Rubin Machivella, was one of the torchbearers at the Barcelona olympics, and I had the privilege to dine with him last night and also understand his fascination and admiration of India, he has been here thrice in two years and wants to come back, he loves to dance like most of his countrymen :) bt didnt enjoy our spicy preparations of food n ate pasta mornning,noon n night!
well! wot is the spanish connection u may ask?
I hosted an Indo Spanish collaboration in the manufacturin and Hardware sector, the fulcrum of the evening was a 'political tamasha' to promote India and in particular Karnataka. I thoroughly enjoyed being part of the program as I was the anchor/MC of the evening. It was an experience in itself, as I could draw familiar patterns between our family owned businesses n the Spanish ones n identical patterns among our netalog despite their party differences :).
Most of the delegates present were inter related and invested in each others business, it was indeed a mirror to our v own marwadi n gujju communities and their business shrewdness/network.
Half the cabinet was present at Le Meridien [ wch happens to b owned by our erstwhile CM] each of thm wanted to get hold of the mike, n irrespective of the party thy belonged to thy all sang the same song, only the tune seemed different! :)) everyone of thm shared an appetite for cocktails and food that the ordinary man would probably eat once in 3 months [ no wonder thy run such long health bills ;p] thy all seem to compete with ech other to walk in late, and thy definitely dont understand the concept of switching off thr phones especially whn it rings whn thy r on the dias...by this, am not saying I despise the netas, lik all professions, thy also hav a few "traits of the trade" if u look at us HR professionals, v start luking at ppl around as job descriptions, CTCs, competencies, career path etc..its lik an occupational hazard!
N i continue to write n type away despite having returnd last nite only by 1.30pm n being in a Times job fair the whole day n returning only a few minutes ago, n having to attend the fair again tomorrow :) am not compelled to write nor to attend this fair, but it is tat restlessness in me to keep doing watever i can tat makes me do it! At this fair, I had to arrive at CTCs and give away offers explaining the various components of the salary stack..Its a learning in itself, the behavioral patterns that emerge when expectations are not met, the acceptance n happiness that comes in when u hav waited for tat 1 offer thru the day or the arrrogance tat xists wch speaks louder thn words n says, this is my 8th offer letter today n i lik collecting thm.these may b som of the responses of candidates n i may find som more to add to my list as days go by!
making offers is not part of my role,bt i njoi dng it as i do it once in awhile... i deal more with xcel sheets, macros n tools, hav arrived at accessing vendors n categorising them, will b part of a six sigma initiative n may get a green belt by 6 months, attend sessions lik 'sales closure' n negotiation tactice with project manager, its interesting and continous learning :)
n in this xciting wrk life of mine, i hav to pay my rgrd to those 3 wheeled vehicles wch i hav grown dependent on...so mch so, I am planning to buy one auto, makes business sense, I dont hav to drive, nor worry abt parking, I ask the driver to pick n drop me whnevr I want n the rest of the time he earns his livelihood n only pays the rent of the auto to me, making moolah n maintaing comfort too :) hwr havnt found ny VCs to launch this B plan of mine!
but, I must say I learn frm the autowallah, the greed in thr eyes whn i tell thm som far off location...thy will try to giv me a bangalore darshan!
or the ones who hav sch a bored n dul xpression tat I giv thm one shocking 100 watt smile n thank thm:)
or the ones who hav to speed thru n beat every red signal, n thy jst result in those bad hair days of mine!
n finally the champion of all, this man called abdullah who waits for me most days to end the last ride of his shift wch he claims is one of his confirmed sou notewallah ride, he can talk n talks in abt 8 languages [mostly in English cos he says aap to corporate hain memsaab, n I reply in kannada n hes amused n i say am a member of 'kannada premigala sangha']..n our first conversation was 'u knw hw the MindTree stock is performing?'... n he gav me an update of its performance for the whole month, n hw he picks n chooses his stocks...I sometimes feel lik tellng my dad tat ull loose ur job if more n more autowallahs were as gud as abdullah...
pplz hav 2 mak a confession, hav bcom xtremely concious of my weight, hog on to 2 mch junk food coz i cant silence those mice in the stomach n end up feeding 4 thm to put thm 2 sleep...though, I try to walk every morn its not making mch of a difference, henceforth, all of u when evr u pray, consider this friends plight n pray for the scales to b uniform on her!
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