There are days... and then there are days.
Monday 26th June
8.05 am
Wake up.
"Crap"
Almost sure to be late for bus.
8.25 am
Leave home.
Bus stand is a proper 15 mins away.
Walk or run its 15 mins.
4-dimensional invariance.
Blah.
Ask at least 5 auto-fellas if they'll go.
Zilch.
Kuppa.
Every auto fellow thinks he's driving a limo or something.
Moral of the story: further time waste.
Office bus scheduled to arrive at 8.30.
Reach Kemp Fort at 8.40.
Bus arrives at 8.45.
*Waah Sunil Babu ishtyle* Badhiya hai.
Reach office.
Mail says its going to be "lab fun day" today.
Whee!
There's a program that I've been working on for a few days.
Just havent been able to get over the debugging bit of it.
Set up camp in the lab.
Pull one box below the comp.
Place feet comfortably on top of it.
All set.
Start.
After another hour of debugging, it works!
Whee!
4.45 pm
"Crap"
Realise I had a meeting scheduled at 4.30.
Was too engrossed in another program to realise that time wasnt exactly standing still.
Catch: the last time this meeting had been scheduled, lotsa ppl hadnt turned up... ergo, Mr. Big Guy was annoyed.
Good.
Thinking.
Could have dug a hole under the carpet in the lab to hide myself for a few days.
Could have gone to medical center and reported high blood pressure.
Could have torn my shirt and turned up at the meeting and gained admiration for sincerity despite mugging.
But no.
Went straight to the meeting.
Sakkat dumb maga.
Enter hall.
Junta discussing Portugal and Holland.
Mr. Big Guy hadnt turned up.
Badhiya hai
Meeting goes on anyway.
I join in.
Major strategic decisions to be taken.
Lots of constraints.
Nevertheless.
Six sigma needs to be followed.
Weigh every option in detail.
Expert opinions sought.
Local chiefs called in.
Meeting still doesnt reach conclusion.
Brainstorming.
No brain all storming.
Finally decision: lunch is a better option than dinner or movie for intern outing.
Quickly exit maadi
Enter lab.
Find everyone's about to leave after having searched for me everywhere.
I say, Google needs to look into new areas of search.
Anyway.
Reach Megabowl.
Game on.
The last time I did bowling was on 2nd June, 2002.
But thats another story.
6 people playing in the lane I'm in.
Strike in my first bowl!
Thank heavens for beginner's luck.
At the end of round 1, I'm the only one on 100+
Whee!
Play air-hockey.
Dumb game.
Dumb games rock.
Win first match 6-1.
Play second match with buddy.
Win 7-4.
Whee!
Dinner time.
Buffet.
My dinner: vanilla ice cream and hot gulab-jamuns.
Ambrosia.
Finally go home at 10.30.
Crash on bed within an hour reflecting in wonderment on the most serendipitous birthday I've ever had!
Monday 26th June
8.05 am
Wake up.
"Crap"
Almost sure to be late for bus.
8.25 am
Leave home.
Bus stand is a proper 15 mins away.
Walk or run its 15 mins.
4-dimensional invariance.
Blah.
Ask at least 5 auto-fellas if they'll go.
Zilch.
Kuppa.
Every auto fellow thinks he's driving a limo or something.
Moral of the story: further time waste.
Office bus scheduled to arrive at 8.30.
Reach Kemp Fort at 8.40.
Bus arrives at 8.45.
*Waah Sunil Babu ishtyle* Badhiya hai.
Reach office.
Mail says its going to be "lab fun day" today.
Whee!
There's a program that I've been working on for a few days.
Just havent been able to get over the debugging bit of it.
Set up camp in the lab.
Pull one box below the comp.
Place feet comfortably on top of it.
All set.
Start.
After another hour of debugging, it works!
Whee!
4.45 pm
"Crap"
Realise I had a meeting scheduled at 4.30.
Was too engrossed in another program to realise that time wasnt exactly standing still.
Catch: the last time this meeting had been scheduled, lotsa ppl hadnt turned up... ergo, Mr. Big Guy was annoyed.
Good.
Thinking.
Could have dug a hole under the carpet in the lab to hide myself for a few days.
Could have gone to medical center and reported high blood pressure.
Could have torn my shirt and turned up at the meeting and gained admiration for sincerity despite mugging.
But no.
Went straight to the meeting.
Sakkat dumb maga.
Enter hall.
Junta discussing Portugal and Holland.
Mr. Big Guy hadnt turned up.
Badhiya hai
Meeting goes on anyway.
I join in.
Major strategic decisions to be taken.
Lots of constraints.
Nevertheless.
Six sigma needs to be followed.
Weigh every option in detail.
Expert opinions sought.
Local chiefs called in.
Meeting still doesnt reach conclusion.
Brainstorming.
No brain all storming.
Finally decision: lunch is a better option than dinner or movie for intern outing.
Quickly exit maadi
Enter lab.
Find everyone's about to leave after having searched for me everywhere.
I say, Google needs to look into new areas of search.
Anyway.
Reach Megabowl.
Game on.
The last time I did bowling was on 2nd June, 2002.
