chest (where Atma/soul resides) and tell it everything that he feel like telling. "Put all your thought into it and it will take care of the rest," he says.

The guy, who had no belief in all this much, just drops the Indian at the hotel and goes back to his house. He lies back on the chair with the closed eyes, starts thinking about the Indian guy’s speech. Slowly he imagines the fire in his chest, he starts putting all thought into the fire. The fire gets bigger and bigger as it accepts the joy, the pain, and the questions of the guy. He says that he loves his girlfriend very much but she always fight with him, but the fire doesn’t accept this. He feels confused and again he says he loves her girlfriend, more than her he wants her money and also that he will initiate the fight with her. The fire accepts it, and he wonders.

Now he now understands whenever he lies to himself the fire doesn’t accept it, as it knows the truth. You can never lie to yourself.

He goes on with this activity for long time and he feels asleep until the doorbell rings after few hours. He wakes up, feeling very relaxed and light, opens the door to see his girlfriend. He feels guilt and decides to apologise her. He feels energetic, enthusiastic and self-confidence.

Self-Confidence is one such thing that can keep you going and keep you alive, and of course solve the problem.

This morning i read a quote by Margaret Mead saying “We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems...”

We have the problem and we have the solution.

Test is on. Enjoy Living :)




PS: Stories compiled from various sources. The Title extracted from one of the lines of "Pray for me brother" song.
Photo: Manjula

Its Just, I am the Best

To this world I am the guest
To me, Life is like a fest
I enjoy it to the fullest

To the Time, I do just
For me thinking is a must

My mind is the strongest
And I don’t allow it to rust
Because this is the place where my dream nest

Around me, I don’t want any dust
To this world, I am not the pest
I don’t think about the rest

Its Just, I am the Best

Disclaimer: This is written with self confidence and not with ego. Do not mistake :)

Mind Vs Heart

Mind shows you the limit
Heart binds you with limits

Mind teaches you to like
Heart teaches you to love

Mind Thinks
Heart accepts

Mind is the strongest
Is Heart the weakest???

By Manjula
originally written on 05-Dec-2004

What should I call you?

What should I call you?

When I am alone
You were my companion
When I am depressed
You were my hope
When I am happy
You were my Smile
When I wanted to cry
You were my tears

I always need you
Where are you?

For every feeling in my heart
You are my expression
For every thought in my mind
You are the action
For my Life
You are the breath

You are always with me
Who are you?
I always need you
What should I call you

by Manjula
Originally written 20-Oct-2004

ನನ್ನ ಮುಗುಳ್ನಗೆ

ಹೆದೆಯಲ್ಲಿದದ್ದು ಒಂದೇ ಮಾತು
ಅ ಮಾತನ್ನು ಸಹ ನನ್ನ ಬಾಯಿ ಆಡದೆ ಹೋಯ್ತು

ಕಣ್ನೂಳಗಿದ್ದದ್ದು ಒಂದೇ ಒಂದು ಚಿತ್ರ
ಅ ಚಿತ್ರ ಎದುರಾದಾಗ ಕಣ್ಣು ರೆಪ್ಪೆಯನ್ನು ತೆರೆಯದೆ ಹೋಯ್ತು

ಮನದಾಳದ್ದಲ್ಲೀರುವುದು ಒಂದೇ ಒಂದು ಅಸೆ
ಆ ಆಸೆಯನ್ನು ನನ್ನ ಮನ ಅರ್ಥ ಮಾಡಿಸದೆ ಹೋಯ್ತು
ಆ ಅಸೆ ಆಸೆಯಾಗಿಯೇ ಉಳಿದು ಹೋಯ್ತು

ಕಣ್ಮುಚ್ಚಿ, ಹೆದೆ ಬಿಚ್ಚಿ, ಮನ ನೊಂದು
ಹೊರ ಬಂದದ್ದು, ನನ್ನ ಬಾಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಂದದ್ದು
ಒಂದೇ ಒಂದು ಅರ್ಥವಾಗದ ಮುಗುಳ್ನಗೆ

