Conversation with XYZ at 2004-12-02 14:09:28 on grkhetan@hotmail.com (msn)
(14:09:28) XYZ: hey how are you
(14:09:33) Gaurang: hi...
(14:09:37) Gaurang: long time ...
(14:09:47) Gaurang: i am good...
(14:09:51) Gaurang: how are you?
(14:09:53) XYZ: yes !! what a pleasant surprise !!!
(14:10:08) XYZ: I am doing good !! thank you !!!
(14:10:17) XYZ: what are you upto these days ! >
(14:10:31) Gaurang: i graduated from USC
(14:10:40) Gaurang: i was working at Paypal (eBay)
(14:10:43) Gaurang: how abt you
(14:10:47) XYZ: I heard you quit your job !!!!!
(14:10:53) Gaurang: mann.....
(14:10:58) Gaurang: how did you hear that...
(14:11:01) Gaurang: PQR?
(14:11:06) XYZ: well I have sources ! ;)
(14:11:14) Gaurang: what
(14:11:24) Gaurang: our only common friend in PQR right?
(14:11:29) XYZ: humare dudth sab jagah fele huve hai
(14:11:29) Gaurang: :)
(14:11:33) Gaurang: hahahah
(14:11:45) Gaurang: do you know somebody else that I know
(14:11:49) Gaurang: ?
(14:12:01) XYZ: hahahaha !!! secret !!!! has to be a secret
(14:12:10) XYZ: well.. so what are you doing these days?
(14:12:16) XYZ: and what are yoru plans ! ?
(14:12:17) Gaurang: nothing i am searching for a job
(14:12:27) XYZ: searching for a job?
(14:12:32) Gaurang: yeah...c
(14:12:37) XYZ: I thought you didn twant to work
(14:13:07) XYZ: if you don';t mind me asking !! why leave a good job and then search for new?
(14:13:19) Gaurang: man...
(14:13:38) Gaurang: i was searching for that "question mark" smiley and couldnt find it
(14:13:41) Gaurang: wait
(14:14:02) XYZ: it's on yahoo unfortunately !! not on msn
(14:14:03) XYZ: hehe
(14:14:07) Gaurang: hahah
(14:14:15) Gaurang: okay
(14:14:38) XYZ: ya so tell me !! what's with that ! ??
(14:14:42) Gaurang: my leaving the job has some long story behind it...
(14:14:57) XYZ: and I definately want to talk to you.....
(14:15:02) XYZ: I know the reason behind it too ! :)
(14:15:03) XYZ: ;)
(14:15:11) Gaurang: ok so PQR it is
(14:15:16) XYZ: nope
(14:15:18) Gaurang: ok
(14:15:34) Gaurang: then STU maybe ....
(14:15:37) XYZ: mp[e
(14:15:39) XYZ: nope
(14:15:46) Gaurang: thats weird
(14:15:48) XYZ: by the way how is PQR and aSTU
(14:15:48) Gaurang: anyway....
(14:15:53) Gaurang: PQR is in india..
(14:15:58) Gaurang: he is with his parents
(14:16:04) XYZ: he went back? or vacation?
(14:16:17) Gaurang: he was not liking the consultant he was working with
(14:16:19) Gaurang: so he headed to india
(14:16:27) Gaurang: and now he is thinking of ways to come back...
(14:16:50) Gaurang: but he very recently changed his mind again, and now might be looking for a job in India for a while
(14:17:10) XYZ: and how is aSTU doing?
(14:17:13) Gaurang: STU is in qualcomm
(14:17:17) Gaurang: he is married
(14:17:18) Gaurang: and all
(14:17:26) Gaurang: so he is settled and busy with a spiritual life
(14:17:27) Gaurang: :)
(14:17:27) XYZ: ya i know he is married !!
(14:17:32) Gaurang: he read vedas and all these days
(14:17:39) XYZ: haha !
(14:17:42) Gaurang: after all he is a pandit right? ;)
(14:17:52) XYZ: hehe !!
(14:18:20) Gaurang: he can talk to you for hours giving sermons on different vedas and philosophies
(14:18:52) Gaurang: btw, i have forgotten ...... how did you know PQR and STU?
(14:18:59) Gaurang: i mean, my mind has gone blank...
(14:19:10) Gaurang: where did you meet PQR, if you dont mind :)
(14:19:30) Gaurang: anyway...
(14:19:43) XYZ: doesn't matter wehre we met re!!
(14:19:46) Gaurang: i sure want to know who told you all the secrets...
(14:19:57) XYZ: so tell me why do you want to go abck to a job
(14:20:19) Gaurang: do you know ABC too?
(14:20:38) Gaurang: hey you havent told me anything about you
(14:20:42) Gaurang: what are you doing?
(14:20:44) XYZ: who ABC?
(14:20:48) Gaurang: ok forget it
(14:20:53) Gaurang: what are you doing
(14:20:58) XYZ: i graduated from asu
(14:21:03) XYZ: and now am workignin phoenix
(14:21:07) Gaurang: ok
(14:21:13) XYZ: so nwo your turn
(14:21:20) XYZ: why back to job after leaving one
(14:21:22) Gaurang: you didnt meet kringan saha by any chance at asu right?
(14:21:39) XYZ: nope ! haven't heard of that name
(14:21:41) Gaurang: see the reason i left my job was that i was depressed and unmotivated
(14:21:55) Gaurang: i was just not doing well... and not feeling well....
(14:22:10) XYZ: ookkkkk...... thenn.....
(14:22:23) Gaurang: the change of situation from LA to Bay Area...the starting a job...not many desis in that job...not many people i knew here...
(14:22:51) Gaurang: and then everything started falling apart... my motivation also started decreasing ...
(14:22:59) XYZ: I mean come on ! you are in USA for god sake !!
