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I am grateful for  1. Coffee  2. Homemade food 3. Availability of water 4. Knowledge (what I learnt today) 5. Easy commute

I am grateful because  1. I could grab a cup of coffee in the afternoon  2. I could leave office on time 3. I had homemade meals 4. I could finish my meals 5. I completed household chores

I am happy because : 1. I saw the sunrise. 2. My morning coffee was great. 3. I ate solid food. 4. I saw the moon. 5. I waited for the bus for 25 minutes without much of trouble. 6. I could exercise. 7. I learnt a few new things. 8. My laptop did not require replacement.

I am grateful because 1. I spent quality time with my parents 2. I nourished my body with fruits, buttermilk, and milk. 3. I enjoyed my coffee in the morning and afternoon peacefully. 4. I watched cats, pigeons, kingfishers, and parakeets. 5. I indulged in self care. 6. I played Scrabble. 7. I wrote a blog (I believe this is the best blog by far) 8. I watched a nice movie. 9. I decided to write daily gratitude.

History repeats itself with minute changes. I felt this profoundly this week. This week I was transferred to work with another project. Suddenly, without much warning or notice. It reminded me of what happened 15 years ago. In 2010, under similar circumstances I was transferred from one project to another.  Here are some more similarities between the events of 2010 and 2015: 1. The decisions were made suddenly and with an immediate effect. 2. To everyone's and my surprise, we never knew that it was my last day at the current project. 3. I moved from one building to the neighboring high security building. 4. I was transferred based on my goodwill. 5. I was expected to miraculously improve the performance of new project. 6. The owners of the project had previously worked with me and were impressed with my work. 7. Both projects had troubles and on the verge of shutting down. 8. Both projects were under scrutiny. 9. I hated being the person of importance. 10. Both projects...

I work at a multinational company. It goes without saying that multi National companies instead of integrating cultures they tend to force the cultures. Multinational companies often try to give importance to specific cultures. American culture and American traditions being one of them. Being an Indian I am open to accepting cultures, I would even respect them. If any particular culture is forced to me I will definitely not accept it. If I say so I am termed as narrow minded. I am told that I should be more open minded and except others cultures. Accepting others cultures is never a problem however it should not be forced upon. I have a problem where my culture (native to my motherland) is degraded to raise a foreign culture.  I would specifically like to describe two different instances where the cultures were forced and I was expected to whole heartedly accept them. First occurrence took place on Halloween. Though, I am aware Halloween is a Celtic tradition and it has a very diff...