Thank You God, You are always there for us.

God created animals, birds, reptiles, trees and divided into different races, like in animals Tiger race, Lion race, Elephant race and so on. He taught the quality of grouping, so all most all his creation never stay as individual, all loves to stay in group. His latest creation is Human Race, who has the sense and a power to change the universe. As like God human themselves divided into different religions like Christians, Islam and Hindu etc. All religions conduct different meetings at different instant of time at different places to reach at their belonging people, to solve their problems, to show them the right path, which has written in the spiritual books like Vedas, Koran and Bible. All religion always tries to keep their belongings on their sides. Again the religions divided into different casts and castes divided into sub casts. All have their rules, regulations and restriction, which brings a balance in human life. They can never dare to cross the limit, what has written in their following cast’s law book. Tough human race follows all rules and regulations to lead its life; it is called as a civilized race in the earth.

I belong to Hindu religion and Khandayat cast. Once during my college days we had a meeting in my region. My father was a member of the cast comity, so I got a chance to spoke on a topic in front of my caste people. I and my father had started early in the morning to the meeting, as he had to start the meeting. We reached at the place and he joined on the dies. I was getting bored over there as my speech was too late, that is on evening session. I had to spend there all the day. I roamed here and there; people were coming and giving speech on different topic. I found the listeners were very serious. Most of the listeners belong to aged group. My grouped people were less compared to the old. Ladies had the same ratio. Generally these kinds of meeting never be conducted in cities, because city people have no time and they knew about globalization, so always the caste representative choose a village for this kind of function, where they could get more gatherings. And that meeting was conducted in a village, which was near to my village. As you know, we Hindu have a spider of relations and specially the women; they are very showing of it. All men and youths they gave me smile as I greet them but when I went to the women part, many of them hugged me and robbed their hands from my top to bottoms, because I had been there after a long time. We were staying in a town. We talked all the emotional topics. Those things were continued till the lunch break. On lunch break I relieved and decided not to go any where, and be sited near to my father.

Lunch had completed, again the boring speech had started. I was sitting like a Kalapani prisoner. Those things were unbearable but I couldn’t go out because of all those women and men. I was upset and thinking some thing. I was trying to find my smile and pretending as I was happy. During those times a sweet but an aggressive voice came from the dies. I saw a girl was speaking about something. She had good contents and I tried to concentrate on her speech. I found she was telling some thing about empowerment of women. She had finished soon and while returning to her place, I ran to her and congratulate her for her wonderful speech. She knew me before. She thanked me and asked, ‘Are you Amit? Son of Mr. Nayak.’ I surprised and said, “yes, how would you know?”

‘Can’t you remember? I am Sunaina, I had been to your house many times.’ She said. (I was trying to recall her but couldn’t.)

‘Hey, by the by, what are you doing here?’ she added. I replied, ‘I am going to speak on youth in the evening session.’

‘Oh’ you became so big. How’s your life going on? What you do actually?’ she asked. “Life is pretty fine and I am doing my MBA in Berhampur University and it is my last year.” I replied.

‘Oh’ that’s great, we are in Berhampur only. Then we will have regular meet.’ She asked.

‘Off course; why not… ’ I added.

(We had exchanged our contact numbers, and did some other discussions. Meanwhile I heard my name from the dies. She wished me. I went to dies and started my speech. The speech was good, my father felt proud. People were talking about me as I spoke like my father. I returned to my seating place. I found Sunaina was still sitting there. She smiled and congratulates me for my speech. She said I was fantastic. I spoke leader. I thanked her and did our regular youth discussion. The meeting was over, my father called me and her father too. I said bye and joined to my father.)

After some days I got a call from a number, she was Sunaina. The fact was that I had not stored her number and forgotten her totally. Her call made her picture alive in me. I was in the university and she asked me for that days plan. I said nothing and added that after class I would be alone, actually to flirt her. She said she had two film tickets and invited me for the movie. I said okay. (First time in my life I got a chance to see a movie with a girl and that was also the night, how could I refuse?) I painted well as if I was going to see a bride and reached there in time. I found she was waiting for me at the outside of the cinema hall. We went inside very soon. I never like to miss the beginning and those advertisements as well. We easily found our seats and settled on that. (I am very fond of Hindi movies, I never focus on any one while watching movies. I love to be a part of that movie. I try to feel every situation of the movie. I try to hear all the dialogues very carefully, meanwhile if somebody disturbs me I never listen to him/her.) The interval came. I asked her for snacks, she joined me and we both went out to bring. On the way she said, ‘You are so much! You were in the movies as if you are playing a character.’ I said, ‘Yes, I am very fond of movies.’ We purchased some snacks and returned to the hall again. We completed the movie. That was too late about to 12 O’clock at night. She hopped on my bike and I dropped her at her home and returned to my campus.

