How far is "Corporate friendship" acceptable?

"Corporate friendship"... A term I got introduced to, before two years.... Yes, I started my career two years back... From then on, I've been having lots of friends... "Corporate Friends"....

I would define "Corporate Friends" this way - People who get introduced to you in office, who become a good company to you, with whom you discuss official matters, and sometimes, personal matters too.... These ppl seem very close till U r in the company... But once one of these ppl leave the company, the friendship is lost... We depart with the words, "Small World".... Some day in the future, you might meet this friend in a shopping mall or a theatre (or in an interview for a newjob!!!)... exchange Hellos, and leave...

Is that all? Can we maintain friendship only to this level? Why can't the friendship that started in an organization continue even after you leave the place? Recently, a collegue [or friend?? :)] asked me "Ippo dhaan friends aanom, adhukkulla poreengalae pa"... Which made me think.... Yes, this friendship has to come to an end right? I don see how you can maintain friendship, after you leave a company... The society is one thing... another thing is the fact that each individual wants to proceed on ith his or her life... not hold on to the past...

I have this wierd habit of saving "Bye Bye" mails... Each of these mails contain a contact e-mail ID, a mobile number, and stuff... Plus a line which says, "Keep in touch"... But how many of us mean this, and how many of us preserver the details so as to keep in touch? I myself will be sending a similar mail to all my collegues/corporate friends, when I leave my company... But with how many ppl am I going to keep in contact? GOK!!!

Maybe I can visit office once in a while... But this too can't go on... Coz ur friends will be busy with work when you visit them... and the security won't allow you in also... So half the time, you will end up returning back home after saying a formality "Hi" to everyone... This will also eventually stop, in some time... There is a saturation point for everything, I guess!!!

Everything said and done, I'll miss every one of my friends/corporate friends/ collegues, when I leave this company.... :(

Airtel Super Singer Junior - Finalists!!!

I think most of you would be aware of this hype by now... Yes... The much awaited results of Airtel Super Singer Junior, will be out tomorrow... The war is now between Krishnamurthy and Vignesh... Wow, what amazing kids they are!!! Truly fabulous!!!

I can still remember every scene of what happened during the finals... I couldn't help wondering how such small kids sing with so much sincerity and dedication... When they're speaking to the judges and audience in general, they are just normal, enthusiastic, kids. But when they start singing, they get transformed into proficient singers!!!

During the finals, it was indeed disheartening to see Sai Charan and Aparna losing... Afterall, they're kids too... Their faces lost colour totally, when the results were announced... In fact, Chinmayi was concentrating more on the losers than on the winners, when she announced the results...

Now, coming to the stars of the show... Both Krishnamurthy and Vignesh, were equally good, talent-wise... But Krishnamurthy's choice of songs was just awesome... He chose one of the most difficule songs, and sang it with utmost clarity and perfection... It was a very long song, with difficult words, "swaram", and "yagana ragana" type of lines... The child managed the whole song with all its difficulties... Best part was when he knelt down at the end of his performance... as if to kneel down with the satisfaction that he gave his best... Everybody around were in tears... The guy's father was proud beyond words... I was jus spellbound by his performance...

I'm already Krishnamurthy's fan.... Now I'm his crazy fan... If only I could see him now, I'll jus hug him and say, "I'm blessed, to even meet such a genius at Music".... And such attitude too, on stage... Really impressive... From last friday, till today... I've been bragging continuously about him to my collegues... (much to the annoyance of my neighbour!!!) She keeps asking, "How can you be so crazy of him, in just that one song???" My collegues will have to bear me, atleast till the final results come out!!!! ;)

Vignesh was gud too.... But his song selection was only "Good", not "Excellent" as that of Krishnamurthy's...., or as Kavitha Krishnamurthy put it... "Intellectual"... Lets wait for the results, what else can we do now?

May the best performance win!!! :)

What do I do to my tongue?

The great problem I find with myself... My tongue... Yes, When I'm angry with someone, I use such harsh words to show out my anger, my disagreement... Worse of all, I know I'm being harsh, when I'm being harsh... Its instant... I don't realise it later... I realise it while I'm speaking only!!! And at that point, I either feel that person deserves the harsh words, or that I will have to vent out my feelings then and there... to keep myself going...

Now, you can tell me, "No man is perfect"... But once I'm done with making the other person feel bad, I end up cribbing to myself, about myself, the whole day... I end up feeling guilty the whole day... Thr's a kural in tamil, which says,

Theeyinaar sutta pun ullaarum aaraathey
naavinaal sutta vadu

I dunno if I'm placing the words correctly... It means... A Burn on your skin heals in some time, but the harsh words that some person used against you stays for life, as a mark... This kural comes to my mind every time I hurt some one with my harsh words... But the kural works the other way also for me... My words not only hurt the person against whom I used it... It hurts me also, equally...

My mom used to say, "Vrichika raasi kaaranga thel kotra maadhiri dhaan pesuvaanga"... Meaning, People with the scorpio sun sign, use words which hurt as much as a scorpion's sting.. very true with me....

Lets see when I'm able to change this baaad habit of mine..