Arrggghhh X-(

This person made me real mad. I had been thinking about whether I'd write about him or not and since I have some time to kill, I decided to write about it.

There is this guy, my colleague (ex..I am not sure he still works here or not) who is from Kolkatta. I remember the first time I met him it was in the lift and I was with my other team mate. Then he asked where I was from. And being new, I was very polite towards him and told him where I was from.

Then the next time we happened to meet, whether its in cafeteria, on the way to the parking lod, or whever, he kept on asking me where I was from. Or when I will be going home? (Its none of his damn f***ing business)

He'd go on like..oh Btei, how are you? Where are you from? Manipur? Meghalaya? . Keeping my irritation under control, I managed to say that I was from Mizoram. I cannot recall how many times I have told him that I was from Mizoram. And there were many times when I avoided any converstation with him; I sometimes pretend that I did not see him or hear him.

Then, this incident happened again day before yesrteday.

I was sitting in the cafeteria drinking tea with some chips. And of all the people, he was the one who came into the cafeteria at that time and worst of all, decided to join me.

I was like 'Oh no, not him. Oh god, why him? why? of all the people'.

Then just as I thought, the question goes again

Him: Bte, where are you from? Meghalaya?

Me: Yeah

Him: From Manipur?

Me: Yeah

Had he listened to my answer he should have been confused. I did day 'yes' to both when he asked me if I was from Meghalaya or Manipur. But I guess I should be thankful that he did not listen that I need not tell him again that I was from Mizoram.

Then I looked outside so as to avoid any conversation with him. Then he said

You seem to be in deep thought

Smiled politely

You seemed to be in deep thought. What are you concentrating on?

Another polite smile and simple 'nothing important'

Me: Here, have some chips

He was happy to have the chips.

Him: Bte, when are you going home?

Me: Soon

Him: When is that?

Me: When the time comes (rather in a rude tone now)

Then finally to my relief, my saviours came. They were my other colleagues whom I hardly talked to and dont even know their name (shame on me). But I was happy to see them and was relieved that they decided to join us..whew

Then I got up that too without finishing even half of my chips and went back to work.

If this person had read this, I am sure he won't recognize it was him that I talked about.

Now that I am on the subject, let me jsut metion another person who used to asked me all crazy questions about the North East.

Him: Bte, I've heard that in NE, woman can have as many husband as she wants and its a woman denomant states.

Me: No, thats not true. Due to Christianity, a person is not suppose to have more than one spouse

Him: No, that's not true because I have read about it.

C'mon, I haven't heard of any woman having more than one husband...and he think I was wrong.

The other day, while having dinner-

Him: Btei, how come the NE people eat so much meat?

Me: Cos we love to eat meat

Him: No, there's got to be a reason. Don't you have enough vegetation there?

Me: Of course, we have lots. In fact, we eat lots of vegetables

Him: Then why do you all like meat so much? I do not believe that people here become a vegetarian because of religion

Me: It has nothing to do with religion. We like meat and that is why we eat them. It's as simple as that. No other reason. It's cos we love meat.

Him: No, no there's got to be reason.

Thank god, some other came to join us.

Party at Sagar Garden

Location: Sagar Garden
Ram Nagar
New Delhi

Event: The ECom BU Party, IBM
Theme: Indian Ethnic
Party meter: 1/2

So, it was another party and this time its the BU Open House party. This means that all the managers will attend the party and you can shoot your questions or issues to them at that time. The party was in a garden, open air and on the first week of jan, can you imagine how the weather would be like? It was very very cold and chilly...brrr....I still shivers at the thought of it.

The party was divided into two sections A and B - A went for the part in the afternoon while B group at night. I was in B and so my time was at night. Gosh, why can't we at least get a holiday on a party like this so that the whole people can go together and the party time be extended. The A Grps's party starts at, I think 12 noon and ends at 5pm. Then the B Grps party starts at 7pm till 12 midnight...gosh...the party sucks. Shouldn't even be called party

This is the place where the party took place-


So, we left the office around 18:30 and reached the venue by 19:00. It was cold, yes, very cold and I was glad to see many fireplaces placed around and I headed straight for one of the empty pot. Near that place, there was this called 'hooka' (?), I am not sure...a kind of pot, I guess but wasn't lit. There we sat for sometimes. There were all kinds of things to eat from roadside chana, golgapa to chiken roast to soup etc etc.

Here is me with my colleages sitting by the fireplace as soon as we reached the venue.

Then...the program start (boooo). Moved away from the fireplace and there were some introductions and some award distribution. Everything took a bit too long..then the question round...gosh..how boring and cold it was. Lost my patient to listen longer and so I left my seat to check out the eatables *grin*.

I was surprised to see the girls clad in saree and no sweater..brrrrr...yes, they looked beautiful but ugh....and even the guys...dressed up in their sherwani (?) and without sweater....gosh, I really admire them. Ok, I can understand people wearing the sarees and sherwani but I will never be able to understand thoose guys having an ice cream while the weather was freezing. Think of it, I was wearing two sweaters and added to that was my shawl, my glove and boots and I was shiverring. No hard drinks served to keep yopu warm and beer was served much much later. I had beers, yes and that too with my shiverring hands..hahahaha...and the longer you hold your glass, the colder the beer became and later you can actually ahd a chilled beer. No refrigereator or ice cube required.

