The Impossible Mindset.. !!

Believe it...impossible is just a mindset...
As a college student, George Dantzig studied very hard and was always up late into the night, doing his studies. So late sometimes, that he overslept one morning, arriving 20 minutes late for class. He quickly copied the two math problems on the board, assuming they were the homework assignment. It took him several days to work through the two problems but finally he had a break through and dropped the homework on the professor's desk the next day.
Later, on a Sunday morning, George was awakened at 6 a.m. by his excited professor. Since George was late for class, he hadn't heard the professor announce that the two unsolvable equations on the board were mathematical mind teasers that even Einstein hadn't been able to answer. But George Dantzig, working without any thoughts of limitation, had solved not one, but two problems that had stumped mathematicians for hundreds of years. Simply put, George solved the problems because he didn't know he couldn't.
We should keep reminding ourselves that we have tremendous reservoirs of potential within us, and therefore we are quite capable of doing anything we set our mind to. All we must do is figure out how we can do it, not whether or not we can. We can do anything as long as we focus on the goal and not on the obstacles.
Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men, who find it easier to live in the world they have been given than to explore the power they have to change it.
Impossible is not a fact; it's an opinion.
Impossible is not a declaration; It's a dare!
Impossible is nothing but a mindset!
What mindset will you accept?

Amigo.. :)

Ever thought what a friend actually is!!??


We keep making so many friends throughout our lives, we keep doing things together, learning things with them, keep going to them for each and every help, messing up things big time and still we know they will accept us and be there for us...


Some thoughts crossed my mind when i was thinking how the concept of friendship ever came

into being... wikipedia defines FRIENDSHIP as "a term used to denote co-operative and supportive behavior between two or more beings"... this is one topic about which people have written oodles about... something i read in a mail today made me realise that we all need a friend and no matter how friendship started its never gonna end.. :)

jus wanted to share the mail here..

My mother used to ask me what the most important part of the body is. Through the years I would take a guess at what I thought was the correct Answer.

When I was younger, I thought sound was very important to us as humans, so I said, 'My ears, Mommy.' She said, 'No. Many people are deaf. But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon.'

Several years passed before she asked me again. Since making my first attempt, I had contemplated the correct answer. So this time I told her, 'Mommy, sight is very important to everybody, so it must be our eyes.' She looked at me and told me, 'You are learning fast, but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind.'

Stumped again, I continued my quest for knowledge and over the years, Mother asked me a couple more times and always her answer was, 'No. But you are getting smarter every year, my child.' Then one year, my grandfather died. Everybody was hurt. Everybody was crying. Even my father cried. I remember that especially because it was only the second time I saw him cry. My Mom looked at me when it was our turn to say our final good-bye to my Grandfather.
She asked me, 'Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?'
I was shocked when she asked me this now. I always thought this was a game between her and me. She saw the confusion on my face and told me, 'This question is very important. It shows that you have really lived in your life. For every body part you gave me in the past, I have told you were wrong and I have given you an example why. But today is the day you need to learn this important lesson.'
She looked down at me as only a mother can. I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said, 'My dear, the most important body part is your shoulder.'

I asked, 'Is it because it holds up my head?' She replied, 'No, it is because it can hold the head of a friend or a loved one when they cry. Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometime in life, my dear. I only hope that you have enough love and friends that you will always have a shoulder to cry on when you need it.'

Then and there I knew the most important body part is not a selfish one. It is made for others and not for yourself. It is sympathetic to the pain of others.

People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did . But people will NEVER forget how you made them feel.

And this is wat i feel... FRIEND is one person whom i can always go to without thinkin twice, with whom i can speak my own self and don have to really pretend, with whom i feel no ego, with whom yu feel all selflessness...who makes you feel cared for always, who makes you feeel loved, who gives you an ear even when the whole world is not listening to you, who gives you the unselfish shoulder to lean on...to whom you can always say... you are mine.. :)

Love Quote of the Month..

