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Today I brought my sketching kit with me to my work as I used to dowhile I worked at RE/MAX. It was one of the best places I worked as Ihad great harmony with my manager and control over the processes. I knewall my actions were recognized and so I was as productive as could be. Imade at least 25 sketches sitting right on my desk- wasn't that veryproductive. Well, here also there are times when I have nothing to do as such. Asrightly said in the training I received that - My job is a job ofinterruptions and how well I can respond to it. So when I have no muchinterruption, I actually do not have much work to attend to and why cantI use that time in something productive and creative. Such as writingblog and making a sketch or two, on top of that I have 1 hr lunch whichI rarely append eating lunch for. I am always bringing the lunch on mydesk since I haven't made any friends to share lunch time with. Form theway it is going - Looks like I will be eating lunch on my desk and aloefor...

Life at Citi Well talking about life at Citi, Its hasn't been a very long time todescribe at much length. I have just finished 6 weeks and taken 2 daysoff. But since I am a story teller I can make out a lot out to tellabout it, various insignificant and interesting things. That's also partof me. It was a fine summer morning when I received this interview call which Itook from the parking lot of my old job I had. I was elated as I doubtedthey would even see my resume with all the irrelevant experiencespossible to the position I had applied for. And I shared my excited as Ithought that's the part of getting excited and nothing is there beyondit. I enjoyed the moment with my few close friends and family. Plannedmy trip to Seattle next week for a wee k after 3 weeks passed by and Iinformally quit my job that I hated almost every day (Except for thedays I wasn't obliged to work). And I receive this call for anotherinterview, well I can not make it as I am leaving for Seattle...

I am reading the book “Your child’s strength “by Jenifer Fox, Who has a background of being a teacher and principal for various schools for multiple decades and she is from NJ. Initially as I started reading, some of it dint make sense as all she talked about sounded like a criticism to whole educational system and the expectations parents have from their kids. I felt what does she mean here – We parents should leave kids go ashtray, never show them any direction or provide a guidance to a better life. It felt like – She is in some kind of denial of the realities of the world which rewards only the winners and losers are those who do not make it to the charts. Who do not carry an upward graphs be it a sport or academics or Arts. Yes – we better accept it sooner than later. After all we parents want best of the best for our kids. We compromise our lives careers family and what not so that they can get all the opportunities they can and achieve what we couldn’t. That where the weakenin...