WOAH!!!

so i just looked at all my previous blog posts from July onwards and they are MOROSE!! A breakup can really mess with the mind, I guess...

So here's a more fun post...

Sean Kingston!

When I heard Sean Kingston was coming to Bangalore on Oct 3rd to perform LIVE in Hard Rock Cafe, I nearly flipped!
1) Coz it was at HRC...I love that place coz of my girls! But also the question of "HOW ON EARTH WILL THEY HOST A CONCERT IN THAT LITTLE SPACE??" needed to be answered!
2) Sean Kingston! ok, i didn't LOVE him...but his all-of-six-songs I'd heard were nice dance-able tunes.
3) A cute boy asked me to go with him :)
4) The ticket was only Rs. 1,500/-...out of which Rs.750 was cover!!

It's safe to assume that I made a wise decision to go...but, as every promise has proven to be - this one too, was a let down! Not the concert...just Sean Kingston!
He was an hour late (its not fashionable anymore to say 'fashionably'), he barely sang anything! There were two of his other homies on stage who kept the show alive..and VERY well, I add. He's just a fat, overgrown 20year old black man who got discovered on MySpace and suddenly shot to fame because of a youtube video that became viral! There is NOTHING legendary about him! The night, on the other hand, was! :)
I made good use of my 750buck cover charge and gulped down 3 "Fire Burning" cocktails. Once plastered, I jumped up on cute boy's shoulders and bounced about for 2 whole songs, he let me down when I threatened to take my top off and flash Sean...he didn't think it was a good idea! :P I acted as wing man (wing woman?) for the boys and helped them get a few facebook id's (yeah, that's the new phone number!) and then went off speeding on a 250cc bike! I rode ;D...was SO much fun zipping past all the cars and cops on a superbike (fine, it was no superbike but what the hell, i felt like superwoman!)

Life's as good as you make it.

Moving into Forever-ness

My uncle passed away last night :( everyone expected it but when it does happen it still shocks. Death has such a weird, unsettling finality to it...

Leukemia...cancer of the blood. He refused chemotherapy. Why prolong life and live in pain, he once asked.

Always been a very spirited man, my uncle Cherry. His laugh resounded in a room full of people, his Sam-Manakshaw-mustache curling up at the sides of his upturned mouth. Called everyone with wrong names, he did :) but they sounded better when he said it, so no one really did mind!

Rest In Peace, dear uncle. Your family loves you and nothing will ever change that.




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Life...

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person who wasn't supposed to let us down, probably will. You'll have your heart broken and you'll break someone's. Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs and no second chances.

So take too many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely, love like you have never been hurt, dance in the rain, fall asleep watching the sun come up. Don't be afraid to take chances or to fall in love.





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The Buck Stops Here

The mark of a good leader lies in the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously. The easiest way to do that, I have learnt recently, is to step aside and look at the situation with an impersonal, impartial and neutral view – devoid of any bias, anger or impatience.

Until today, I was always a team member, consciously making the choice to not make tough decisions. I would pull my juniors up with me and push them to the brink as we slogged it out together… it’s what came most naturally to me as a team player. I was coached the importance of never defining hierarchy in our basketball teams for over 8 years and suddenly I was learning that there was team play even in delegation.

Motivate your team, never let them feel the pressure you are feeling unless absolutely necessary. Take absolute charge over their work and time, but never micro manage by not giving them the freedom of thought. Plan for yourself and your team, have never to say the words “why didn’t I think of that”! But the most important of them all is the lesson of never blaming your team for something that’s gone wrong. You are responsible for the output. You are responsible for the review. You are responsible for the deadlines. You are responsible for the resources.

The Buck Stops Here.