The Public Diary

Somebody tell google to not keep expectations. They hurt. But I guess it's such a bad student. It keeps on notifying, "Expect rain around 8AM" and then be so brutal to my sentiments that all I can see out of the window is bright sunlight. Don't know how Google is dealing with its own life, given these high expectations.  Limited knowledge is a blessing in a way. Imagine the kind of scenarios Google would be evaluating, given it is aware of all kinds of diseases - the causes, symptoms and consequences. You don't have to know everything everytime. But this Google is stuck with endless knowledge base that is only growing  day by day  second by second, I must say.  And here we are. Still going into thought clouds and questioning ourselves endlessly in mere happenings of daily lives. For instance, a few weeks back I was afraid if I have kidney stones. I searched for its symptoms, I had one or two of them. I checked our anatomy and placement of kidneys, the pain was rou...

What could it be that made me take up blogging back again? Not some extrinsic motivation, but influx of considerable number of ideas on this topic. It happened to me about a month ago. I was so overloaded with professional work during those days that I feel I've suffered some loss of memory and even time. These days I am so consumed in accomplishing multiple works in a short span of time that my focus is diverted. Not that I've started to forget people, or something, but I used to remember the minute details of tasks that I executed during the day, which is sort of absent now. A few months back, there was a religious ceremony at my workplace. All of us reminded each other about it two days before. On D-day, I was clad in jeans-top - my usual attire - completely oblivious of the date. Then I spotted one of my colleagues, all decked up, wearing fancy suit and other cosmetics. Without any word spoken by her, I couldn't help, but utter, 'Oh it's that day'. I was lac...

Unexpected arrival? So is the comeback for me. However, I couldn't keep myself from sharing this amusing offering of the technology, to be specific, of Google. Awakening the writer within me. How many times has it happened to you that you were humming a song, or maybe a tune, but found it hard to completely recognize the song, or were unable to remember the main lines? Google has found a solution to exactly this crisis , if I may say. It asks you to sing or hum whatever part of the song that you remember and then tries to match it to the closest melodies it has in stock. Wanna give it a shot? Just say "Hey Google" to your phone, (Obvious alert: if you haven't enabled Google, enable it first) And say:- Find a song The screen then asks you to sing or hum whilst displaying an equaliser-like thing, trying to find the song (or judging your singing capability as well.) Trust me, it wouldn't work that well if you are a pathetic singer, or it may work also. How do I know?...

All of the world is entangled in an unending cycle of gaining weight naturally and then trying to shed it, but none can feel odder than me.  I mean when I was younger I didn't realise that I was way thin. I considered myself to be an average weighted girl. But I guess, media channels available today - to be specific - Videos, along with people around, have made me acknowledge that I'm so thin that it may be categorised as malnourished. It so happens that whenever someone meets me after a long time, a comment is bound to come that I've become more skinny, even if my weight hasn't dropped a gram. In my growing up years, those comments were not as frequent as they are now. Perhaps because back then we were growing in length, but as grown-ups, we generally tend to gain weight horizontally. As of now, living in this body for more than two decades, I've accepted my body type and know, for sure, that it is more inclined towards shedding kilos than gaining them. Some say we...

Raise your hand if you are also lost in the complexity of online security? I know this protective bubble has been built out for our safety only, but given the mental pressures of today's age, isn't it only adding to the burden? You must have definitively understood what I'm talking about.  A multitude of platforms means a plethora of ' usernames ' also to remember. On some platforms your name is available, somewhere it is already taken. So, you have to come up with something unique name, if you don't have one already. Another rising challenge is in passwords . You don't need just a passing word, it has to contain a minimum number of letters (preferably 8), a special character and a numeric also.  One drawback of this situation is that you can fulfil all these requirements at the time of setting a password, but when you log into the account after days or months, it doesn't show the same requirements. So, one normally ends up entering the wrong password, w...

