I'm Back...

I'm not trying to imitate Mr. Schwarzenegger but just trying to complete my monthly routine. You would notice that I've posted something on this blog on a monthly basis...sort of one post per month. So, this is just a way to "let the show go on"...

This time I'm not very sure as to on what I should write. Maybe this can be an account of the recent changes that have come across in my life.

About a fortnight back, when i was into a project, which was supposedly not-so-demanding, I'd all the time in the world. It was a Maintenance-cum-Enhancement project. So the "work-flow was quite erratic" (few would notice that I've used this phrase before also, but couldn't come up with a more apt one), wherein I wasn't loaded with work most of the times. So my days passed by doing some self-study, strengthening many weakened links via mails or chats, idling, browsing...also downloading stuffs like Sudoku and some not-so-famous English numbers. I mean to say that I literally felt very relaxed "before, while in, and after" the office (baffling way of putting across this idea, isn't it?). Somehow, all the good things in life come to an end. And this end was quite an abrupt one, when on a Friday evening (consider the importance of Friday evening from a social and personal point of view...IMMENSE...when you have a weekend to look forward to..) I was struck with this news that I'd been moved into a different project, which was Development based. And all my plans for the evening seemed to have got shelved, as I might had to stay till late on that day. I didn't know how to react!! I think it was a mixed feeling...I was happy that I will get to do something worthwhile...and at the same time, I was concerned for my freedom.

Thankfully, my weekend was in peace. But on Monday, this feeling sank in, and I realised that my life isn't the same as it was some 3 months ago. I was glutted with work, so much so, that I had to sacrifice my off to its superfluity. Suddenly, this drive lost it's intensity. The work pressure reduced. And I've started finding solace in my previous passtimes (read sacrilege of work). Look, I'm blogging, sitting in my plush office!

This was the "official" side of the story...now talking on the personal front (aha..stop guessing people). Same, almost a fortnight ago, with this feeling of belling CAT, I joined those weekend tuition classes for MBA. Now I end up devoting my precious hours of the weekend on the sweaty classroom sessions. I haven't watched any movie for the past 3 weeks, which is almost a sin, as I relegiously used to watch atleast one every weekend. I miss that. But to compensate for this loss, I've grown into an aquatic animal...I've become a regular visitor of the swimming pool (of my apartment where I live). I think, this is better utility of time (than to go for a movie), and has myriad advantages. In the process, I've become less scared of water (I can even put my head in it for 5 long seconds!!).

In order to cope with the required level of preparation for MBA, I've to take out sometime to study even after (and before) the office hours. And in this quest I've not been able to finish a novel in the past 1 month!!

Being carried away in this wind of change, I'm not able to find enough time for myself. And this includes relaxing, watching movies, meeting up with long, old (and now complaining) friends. I believe that everything happens for a reason. Well, in this I just hope that the reason be positive enough to keep me ticking...