Category Archives: Life is like that

What’s next?

First there was stabilizing a sinking project
Then a client project at Canada
After that toning of the body

I’d set myself a target of 33 inches (from 37). I have gotten to 33.5. I’ve learnt that getting that further down is lot more difficult, since getting fat out of ‘love handles’ takes a persistent and consistent workout and diet. Consistent workout is okay; but being on diet is almost not possible – I’ve not been able to cut down on going out for lunch and drinks.

So I’m content with 33.5 and will continue to workout but not with the intensity that I’ve been doing for the past month or so.

And I’ve been thinking, what’s next – Dancing? Music? Or may be photography? Or ?.

Life is what happens to you when you are busy planning other things.

If I were to believe what I heard today in office, I’ll be handed with a huge (is there any word greater than huge?) responsibility. Hmm..let me see.

Aggressive at Love

True to Taruian personality, I am a tenacious man. Tenacity comes because of the courage and the inner conviction that some thing can be done.

Time and again, I have proved this officially. I had the guts (and sometimes insanity) to pick up a sinking (or a tough) project and sail through with steadfastness to finish the project in style. It has happened more than enough to give me enough courage to believe in myself; to come out of the inferiority complex that I once suffered from.

Of late, I have written of my excessive obsession about getting fit physically. For the past 6 months, I have beaten my body to trim it and bring it to shape. I have lost 5 kilos and about 3 inches of waist. Even with wheezing, I was able to jog for 8 km/hr – every single day; day after day. I�m still not the way I want, but I�m more than pleased with the results so far.

For the past few days, as I persist in jogging, something dawned on me. I was never persistent in the matters of love – here I mean the literal one; not the passions for photography or travel.

Even when liked a gal in a group that I was associated with, I never had the guts to express it, as I always considered myself as not-so-handsome guy. Even when a gal expressed her desire, I never put myself completely into the relation, thereby letting the beautiful life pass-by.

As everything in life, even in love, what one gives is what one gets. I never gave myself fully into it; but had the lunacy to complain of thousand things, why I never got love.

I used to do the same about friendship. But over the years, I changed myself, instead of complaining and expecting others to change, I changed myself to be a person others can befriend. That thought process and the whole change was phenomenal and I am glad that I went through it.

Now I am realizing that I need to be same in the matters of love. I need to be persistent and give myself completely to get what I want, rather than moaning the lack of it. The very realization is encouraging.

I know it is not going to ‘tomorrow-love-will-blossom-and-day-after-tomorrow-I-will-be happy’. It will take time. But I am going to give myself completely into it; going to be persistent when I don’t feel like it or things don’t go in the way I expect. Fundamentally, I am going to bring my character into this area of my life too. I’m sure this will bring in a unique but extraordinary change into my life.

But before that, there are some things to settle; few others to score; and a whole lot to forget. (It is okay if you don’t understand the meaning of this sentence). I am going to take some drastic changes.

Romantic Weekend

It was a long pending wish coming true. I miss being in the beach – gazing the starry night; hearing the roars of the waves and enjoying the pleasure of the sea waves tickling the body. I wanted to go to Chennai and do what I was missing. For one reason or the other, this trip was postponed many times. Finally I made it last weekend. And it turned out to be a fantastic experience, despite thunderstorm forecast (as usual the forecast became a false alarm