Monday, October 17, 2011

Expect the unexpected

My life till now has not been too exciting that I can expect moons out of it but then I do not think I am wrong if I expect some stuff to go right sometime. But then someone up above seems to be having different plans for me each time something pertinent comes around

If you have read some of the below posts, you will know how much I cursed and cried while shifting to my new place. I have not settled in here fully yet and many times wonder couldn’t I have stayed back there a bit longer? Perhaps good things in life do not come often and when they do perhaps they are not meant to last long

Staying outside India, managing finances becomes a different ball game whose ropes I am just now beginning to understand. Thumb rule of the game is that it is easier to predict catastrophe but the fluctuating exchange rate should never be chanced upon; I am still ruing upon spilt milk as the exchange rate went up unexpectedly, a bit of prudence here and I may have made a bit more

In middle of all this my personal life or the lack of it, seems to have unexpectedly beaten all expectation of bearing any fruit. The year is almost drawing to a close with neither any signs nor any suitable marital prospects around; maybe there are some games I need to master a bit more

Meanwhile if all this was not enough, comes the unexpected and disturbing news of my firm reducing headcount in head office in Dubai. Last year after arriving in this country I had thought of doing away with job hunting and switching for a while, almost since the time I have started working I have always been looking around so thought its time to relax a bit but then for me perhaps it is a crime to expect any comfort even for a while. I started updating my resume only yesterday which itself seems a big chore now, maybe in this corporate jungle one has to be always on the go

Expectations are best mood spoilers for they cause dissatisfaction setting the bar too high at times. Perhaps life will become a wee bit easier if you always expect dirt, believe me then atleast the probability of getting hurt will diminish substantially. As I write this I am having a running nose and symptoms of cold, which again is unexpected in this hot desert country. How the fuck can anyone catch a cold in a place where 39 degree is considered pleasant? But then as I said expect the unexpected

12 comments:

  1. expectations make life so much more complicated. But then hope and expectations are the only things that keep me going.
    2011 isnt over yet. Dont lose hope!

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  2. expectations are nothing but high voltage electricity

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  3. This hasn't best the best of years for many...But I hope..the year ends with some good news for you. My company reduced head counts too...and many people had to leave...we have to prepared for the worst always...but..every setback is an opportunity...right?

    Good Luck :)

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  4. Aah...too bad, don't want to make u feel any worse. Hopwe things bcome alright soon!!

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  5. People play games to get a mate?Please do share.

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  6. tum europe ghum k aaye ho and you are complaining...look at me..Nepal bhi nahi gaye aaj tak !!!

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  7. round of applause!
    Pity you ...haha!!
    Don't worry u r not the alone going through all this...
    Best of Luck ;)

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  8. lol @ sulagna.

    and yes life is being a bitch from what i can make out. the word i guess right now should be bide. bide your time. thats all you can do afterall aint it? :)

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  9. its a tough going, no? but if u know how life works, u will know the tables turn sooner than we expect :) keep faith!

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  10. Can't help but giggle at your marital hunt considering the fact that I have been around here for more than a year. How people change!

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  11. Jon you mean the Cabarate wet dance he was getting about a year ago in person?

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  12. I hope you don't mind me talking about what you did 21/2 years ago tomorrow Pesto Sauce,I found it quite an interesting week-end trip.

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