Rising to the challenge

Recently, a fellow blogger pointed out a fact about my blogging. Let's just call that person H as in HaHa. This is what H said:

"I notice that most of the blogs you find and the commenters you have are all women".

Jeez .. what an absurd, uncomfortable and incorrect thing to say!! Well .. maybe not incorrect .. and maybe not absurd .. but let me tell you, it was definitely uncomfortable!!

The ironic part is that I was aware of it and yet it never hit home until now.

I tried in vain to think of excuses to refute this claim. But nevertheless, what H said was very true. My only saving grace was the fact that I have had two guys comment on my blogs .. Amol and CU I owe you both big time for this!!

But being the slow thinker I am, the question came back to haunt me again. Was there a reason behind this?

Was it because I was looking for someone? Naah .. one hookup in life is sufficient to last a lifetime. A man has to be crazy to deal with more than one woman at the same time!!

Was it because it is more fun communicating with women? Probably true for men in most cases. But not for me. I have more than my fair share of interaction with the three women in my life.

Was it because women make more sense than men? Now that's really funny ..I wont even answer this :)

Here is my take on this. I read and comment on blogs I enjoy and and if that happens to be a woman's blog, then so be it. And in return, I get their comments on my blog.

And imagine, how much worse of it would have been if the word "women" in H's comment was replaced by "men" ???

So here are some of my options going forward.

1) Try to get more men to read my blog and comment on it. Unfortunately for this, I need the help of all the women reading my blog to pass the word to their male colleagues.

2) Enable the comment moderation feature in blogger and selective publish comments to maintain a male/female balance. Prerequisite for this would be #1 as I would need male comments first :)

2) Ignore H. Enjoy all the female attention my blog is getting!

Any suggestions ??

Go away

Go away, all of my life's realities
Give me a break, I want the surreal today

Go away, my routines and schedules that hold me down
I need to do the unexpected, let me break free today

Go away, my thoughts of work, projects and office politics
I am sick and tired of you all, I don't want to think about you today

Go away, all my questions that are never answered
I need no answers, for I have no questions today

Go away, my constant worries and concerns for my family
You can be back tomorrow, I need to relax today

Go away, my friends, my colleagues and my fellow humans
Get away from me, I want to walk the lonely road today

Go away, my past, my present and my future
Unchain me, I want to be a new person today

Go away, my beliefs and my learnings and my truths
Let me free, and let my dreams come true today

Tolerance

I was under the impression that all religions of the world would include tolerance as one of their most basic teachings.

Tolerance for other people, tolerance for other religions, and tolerance for other's views.

I look back into the history books, and I look around at the world today .. and I realize how wrong my impressions are.

I am not against religion. But I am definitely against the misuse of religion.

Tagged - Famous Five Tag

Tagged by Pri from Nostalgic Moments. My First Tag. I am not gonna take the effort to make it interesting .. so expect the mundane :)

--- 5 THINGS FOUND IN MY ROOM:

1. Bed
2. Vicks
3. TV
4. Ipod
5. Tissues

--- 5 THINGS IN MY BAG

Since I don't carry a bag, I will list 5 things found in my clothes ..

1. Wallet
2. Cell phone
3. Loose change
4. Receipts
5. Chapstick

--- 5 THINGS IN MY WALLET

1. Pictures
2. Some money
3. Credit card
4. Driver's licence
5. Secret compartment to hide emergency money when the regular money is depleted :)

Somehow I feel exposed giving out all this information :) Anyways, here's 5 of the folks who may be reading my blog so I am tagging them next.

--- Deepali
--- Riya
--- PK
--- Mansi
--- Amol

Status update

The last couple of weeks have been pretty hectic for me.

Met a lot of new people. Hopefully some of these meetings will transform into lasting friendships.

Diwali celebrations were extra festive this season. I am just glad and thankful that this past one year has been good for us. No regrets.

And on the work front, things are going well. My contract has been extended and I will be working on some exciting new projects in the coming year.

I could not have wished for anything more.