Yosemite, Vegas and a fresh perspective

Yosemite National Park - had a great trip with pals. New places and old pals make a great combination! Yosemite impressed me with its seasonal offerings - something different in each season. We went in summer when it was quite hot, not much water, but a whole lot of scenery to soak in. It was tiring after the whole day at SFO airport and not much sleep during the trip, but tirings trips are always fun! :) I'll come back to Yosemite in Spring - when there's more water.

Vegas - 3rd time to Vegas. This time was GREAT! Old places and new pals also make a great combination! Hung out with new pals from ISB, and literally slept 4 hours a night, with tiredness becoming a part of life. Never had so much fun in Vegas before! Hit the nightclubs daily, roamed around, shopped with some great deals on offer, and had a blast!

A fresh perspective - Realized that I'm overthinking life, in general. This is the time to live it for the moment, day by day. Get the maximum out of it, give maximum to it. Stop thinking about the "Grand Plan" of life - if there is really such a thing. Anyways, it's living in the present for now, and enjoying every moment to the hilt!
Viva Las Vegas!

There's no such as knowing what I want to do

There's no such thing as knowing what I want to do for the rest of my life. There's no such thing.
I'm too dynamic for any one role or job or industry or company. I want to do what I like at that particular point in time. It will not fit into the overall scheme of things (if there's ever such a thing) or even to some "career-path", which is another term for a boring existence doing the same thing over and over again.
Looking for the next role/job/company/industry. Where is it?

Car aayee bahaar aayee

My pal told me - get a car, you'll get a great social life! I got a car - and suddenly the social life is happening too! In a strange way - there has been a rush of social activity, although the car is not even there on most occasions! But, it has helped to have a car and made the travel more fun at other times. Driving in Bombay though is more art, than science. I'm learning it the hard way. I'll be an artist soon!

Me as the central character

All the world's a stage... etc - said someone a long time ago. My addendum to that is that ME/I am the central character of my own stage. (On a side note, as the world revolves, it's nice to picturize a revolving stage, where the focus keeps shifting from one central character to another - all connected in some way. So, for a while I am the central character - and as one of my co-actors moves onto the stage, the stage rotates, and now HE/SHE is the central character of his/her own stage).

Yoga is for self-realization - good health, concentration power, etc are only side-effects! - Swami Ramdev.
Yet again, the theme of living for ONESELF.

As I see it, "I" am the central character and should concentrate on my own role in this world. The rest of the world is busy concentrating on itself. And that's the way it should be.

Connectedness = Isolation

The more connected I get, the more isolated I get. I have 2 active email ids, am on 2 social-network sites, am on 2 messengers, and have an active mobile phone directory. I would think I'm really connected. And I am.
And this is increasingly leading to isolation. Due to rapid/immediate access to all my pals, I know what each one is upto, almost on a daily basis. And due to this, I feel so connected, that I dont feel like making that extra effort to meet up! Which leads to virtual-connectedness but physical-isolation. I can always re-schedule meeting a friend, call/message/scrap or promise him/her that the next time I fly into their city, I'll definitely catch up. Oh yeah, flying has become very common too.

I think the more the world is shrinking, the more its growing apart. Effort to meet-in-person is drastically reducing, as the novelty value of "catching up" is dying due to too much and instantaneous connectivity.