how external influence can influence one internally!!

It is not easy to change jobs and shift house. Doing both at the same time is like you digging your own grave and jumping into it.
I was so wrong. Getting interviewed, researching about company and making that tough decision of whether to join a new place or not was easy. The things that followed were really difficult. Let me explain:
(My tone may be a little frustrated one..but I’m going through something beyond that)
Bank Account: When I joined Oracle, I got HDFC account. By then I was very comfortable with ICICI and was forced to move to HDFC (life does not give too many choices is so true in my case). I’m ok with HDFC except the fact, their customer care really don’t care. For anything like change of address, I am supposed to be going to their bank and giving a letter in person. While they enroll me, they come to my office. While I want some service after that I have to go to their office. Don’t they even understand/realize how busy we are and they should come up with simple process for something as simple as change of address. However, when I joined my new company they asked me if I want to keep my old account and I curse myself for saying that.
As long as my money was coming to my account and I was able to withdraw it, I or the bank did not have any problems. One fine day, I ran out of cheque leaves. Till I was in Oracle, I had a personal banker who would call me occasionally and ask how their bank is treating me etc. Now that I stepped out, he is not there in the vicinity. Couple of my calls had only promises but did not get fulfilled. However, the bank is very clear that I need them and not the other way round because it is my salary that gets credited in their bank. I am at their mercy. I plan to go to bank tomorrow and resolve this issue before other issues around these crops up. I really can’t handle this.

More to come….
PS: I’m tired by reliving the memory 

I want to live like an animal....

I first saw this video some 15 years ago and instantly fell in love with all - the music, the singer, the actors, the junior artists etc. There is magic in music. The magic to make me feel nice when I'm not feeling so nice about everything, the magic to bring smile when its so difficult to do so, the magic to pep me up when all that is on my mind is to run away. :) This surely sounds like a confession because I don't easily admit I give up. Anyway, the song that I'm referring to is from Savage Garden - the Australian band that has my most favourite Darren Hayes in it. Like I said, I love everything about this song and this is one among the 100 favourite song list that I'm planning to compile. Let me save this for eternity. I dont want to forget that I loved this song at one point in time in my life.


Back then, I wanted to run to the jungle and live like an animal. But not now. I'm not missing much ;) They are all here around me. :)

I want to...

I dont know about others, but I want to do so many things. Sometime back my status was "1001 things on my plate all screaming I'm priority 1". I like it that way.

As of now, there are two things on my mind:

1. Work, work and more work around recruiting/sourcing/make some hires.
2. Play little TT, walk for an hour with some music around me (that's a wish), read something that will make me say "wow" :)
Actually there is a 3rd one too on my mind. Let me do the two and address them later. :)

BTW, I'll be going to TM and NHRD.