I didn’t even call her after that night, after two days she called me. I asked her about that night whether she earned some scold from her parents or escaped. She said as she informed her parents before that she was going for a movie with her friend Nandita and informed Nandita too. I asked, ‘Why did you do so?’

She said, ‘I like your company, you are a simple guy. Not like other boys’

I asked, ‘What does it mean?’

She said, ‘This means… Do you have free times, so that we could meet at the coffee shop near by Gandhi road?’

I asked, ‘Yes… But…’ she said, ‘No but, fut just come there I am waiting.’ and disconnected the call.

I could know, she was giving me line. She had a crush on me, but… I was not ready then…

I went to that coffee shop, found her gorgeous in white dress. (Actually white is my favorite color.) She felt me as such that she has been waiting for me for a long time. She waved her hand and said Hi. I did the same. We went to the table, which was booked by her. We sat there and the waiter arrived with menu in hand. She took the menu and ordered, ‘Two burgers, one sandwich and two coffees.’ I poked my nose there and said, ‘No, I don’t drink coffee, for me a cold drink instead.’

She laughed at me and said, ‘You don’t drink coffee. Or trying to impress me?’

I swallowed in my spits and said, ‘No, I never take coffee or tea.’

(She looked at me in different way as if she would kill me right then.) She said, ‘Don’t talk rubbish, all management student drink and smoke as well.’

I said, ‘I am sorry, you are knocking at the wrong door. I am not one of them.’

“Oh’ impressed me.” She said and added, ‘Do you have any girl friend?’

I said, ‘I am not so fortunate, I don’t have any.’

She said, ‘Impressed me, you know how to speak with girls also.’

I added, ‘No, not really, I speak all the time like this.’

(The waiter has arrived and placed the order on the table) I started eating; she was just looking at me. While eating I never look here and there, I just eat at that time. We were finished. She said, ‘You are cute and adorable too.’

I said, ‘Thank you but you are looking pretty.’ She thanked me and we went for a walk up to her house. When we reached near to her home, she said, ‘Okay, wait for my call.’ Waved her hand and said bye then entered in her house. I waved too and returned.

In the night it was about 1 AM. I was watching India and West Indies cricket. My room mate came and gave me my phone by saying, ‘Dude, you have a call.’ I found that was Sunaina. I asked, ‘You are still awake?’ she said, ‘I have also no boy friends’ and disconnected the phone. I thought how stupid girl is this. After that we talked over phone twice or thrice a day. A week went by in this manner. On a Sunday she invited me to see a movie. I joined her in time. And we went inside to see the movie. As you know all about my movie craze. That was a family and soft romantic movie, “Vivah”. We watched the movie and after some time I found Sunaina were rubbing my palm softly. I thought why to miss the chance and I stretched my arm till the end of her chair. She placed her head on my arm. I felt the movie more spice and interesting then other days. She behaved me as if she knows me from a long back. The movie has finished and we both smiled by looking at each other. I dropped her at her place and she invited me to her house, but I refused her invitation by saying, ‘My friends are waiting, I will come some other day.’ She waved her hand in such a manner as if I was been for a long trip. Then as usual callings were started.

One day in a early morning, she called me and asked me to reach at her house and that was very urgent. Luckily that was Sunday. I went to her house and rang the calling bell. She opened the door. She was looking pretty that time; she had worn a white top and nothing else. I asked, ‘Where are your parents?’

She said, “They have been for a party. I am alone at home, so I called you.”

‘Oh’ great. Tell me what we will do?’ I asked. She said, ‘Just sit, I am coming with in a minute.’

