Take it Easy.... It is Really Easy!

DhoOM ! - Spot ME !!

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:26:00 +0000

Pichle Saat Dino Main.....

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:04:00 +0000

Maine Yeh Sab Hai Khoya !...

Sony Walk Wireless Walkman - Mrp 4900 /- only.
8 GB Pen Drive - Mrp 1240 /- Only
One Novel - Mrp 345/-
Peace Of Mind - Price less :o(

Just A Thought!

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:11:00 +0000

"Good Things Happen To Good People!!"

I have always been a staunch believer of this funda ! Recent events, over the past few months are shaking it !

Is it really true?

Just Books (6)

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:38:00 +0000

How many have you read ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml

Me? A Poor 13. I am not proud at all !!!

Just Books(5)

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:55:00 +0000

Finished reading " Its Not About the Bike - Lance Armstrong".

I would surely recommend the book, Its a good and fast read. Even though it dwells on what most would think a depressing subject. A man's fight against cancer. It is well written, fast pased and gives only so much gyan as is needed to put a point across. No endless text of medical terms and same time gives a glimspe into the exciting world of champion ship cycling.

Picked up ''Yes Prime Minister" - This one has been on my shelf forever now, Inspite of being such a big fan of "Yes Minister" I dont know why this one is still unread :o)

Dummies Guide To Road Crossing !

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:57:00 +0000

1) 6 of them Stand in a line holding hands. Giggle and chitt chat and look at each other and everyother place other than the road and the traffic, Wait for a lull in the traffic flow

2) Shout !.. Heeeey cooooome... let all hell break loose... 3 of them pull each other in all directions.and somehow reach the center of the road.

3) Look back at the rest and giggle a little more, wwwwhaat ya, why dint u come..Hey You let go of my hand I dint want to go !!!..All 6 shouting! no one listening. More giggling and finger pointing from the other end.

4) The other three who dint start the journey to the centre of the road, Kind of pissed. you are such a thing i tell u.. why did u leave my hand.. go ya !

5) Another lull in the traffic, 3 holding hands at the divider, 3 holding hands at the starting porint. Another bout of giggling and chaos... The 3 who could have crossed the full road and reached the other end, decide to undo the mistake and scoot right back to the starting point again. But as tragedy will have it, the other 3 who were scared to reach till the divider make it this time, So there you are ! exchange of positions. The 3 form the divider are back to starting point and the other 3 are at the divider

6) Uncontrolled gigglging fit.

7)finger pointing, giggling... a bit of swearing also i guess.

8) Now finally clear instructions from a leader of sorts ! Wait right there ok. We are coming. 3 from starting point, now reach the divider

9) The leaders command did not work, and the 3 cross over and do not wait at the divider

10) And....Finally the other 3 also scramble to the other side ; All 6 of them do a kind of Jig. Well Deserved of course, mission Impossible was accomplished was'nt it !

And in 10 easy steps ; A gang of school girls cross the road at Cunningham Road !

Amusing Conversations(2)

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:11:00 +0000

Main aur Meri Unnati Aksar Yeh Baatein Karte Hai.... :o)

When i went to my Bro's house the other day, She was not at home. She was down playing with other kids. She came home at about 7.45. Now i know that she has a deadline of 8 PM to get back in after the play session. Heres what happened.

Me: OH wow ! you came early today?
She: hmmm..
Me: You came early because i have come no? You came home to see me ?? !!! :o)
She: No..... Mommy has made Chicken so i came early !

So much for my high hopes !

Within 5 minutes, I gave her the customary Gems packet.

She: Thank you Chachu !
Me: What !!! You said Thank you ????? Very Good girl.
She: You should say welcome ! not good girl. You dont know anything.
Me: Ok Welcome Good girl :o) Good you finally learnt to say thank you !
She: Yes ! My teacher has told, if someone gives chocolate to you, you should say thank you.
Me: Oye Natak ! I have been teaching this to you for past 2 years, you could not listen to me eh ?
She: Are you my teacher? Why should i listen to what you say?

So Much for my high Hopes !

After a while, When me and bro were sipping beers, she came by and asked for a papad from my plate. I gave it to her, and....

Me: Oye ! you did not say thank you.
She: Why should i say thank you? This is not chocolate !
Me: You have a horrible Teacher !!!!!

What is it ? Am i Dumb or is she smart :o)

Just A Thought !

