Amma ..
My Amma (Mother) passed away ... After fighting Cancer for about 6 and 1/2 years ... on August 29th at 3:45 pm ...
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Out of Action !!
It’s been a long silence from my end … But with a reason … I met with a “small” domestic accident … About 12 days ago about midnight while hurrying into the toilet sleepily, I tripped on a small step in the entrance of the toilet and fell down. I felt a sharp pain on my right foot but thought it should be ok by morning. Janani was also contemplating if I would be able to ride the bike to office. There was no swelling so thought it should be ok. In the morning the pain had increased and I was not able to keep my foot on the floor. Fortunately, our neighbor – an orthopedic surgeon – came to my rescue. After some painful examination, he suspected that it was a ligament injury. To confirm that we went to his hospital and got an X-ray done. There was a gap between the ligaments of my foot which needed to be set right. I wish I could have put up the X-ray on the blog. Then the worse part – POP (Plaster of Paris) bandage was administered.
And it was going to be a 6 weeks affair. I was provided with elbow crutches for support.
My POP Bandage!!
I even went to office the next day … to gather some “sympathy” and instead I had lot of explaining to do … that it was infact a domestic accident and not my first fight with my wife after marriage. Well so much for gathering some sympathy!!
At the end of the day it was too painful for me. So I got permission to work from home for 3-4 days when I could get some rest during the long weekend. So I worked from home on Thursday Friday and Monday, which gave me a weeks time at home to recover.
Working from home!!The whole experience has been an eye opener to me - one which has made me realize how blessed we are and how we take it for granted whatever we have in life. We crib about what we don’t have – money, good job, etc. Normal things like having a defect-less physique are taken for granted. I realized how people with physical disabilities are faced with challenges in doing the simplest things in life. Getting a glass of water to drink, going to the toilet, taking bath, commuting etc …
After a weeks rest and after mastering the art of using the elbow crutches I went back to office. Thanks to my teammates Bharath, Kingshuk and Radhika … life was easier. Even senior managers at office came to my workbench for any work related interactions.
This weekend has been good. The doctor after reviewing my condition announced that I can have my POP bandage removed and replace it with crape bandage. He said I can use the crutches if required.
This weekend has been good. The doctor after reviewing my condition announced that I can have my POP bandage removed and replace it with crape bandage. He said I can use the crutches if required.
My leg feels really light now … much more comfortable … Its been a good start for the week.
I guess I’ll sign off for now ...
Marriage Series coming up ...
Its been a long time … life has been very very busy !! Work .. personal life … All at the peak of its activity …
Wow !! Germany has the equalizer … Klose ... Good Going !!
With the marriage around the corner … And the things that come with it … life is real hectic … Shopping and shopping and more shopping … My credit card is crying !! It needs some treatment as I have scratched its back enough times that it now has rashes … J …
We have planned our honeymoon … I will provide the details of the same when I return from there !! I can’t wait for it !! J … I was talking about the break that I’ll get … What were you thinking ??? ;-)
Appraisal Season is over … Things are ok … I guess I will hang on for some more time … ;-)
After realizing that I have a fairly state of the art mobile phone and a fairly state of the art laptop … I decided that I should try my hand at some mobile photography and share it with you all …
What better way to start than by a self portrait … So here goes … Also on my profile …
So as I get into my marriage I will share some of those moments with you all in a Marriage Series … My view of the happenings … Which will start tomorrow or day after … Watch out for that !!
See ya then ...
Wow !! Germany has the equalizer … Klose ... Good Going !!
With the marriage around the corner … And the things that come with it … life is real hectic … Shopping and shopping and more shopping … My credit card is crying !! It needs some treatment as I have scratched its back enough times that it now has rashes … J …
We have planned our honeymoon … I will provide the details of the same when I return from there !! I can’t wait for it !! J … I was talking about the break that I’ll get … What were you thinking ??? ;-)
Appraisal Season is over … Things are ok … I guess I will hang on for some more time … ;-)
After realizing that I have a fairly state of the art mobile phone and a fairly state of the art laptop … I decided that I should try my hand at some mobile photography and share it with you all …
What better way to start than by a self portrait … So here goes … Also on my profile …
So as I get into my marriage I will share some of those moments with you all in a Marriage Series … My view of the happenings … Which will start tomorrow or day after … Watch out for that !!
See ya then ...
Engaged ...
Ok ... So its good news from my end ... The thing that was in WIP in now in its final stages ... :-) ... Yesssssssssssssssssssssss !! I am Engaged to Janani (Jan) and we are getting married on the 6th July '06 ...
Surprisingly without much efforts from our end ... Things just fell in place ... And on the 7th of May we got engaged ...
A photo taken on the engagement day for all you to see ...
Will keep you all posted about things happening ...
Till then ...
Surprisingly without much efforts from our end ... Things just fell in place ... And on the 7th of May we got engaged ...
A photo taken on the engagement day for all you to see ...
Will keep you all posted about things happening ...
Till then ...