I sat on the sofa. I was nervous. I thought I was in trouble. Soon she arrived with a glass of cold drink and gave that to me with a seducing smile. I felt as if that was my fourth night. I was totally scared, a question on my virginity! She took the glass from my hand and placed that on the table. She closed the door gently. I scared more. She asked me to come near to here, but I said, ‘no I am comfortable here.’ But she grabbed my hand and pulled me. I sat on the Bed. By that time I was totally sweating. She looked at me and washed my face by a skirt. She asked, ‘Why are you so nervous?’ I said, ‘I am not nervous.’

I took her book on the bed and asked, ‘Are you good at mechanical engineering?’ she answered, ‘Yes, I love to read mechanicals. But not now…’ saying that she plucked the book from my hand and placed where that was.

I saw her mobile and asked her about the features. She explained a little but then she said, ‘You know these, because you have the same one.’ I said, ‘Yeh!’

She again washed my face and came closer to me. During this some body knocked the door. I was a little relieved. She went to the door and spoke with some person and came back to me. Meanwhile I called to one of my friend and asked him to call me after five minutes. She came back to me and sat very closer than before. By holding my hands she asked, ‘what is your feelings about me? Do you love me as I do?’ I was supposed to say some thing, my friend called me as I planned before. I came a little distance from her and thanked to my friend. But he was unable to understand the situation. I said, ‘I will narrate the whole story, let me come to hostel first.’ I went near to Sunaina and said, ‘One of my friends is injured and been hospitalized in MKCG Medical. So I have to go.’ I ran from her and thanked God. He only rescued me from that suitation.

Very soon I applied for a New SIM and changed the contact number. I narrate the entire story to my room mate. After that I have not come in contact with Sunaina. In this way I saved my life. Thank You God, You are always there for us.

A Night with Naina

I finished my academic curriculum and planned to Bangalore for a job. I was unfortunate that I won’t have a single campus selection. I prepared my resume as a HR fresher and uploaded in all most all job sites. I shared a house with other three friends from my college. We were waiting for an interview call, some days we were fortunate and some days we were not. So in those periods we had a plan to visit all Bangalore. Before coming to this city, my father had suggested me some visiting places and also strictly guided me not to visit MG Road (Mahatma Gandhi Road) in the night time. (The matter of fact is that prostitutes are lining on the MG Road after the sun set and according to ‘Papa’ they knew the art of hypnotism and I might be hypnotized by them, so he wants to rescue me, as all father do.) I told all of my friends that lets purchase a Bangalore visiting guide and to follow that as well. We purchased a guide book.

From the next day we made a simple routine and waited till 12 O’clock for an interview call after that we moved out on Bangalore tour. Meanwhile on traveling, if we got any call from any organization then we scheduled that for the next day. In this regard we spent about eight to nine days. We had visited MG Road as well but those are on the day/ evening time. Once we had been to one of ours senior’s house, he asked, “Have you guys been to MG Road?” we nodded our heads and said yes. Then a rapid fire round had started…

Senior: What you saw there?

We: Nothing, that road is little bit busy and guys are fashionable there.

Seniors: At what time you guys been there?

We: Around 4 or 5 PM, afternoon.

Seniors: Oh’ that’s why… The real thing begins after that.

We: What! What real things?

Seniors: You can see the drunken girls roaming here and there at the night. You can find sexy girls with minis and if you follow the road opposite to Bangalore Central Market building after 7.30 or 8 O’clock, then you can find the prostitutes.

(We all in excitement, asked then… then, as we had never seen these things before in our life, because we belongs to a small town. These things were just like dream for us.)

Seniors: You can find bargaining of people. If they get a girl in convincing price, then they will take that girl for that night else they will go to the next door.

We: One from my friends asked, “Bhaiya” is it compulsory to take one if you have been there?

Seniors: No, not a compulsory. If rate suits you then only you go for a buy or else you can leave the place. One more thing in weekend amusements becomes doubled.

(And some more discussions… and after sometimes we left the place)

On the next night we planned to go to the MG Road. We reached there by six and roamed here and there on the Brigade (A part of MG Road, where Bars and Pubs are there.) and saw all things were right. We enjoyed the evening, when it was about to 8 O’clock, one from my friends asked us for the Road, near by Central. We had never seen prostitutes before. We all were very much ambitious to see the prostitutes. How are they looking like etc. we reached the place by 8.30 and saw them from a distance, because we had a fear. And at 10 O’clock we returned to home. The whole night we discussed about those prostitutes and their customers. How they were bargaining etc. one of my friend said, ‘I will go near to them tomorrow and see them clearly how they look like.’ We all convinced.

