Kochi, You Are Not The Same !!

Kochi, something is wrong in you now. You don’t look the same you were before. Not sure what but something has changed , something is lost from here. Don’t you feel so… ??

• Butterflies seems to have flown away from your city now !!
• Subway’s outlet seems to be closed now here !!
• Zinger burger is zinger less now !!
• Shawarma’s went back to Arabic countries now !!
• Samosa chat , Bhajji, vada pao , panipuri here are tasteless now !!
• Import of FF, Chambakya, mango ends here now !! 
• Weekend Gateway looks like a old thoughts now here !!
• Ocean side parks became a past !!
• ‘Marine Drive’ drive doesn’t looks to be happening again for me !!
• Malls not sure but indeed Lullu hypermarket re-occurance is doubtful !!
• Shopping was sometimes passion and not it has changed to need only !!
• 1 day long ride outing on ZMR looks impossible now !!
• Dhaba order closed now…Kochi you took away my favourite food too !!
• Routine has changed from home to office and back to home now !!
• Zest & Zeal to wait for the very next good moments seems to be changed into a long wait !!
• TCS Instant Messaging ‘Sametime’ login is useless now !!

For sure Kochi significance seems to be changed now. Kochi , you are not for me now. Making my status as ‘Unavailable’ right now and assure you that, not many days left when I will sign-off soon from Kochi.

I will miss you Kochi !!

Bhai it’s 4 u – Congrats for your victory !!

 

Bhai let me start from our childhood..I don’t remember far way back from our childhood but few things I will never forget and more than me you will never forget. Guess it what ?? ..yeah yeah common ….Try again…give a last try !!!

Ahhhaa let me tell you, I am sure you will never forget my chappal , shoes, slaps and fist which I used to hit you in childhood :-P. I think one time with our cricket bat too. Hahaha.. what to do whatever I got I used to hit you. Frequent was fight than other things. As we grew - things changed, our priority changed , our interest changed, our behavior changed but we were always brother.

I still remember our Kite flying, how I made you to hold chakri, how I made you to collect kites.

I still remember our cricket in field, where I never put you for bowling when you were in my team.

I still remember our cricket in our angan, where we played dukki-dukki matches with ball or box or dried guava (whatever we got to hit with  bat :P).

I still remember when we fought to take big piece of eatables brought by papa.

I still remember the way we used to play our first video game. How crazy we were for 2 player games which are outdated graphics now in this techy world.

Many such things from childhood , which seems to be silly but those were moments to cherish now.

Later we moved to college life , first me and then you somehow :P Things changed more..you got more of serious nature and I became less serious gradually. Hehe. I was happy that you were serious for your study atleast after 1st year of engineering. Though not top performer but more than my expectation. Nearer the day of your Btech completion was coming , more I was tensed about your job.

I know it was hard time sitting in many campus placements and never getting through last stages. I always wished that you get a job soon. But it took lot of time. I made kiddo talk to you to on phone to make your English better, to bring your confidence in communication.

I remember when I called you to Bangalore for job search alone , when none of your friends were accompanying you. It was difficult for you to settle alone and then seach for job with obvious little mummy rememberance after all you are mummy kid na :P . But I always believed that you will get a job soon after seeing your hard work finally in your life. To make your mind fresh and to make sure you don’t lose your will to keep trying until you get job, I asked you to come kochi for short visit, after all we have a comedian here na in Kochi :P

Here you reaped what you sowed bhai. Your hard work finally paid off. Many many congratulations for getting into HCL. I will wish that you succeed in your career more than anyone. But one request to you, please don’t give 3-4 K for any Sai Baba and all. If money is over flowing then instead of wasting on God , give to me :P .

It was you who worked hard and you were solely responsible for your success. Always believe in yourself and be confident everywhere !!! Good luck bhai.

“You're some freaky awesome, my brother. You really are” . Proud of you !!!

The Power of surprise -- It does has more effects than conventional way of doing things !!

I personally believe surprise is better than promises. Let life surprise you and you become life to surprise others. I don’t know where I’m going from here but I promise it won’t be boring. When Kiddo says that Jaan you surprised me, I just say Life is full of surprises kiddo and I can surprise you much more better in future than what I did till now.

 

“The secret to humor is surprise.” ― Aristotle

Surprise has the ability to make every experience much better. In fact surprise can amplify whatever emotion you are experiencing. Yeah exactly the way in above picture. Surprise is one of our most powerful relationship tool. Surprise can make your experience to stand out of the conventional way. The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.

“There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved.” ― Charles Morgan

It shouldn’t surprise you that 99% of people get delighted by surprises. To surprise our dear ones, we must look for opportunities. Time will give us hints, but we need to recognize these hints as opportunities.

Few oppurtunities I too got to surprise my dear ones. Best 3 in order of most recent ones are below :

1. Kiddo 23^rd b’day party – Hell of surprise with party poppers, cake , few friends , at kiddo favourite Chatarpatar venue, very amazing gifts (Tooth brush ,Eldo’s Reynolds razor gel pen , pencil, rubber, cutter, scale, chino ,black top) and JP’s chocolates. What more to give kiddo when I am struggling with my bank balance. But surprise not yet over baby :D

 

2. Singh family first car , gifted by me to my pitashri -  This was diwali special gift to my dad. He deserved atleast that much from my side for bringing me to this position in life. My career my life dedicated to them. Wanted to live for them first. For myself I can live later yaar. Life not over yet.   Took my family for Pizza dinner as told to them by me. After reaching Maruti agency and giving  the car keys in their hand they came to know what Pizza meant that day. And yes this is most expensive surprise of my life. Hahaha.

3. Mom dad silver jubilee anniversary of marriage – How mummy papa felt when they saw 30 closed relatives in an high class party hall of a restaurant who were called formally with proper invitation card. Where DJ was on the floor with all uncle aunties ready to rock, party poppers along with big sized cake and marriage Jaymala, also superb dinner with deserts. Indeed they remembered 25 years back their day of marriage. All thanks to me and my bank balance :D Please note my parents came to know about this arrangements once I took them to party hall. Before that all planning was done by me and my bhai..Ankur bhai !!

Doing all those things made me more happy than anything else in this world. Still I Cherish those moments when I remember it.

The next time you are presented with an opportunity to surprise someone, say yes. I can bet they will remember the experience forever. Think of the last time you received surprise. Cheers !! Live a surprising life surprisingly with a surprise for others too.