In about 2 weeks time a good friend of mine would be moving to pastures new (the tropical Costa Rica and the freezing Montreal in the short term and eventually to the beautiful Geneva!). So I thought it would be a good time to take a quick break from my unbelievably crazy work schedule (I don’t miss a chance to let the world know that I am working my a^$ off do I?) and wish her good luck. I have not met anybody like K. (Given that my life has revolved around the same 20 people for the best part of 25 years nobody is surprised).
She lives life to the fullest enjoying every infinitesimal detail that comes along. I say this at the risk of offending the likes of Monica Geller’s of this world that she has to be the epitome of a leading an organized life. I have had an amazing time with her for the best part of 2 years of my stay in Bermuda. The chic hunting classes/ boat rides/Montreal trips were super fun. I don’t think I stopped laughing for a good 15 minutes when you sent that famous email of yours. (you know which one) I am still wondering who was more embarrassed.. me or you?
One final apology for all the annoying tamil conversations that we had when you were around. It is really surprising that despite all the sophisticated men around you chose to hang around with juveniles like me. I have to say that Bermuda and the weekend gathering would be a poor place when you are gone.
Good luck with everything that lies ahead and hope you get the best in everything, for you deserve nothing less.
Merci pour les mémoires! You will be missed.
So long!
Cheers
S
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
To M (Be) A or not M (Be) A
A casual remark by an acquaintance of mine on a late Friday evening after yet another depressing week at work had me ponder over my age old conundrum of whether to do my MBA or not.. She was mentioning about how she felt that I should actually go for my MBA as I was still young. (Glad to know that pretty women think I look young but that’s not the point of this blog and will save it for another day).
I have probably thought through this as often as left threaten to withdraw support to the government and have been discussing this with my dearest and nearest ever since I finished my CA. I have always wanted to do an MBA. I have never really known why but it just sounded pretty cool when I was a kid. Given that I grew up playing cricket it could also have been because it meant that I can push taking that all important career decision a few years later in life and be the care free lad that I grew up to be. Sometime during my high school, it suddenly struck me that my family had no Accountants and I would do really well to be the first one in my family. I could also prove a point to all those souls who have always believed I would turn out to be this good for nothing spoilt brat. Nothing has given me more pleasure than proving people wrong! So CA it was once I finished high school. (See the pattern, I have made all important choices in my life for the wrong reason! Hey but I turned out fine so you can’t blame me).
I finished my CA and got my dream job with Citi with a pay that a fresher can only dream about. More importantly Citi was a supposed to be a day 1 placement with the top management institutes. (Also my mom and dad are bankers so I keep thinking banking is in my blood!). So I postponed my MBA for a few years for I wanted to get some work experience.
I have always thrived in life with the help of a few sounding boards in my life. These are people who are pretty close to me or I have a lot of respect for these individuals. For eg. SJ/RM/BN from Citi,my mom/T/B on the personal front and to a lesser extent R in Bermuda. SJ who I consider as a mentor always keeps insisting that a CA should not do an Indian MBA as the value of an Indian CA and MBA is not linear. He is so convincing that he sold that argument to me. (After 5 years I believe he couldn’t have been more right- The man is unbelievable). I have to make a mention that T and my mom have always wanted me to do an MBA.
Another pertinent thing is the mortgage that I have. I didn’t want to buy a property in 2004 as I was still harboring my MBA dreams but mom and dad were quite insistent that we had to buy a property (To be fair to them they had no clue about my dreams). I did end up getting a property the value of which has gone up by atleast 3 times. In hind sight it is probably the best decision I have ever made or my dad has made for me. But the fact that I am still in debt keeping playing in mind that I don’t have the guts to quit my reasonably paying job (Trust me its never enough!) as it gives me that security that I long for.
Another issue which might seem pretty trivial to most but is ultra important to me is the fact that I have always wanted to quit active employment at 40. I have for long periods of time not been sure about what I wanted to do when I will do after retiring from active employment and was thinking about starting a sports consultancy company. Now I have a more concrete plan as in I want to start a NGO. The whole point being I can’t afford to quit my job and lose 3 years of income and still retire at 40.
It’s been 5 years since I started working and I have still not been able to make up my mind. Maybe I will find some other wrong reason which will actually push me over the line and I will end up doing my MBA. Here’s to looking for that reason!
Cheers
S
I have probably thought through this as often as left threaten to withdraw support to the government and have been discussing this with my dearest and nearest ever since I finished my CA. I have always wanted to do an MBA. I have never really known why but it just sounded pretty cool when I was a kid. Given that I grew up playing cricket it could also have been because it meant that I can push taking that all important career decision a few years later in life and be the care free lad that I grew up to be. Sometime during my high school, it suddenly struck me that my family had no Accountants and I would do really well to be the first one in my family. I could also prove a point to all those souls who have always believed I would turn out to be this good for nothing spoilt brat. Nothing has given me more pleasure than proving people wrong! So CA it was once I finished high school. (See the pattern, I have made all important choices in my life for the wrong reason! Hey but I turned out fine so you can’t blame me).
I finished my CA and got my dream job with Citi with a pay that a fresher can only dream about. More importantly Citi was a supposed to be a day 1 placement with the top management institutes. (Also my mom and dad are bankers so I keep thinking banking is in my blood!). So I postponed my MBA for a few years for I wanted to get some work experience.
I have always thrived in life with the help of a few sounding boards in my life. These are people who are pretty close to me or I have a lot of respect for these individuals. For eg. SJ/RM/BN from Citi,my mom/T/B on the personal front and to a lesser extent R in Bermuda. SJ who I consider as a mentor always keeps insisting that a CA should not do an Indian MBA as the value of an Indian CA and MBA is not linear. He is so convincing that he sold that argument to me. (After 5 years I believe he couldn’t have been more right- The man is unbelievable). I have to make a mention that T and my mom have always wanted me to do an MBA.