On next day, we went to the prostitute place. We were well dressed and scented as well. We began to stare at the prostitutes from top to bottoms and from one and to another end of road. While passing them, I had a very drastic time in my life. Their attitudes, bad words etc. those were unbearable. Anyhow we completed the marching and saw the platoon. I forced them to return home but they had not finished then. One of them planned to bargain with a prostitute, and all agreed except me. But I couldn’t leave them alone so I also followed. They stopped at one place. Two of us stayed a little distance, means near to the auto and behaving as if we were bargaining to the auto and other two went to that prostitute.

A prostitute near to the selected prostitute said to our selected prostitute, “Ae Anjali tere chikne log aagaye.” (She conveyed to our selected prostitute that she got the customer.)

We: We are four, but two of us will do with you and for whole night. What is your rate?

Prostitude: Are you sure, they won’t do with me. Or else I’ll call one of my friends. Then we two and you four will do whole night.

We: No, No… We require only one for two of us.

Prostitute: Look sir, only two means two; there would be no “Jabardasti”. Mind it.

We: Yes, we promise. Tell your cost.

Prostitute: Eight Thousand.

We: What! (All shocked!)

Prostitute: What happened sir, I think you are students so I said very less price otherwise my rate would be more than 12K for a night.

We: Look we can’t afford more than 1500.

Prostitute: (Kahan se aajate hain sale…) Look sir, six thousand is final. Interested then let’s go or else find the next door.

(I was chocked at that time. I said my friend, ‘you stay here and enjoy the scenario I am going, I can’t tolerate. I am waiting for you at the end.’ And I left the place. They were in bargaining. While on the road, I found a beautiful girl, stepped down from a car and stood in the line. She was not looking like a prostitute, but … She was so beautiful, I fall in love with that girl in first meet.)

I stopped there and went to the girl, and she was absent minded. She asked the driver to park the car. And the driver did as per the order. When I asked, “Excuse me!”

She made a step back, with a nervous voice and replied by clearing her throat, “Yes”

I said, “You…” sudden she replied, “I am here for this job. Can’t you see them; I am one of like them.”

I said, “But…” she didn’t allow me to say any word and said, “oh’ Mr. if you are interested then talk otherwise go on your path.”

I asked, “No, I mean to say… what’s your …” she didn’t let me finish my sentence and said, “500/- not less a single penny.”

(I thought she was not a prostitute and thanked to God that he maid me her first customer, otherwise she would have spoiled.) I nodded my head and asked her to wait. I straight went to my friend and borrowed five hundred rupees from him. I asked them to meet me at home and ran back to that girl. Till that time my friends were continuing their bargaining with another prostitute. I paid her five hundred rupees. And asked her to come but she said she had car and asked the driver to bring the car. The driver denied, he said her father will come soon to that road. She scolded that driver and asked me where to go. I hired an auto and took her to my senior brother’s room. They were out of station for few days on company’s project. Luckily the key was with me.

We both entered in my brother’s room. I asked her to sit on the chair and switched on the TV. I came with two glass of water and sat in front of her. She drunk the water and asked me, “Shall we start!” I felt sorry but with a hope I said, “We have all the night to do. Let’s talk for a while.” She said okay and introduced her self, ‘Hi, I am Naina.’ And I said, “Hi I am Ajit. Are you new to Bangalore?”

‘No, I am a Bangalorian’ she replied.

The time was 9.30 PM, I asked her for dinner and she said yes. We visited to the restaurant near by. I had only hundred rupees and some coins in my pocket. She ordered her dish and I managed with Roti and sabjee. We finished the dinner and bill was Rs. 105/- and luckily I had that. I had twenty rupees more in my back pant pocket. She asked me for Juice and I convinced her in lime soda juice. I purchased a soda bottle and returned to home.

I asked her to sit for two minutes and switched on the TV. She started changing channels meanwhile I prepared the lemon juice. She finished the lemon juice and asked, ‘Shall we start now?’ I replied, “yes of course. But I don’t know, what to do and how… (With a shy voice.) It is my first time. Lets do some gossips and then we will start, is it okay for you?”

She replied, “Yes. And asked me where you from?”

I said, “Berhampur, Orissa.”

She asked, “How long have you been in Bangalore?”

