Goggles In Space

I have met or heard about many such people. At diff points of time,get to hear about such people and i keep wondering how they manage to do so many things. On paper,on TV,They also have the same 24 hrs everyday that i have, most of them have a family and kids too. Recently our co-chairman Nandan Nilekani was invited by the Honorable Prime Minister to head a new Unique ID mission. So he is quitting Infosys. He has written (a) book too.He makes appearance on so many TV channels speaking giving his thoughts and views on a plethira of topics. How does he manage his schedule which would also include frequent travel across the globe, taking strategic decisiosn etc. What does it take to become such great personalities ? Recently one of my relatives launched a gaming site for preschool kids along with few other folks.He has a blog which i visit and where he makes his presence felt pretty well with photography and articles. He is an entrepreneur and being a start up, he has lots of responsibili...

My parttime days are almost over. The very thought of going back to fulltime job makes me sick. For past 7 months,i was working for 5 hours daily with lot of flexibility in the working hours. When things were difficult, i would work in the afternoons, sometimes early in the morning etc.There was less job pressure and i got plenty of time with kids - to play with them, to tell them stories, to feed them, make them sleep ,take them to park etc. Now that my son is nearing his first birthday , i am going back to fulltime job. I dont like this software thing at all because i am afraid i cant catch up with new technology. The power to learn and understand new things is almost GONE. What else can i do ? i want money, i want independence, i want to be busy..So i need to explore and find a new opening for me, else...

Early 2006 when i was in Charlotte for Wachovia, days were very moody. All the time my mind was full of thoughts of hubby..It had just been an year into marriage. Perhaps all the more because i was expecting and the thought that i was alone in this alien american state made me feel sick all the time. Wachovia had a beautiful campus with lots of not very tall buildings. Everyday when i am almost entering mine, a car would stop in front. I knew it was the same car but i never looked inside. One day i noticed that the lady before coming out gave a tight kiss to the man in the car,bid him goodbye and then went to work ! I remembered how i used to do the same with my hubby back in india. Today as i was walking to office, i was wondering.where are those kisses gone ? Have we forgotten those days, is it that we dont have time, are we bored of each other or have we become mature after 4 yrs of married life and kids ? We travel together to office and back, but we dont share such moments anymore...

As we were driving back home yesterday,the sun was at its peak and i could feel my hands were shining. During the drive back home , i am comparitively free from worries. my little princess woud be fast asleep, hubby would be driving and my little son will be quenching his thirst. So i get some time to look at the roads or look at myself ! And then i saw glitter on my hands. Was it Sreya's "orange" dress which left its shiny tit bits on my hands,no because she hasnt worn it for more than week now. Then i remembered the new mosituriser i applied that morning. It rightly carries the words - For a glowing skin. Now you got what they mean by 'glowing' ? What a funky way to advertise products !

Though my company has banned this site, its still available in client ODC. I have not been doing much work (i feel very very bad abt it) after i joined back from maternity. Was kind of using this time to network with old friends, see the fotos uploaded and cherish the old school times. And this has turned out good in that we old friends, when i say old, i mean REALLY old friends at school are going to meet up at Oasis mall in Blr after like more than 10 years. Now isnt that great feeling ? More abt how the getto went after Jan11,sunday. P S : i am still the old fashioned person who used to go to school with oily hair and chandu potttu :) Chandu pottu has been replaced by sticker bindi but otherwise most of me is still the same old Rekha - of course, has grown older in terms of age !!

Heard of whats happening in Satyam ? Who wouldnt have ! Watch the news channels or read newspaper..They are flooded with Satyam and Raju's news for the past couple of days. A very disappointing news to start a fresh year. Its just been a couple of days into 2009 and the biggest ever IT mishap has occurred.It is a scary situation for the 50000 plus engineers at Satyam,even to other techies outside .The interests,careers ,livelihood of half a lakh in deep waters overnight !! More scary given the global slowdown and recession. Quite ironically as the name Satyam, the company's founder/promoter Raju and his alleged fraud with the books has come as a shock to the techie world inside and outside India. The future of India Inc is in question. Is this fraud just the tip of an iceberg ? is this just the beginning of a plethora of problems in Satyam and maytas ? Lots of questions and everybody is left pondering over WHAT NEXT !! Quiet certain that 2009 is not going to be a good ...

Its been more than a month since i stated driving to work regularly. I park at the car at the MLPL(read multi level parking lot) and then walk my little daughter to her playschool.After leaving her there, i walk back to office. Its a long 15 mnts walk to my building. After a busy morning running around the house cooking,cleaning the mess and packing lunch and breakfast, i manage to leave by 7:45. For last couple of days, the moment i start thecar i feel i cant see anything beyond say a few 100 metres. I cant see vehicles coming from far and its a scary feeling,esp when your precious little one is by your side.My cutie asks me " Whats this smoke amma ?" and i tell her...its a beautiful misty morning with a not-so-comfy smile. She doesnot quite understand but how much more can i make her understand ??