My Rendezvous with SLEEP!!

Hi All,

In this post I plan to venture into an area, where each of you has treaded. I am writing about it because I think I have a very close and personal relationship with sleep.

Some days back I was talking to a very close friend of mine and we were discussing how much I used to sleep in college. While discussing the same we realized, how sleep can give you different experiences on different days, situations etc.

Therefore, in this post I will try to describe different variants of sleep which I have experienced over a period of time. But please note that the this post contains only my experiences, the opinions may differ.

Opportunity Cost Sleep (‘OC Sleep’)

The best experience of sleep is OC Sleep. To experience this kind of sleep one needs to be courageous, fearless, ready to take up challenges etc etc in short OC Sleep is not for a weak hearted persons. I say so because to enjoy OC Sleep there is a lot of sacrifice which is needed. One would need to sacrifice the studies, attendance, morning sun, breakfast etc etc. In other words all that is sacrificed is the opportunity cost for enjoying the OC sleep.

Further, a person must be courageous to face the consequences of enjoying the OC Sleep. The most common side effect is that the person goes short on attendance.

Therefore, the strong hearted people, enjoy the OC sleep.


Sunday/ Holiday Sleep

As the name suggests, Holiday sleep is enjoyed during Sundays/ holidays, when you know that you are free to sleep.

Though every kind of sleep is a bliss, however, holiday sleep is not the best one in the list. In my experience, holiday sleep gets forced after a point of time.

I remember sleeping till 2- 4 pm on Sundays in college. The latter part of the sleep used to be forced because my conscience forced me to sleep till late hours. Why?? Because Miss. Conscience used to tell me that when you can sleep which the others are sitting in classes, you ought to sleep when no one is stopping you to sleep.

So I agreed…

Tactical Sleep

This kind of sleep needs a lot of tactic, practice and precision for obvious reasons. There are lot of dangers attached with this kind of sleep because you undertake the task of sleeping in the presence of the predators ie teachers.

You got it right!! This is the sleep which is executed during a class when the teacher is teaching.

There are different variants of tactical sleep viz sleep with the eyes open, while writing/ scribbling, while hiding from the teacher etc.

It is only because of the complexity of methods, that the executor of tactical sleep needs a lot of practice.

The sense of achievement for those moments is better than winning an Oscar.

Car Sleep

Now!! This sleep is a recent discovery. FYI my office is in Gurgaon and I live in Noida. Accordingly, it takes 1.5 – 2 hours to reach office.

For obvious reasons my frequency and time of sleep has drastically reduced but my love for it hasn’t. Thus, I sleep in the car. And trust me, it very nice.

So much so that I am still not aware of the exact route to my office because I end up sleeping in the car everyday.

Train Sleep

This sleep is enjoyed in the train. I personally love to sleep in the train. It feels like you are in a cradle, that slow motion puts me off to sleep pretty soon.

Another enjoyable experience..

So guys, these were the major verities of sleep I have experience, but this is not the end. There are many more kinds of sleep but writing about them will make this post too long. To name a few they are Flight Sleep, TV Sleep, Office Sleep, Drunk Sleep etc.

Hope you got an insight into my love and varied experience of SLEEP. Happy sleeping…

Will write more…

Till den

adios

sam

2008 review

2008 has gone by quietly and 2009 has arrived with new aspirations, hopes and surprises. At this juncture I fell that it is imperative to review the year 2008 for my own self.

The year started nicely, I was interning in Goldman Sachs and I was interviewed for a job there. I was nearly sure that I will get thru. That place has been really nice to me, in parts though.

In the later month (Feb - March) I was informed that the position for which I was interviewed has been scrapped by the head office. 2008 didn’t treat me really well during that period.

Feb – May, my life revolved around college, recruitment, managing short attendance, sleeping, partying and getting nostalgic about 5 years of my college life (May 2008, I graduated from National Law University, Jodhpur). Till march I saw everybody around me giving interviews and getting recruited, but somehow I wasn’t really worried about the recruitment, I somehow knew that something good would happen. Therefore, I kept myself busy with the above.

By the end of March I got recruited by Ernst & Young. Once again a personal Endeavor. Obviously, after the recruitment rest of the term in college was much more relaxed and fun.

April and May were spent in catching up with lot of things…. Life was taking a full circle, so much so that the last end term was on 3rd May, 2008 (Saturday) and NLU, Jodhpur entrance exam was on 3rd May, 2003 (Saturday).

May 6th I left college forever, it was a weird feeling, a feeling of nostalgia, excitement, sadness etc etc… I didn’t get time to relax after that, I joined work on 12th of May and since then life has been hectic…very very hectic.

Six months just went by in no time within this time I settled in a totally new environment of my company, learned a totally different area of law, shifted my house from Lucknow to Noida..... all in all started a new life!!

On a personal front too year 2008 was a roller coaster....Dec – Feb I was in Bangalore but it was a nice time spent with friends ETC. Feb – March was kinda tough and it taught me a lot of things in its own way and for its own reasons.

