A leeson in Hospitality

Here we are waiting at the signal, an Emirati ( UAE National)  in his tinted Prado in front of us.

It 12 o clock in the afternoon, the sun is burning down on us.  A construction worker walks up to the Prado and asks him to give him a lift, in most cases people would be so super suspicious and just drive away. The light turns green, every one is honking at him in absolute  impatience, without  thinking the arab man holds up the traffic, opens his car door, and asks the construction guy to get in. Once he is in, seatbelted and comfortable, he drives away, leaving all of us in complete and utter amazement.

Today I just got a big lesson in hospitality.

This is what it means to be human.

 

The Pregnant Lady from Upstairs

One of the great perks of working is that you have to get up early and run for the train.

We have a highly advanced public transportation system here in Dubai, it if was any more advanced we would be able to teleport( that statement is 50% exaggeration and 50% wishful thinking ), but that just means the more advanced the system, the more punctual you have to be, because in addition to everything else you have a case of a driverless train so even if you have to beg and beg for the train to wait for you, you would just be aimlessly talking to a computer who doesn’t really care if one lazy person is left behind .

But I take heart because I am not the only person like that in the world, there happens to be another, just that she is pregnant, she lives above us and I am convinced she is very distantly related to Usain Bolt. Of course the other part of my imagination has led me to believe that she was born with Nike sneakers, that is her armour and running is her special power, and the kid inside her is going to surpass every running/jumping/walking record ever set.  To her being pregnant is just another normal thing, just as insignificant as breathing, something that doesn’t seem to come in the way of her running.

Somedays I worry that the kid will just fall out ( God forbid that ever happens), and then there are other days that I feel an athlete and challenge her to a seat in the train.

But one thing I have come to realize is that because of her  my mornings are never dull or boring, and that life is good….

Just goes to show that some of  the perks of working is that you have to get up early and run for the train.

And So I run

The Case of the False Accusation

There is something amazing about how awesome my imagination gets anytime I am far away from a keyboard and a screen, every morning all these random and interesting thoughts flood my mind. and I can think of a million ways to make my blog ever more interesting, all the way to getting freshly pressed and awarded and things like that. In my mind I have must have made that journey a thousand times. Yet every time I sit infront of the keyboard I can only see the cursor blinking, mocking at me, saying stupid things like “so you think you have a blog” .

I think the cursor on my computer has the most condescending personality ever, but the truth of the matter is that I have been blaming the wrong guy for the wrong thing.

Its a case of false accusation.

The truth of the matter is that there is only one thing to blame for my not writing so much : MEMES.

Anytime I log on, that is all I want to do,

there are

1. Country themes memes,

2. Character based memes,

3. Life themed memes,

4. Activity based memes.

They are EVERYWHERE, and it has become my unwritten dream to read all of them and laugh at all of them, make some of them and if  possible have a database of all of them,. They are so entertaining, and witty and genius and funny and ….. you get the picture….. Ofcourse if this post is about MEMES no doubt I should attach one to make you see what is taking up all of my time, but I won’t because if I start looking for one, this post will probably never get published, my blog will never get more interesting like the one I have in my mind and everything around me will just fall apart.

So in true human fashion, like any other human being, I am blaming it on the MEMEs.

Like A Boss!

 

 

 

How to make lots of Money

Step No 1: Be a genius at computers and tech stuff, if you know what C++ stands for, you’re probably a genius.

Step No 2: Think of a genius idea

Step No 3: Start a company

Step no 4: Add some more genius ideas, patent all of them without thinking and sell like crazy.

Step No 5: Have a really smart lawyer, this is really important.

Step No 6: Because your idea is in the genius category, lesser geniuses will copy it, incase you get to know, without wasting time sue all of them for infringement, hold a big press conference, talk trash about how others are stealing from you.

Step No 7: If you’re lawyer is any good, then you’ll probably get a lot of money if not then no worries go to step No 8

Step No 8: In case no one really cares about your ideas or even wants to challenge you about it,  try and sell it off, probably for something more than a billion dollars

Step No 9: If step 8 doesn’t interest, create a whole lot of speculation in the market by saying random things, and over time people will be crazy enough to believe you, then get your company listed on a big shot stock exchange and say to yourself I have made it.

