Ahh, time flies by... isn’t it? This friday I completed my 1 year 11 days in Y! and sadly that was my last day as well (at least for this round). I’m moving to a (not-so) startup this Monday for new adventures. It was a tough decision to make but few not-so-good events triggered it and made easier to go through as well. Many good things happened as well in this 1 year tenure that i will cheer for quite sometime to come: Y! Open Hack day, Internal Hack days, Oozie, Office Gym and FitnessOne (lost some 12kgs since feb), awesome cafeteria food and breakout area fruits/snacks, cool and funky work environment and needless to say smart people to work with on interesting challenges for the internet. I've learned from fellow Y!s and would miss few of them for sure. Best of luck Y! and Y!s; I promise to be back with blast (may be not in immediate near future but some longer future for sure).
I'm all geared up and excited for the new challenges. More as it happens...
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July 19, 2009
July 12, 2009
Another good bye
So today i bade good bye to a special friend. Special because a lot of good things happened this year in my life, thanks to that friend. I'm no more what i was few months ago and hope all the good things i've gathered all this while will accumulate further. Whatever!! Saying good bye is not so easy specially knowing that you probably won't be seeing them again next few years or probably the entire lifetime. Thankfully there is internet and you can keep touch but for how long? Would you've the same affection for them when they are far distant apart? Would you be able to catch up with their lives or will they be able to catch up with your life? I'm not a pessimist but as somebody said "in larger perspective of life, nothing matters..."; lets see...
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July 11, 2009
Thought of the day
Few quotes taken from "50 Things" which i feel is relevant to "after school" life as well:
Source: http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/life/workplay_balance_at_mit/50_things.shtml
- Your friends will change a lot with time. Let them.
- Carve out an hour every single day to be alone. (Sleeping doesn't count.)
- Embrace the differences between you and people around you. Always be asking yourself, "what can I learn from this person?".
- Working things out between friends is best done in person, not over email. (IM does not count as "in person.") Often someone's facial expressions will tell you more than his/her words.
- Wednesday is the middle of the week; therefore on wednesday night the week is more than half over. You should celebrate accordingly. (It makes thursday and friday a lot more fun.)
- Welcome failure into your lives. It's how we grow. What matters is not that you failed, but that you recovered.
- Do something once in a while for no particular reason or purpose (totally different from your regular life and work), purely for the fun of it.
- It's important to think about the future, but it's more important to be present in the now.
- Things that seem like the end of the world really do become funny with a little time and distance. Knowing this, forget the embarrassment and skip to the good part.
- Every once in a while, there will come an especially powerful moment when you can actually feel that an experience has changed who you are. Embrace these, even if they are painful.
- Don't try to do everything. Balance = well-being.
- Life is too short to stick with something that you're no longer excited about. Switch, even if it complicates things. After all life is about exploring yourself and the entire world, ain't it?
Source: http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/life/workplay_balance_at_mit/50_things.shtml
July 10, 2009
Thought of the day
Be a good listener and observer; sometimes the best piece of advice/help can come from a source least expected and it can be life saving. :-)
Thought of the day
"...and you know the best thing about the end of the day? tomorrow it starts all over again, all afresh!"
-From "Wanted"
-From "Wanted"
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