Freaky Friday - What's in a Name?

This world is a happy place … It’s Friday you see!
I think it’s funny how Friday has almost always been important in my life.
We used to have ‘He-Man and the Masters of the Universe’ on Friday when I was younger and life was a rollercoaster.(Then, life happened)
I attended my last lecture in school on a Friday as well. (It was Hindi).There’ve been so many instances where, by either coincidence or deliberation, Friday has been responsible for bringing about a change of mood in me.
I just remembered … Daniel Defoe named the tribal on Robinson Crusoe’s island as Friday as well !
I suppose that was only deliberation. I mean, who, in their right mind, would name a character Monday or Tuesday? I know Wednesday is a character as well in The Addams Family but it just doesn’t … cut it.

This takes me back to an episode of Seinfeld where George Castanza(Can’t Stand ‘ya Hehe) wanted to name his son 7.

I believe, without an ounce of doubt, that some of the best names are those of Muslims and Parsis. The phonetic arrangement is such that anyone who gets a hang of the dialect can pronounce the word with an ease rarely found in other languages.
Incidentally, Mohammed also happens to be the most common name in the world. Oh, and if you’re thinking Aseem is a Muslim name then you have another thought coming. It’s actually a Hindu name. I think people tend to confuse it with Wasim.

I’ve currently residing in Pune with 3 very special people. The hitch, though, is their names.
Take Shantanu Rathore or Saint Anu, as I like to call him, for instance … I think it’s a scary coincidence that his name has ‘Shant’ in it. And it’s also hilarious that Rathore rhymes with Bhor!

Abhinav’s always reminded me of JHArkhand, or JHA re JHA oh harjai, JHAneman etcetera.

Anmol Dhand becomes Dhandva. It also rhymes with Pakhand!!!

I, off course, have had a zillion distortions done to my name. I think Rathore has the complete list.

mAGgi, Kill Gill, Gill vil Pyar Vyar, Afeem and the latest addition … Haseem.

I know Shakespeare said, “What’s in a Name?” but I guess he just did not know enough now did he? Haha ...

HELL YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH @ Shantanu ! He knows what I’m referring to.

Anyway, It is time for me to depart for lunch … Pasta awaits me.

Happy Weekend
Aseem

A Belated Post

It is 7:38 P.M and, as expected, I am still at my cubicle. I cannot help but ponder upon the fact that I see my life taking turns in directions I always thought I would never ever, consciously, take.

The part that astounds me, though, is that I seem to feel at home once office ‘officially’ gets over. Sure, I go through the initial feeling of getting up and running back home when I see the buses depart at 6:00 but the transcendence of this despair to comfort feels smoother than Coke with ice. !.

Adios
A.G

Ping !

I'm sitting in my 'new' cubicle in SDB 5 here in Pune - Phase 2. We fondly refer to this building as 'The Egg' or 'Spaceship' for reasons that are perfectly logical if you've had the opportunity to witness the structure.

In other news that will sound alien to you, we've just finished testing a Change Request and expect to start off on another one shortly. I see myself coming back in the '8:15' bus for this very reason :( ... Oh well ... I might as well get used to it. Hmm ... I think I've been had you know ...

Anyway ... My struggle for securing a place in a 'Top 30' B- School has begun and seems to be well on track. The only problem is the long hours I might have to spend at the office which, I fear, shall cause me to reduce the already miniscule effort I put in on that front.

My posts are shorter and far more apart from each other in terms of the publishing date than what I would have hoped them to be but alas ! I've no choice. I do not know how or when things will change on this front but I'm hoping for the best.

Cheers
A.G

Fair Enough

An excerpt from Steve Jobs' Stanford Graduation Day speech:

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life। Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

P.S - I'd recommend going through the entire speech
A.G