But thats another story.
6 people playing in the lane I'm in.
Strike in my first bowl!
Thank heavens for beginner's luck.
At the end of round 1, I'm the only one on 100+
Whee!
Play air-hockey.
Dumb game.
Dumb games rock.
Win first match 6-1.
Play second match with buddy.
Win 7-4.
Whee!
Dinner time.
Buffet.
My dinner: vanilla ice cream and hot gulab-jamuns.
Ambrosia.
Finally go home at 10.30.
Crash on bed within an hour reflecting in wonderment on the most serendipitous birthday I've ever had!
31 comments:
hmm....i'm getting more than my share of six sigma and similar other jargons here too....
@ Sandy:
Was this a comment for this post or the previous one?!
good day. good b'day[:P]
especially the gulab jamuns.
[b]good good.. ! [:)] yippppeee badde dude..
n if i write blogs lyk urs.. on my days.. herree... i will write..
half ov da possst
"how u doing????" pakkkkk gaya houn yeh sun sun ke.. aur bol bol ke.. !! da answer is also fixed.... "GOOD GOOD, and you???" [:P][:d]
newyz. bunny. all da besst wid six sigmaz.. n thinking hats... [:)] poora jack welch ka schoool lagta hoga.. wahan toh....
[/b]
what's air-hockey, btw??
what's a birthday if it isnt serendipitous n worth remembering ?[:)]
@ Whoami:
Yup... nice day... and awesome gulaab-jamuns :D
Air hockey is a game played on a pool table sized table... lots of air pores on the surface hence the surface is smooth...
There are slits on either end of the table that act as goalposts... and there's an oversized coin that acts as the ball. And there's a sort of overgrown rubber-stamp shaped thing that u hold in ur hand to hit/stop the coin.
Bas... baaki usko maarte raho and saamne waale ke slit mein ghusaane ki koshish karo...
Ab to samajh aa hi gaya hoga? :P
@ Himadri:
Thankew :) :)
Aur nahin yaar... koi school-wool nahin lagta... lekin lots of funda floats in the air here :P
Aur... kya haal chaal? How u doing? :D
@ Dewdrop:
Eggjactly :-)
haan, samajh gaya. kuchh hota hai jismein saamne waale ke slit mein ghusane ki koshish karni padti hai.
awesome game yaar!!
@ Whoami:
How intaaaalligaaaant of you :P :D
"kuppa"
hehe
surely a b'day with a difference na..
no GPL's also
and u missed the cola-shooter/float..
@ Mangu:
Haan... thankfully no gpls [:D]
Aur haan... should have included the cola shooter... khair... [:)]
nnice.
i see u had a fun b'day...
more nnice.
:D:D
@ Anjai:
Dude... this is the new 'in' word or something? Nnnice??
Chal koi nahin... nahin bhi hai to bana denge... what say? Nnnice? [:D]
Belated birthday wishes to you... serendipity hits us every day... we prob don't keep a note of ordinary serendipitous days!
@ The Sunflower:
Hmm... true... I just classify those as wish-I'd-bought-a-lottery-ticket-too days [:D]
Hey!
What a class enrtry..
i simply love ur sty-le or writing..
real kool!!
pretty neat blog
kudos~~
wow...u've some stamina!
btw, cool blog...keep blogging!
[b]hmm.. ! [:)]
kuch aur.. posts.. expected.. ! [:O]
aaya aur dekha.. ki tera koi new post.. nahin...oooo.. ......
[/b]
@ Alter Abhishek:
Hey thanks! [:)]
@ Infektia:
Thankew! Doesnt take much to produce stamina if the menu contains fun, fun and more fun! [:)]
@ Himadri:
Haan yaar... simply not getting time for it... lots to tell btw...
Aaj hi bus mein was making a list of things I need to blog about!
U really have a quick witted approach to ur blogs..which is new of a kind..it often happens if i begin reading ur blog ,it moreover seems u r sitting infront of me n telling as to what happd n wen n where..its really hard but u do it brilliantly..i appreciate it!
To conclude, without any crap detailing u spell the moral of closer to life incidence ..kool
Keep Rockin!
hello sir
did not know it was ur bday.. i still dont know the date.. .neways forgive me for forgetting... and hepppppppppyyyy budddddddddddaaaaaaaaaayyy
and great blog as always...
especially the story abt the gae with slits... which is the best description of air hockey i have ever read/heard/seen
@ Vijeta:
Thankew! :)
Not too sure if you'd like a story in such short sentences if I were sitting in front of you and narrating! :D
@ Shishir:
Haan... surprising na some of the things people do and pass them off as games :P
Or maybe this is how you become play boy :P
Sakkat Hot Magga !!!
Kool..
Tempo Se dost !!
m@@lu [;)] (happy belated b'day mere dost, mere saale, mere mos-quito ) [:D] nnNice [;)]
mast description! cudn't have made any b'day seem as fun as u did. and belated happy b'day :)
@ Maalu:
Hmmm... you seem to be in 'high' 'spirits' :P
@ Sonik:
Hey thanks! [:)]
Such a pity there's only one bday a year [:D]
Post a Comment