ಆ ಮುಗುಳ್ನಗೆಯ ಹಿಂದಿದ್ದದ್ದು
ಚಿಂತಾಜನಕವಾದ ಮನ್ನಸ್ಸು
ಮನ್ನಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ತಿಳಿ ಹೇಳುವರು ಯಾರಿಲ್ಲ
ಆ ಚಿಂತೆಯ ಚಿಂತೆಯಾರಿಗಿಲ್ಲ

ಯಾರಿಗೂ ಏನು ಹೇಳುವ ಅಧಿಕಾರ ಎನಗಿಲ್ಲ
ಯಾಕೆಂದರೆ ಆ ಚಿಂತೆಗೆ ಉತ್ತರ ನನ್ನಲ್ಲೂ ಇಲ್ಲ...

ThIs IS the MOmEnt

This is the moment
When my throat dries up & lips as well
When my tongue can’t spell

This is the moment
When my face blush & My eyes glow,
but I miss my thought flow

This is the moment
When I am not able to say what I feeling
When I am not able to speak what I am thinking

This is the moment
When my Legs find the way out
This is the moment
When my heart gets heavy and burst out,
Bringing a Big smile on my face
That longs last till the next phase

This is the moment
When I say to myself
Do not loose your self

This is the moment
With my Hands adjusting the hair
And my throat trying to repair
I try to say, "How are you?"
Just to realise there is no voice in my throat …..

One more time… my inner voice says….

This is the moment
When I have missed my the chance

Never mind, next time… I console myself

This is the moment
When that big smile still on my face,
Broadens up and says
“Stupid!!!”

This is the moment
When I wake up
This is the moment I smile at myself
With sense of satisfaction, though did nothing but a big smile

This is the moment that I am looking for
This is the moment I am waiting for.

One more time
With my sweet voice coming out of my wet throat,
With cute smile on my face and little blush,
When I can open my lips, and say
That three little words…!!!

This is the moment that I am looking for
This is the moment I am waiting for.

DETERMINATION

Nike+ 10K marathon… though it happened long back, I felt like writing about it now.

I saw Nike+ 10 K Race ad. Its was 7PM and was last day for registration. I decided to Run the raceI don’t have credit card, neither a bank account which supports online payment, nor time to courier the cheque. For that matter, I don’t even had cheque book to pay and have no time to go and pay cash at the centre ( I am not sure if they were taking cash), but no time to courier the checque.

But only one determination- to participate in that. That was only my goal and I could oversee all these hurdles.

Not only these hurdles, to add up to this, I had nobody who was with me to participate. The race was in the evening and out of the city. I don’t have any means to come back home at that time. In case, I say that I have to come home late in night alone, my parents would not agree. So I cant call them to pick me up.

Not only this, the biggest one is, I don’t even run a KM a day even a jog. Somewhere sometime, in college around 8 years back, I had run 500 Mts race and had won 2nd place. But some where I knew I can run 10 KMs. So this hurdle is overcome blindly with my determination and will to run.

I called my friend to join me to marathon. I had no hope that she will join, but she said OK, to my surprise. My problem of companion almost solved, but have to register & pay money that day itself at any cost to join the race.

Now, I called two of my other friends asking for some help for making payments-cheque or credit card. They took some time for decision. Its almost 8.30 or 9.00 PM.

Still, my hope and were alive. I knew I can make it. Then one of my friend called me back and said she has cheque book of one of the banks, but she don’t have any balance. But, I was lucky enough that I also have same bank account. So I told her, give me the cheque, I will transfer the amount right now.

Then called up Nike office and asked if its OK if I can make the payment tomorrow and registration now. They said OK.

Its 9.30 Pm, I registered online with the cheque number. Most of the hurdle almost solved. But I can run only if I can make the payment. I knew at any cost I cant spare a minute the next day on anything, as I was totally booked with meeting and calls. But I promised to Pay the next day, But how? I had no idea.

Next day, I got call at around 10 AM next day, a lady asking if I have made the payment. I said, “not yet , I shall do it at end of the day.” Its Thursday, and the race is on Saturday. The kit will be distrubuted only on Friday after the payment is made.

Its around 7PM, I am yet to make the payment. No time. I get another call from a lady asking for the payment. I said, “Yes, I have made the payment just now, through courier.” I knew, in another 10 min I shall reach the city from my office and can make the payment.