Few lines i read in one of the website last week... quite very simple and true words... written by someone in love.. :)
I can let go,
I can forgive,
I can move on,
but i WILL never stop loving you..

Kahin To...

Some lines that had to find a place in my blog...something that i keep singing since quite a time now.. :)
So here they are..

Kahin to.. kahin to
Hogi wo,
Duniya jahan tu mere saath hai..

Jahan mein, jahan tu,
Aur jahan, bass tere mere jazbaat hai,
Hogi jahan subah teri,
Palko ki, kirano mein,

Jaane naa kahan wo duniya hai,
Jaane naa wo hai bhi ya nahi,
Jahan meri zindagi mujhse,
Itni khafa nahi...

Saasein kho gayi hai kiski aahon mein,
Mein kho gayi hu jaane kiski baahon mein,
Manzilon se raahein doodhti chali,
Kho gayi hai manzil kahin rahon mein..

Kahin to, kahin to,
Hai nasha..
Teri meri har mulaqaat mein..

Jahan hai tu, meri hassi,
Meri khushi, meri jaan…

Devil's Advocate..

Some thought provoking stuff... some video that my brother sent me a couple of days back made me think twice before I could complain about my own life!! This video is about this small kid who speaks in so many languages to sell his peacock fans…he has not seen a school is his life…but speaks languages so that the different tourists will understand what he is saying… :)
i always used to think that life is unfair to me...i always felt i am not even living my own life...may be jus doing things that everyone else is telling me to do...rather than doing something that i would have wanted to do!! i always felt things were imposed on me...i am sure everyone makes compromises in life... you dont really get all that you ever wanted for your life!! i dont know how good it is to look back into the pages of life gone yellow...but sometimes it helps...surely it does... you realize how much you have grown up in life...how much you have learnt from things and people whom you met... and sometimes i feel like i lived in a painted life...a world painted by people around me... a world where i dint really know or understand what i was doing...but all i did was do my job in the space given to me at that time...and doesnt it sound so perfect now?? We all do that...at some point in our lives we do make decisions that are overwhelmed by others...i always wanted to advocate my own desires...thinking why always do i have to do things that others tell me rather than doing my own thing!! And then i realize that i atleast have the privilege of looking back at my life and saying i lived a life...and there still are people who cant remember where or to whom they were born!! there are people who still cant manage to fill their stomach full cuz they cant afford to do that...and i see myself complaining about the food that i get...not thinking that i am atleast getting it... there are still people who are not so privileged to get an education...and i see myself thinking that i could have gotten a better degree... there are some small children i see on the roads who are urging you to buy just one handkerchief from them...that will fetch them 2 Rupees...and may be a nite's food!! and i say i dont like my profession cuz my manager makes me work too much!! i spend almost a fortune to learn some new foreign language cuz that’s the “IN” thing to be knowing a new language… and I see this small kid speaking in different languages to make more customers buy his stuff… I don’t step out in the sun saying its sultry and it makes me tired…and I see these small feet wandering ceaselessly to acquire a living…and what a life is that!? I know we all go thru hardships and difficult commitments in our lives… but there are some who go thru difficult states jus to even obtain a life…
the next time before I say life has been unfair to me…I am definitely gonna think about this lingo kid…who doesn’t even care for the rain or sun…or the fun or the hardships...or the pain or the suffering...or for what hes missing in his life...cuz he has a bigger concern… he has to sell his fans before dusk so that he can get some money that can afford him food for the day… cuz thats LIFE for him...
And I used to think life is unfair to me!!??
Is there one who is advocating for him!!?? And still he smiles.. :)

Tera Deewana..

