And There Goes My One Inhibition for a Toss

14^th December’2012 – Gurgaon Annual Bash

Never ever – and I repeat – never, ever I thought I will dance in front of my 2500 colleagues. Yes, and that too on Gangnam Style. Yes, it still takes me a while to believe that it was real, and that I did it.

It was time for the annual, year-end company bash. And as always, the creative heads were planning a gala event. 

As a part of tradition, the company leadership does a small performance. This time, I got pulled into the event. There was a funny script, where we had to walk the ramp – like a fashion show ramp. When I signed up for the same, I was told I will just have to be present – and to save my international roaming, I said yes, OK – I will be present on the Stage. How bad can that be – one would ask ;).

And then – when I walked into the practice session, I realized what had I really signed up for. I will have to do a cat walk; and then dance on Gangnam. OMG – that feeling in my stomach. But what the heck – I did decide to go for it. We practiced for a week – and then there was D-day. I was told by my best friends at work to “chill out”, have fun, and let it loose.

D-Day – started with fun, girly talks on make-ups and dresses. And then, the time came when we had to drive to the venue. And there – our group was called, and the moment I stepped on the stage, I felt fine and confident. I walked, and danced like no one is watching. And, I enjoyed fully. We were called for an encore, and we did it again. 

The program was so appreciated, and so many people complimented me – whether they knew me or not. I felt like a Rock Star.

To wrap up the evening, I connected with my best friends, danced to the tune of DJs, and had a total evening of fun!! A great time and enjoying while letting go of an inhibition – thank you my friends for making me do this :-)

Cheers!!!

P.S – no photo for this write up to protect privacy of all!!

I Believe in Kindness of Strangers

2^nd December 2012 –  UAE National Day

Three of us friends were in Dubai, and it was buzz and alive with activities because of 41^st UAE National Day. The whole city was lit up – tri color. The streets were super busy, and so were cabbies. The traffic was packed. It was so much that any driver would think twice about entering back into a lane after getting out of it. 

We wanted to go to Jumeirah Beah Walk (JBR Walk) to be a part of festivities – which was doubly packed than the rest of Dubai. So, three tourists took a cab from Atlantis to the famous JBR walk.

While getting out of the cab, one of my friends left her swanky, expensive mobile in the car. Losing a phone is more than just a loss of money these days – with this – you practically lose your privacy – and all your contact details. So, you lose your social network as well. We figured the loss within 5 minutes, any by that time, we had lost the cab. We panicked. I tried calling her phone – thinking probably it is still somewhere with us – in one of our bags. We didn’t hear the phone – and no one answered. It was a moment of … OMG.

But guess what - we got a call back from that phone. It was the driver. He told us to be right where he dropped us, and told us that he would try to reach there as soon as possible – as soon as the crazy traffic allowed him to come. And he came –braving all the chaos, to give us back the phone. Truly god sent.

Some people can arguably associate this with the fear of law – but I was humbled by the kindness of him. He could have totally deposited it in lost and found – but he was far too kind for that.

So, THANK YOU Stranger. People like you instill the belief in kindness and in humanity!! 

Salute to you!!