I am back …
Lots happening in my life … Some happy … some sad … But I guess that’s life … I guess I’ll hold back the details … since its still WIP …
I have moved in to my home in Velachery … The Painter and Carpenter did a good job but a closer look and you would feel that they should have had an eye for detail … But its ok … I am satisfied, given the time I could spend for supervision … I guess it was the best that I could do … The CD containing the Photos is in the office and so I will post that later …
It took me couple of weeks to get settled in … Set things up … decide a place for everything … set up the right “processes” so that I am able to maintain the house well …
One good thing that we managed to do was to dispose of lot of crap that we had gathered over the years … My father had already done the first phase of that job when we moved from Nagpur to down south … And “we” managed to do a good job of the second phase when we moved in here … Lots of unwanted things that Amma would say, “In such-n-such situation/occasion we would need that” … but the point is that, in those once in a blue moon situation/occasion we would not find that thing … So I put an end to the chapter and lots of crap was disposed …
One of the distinct difference I noticed as compared to Thiruvanmiyur was that it was hotter here … reason being, one, it’s the top floor, second, we are not that close to the sea as we were in Thiruvanmiyur so, there is no continuous supply of fresh, cool breeze as in Thiruvanmiyur … so to “beat the heat” we have fitted a cooler (we had retained the one that we had in Nagpur) in one of the bed rooms and also purchased an AC for the other bedroom … So the summer is cooler now … But still its really hot …
Things are very busy in the office after the re-org … Suddenly there is lot of work in terms of planning etc … Business is also flowing in steadily so that also keeps us very very busy !! I have been coming back home consistently after 10:00 in the night for the last week and a half … seems to take a toll on your productivity after a while …
The other day … I was having a discussion with Jan on Destiny … She was saying, “Everything in life is destined … preplanned … and we all are just players playing our part in this grand drama” … I was countering her statement saying, “What about people who have been successful in life – made it from rags to riches, they didn’t accept life as it is, they fought back and :-) After such an argument I couldn’t argue any further …But I still blurted out, “I don’t believe in destiny – I guess there are things that we can’t control, but there are things that we can control and make a difference”. The thought was there in my mind … And then in between all the chaos in my mind the eternal truth emerged … “THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD WHO ARE ‘DESTINED’ NOT TO BELIEVE IN DESTINY. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ‘DESTINED’ TO MAKE THEIR OWN DESTINY” … Until next time reflect on that :-)
And I found a new friend in an avid blogger at office … You should all read his blog … Its Jamshed Velayuda Rajan at his best …
Jamshed: I have removed the setting that disallows non blospot members to comment on my blog … So you can go ahead and comment your heart out …
I have moved in to my home in Velachery … The Painter and Carpenter did a good job but a closer look and you would feel that they should have had an eye for detail … But its ok … I am satisfied, given the time I could spend for supervision … I guess it was the best that I could do … The CD containing the Photos is in the office and so I will post that later …
It took me couple of weeks to get settled in … Set things up … decide a place for everything … set up the right “processes” so that I am able to maintain the house well …
One good thing that we managed to do was to dispose of lot of crap that we had gathered over the years … My father had already done the first phase of that job when we moved from Nagpur to down south … And “we” managed to do a good job of the second phase when we moved in here … Lots of unwanted things that Amma would say, “In such-n-such situation/occasion we would need that” … but the point is that, in those once in a blue moon situation/occasion we would not find that thing … So I put an end to the chapter and lots of crap was disposed …
One of the distinct difference I noticed as compared to Thiruvanmiyur was that it was hotter here … reason being, one, it’s the top floor, second, we are not that close to the sea as we were in Thiruvanmiyur so, there is no continuous supply of fresh, cool breeze as in Thiruvanmiyur … so to “beat the heat” we have fitted a cooler (we had retained the one that we had in Nagpur) in one of the bed rooms and also purchased an AC for the other bedroom … So the summer is cooler now … But still its really hot …
Things are very busy in the office after the re-org … Suddenly there is lot of work in terms of planning etc … Business is also flowing in steadily so that also keeps us very very busy !! I have been coming back home consistently after 10:00 in the night for the last week and a half … seems to take a toll on your productivity after a while …
The other day … I was having a discussion with Jan on Destiny … She was saying, “Everything in life is destined … preplanned … and we all are just players playing our part in this grand drama” … I was countering her statement saying, “What about people who have been successful in life – made it from rags to riches, they didn’t accept life as it is, they fought back and :-) After such an argument I couldn’t argue any further …But I still blurted out, “I don’t believe in destiny – I guess there are things that we can’t control, but there are things that we can control and make a difference”. The thought was there in my mind … And then in between all the chaos in my mind the eternal truth emerged … “THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD WHO ARE ‘DESTINED’ NOT TO BELIEVE IN DESTINY. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ‘DESTINED’ TO MAKE THEIR OWN DESTINY” … Until next time reflect on that :-)
And I found a new friend in an avid blogger at office … You should all read his blog … Its Jamshed Velayuda Rajan at his best …
Jamshed: I have removed the setting that disallows non blospot members to comment on my blog … So you can go ahead and comment your heart out …
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