But, by the time I reached the city its 8.00 pm, and to my surprise all courier stores are were closed. Then, I decided to call them up again and say I couldn't make the payment so I am dropping. But inside myself, I dint wanted to give up. I knew I can do it if try but if I give up, that is the end.

But I decided to take an auto to my house from Sajjan Rao Circle. But still in dilemma. I could find no courier store on the way. Very near to my house, I somehow could find one shop. But it’s a KM away from my house, its dark and lonely place to walk. I slowly asked the auto driver, “ could you please wait for me for 5 min, I need to courier this and its very urgent. And I don’t get any auto from here and cant walk as well.”

Ironically, I am planning to run 10K marathon and that too in evening, out of the city. But I cant walk 1 KM near my place at 8.30 PM.

Auto Driver agreed to wait. But in that shop, a lady was very busy attending to customer who are just giving Re 1 or 2 business to her. How disgusting is what i felt. I told her, “Madam, I have a Rik waiting for me, could you attend me fast.” Then she gave me the bill book and asked me to fill everything on my own. Great! I thought.

Meanwhile, I realised that was some “Good Travel” courier. Good Travel?? I haven’t heard of that name, but have no choice. But, should I have to trust them?. Then asked her, “ When will it reach?” She said “ Saturday”. I thought, I lost money, along with the race, because I had already given her the packet.

Couldn’t sleep whole night. Then decided to block the cheques and inform them that I am dropping. This time I was 99% sure.

On Friday, I got a call saying my registration is confirmed and can take the kit. What? ?

Then next sentence they asked, "did you make the payment." I said, "I have couriered it yesterday and gave the consignment number." He said OK, please collect your Kit.

Though I was happy, I was not totally. My friend did not get the confirmation yet.

At that time, I realised the fact that I have not put the date on the cheque. It will bounce, Am sure. Ooops. That is it.I called that lady immediately and total my name and registration number. She said your registration is confirmed. I said, "but one of friends registration is not confirmed. " She took her details and confirmed her registration as well.

“But”, I said, “ Actually there is problem in my cheque, I have not written the date.” She casually said no problem. However, I gave her the cheque number and asked her to put the date for herself.

Then we collected the Kit.

And I ran total 10KM, though walked for sometime and it took 90 mins to complete the race :-)

I did it.

Lesson learnt is that “When we have firm determination to do something, we can really achieve them, whatever the hurdles come.”

INTERCOMPANY - The way of living

"Intercompany", the word that I use very often and I have been using it for past one year. Intercompany is my work, is my process and is my specialisation for now. Of all it’s a WAY OF LIVING. All we have in intercompany is "zero" at end of day, we make it "zero". But Zero??? Read on.....

We have 13 different countries- although all 13 countries are considered as separate entities or companies, they are part of one organisation (Group). Receivables of one company is considered as payable of another company, and viseversa. If we look at the Organisation/Group level, the sum is absolutely "Zero".

All 13 companies were started with a loan from GROUP. Any profits from net of our receivables and payables are used to repay our loan from Group, and if its loss, our loan with group increases. So we have nothing in our hand, at end of the day. We have revenue, we have cost, we have lot of transactions, but at end of day we make it "zero", by repaying our loans.

When I look back, I can corelate Intercompany to Life - way of living.

Same way is our life, though each person is considered to be a separate individuals, at broader level, we are all part of the nature / earth / universe. We are receiving something, which is payable for somebody, or we are paying something, which is receivable for somebody else.

We have used lot of things from this nature to start our life from day 1. We are liable to nature. We are responsible to pay back our liability. Either if your earning is "positive" or "negative", we are all giving it back to nature and we have to. We are all moving with the same objective of repaying our loan.

After all primary objective of every transaction in is to profits, right?

However, The art of living is to enjoy the process of arriving at "zero". If you have not arrived at "zero" checkout, your liability is due.

Every month and month on month, I feel happy when I see "Zero" in my countries final reporting sheet. If I have not arrived at zero, then i am stuck with a problem. I have to solve them in that month to move on or can carry forward to next month by paying a cost in the form of an interest.

