She's Now Mine!

I saw her first when I was in Singapore few years back. The moment I saw her, I was awed by her beauty. For the next few days, I couldn't help that she occupied much of my thoughts. Why not? A girl from a family where the father worships beauty in everything he does. Probably, that man took some special care on this kid of his.

Without any shame, I'll now explain her beauty. She had beautiful curves at the right places. None of the other girls matched her. And her skin was white. I even saw a photograph of her where she posed naked!

I decided that I should make her part of my life. I waited for the right time.

In between, I came back to India and continued my life here. After few years, I got married to another girl (who didn't know at that time about my secret love for this girl). I was blessed with a son who made my life more joyful.

But still, my love for that girl didn't cease. It only grew more!

One fine day during last week, I summed up the courage to talk about my problem with my family. To my surprise, my Mom, Dad and Wife agreed to bring this girl home. After some inquiries, I learnt that she was in Chennai in Mylapore.

I went to her home with my wife, brother and my kid! On the way, I prayed God that nothing should go wrong in this endeavor. We entered her home, and I saw her sitting at a corner smiling at me. I was lost for words. As I went near her, I could feel my pulse racing and my heart beating so fast. When my wife, kid and brother were away for a bit, I touched her for the first time. She responded with a bright smile, and didn't even move a bit. Her curves were very inviting, but I suddenly took my hands away the moment I saw my family members coming towards me.

My wife too was admiring her beauty. And my brother ... his eyes were on her most of the times, but luckily my kid distracted him for the most part keeping him busy.

Atlast, I took her in my hands and lead her into the car. My wife seated this beautiful girl beside her. Wow, what a surprise!

That night that I spent with this beauty was unforgettable.

I'm proud. I am proud to own her!

I'm proud to own ............. a MacBook!

Return to the roots?

Kunal had a question on which I commented earlier. Now, I am finding myself in a similar (but not exactly the same) predicament.

For those people who know about me, I am a programmer. Even though I try to learn other aspects of software development (like project management, process etc.), what I identify myself with is programming.

Some time back in the year 2007, I got into project management by choice, and my company gave me the opportunity to get involved in project management. Of late, I've come to realize that I may not be a good project manager for the following reasons:

1. Not creating enough

As a project manager in my current setup, I hardly create anything. Basically, I love to create. (Music is my other passion; I used to compose many songs for a children & youth group, but not much happening now-a-days in that front too.) And, when I come to a stage in my life when I don't create something useful, I become rather sad!

2. Managerial skills?

I believe it's totally my fault in not having a clear expectation of what project management means (or to be more precise, what project management means in a particular setup). For example, with a team that has a high technical & domain skills, superb intra-team & client communication, the project manager doesn't have much of work REALLY. In that case, it makes sense for such a PM to take up the responsibilities of his superior (could be revenue management, business development, new process initiatives.) But with a team that's not that technical and / or not with enough bandwidth in terms of client communication, the PM's role becomes more deeper. i.e. the PM ideally does some heavy lifting by taking part in the requirements AND design, apart from the usual status reports, tasks allocation, adhoc client calls etc.

This is where my problem was. I belonged to a team of the first type, but still I was not willing to accept the fact that I should be sharing the responsibilities of my superior. (I'm still not willing to do so, since there's not much scope to be really productive.) So, I give an impression that I'm not good at project management.

3. Ethical reasons!

I think this heading is self-explanatory, so I don't want to dig deeper.

Ultimately, when we keep doing something we don't love, we end up hurting ourselves real bad in long term. Maybe, I should return to my roots!

Earning Money - Made Easy

Well, I agree that it's an "attention grabber", but I've come to believe that making money is not THAT difficult, if you put your mind to it and have SOME creativity.

I read the book "Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid" by C.K.Prahlad some time back. In that, he discusses how real money can be made by selling to people who are really way down in the pyramid of "money" - people who can't really afford much. Ideas like selling 1 rupee icecreams to a huge population and still making profits have been floating around. (Not as simple as it sounds since there are LOTS of factors involved in such ice-cream making and selling, but still it's not impossible either.)

This morning, I was watching the following video by David Heinemeier Hansson:



Wow, is this not fortune at the bottom of the "web" pyramid?

Enjoy!