The Poet in Me - 1

There are times when some long dead ancestors soul perhaps asserts itself on me.
And I spout poetry.
Is it good? Or is it not?
I wouldn't care to find out.
Check it out if you like...
Or you could just go take a hike!!
(No offence meant... not one of my inspired moments... just made it rhyme thats all! Grin!)


Ramblings

So many thoughts go through my mind,
Strong thoughts, weak ones... some of every kind.
Wonder why they affect me so...
Wonder why i can't let go.

There's no point in all their strength...
All their knowledge and all their wealth..
When they're all of a kind..
Who seem to simply detest peace of mind.

I wonder what I'm doing here....
Stuck in a crowd but no one near.
Wonder if i should be moving out...
Away from the squabbles, away from the thought...
of a deadly storm not far away....
of hurt and hatred thats here to stay.

So many thoughts go through my mind,
Strong thoughts, weak ones... some of every kind.
Wonder why they affect me so...
Wonder why i can't let go.

Heraldo on its feet - finally!

Its been some time now. Been busy nurturing my baby. Just taught it to walk a couple of months back... August 20th, 2007 to be precise.

Its been a roller coaster ride. Funds crunch. Sanction problems. Took a little over a year to kick off but its on its feet finally now!

Didn't turn out exactly as planned. Had initially meant to get into outdoor advertising full time but then that still hasn't kicked off due to a multitude of reasons. Not really concentrating on it any more. Heraldo's maiden venture has been a tie up with Amul - have opened an exclusive Amul franchise. Slowly plan to convert into a proper fast food outlet... still dabbling with the logistics.

So far so good. Its been performing well the last two months. Well on its way to breaking even now - estimated time at current profit levels is around 20 months. Hope to bring that figure down drastically by product innovation and streamlining soon.

All the best babes!! :)

Day Tight Compartments

Sir William Osler, the founder of the world famous Johm Hopkins School of Medicine, in a lecture to the students of Yale University told the students that a man like himself who had been a professor in four universities and had written a popular book was supposed to have "brains of a special quality." He declared that this was untrue. He said that his intimate friends knew that his brains were of "the most mediocre character".

What then, was the secret of his success? He stated that it was owing to what he called living in "day-tight compartments." What did he mean by that? A few months before he spoke at Yale, Sir William Osler had crossed the Atlantic on a great ocean liner where the captain, standing on the bridge, could press a button and - presto! - there was a clanging of machinery and various parts of the ship were immediately shut off from one another - shut off into watertight compartments. "Now each one of you," Dr. Osler said to those Yale students, "is a much more marvellous organisation than the great liner, and bound on a longer voyage. What I urge is that you so learn to control the machinery as to live with "day-tight compartments" as the most certain way to ensure safety on the voyage. Get on the bridge, and see that at least the great bulkheads are in working order. Touch a button and hear, at every level of your life, the iron doors shutting out the Past - the dead yesterdays. Touch another and shut off, with a metal curtain, the Future - the unborn tomorrow. Then you are safe - safe for today!.... Shut off the past! Let the dead past bury its dead.... Shut out the yesterdays which have lighted fools the way to dusty death..... The load of tomorrow, added to that of yesterday, carried today, makes the strongest falter.

Shut off the future as tightly as the past..... The future is today...... There is no tomorrow. The day of man's salvation is now. Waste of energy, mental distress, nervous worries dog the steps of a man who is anxious about the future...... Shut close, then, the great fore and aft bulkheads, and prepare to cultivate the habit of a life of "day-tight compartments."

arz kiya hai......

gulshan ki faqat phoolon se nahin,
kaanton se bhi zeenat hoti hai.
jeene ke liye is duniyaa mein...
gham ki bhi zaroorat hoti hai.

ae waaiz-e-naadaan,
kartaa hai too ek qayaamat kaa charchaa
yahaan roz nighaahen milti hain,
yahaan roz qayaamat hoti hai

woh purshish-e-gham ko aaye hain,
kuchh keh na sakoon,
chup reh na sakoon
khaamosh rahoon to mushkil hai,
keh doon to shikaayat hoti hai.

karna hi padegaa zapt-e-alam,
peene hi padenge ye aansoo.
faryaad-e-fughaan se ai naadaan,
tauheen -e-muhabbat hoti hai.

jo aa ke ruke daaman pe
'saba' woh ashk nahin hai paani hai!
jo ashk na chhalke aankhon se,
us ashk ki qeemat hoti hai

Baby Heraldo Officially Born

My dream company has officially been incorporated on the 31st of May 2006.

Heraldo Marketing & Advertising Pvt. Ltd.

Feels funny knowing that how good... or bad... the company will become rests entirely in my hands. My decisions and judgements will shape or mar its future. Now I know how it would feel like to raise a kid.

Total Power.
Tremendous responsibility.

Right now its in the intitial licensing stage. Plan to officially begin operations from August.

Fingers crossed and hope for the best!

Zin at Calangute Beach - Goa

This is my baby niece Zinniya (Zin) at Calangute Beach, Goa. Situated in Calangute the Queen Beach of Goa lies 15km from Panjim, the capital city.

Food for Thought

"India must be the only country in the world, where people fight to be called backward"

- Narayan Murthy

Yeah?

Eat one live toad the first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

Reflections

great pain can sometimes cure great shortcomings of the character....
it may, in reality be a boon in disguise.

when people you care for get disillusioned with you...
all you can do is to introspect,
learn,
shed a silent tear,
and move on.

what you've learned from the experience,
however bitter,
may enrich you enough to make many more people smile some day.

its no point getting down and getting stuck.
thats against the interests of the greater picture....

the beautiful journey that's life.