Earth Quake!!!

There was an earthquake yest in Pakistan. At 2 in the night to be precise. I was happily washing my clothes. Dont ask me why i was washing clothes at 2 in the night in cold delhi. I am an MBA student... certain insanity goes with the territory (Plus I was determined to have those clothes clean!! :P) Lets focus on the big picture here!!!!

So there was an earthquake in Pakistan. Try picturing my room here first. There's one room... and an attached bath area.. which has two bathrooms, two wash basins and a toilet.. and it leads to anothe room..Back to the story. I am washing my clothes at 2 in the night, and the door to the other room is closed cos Shveta was sleeping and i start hearing noises of the bed moving... Me being not-inquisitive abt such sounds i decided to keep my nose out of it.. till i felt the earth spinning and Ritika yelling from my room frantically... and she goes earthquake! earthquale. And I walk out and go seriously? and she's like ya! so im like y r u sitting on your bed then... you should run downstairs!!(see how i always come up with the right thing to do... :D) So Ritika's like ya.. I should.... And walks towards the door.. and i realise shveta was not responsible for the bed moving and i better wake her up and take her down too; yell frantically for her to wake up... Its another story that she on walking out the room realises that she left her phone in the room and goes to pick it up.. By the time we made it out the earthquale was gone....

and then we came up and called our respective families, friends and loved ones and after ensuring they were safe went back to sleep....

{The earthquake happened in Pakistan and was of 7.5 scale magnitude.. I pray for all the innocent people trapped in it. and for the ones who have left this world.... May they find peace wherever they are}

Of moons and stars!!! :P

So apparently one day the Minnesota planetarium decided it was time to make an impact. And boy did they do it in style. They said the gravitational pull of the moon had changed , thus changing the position of the celestial bodies. Not only did this mean a change in their positions but also a new zodiac emerged out of this, ochiphichus. And by this one statement/finding they have thrown everyone’s SUN signs into disarray. Suddenly a Libran realises she is a virgo, a Capricorn , a saggi; and what would have been considered a good combination is now a mismatch!!! And imagine the countless weddings which are scheduled to take place based on the word of an astrologer, they will all need to get new consultations lest they be the end of each other.. not to mention the ones who are already married, will they now no longer be compatible?? Looks like the divorce rates in India may just hit the roof... :P

But the more important thing here for me is the identity crisis, I as a Libran am supposed to be diplomatic, clever, indecisive and Beautiful!!! I don’t know what I will do now that I am a virgo!!!Its like being told that while you were sleeping the tectonic plates shifted and so now you are a Pakistani and not an India... WTH!!!

Well the bright side is that I was born before the moon decided that it did not love the earth quite as well as it used to before 2009 and changed its gravitational pull, my sun sign will not change and so will everyone else’s who was born before 2009. But it sure adds to the confusion (as if there wasn’t enough confusion around astrology as it is) So now if I were to have a daughter on the 16^th of October( my birthday) she would not be a beautiful Libran but a whatever they are Virgo???? That is seriously depressing...But kudos to the moon for pulling off a fast one on the SUN signs :P:D

My first real winter. :)

Been in Delhi for a month in November and December and back again in Jan. Probably gonna be here for a good month. Having never been north of Mumbai in anything but the winter months, it was bound to be a tough winter for me. But its been fun as such. Its a new experience and a challenge if you must see it that way, cos I had only one thin sweater when i reached this place. Needless to say the warm clothes wardrobe has expanded to three new sweaters, a really thick jacket, woollen socks, gloves, 4 scarfs and 2 new pairs of jeans. I think I love winter. It has given me the chance to diversify the wardrobe. :P

Its been interesting though. Being in a temperature below 5degrees for the first time in my life, has taught me to appreciate hot chocolate and coffee with friends even more than before :P but seriously learnt a lot of new things, some of them being what a heater looks like and how it works, the need to keep your head covered at all times in order to not lose body heat this way, watching the water vapour in your breath condense, being back in the hostel or safe areas before it gets really dark. It also introduced me to the concept of thermals, this is something i don’t think im ever going to stop praising, cos they really are life savers. I have blessed the person who came up with the concept of thermals a thousand times already. And I have another three weeks to go here. Don’t know where I will be going next, but this winter has removed the fear of coping in cold cities from my mind completely. I was literally petrified with the prospect of spending a winter in Delhi but it has smoothed a lot of my worries and made me realise that I can manage it. And I am glad for the first real winter of my life.

What do you want?

Had another pre placement talk with a steel major. Had three veterans speak to us. It was amazing. The things that stayed with me though were

a) we have fabulous people coming and giving us fabulous opportunities

b) There is so much we can learn from them if we just dont let things go to our head

c) A statement made by the marketing head, do u know where you want to go and what do you want to achieve that will make you say this is what i wanted to do when i set out

What do i want to achieve???? I think i know but Im not going to lay it down here in case some HR checks my blog.. :P We are in an era where knowledge is literally flung out at us. Digital media has allowed us to literally have everything at your fingertips. SUre this has made us smarter at our age than maybe the previous generations but there is a flip side

It has oversimplified things

You want to know how a car engine works google it.

You want to see what you missed out on at your friends wedding you didnt attend.. no need to visit him.her just go to facebook

You want to know how to get from one city to the other, why google map has every minute direction laid down for you.

But you want to know where you want ot go in 20 years.... Well there are no directions for that are there... Now if only God would have little arrows pointing in the direction you should take or maybe a step by step flow of what to do next...

What do i want to do in the next 20 years...

I know I want to be in a job I love, and give it my best. And I want to make a difference. Not only at the workplace but also to the society. Now how vague does that sound?? or maybe i know what i want and its just that im still fine tuning it. Anyways... on the lighter side, I know I want to give preplacement talks for a great firm and have everyone hold me in high regard just like we hold those that we see before us today... :P Anyways dont think im concluding this one tonight.