Promoted!

Its freakin' April 2008! So much has changed...

I'm kinda freaking out that we're in April already...and oh crap, that means I'm turning the big 25 soon! I lately feel like time is just flying with nothing special happening outside work. I'm truely blessed to be working in a job that I love plus am getting recognized for all my efforts. But I was always the sort of person who measured my life in terms of other things besides my career. A year ago if you would've asked me what made me happy with my life I would've answered "I have done a successful job of keeping in touch with all the people I adore, am still very much there for everyone and do count that as a measure of success". At that time, this defination of success and happiness came at the expense of making strategic career moves, which I was more than willing to do! Now, my work is very much my life. I love it! I know I'm lucky to love my job so much, but its so not me to put more importance on my career than in my social life. I seem to have lost the girl who put so much importance on other people, on painting, on playing sports, on being there for everyone. With the love of my job came a new sense of selfishness that I dont like even though its justified. I started feeling that that definition of success was very unrealistic even if it is deep and is what all movies try to tell you. But it doesnt work if you are trying to hold on to people at an age where everyone's spreading their wings to fly. You'll be left behind. I hate this effect of growing up; friends should be few, work's important, your future is something you need to sit and plan, and the only person who's expected to give you extreme support and interest is your partner. Friendships take hard work, responsibilities are alot bigger, decisions have greater consequences, and love is no longer enough. I miss how naive I was, and how being happy was something easy to come by. And now, I'm growing up at a very fast pace! Its freakin' April 2008!

Missing Rooni Already

The first time I met Rooni at the office I found her overworked; you must be if you are on the Coca Cola team! So I hardly got to socialize with her. It stayed that way for months till she actually left the Coca team and came to sit by me in our room. Since then its been non-stop laughs and fun! She's amazingly hilarious, supportive, and just so original! We started having morning gossip, or should I say therapy sessions, me, her, and Lina. We just cant function without them every morning. Plus at the middle of the day she'd go to Metro, buy the weirdest stuff, and "cook" herself a really tasty lunch! Oh and dont get me started on the stuff she used to keep in her handbag hehehe she has absolutely everything! Last Thursday was her last day at the agency after 3 years of working there and I miss her already :( Love you Rooni Poo!

Lessons on Life

This is a lecture everyone should watch: