Thursday, July 17, 2008

ALL IN A DAY’s WORK !!

16th July 2008

00:00hrs(approx)- “Guys VRN’s cell was snatched in E G pura main road jus now at 10:30. Sad man. He is really pissed.” Read bob’s msg. fuuuaaccckkk!!! I said to myself. I cud imagine VRN’s face. Thot of callin his roomie den ruled it out.



09:30 – VRN walks to my cube and gives an in-detail description of (rather enacted) events that took place last night. “Let’s go to Police station den to Vodafone.” Dejection showed on his face.



10:00- Enter Kormangala Police stn. Our man Mr.Constable is consoling a sobbing female who got mugged by a relative. We obviously cudn’t intervene their conversation. We wait for full 30mins only to be told that our case is none of his business.



11:00- Enter Viveknagar Police stn. Here the cops gather around us listen out VRN’s story. “Alla saar neeve heli auto number illa andre hege hidi bohudu naavu?”said Mr. Sub Inspector. “He was thin. Wore yellow t-shirt”added varun. That piece of info was aptly ignored. They took down a LOST MOBILE complaint and sent us packing with a acknowledgement slip.


12:00- VODAFONE Centre. Here we take our seat wait for our turn. Checking out what each of the CUSTOMER CARE officer’s life is like. We figured out if not all, still most of them sitting behind the counter are loosers. “VARUN NAMBIAR. COUNTER B” came the announcement. We look at each other and head towards Counter B. “Ms. DIVYA” read her batch- whose new agonised lifestory was drafted jus moments ago by us :). Some (Ahem) pleasantries were exchanged and VRN filled out the reqd form and paid 100 bucks for the duplicate SIM with a “I Lost my mobile yaar: 12k loss. Again ur askin me 100 rs.?” dialogue. “I’m sorry sir but it’s mandatory” she said in a consoling tone. “doesn’t the SIM cost 99 bucks?” he enquired. Her face flushed, the reason i think is either a)’Oh my God he knows’ exprn or rather b)’oh my god he had de audacity to ask me that’exprn, my bet is on the latter. “Yes sir I’ll check from the cashier if he has change” and she walked away to get our dude’s one buck which never saw light of the day.


13:30- After Fab refused nandu’s 75 buck offer and I donated 100 bucks for not wearing a helmet we finally land up in DESMONDS for lunch. There Divya Prasad’s story was given wings and allowed to scale gr8 heights which someone actually believed in (he he).


16:00- After first class full of “You obviously know” statements to me there were lots of questions, cross questions and trick questions in Mr. Supercomputer’s second class. The absence of air-conditioner along with Mr.Smiley flashin his shabby teeth every 5mins or so was getting on my nerves.


19:00- As I crossed the street towards home I watched a man in peace.Sleepin like a baby. Buses – cars, bikes blaring past him. But he was in a sound sleep. Just wen i was abt to wish that i'd like to be in his place: a woman walked to him stood beside and then SLAPPPPPP! SLAAAAP!! SSSLLLLLAAAPPPPP!!! She started hittin him left right center, she yelled at top of her voice to his ears cursing him on his drinking habits, Slapped him some more and left. I din dare to pull out my camera to take her pic, but u can see him before and after, not much of a change eh.





I think here “He” represents all of us, the “ yellin-slapping Woman” represents the responsibilities our career- life after coll we thought that’d make us consider life seriously and more so change us. As u all can see it’s not much diff eh?? Life’s still is pretty much de same. Today ironically it's One year anniversary of my so said responsible life, LYF is still de same. Like in our man, the yellin women brought abt some minor changes here and there. But at the end we are who we are. Carry on guys. Carry on.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

HiCk' Tales.. wOOHuu!!

Warning: This series includes real transcripts of conversations during sessions. In case you find them distasteful or in poor humour, it's highly recommended that you try some alcohol and read again.



Tale No. 1


Me: "Dude ur high..."

"Nope."said Mr. Suri without even twiching a muscle.

"How much is this?" asked an eqally high Mr. Sindagi Sticking out 3 fingers at Suri's face.

Suri: "U tell me. I'l tell you if ur right or not" He replied with conviction.

Me: "C'mon How will that serve as a proof?" i wondered aloud.

Suri: "I'm in 'Testing' . Remember?"he riminded us. Still with a straght face.



Tale No. 2


Suri: "Any plans of giving CAT??"

Me: "Nope only IAS exams"

Suri: "3 - 4 months of proper preparation and you have a good chance. Why don't you give it a shot."

Me: "Better to pay 50 bucks and fail than 1500 and fail.".

Draw curtains. End of Episode No. 1.

Monday, July 7, 2008

One Night @ ...

As i took de stairs of bus our office had arranged to ferry us to the venue of our "HALF YEARLY" event, i was far for anything remotely bein termed as "excited". Memories of last event rushed back, and my spirit still down. I recounted the events lined up and tried to relate to dem







-Opening Speech : Some dude blabbering on n on abt C Kompany.
-Fashion Show : No hopes. No offense meant but seriously, How good wud it be?
-MC RJ Prithvi from Radio One :Whoever- Whatever.
-Drinks and Music : Only Beer served - Which I don drink.
Music - i Barely dance
-DJ SASH at the Turntables : Whoever- Whatever
-Dinner : This one's of my interest.Hope it's good...

Sigh! I asked myself "Why am i goin to this place?, only for food?, is it worth.".
Pat came the reply from de Profound ME "What else do i have to do???"

Took a seat with VRN. Appu n deepo seated in front. BOB n FAB (he he.. it rhymes!) behind."Strange feel hota hain" said Appu. "Huh kya?" i asked. She went on to expln how we used to talk nonstop and now we barely meet or have anythin to speak of. I agree totally. Meeting in person has a lot to do when it comes to friends who are girls. i never see this prob with guys. We may be happily living different lives, without any kinda communication - phone, sms, chat, email, meetings- yet a booze session can get our bondin back in no time. We reached our Venue- Hotel Chancery Pavillion. We were asked to get down in middle of the road right in front of the hotel. Some comparisons were drawn betn the BUS , C Kompany and us getting down in middle of the road. Everyone agreed in Unision. We were guided to the foundations of the structure which was a named as GRAND BALLROOM.

With a Fruit Punch in hand i stepped in. "aaahhhh!! well decorated, Nice setup" ran my first thoughts, and suprisingly it turned out to be one of the best parties i've attended till date. Host RJ Prithvi kept the crowd in laughs and had them engaged in Fill in the blanks, Pricezz of C kompany, Plum Bun Lines, S-Hip Sale activities. Meanwhile the Fashion show was a treat. Well done. Well executed. Kudos Guys. Den came DRINKS (Beer only) and MUSIC. Blv me Beer never felt so good on my throat. We danced like it's our last chance to do so (for reasons unknown many blvd it in fact was their last dance for C Kompany), heavily perspiring until either our breath or legs gave away. To top it all came a good dinner and very good dessert. All in all i'd like to quote myself
"Rocking party, Rocking music, Rocking Food" i said to Urv.
" and Rock&** ***" he replied.
"Wha???" .
"ANd Rocking Ppl" he added.
I Happily agreed. Not sure if i really did, was it de music, de food, or de beer. But i Agreed and i stand by it :).