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:24:00 +0000

For quite some time now, I think i've only typed LOL and never ever acutally laughed out loud ! Hmmph ! Not a good sign !

F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:31:00 +0000

I am an absolute self-confessed FRIENDS Fan. I wish there was a channel that aired just this 24*7 ! My remote will never be used :o)

I took this supposedly really tough FRIENDS quiz today and scored 8! not bad at all, when it said that the average score till date is 6. Do try it out and let me know that you scored less than me :0)

Heres the link : http://www.allthetests.com/quiz26/quiz/1244148778/Friends-Seasons-questions

And the below video is of my most favorite scene from FRIENDS. I can laugh at this one as many times as i see it.

Fresh @ Work

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:08:00 +0000

Everyone is a fresher sometime or the other in his/her career ; I do not clearly remeber my days, Sigh ! they were so long back !! But now in my current tenure i have had some interesting conversations with the freshers who either joined my team or i crossed paths with in some course of work ! Here goes.... Dont laugh ! they are not dumb people. They are the future of my company :)

Fresher( joined only about 2 weeks) : Sir, In the Leave system, It is not showing any data for me, we dont have Sick leaves ?
Me: Is it ? I am not sure, probably they havent updated the system yet for you, check with HR.
Fresher( Some time later in the day): Sir, i checked with them, they say it will be updated only next week.
Me: Great ! so problem solved ? Chill !
Fresher: Sir, What should i do if i have to fall sick on this friday ? Before they update the systems?
Me: I assume you want to take a leave on friday ; And to take a leave you dont have to actually fall sick everytime ok ?

[For the super intelligent people who read this, Sick/Casual leave are not differentiated in our leave policy]

Fresher: Santosh, you are a Manager right?
Me: I guess so ! you want to double check ?
Fresher: No, I just wanted to know what work you do.
Me: Ah ! Now that really makes me think
Fresher: Whenever you are on your seat, you have Outlook Or Excel or Powerpoint open on your laptop, Whenever you are not on your seat you are either talking to someone or on phone conference calls. Is this work ?
Me: Please dont go tell all this to my manager ok ? :-)
Fresher: When do you work?
Me: Oye ! this is my work yaar !
Fresher: Very simple no?

I am still wondering if he was genuinely asking out of curiosity and surprice or was being sarcastic !

I got sick of accepting awards without writing anyting ; So this post is to Thank Jyoti for all the awards given to an undeserving blogger :-)

You Know You Have A Bad Day....

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:56:00 +0000

When you pick up the Reli-Spray Bottle and actually spray it, Thinking It to be the Deo !!!!

Joke Hai !... Please say LOL :)

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:35:00 +0000

Heard this from someone today. Not sure if this true, but sounds quite possible !

This long strech of road in whitefield hosts a number of IT and ITES office campuses, SAP, Igate, Perot, TCS, and of course my own Tesco. So There is this guy who's friend had to go to Igate for some work, and got down from the Volvo in front of the SAP campus. He had no clue where the Igate office is so walked up the the SAP security guy for directions

Guy : Sir, Where is Igate?

Security : What ?

Guy: Igate, Where is Igate ?

Security : We have only A gate and B gate, There is no I gate !!!

:-)

Kareena Is Sick !!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:28:00 +0000

Hmmm ! I Wonder why she is pulling of Bikinis !!

Take It Easy....It Is Really Easy !

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:50:00 +0000

I have been away from my blog,and it shows! I was staring at the screen for a good 20 minutes to decide on the title for this post, and in hay days the title was the simplest part! I almost gave up and closed the window, but then settled for the same title for the post as i have for my blog. And it seemed fit to what this garbled post will contain.

To sum up the last 2 months. They were anything but easy, In fact they were the most difficult two months of my life. But as the dictum of my life, "This too shall Pass". It did pass, and thankfully for the better and in my favour.

So! That brings me back to all you good people with a promise to be regular ! Hopefully you dint shrug reading this :-)

Now to add some flavor to a bland post...

A corridor conversation in office..

Guy: Hey.. long time...
Me: Ya! been a while... All's well?
Guy: Yup ! how about you.
Me: Been Good ! How come on this floor today?
Guy: I have a meeting With Su in the room over there.
Me: Meeting with who?
Guy: Su Su ! Got a meeting with her.
Me: Ya: Arent you heading to a wrong room to meet Su su ??

And ! Back with a Bang :-)

PS: No i was not Pinkslipped.

A Secure World !

