Book tag....

Priya tagged me this wonderful book tag! and I am more than happy to take it !

The tag is all about the book that you are currently reading, turn to page 123, count till line 5 and write down the lines after that!

so here's the book that am reading currently! *honestly there is no time to even catch up on my breath now a days! let alone read a novel! so am happy to get in to short stories and who better than Jeffery Archer!*

So here's book :

The lines read like :

Max raised his catalogue in response to the auctioneer's enquiry,'Forty-five thousand? Are you bidding fifty thousand?'he enquired of the lady on the telephone.

So there you go ! another tag done! phew! :)

Am tagging the following people:

RS
Arun
Subha

it is all about the 4s...

Poonam tagged me with this and this is the first of the tag I need to complete!

4 Jobs I’ve Had (Starting with the most recent):
Pre-Sales Consultant - IT concern
Project Manager
Business Analyst
Onsite coodinator

Darn it! I need a life now! :)

4 Movies I Could Watch Over and Over :

Michael Madana Kamarajan
Bridge on the Riwer Kwai
Any Alfred Hitchcock Movie
Hotel Rwanda and many many more! Thanks to the hubby we are major movie buffs and watch anything from Portugese to Indian to English to anything!

4 Places I’ve Lived (starting with the present):
Chennai
Columbus,OH,USA
Newyork , Newyork,USA
Bangalore,India

4 TV Shows I Like

F.R.I.E.N.D.S
Sex and the City
Oz
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

4 Favorite Foods

My mum's Vathalkuzhambu with sutta appalam
Thai Curry with bamboo shoot rice from Bamboo Shoots in Bangalore
Thayir Sadam with Potato/Okra fry
Mum's rasam - ok anything that my mom prepares! :)

4 Places I’d Rather Be
South of France
South Africa with Dad and the entire family
Somewhere in the sky
My native place...

4 People I’m Tagging

mmmm none i guess! :)

19 months and wow!

I never realized the inner strength in me, till I delivered this beautiful girl out of me 19 months ago. I was this person who would scream at the sight of blood but there I was on an October night, delivering a 9 pound baby with no epidural and after a struggle of 26 hours called ‘Labour’.She came out tearing a whole lot of me and after a loss of almost 3 huge bottles of blood, I realized that I was meant to be a mother. A mother to this beautiful child.

As Kaju turns 19 months, she is growing leaps and bounds, I mean literally. Kaju now is as tall as a 3 year old and when her ped told me that she might be more 6 ft, I was not able to believe my ears but later on consoled myself by saying that she is a model in the making :)

Dear Girl,
As you are turning 19 months today, you have taught me many things. Just to name a few:

Never say die attitude: Gal, you have taught me a whole lot in this perspective. The day I saw you climbing the windows and sit inside the wash basin – you kept tripping and falling down, but still you kept trying and finally landed your coveted place. The wash basin! ;)

The joy of sharing: The best thing darling that I am amazed to see in you is your sharing mentality. I am proud to say this that not many kids do the same what you do. Kaju runs to share her piece of everything to any person who stands or sits next to her. Be it food, toys, books anything that is given to her, she wants to share it and see a smile on our faces and a thank you would make her happy. She runs back to her left over piece and eats, reads and what not. I learnt this from you and you are the best teacher.

I first saw you like this and named you 'Kaju'.


Friendliness: She is the best when it comes to interacting with strangers. She knows her boundaries and at the same times never this cranky child who wouldn’t budge out of her mother’s arms. She is friendly and quite popular in my circle for the same.



Other milestones:
She is slowly getting transformed from bottles to glasses. Yes! My little girl is showing of independence already and she does now not want to touch her bottles but instead drink everything out of her own tumblers or mugs.

Kaju is yet to talk. She babbles a lot but picking up words from everywhere. Us being multi lingual at home has not helped a bit but her Ped has assured me that this is bound to happen and that when she picks up her words it would know no bounds. I cant wait for that day.

Kaju is now cycling. She has slowly started cycle and it is a treat to watch her.

Potty/ susu training – Sigh! No word on this. It is a tough job to make her sit on the potty for a second. Gals, any tip would help. Please pass some to me!

Sings – yes! She would say ‘Sa Ri Ga…’ and then clap her hands as though she is keeping her ‘thalam’ while she is singing.

