And the "Furniture Fail"

So sometimes one acts out of impulse.(PS - This is just a general comment and has nothing to do with me :P)

Now so I wanted to buy new piece of furniture. So I went to my usual destination "IKEA".. Looked around for it but everything looked familiar. I am pretty positive that the reason for "familiarity" has nothing to do with endless IKEA trips we have done. (Vikrant can vouch for this).  Now moving on...

So the piece of furniture.. Lets call it a bed.. Now after looking at all kinds of beds at IKEA , I decided to try out other places..Don't want to name those but I did visit few places. After all this research , the creative mind decided to buy it online.. Although I had looked at similar one in the store, but this exact piece was not available on display. So merlot finish , sleek lines, the perfect headboard I had been looking for...and what not.... This is it.. The creative mind voted and I ordered this wonderful piece of wood... Now it was going to arrive after a week.. And then it slipped off my mind..

So after 3 days , I get back from office and guess what , These big boxes are resting on the front door! Now I had to leave and be somewhere in next 20 minutes so I somehow managed to move them inside and decided to worry about how to take those upstairs later...

So this elegant wonderful bed was enjoying the pool view while I was out.. That night I came really late and decided to keep it there... Here comes Saturday morning! So with all enthusiasm I unpack those boxes downstairs and somehow manage to get everything upstairs one by one! Moving on..

Yes! A Saturday project.. To begin with I manage to assemble the headboard , footboard and the frame.. Here comes the real story.. So now I am all set to put the slats and ready to jump on my new bed , thats when I realize that the slats are wrong size.. I try to put them in all directions but no luck! Now I decide to go to the store , just to find  out that I have to call customer support to discuss this..(Its already 2 PM!. I call the number to hear "Our business hours are Monday to Friday 9AM to 5 PM)! Who assembles furniture at that time!!

I decide to continue my journey.. And funasia decide to play a song from lakshya " Haa ye rasta hai tera!! " :) :)  So now time to buy slats.. Ok after looking at those , I have serious questions if they will work... Now here wakes up the creative mind again n solitude.. So next stop - Home depot.. So I ask them if they can cut the slats , it seems they cant cut it as it was not purchased there but instead this wonderful person teaches me how to properly cut wood.. As I said the creative mind was all awake , I bough the saw , wood polish and decided to cut the slats by myself.. Moreover I also thought , may be making a bed out of all these different kind of wood pieces is not difficult either!! (I am amazed by the creative mind and decide not to listen to it) (Its 5PM now)

Then I get home , have a coffee and convert the patio into a temporary workshop! Now I am all set to cut the first piece of wood just to realize the slats have been drilled at the ends in order to attach them to the frame... Hssssshhhh....All this stupid creative effort has been wasted!  Just glad that all the home depot stuff was still packed and not opened yet.

What was I thinking!! So I gather all my stuff and return it to Home depot.. Clean up all the mess and decide to call up customer support 9 AM Monday morning!! 

बदल : यमन ते काफी

या आठवड्यात राग काफी सुरु केला … गेले ६ - ७ महिने आम्ही यमन वर काम करत होतो….

राग यमन : तीव्र मध्यम  , आरोहात वर्ज्य पंचम आणि आता काफी : कोमल गंधार , कोमल निषाद आणि संपूर्ण राग

बरं no more technical terms.. let me get to the point !

आता फक्त हे दोन बदल पण मला सतारीवर साधी सपाट (सा रे ग म प ध नि सा) सुद्धा वाजवता येईना …. अर्रे बापरे … किमान  तास तरी मी नक्की चुकीचं वाजवत असेन !! कान , हात , डोकं यांचा काही ताळमेळ लागेना … कधी शुद्ध गंधार , कधी तीव्र मध्यम … कधी पंचम सोडून दिला !
यमन ते काफी हा प्रवास म्हणावा तितका सोपा नव्हता !! (अजून सुरूच आहे)

मला अजिबात वाटल नव्हतं कि हे एवढा गोंधळ उडेल माझा …

त्या रात्री घरी येताना  डोक्यात असच चक्र सुरु झाल…. एवढे साधे सोपे बदल उमजायला किती मेहनत घ्यावी लागते आणि किती सबुरीने घ्याव्या लागतात गोष्टी !

आणि आपली स्वतःकडून बदल पटकन समजून घ्यायची आणि घडवायची  अपेक्षा असते ! Over confidence!!! मला पटकन बदलाशी जुळवून घेता येतं वगैरे वगैरे  …. पण अस काही झालं न कि लक्षात येतं …. वेळ तर लागतोच … कमी किंवा जास्ती …. आणि महत्वाचं मेहनत लागते !

एखादा राग त्याचा थाट , त्याचे स्वर मनात बसायला , भिडायला वेळ लागणारच … instant maggie चा जमाना असेल तरीही वेळ लागतोच …. आणि जरी परिस्थिती ने सगळं काही घडवून आणलं तरी आपल्याला बदलायला वेळ तर लागतोच !

मला हवे ते बदल आत्ताच्या आत्ता झाले पाहिजेत किंवा बास आता मी नाही थांबू शकत किंवा एवढा वेळ कशी लागतो का कधी … असं सगळं म्हणून processes किंवा नशीब किंवा परिस्थिती यांना नावं ठेवायच्या आधी आता मी स्वतःला फक्त एवधीच आठवण  करून देणार आहे

"आठवतंय न काफी चा पहिला दिवस आणि बेसूर सपाट  !"