What is the best time to have critical experiences? None, right? It had been a really hectic month. Professional pressures and unfavourable events really take a toll on your health.  About a month ago, I had my first encounter with low blood pressure. That too at the time when I was driving activa back to home. I, suddenly, started to feel like fainting out of nowhere. Concentrating on one object was troublesome. I thought it will go away, instead, it rose with passing kilometres. Then, it dawned that not only am I risking my own life but of the others on the road as well.  So, I stopped on the roadside and felt like calling dad to pick me up. To get some relief, I closed my eyes, but it still felt uneasy; removed helmet to get the burden off my brain, literally but not symbolically. Then got my mask down to be able to breathe in more oxygen. Somehow, I got a little bit of control back and within minutes I was able to concentrate again. Source: iStock I'm not sure if it was du...

Just when we start thinking that we know enough English, one is surprised on coming across such words the pronunciation of which is least expected as against the way it is spelt. Lately, I read the word Silhouette  which I've known for years. It means a figure in a darker shade and a light background to show the outline of an object. It's one of those words of which you know the meaning, but you're not quite sure about its pronunciation. Y ou never use it in your writing and it also has tricky spelling. This time I thought of checking its pronunciation and someday perhaps even using it.  I always thought it would be pronounced somewhat like ' Silhoot ' but it actually came out as 'Silh-wet'. Other such words with tricky spellings which you have to double-check are: Psychiatrist:   Meaning - A doctor specialising in mental disorders. Consisting of a redundant P and a messed up order of I and A (in some distant thought, it may be to reflect messed up state of ...

Given the knock of another Corona-wave, masks have made an entry back into our lives. For the good or the worse, effective or ineffective, it sure acts as a saving grace in some of the daily-life situations. I couldn't help but enumerate those incidents when I was grateful that I had a mask on.  Once I was sitting in the middle of an argument between two people. Since it was in the beginning years, everyone felt vulnerable on getting their masks even a little bit lower. Both of them shared a good bond but were in a superior-subordinate relationship. So, this superior person was conveying his objections on the work of the rest of us. Those objections were outright pointless. But who would bell the cat?  However, that immediate subordinate found himself in a position where he could show signs of disappointment on such behaviour of the superior. I saw "C'mon. Now you will point out such petty things," written all over his face. I was smiling ear-to-ear with no need to su...

Around these days, 5 years ago, I was inducted into accounting as a professional. So, no matter how much love-hate relationship you share with your professional life, it deserves a toast. Adding one more piece to my collection of poems. You know you're an Accountant, When you log into the professional bank account more often than your personal bank account. When you've signed more official cheques than your own cheque leaves ever in your life. When you get messed up in a multitude of passwords and dig in for a rescuing little secret piece of paper that holds your credentials. When you maintain and keep track of business accounts more religiously than your  individual bargains. When your speed on the numeric side of the keyboard is more than the alphabetic side, And calculators are one of your allies. When you end up opening spreadsheets (preferably MS excel) even when you are supposed to write in (MS) words. When you keep reminding yourself of the deadlines for the statutory...

I always try to make effort to acquire items of daily use on my own. But what if you are placed in a completely new place and you don't know the whereabouts of the store outlets offering those products? "E-commerce platforms come to the rescue," you may have responded in your head. No wonder it is a lucrative option, given the ease and convenience. (Supermarket also wins points in this situation.) Earlier I used to think that I'm the only one in this dilemma of finding the apt place for buying stuff. About a month or two ago, I came to know of some fellow companions. (Roughly around the time when I thought of writing a post on this subject and then started noticing other people. You know how our minds start making connections to some event once we know we are attached to such occurrence in one way or another.) Source: wheretobuy.biz So, my sibling needed a drink, particularly used for health benefits. She had seen my father consume it years ago, so she asked him to br...

