Onsite-return ke side effects

I travelled to Singapore for a year on a company project. This was the first time I travelled outside of India. I wrote the below observations a couple of days after arriving in India: Side-effects of Onsite return: You tend to press the button ‘1′ instead of ‘0′ at your home lift to reach the…

Camaraderie – against all odds

Yesterday, we had a fire drill at the place where I work. Neither the emergency alarm beeping loudly, nor the volunteers shouting at the top of their voices asking people to evacuate the premises were able to disrupt the bonding among friends. People first leisurely gathered themselves in their ‘lunch’ groups. And then, descended the…

Life’s a race??

Some people live life like a race, only to realize at the end that the prizes are not at the finishing line. Instead the prizes were hidden in the entire race track, that they had covered. Had they been slow and observant enough, they would have surely found them.

Day 1 – Trip to Mathura

Some clarifications first I am not a frequent traveler type. These two adjoining trips are just by coincidence. Mathura station We got down at Mathura station at 7:30 am. The station is not at all clean, and it was a relief when we got out of the station. Our first mode of transport was a…

Last 2 days – In Chennai on a training

—– Written at 4:30 PM on Sep, 11 —– They say, Life is made up of good and bad experiences So far, our stay in Chennai had been quite good. But just on the second last day, the power went off in one of the phases at about 11:50 pm. So only a few of…

Day 17 – In Chennai on a training

Testing times are over …as in the test, for which I was preparing yesterday night, was taken today. I scored a decent enough score, but a bigger relief was that 2 tests are over. There’s one still left on the coming Friday though. About the luncheon Today, we went to ‘Rangoli’ in Sarvana Bhavan for…

Day 16 – In Chennai on a training

Study Time… Not much of updates today, as we are having a test tomorrow in the training, and I still have to read 3 workbooks. This fear of taking tests is officially recognized at the below link: http://www.phobialist.com/ Checkout “Testophobia”

Day 15 – In Chennai on a training

They say, “Think before you wish” After a hectic training schedule in the previous week, we wished that the training this week be a bit relaxed. But if wishes come true, they come true in extremes. Out of 9 hours we spent in the training room, the effective training was only 2 hours. In the…

Day 13 & 14 – At Chennai on a training

Lunch at Murugan Idli Shop Like last Saturday, this time also we went to this place for lunch. Food was amazing, especially the idlis and sweet pongal. Watched Socha na tha for 6th time Watched this movie on my laptop on Saturday afternoon. Amazing movie by Imtiaz Ali, where Abhay Deol and Ayesha Takia are…

Day 12 – At Chennai on a training

And it’s Friday Friday always brings a lot of joy for everybody – because the next two days are free from any work, meetings, trainings, etc. You can get up late, watch as much TV as you want, surf internet, etc. So planning to relax a bit for the next two days. Back to junk…