CC Trauma

Credit cards (CC) provide us with option of plastic money and ease tedious handling of payment by cash. Financial advisors generally recommend to restrict its usage as they initiate reckless spending and (if used) not to default on the outstanding bills. Some people still prefer to make payments via credit/debit cards as they provide convenience and reduce the bulk of your wallet. However being solely dependent with the SMART MONEY option sometimes can be chaotic and annoying.

This Sunday I was in Shipra Mall, Indrapuram – considered one of the happening places in NCR region. The disappointment began at JAM ticket counter where we booked tickets for a movie.

:( Only CASH …………............. No CARDS Accepted :)
After paying cash for the tickets we moved to the food court – Bite Inn. There were a variety of preferences to satisfy my appetite but the only constraint was – CASH.

“Sir, we take only CASH”
“सर, वे टेक ओनली कैश” ....
...."सर , हम यहां केवल नकद" .
“Sir, only CASH accepted” … was the murmur at other leading chain of food restaurants – McDonalds, KFC and Yo!China. Finally to our rescue was Cafe Coffee Day (CC-d) where we got the privilege to make smart payment.


All the leading banks are making effort in expanding their credit card business. One may expect 5-7 call in a week for sale of credit cards providing features of % cash back, discounts, easy loan facilities and EMI payment options. But the immediate need is to integrate their services with retails outlets. Also the retail, food outlets should provide customers these benefits. Queuing at a near-by ATM in shortage of cash is not in the best interest of consumer when he has other viable options.
The situation deteriorated the next morning when I had to walk at 4 different ATM locations to finally receive CASH from my account.

Let’s hope for the best in near future …

fEEL LUCky…Always

Right TIME, Perfect STRIKE ...an IMPULSIVE force, positive ATTITUDE – are all ingredient(s) required in a must WIN situation. Hard work is essential, smartness provides the vital edge but – Can you possibly ignore the factor ‘Luck’???

It is obvious that – “if you want to win you cannot afford to lose”. Each individual has its own traits and on THE DAY when strengths accumulate to deliver performance no other can leverage and exploit your weakness. Does this mean that “Luck” is dominant among other factor? … Not in reality. ‘ केवल एक सर्वश्रेष्ठ खिलाड़ी की हमेशा अच्छी किस्मत होती है'

Luck makes association (-- Kismat Connection --) only with those who are proficient. You cannot self scrutinize your performance on this factor. Achiever always competes with self and in such situation LUCK factor is insignificant.

“Success is a journey not a destination” – Luck alone cannot drive your journey throughout. One can always say ‘I’m fEELing LUCky’ and appreciate the competition because you cannot restrict the growth of others but with such mind-set you can always capitalize on your efforts.

hAtRiCk

It gives me great satisfaction and delight to be a part of Sapient since past 3 years. What a journey it has been since 11 July 2005, obviously now long-drawn-out :)

Each weekday it was schedule being late to office, aim to avoid meetings, energize self with coffee mugs, stroll around after lunch and chat with friends. Sandwiched between these daily to-dos’s I have to dig out time for some work – make code changes, update documents; create plans, attend sessions, hold discussion with peers etc. I was fortunate to have worked with some good colleagues - Yatish, Sharad, Bipul, Nikhil, Nitin …and few more.

However, there is some dejection because of the ambiance and current peers. I anticipate few changes around myself. Let’s hope the best things work me

“Find a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life” – currently inquisitive to find this love … but have a strong intuition that NO such love exists.

" R " series

The 4 R's are Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recover make a difference and should be applied every day….because you must care and protect the environment around you.

Similarly people should be more jovial and enthusiastic at their workplace and must posses a ‘feel good’ factor for their job. When strained, they should follow the following R’s and make an attempt to renovate the trash.

• 5th R – Rejuvenation
• 6th R – Revitalization
• 7th R – Reinvigorate

However one may not always be successful and other option they have is the selection of the R’s listed below.

• 8th R – Resignation
• 9th R – Retirement
• 10th R – Rest

Next is What?? -->-->> “Reincarnation” of Self

this WeekEND

“What is obvious is usually the most oblivious” - The plans for next week rendezvous at NCR got an initial set back when Mittal was made to work on some task during his last days in Amdocs. Let’s hope he doesn’t make any changes in his itinerary.

Also there are complaints from my friends in Gurgaon (Jha , Jeetu and Sharmji) for not visiting their place since long. Jha however remains occupied on weekend with his brokers/clients and office colleagues. Sharma’s plans are also erratic as a lot depends on his -- “इच्छा”. All your planned activities with him are dependable on this factor. No one can elude his “इच्छा”.

Still not sure about the plans this weekend but ideal would be to spend some quality time with friends

कारपोरेट Kurkure

कारपोरेट clinches 'देअद्लिनेस/तिमेलिनेस' ,'बैंडविड्थ' , 'कांसर्न्स/इस्सुएस/रिस्क्स', 'प्लानिंग/एस्तिमतेस' buzzed throughout the day.
My restless manager as usual made the environment panic and hackneyed when she exaggerated redundant concerns on certain tasks. We now are habitual in lending our deaf ear to her talks and working on our own terms.

@6:30 PM back home, had bakar time with atul, bansi and pandey bhai along with "chai ki chuski's"

In the night while watching television I learned the corporate TRUTH from the movie '123' ---
Follow 2 rules at office
Rule 1 - Your boss is always right
Rule 2 - If your boss is wrong, follow rule 1

Also watched 'Vishwatma','Sehar' and 'Aatish' simultaneously with bansal. Truly once in front of idiot-box you have the only option to switch channels.

At 1:00 AM it was time to sleep, take rest and gear up for the NEXT day.

Champions Lost

"Never say DIE" was the slogan for the day- 6 July 2008 - as the sporting events were at their best. It was though disappointing as both my favourite’s lost.

Nadal restricts Federer in setting to create history for modern-era record of six successive Wimbledon titles. It was a perfect match with the Spaniard winning the marathon on his 4th championship point. It was a double treat for Espanol as they already celebrated Euro 2008 win in June 2008.
Back home, India continued they miserable performance in cricket finals. It was a second straight final loss in a month. Initially Sehwag made the win for India look easy but no other batsman gave additional dividends.

Let me now begin work in office with some positive attitude (let me try atleast – amidst all fake issues, concerns ...etc etc).
The Sensex has also gained momentum as is already up 300 pts…. Let this WIN stay for me …