The Adventurous trip to Qatar!

Heavy rain at midnight of 26th September, 2015 while going to the Bangalore airport was confusing me whether it was for- Sunny, you're leaving me for few days so I'm unable to hold my tears or it was for- Come Sunny, get drenched into my tears and enjoy your night.

The journey began with all excitement which didn't last long. The reason being some visa issue and I was not able to prove the Airlines and Qatar Immigration security that I am ME even after having all proper documents and myself (the complete body) as a proof. Hilarious!

The short conversation was with the Airport staff was like:
She: Sir, we need to offload you.
Me: Here is my check-in bag (I heard onboard)
She: No Sir, we need to offload you.
Me: Why?
She: In your visa Father's middle name is missing.
Me: I have my passport and all other documents proving that is ME. Even visa has my passport number. They made visa based on my passport.
She: Immigration is not accepting (though it's their mistake). You need to deboard.My colleague will show you the way to outside airport (disheartening)

That was the start of my trip. Since, it was night time, nobody was there to help in this regard so I returned back home. Next two days was more of exchanging 100's of mails, calls to hotel, office and rescheduling my trip to 28th September, 2015.

So, after 100's of mails, calls, continuous 2 days effort, getting famous at Bangalore airport, Qatar airport, immigration department, Marriott Hotel, having multiple checks, finally my first international trip got green signal.

I felt I'm still not through until I passed Qatar immigration the next morning. All I was asked there was: What's your name? I was like please do ask some more questions as I have faced lots of difficulty. :D

Moving further, I got a warm welcome by Hotel guys. Receptionist already knew me by then as I had faced lot of problems in last two days and was offered an amazing room at 31st floor.
The view inside and outside room of Marriott:

My work started in next 20 min after I reached. I met amazing people over there. Since this was my first business trip, I was very much excited about new place and people.

The devices in lab were huge than I expected and the feeling of working from lab was superb. The workplace and devices on which I worked looked something like this:

One fine evening, I got an opportunity to visit the Souq Waqif with my friends in Doha, Qatar.
The view over there was amazing. The place looked traditional and I could see the culture in it's beauty.

Wonderful friends over there made my stay more interesting. Thanks to these amazing guys for dinner and the wonderful evening we had together. Someone known at unknown place gives a special feeling. 

The short business trip was successful and I loved the expression of client and nurse in the lab when everything worked as expected. When the nurse saw end result- She exclaimed with excitement- It's all working good. So soon! Thank you! (the best part of my trip). I never knew my work can make so much difference.

Of-course, there were challenges in getting things done at the right time but where there is will, there is a way. I'm thankful to everyone involved in my short roller coaster ride.

And I'm looking forward to many more wonderful personal/professional trips with a twist as it happened this time so that I can share this to my coming generation :P

I'm a writer, I write code

22 tak padhai, 25 pe naukri, 26 pe chokri, 30 pe bachche, 60 pe retirement ... aur phir maut ka intezaar 

The above concept mentioned in Ye jawaani hai deewani makes me think about what are we doing to our life. More than 50% of people in India doesn't work on their passion, they are forced to choose a career to fulfil the above mentioned concept.

I'm a writer, I write code is the story of millions. Imagine, if you would have opted career related to your passion, how satisfied you would be! May be you would have not earned much or may be more than you think, but the amount of happiness would have been much more. Not being satisfied is the root cause of all sadness. If you follow your passion with full determination, you would be satisfied. The best thing would be you will never regret in your 60's that you never attempted what you wanted to do or achieve.

I know it's difficult to leave everything to follow your passion. But "ek baar toh try karna banta hai yaar".

I come across various people on daily basis who say something like: I wanted to be a movie director but I am an engineer....I wanted to be an entrepreneur but I am a bank manager....I wanted to be a singer but I am a dentist and so on.

The theory looks similar as explained by Rancho in 3 idiots. I feel sad that after watching a sensible movie, we don't learn from it. We say: Yeah, it is a good concept but not practical. Dude..How can you can say about the taste of the food without even tasting it.

Anyways it's personal choice whether to follow your passion or not but I would suggest, at least make an attempt once in your lifetime.

Be your thought leader and you need no title to do that. :)

The important talk!

There was an awkward silence for few minutes even we were sitting in front of each other for few minutes. Then he started "Beta mai tumhari shadi ka soch raha hu", I smiled and allowed him to complete. I was confident enough to start. Thanks to the mock interview I had  the previous day. I started with politeness and tried to convince him. The best part was that he listened to me very patiently.  Both kept their points and we both agreed this is not the best time for my marriage. Yes, this was the longest conversation on a serious topic with my father. After exchange of many emotional and thoughtful dialogues, we both were happy that we talked frankly and discussed our points.

After our conversation, he himself started to speak in my support and told all family members and his friends about the conclusion. I never knew my father is so cool.
The conversation led to another set of thoughts regarding life, marriage, career. Obviously all comes with some positive and negative.

When in school: Homework was biggest issue.
When in college: Assignments and exams were biggest problem.
When in job: Complex problem in work.
Then suddenly real life popped up and said: B*t*h please!!
When you compare the problems in life with other problems, it really looks big. The only difference comes in how beautifully you tackle it.

Out of several problems, the major problem in mid twenties is marriage. I shouldn't say this as a problem but I am bound to say this because of indian society. When we talk of marriage, the first thing pops up is Arranged or Love. If you think of Love marriage, you're not allowed to love to whom you really love, and in Arranged marriage you're bound to love whom you never loved.Weird society pressure.

No matter how many romantic movies one's parents have seen but when it comes to real life love marriage of their son/daughter, they are mostly against it.As per the statistics, only 8% indians marry their love, rest marry someone's else tentative love (if given freedom to love). I don't have any personal experience of which one better but I always wish there should be freedom to choose one's life partner.