Archive for the 'Work' Category

The Third Eye

No. No. I am not talking of Shiva the Destroyer. All I am hinting at is the outside perspective that a different pair of eyes can bring to a situation. This happened at work yesterday. A colleague of mine was ready to give up. She was trying to get a test case to work and […]

Don’t you look beautiful today?

Don’t you look beautiful today? She asked and nodded appreciatively as she passed me on the aisle at work. I was on my way to fill my water bottle and start my day. Since the days are warmer and I feel the lightness of Spring in my step, I usually tend to wear clothes that […]

Are some things fated to happen?

Two years back bitten by the academia bug I made an appointment with Penn State Student counselors to figure out if I had enough credentials to take up a Masters program at their suburban campus. The lady who met with me looked at my transcripts and degree and waved breezily in the air remarking that […]

Kindness is a vanilla milkshake!

Yes it is. Let me start at the beginning. I have had a few tough weeks at work earlier this year. Absolutely my doing of course. At a time when I was seriously thinking working in the US was a drag, no friends to lighten your mood up, no one to haul you over to […]

Moving ain’t easy.. but sure is rewarding

I have received a fair number of questions on what I did to move from Wordpress.com to my own domain. Instead of responding over comments or through email I thought I would list them here just in case it might help someone else. This is just a bare outline. I will respond over email […]

Home sweet home

No! Am not returning from some exhausting errand to feel that way about my home. All am doing is being comfortably rooted in my recliner typing away softly on my laptop with all the phones on silent mode. I can hear my mom tiptoe gently around my fast asleep niece. The smell of wholesome kootu […]