The Shanghai Diaries-The Beginning!

Here I am, after some real long time writing out my mind. The coming few write ups will be dedicated to my stay in Shanghai, which is a new york of east for me!
Things were not all smooth, and i had to watch out for the rose while avoiding the thorns. But certainly, I have started developing a liking for this city as the time progresses.
Well, what you will read next is something direct from a page out of my life.
It was a regular Monday, when I get a call from my manager. Next few lines, were something I never expected. "Chetan, are you willing to work In china?", I said, "what?"

Thoughts started running in my mind. I mean China, the land with a bunch of hostile people with no communication skills.
They eat with sticks. It seems their ancestors got a hard deal when evolution was planned.Their eyes, looks like they always sleep...



My manager on the other side of the phone," Hey are you there?" I said, "yes very much.Don't you have some good deals for me?"
Come on, China????



Manager replied,"No openings for Europe buddy, you have to wait". I said,"I can certainly".
My manager, with his grinning smile, "I need to search for someone else then"


I replied,"Ok".

Next few days it was all Shanghai, china, shanghai, china. The google, the atlas, what they eat, how will they understand me, how would be my life.
Can I pull this one off?
Lot of consultations with senior colleagues, family members, the money factor etc etc. Finally, I made a descion considering just one thought which struck
my mind which I still remember,
"Treat Every opportunity as the only opportunity. You never know what's next"



Next day I walk into my manager's cabin. "I'm willing but for how long?". He replies,"1 year but you need to confirm availabilty for atleast 6 months".
I said,"Ok, deal".



For a boy, who has lived away from his family only for 4 odd months, it was a big desicion! All that came to my mind was.. Boy, its gonna be tough.
But you need to pull it off!


And thus starts the undesired voyage...to the land of the chinese!


..next up, The Shanghai Diaries- First Taste of the Chinese Hospitality

Something About Love....!

Love...


Ahh surely its a wonderful feeling, where two hearts nurture their dreams with utmost care. Strange enough, I never understood the fact that inspite of knowing pratical scenarios,still they maintain a sense of belief in their thoughts and I respect it.


No wonder they live in their own world,where they either ignore real-time facts or tend to ignore the same. Love is very strange for many reasons. Firstly,love cannot be planned,it just happens. Secondly,one can never search for love,it comes to you.


But with love comes varied and diverse nature of the two individuals.With these two things comes adjustments which many a people succesfully manage, while some just blow it off. Taking love to a distance is no mean joke. It passes through some real tough tests of life and it either hardens the soft thread between two persons or breaks it like there was none.


Managing a partner is no different than other aspects of management but in this case the stakes are too high. You enjoy all the pros but you crib about the cons whereas people who succesfully lead a relationship, strike a perfect balance between the two.


Dreams are beautiful,but when your dream turns to reality,there is nothing in this world like it.Lucky are those who have transformed their love into a sacred union called marriage.Hats off to them!


P.S: Blog dedicated to one of my friend who recently got engaged to the person whom she loved :-)