FREE BURMA!!!!!!

"Close the borders, shut down the media, expel dissidents and restrict visitors"
-this is how an article by CNN begins,summing up the kind of actions that are being taken by the Burmese military junta.
Imagine this,over 20,000 monks,students,democratic party members & supporters,general public,women,children-unarmed,peacefully protesting for nothing more than for their basic right for freedom,for a democratic life,for a right to live an unoppressed life!!! Now imagine truck loads of army personnels opening fire,using tear gas,clubbing the protesters,conducting late night crack downs on the supporters.
Issuing warnings and threatening people of dire consequences,shutting down the internet,phone connections,manipulating the numbers of injured and killed,basically doing everything they possible can to suppress the voice of the people from spreading awareness about the situation in Myanmar.
Just by reading and seeing related pictures and videos on it, varied emotions pass through now imagine people who are living in such a country,experiencing such atrocities day in and day out!!I am sure most of us can just try to imagine but not really know how it exactly feels like,living in democratic countries like we do.
Just casually talking about it and sympathizing and tut tuting it is not going to help,its one so-called government vs the entire world and people who believe and respect Human Rights. So if we call ourselves that,its time to show it in whichever way we can,rembember billions/zillions/trillions of drops creates a water body and that's all the difference there is between wherever we are and Myanmar,so lets be that drop and get closer to the country,to improving Human Rights!

Wows! & Woes! of the Corporate World!!

If there's one place where stability (if there’s such a thing!) comes at a 'major' price that’s the corporate world baby! In the short time I have been internally associated with it I know it’s a world apart from any, but at the same time a reflection of the society we live in or the kind of society we are becoming-extremely ambitious, extremely competitive, high living, high spending, booming economies, powerful media, decreasing global boundaries with an increasing virtual connectivity. A cauldron where all the mentioned come together to create a potent combination with the effects being a fluctuating balance between positives and negatives!

After being part of the team that created a platform to facilitate new dreams, new aspirations for so many young smart, confident, ambitious young people…being part of the same team which will be taking away that very platform, has been a learning process which has surprised, shocked and made me realize a lot of realities of this very ‘real’ world!!

Its truly a survival of the fittest, the more fit(in such scenarios)-the more unique skills you have, the better is your survival…Jungle rules which applies even now but in different forms and features!!

Life as we truly ‘should’ know!!!

Brand New Chapter!!

Wow! its a different feeling doing something for the first time,especially if that something is going to play a major role in shaping your professional life.Its interesting how all the emotions have progressed from the 1st day till now,frustration-irritation-confusion-feeling good!! is this the 'infamous' settling in period or do-something-different hints i don't really know.However cliched,it is only with time I'll know.
But whatever it maybe I am sure something that will always be useful is the kind of learning I'll get from this experience,just have to see how many 'ups' i have to experience than downs in this roller-coaster!!
And the time goes tick tick 1..tick tick 2...tick tick 3....

In Memory of Manz...my crazy flamboyant cuz!!

It's 30th today,3 days since my most flamboyant,crazy,stylish,lovable,freak of a cuz passed away in the way he always wanted to-driving at 180mph in the yet to be registered Skoda!!
I can never ever forget 'the' call at 7:15 a.m which will haunt me for a very longtime,the call that Krishna,my younger cuz made,"Amudhan has passed away in an accident"...7 words that still rings in my ears...first i thought it was some real sick joke being played and even after talking to others in the family i kept hoping it would be that.I can never forget 28th morning trying to figure out what to do,remembering all the crazy times together we have had,how i hadn't met him in a such a long time.Its surprising how i could think all these when still in shock!!.There are somethings about the human mind that one can never comprehend.
Even the time I spent in the flight,it felt so unreal,had no tears just the thoughts.The moment i put my foot down on the tarmac th worst thing that can ever happen,reality hit me like never before was actually in b'lore and one can never really tell how a person feels when he/she see's someone they shared crazy things with,had some amazing memories with weird conversations, lying motionless knowing that they you would never share it with them again,would never make any new memories again.
God Bless you Amudhan..may your soul rest in peace!!

Around 25 assignments...3 1/2 days left...sleepless nights..phew!!!

Its the !@#$%^&*((*&^ time of the year..cant understand why they had to give all this work together at the last minute.Well m guessing with the kind of track record we have consistently maintained throughout the course for our now infamous 'nth-minute everything',let it be studying for exams,submitting reports(rather making reports;))presentations,book reviews!!!
Well I do think about changing this nasty habit and have been doing so since the last 10 yrs but i think have become genetically modified,a habit that's seeped into my DNA;)
But all said and done i still have the assignments, projects,reports,preparation for seminar,exams,practicals and they do have their deadlines,which i cannot afford to mess up...so..sigh!!.,,more sleepless nites,worse eating habits,more temper tantrums,a little whinnying here i come!!!...but m already loving it muhahahaha

About me!!

cliched as it may sound my greeting to you guys have to be ,HEYYY AIESEC!!;)
Well finally i have got my account in nomadlife,been wanting to do that since the time i had started blogging.My name is Poornima,I got recruited into AIESEC Hyderabad ,India in 2003.After 3 years in AIESEC I have completed my cycle with heading towards the future;).It has been an amazing journey.Hope to get to know the other guys through this platform now.