Kaise kahoon…tujhse roobaroo
Hai yahaan dabe hue
dil ke kai armaan
Dushwar tere bin
hai ye saara jahaan
Ye dil khol doon
kambhakt tu kar ishaara
Mujhme shaamil tu hai sada
Jane jahaan main tera deewana…

Entry Level Dreams.. :)

Entry Level Trainee Professional (ELTP)... i know it doesnt ring any bell in your minds... except until yu are a great ELTP...well it does more than jus ringing the right bells for me.. its something so close to me...My days as an ELTP in Satyam...those were the fabulous 3 months that wil be the closest to my heart always.. joining formalities in viceroy.. pre ELTP assessment @ East wing STC...orientation/induction @ STC CC... and then the series of loooong fun filled days in East wing...amazing rains in hyd... unforgettable trips 2 bahadurpally everyday... in the cosiness of the super deluxe buses... those waits at the football ground bus stop...and then those fights 2 get d best seat wen d bus arrives... those resentments between the northie and southie gang in d bus over which language song the driver shud play...thank GOD the driver got so pissed off that he actually stopped playing songs after a few days...ahh and how can one ever forget the overly smooth roads of bahadurpally village... any sane person wud have gotten a headache travellin in those roads...but all was FUNNNN....and then those morning and evening shifts in CC...those runs for d bus...those calls 2 the busrep to stop d bus near the airport runway... those teusday saree sessions... those amazing breakfasts and evening snacks at d CB cafe... cant forget the ever so tasty chicken dosa.. and the awesome frankies...

And the best part was...afcourse the weekly assessments... ahh..raghuveer sir...hanu ghosala...vijaya kaparthi... oww wat a program manager man...she hated the site of me i think...jus dint lik me for no reason watsoever... according to her i was never "PROACTIVE"... may be i shud hav shown my proactivity in getting her out of her role itself man...wat a lady... :)
and who can forget our funny seminars... people, jus because they had been given a chance, spoke about what all and what not... so much for one 15 minute seminar....and that seminar actually became "THE" topic of the day, "THE" highlight of the day... amazing topics.. :)
those days of case studies...all masti and no studies... all we knew was that we were making something great rather than breaking wat was already there... final day...well our team dint hav a deliverable cuz of our soooo effortful efforts.. :)
those sale seasons in shopper's stop/mochi/pantaloons... those trips to the hyd central/mangatrai...those visits to abids/choodi bazaar/necklace road...those hot hot biryanis in paradise...those bowls of yummy double ka meetha... its all magic...i think it still gives me a nice flavour in my mouth.. and who cud forget the awesssssome alankrita day...what a day and wat major fun!! i miss those days...more than wat any words cud ever describe...those days have given me more than i can ever say... :)
i will cherish every bit of it always.. :)

and and and our ever so sweet nagaraju domala.. he was d lifeline of d mainframes practice i guess.. and wat a way to get a gud feedback from the naive ELTPs... wil come one fine day and give a touching speech... " who among you gave a bad feedback for me.. (and instead of asking what he was lacking that we gave a bad feedback...he wil actually blackmail us to give him a better feedback.. he he he)...yu know i was always number one and jus because of yur bad feedback i have moved to the 2nd spot ( i wonder if he was ever number one man...cuz one of my seniors told me he gave the same speech last year...and the year before that.. :)) so people please consider again and give a good feedback for me...it hurt me alot so please dont let me down this time(by d way sir...please don let us down by yur boring presence...please teach us something useful na)..." anyways..those were the days of feedbacks and impressions...and everyone was busy creating a gud one thinking they wil move into the best projects if they stayed gud in those important people's eyes..but who knew in those days that project allocation was all random...based on a pot luck... :)

And these were the things the ELTP dreams were made of...all we knew was that MF has a load of onsite oppurtunities... and we are now part of a BIG BIG corporate world... and we r gonna enter REAL projects and work for REAL BIG (fortune 500) clients... little did we knw what dirt we are getting ourselves into...all we knew was that we were software engineers...in d making...major big people...gonna be doing some major big stuff in life.. :)

saare sapne kahin kho gaye...haaye hum kya se kya ho gaye.. :)