After that once again the life seemed smooth and then I started work and the things changed again… but it seemed that my priorities and meaning of life changed a bit…

Thus, from the above, I would construe that life in the year 2008 was exciting, unexpected, fun and filled with all the feelings which anyone could feel… I would always look back in 2008 for some choicest and cherished memories and forward to 2009 for hope!!

Till I write more..

adios
sam

Hi all,

Apologies for such a long gap... its been long since I have written anything. Why?? because I was tied up in lot of things...

So very soon you will see a fresh post..its on its way...

adios
sam

Third time watch: Oye Lucky ! Lucky Oye! ('OLLO')

Hi All,

I would be watching OLLO for the third time tonite. The circumstances have been such that I had to watch it thrice. First watch was with my cousin, the second watch was with my boss and the third watch would be with my mom and other cosines. 

But I must admit that I enjoyed watching it twice and I hope to enjoy it for the third time too. 

Lot of people might not like the movie but I like the concept, the attitude and mostly the setup in which the movie has been made. I think a lot of people would be able to relate to the surrounding. The underlying humor in the movie is awesome.  

That's all for now....

adios

sam

latest acquisitions...

Hi All,

If you remember, sometime back I wrote about two of my latest acquisitions. Time time has come for me to write about them...

Acquisition 1: Sheesha a.k.a Hookah

For a very long time I wanted to own a Hookah. I was sick and tired of going to Hookah Bars and spending a fortune on them. I wanted to have one at my home and smoke it whenever I want. I wasn't getting an opportunity to buy one for myself actually there is very less choice is Delhi and Hookahs are expensive here. You can find relatively cheeper and better Hookahs in Mumbai.

One day my Jiju made a plan to visit Shirdi and from there to Mumbai...I found it an apt opportunity and thus I explained him the fun/ use/ cost saving/ benefits of a Hookah. So he agreed to get me one....

When he went to Mumbai my brothers there helped him out to choose one for me and one for himself. He came back with a nice big Hookah with 10 flavors...

Ahhh....it was a bliss to smoke the Hookah for the first time... I was amazed with the kind of variations with which one can smoke it.... you can use water, ice, juice, milk as a natural filter to increase the thickness, taste and temperature of the smoke.

Though I don't smoke it much as it contains .5% tobacco which can be injurious to health over time ;) ... nevertheless it was a good buy and I am proud to own one..!!



Acquisition 2: Stamp Paper Painting

For those who don't know I am lover of art and antiques. I also had a great collection of antique coins which got stolen from an exhibition...bloody Ba*^&*%

One evening I was at 'Dilli' Haat with my mom and a friend. While she was busy purchasing something... I casually walked into an art store... I was suddenly attracted to a collection of paintings made on 99 years to 300 years old Stamp Papers... I was intrigued by two things... firstly, the fact that the Stamp Papers were very old and secondly, how beautifully the paintings were made on those Stamp Papers.





I immediately bought one got it framed and now it finds place in my drawing room amongst my priciest possessions...

adios

sam

PS: The actuals are different from the ones shown above!!

party,,, 2:02 AM, 7 December 2008

Hi All,

I have just finished with an awesome get together at my house...

All my cosines in NCR came to my house, we all chatted, guffawed, ate, drank and had great fun...

It was after a long time that all of us met together... the best part of this get together was that it was totally unplanned...

Anyways I am dead tired now... so I am going off to sleep..

will write more during the day...

till then

adios
sam

hectic hectic hectic....

I couldn’t take it anymore… I had to write something. Its been long since I wrote anything on my blog. Reason?? The reason is work… I was piled up with work and it seemed that the economy has suddenly revived.

I didn’t get time to write anything at all. Apologies to those who visited my blog with a hope to see a post (if there is anyone).

I finally decided to write a post and since it is not possible for me to a post in one go due, I plan to this post during the day and mention the time of the day after every paragraph. (11:45 AM)

Monday was the most hectic day of my term in EY. I don’t know what happened but suddenly everything came up at once. During the whole day I just kept on attending meetings, taking calls, sending e-mails and making memos… (1:10 PM)

Tuesday was relatively interesting.. I was asked to prepare a note on the scope of the words “in any manner” and establish that it is not wide. I say the exercise was interesting because after a long time in EY I got an opportunity to research like a lawyer, apply statutory interpretations etc etc (4:30 PM)

On Wednesday too the saga of “in any manner” continued and it ended at 11 PM in the night. By then I was so tired that I fell asleep 1) at the reception of my office and 2) in the car… (5:00 PM)

During these three days, nothing really exciting happened. I kept on working and they kept on making me work.. (6:50 PM)

Today one of my junior from college came to office for an interview. It was nice to see someone from college again. I felt like going back to college and relive those days… (7:45 PM)

I am still sitting in office finishing up some work, I should be able to leave in half an hour.... and then once again a long travel back home…

Although all these days have been very hectic but its been a good exposure and learning. I am learning to withstand pressure and multitask. Lot of times when I am caught in a high pressure situation I wonder how/ where would I be 10 years down the line and I get many answers which only time will testify. (9:30 PM)

Weekend is nearing and I am seriously looking forward for this one… I just want to relax (once again) (9:35 PM)

I will try to write more…

Till then

adios

sam