Battle of proverbs

Two old friends, famous for talking or conversing with proverbs during their college days; met each other after a decade in a very very busy market place.

Jayu: Long time, no see. How are you?
Veeru (mood of same proverb chat with old friend): As fresh as milk milked from cow. How are you?
Jayu (got the signal): Fit from the milk from that same cow. How did you recognize me in this crowd?
Veeru: Just like camel standing amidst of flock of sheep. How about you?
Jayu: Crows are everywhere and equally black.
Veeru: HAHHAHAHA…. I have heard that your mouth is as sharp as dagger but heart as soft as sponge.
Jayu: If you bow at all, bow low. Anyways, how is job?
Veeru: An overcrowded chicken farm produces fewer eggs. How about you?
Jayu: Without rice, even the cleverest housewife cannot cook. What exactly you do at job?
Veeru: Those who got free seats at play; will hiss first. Heard you are doing great at work, what is going on?
Jayu: Nothing great my friend. It is just behind an able man, there is always other able man who works for him. So got married? Heard she is beautiful.
Veeru: Yeah but it is like falling in ditch to become wiser. A beautiful woman without wisdom is like a pig with a golden ring in its nose. What you say?
Jayu: In my case, beggars can’t be chooser. My parents view is beauty is skin deep. How about you? Heard it was love marriage.
Veeru: Love is blind and I realized this just like the frog in well shaft seeing the sky and thinking this is world. How was your honeymoon?
Jayu: (sighs). We had bad experience. We can lead a horse to water but you can’t make them to drink. What about you? Where you went for honeymoon?
Veeru: Same is the case my friend. Atleast you had nice time together, in my case it was like Donkey's lips do not fit onto a horse's mouth.
Jayu: Don’t be so upset. All that glitters is not gold. How is life?
Veeru: Life is like dream walking and going home is like death inviting
Jayu: So you are afraid of your wife? Is it?
Veeru: You can say so it is like once bitten by a snake, he/she is scared all his/her life at the mere sight of a rope
Jayu: About me, we dream different dream while on same bed.
Veeru: I can understand your problem. A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials
Jayu: Heard some years ago you were in financial crisis but today you are well doing and rich. Was it like Fool and money are soon parted after marriage?
Veeru: I was fool marrying her and spending money like water flowing but now my overweight wife and me being rich is same as a horse cannot gain weight if not fed with extra fodder; a man cannot become wealthy without earnings apart from his regular salaries. What you say?
Jayu: Yeah you are right, Money burns hole in your pocket.
Veeru: We both learned from our married life just like barber learns by shaving fools.
Jayu: Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and you cry alone.
Veeru: Let’s have dinner together. It is better to eat soup with friends than steak with the enemy (wife).
Jayu: HAHAHA. Every dog has a day. Good idea !
Veeru: Be cautious later at home because longer the night last, more our dream will be.
Jayu: Yeah you are right. One should be just as careful in choosing one's pleasures as in avoiding calamities.

After reaching hotel;

Veeru: Before ordering for dinner I would like to mention if you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of he game, the stakes, and the quitting time
Jayu: I understand only when all contribute their firewood they can build up a strong fire. Don’t worry we will contribute equally for our dinner bill.
Veeru: (seeing high rates of menu items) Jayu, it is better when we have only two pennies left in the pocket, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other (wife)
Jayu: You cannot have your cake and eat it too. (You cannot save money and enjoy having dinner at 5 star hotel)
Veeru: But remember rules, you should not change the horse in middle of the stream.

After having given the order to waiter;

Jayu: With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown. Where is our order?
Veeru: We had ordered Chef Choice today. Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time

They had wonderful dinner and were about to depart for home.

Jayu: It’s too late now. Better plan an excuse for wife. When you fail to plan; you plan to fail.
Veeru: Yeah. Wise man thinks ahead. A Fool doesn’t and even brags about it.

Both reached home and well prepared wife had blast. Jayu calls Veeru and conversation over phone.

Jayu: It is easy to dodge a spear that comes in front of you but hard to keep harms away from an arrow shot from behind. How about you? Hope you are fine.
Veeru: Today I realized why wise people says “Action speaks louder than words”
Jayu: Before I reached home, it is curiosity already killed the cat.
Veeru: In my case, I had lifted the stone only to drop at own feet.
Jayu: We should govern our family as we cook small fish – very gently. Is your wife cool now?
Veeru: How can you put out a fire set on a cart-load of firewood with only a cup of water? What you did?
Jayu: Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away was best.
Veeru: It’s almost midnight. We should not cry over the split milk. Lets go for sleep now.
Jayu: Yeah. When in Rome, do as Roman do. Good Night.