About time....finally blogging again!!!

Thank Gawd!! for determination...after 6 unfinished posts and zillion thoughts for sitting down to write one i finally decided its about time for a new post.
Since the last time i actually posted a blog so many things have happened and not!
Month of JAN
For starters didn't get on to the one team i really wanted to for the very reasons i wanted to be part of it,biggest learning?-don't be disappointed by what life brings to you,go ahead and create what you want!!

Month of Feb
1.Building on Plan B,making it constructive,aligning with my personal goals,style of working and the most important part of it all,being passionate about it!!

2.Its the growing-wiser,collecting-gifts,taking-hordes-out part of the year,that's right its b'day time,it was a very interesting bday and thanks to all the people who made it a very special one for me,my family my pals,love u guys!!!

3.V-day..hmmm..ehhh..well..hmmm lol had loads of fun ,it happened to be my one of my bday dinner days wid the gals,the hooked ones came wid the guys n the unhooked ones came looking for guys!! hehe na just kidding
4.Met new people,understood new things,was bit rude bit mean bit bitchy but all for fun;)

Month of March
1.Well its been nothing but internship,reports,assignments,projects,seminars,workshops,exams..phew exhausting but very exhilarating,the attainment of knowledge i must say!!
2.Will be finishing my internship @ Virtusa in a few days..hmmmm after more than 3 months of it.It has been such an amazing learning experience,working in a real corporate set-up,when people said "you never realise what you actually learn in @ till you actually get to implement it",m sure this is what they meant!
Things are just happening,dreams are just starting to be realised,guess i have to toast to all the people involved in this process of mine,starting from me;)

Nostalgic!!

Listening to certain kind of songs does bring certain kind of memories,just when u think your above such things,just when u think u have moved on,just when u feel stronger and in control...you question your self about how far away u have come,how in control you really are..there is apprehension,a feeling of letting yourself down,confusion,a little annoyance.But i guess this is the true test,one on passing you will rise like the phoenix from the ashes.Only time and how you work things out will tell you where you stand emotionally,strong-middle-low!!

New beginning is it ?!?!?!?....who knows!!

Hmmm...how things change in a fraction of a second,how realities change scenarios,its like ACT II-Scene 1...life changes its trajectory based on the results of previous experiences,what we learn from them and how we develop ourselves,our personalities,even attitudes..WOW!!when people say life teaches you a lot,its definetly not funny,life DOES teach you everything but what we realize and learn and act upon or incorporate is upto us.
Well i did realize this important lesson last night,i still don't know what directions things are going to take,but that's the most interesting part,the anticipation of things,the surprise element,the confusion,the dream like quality about things.the list goes on as we build on our experiences...NeYo;)

Jan 12th...Thursday..1230 hrs - 1500 hrs IST

Human response to something one truly feels strong about,is such an interesting thing.You can prepare for things to some extent,but i feel the best response to things is when u don't do any extensive preparation,somethings are best said instantaneously without any analyzing and selecting the best response.
I've realized the best response to things are when u have a thorough basic understanding ,strong belief,and good timing.
Its has been one of the most interesting Q&A's I've been a part of,2 mins before its start was wee bit anxious but from the word go the feeling was pretty normal,and at the end of it happy.I am so glad to have done it,that too after all the coincidental incidents that happened the previous day,its serendipity-you either believe in it or don't:)

Introspection..self reflection & the works!!!

Did some collective introspection today,i know introspection and collective don't go together but what with Fatty,my friend, and I doing something together, collective introspection was possible.Its so amazing what constructive feedback can do to one-self.Lots of thought go through your head,almost everything starting with whys,whats,hows,you get the answer to some and you don't get for some.Its confusing but maybe once we start self-reflecting on it we get ALL the answers.Its freaky but true,sometimes maybe even after introspection you don't really get the answers but thats bcoz we are blocking the thoughts we don't want to delve upon.
Its so easy for some people to live in their space,not an inch here or there.They get so defensive if they think someone's challenging their position,making them think or make them move out of their square,circle,rectangle,triangle whatever shape their space takes.Sigh!
But I haven't given up either,not in my nature to do it.Guess its time for some new strategies & action plans.
Get ready grey matter we have got work to do!!!

AAAUUUMMM!!!

AUM or OM,the ancient sound signifying the universe.That's what i am saying right now,to get energise myself after just getting few hrs sleep in the last 3 days.I know the logic is to just sleep but when u cant and when your electronic masseuse's battery is dead this is what u do- chant,utter the most primal sound.Well is it working?man m too tired to tell....
Well its the physical tiredness and ache but emotionally i guess i feel exhilarated,just decided and took one of the most life changing actions so far in this life.Now its a wait,hear,communicate process.
Well anyways like there's hope after every tunnel,there's Goa after every struggle;)...hehahaha!!