25th birthday is like a double-edged sword.On one hand you generally have enough money in your bank account to splurge as much as others want you to,on the other hand the luxury of terming your age as "in early 20s" is all but gone.Anyways I recently had my 25th birthday & from the 24th one to the 25th it had been one hell of a year,a year that taught me much & hence I am back to my habit of sharing my gyaan with the world,OK not so much with the world but a few privileged ones who prefer to read my blog.Enough with the pfaff,allow me to shoot:
1.Past Friends Become A Thing Of Past!
It's true,you have grown up & so has everybody else.Life isn't what you thought it should be.Busy schedules,hitler-y bosses,demanding girlfriends,family expectations,blah blah..the list goes on.One sad part of it being,old friends tend to drift apart.You know it's neither yours nor it is a fault of theirs.Weekends that used to witness binge drinking sessions or driving down to Murthal at 3 in the night to gorge on some butter laden paranthas,are now spent in the beds catching up on the lost sleep of the whole week because of that awful job.Some have romantic commitments to tend to on the weekends,since they know they are soon approaching that "getting married" stage of life.Parents want you to spend time with them,since this is the only time you get to spend at home.Lost amongst all these are those times,when the morning calls meant a cricket match & the evening calls meant a visit to the nearby juice-ki-dukaan,because that's where you would find all the hot chicks.
2.Peer Pressure Hits A New High!
People around you are doing all kinds of crazy things.Some are buying themselves new cars,while you make a transition from the shaving creams to the foam.Bosses expect you to wear suits,since a jean means setting up a bad example for the younger crop.Friends who never had enough money to pay at the theka(wine shop) would agree to meet only at swanky bars.Some have even earnt & saved enough to climb up a ghodi & take the marital plunge.Since I am good at my job,I don't have much of a competition at work(declares shamelessly),but I hate the sight of Chadha da munda offering laddoos to my parents since he has got admission in some US university.
3.Pfaff Will Get You Nowhere!
This is the age,when people expect you to know what you are talking,since you are no more a fresher,silly mistakes are not expected from you anymore.You have seen a lot of world since passing out of that college & hence you are expected to deliver correct words at every opportunity be it an interview or a client meeting.Think before you speak or the chances are the other person might not think much of you at all.Humor sounds smart,forced humor sounds stupid.
4.World Is No Place For A Hero!
Corruption,bribes,etc are deeply engraved in our system & chances are by now you have had a first hand experience of these things.The outcomes of various negotiations,dealings are often hinged onto a fact how you can satisfy your client.Chances are at first you might hate it to the core & even decide to give it all up but for what's it worth,life is not lived on such excuses.The only way to be in a position to avoid these maladies is to grind your way through them & learn at every step.The world is full of all kinds of people & it's upto you as to what kind you want to become but then not upto you to decide the same for someone else.Put your head down & get the job done or else get kicked on the bum.Choice is yours.
5.The Art Of Conversation!
Last but far from the least,mastering the art of conversation is a must.Talking brings the best out of humans.600Km away from home even an auto-wallah might turn out to be your best friend if only you know how to talk him into taking you at every destination no matter how far in the minimal cost.The accountant might pass your bills without significant cuts if you can bear his nonsense in that tea-break.Your boss might put a good word for you to his boss while your gate-keeper might even keep a bottle of whisky stashed away in his store incase you want to enjoy a drink or two,late at night after the wine shops have closed.Chances are if you do this right,every single person in your life might prove to be useful in some or the other capacity.
That's all folks.I might have ended up sounding preachy(no wonder my friends have started calling me ababa) as I am not naturally comic.But yeah these really are the good-for-nothing-pearls-of-wisdom I have picked up in the past year or so.Time to move on.
1.Past Friends Become A Thing Of Past!
It's true,you have grown up & so has everybody else.Life isn't what you thought it should be.Busy schedules,hitler-y bosses,demanding girlfriends,family expectations,blah blah..the list goes on.One sad part of it being,old friends tend to drift apart.You know it's neither yours nor it is a fault of theirs.Weekends that used to witness binge drinking sessions or driving down to Murthal at 3 in the night to gorge on some butter laden paranthas,are now spent in the beds catching up on the lost sleep of the whole week because of that awful job.Some have romantic commitments to tend to on the weekends,since they know they are soon approaching that "getting married" stage of life.Parents want you to spend time with them,since this is the only time you get to spend at home.Lost amongst all these are those times,when the morning calls meant a cricket match & the evening calls meant a visit to the nearby juice-ki-dukaan,because that's where you would find all the hot chicks.
2.Peer Pressure Hits A New High!
People around you are doing all kinds of crazy things.Some are buying themselves new cars,while you make a transition from the shaving creams to the foam.Bosses expect you to wear suits,since a jean means setting up a bad example for the younger crop.Friends who never had enough money to pay at the theka(wine shop) would agree to meet only at swanky bars.Some have even earnt & saved enough to climb up a ghodi & take the marital plunge.Since I am good at my job,I don't have much of a competition at work(declares shamelessly),but I hate the sight of Chadha da munda offering laddoos to my parents since he has got admission in some US university.
3.Pfaff Will Get You Nowhere!
This is the age,when people expect you to know what you are talking,since you are no more a fresher,silly mistakes are not expected from you anymore.You have seen a lot of world since passing out of that college & hence you are expected to deliver correct words at every opportunity be it an interview or a client meeting.Think before you speak or the chances are the other person might not think much of you at all.Humor sounds smart,forced humor sounds stupid.
4.World Is No Place For A Hero!
Corruption,bribes,etc are deeply engraved in our system & chances are by now you have had a first hand experience of these things.The outcomes of various negotiations,dealings are often hinged onto a fact how you can satisfy your client.Chances are at first you might hate it to the core & even decide to give it all up but for what's it worth,life is not lived on such excuses.The only way to be in a position to avoid these maladies is to grind your way through them & learn at every step.The world is full of all kinds of people & it's upto you as to what kind you want to become but then not upto you to decide the same for someone else.Put your head down & get the job done or else get kicked on the bum.Choice is yours.
5.The Art Of Conversation!
Last but far from the least,mastering the art of conversation is a must.Talking brings the best out of humans.600Km away from home even an auto-wallah might turn out to be your best friend if only you know how to talk him into taking you at every destination no matter how far in the minimal cost.The accountant might pass your bills without significant cuts if you can bear his nonsense in that tea-break.Your boss might put a good word for you to his boss while your gate-keeper might even keep a bottle of whisky stashed away in his store incase you want to enjoy a drink or two,late at night after the wine shops have closed.Chances are if you do this right,every single person in your life might prove to be useful in some or the other capacity.
That's all folks.I might have ended up sounding preachy(no wonder my friends have started calling me a