Then the program continues and finally the program became lighter. It kicked off with the managers dancing together -

After that there was some dance competition....from United Airlines Process, Yahoo! and then Vanguard.. I watched the UA and Yahoo!...and I cannot make out whether Vanguard showed a drama or musical drama or whatever....then Yahoo! won the competition...Yahoo!!!!

One of the best programs was the live band...I think the band was formed by guys from UA and Vanguard...they gave out 2/3 numbers and stopped. But I really wished that they continue to sing some English songs insead of songs from Rangdebasanti....but may be it was because of the theme.

Had another galss of beer with Beda and Mintu and then later went to have food. ugh..anther disappointing moment...not enough varitety, less choice...not enough food.....this party really sucks. Anyway, we 3 had managed to have our fill. (The next day, one of my clooeagues told me that he didn't have food cos there was no more food....gosh)

Then, the dj finally starts playing the music. This time they hired djVarun (from Decible?, not sure)....good dj..best compared to the other djs they used to hire in the previous parties....

I was still having my food when the dj starts playing but after 2 or 3 songs..he announced that tha cabs are waiting ans will be moved at 23:30...ugghhhhh.....its just getting worst, lol.

Here, some had a good 5 minutes of dance.....good to see that they were still able to enjoy the dance

Then the party finally ends..thank god.

New Year - 2007

Hmm..hard to believe time flies and we are now in the year 2007; always though it would take much much longer to reach the year 2007.

Happy New Year to all. I am happy to see another year with good health..and family and friends. Hope this is a good year for everyone.

How Great Is His Goodness towards us!

I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, Ephesians 1:18,19 NIV
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And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7 KJV

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He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. Ephesians 2:7-9 NASB

The weather's going real down the past 2/3 days with lots and lots of fogs...best to cover yourself with a warm blanket and sleep the days away.

By God's grace, I was able to the Mizo Church Service at Mizoram House, Vasant Vihar on New Year's day.

Some years back I had made a resolution never to make a New Year Resolution and so far that is the only resolution I can keep.

Anyway, I really need to look at my future now..I am not growing young (lol)..what I really want to do...what really is important in my life...what do I want most in the world.

My world is just empty and I can use all the prayers I can get. I need God, I need love, I need my family.

Got to go now....God bless

Crowning Glory - here comes the newly crowned Miss Universe

Merry Christmas

Let me start this blog by wishing you all a very Merry Christmas.

"But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel." Matthew 2

The angel said to them (the shephard), "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

Thanks be unto God for His wonderful gift: Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God is the object of our faith; the only faith that saves is faith in Him.

I was not able to go home to spend Christmas with my family so I decided to at least make the best of it and bought a 6foot tree.

Here's a picture of my tree:



It looks less colorful in picture than I tought...but I really like my tree. Some of the decorations are from a friend (...thanks again, Jitesh:))

Here's one of my favorite Christmas songs (by John Lennon):-

So this is Christmas, And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun

And so this is Christmas, I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young

A very Merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Christmas, For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong

And so happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight

A very Merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear Happy Christmas

So, to close this entry, here's a pic of me with the Tree :)

Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas!!

God Bless and Peace

Jesus Take The Wheel

She was drivin' last Friday,
On her way to Cincinnati,
On a snow white Christmas Eve.
Goin' home to see her Mama an' her Daddy,
With the baby in the back seat.
Fifty miles to go an' she was running low,
On Faith and gasoline.
It'd been a long hard year.

She had a lot on her mind,
An' she didn't pay attention:
She was goin' way to fast.
An' before she knew it, she was spinnin',
On a thin black sheet of glass.
She saw both their lives flash before her eyes:
She didn't even have time to cry.
She was so scared, she threw her hands up in the air.

Jesus take the wheel,
Take it from my hands,
'Cause I can't do this on my own:
I'm letting go.
So give me one more chance,
To save me from this road I'm on:
Jesus take the wheel.

It was still getting colder when she made it to the shoulder,
An' the car came to a stop.
She cried when she saw that baby in the back seat,
Sleeping like a rock.
An' for the first time in a long time,
She bowed her head to pray.
She said: "I'm sorry for the way I've been living my life.
"I know I've got to change, so from now on, tonight,

Jesus take the wheel,
Take it from my hands,
'Cause I can't do this on my own:
I'm letting go.
So give me one more chance,
To save me from this road I'm on:
Oh, Jesus take the wheel.

Oh, I'm letting go,
So give me one more chance.
Save me from this road I'm on;
From this road I'm on;
Jesus take the wheel.
Oh, take it, take it from me.


- Carrie Underwood

10 things I hate about you

I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair.

I hate the way you drive my car.

I hate it when you stare.

I hate your big dumb combat boots, and the way you read my mind.

I hate you so much it makes me sick; it even makes me rhyme.

I hate it, I hate the way you're always right.

I hate it when you lie.

I hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry.

I hate it that you're not around, and the fact that you didn't call.

But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you. Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all.

(..from "10 things I hate about you")