Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place. -Ice T, Ice opinion.

Listen. Do not have an opinion while you listen because frankly, your opinion doesn’t hold much water outside of Your Universe. Just listen. Listen until their brain has been twisted like a dripping towel and what they have to say is all over the floor.
-Hugh Elliot

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.John Lennon, "Beautiful Boy"

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Romania.
-Dorothy Parker, Not So Deep as a Well (1937)

01.01.2007
Happpy new year!
I love new years because I get to make new resolutions about my life(which I break in less than a week). My resolutions this year are:
1-I will go on a diet and use the French women's Diet to lose oodles of weight-Loads & loads of it after all you can never be too rich or too thin.(this while I reach out for another chocolate brownie).
2-I will fire my boss & start my own business-baubles & bikinis embellished with zari & zardosi.
3-I will date eligible men(when I see one), no bad boys,no alcoholics,no already involved men and defenitely no married men.
4-I will finish the beginners baking course.(Even though I am very embaressed about learning to bake cookies with six year olds)
5-I will not exchange any of my Christmas presents this year, instead I plan to wear the pink jumper suit with orange butterflies, read the book on mating langurs with monkeys, go for those six lessons of go karting and make use of the embroidery kit.(Right.....think I need another brownie).

I quit my job.Just got very tired of the bordering psycopath's whims and fancies.

Remember reading there was an opening for a cleaning lady at Meditteranean Kitchen.Cleaning the toilet is something most of us have to do at sometime or another, and those who do it for a living aren't necessarily on the worst end of the job scale... unless you happen to be working at a clinic that treats constipation

I think I will stick to opening my own business. I read somewhere most people will get bruised by pursing tough business directions but then It is the same with careers but, if you have deep passion, as was said in Fiddler on the Roof of the newly-married couple, "They're so happy, they don't realize how miserable they are!"

I know Job security is a priority for most of us, so why anyone would choose a job where they could be fired at the drop of a Jimmy Choo because Madame's low-fat, low-carb, mochaccino doesn't have enough locally sourced, Fair Trade, organic whipped cream is beyond me.

Then I could always join a call centre for a bit-Being a call centre worker is like being at school again: you're not allowed to talk back no matter how much you want to. It's also like being stuck in a room with a swearing hyena, thanks to all of the people who think it's fine to scream profanities at you since they can't actually see you. And it's also a little bit like losing your mind, because you still hear voices in your head after you've taken the headset off

date with the diva

I have been on my toes all day long today got called for a job interveiw, I was bored enough to go but sure I wouldnt take it up.I surprised myself....I start work tommorrow.The girl I was supposed to meet over coffee was 20 minutes late and walked in looking like Jeetendras glamourous twin, all dressed up in white "for coffee" in Khan market????.Even her sunglasses were white framed not to forget her skin tight and very transparent halter dress, her bag,her mobile cover,even the orchid in her hair.Delhi is well overdressed to put it lightly but this really is over the top.
We got chatting and realized we have a lot in common including an ex boyfriend....hmmmm.Really didnt think he had such bad taste in women.What we didnt have in common was her tendency to drink like a fish-coffee was followed by four large vodkas and two neat whiskeys while she poured her heart to me, about how empty her life is and how diffcult it is to sleep with every man that crosses her path in the hope that one day she will find true love.Finally got back at dinner and cancelled all plans of meeting friends.
I was so excited that I found myself in bed at 10 pm,need to make a good impression and be on time for my first day at work.

Over the next few days in office I spend most of my time flipping through magazines I realize three very important things-1-Most of the time I am the only one in office.2-Noone comes in before 2pm and everyone leaves before 5pm.3-I still dont know what my job profile is.
Then suddenly the girls started showing up on time,the boss was flying down from Dubai to check up on the Delhi office.(there were two other girls besides me).
Malini was too busy given her late night activities and endless parties while Ravina hd a serious drinking problem.She started drinking at lunch and stopped at tea or so I think.
I opened the door to a lady in a leopard print cat suit carrying an oversized crystal bag.The boss had arrived.The next four hours were spent telling us her life story.Jaswinder Kaur was born in Amritsar,her father was a much older married man and her mother a young but very ambitious lady.Over the course of the next thirty five years Jaswinder turned into Jessy the 33 year old mistress of one of the most influential men in Dubai.She was everything I have read about in novels.Not only was Jessy very open about her past and very proud of her acheivements but she was Indian.Dont get me wrong,I am indian and very proud to be one.Over the years my parents have given me the best education and the very best opportunities.I consider myself cosmopolitan.At 24, I have dated men,gotten drunk,tried some cocaine-only once and just to see what the fuss was about but I still cringe at women using sex to get ahead in life.Jessy was everything I despised but I was curious and impressed.How a girl from Amritsar reached Dubai was understandable but how she managed to open an consultancy firm was beyond me.More unbelievable was the fact that she actually knew what she was talking about-A self educated woman and someone who had the strength to live her dreams without letting circumstances break her?
Maybe not.