I said, “About fifteen days”

She said, ‘You came here for job?’

I said, ‘Yes.’

She asked, “What your father does?”

I said, “He is a lecturer.”

She asked, “Tell me some thing about your family?”

I said her about my father, mother, Brother and sister. By that time I noticed she had forgotten every thing and behaving me as her friend. I narrate my college stories every thing. She started laughing.

She asked, ‘Do you bring girls home at the night?’

I said, “No never, why?”

She asked, ‘Then why have you been there?’

I narrate the entire story. And asked her, ‘I know you are not that kind of girl, but…’

She said, ‘Actually, I am in love with a boy. He is my classmate. He proposed me on last valentine day and for two months every thing has gone fine. After two months we had an Industrial tour and we have been to UK, there he tried to keep physical relation with me and I denied. Have I done some thing wrong?’

I said, “No you were absolutely correct. Then…”

‘Then he became upset and blamed me that I won’t love him as much as he does. I tried to make him understand but he didn’t. Is there my fault?’ she asked

I said, ‘No, then…’

‘Then next day he came to me and apologizes for his doings. I thought he has changed. Then we traveled a lot in UK. And returned to India after two weeks’ She said.

I said, ‘Okay… then’

‘Then what! He started keeping a divine relationship with me and I took him to my parents and they all agreed on my choice’ she said.

I said, ‘then what…’

She said, ‘Yesterday I had been to his home and found a girl from his room. If he can do this with me then I can also do. Please do with me.’

I said, ‘Hold on… Hold on… what has he done with you? You are as before you were. So please think once, I can’t do it with you. Just relax and think that you escaped from a bad guy. You should be proud of yourself.’ Then I took her mobile and dialed to her father. Said her, ‘Excuse me!’ and went to out by switching on the TV.

The phone was ringing. “Hello, Bete where are you? I am so worried. What happened?” Too many questions as normal father do. I replied, ‘Hello.’ He became tensed and said, ‘who are you? Look; don’t do any thing with my daughter. I am bagging of you.’ I found a tensed father as like the normal father. I said, ‘Uncle, I am Ajit. I have not done any thing with your girl nor am I going to do.’ And gave him my Brother’s home address and asked him to come to the place. Then I returned to her and we started our conversation. Meanwhile, she felt sleepy and slept on the chair. I place a pillow at a proper place. Switched off the TV and went out by locking the door.

Soon I found a car at the boundary. The driver came out and started talking with the watch man. I ran down and asked, ‘are you Raina’s driver?’ suddenly her father came out and shacked hand with me and asked, “Ajit. Hi I am Raina’s father.” I could mark him so worried as if he lost a valuable thing in his life. I greeted him and said Naina was a sleep. I narrated him the story, why we were at MG Road. During this discussion, we already had reached to my brother’s floor. I had arranged some chairs at the balcony to clear him that his daughter had not lost anything.

I offered him coffee and said, ‘Uncle, after that bargaining situation, I found odd there so I left that place. On the road I found Naina was stepping down from the car and joined in the line of prostitute. I guessed her and clicked on the target that she was not among them. I brought her to my home and tried to know the situation and made her comfortable. We had dinner together. Now she is a sleep.’ I told him the story as well, why Naina was there. He thanked me and paid me eight hundred rupees, which I served on her daughter. We both took Naina genteelly and they both hopped in the car. Naina’s father thanked me again and they left for their house.

After two days my senior brothers rang me and said, ‘A girl named Naina has come to meet you. Come soon.’ I ran to their house and met with Naina. She was looking as pretty as before. She hugged me in front of my entire senior brothers, I felt shy. I smiled; she thanked me and asked me for an evening walk. Then we were off from that place.

Band Widhth Leakier

Prakash is one of my good friends, working as Assistant Manager in Union Bank of India. He had some training in Bangalore, so he stayed with me for three days after his training at Bennarghatta, a heavenly place, I would never forget. Meanwhile his staying he asked me, “how can any one see the porn movies online?” He explained his manager usually does the same job at the office and then I narrate him the same story, which I am going to tell you.