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:47:00 +0000

Now what these recent terrorost attacks have done in the corporate world is, It has forced organizations to cut down costs in all areas and shoot it up for the security team. Security gaurds now hold flashy metal detectors , Mirror carts, Gates have bigger metal detectors from which there is no escape, you have to walk through these. Now i had some thoughts and incidents around this whole security Jhing Bang all around.

Had gone out of the campus for some chai and cigarettes, This happened on our way back. As is the rule we walked through the metal detector gate,

Me: Every time i walk in it beeps, I wonder what they monitor and who they question and who, how and why will they stop. What is the trigger? It beeps anyway !
Friend1: Ya same here, It beeps for me too.
Friend2: Ya its just a stupid beeping machince i guess. It will beep for I-card chain, Cell phone and whatever.
Friend3: Pata nahi yaar, Main aata hu toh kabhi beep nahi karta !!
Me: Tere main Iron Defeciency hoga.

A friend came to office on his Bike, The security chap "Metal Detected" his whole bike by taking 3 full circles, All the while the machine beeped a loong shirll noise. The friend was wearing a helmet and the shade was shut, and its the dark shaded type. The security gaurd checked his I-card but did not ask him to remove the helmet. So it could have been anybody on the bike with my friends I-card.

I saw a board outside some office, "Visitors Please report to Security" ; Now if the visitor is a terrorist will he be so obedient ?

Me: Yaar i am going to bombay for the 31st eve !
Friend: Wow ! cool... Party time eh?
Me: Ya maybe, We ll say what the friends gang would have arranged.
Friend: Ya ! I just hope its safe this new years
Me: Ya Ya ! We already called the Terrorist helpline and confirmed, They would be on leave as well. So we will be ok !
Friend:Shut up !

Friend: India will go to war with Pakistan this time for sure. I can sense it.
Me: Ya Ideally we should, But i guess the time is not right.
Friend: What do you mean time is not right!! What more reason can therebe than what happened in Mumbai?
Me: No of course. I mean the timing is not right, What with this recession, and cost cutting and all in the economy. Every one has stopped Air-Travel etc, So you can safely assume IAF will not fly, atleast not long distance. And see the coffee cups, notepad quality in our office is going down every month, Am sure the bomb supplied to th army would also have reduced in size and capacity. so i say let the economy bounce back to normal first !!

Eeeks ! This is not Me !

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0000

I am on a tag completing Spree. This one is from RS and Pranjal.

Link the person who tagged you
Mention the rules on your blog
Tell 6 unspectacular quirks of yours
Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them
Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger's blogs, letting them know that they have been tagged

Here You Go !

Travel Paranoia : I am not a good person to be with if you have made travel plans. I behave as if all the trains, Planes, busses are meant to be missed or delayed when I am supposed to travel. Good thoughts are very rare to come by on the travel date. All I can think of is that I will forget the tickets, The tickets will have a wrong date of booking, The mode of transport, whatever that may be will get cancelled or delayed for long hours. I will check the ticket hundred times, Talk to people all around me and keep checking and cross checking the time of travel. Finally when the travel begins with everything being OK, am i done? No ! I am not the one to be happy and relax, Then starts the luggage paranoia! My luggage will be stolen, someone will flick my purse when I am asleep etc etc etc So Keep away when I am traveling. I am not a fun person there!
Karaoke – When music is being played, I am bound to sing, hum or whistle along with it. I just cannot keep quiet. Usually I know the lyrics and will do a sing along but sometimes when the do not know the lyrics I hum the tune along. And I am no good singer :o) But it hardly matters to me and this irritates a lot of friends and people around me, who want to enjoy the song from the source and not the re-mixed version coming out from me. Honestly I agree with them as well, but sigh ! It just happens!
Books – Before I start reading a book I have to see how many pages it has, No starting without this and if it is not a new book and has twisted page corners, torn pages etc, They have to be set right first !
Food – Give me a new dish to eat or a food that I have never ordered earlier in a hotel and I will smell it before I eat it! Not a good sight this, but this again happens on impulse and we are supposed to write quirks here! You asked for it !!! :o). I smoke/drink occasionally, and I need to have one drag as soon as I have the first sip of my drink.
Think - If I have to think ! I have to bite my nails, I always have a short supply of these given how much I think, Then comes the cuticles and when sometimes they start bleeding, I bite my lips !
Sitting / Standing / Being Still : I have say a stay still limit of about 5 minutes and then Vroom ! I have to move. Be it in queues, Watching TV, Office, Whatever or wherever. After the 10-12 mins still regime is over, I move about, take a walk, do drink water, Start talking. Do Something and create some momentum !!

