Moments...

I am too like most of my counterparts a Lone writer….and often nicknamed as One Woman Army. My day begins by calling up the Subject Matter Experts - Developers, Technical Architects, Project Managers…to request them to provide content or review. It’s pretty frustrating to hear the negative responses and await the Technical Review round from all these SMEs . Nevertheless, I still enjoy my work. It’s like gardening work. Gardening and Technical Writing, you wondering what’s the similarity…Well here’s how… Like the Gardener, the Technical Writer is provided with a seed ≈ the topic / purpose of creating the document along with the reference materials ≈ the mud, water, and the location. Begins the gardening activity - Prepare the Ground ≈ pick up the shovel and start digging for content from various locations and people. Depending on the plant ≈ the requirements, the depth where the seed needs to be sown ≈ content is defined. Cover the seed with mud, pour water, and wait for the plant...

Recently the newspaper carried an article titled "Time for MYSELF" which talks about how these days GenX , instead of waiting for friends to accompany, prefer to go out all by themselves and describes how they have started to find it enjoyable. I too personally enjoy shopping on my own and am often tagged as " Solitude Loving Loner " But believe me its quite an enjoyable experience. I can leave my house whenever I please and simply choose any direction to go. Once in the shop, I can be engrossed looking at the various stuffs and it hardly matters if I am with someone or on my own. The best part is even if I happen to linger longer at a section, I am not bugged by calls demanding to know my whereabouts and reminding me that I have separated from my friends. Further, I am spared the pains to explain that although the top that I am trying looks cool on me, I personally dislike the texture of the fabric or the color. Well I may sound a bit rude but I don't wa...

Dearest iPod , You know how much I love you. You and me are simply inseparable. I cannot live without you, my true love. You accompany me when I am cooking, walking, or traveling. You are my partner through the day - You wake me with melodious tunes, sing to me, the songs that I love and want to listen, read out stories, like my grandpa used to do, even teach me through podcasts and sing lullaby to put me to sleep. You not only shield me from the harsh noises when I am traveling but even are my mirror and help me when I have to apply makeup. (For the benefit of those who haven’t met my iPod or any other of them – the reverse cover is so shiny that it can double as a mirror.) What more do I want from my companion except wish for that you always stay close to me and with me. Lovingly Yours!!!

The Background A couple of months back, I got transferred from the city office (dedicated for a specific client) to the main office which is located in the outskirts and since then I travel daily, around 70 kms, spending nearly 3 hours in the bus. Yeh Safar hain Kaisa Safar (= Suffer) :-( The Outcome - On the Run forever Since I started traveling in the bus, I am perpetually on the run. Run in the morning to catch the bus...Run in the evening to catch the bus...Run, Run, and Run. This 'Run' element has now become part of my daily routine. I reach home and rush to the kitchen to fix up my dinner or lest I will be late for my bedtime. Then I quickly do the dishes. I scan through my personal mails, mark them for reading or forwarding later, can't do that right away or you know what I will be late for my bedtime. When I finally retire, I try to fall asleep as fast as possible so that I can sleep for a very long time. Then in the morning, I am in a chaos running al...

"Blogging" is the in thing, so how could I not be bitten by the Blog Bug. Here I am with my first write up. Let me begin with telling you how I finally gave in to the temptation: Earlier, my excuses for not Blogging were - You need to create a new ID and then remember yet another password...Where in the world will I be able to take out time to write...Even if I get time, what will I write about?...I want a theme for my Blog and until I find the right theme I can't start blogging, after all its going to be my Blog - has to be different and unique...and so on...and forth…never really got into creating my own Blog. Though I do visit a lot of Blogs and lurk around browsing other peoples' notes. Then I came to know of Blogger.com, which you can sign in with your Gmail ID. Hats off to Google, pretty cool, they offer Single Sign On. Now that the hurdle of remembering yet another password is out of my way, I am here Blogging. My Quest for the Right Blog ends here... ...