Both went to sleep to wake up next day alive, fresh and fit.

Green or Red ! ! !

Oh God! When will the result declare? What will the result? How I have performed? Sigh…. Still 3 days to go... still 2 days left... one more day to wait… final decision day... nail biting... anxiety level touches sky... confusion in work, nervousness, wobbly hand……

You are in total mess, total confusion, unaware of path ahead and fingers crossed tightly. Head is spinning like roller-coaster and no focus is seen. So anxious to know what happen? Whether good or bad? Whether god has given you green or red signal? You can’t wait watching yellow signal for long. You are at cross road and have no clue about the way to move forward. Your patience is like cat hopping on hot tin roof.

There are times when each one of us counters with this situation…. be it admission, exam, entrance test, interview or many such things which is turning point of our life. So nervous yet excited to know the outcome of battle you have fought for life.

It is human to be anxious waiting for clue, result, impatient for way forward but we also have to be brave to face it with hope, determination to succeed. Hope a lot with life but don’t lose it when life does not favour for you. Whether you win or lose, excitement and hope should remain in your mind as well as in heart.

Reason to Smile

[1] Regular naps prevent old age, especially if you take them while driving.
[2] Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee.
[3] Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is the husband !
[4] I believe we should all pay our tax with a smile. I tried - but they wanted cash.
[5] A child's greatest period of growth is the month after you've purchased new school uniforms. [6] Don't feel bad. A lot of people have no talent.
[7] Don't marry the person you want to live with, marry the one you cannot live without, but whatever you do, you'll regret it later.
[8] You can't buy love, but you pay heavily for it.
[9] Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
[10] Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. [11] Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll take it anyway.
[12] My wife and I always compromise. I admit I'm wrong and she agrees with me.
[13] Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.
[14] Ladies first. Pretty ladies sooner.
[15] A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
[16] You're getting old when you enjoy remembering things more than doing them.
[17] It doesn't matter how often a married man changes his job, he still ends up with the same boss.
[18] Real friends are the ones who survive transitions between address books.
[19] Saving is the best thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you.
[20] Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something
[21] They call our language the mother tongue because the father seldom gets to speak !
[22] Man : Is there any way for long life ? Dr : Get married. Man : Will it help ? Dr : No, but then the thought of long life will never come.
[23] Why do couples hold hands during their wedding ? It's a formality just like two boxers shaking hands before the fight begins !
[24] Wife : Darling today is our anniversary, what should we do ? Husband : Let us stand in silence for 2 minutes.
[25] It's funny when people discuss Love Marriage vs Arranged. It's like asking someone, if suicide is better or being murdered.
[26] There is only one perfect child in the world and every mother has it.
[27] There is only one perfect wife in the world and every neighbor has it !

Just Good Friends (Gal & Guy) ! ! ! !

Relationship which interest most to outside world is friendship and love. Most talked about, gossip, interesting talks, conversation, etc are about friendship and love. To add more spice in friendship relation is when gal and guy are involved. Love, of course; I shall assume it is between gal and guy. We find this relationship more happening topic for gossip or say most talked about in our day to day life. What are they up to? Where are they going? How was their date? What will be special today on occasion? etc…

There have been many such stories around you. I shall share few of them to make this topic more interesting (as I said, this relationship is more talked about and creates more curiosity to know more about couple whether friends or in love).

Akdoo as his friends call him. He is Jack of all trades but king of none. He has learned many lessons from defeats in life though determined to succeed at least once. Right from his school days, he was very much fantasized with gal and of course was friend of many. In each gal, he finds love without knowing meaning of love. It was mainly infatuation which drove him most towards them to propose. His friends always have curiosity with his relationship with girls. Whether it is just friendship or is more than friendship (love)? Whenever his friends ask him, he famous dialogue “I am not in picture” “We are just good friends” “Nothing like this going on”. He does not want to let the cat go out of box (secret) for world outside. He does not like to reveal his relationship with other gals. He use to leg pull others and having said something about him, he replies “I am not in picture” means he is not doing so and nor looking as girl as friend or as lover. What a bad liar! Everybody can see how many girls (in office, itself his friends can see more than 3 girls; god knows how many girls he is involved outside office) he is talking, chatting, sms, etc…. It is only that they (gals) take him as friends but this guy wants to go forward (for which he do not have guts).