सहजच !!

असंच बोलता बोलता बराच काही आपण बोलत असतो …. त्या बरंच काही मधलं थोडसं !

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गर्दी

कधी कधी या गर्दीत माणसं अशी हरवतात कि पुन्हा कधीच दिसत नहित. 

खरा तर आजच्या "connected world" मध्ये  "untraceable" असण अशक्यप्राय वाटत 

पण काहीच अशक्य नाही अस लक्षात येतं !!

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विषयांतर

आज अजिबात विषयांतर नाही … पहिल्या गोष्टीवरच चर्चा …


विषयांतर यावरच विषयांतर होत मग! आणि मग कोणी विषयांतर केल होतं त्यावर चर्चा !

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गुंता 

कधी कधी इतका वैताग येती गुंता सोडवताना … नक्की काय केल होत म्हणून एवढा तो गुंता !

पण काय केलं असा विचार केला काय किंवा नाही केला काय , गुंता तर सोडवावा लागतो 

कदाचित पुढच्या वेळी गुंता कमी होईल पण झालेला गुंता तर सोडवावाच लागतो !!

आणि गुंता का झाला या विचारावर विचार करता करता अजून गुंता !

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पण … 

एखाद्या वाक्याच्या मध्यभागी "पण" आल तर त्याचा पहिला भाग सोडून द्यायचा असतो 

मी माफी मागते पण XXXXXXX

जर XXXX  तर कशाला माफी मागायची !! !

इथे सेल आहे पण फक्त या गोष्टींवर 

(आपल्या ला हव्या त्यावर तो नसतोच :( )

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आज मी लवकर घरी जाणार आहे…
आत्ता किती वाजलेत घड्याळ्यात ?

ओह्ह ७ वाजले का ? उद्या नक्की मी लवकर निघणार ऑफिसमधून


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The resolution factor!

Yes the resolution.. So I was wondering about the old movie techniques. So you have 1000s of pictures and you are moving them at a speed that the viewer doesn't even notice that these are different pictures. So its actually the limitation of human eye that we do not recognize the difference.

That made me think the world might be completely different for a species with a different resolution.. What if they see what we don't! Or may be we see what they don't! The unknown/unknown phenomena!

May be a lot of things are happening around me and I don't notice that. I discount those in m decisions and may be those are the important once!

Hmmm something to really ponder upon

The overhyped phenomena of frustration

Every single time I have spoken to someone over 45 (wink) , I have always realized one thing , Frustration  is an overhyped phenomena!!

So now that I think back , I have come to realization that the frustration is definitely overhyped!  Am I a sage who is never frustrated ? I wish!! But I am equally frustrated about a million things...

Working in a challenging and demanding field, its very easy for anyone to just be frustrated and blame it all on the company, boss or even destiny for that matter... I believe its the simplest way to feel better about the situation. Trust me , I have blamed all the above mentioned entities and a million more for the frustration! Apart from temporary "victim" feeling, I haven't made any difference..

I have been fortunate enough to have amazing bosses and wonderful mentors. Pankaj has taught me one thing and I must say one of the most important lessons :) .... "Look beyond frustrations" ... Might sound very very simple to read but think about it.. Having an ability to look at any circumstances keeping the frustration piece aside is very very difficult! I think it will be life saver...

Some of us have a tendency to say "Its just the way today's world is! The jobs have changed , life has changed etc etc.." But when I listen to my parents stories, my grandparents stories.. May be the world hasn't really changed. Its the perspective that has changed!

So  next time if you are frustrated and want to scream in the traffic, quit your job , yell at the rude lady at the kiosk , throw your phone etc etc ...Just a friendly reminder , the frustration is your attitude of looking at the situation...May be the action will help but not always!

(Trust me this is coming from my most frustrated self!!)

वादळ !

गेले कित्येक तास मी वादळ अनुभवतीये … न शमणारं …. न संपणारं …. जणू निसर्गाच्या सामंजस्याचा फुटलेला बांध !
जणू काही त्याच्या असह्य वेदनांना फुटलेला कंठ …. अखंड थयथयाट … तप नु तपे जपलेल्या , शमवलेल्या भावनांना मोकळं करून दिलेलं रान … त्याचे हि प्रश्न असतील कदाचित …. काही अनुत्तरीत ! त्याचीची होत असेल घुसमट …. न सुटणाऱ्या प्रश्नांनी आणि नव नवीन आव्हानांनी …. कितीही मोठं असलं तरी त्याचही मन आहे …. दुखावलं जाणारं … त्याचं सुद्धा काळीज आहे … चिरत जाणार…. सुकले असतील त्याचे ही अश्रू ….आणि म्हणूनच हे तांडव …. न संपणारं !!

The sine wave

Yes the sine wave. I recently had an interesting discussion with a colleague on the nature of one of our projects. We are experiencing frequent highs and lows and are caught up in the drama of the sine wave. We both agreed on this but decided to take it a level above.

Instead of getting into the drama of highs and lows, why not be the central axis and limit the drama!
And thats where it occurred to me , this is true every where...

Generally the experiences we have are like sine waves , the frequency might vary but its never low forever and never high forever. The whole struggling piece comes from sliding on the curves through highs and lows...Just imagine being at the central axis and looking at the curves! It will be amusing!

Wow its so easy to write but when I think about it , it is extremely difficult to follow!