Leave.......

Leave.. 

What leave?

You mean to say you want to leave (go away)? 

No........ Not that.. 

Then? Are you talking about the singular form of leaves?

He He.. Are you insane.. Singular of leaves is LEAF.. 

Then what is it? Are you talking something you want to refrain from, for example leaving eating too much..??? 

For heavens sake its not that.. Am talking about the simple leave........ I want to go on a leave....... I mean I want off from office and and that too for a (clearing throat, in a squeaky voice) Week .. Did you get that..?

Huh! Why were you beating about the bush all this time..  And You won't get any leave.. Clear?? 

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So, you must have got what am I up to when I write this post. Yes, you guessed it right. 

I'm talking about one of the most dreadful situations i.e., asking for a leave to your hot-headed (wonder if i get burnt if i attempt to touch his head someday..pssst..) BOSS.

Why is it such a pain to ask for a leave. I know this situation will have come to many of you and to many more who ain't reading this. In fact, I'm in such a situation right now.. I mean Right now! and I'm posting this from my workplace. Can you imagine the stress? There's nothing running in the back of my mind (don't ask me what is running in front of my mind.. he he..) except for the reasons that I should be quoting for them to appear valid in front of my Boss and he should nod his head for granting leave.

Its a question of a week. So what, you may ask. But, its just three months I've been working here.. That too is ok. The only thing of worry is Reason, what should be such a solid, valid reason for taking off for such a long time. I cannot make any of my ajji, or ajja seriously ill, or cannot say that its my very close relative's marriage and it will not happen if I'm not there, then what should I telllllll... :( :( :(

Seriously speaking, I haven't worked for a minute, since this bug of going on leave is revolving all over in my head. But, at one point I feel, should I really think so much about something so trivial, there'll be just two outcomes if I ask

*He'll nod his head straight vertically

                OR

*He'll nod like a pendulum.  

In both cases, the only common thing is that He will nod. Uff why do you need to break your head on that...!! 

But I'm thinking about just one side of the coin, what about the other side... If I don't ask at all?? 

The whole heaven will collapse upon my head. Once I turn up He'll have all his weapons ready against me like   NO SALARY,  NO MORE LEAVES,  WORK ON WEEKENDS, You need more.. ??? Take this working on two to three projects at a time, scrutiny of the time sheet, more work etc etc.. I think that's more than enough! 

Now, what is the conclusion... Guess what... Yes, I'll ask for leave and behave like a sincere, punctual, professional. You wanna know the reason what I've thought of, don't you? I'll tell you what. 

:) :) I'll tell him that there are two to three marriage proposals that have come up and everyone is coming the same week, so I need to travel to my hometown, and can't do a to and fro kind-a-thing because the three guys are coming on alternate days and I'll need to think about it. And its a decision of a lifetime. Howzzat?? :) 

Disclaimer : 

*The above thoughtful reason is ruled out for the girls below 18 yrs of age and guys below 21 yrs.

*And another thing, the validity for the reason to be put forth the boss is only for one-single time that's it. Otherwise you should be ready for receiving the pink slips.

So, I'm all set for entering the boss's cabin with pppphullll courage. Wish me luck. I'll update you on his response. Till then Tada, Bye, Bye. 

PS: Meanwhile, if you can come up with some interestingly good reasons for asking a leave, you're welcome to post them in the comments box. :)

-Love,

Pree :) 

Fear, Your Ultimate Enemy

Hey all,

This topic came to my mind because it's been hanging in there for quite some time now. They say once you put down in words whatever that is troubling you, its effect may reduce to some extent. Well, that's why I want to put down my fears here and let them be here forever.

There is a scene in the movie 3 Idiots, where Raju Rastogi(Sharman Joshi, one of the idiots) will be attending a campus interview. Before that there are several instances where he'll be afraid to do anything, may it be studying, appearing for exams or any interview. But once he gets hold of his attitude and becomes aware of what his fears are, he decides on being so daunting that no fear can touch him. And then he'll be facing the interview for the very first time. The panel will be asking him all sorts of questions like, why he had such poor grades, and there he answers to it with utmost honesty saying that he was a very consistent student while in school and scored highest marks and  hence decided to join engineering, and that this increased his responsibility towards his family, because his family would look up to him so that he can provide them a comfortable living. This made him fear a bit, so he scored less and started doing all pujas(offerings) to please God, which again shattered his confidence on himself. Later then, he also attempts to commit suicide, but his  friends save him, at that point-a-time he learns why ALL SHOULD BE WELL.  His fears vanish in thin air and he'll be full of optimistic attitude and energy.  The interview panel asks him to change his attitude because they think that he is a very frank person and they need more diplomatic candidates. On that he says "Dono paanv tudvakar aaya hai yeh attitude. " meaning "I've got such an attitude and energy having got my bones broken" and tells them to keep their job to themselves and he'll keep the new-born attitude to himself.......

What next???? 

He's through and that too royally where the main person in-charge asks him how much salary he demands.

I think I wrote almost the whole script for that scene. Never mind, my intention was to tell that my story of fears somewhere lies in there. But the only difference is I'm still in the middle of that sequence, and haven't approached the climax yet. I had very good grades till I finished schooling, for that matter, I was the one who never left the 1st rank position from Nursery to the 10th std and till now I maintain the record in school. But later, when I joined Engineering, it was the similar situation which I went through as I described above. I consistently got poor grades. For that matter, for the very first time in my lifetime I flunked in 2 subjects. And thus the disastrous grades continued.

But one day, I sat and thought for a while, is it me, who was a topper once and now with such results, I started contemplating and retrospected and reviewed my flaws. In that time of crisis, my family came as a huge support and I came out with flying colors(not really, but for me yes!) . Now, I thank God for putting me in such situation, because I learnt so many things within that span of time that I can never forget, every moment taught me a lesson. 

It's been a year and a half I'm into IT and things are really going fine. Mobile app development is a truly interesting thing.

But even now there's a tint of fear where I'm afraid of facing interviews, because I feel I don't know technology and don't possess great skills in the technology I know. 

But still, I've a simple funda for life that "This too shall pass" and God throws twists onto those people whom he thinks that they can come out of it by being even more stronger and better. I'm happy that I'm one of them. 

So, globally I'm declaring that I will not fear whatever may come(silently thinking really, can I do this?).

So here I end my post, with a small quote.

"Look at Fear in its Face, so that even Fear will Fear to Face you."  Howzzat!!?  ;)

-Peace,

Pree

P.S. : Sorry if you find any typos here and there, I haven't really given a second glimpse to whatever I've written. 

Try and try till you succeed :)

Hey,

Am here yet again to try my hands on blogging for the third time. First time, I just wanted to know what does the term BLOG mean. Second time, it was again the curiosity which killed, not the cat but me :). Once I would publish the post, I would check a hundred times if somebody has visited my blog or has anyone left any comments. But this time I'm here just for creating my own space where I can come, scribble anything, read, analyse, contemplate or just simply pass my time happily.
So guys wish me luck. Hoping to come up with some really interesting posts.