I am absolutely thrilled to be the mother to this child and if am lucky to have the same qualities of hers in the next one then I don’t mind having more of him/her.



She has made me a complete woman and there’s no doubt about it. I love you girl with all my heart and soul and cant to wait to spend the rest of my life with you, watching you grow to this beautiful woman whom I would no doubt be more than proud of.

Hugs and Kisses
Your proud mama!

Paris...La Magnifique...

There are things and places that you can describe and there are others....

I am this so called 'pragmatic' woman....

All this while, I thought of myself as this strong, level headed ,practical and pragmatic Woman of the 21st century never realising the fact for a fraction of second that a 2 ft little human being could quash all your believes and makes u this most vulnerable person in the whole wide world…

Yes, I was never this person who will miss people and brood over the lost things…I am practical as it may sound but as of yesterday my strong willed soul has gone out on a soul searching as my daughter turned 18 months…I am missing her and miss holding her and showing her stars, feeding her by running myself against walls, those night walks with the moon walking alongside and me and her talking plain gibberish…. I miss her soft smell and her hands touching me while she sleeps peacefully in my arms..

Is that what motherhood does to the so called ‘pragmatic’ woman? If yes, I love it, the feeling it brings….

Yes, my sweet little Kaju is all of 18 months and am here in this land that is miles and miles away from her soft hand and smell….

I Miss you , MY GIRL….

Women are better leaders ???!!!!

A well educated man, passed out from Cambridge, studied in an exchange program and who has already worked in this global delivery model and a person who understand globalization, questions me in this following way –

Why do Indian companies send Woman as their team heads or managers?

I am working very closely with this world famous packaging service company, for them to win a business bid and in turn my organization would also be benefited by winning this proposal. I am working very closely with this well educated, well mannered and extremely nice gentleman who has a broader perspective in understanding things and work in a global delivery model.

Now if this question was as simple as it sounds, I would have left it then and there and wouldn’t have given much heed to this. But this comes from a person who knows that Indian woman is now the most enterprising manager than most of her counterparts. What with Indira Nooyi and all? Need I say more? I couldn’t believe my ears when my counterpart from the customer front, who completed his management study from Cambridge, well traveled and well educated person could ask me such questions.

I was offended initially but then later on thought about his question and felt that might be that was a valid question and that I need to sit and analyze as to why some companies send mostly woman as their team leads.

I finally concluded that we are better leaders. I have my own take on this. But I would like to know your view points as well.

SO ladies, fill me in with your thoughts and ideas!

Ciao!

Heidelberg.....most beautiful and most romantic

random rants...snippets...

* Love the canteen at this office...all these days it felt as if I am eating gourmet meals everyday! and yes, it does feel when you have Thai curry with Basmati rice and curried tofu...for one day and the other day i had porchini saute with rosemary flavoured rice....*sigh* another few more weeks and I end this Gourmet lunches...

* It is absolutely fascinating when I am chauffeured by an Afghani, who just loves Indian movies and the next day brings some photos that he had taken with Amithabh Bachchan,Shashi Kapoor and also Sivaji Ganesan....He talks endlessly about Indian films and how he loves the old movies and does not know any new actors of late....isnt it fabulous that in a small town like Darmstadt,miles and miles away from ur own country, which hardly has any Indian living , you see an Afghan talking to you about Mera Naam Joker and the nuances of Raj Kapoor's acting? Mind Blowing I tell ya!

*it is nothing more than a miracle when a Pakistani comes and helps u with all ur car booking for ur Paris trip and he also suggests which one is expensive and how he can help you get a discount of 45% on ur rentals....outside India and Pakistan, we are more than neighbours in fight!....just human, who live on the same planet and has a peaceful life with a beautiful family!One day, I wish to see this come true to each and every Indian and Pakistani citizen, living peacefully with no religional,ethnic fights....

* Language is the Key when you go to places where people still havent gotten to understand this whole offshoring-outsourcing concepts...now , am learning Deutsche and a linguist that am, I am loving it....also understand that it is a paradigm shift in their tihnking when it comes to offshoring and outsourcing...and managing a team to break the first piece of ice is nerve wracking and at the same time am in love with this thrill and challenge....