Another pertinent thing is the mortgage that I have. I didn’t want to buy a property in 2004 as I was still harboring my MBA dreams but mom and dad were quite insistent that we had to buy a property (To be fair to them they had no clue about my dreams). I did end up getting a property the value of which has gone up by atleast 3 times. In hind sight it is probably the best decision I have ever made or my dad has made for me. But the fact that I am still in debt keeping playing in mind that I don’t have the guts to quit my reasonably paying job (Trust me its never enough!) as it gives me that security that I long for.
Another issue which might seem pretty trivial to most but is ultra important to me is the fact that I have always wanted to quit active employment at 40. I have for long periods of time not been sure about what I wanted to do when I will do after retiring from active employment and was thinking about starting a sports consultancy company. Now I have a more concrete plan as in I want to start a NGO. The whole point being I can’t afford to quit my job and lose 3 years of income and still retire at 40.
It’s been 5 years since I started working and I have still not been able to make up my mind. Maybe I will find some other wrong reason which will actually push me over the line and I will end up doing my MBA. Here’s to looking for that reason!
Cheers
S
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Could there beeee a better Bing????
There it is…I have at last succumbed to the pressure (self induced I must admit) and here I am writing my first ever blog. I have always felt that not even my mom would really care about my thoughts/opinions. I still do, but then I have been wanting to do something different of late.
I wanted to join a Salsa class, but being the lazy git that I am I have been procrastinating it for eternity now. By starting to write a blog I achieved the twin purpose of doing something new and not having to move my ass. (Feels good to realize that I am getting paid while I do this!)
I started watching friends about 2 years ago when I moved to Bermuda (My life was all about Metti Olli/Chitti/Lollu Sabha till then) I took a liking to Chandler’ character instantaneously. I loved his sarcasm, his perceived machoness (like when he sports a moustache/ keeps pretending hugs are not cool despite hugging Joey a zillion times during the show). For a while I didn’t realize why I loved Chandler Bing so much for it is pretty clear that Matthew Perry is no where in the league of Al pacino/Tom Hanks/Kamal Hassan or Sivaji (yes I honestly believe Kamal and Sivaji are right up there with the best Hollywood actors)
Then it struck me, I love Chandler because it is ME!
I am quite popular among my legions (which consists of the 10 poor souls who laugh at all my stupid jokes or are they laughing at me???) for my sarcastic and witty comments
I use humor as a defense mechanism as I have the social skills of an animal carcass
I do a job which I hate and am in it for the money and the security it gives me
I can’t dance even if my life depended on it (Ooi..you at the back? I can hear you saying “I thought you intended to join the salsa class)
I am pathetic with women. I never understood if I am more uncomfortable with drunk guys or crying women!
I have always had this crazy fear that I am actually going to die alone. Forget girlfriend/wife I keep thinking that I will die when and there will be nobody around me
A person liking me is more akin to acquired taste. I am not the kind of guy who makes the best first impression. (Thank God, I am told most women don’t believe in Love at first sight. Guys like me need a chance) – Incase you guys didn’t get the connection- remember how Phoebe tutors Bing when he goes for the interview in the advertising company as she thinks he doesn’t create a good first impression
Could there beeee a better bing.?
Cheers
S
PS: Beem, keeps telling me that since I have most of the traits that chandler has I might end up with a hottie like Monica –I just say “From your lips to god’s ears”
I wanted to join a Salsa class, but being the lazy git that I am I have been procrastinating it for eternity now. By starting to write a blog I achieved the twin purpose of doing something new and not having to move my ass. (Feels good to realize that I am getting paid while I do this!)
I started watching friends about 2 years ago when I moved to Bermuda (My life was all about Metti Olli/Chitti/Lollu Sabha till then) I took a liking to Chandler’ character instantaneously. I loved his sarcasm, his perceived machoness (like when he sports a moustache/ keeps pretending hugs are not cool despite hugging Joey a zillion times during the show). For a while I didn’t realize why I loved Chandler Bing so much for it is pretty clear that Matthew Perry is no where in the league of Al pacino/Tom Hanks/Kamal Hassan or Sivaji (yes I honestly believe Kamal and Sivaji are right up there with the best Hollywood actors)
Then it struck me, I love Chandler because it is ME!
I am quite popular among my legions (which consists of the 10 poor souls who laugh at all my stupid jokes or are they laughing at me???) for my sarcastic and witty comments
I use humor as a defense mechanism as I have the social skills of an animal carcass
I do a job which I hate and am in it for the money and the security it gives me
I can’t dance even if my life depended on it (Ooi..you at the back? I can hear you saying “I thought you intended to join the salsa class)
I am pathetic with women. I never understood if I am more uncomfortable with drunk guys or crying women!
I have always had this crazy fear that I am actually going to die alone. Forget girlfriend/wife I keep thinking that I will die when and there will be nobody around me
A person liking me is more akin to acquired taste. I am not the kind of guy who makes the best first impression. (Thank God, I am told most women don’t believe in Love at first sight. Guys like me need a chance) – Incase you guys didn’t get the connection- remember how Phoebe tutors Bing when he goes for the interview in the advertising company as she thinks he doesn’t create a good first impression
Could there beeee a better bing.?
Cheers
S
PS: Beem, keeps telling me that since I have most of the traits that chandler has I might end up with a hottie like Monica –I just say “From your lips to god’s ears”
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