They say it's a dog's life.
They are definitely referring to stray dogs ("roadesians", as coined by my cousin).
That's because a pedigree dog lives life king size.
Consider my example. By the way I am a human being (fortunately or unfortunately I don't know ). And when I said consider my example, I meant consider my dog.
We are the most famous family of our apartment. And that is neither due to my parents nor due to me. The entire credit for our popularity goes to Velvet, my 7-month labrador.
Kids just love to get a glimpse of their four-legged celebrity. One day a few kids asked my father, "Uncle, what is his name?" (Velvet is a female. But normally people associate masculine terms with dogs)
"She has many names", said dad correcting the gender. Dad was right. I call her Velvet. Dad calls her Budi. Mom calls her by several names. In our house, Velvet and I have the maximum number of names. And at times it becomes confusing as to which of us is being called.
Anyways, the kids said, "We will call him Jimmy".
So one more name for Velvet. But she doesn't like this name. Might be because of its masculine flavor.

Velvet's day begins with food and this food part continues till she goes to sleep. She doesn't like eating dog food much (considers them as snacks, not as main course), so she eats bread, rice, chapati, milk, vegetables, meat, eggs, fruits...
And she expects them right on time.
And she gets them too, bang on time.
She sleeps on our bed. And in case one of us is also sitting or lying there, she will sit on top of us. And believe me it is not very comfortable.
She doesn't need to do any work. The only thing she excepts is lots of food and love. And she gets both in ample amounts.
For her my dad is her dad, my mom is her mom, and me her sibling. So in me she finds her playmate.
Right now she is sleeping peacefully on our sofa while dad is watching TV.

So people who say it's a dog's life must be referring to a very comfortable life.

2008 is a significant year.

At least for me.

Firstly, I will be getting placed this year. Of course, that will be happening towards the end of this year.

Secondly, my results of the Part 1 exams will be out. And I will get to know whether doing an MBA was a right decision.

At least from the understanding point of view.

Getting above 60% is extremely vital. But it is quite difficult.

After the exams, I felt I can get above 60%. But anything is possible. Oh God! Please please please may I get over 60%.

And above 70%?

That is I think too much to ask for.

Well, my second entry seems to have come very late. But I was a bit busy with the inevitable phase of every MBA student's life - Summer Placements.

I started my summers with a partcular organization. But I left it within a week.

Reason: I didn't like the profile.

My classmates were all amazed.

I landed up in another organization. And this draft was constructed there.

So, you can very well imagine the load of work that I have. So 'much' pressure that I have time for my blog.

Before my MBA, I worked for two years. During those months, we would work 24 X 7. So much work that we were often exhausted.

Of course, there was a definite sense of pride.

And now?

Well this is a govt office. Before I proceed, let me clarify that all departments of the govt. do not have a laid back attitude. In several departments, the work pressure is at its peak.

But not here.

Here, seconds do not seem to pass.

And I am waiting for them to pass.

When your brain gets some rest after a long period of heavy drilling, it cannot be very contented. It still wants to exercise itself and may find too much of time for too little of activities. The same is happening to me right now.

When my exams were going on, my heart always kept telling my brain about all the interesting activities that can be far more interesting than going through the piles of books. But now that they are over, my brain does not seem to be very satisfied. Of course, it indulges itself to my heart’s content in devouring novels, watching TV (especially the IPL matches), surfing endlessly, cuddling Velvet, and most importantly day dreaming. But it wants more. Women are never satisfied. May be it is all in the brain.

So how do I satiate my brain? What extra can I give it? What new hobby can I pick up? I seem to be losing interest in Orkut. But I am not tired of the net.

So how about a blog?

A BLOG??? Madame, haven’t you made futile attempts of creating a blog previously? Forget a blog, as a child you could not even maintain a diary. After a few regular entries, it would become your drawing book. And the blogs?

Well, I have forgotten the URL, the password, and even the interest to visit those blogs.

So, you don’t have any right to waste web space all over again.

But a blog is stylish.

Is that why you again want a blog? It needs writing skills.

For me it requires a great deal of determination and perseverance.

Yes. But to top it all you cannot write.

I was once a “renowned” technical writer!!!

Technical writing is very different from creative stuff.

This conversation kept going on for a long time within my mind. But then I decided to give the blog another shot.

Disclaimer: This blog can meet an untimely death and meet the same fate as my previous blogs.