Once in my office, the system admin chief found the server is not running as fast as the expected bandwidth in Bangalore region. He had suspected some leakage or misuse of the bandwidth. So he came down all the way from Delhi to Bangalore, to check the problem. He encountered the issue and found that due to some unnecessary sites, the issue has occurred. Those all sites belonged to porn sites. He was confused, as it had shown many systems not in a particular one. To fix the bug (Problem), he called a meeting with our most eligible Network Engineering expert, Kanhu Charan. In the meeting he explained all the issues and asked Mr. Kanhu to help. Kanhu said, ‘’How can I help you, Sir? Even I don’t know who the culprit is?”

Mr. Chief said, “no matter to know the culprit, could you write a program where the user would be known by its log in ID not by the computer IP address.”

Kanhu said, ‘It is not a dam difficult task, let me give eight to nine hour I will fix the issue.’ Then the meeting was over.

During the lunch session Mr. Kanhu asked me, ‘Ashish, are you accessing other sites which are out of our code and conduct?’ I replied, “Why?”

He asked, “No, just to check!” (I marked something hidden and asked him to explain all the matter.)

He said, ‘have you seen a person came from Delhi?’

“Yes” I replied.

He asked, ‘can you guess why he is for here?’

“How would I know?” I said.

‘To check our internet band width, he is our system admin chief’ he said.

“Oho” I replied and shocked very much.

He could guess my unusual expression at my face and asked, ‘have you done something wrong?’

“No” I replied. “Achha, tell me some thing more” I asked.

‘Due to some unnecessary sites our bandwidth has slow down, it is a very long term process. Our company has been paying for the hi-speed internet but due those useless download, we are getting the speed a little slower.’ He answered.

“Hey man, actually I often listen to the music and sometimes download also. That would be making some harm, they would fire me.” I said in tension.

‘Na, nothing like that, even I am listen to the music often, that gives you energy and won’t make any obstacle in your target’ he said in handiness manner.

“You too do the same, no you are giving consolation.” I said in haphazard manner.

‘How can I explain, not for you? Actually don’t tell any one, few of from our staff are watching and downloading the porn movies, which makes the internet slower.’ Finally he vomited the truth and made me relax. Even in very confident manner I cross examined him, “How did you know all these things?”

‘In the morning Mr. Chief had a meeting with our managers and he asked them to suggest the best Network Engineer in our campus and most of the managers suggested my name. So I had a meeting with Mr. Chief in the early morning.’ He said.

“Then” I asked.

(Actually he knows me better and I have the faith on him. He never hides any thing from me. If you say I am the open book to read his secretes and vice-versa.)

‘Now, Mr. Chief has asked me to write a program, where server can show the user’s name instead of the IP address, so that they would be able to catch the band width leakier.’ He said and asked, ‘Can you guess any one from our office, who is doing this?’

“No” I said and joked, “shall we spread the news, in whole campus that BE ALERT! There is a band width leakier and Mr. Police has arrived with his team to catch the victim.” (We both laughed, mean while we were finished with our Lunch. We returned to the work station to do our recommended tasks.)

Kanhu had fixed the problem with in some hour and went to Mr. Chief. He asked Kanhu to fix the bug in the server. And he did what he asked. Then Mr. Chief had returned to Delhi on the next day. We were surprised, that no action had been taken. The band width was same as before. After fifteen days Mr. Chief came to Bangalore again. This time not Kanhu, he had a meeting with our office Admin, Mr. Suresh. But Suresh was upset after the meeting. We were at our desk; he came to us and said Kanhu that “At least you would have informed me.” We didn’t understand him and asked, “What!” Then we three went to the cafeteria. I am explaining down, what he had said to us.

He said, “I was using different people’s system to see the porn movies. As the IP address had been displayed there in the server I used to follow this trick. But when Mr. Chief had come here last time, he had not mentioned these things to us. He simply asked for our best Network engineer, so we had suggested your name. You should have mentioned us about these. In the meeting Mr. Chief scolded me badly and shown my all dark doings. He judged me as a culprit as I have broken the code of ethics. This is my termination letter; he had come along with him from all the way, Delhi. Now I lost my job. Probably this is my last minute with you. All my settlements have already done. Before going to home I thought to meet you once.” Then he left the organization. We felt sorry on that day. We couldn’t work even, took half day leave and came back to home.

I said Prakash not to these things in the office, as they are out of rules. Always follow the rules made for you, so that we can dream for a bright and shining India. Prakash thanked to me and said he will never do those things which will hamper his professional life and personal as well.