Step No 10: If you are succesful in either of the above, you would have made a whole lot of money and you are now ready to retire, in case retiring is a boring concept to you, then you go back to step one and start all over again.

Disclaimer: In case Step no 1 doesn’t apply to you then you probably have to search for something else to do , like get a Job

Just saying

2 minutes

Something absolutely crazy that happened last night. In 2 minutes 44 years of football history was changed forever. That is a long time of waiting, a long test of patience and hard work and desire.

There was nothing logical about the match, There was no way you could have scripted it, there was no way you could have anticipated it, there was no way you could have imagined that 2 minutes would mean so much and would change so much. If you are a Manchester United player or a supporter, like me you wish you would have seen it coming, but nothing in the world could have prepared you for it.

Its amazing how people can be so moved, can be so inspired, can be so angered …. football is a sport that can literally make you cry and no matter who you supported, when you saw the field filling up with those Man City supporters you would have cried, because it was a victory that they fought very hard for and they really deserved it, every minute of it.

I loved it when they interviewed City manager about why they won, he  said something to the effect because we wanted it.

As simple as that.

So congratulations to the players and the supporters and everyone else who witnessed this.

But Something exciting happened last night, Manchester City won the premiership league after 44 years of trying, and gave us 2 minutes that we would never forget.

Slow down

This is what He told me:

Slow down.

Take a breather.

Look for the details, when you slow down you can see the details, you can see each fibre that makes the fabric. You can hear the conversation that makes the memory.You can see the colors that make the painting.You see the notes that makes the music. You feel the emotions that make the scenes. You see the drops that make the ocean.

You can see life unravel all around you.

You will be amazed.

When you have to race ahead go full steam, but when you have the time to be slow, to take it easy don’t sacrifice that. Life that moment as though you will never ever have it again.

 

I guess he is right, if we never always raced ahead we would never have this….

Never thought this would be my 100th Post…… But it is :)

This is Unbelievable. How did I ever reach this?

Just added my 50th reader this week.

And now I am waiting for the next thing to happen:

Just 1 More….

This Just keeps getting Better and Better.

Thank you everyone and also WordPress.

Define Hope

Define Hope

Hope : Anticipation of Something Good.

I don’ t know if its possible to live without Hope, without excitement, without anticipating the good things. I think that is one of the great difference between existing and living. No matter the situation, to hope for the best in that situation, and when you begin to see things gradually start to change, you can’t really help but feel so inspired. I love being inspired, going to work early in the morning inspired, full of expectation and anticipation of the good thing that happen.

One thing I have learnt is that of you never expect something to happen, you never create a space for it in your life and ultimately it doesn’t happen to you. But it has to start with you, when you expect the best out of yourself and you deliver it,  it leads to being able  to create a space for others to live up to the expectation you have for them and they will.. If you expect a existence, you’ll just exist but if you expect to live, then you’ll live.

So I will always live in exception, in anticipation that good things will happen to me, because once you really believe that, you will live in a state of absolute gratitude. But what do you do when things don’t go the way you thought they should have, then you smile and tell yourself that it is not over until you have the result that you are looking for, when things take a downturn, pick them up again and reconstruct it to the way you imagined it to be, let your hope be tested, let your patience be put through fire, and know that these aren’t happening because you were meant to fail but because this is the only way it will withstand the forces that want to burn it down.

Proverbs 23: 18

For surely there is a future hope, and your expectation shall not be cut off.

 This is how we were meant to be .

To a life full of hope!

Thank You to the 51 people. I am grateful

WordPress has just informed me that I have 51 people following me.

I am estatic.

I believe in celebrating every major milestone, and this one is a big one for me.

Thank you, for following me, its been a great pleasure interacting, sharing and talking to you. Thank you for the patience and your time to listen to my thoughts, for liking, for commenting and for reblogging. It has been an absolute delight sharing my world with you. You have given me the reason to believe that anything is possible,and given me a reason to return to this platform and open my  heart to you.

Thank you for inspiring me. I hope to continue to be here for a long time, never letting the conversation stop or get dreary.

Living one day at a time, infusing that same life, one post at a time.

I wish you a great week and a great month ahead

To achievements and to You!

As simple as that

She asked me why I do all the things I do

I looked at her said ” Because there isn’t a reason not to”

It is as simple as that.