Red devil - Abhi

New year started off not on a great note with a few minor issues with a friend leading to slight disturbances.

But during these times was when the best of people surfaces and I took it as a learning experience.

January’s highlight was probably buying the tickets for Coachella ‘12. Gosh that was a race and we find us lucky to get the, April would be so amazing.

Friends are my strength and am glad am connecting with a few good people. I am reconnecting with a dear friend of mine and that is just so fulfilling to have her back in my life. I am helping my best friend with her env related works and that is just so fulfilling.

February has just been amazing, the color run which was held in Vegas was one of the best events iv been to.  It was a holi + a good 5k walk + for a good cause.Another great event was a cute baby’s 1st bday. The family and everyone there are the best. I feel grateful for them making me a part of their things

The most important thing that happened in Feb, was the prospect of me moving to a new job. It’s a gamble but it’s exciting. I hope for the best as I would be starting there soon.

I hope the following months bring stability n joy. I have so much to look forward to, my 1st Nascar race with my best friend… Coachella , Incubus concert and another event which i am planning for my friends ( ssh ! :)And a new tradition of Monday madness is gonna happen from next week. Which I am excited for!

What I learnt and realized on a more personal level in these months is that, people make mistakes, but its upon you to first analyze if that mistake is worth hurting you. Second, you should be able enough to admit your own mistakes. I messed up a couple of times with a friend and I am lucky enough that she accepted my apology with my admission.

I hope a lotta good things come across for everyone :)

Take care

I am an android guy …. but for the first time I want to have an IPhone in my hand. 

Just because of 1 little (big) improvement from the Iph 4 - SIRI. The intelligent assistant embedded into the 4S. Many ‘tech’ websites are gaining a lot of traffic just by finding answers to all the silly questions one could ask this new friend. Believe me there are enough to amuse you for a weekend or two.  This is one such site (http://shitthatsirisays.tumblr.com/).

But there is so much more. Say, if you are in desparate need of caffine, normally you’ve gotta type that in ( which itself is a big task ). BUt now, just say “SIRI, find me coffee” and Bang! 

SIRI is not something new, It started out as an experiment at DARPA and now is the largest AI(artificial Intelligence) project ever !. It was then introduced as an APP on the Iphone ( remember ‘Dragon Naturally Speaking’ ?). Finally Apple bought the whole product in April ‘10. 

For obvious reasons SIRI is still in its ‘beta’ stage and APPLE assures it will work to get rid of the ‘odd non-working’ tendency. Also trying to improve the analysis part of it more effective. The users say that they really like how they feel like they can have a nice conversation with their device. 

SIRI is impressive but still a work in progress. For guys like me, wait for IPhone 5 and get one (hopefully with 4G also included) 

I was at a Blink 182 concert last weekend. They were my teen idols and the demy gods in my ‘Rebel – phase ‘. The concert was a blast, I screamed I jumped; it felt like I was a teenager again. I am 23 which it’s not too old but certainly not a kid for sure.

I am currently in a phase of life filled with anxiety, a bit of fear of the future and in whole a lot of uncertainly. I very well know that this is the case with many people of my age.

I am grateful that I graduated in time and secured a job right after. I consider myself fortunate, but a lot of things still run in my head. Is this job the right one? Can I hold onto this job? Is the path right? What if I have to relocate? Am I spending too much rather than saving? Lot of questions about tomorrow.

Sometimes I ask myself if it’s worth all the effort. I am from India and working in US away from all my loved ones. I really ask if career is worth leaving them and being here among all these tensions, alone.  Most of the times the answer is YES. I have to do justice to my degree and my parent’s dreams.

A lot of people can connect to this at some stage of their lives. Something I have realized and should learn to implement is just to struggle through every day and give it your best shot. I get disheartened sometimes at work wondering about the various ‘what –ifs ‘. It is not the best use of time which I should control more.  I do not expect for this phase to be over soon. Stability is not over rated. It is something that every guy in my shoes will die for. Everything is worth doing to gain some peace of mind.