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Sindbad The Sailor Ek Jahaaz Mein Jab Chala …Mere Yaar Sunlo Sunlo…..
Doondh Raha Tha Ek Naye Duniya Ka Pata …Mere Yaar Sunlo Sunlo…..

Woh Anjaane Raahon Mein Tha, Woh Lehron Ki Baahon Mein Tha
Sab Ne Kaha Tha In Samandaron Mein Jaana Nahin
Mere Yaar Sunlo Sunlo…..
Khwaabon Ke Peeche Jaake Kuch Bhi Hai Paana Nahin
Mere Yaar Sunlo Sunlo…..

Woh Apni Hi Dhun Mein Raha, Woh Suntata Dil Ka Kahaan
Us Ke The Jo Sapne Wohin Us Ke The Apne, Aisa Tha Sindbad The Sailor….Sailor
Us Ke The Jo Sapne Wohin Us Ke The Apne, Aisa Tha Sindbad The Sailor….Sailor…

Us Ka Jahaaz Gira Tufano Mein,
Mere Yaar Sunlo Sunlo…..
Phir Bhi Na Aayi Aandhi Us Ke Armaano Mein
Mere Yaar Sunlo Sunlo…..
Woh Deewana Aisa Hi Tha Ooo..Woh Sapno Ka Humrahi Tha Ooo..
Us Ke The Jo Sapne Wohin Us Ke The Apne, Aisa Tha Sindbad The Sailor….Sailor
Us Ke The Jo Sapne Wohin Us Ke The Apne, Aisa Tha Sindbad The Sailor….Sailor…

Woh Kuch Paane Ki Chaah Mein, Woh Badta Rahan Raahon Mein
Gehra Samundar Tha Oonchi Oonchi Lehren
Mere Yaar Sunlo Sunlo…..
Kasthi Acchi Acchi Bhi Mushkil Se Tehre
Mere Yaar Sunlo Sunlo…..
Woh Saahil Pe Gaa Hi Gaya Oooo, Woh Mazil Ko Paa Hi Gaya Oooo
Us Ke The Jo Sapne Wohin Us Ke The Apne, Aisa Tha Sindbad The Sailor….Sailor
Us Ke The Jo Sapne Wohin Us Ke The Apne, Aisa Tha Sindbad The Sailor….Sailor…

Tum Ho To Gaata Hai Dil , Tum Nahin To Geet Kahan,
Tum Ho To Hai Sab Haasil, Tum Nahin To Kya Hai Yahan
Tum Ho To Hai Sapno Ke Jaisa Haseen Ek Sama
Jo Tum Ho To Yeh Lagta Hai Ke Mil Gayi Har Khushi
Jo Tum Na Ho Yeh Lagta Hai Ke Har Khushi Mein Hai Kami
Tumko Hai Maangti Yeh Zindagi…..

Ooooooooo..Ooooooo….Ooooooo

I've been listening to this song continuously for the better part of 3 days! :) Such AMAZING energy! Seen the movie twice already - third time is inevitable cuz haven't seen it with the complete family yet...MUST watch!

..she laughed it off and asked me where i'd disappeared! Apparently...these people she was talking to...friends she hadn't met in ages and the usual chatter ensued...

anyways....guess our next 'date' will be at the next design friday in two months time.....will post an update if it proves to be as eventful an evening :) ...

It's 2:27 in the morning and i'm watching 'Jerry Maguire' on tele....Renee Zellweger has a 4 yr old kid in the movie - and she's 26.....i'm gonna be 26 in april!! ....i think i'm getting a little obsessed with the - gonna be 26 - thing....

gotta go now.....had an 'epiphany' (one've the many i've had at 2a.m.) about my speech tomorrow - on Insomnia.

Need i say more?

I'm quite tickled by the fact that the previous post ("dem") is now the 4th most read article on this blog - in just 5 days time.

Is it because it's opinionated - specifically about girls I've dated...is it sexist? Is it worth a read (apparently)? Have a higher number of people read it in a short span of time because it rings true with a certain perception people might have of me? :) It amuses and intrigues me...

It's amazing how we live into people's perceptions of us. How we 'live into' their idea and belief of who we are...or do we..? Is it we who live into their perceptions of us....or are we just too scared to be who we are and so we hide in the convenience and comfort of who we're perceived to be?

Most of us relate to each other from the probable past and not the possible future. Even if your brother or friend or someone you know wants to be a rocket scientist - most of us would say, "Eh? Ya ya...keep dreaming"; rather than saying, "That's pretty cool, i'm sure you'll get there with the right work put in." What you might say to whom is invariably relative ...as relative as the theory itself. I mean George Bush did become the president - for the second term running.

What am i saying here....what does this have to do with a lot of people reading one article....am i justifying myself/my opinions? No. I stand by what i said - it came from what i've observed. It's my opinion - it's not necessary that people will like it...or should like it...then why post this?

Well...in some ways this relates to me being an entrepreneur. Not directly though. The difference between being related to as a 'possibility' versus a 'probability'.

I've met a lot of people who've wanted to 'slot' me. Try and find a space in their minds that i can fit into...a lot of the time i haven't. A lot of what i've done has happened by chance....here's the thing (and i only just realized it as i type all this out)...when you're working on your own - confusion, self-doubt, mistakes - are your best friends...a lot of the time. So in many ways, you don't know when something will change...when progress will happen....when you'll get the next big break...there's a lot of uncertainty. The only way you counter all this is by doing the simple things right.

Like, today, i went and met a client for whom we'd designed a new year calendar. Now, due to negligence on my part - entirely - the printing of the calendar has got delayed and it still hasn't been delivered. I have to deliver the calendar - and the only way i can do that, is by telling the client that there'll be a delay by another week. I wasted a few days thinking about this - till the client called me a million times while i was in another meeting - following which i called this client - went and met her and told her where things stood. She didn't like it; chances are we won't get to do another project with them any time soon - but she accepted things and asked me to make sure i delivered by the revised date i'd committed to.

My point in this little story is - do the simple things right and the big things take care of themselves. Just like the day i played the lead character in a play - i surprised and proved a lot of people wrong... the very same way, someday i'm going to prove a lot of people wrong and surprise quite a few others in reaching where i'll have reached in business - by doing the simple things right.

Right now - i also believe - that in being an entrepreneur, you also need to be a little narcissistic. Not arrogant; and certainly not throw your narcissism in others' faces and not selfish - but self confident, and sometimes this self-confidence will spill into narcissism - which is ok, cuz believe me - you'll need it.

I'm rambling again...

Bottom line - this started out as a reaction to so many reading the previous post, so - either being excessively opinionated or thinking excessively of your own opinion isn't a bad thing in today's dog-eat-dog world.

On a personal note, maybe it's made me more aware of what i should and should not share in the public domain. That's not to say i won't share my opinion frankly.