Words of wisdom

Thu, May 13, 2010
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Donot emotionally respond to the scare “bells” in the environment. Youare an “actor” not a “reactor”. We should not be like a ship that goeswhichever way the wind happens to blow. We must keep our ship afloatand stable. Our ship must not be tossed and rocked and perhaps sunk byevery passing wave, or even a serious storm. (Hare Krishna Movement)

Low feeling of energy day. These words were comforting and motivating that turned up on FB, by EVa

Woke up around 5am. Thou I slept like a log after going out running in the cold yesterday night.
Took the shuttle at 7:30am.
got down at the cafetria enterance and this time again greeted a bunch of people. It looks like most people were really grumpy today. But some of the peoples faces lit up after seeing my smile and hearing me say "morning". did not say good or anything.. just "morning" and gave them all a charming smile. And it was rewarding in itself to see that I was able to light up a few peoples faces and make them look beautiful, from the grumpy aged look they were entering the office. :)

Reached my desk around 8:00am as usual the only guy here. Scanned the pay stubs and sent it to HR. This is a controversy thats going on for more than a month now. And the bigger the company the harder its to solve these kinds of issues. Still have not got any salary for the 2 weeks of Mar, work I did at New york for Satyam, Guardian ,, Apex 2000.

Had sent out a mail, to Radish at Apex 2000. have to call up and see what the situation is. Or threaten to call labour dept and complain.

Called up Radish and he seemed to be uncertain and was saying that Satyam is objecting cause I did not complete 15 days. Then I told him that they wanted me for 1 month, and I did that job in 2 weeks. So whats their problem?
Said will call me back in half and hour.

Atlast got a mail from current employer... so I a going to get $423 for the one day they missed out adding. I was thinking something like $200. whoo hooo. :)

Got msg from Sara, she is still struggling after the accident and the resulting problems in her back. Sweet gal that I have danced with the most in one night ever.
She is one example of how much people in US and Canada have to struggle to make it thru college and studies and work all at the same time. We indians are so fortunate that our parents take care of the finance of our living and studying.

My heart goes out to people like this who are so sincerely and honestly working and living their day to day life. Just barely saving enough to have a trip to some distant land for a few days and then back again to their daily struggle and survival.

And then I compare it to the people who are in AISEC India and Eva, who seem to end up spending more out of her own pocket for the experience of living in India. Not sure if she will even recover the costs of her air-fare.
What is she was in Sara's shoes, not having any big savings or heriditary assests. Would she have dared to spend the money on the US trip and the India tirp?
Well she is privilaged to have two working parents and a house to retrun back to.

Wish she would have had more exposure to the real people in India and not the Richy-rich crowd of AISEC that she seems to hang out with.
Wonder if any of those guys, Amit, Rihit, Mihir, Jose or any other would had to work for minimum wages. Doing hard manual labor. With the fear hanging over, of becoming homeless, if they miss out of working for a few days because of sickness.
For me it was a real learning experience. Guess even Eva went thru the lows of that in Van. And now she is living a life thats considered very luxurios for Indian standards. Not again really experiencing the real India. Which would surely have made her more appreciative of the life and opportunities and facilities she has in her own country.

Feel like going on a Hiking trip around the National parks on the East coast. Wonder if she would be able to make it here for the month of August (before the pass for NPs expire) and see how our trip would go JUST as friends. And see what we have learned from our different experiences the past one year and matured. That would be a great test! I would atleast like to see how I would or what I would do different.

But as I had expected before she left for India, she is with someone else now and it would not be fair to the other person that we meet up. And hence rules out any possibility of us even going out as just friends. Well atleast I remain true to my dedication and loyalty in my heart. :).... guess thats the difference between the western values and Eastern sentiment/values. Even people in the middle east are extremely passionate about their sentiments. Something which the people in the west seldom are capable of understanding. Unless they get to see lots of Hindi Movies and living in India. hahaha, just the suggestion of that triggered AC in Eva...

Called up Radish again and was told that Satyam was not paying up and was causing issues. Then I told him well, its not that I did not do the work I came to do, I completed the one month work in 2 weeks. And if they cause issues, I will just complain to the Labour dept and name every one there to them. And if they want to get tangled in it, then I will just do it with out any issues.

Tried calling up Linda for William movers, to know the ETA (estimated time of arrival) of my car and goods. Ended up leaving a msg. And she has not replied to my mondays email either. Will try to call her again.,,,,, no luck.

Talked with Jose at guardian to know how the things are going on there. Maybe even I need to apply to the Florida company and get a free ticket for the interview. lets see how that goes.

Narayan returns from Ottawa. Successful trip with his wife and baby. cheers

Just discovered that Geocities is closed... ahhh so that means I lost some of my original poetry compilations... bummer :(