Mougli was simple and straight forward guy. He did fall in love once and as this relationship couldn’t go further and was one sided. He began to create distance from gals. His friends know him like this but unaware of the twist in his life. Cinderella came in her life and changed his lifestyle completely. Bunking office, freak out at fast-food corners, beaches and even pubs. It all started with HI/HELLO type friends; gradually and slowly it is grew stronger and stronger. Things which he don’t even dare to do with us and are now normal for him when she is in his company and giving full attention to him and duo (couple) is alone and enjoying the moments. Though Cinderella has many suitors to woo her, Cinderella likes Mougli cutest and innocent face. His friend had cautioned our Mougli that though Cinderella likes him most and is fond of him; don’t misunderstand it with love. It is just friendship and not love and this friendship cannot go further for love bonding.

Pakdoo was guy who doesn’t cares and bother much for girl. He genuinely got into friendship with a girl and was trying to grow this relationship stronger but god had not paved his way through. He had mishap and with that relationship with gal went sour. He still repents and curse friend for that mishap which changed his life and also relationship with gal. Sometime later, he got mingled with new gal. Some feel jealous and some feel what is going on between them. They not only exchange mails but also sms (if got noticed by mail), chat regularly and even gifts nowadays. What to say about their friendship? So pure but “Dal mai kuch kala hai” is what his friends say. Our friend is getting more and more fond of her and has soft corner too. Everyone in office can guess what is going on? Where is going on? But yes, Pakdoo is cautious for moving forward in relationship. He says “She is just good friend of mine” though she has occupied special place in his heart.

Babloo, is famous in gals as his friend mentions. He do not discriminate any gals for friendship. He likes the companies of gals. But babloo says it is not so, they are friends and nothing more than that. If they likes chatting with me or talking with me what is my fault. He is Flirt number uno. He do not believe in love but yes, has more friends in gals than other his other friends. There had been many times where others have linked babloo with many gals because he talks, chat and keep good relationship with them. His friends are even trying to link with his married young looking instructor. Just a matter of second from the time, a gal name spelled out of his mouth; everybody near by is interested to know more about relationship and gal. Babloo statement is “we are good friends”. Of course, world sees him as Flirt and Casanova.

Let’s come back to our discussion from these fictitious 4 friends stories. Point here I would like to make is nowadays world sees two good friends (gal and guy) are searching love in each other which may not be true. It can happen that friendship ends with love but this is not true for other 98% of such duo friends. Some may try to find love in friend, some may assume love shown by friend which is not so, some flirts but not want to fall in love and some are genuine good friends.

Be honest with your opinion what you think when you see duo (gal and guy) a very good friends?

I, Me & Myself

I was browsing through my friend’s blog, their profiles at orkut, etc. I noticed one thing which I felt is missing with my blog website or my profile and that was “About Me” or “Brief about me” or “Lines for me” columns, so I decided to write something about me and narrate / describe myself to the world outside. I penned down few lines but then deleted it all lines. Writing about me would not be fair enough. I would rather let my friends & dear ones say, narrate, describe about REAL ME. I had quoted their views about me. (No editing done with their views).

My childhood friend, say langotiya yaar Nirmal (I call him Vicky) says “I have three words that perfectly describes you...Cool, calm and composed...A very gentle and soft spoken person you are...have so many sweet memories with you... hardly seen you losing your cool..Very difficult to extract any negative side of you…yes but would like you seeing talk more...and yes a little louder ;-)for past many months we have not been touch but I can easily call you as one of my closest without giving any second thought... :-)”

Yatin, We are friends since I came Chennai for college (PG Studies - BCA) writes “Abhishek - Being friends for 7 years(never realized it until now) I have shared great time and unforgettable moments with him, some of them being our first job, THE bus Vs kinetic war, fun & fare stall, day camps/dreaming at dukan, Ahmadabad trip esp., the train journey, nanihal-ethiraj, the list goes on...as I said unforgettable 7 years..Not much has changed - Golden Heart, Down to Earth, Big Ideas, Big Dreams, Focused on the Present, Very Creative, Very Competitive, Always There, Always Caring, Never Angry, Bad Liar, Bad Flirt, Still ^(11/25/07), Will to do Good for others, Will to be the Best describes his the best...Time passed, distance increased, little busy lately, but still dude, you are the best and my BFF(best friend forever!!) I will cherish the years spent with you for life and for someone like you who values others happiness more than his own; I know it means a lot... And yes, secondary profession for him - Aamir Khans duplicate (at least in his dreams :)”