Once it is zero, I can close the current month and open the new month. That means new Opportunities and New challenges.

Thats the Way of Life !!! Isnt It? Rather strive paying for old problem, close it and move on to new opportunities and earn from them, and repay the loan.

For Pesonal/Proffessional success personal responsibility and descipline is very necessary from the begining.

Author: Manjula
07-Jul-2009
10.15 pm

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THIS WORLD IS WHAT "WE" SEE AND "WE" THINK

I have always believed that whatever we think of, you will see; whatever we want to be; we will become; whatever we want, we will get it. May be not instantly, but yes we will get it.

THIS WORLD IS WHAT "WE" SEE AND "WE" THINK

In fact, what we think of, we see that; what we want, we will get that; & what we want to be, we become that. This is because what we think of and what we want be is dependent on the "knowledge" that we have on what we are thinking of.

For e.g: When we ask any kid about his career plan, they will normally say doctor or engineer. This is only because their knowledge on job is limited to that, but as and when that kid grows up he acquires more knowledge on the different career opportunities. Again, his interest move towards his knowledge on that particular field. In case, a person opts to be an engineer, this is because his knowledge on that subject says that it will earn him good money, name & also he can go abroad :-) or may be other reason.

If a person thinks about something for long time, his mind would definitely get conditioned to work towards that. It will become his interest and he will start acquiring more and more knowledge on that and hence subsequently getting it.

Some of say that we are confused about what to do next. The best answer to this is to acquire knowledge. Knowledge on ourselves. If we just ask ourself honestly why are we confused? what do we want? where we want to go or where it is available? how can we get it? then we will have all the answers to our confused state. This is because we are acquiring knowledge. Really this 3W1H formula works almost all the time.

Now, lets come to "What we think, we see it". Again as we before discussed, the thinking depends on the knowledge we have. If we see a person is happy because he is rich, our knowledge says money can make us happy so we think like wise.

To give some more e.g: When we see those small kids begging on the road side, in traffic signals, what is that first thing we get in your mind? Some of us might feel pity on them and some of su might say this is all a gang/mafia who is doing this. The former reaction is because we are innocent of any fact about those kids and the former reaction is because we have read or heard somewhere about begging mafia.

Same way everything thing in our life works on the knowledge we have on that subject. So is our reaction to a particular situation.

For e.g: If we know about hating a person for a particular reason, then we feel the other person can also hate us for the same reason. It may not be true though. Same is the case of jealousy, love, kindness and all other traits.

So to conclude on this, As per me, there is nobody good or bad in this world, neither beautiful or ugly person.. its just our knowledge on the good, bad, ugly & beautiful, that makes a person good, bad, ugly & beautiful.

LETS ASK WHY & START ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE AS MUCH AS WE CAN BEFORE GETTING INTO CONCLUSION TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR US TO LIVE IN AND FOR OTHERS AS WELL.

(the above blog is as per my knowledge and this can be debatable as per other's knowledge)

Author: Manjula
26-Jul-2009
9.12 pm

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Man in Naked Drama

The day light is disappearing from the scene as the dark night is invading the world
The sun is hiding behind the mountains, the sky is getting red. It is signalling the sign of danger and Drama begins…

A boy, who is focused in the middle, is looking around at the world with a big Question Mark on his innocent face. Not only his eyes are looking at this world, but also his ribs that have almost come out of his skin are peeping out of his torn clothes to look at this beautiful world.

The king of dark is coming near and near, invading this world with his darkness. Followed by him is his soldiers- the Chill breeze.

To protect themselves, the birds are flying high to reach the nest, while all the creatures on the earth are finding their way to home. But the boy is still in the middle, with no wings to fly nor the way to home. He have idea as to where to go.

The king of dark is almost near the boy now. He sees the innocent face with so many question mark and decides to give him a sweet hug, while the chill breeze warps him up, and takes him away.

Now the boy doesn’t need any shelter nor he feels hunger, thanks to kind hearted King of Dark. The boy is gone, away and very far from this world, where people suffering from hunger and without shelter.

(Should we have to allow the dark to take away the innocent kids? Think again and help them to stay here and enjoy this beautiful world)

Author: Manjula
25-March- 2005
7.14 pm