The wait

I am a very happy person. Small things make me happy. Nice people make me happy. Good food makes me happy. Long conversations, meaningful conversations, funny conversations, basically all kinds of conversations make me happy, work ( for now ) makes me happy, creating art makes me happy, listening to music makes me happy, watching well made movies make me happy, staring into empty space makes me happy, rain makes me happy, writing makes me happy, reading makes me happy...i can go on...

More than all this , getting a good haircut makes me v.v.v.v.v.v.v.happy :D 

I'll explain. Since I was a child this has been my most favourite hobby.

I don't know what it is about some random stranger chopping off few strands of hair. It comforts me. It excites me. It is almost a magical feeling to walk out of a parlour. The euphoria is so high that sometimes I need to sit in the salon for a while to calm down.Of course all of this is true in case of a good haircut and not a tragic one. I do proper research before I venture out for this purpose so I haven't really had any bad experience so far.( in my adult life of course. As a child it was one disaster after another ) Because as a child I would go to some parlour named after the owner like Pratyusha Ladies Parlour or Pooja Ladies Parlour. In my high school I started going to Kim Fung which was acceptable then. Because a Chinese lady cut my hair and she was pretty cool. And now finally I have found my place and my hairdresser and I don't intend on being disloyal ever. I must thank my good friend Soumya for introducing me to this place and guy. I highly recommend ENVY in Inorbit mall. If you ever go there please ask for Gulfaam. He has magical hands and is always excited to try something new. And please note I stay 30 km away from Hitech city in Hyderabad. Imagine how good he must be if am willing to travel 60 km and spend 3 hrs just for a haircut. 

So why is this on my mind! Yep you guessed it right! I got a haircut!!! It was long pending. I have been wanting to look different for a long time now. Somehow shoulder length hair is just not me. Let us not even discuss longer. Of all the different looks that I have tried I like this one the most. Firstly it is so comfortable. It is so easy to maintain. I believe it looks smart. I like the fact that not many girls prefer this. And we all know how much I crave to be different. And the best part-I get to cut my hair more often :D And my hair grows really fast. So before you know it, I will be on the way to my next visit to ENVY. 

This time when Gulfaam was cutting my hair I was wondering why I enjoy this process so much. And I finally found the answer. I love the wait. That time between the commencement of your haircut and the completion. It is filled with hope. You don't know the final result. The excitement. The anticipation. The wait. That's what I love most.

If you are wondering how I look...

If you are wondering why I had to take a pic of myself in a mirror and if you are wondering why couldnt she just ask her husband to take the pic ? Please refer below pic. I did ask.

Happy Birthday Vasuda`

This is such a long pending post. I have been meaning to write a little something about my friend Vasuda for quite some time. Our story is pretty cool. We have known each other from the time we were born. Obviously it took us time to figure out that we were meant to be such great friends. But yes we knew about each other's existence since then. Our mothers were best friends in college and theirs is a 40 year old friendship ( OH  MY GOD!!I did not realize this fact until right now ) Me and Vasuda have met on various occasions while we were kids and once we met right before I started college in Symbiosis and we spoke a bit. Then we met when I was in Bangalore for work and we spoke a little more. Then she came down to Hyderabad for her ISB interview and we spoke a lot. She came down to Hyderabad for something else and we spoke and spoke and spoke..And over the past few years she has really become this perfect companion for me. Though we stay in different cities, she in Bangalore and me in Hyderabad, it has never really stopped us from connecting. Our phone conversations have set new records. People at my place know that they should leave me alone for the next few hours if am on call with Vasuda. A lot of people who know me would rate me as a very confident person. Vasuda does too and we keep joking about my over confidence issues as well. But there is one thing that I have always wanted to tell her. I am this confident and strong and bold because of a handful of people in my life. People who have instilled this confidence in me. They never did it consciously. They did it very effortlessly. Primarily these people are my family. My parents and of course my brother. I am who I am today because of them. But once I became an adult I definitely needed some more people to continue boosting my confidence. It was really important to me that a few others felt the same way about me as my family did. And I am fortunate that I found this confidence in a few best friends who have helped me retain my arrogance:P And Vasuda is one person who does this with such consistency. Every phone call with her makes me feel good about myself. She agrees with all my mad theories and opinions. She has always been proud of me and has motivated me in so many different ways. I know how much she likes to listen /read about herself so I will specifically mention the best things about her: She is really funny ( which means she can make jokes and she can understand my jokes as well ) She is very patient and a great great listener ( If you are confused about something call her , she will show so much interest in your confusion -its freaky, very few people care that way ) She is very honest about how she feels and is very open to suggestions ( you can tell her anything and she will take it the right way..I never have to think if its the right thing to say. I can just say it and I know she will take it in the right spirit. ) She is super intelligent( I told you right? She gets all my jokes and finds me funny as well , all criteria to test intelligence passed) She is a really good person at heart ( She cannot hurt anybody ever and she is really harmless and innocent and not at all arrogant or rude or any of those things that I would use to describe myself )