Phew ! there you have a quirky me

And would love to know a Quirky YOU. , Eye, Raji, Imp’s Mom, Sneha , Gee and Usha

Been There.Done That(4)

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 05:26:00 +0000

This one is Self Tagged From Self Talks and Sneha. I think this is one of the fastest flowing tags on the blogsphere these days, Seen this already on more than 3 of the limited number of blogs that i follow and read. Here goes..

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula (what's that!)
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne;Never on Champagne; Lets talk Vodka,Beer.
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can - Was a stupid bet; I paid heavy for this one :o)
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and didn’t care who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day - Had this stupid urge to be a Mallu, My friends were so fed up !!
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk - I am a Pro at this, This one warrants seperate posts all together. Watch out :o)
42. Had amazing friends (Still have them:))
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country - She was the Lady Santa Claus at a pub in Budapest Hungary.
44. Watched whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe - I have packed my bags in Europe though. Does that count?? :o)
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Taken a midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love.
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs - Cassettes actually.
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke - Not at a public place, ?but at a friends house with this barnd new Videocon music system :o)
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theatre
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business - And ended up in loss as well :o)
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites - Hampi [?]
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight ????
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party.
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a Tatto
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on a television news program as an “expert”
83. Gotten flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage - I am not telling what though :o)
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand - Atleast the Airport :o) So technically yes !
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Passed out cold.
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country.
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking with the windows open
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a TV game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for 30 hours in a 48 hour period
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. States
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes ???
134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care (medical care?It was a nightmare!)
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life

Am not tagging any one too, But if you read this and have not already done this. Do it !

WMD

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:39:00 +0000

So George Bush Finally got close to the weapons of Mass destruction he so desperately searched for in Iraq !

A Klueless Existence!

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:26:00 +0000

To add to the Klueless existence that i had, A good friend came along and handed me this to solve ! Phew !
Am sure she draws some sadistic pleasure in seeing me whine and wail for the past 2 weeks, and the kind soul that i am i have passed on the same to some of my other good friends with a promise that they will not overtake me. I am on level 16th as i write this, and in most probabilities will be there ! So go ahead if you need some brain scratching. Click on that link and say good bye to peace and happiness !

The game : http://www.iimi-iris.com/iris-2008/klueless/level0.asp
The Rules : http://www.iimi-iris.com/iris/irising/klueLESS/game.asp

And here is a conversation with my 3 year old niece that left me klueless

Me : Hey! What do you do in school?
She: Homework !

Now ! Tell me were we all not so stupid to slog it out at home so we can be ready for school the next day !

Mumbai Bravehearts

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:10:00 +0000

No words can write what we feel for you. Nothing can bring back what we have lost.

Vijay Salaskar

Hemant Karkare

Ashok Kamte

We Salute you Gentlemen. And We hope India Rises as a Nation and avenges your death.
May your souls rest in peace.

Tidbits(2)

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:34:00 +0000

I guess i push my luck to the limit with some friends, I get to the point of being rude with them. Everytime i do something like this, and i shamelessly laugh and gawd about it to my wife, her common response is " Tum kya kahin ke maharaja ho, Pata nahi why they tolerate you"

I have a friend, Lets call him MV23 becuase that is his chat id. Honestly i dont know how many more days are left of this friendship :)

Here's is what happened today. I was in a meeting and he kept calling me, i pressed the red button every time. He finally caught me on chat.

MV23: Kya be H*R*M*I. Kahan mar gaya tha.
Me: bol
MV23: Bol Kya Bol !!, Mera Phone kyon Kata??
Me: Maine kab tera phone kata?
MV23: Subah se 3 baar, main phone kar raha hu, tino baar tune Kata.
Me: Maine Nahi Kata.
MV23: Kata. 3 Baar Kata.
Me: Arey yaar, Tu utni door Hyderabad main, Tera phone tere haath main, Main yahan bangalore main. Tu hi bol main tera phone kaise katun ?
MV23: Sudhrega Kabhi
Me: :D Nahi !!

In other more interesting news, I have devised a very simple way of finding out whether i am wearing a Shirt or T-Shirt. All i have to do is assume i am wearing a shirt and keep the Cell phone in my shirt pocket. After a while if there is a loud noise and i have to pick up 3 peices of the cell phone. I conclude that i i am wearing a t-shirt without pockets.