When life happens to you, you can't help but only change your ways. Hold your sympathies. I'm not talking about something tragic, but only the natural changes in your enthusiasm over a period of time.  You may feel so deeply about a thing, a trend or even a person; give it enough time, you will outgrow it.  Married people related to this one at the drop of a hat, didn't they? This craze of these days is unmissable. Earlier, when a daughter took birth, parents instinctively started to save money for her wedding day. Gone are those days. Now, even the parents of sons have to start collecting each penny as sending your son to Canada (or insert the name of any other foreign country) is as much a liability as marrying your daughter off.  Pardon me for the unintentional patriarchism if I didn't mention sending daughters to offshores. Then, there are people who are crazy about old songs. They call it the golden era and the only melodious songs to have ever been composed. Somet...

I'm not much of a person who would like to be on phone calls for long. In light of my preference, a memoir of some notable on-call incidents is presented to you. Alphabets can be quite phonic over the call. Suppose, you are saying N but the receiver might hear M. A common practice is to give the other person a word starting with that particular letter.  There I was trying to keep the error to a minimum. "It is spelt as B-L-O-G. B for Bag, L for Lovely, O for Ox and G for... Uh... G for... Umm." Thankfully, she got that letter anyway. But how could've I let myself sneak out so gently? I made a fool of myself. I ended up speaking out aloud, "G for Grey. Yeah . Yeah. G for grey."  Unfortunately, my job is also of such nature that I have to take and make several calls during the day. So, I have devised pet lines to greet everyone and ask how they're, respond back to them and then start the business.  Source: Amazon Once it so happened that I was so occupied ...

Disclaimer: This is a (first) girlish post, so you may or may not relate to it.   I often find myself on the opposite side of girlish talks. I wonder how I came up with the idea of this post. Some sartorial choices can be difficult to carry in routine life.  When I did shopping lately, I had more checkpoints in my mind before finalising the purchase. A s they say, 'Difficulty is the mother of invention.'  I guess that is why I'm summing up my experience here in this post. Oh! Wait. Isn't it ' Necessity is the mother of invention '? Anyway, moulding according to the situation is the best alternative. Even if it is in quotes. In this age of fashion and following trends, it can be luring to buy some clothes purely out of the craze. Following these trends blindly can sometimes put you into a sort of mess.  So, if you are planning to buy any of the listed attires, make sure to consider associated points. 1. Frilled Sleeve tops Source: Flipkart These tops are in tren...

This composition was for a contest at my University. I am not bragging but I secured a position for it. Of course, it was an e-contest, which means less competition. Multiple winners for one position also paved the way for an easy victory. Enough of bragging-cum-bashing. Let's proceed.  Have a good read. HUMANITY God placed humans highest in the evolution chain because of the characteristic Humanity, However, these days it gushes through our blood in rarety.  Alas! All of us are lost in the race for vanity. From running away from moral and social responsibilities, To grabbing all possible benefits selfishly. Everyone is trying to seek some sort of parity,  But our actions reflect complete disparity. Hence, we need to take a pause for much-needed clarity. We must dig within ourselves to fetch our mind's sanity, And craft the humane deeds with all of our heart's purity. By bringing our efforts and actions in utter harmony. Amidst these testing times, we need to follow our c...

We all know how hard it is to concentrate these days. Be it in life, in meditation or in studies. Focus is ever lost amidst all the distractions.  This post is going to revolve about the effort that goes in if you decide to take up studies after a gap of a few years. Especially, when there is no environment at your place to accommodate you for the same. Closure of public places, specifically libraries, in this hovering pandemic situation is only adding salt to the wounds. (That's a separate thing that I never went there for studies even when they were open). So, the other day I was finding a corner in my house where the sounds of Youtube videos or the conversations of any of the family members would not disturb me. But I guess I forgot to figure in the biggest challenge to silence. My nephew. A seven year old. When I opened my books half-heartedly, my nephew bang opened the room door. He asked me using his standard dialogue, "Can you play with me?" I denied outright. ...