Chanchal, sweetest friend of all. I met her at Tirupati Trip and came to know more about each other. She says "The cuttest, sweetest person i had ever met n luv's coy is really too good, n alws is ter wenever u need him n i really admire him as a person, has an awesome nature n keeps every1 hpy alws... all this is from herat "i mean all wat i have wriiten" n his passion is 1st day show of almost all the movies... meet him n u wil know wat a sweetheart he is... n the most important , he is my 1st CRUSH cant forget this... be with me forever... take care dear...."

Gaurav, my room mate as well as batch mate during my MBA tenure at ITM - Bangalore says "Hmmm...what do i write bout you...One of the very few people i call friends.A Pure Heart...something rare these days.The Youngest in our batch,He's Got Gr8 Dreams (again something rare)and i see an enterpreneur in the making...Watch out for this guy..Lines for him...Manzilein unhi ki hoti hain,Jinke khawabon mein jaan hoti hai.Pankhon se kuch nahin hota, Hoslon se udan hoti hai.."

Shashank, my batch mate during MBA says "I used to call this guy PPT, Sarkar, GOGO GOVindaaaaaaaa, some many names for this guy bahut acha bacha hai yeh bahut sidha aur simple one of my gud friend from Bangalore , very emotional i like his innocence and simplicity please dont change ABHIshek Sorry PPT"

I got job at TVS-E through campus placement. Reema and I were in same trainee batch in TVS-E. Over period of time, we got together and become one of my close friend in TVS-E. She thinks "Life becomes a lot more easier if we have our wonderful friends to count on n abhi is jst one of them. He is so damn caring and understanding that you one does not need to think b4 seeking any help...he is jst thr next to u...lets me tell u d other side of him..he is d worst wen he calls early mrng on holidays jst to trouble u...let me tell 1 more thingwhich many of u mst have observed..he is d one who watches all new releases during the 1st 3 days n thn will call u n disclose all the suspense...sooooo mean..:(But he is a very cute frend(though a lil lesser than me..)..Be d same n keep rocking.Thx 4 being such a caring frend... :)"

I met Debdeep after few months of job; got synchronized well and easily and is now close friend of mine in TVS-E. He writes "The real cute face in our office.....KIDDO...as we call him...very soft spoken, well behaved guy with chocolatty face to potray his innocence.....can mesmerise any gal with his cute smile.....makes friendship with everyone especially gals...never discriminates them on any criteria......Has done full justice to his name...One problem....he is a confused kid...doesn't know wat actually he wants from life....i just hope...U achieve all those things watever u hv aspired for...wish u Best of Luck on all spheres of life"

Nimisha was from junior trainee batch. We were in same team (Channel Management) but later on she moved to BD team and then IT-SAP team but still we are good friend in TVS-E. She speaks “Abhishek...the kid in our floor..hmm what to mention about him...walks as though he would hurt the ground if he keeps his feet hard, would often look lost, keeps himself occupied on a mobile phone, wouldn't care what goes around him, seems to be very choosy, will just blush when talked about, will raise his eyebrow to express surprise, will finish his coffee and try to rush without giving a damn about others in the group, carries himself as a model and THE BEST PART..will take everything in a sporty manner.....!!!”


Santhosh Priya, I call her Priya. She is HR in our company and very good friend of mine. She writes "Luv Abhi –
A personality so lovable by all…
I always used to call you Bachu – where you wud have felt embarrassed…
But I have always found that innocence in you… which made me to call so.
Ur always my good Pal...
U have that impressing attitude of “Commitment “, which I always admire …
You are an Born Leader… but you have to attempt to develop the same…
Your creativity is one thing I love and keep it up buddy…
On the whole... You are one of my “Favorite Comrade”… who I can rely upon…"


This is REAL ME (in short) Innocent, down-to-earth, ambitious, Mr. flirt, Kiddo & Bachu, choosy, cute , soft spoken, confused, cool, bad liar, occupied & busy, understanding, creative, sidha aur simple, movie lover, Aamir crazy fan and many other such characters you find in me.