F.R.I.E.N.D.S (2)

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:53:00 +0000

This blog has helped me get in touch with some really nice people, and today i was lucky to have met two of them today.
Met Imp's Mom, her Imp and Raji with the sister at Koshy's. Was truly wonderful meeting and seeing people about whom one has already read and known so much via thier blogs.
I was majorly impressed by the cuteest way the Imp says NO to whatever you ask her. I am sure when she grows up, Boys will actually be happy to hear NO as an answer to date or coffee invites. S

Thanks Jo and Raji, Hope to meet you all again.

We Are Growing !!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:08:00 +0000

Couple of years ago when i had joined this organization I was somewhere in 500-540th Employee range. so you see clearly this organization has grown in front of me and honestly i have grown with the organization too ! I was 58 Kilos when i came from bombay and today i am a frightening 74 Kgs. Now tell me aint that good growth ?? I have witnessesed some drastic changes in the landscape, in people, in office, in everywhere.

Way back everything was in abundance, now everything is scarce and percious.

People travelled to UK, Europe at the drop of a hat and now people who even dream about travelling are dropped.

The cubicles were luxury! with each one having only 4 geeks. Somewhere down the line they squeezed in a 5th one, and when we kept travelling down the same line, one fine Monday morning we realized that over the weekend they had shrunk the cubicle size and added two more seats adjoining to every cubcile. Now the work area more or less resembles a Bombay local train, where there is always place for one more. Ya Kinda makes me feel at home too.

Gone are the days when we dined like Kings. Now after standing in a mile long queue for getting the coupon, you see the other queue already building up for the biryani or the roti-curry, and finally when your turn comes up the Rotis are over.
Typical conversations at the food court....

ABC : You see that guy in the black shirt there he got promoted last week.
XYZ : Ya ?? Look he has got a spoon too today, Man life is so unfair. some guys have all the luck! Promotions, Spoons everything. Its been 4 days now, i have been eating my biryani with bare hands. Its Ok if i dont get promotions but i surely deserve a spoon for all my efforts right?

Scheduling a meeting and getting a meeting room was as simple as 123. Now i hear, there is some underground black martketeering going on. You need to know people in the right places if you have to have the luxury of a meeting room. Else the sofa at the lobby or the terrace. If Rumours are to be belived, They are going to start the same booking system that we have for Meeting rooms for toilets as well.

ABC: Can you come over to my desk at 4 PM today for a quick overview of the new project?
XYZ:Let me check my calendar please. Oh ! sorry no, I have a toilet break booked for 4 PM.
ABC: Cant you hold on till 430 or something, This will not take more than 30 mins.
XYZ: Cant you hold on for 10-15 mins, I will finish and be there by 415. I was not able to able to book any room for the morning as well and i just cannot miss this one. Hope you get what i mean.
ABC: Ya, Ya.. Tough times man... See you at 415.

Yes We are 3000 Strong today! And i loved every moment of being a part of this!

Just Books (4)

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:39:00 +0000

Just Finished with Carnage by Angels - Y.P.Singh. Its a well written book, Mind numbing actually, The very fact that an IPS officer has had this to write about the Elite IPS and the Police Force of the country scares me. Worth a read, but the vocabulary used is very impressive but tough to understand as well, Got to refer the dictionery quite a few times to understand sentences and contexts. All in all a good read.

Picked up Songs in Ordinary Times - Mary Mcgarry Morris. This is one of the book i have bought just on instint, I had not heard about it, nor was it referred to me by someone. Just picked it up Off the shelf and said a little prayer that it should turn out value for money. However earlier decisions to pick up books on instinct have been satisfactory, I had picked up I know This Much Is True - Wally Lamb. Had turned out to be quite a good choice.

Just Books - 3

noreply@blogger.com (Santosh) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:57:00 +0000

Finished The Secret - Rhonda Byrne.

I first came across this title on Pranjal's Blog and wanted to pick this up ever since. I guess the "Secret" was working for me even before i knew what it is and i started reading this book. One of the core message in this book is that Thoughts becomes Things and it was proved when i just asked a guy in office if he has heard about this book and turned out that he did and also agreed to lend it to me. There the secret worked just like that ! I hope it works forever !

Picked up Carnage By Angels - Y.P.Singh.