One thing that I have always sulked about is her gifting ideas (these intangible gifts!) I have made it so clear to her that I don't like intangible gifts that now I don't get that either!!  Just to show her how frustrating it is to get a poem as a birthday gift I am giving her this zen tangle drawing as a bday gift :P There! I had my sweet revenge finally! Stare at this painting all that you want! End of the day you will realize a gift voucher is much prettier :P Happy Birthday Babes! 

Zen Doodle

I have been terribly unwell for the past one week. It all started on Sunday last week and am still recovering. Some terrible virus I suppose. I am on very strong meds which is only making me feel worse. Damn I never thought I'd say this-For how long can one sleep?Sleeping happily is possible.endlessly. But sleeping while coughing at in interval of every 5 seconds-not pleasant. And I couldn't talk. So had to do something when I was awake. Here is what I discovered:

This is just a random impatient doodle. But I must confess it was very relaxing and I thoroughly enjoyed myself and am definitely going to do more. I urge all of you to try atleast a small doodle. Let your creativity take full control of the situation. I will keep posting more because I am pretty sure am going to get better at it. I used a black marker to draw the intricate work and I coloured using my colour pencil set. I shall now show off my colours to you. Brother's gift you see :) 

This is not the new hobby that I spoke about in my previous post. That hobby is on an entirely different level :D Am so thrilled about that. You know what is the greatest thing about these doodles? The fact that you are in an almost meditative state while doing it.And effortlessly. In today's world where everybody is highly stressed out, this is a needed diversion. Please take some time off to relax and do some doodles and post it in the comments:) I would be happy to form a doodle club if a bunch of you are interested. We can doodle away :D No prior art experience required. All you need is a black marker. I use Camlin CD/DVD Marker Pen. It costs Rs.10. If you wish to colour, a basic colour pencil/crayon set will do too. Please do try!! :)

Life at 28

I am back to writing after a really long time.

Yesterday I was advising my team at work to develop the habit of writing and I encouraged them to start a blog.In my previous blog I had written 86 posts! I checked yesterday and I was shocked myself.I should have never stopped. I then realized that I should follow my own advice.However I wanted a fresh look and my perspective about life has also changed quite a bit I suppose. Hence my new blog. 

A general update about what has been happening in my life:

I am happily married for almost 3 years. My husband is an entrepreneur. He has a great vision and is determined to achieve massive success over a period of time. He is extremely talented and has amazing grit and perseverance,I live with him, my mom and my grand mom. I work for a Chennai based employability enhancement firm. I joined in April 2015. I love my job. My primary responsibility is to create a presence in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. I am also in the process of setting up my team which is a lot of fun. After several years of experimentation I have landed in the right job. I am very passionate about the vision of the company which is to enhance employability of freshers. I find this job very very fulfilling. I used to paint a lot earlier. Haven't tried anything in the recent past. I have sketched a few cartoons though. I haven't been reading at all. I have started working out a week back. By next week I am going to start an amazing hobby. I am super excited about it. We'll talk about it once I take the first step.

This brief introduction is a pre-requisite because most of my rants will either be related to my professional or my personal life. This will help you all catch up with what has been happening with me.

I want to use this blog to see myself and to transform myself.

I am back

Yes! I am back!

I am going to blog again.

Now encourage me.

The ball is in your court.