(14:23:12) XYZ: there are goign to be more amru here than desi
(14:23:22) XYZ: but you know what !!
(14:23:28) XYZ: i think i can totally understand !!!
(14:23:29) Gaurang: i felt that the reason i was doing a job and all were all things which i stopped believing in
(14:23:50) Gaurang: basically ... it was a change time... from college life to a job life...
(14:23:58) Gaurang: and a weak emotional person that i am
(14:24:15) Gaurang: i was not feeling well...
(14:24:18) Gaurang: so thats what happenned...
(14:24:28) XYZ: you did what you thought at that time !!
(14:24:32) XYZ: no regrets !!
(14:24:41) Gaurang: no i didnt quit
(14:25:00) XYZ: if you regret then it was definatley not worth it !!
(14:25:08) XYZ: then what happend?
(14:25:08) Gaurang: my motivation dropped to such low levels that i stopped working much ... i used to help other people in their job... but i stopped doing my own work
(14:25:22) XYZ: oh ! so they fired you
(14:25:26) Gaurang: and came very late and all ...
(14:25:28) Gaurang: yeah...
(14:25:38) Gaurang: so my manager thought i was not being very productive
(14:26:01) Gaurang: you know what ... one needs a whole lot of will power to even work in a job....
(14:26:10) Gaurang: so thats how it happenned...
(14:26:26) Gaurang: there were many complex things....but this is the rough story...
(14:26:41) XYZ: never mind !! it still is a great story !! you should write a book about yoru journey !
(14:27:02) XYZ: because ther are millions of people out there thinking about the same !
(14:27:16) Gaurang: hmmm thats a nice idea
(14:27:18) XYZ: every sing day
(14:27:18) Gaurang: :)
(14:27:44) XYZ: reality strikes ! big time !
(14:27:48) Gaurang: of course writing a book is not as easy it appears in america :)
(14:28:15) Gaurang: i mean writing a book is a very difficult thing....
(14:28:20) Gaurang: i have a blog though... about it...
(14:28:36) Gaurang: which tells some of depressing things i was going through...
(14:29:02) XYZ: sahi !
(14:29:12) XYZ: where are you looking fora job riht now?
(14:29:13) Gaurang: its hidden though
(14:29:22) Gaurang: i am just looking around ...
(14:29:28) XYZ: and how are you dealing with the questions about why did you leave ??
(14:29:29) Gaurang: i have an onsite interview at amazon..
(14:29:43) Gaurang: i went to a meditation camp....2-3 days
(14:29:54) Gaurang: i am now talking with friends more...
(14:29:56) XYZ: where? in LA?
(14:30:02) Gaurang: see i pinged you after such a long time
(14:30:14) XYZ: true !
(14:30:15) Gaurang: feels good talking to people you know
(14:30:26) XYZ: which camp did you go to?
(14:30:36) Gaurang: i am looking for it preferably in Bay Area ...or maybe in CA
(14:30:46) XYZ: who was the teacher ??
(14:30:52) Gaurang: asaramji bapu...
(14:30:57) Gaurang: it was just a small thing
(14:31:04) XYZ: I know most of the teachers in LA
(14:31:08) Gaurang: what
(14:31:15) Gaurang: are you into meditation and all?
(14:31:20) XYZ: :-O
(14:31:37) Gaurang: Bay Area is separate from LA...
(14:31:41) XYZ: I know
(14:31:47) Gaurang: I have moved from LA to Bay area about a year back...
(14:31:49) XYZ: bay area is in jose
(14:31:53) Gaurang: well have been to LA then?
(14:32:03) XYZ: tons of times
(14:32:20) Gaurang: yeah , san jose, san francisco, sunnyvale, santa clara, mountain view, etc -- are in bay area
(14:32:23) XYZ: will be going to santa monica again in summer
(14:32:27) XYZ: for some workshops
(14:32:33) Gaurang: which?
(14:32:39) Gaurang: hey you should have told me...
(14:32:49) Gaurang: we could have met ...
(14:32:51) Gaurang: when you came to LA
(14:32:56) Gaurang: before
(14:33:11) XYZ: but I traveled mostly in last year when you were not htere
(14:33:17) Gaurang: anyway .... maybe we werent in touch much ... :(
(14:33:49) Gaurang: ok
(14:33:58) Gaurang: are you also planning to come to the bay area...
(14:34:06) Gaurang: let me know when you come...
(14:34:44) Gaurang: hey tell me who told you about my job, re/
(14:34:54) XYZ: :-*
(14:35:14) Gaurang: man... there should be some glossary of these ...
(14:35:18) Gaurang: now what does that mean?
(14:35:27) XYZ: 8-)
(14:36:36) Gaurang: google doesnt allow me to search for :-*
(14:36:39) Gaurang: :(
(14:37:02) Gaurang: anyway...
(14:37:14) Gaurang: so what about you ... which company do you work for?
(14:37:20) Gaurang: are you on job right now?
(14:37:23) Gaurang: ooops....
(14:37:42) Gaurang: hmmmm.... probably a bad time for talk then...
(14:39:07) XYZ: ya i am working on the SIDE ;0
(14:39:15) Gaurang: what do you do?
(14:40:42) Gaurang: hey nice talking to you XYZ.... maybe we can talk some more later then....
(14:41:03) Gaurang: you can do your work...
(14:41:41) XYZ: giveme yoru number
(14:41:44) XYZ: take mine donw
(14:41:48) XYZ: 480-239-2539
(14:41:50) Gaurang: ok
(14:41:54) Gaurang: mine is 650 380 4602
(14:41:56) Gaurang: is that your cell?
(14:42:01) XYZ: yes
(14:42:04) Gaurang: ok i will call you on weekend or something then...
(14:42:18) Gaurang: ok bye...