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The pace of life in Mumbai continually amazes me.....a love hate relationship, sometimes i love it and just cant get enough and sometimes i wonder what the f*@#$ I am doing here....when i get out of the city though, i crave the pace of work, the energy levels, the madness.....

Life has changed alot in the last few months, new flat in worli has made a huge difference to the quantum of time I spend in the car, easier in some ways being closer to work/friends/ club/ etc, much needed weekend getaway to Nasik (Chateau D' Ori was brilliant) and now the recent desire to go back to school....

I started thinking about business school when work slowed down this summer so I enrolled myself in GMAT classes and started reading college application forms and what not...

Today I find myself swamped with work and struggling to find time after hours to study... 33 days to go for the exam and preparation is about 30-40% I would say.....

Work however is becoming extremely interesting with the recent travel to Dubai presenting some great opportunities for personal growth....when it rains it really pours.

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We accpet the reality of the world with which we are presented.

Its as simple as that.....

Expectations

Its all about expectations - managing expectations whether it be work related or on the personal front....

If one doesnt expect to get recognition, reward or just attention, sympathy or even some basic empathy and understanding then the disappointment if any is miniscule. Having said that expectations tend to be a funtion of effort put into something....

Vedanta preaches that the level of effort or karm should not be a function of the reward or recognition but the opportunity to do it in the first place is the reward or fruit....easier said than done i suppose...and probably the reason why we are the common man and not yogis preaching vedanta...

After almost 1.5yrs @ FLAG Telecom, I move on to a completely different industry and job profile. Investments and acquisitions at Leighton International - an Austrailian infrastructure company. The move from a marketing and strategy type role to a hardcore number crunching, research analyst type role isnt easy and the learning curve will be a steep one...

The change in job is a new leaf turned in life as it brings with it not only the challenges at work but also changes in home, locality, lifestyle and also relationships to some extent...

Exciting times......

Dependance on anything - any substance (alcohol, nicotine, mary jane), person or thing is not a good thing...it causes a sense of incompleteness in its absence and sometimes subconsciously one tends to get moody and a little on edge due to lack of that which we crave

having said that i carry 2 cellphones, consume alcohol 3-4 times a week and get cranky without my morning coffee....


they say one cannot just get rid of a negative habit but replace it with a positive one....would that just mean one becomes dependant on whatever one thinks is a positive influence in one's life?
For example a morning jog/ work out/ sport...or a solid work day? sex? how about religion/ prayer/ spirituality? These things are usually considered positive right....if so then is it ok to be dependant on them?

Moving on....



London has been absolutely great to me...both on the work and personal front...ive been lucky to have made some really good friends...ive done fairly well at my job and I have travelled around some as well

The last few months comprised of another trip to the US (this time to visit family and old college friends) and a fantastic little easter in barcelona....Texas was Texas and I forgot how good life can be over there!

But...

the time has come to leave this wonderful town and move on to another....

1st of June i land in bombay and will be based there for a while....it excites me as well as gives me the chills to think about living in India in a new city - one that I have never visited before.....lots of change and new experiences but all in all I look forward to what lies in store for me....