wELL, tHaTs ME!

Well, I am writing this stupid post, coz i m stupid(duh!)

Reality check:
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-I dont get up early
-I get up only when my room-mate is all ready, wearing his shoes.
-We catch the office bus
-That office bus is the last one!

Well, one fine morning, this girl called **AL*N* sees 3 of us(my room-mates) running after the bus and finally ! -- catching it. She laughs. So, i dedicate this post to her ...

My Tight Schedule
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Well, I never get up first. Its only when my room-mate *AU***H is all dressed up ready for office and really furious and screaming all over me, i open my eyes; and theN ----

Go back 2 sleep,of course! (last 2 min plz wala sleep)

But when i open my eyes --->

GRISH! GRISH! GRISH! (Says my toothbrush) Well, I am really carefull in selecting the TOOTHPASTE and not the SHAVING CREAM from once when I accidentally used it. [Both the tubes look soooo similar, life becomes really complex!]

After you know which daily chore, I then again come back to bed and start chatting with my room-mates, when they push me in the bathroom and ask me to make it fast!

I am really fast and the whole transformation process FROM BRUSH to WEARING SHOES takes juz 15minutes. Surprised? Arent You?

You heard it right buddy, I said WEARING SHOES and not otherwise; While they are busy locking the room, I am still wearing my T-SHIRT outside in my staircase!

While we walk towards the road to catch the bus, I COMB my HAIR!

And then we run, and we run and run, yes run! run! run! and finally catch the bus.

Finally, in the bus, I tie my SHOE LACES.

And when I get down from the bus, HEY! nOT even a single person can figure out THE METHODOLOGY OF MYSELF GETTING READY. Howzatt?

mY diWALi

Well, before describing my celebrations about diwali, a little talk about what i missed...

I missed the LAXMIPOOJAN on 19th October'06 which is an essential PUJA which marks beginning of Diwali. Well, due to office, i could not attend it and thus I asked my bro to take good pics of the same(he's with my SONY ERICSSON W700i nd not willing to return it; but i will get it!)
Well here's a pic of the same. Well apart from all the coins of god(a treasure!), there's my DHAN. Ya! The 100 rupee note that you see on the left side with GANDHI BAPU on it, is THE FIRST NOTE that came out of MY FIRST SALARY ATM MACHINE. Yes, i have laminated and preserved the same. Well, its again a great treasure!



However, apart from that note i dont have any salary notes left (fully fulltoo Kangal!)


Departure or Arrival?
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Now, coming on the departure day from my office on FRIDAY, i lost my ID CARD and didnt knew where the heck it was, i asked **AL*N* to collect it wherever she could possibly!
What's in a card? Well, leaving early for diwali celebrations is more important nd so fled away without thinking much about it.

Got a bus (I never ever like buses) nd finally arrived apunka Mumbai. Had a good long chat with all my friends who were ready to burst crackers in the building compound.

Well, it wasnt a departure from company, but arrival to home.

Diwali
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Well, this is my building!
A nice lightning tree near my place.



















Wanted to wish each and evry1 a very happy diwali, nd decided to reach out to as many people as i cud.

Bombay life is sooooooooo very different from Pune. Here, I had to literally run and run like a mAnIaC to reach out to people. I started taking ricks to reach out to relatives/friends who live just to adjacent streets.

New Year Day
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Well, this day is soooooo very different. My mom and my bro, against my will forcefully dressed me in an attire you would never see again. Yup! In a SHIRT; Well T-Shirts are for me; One of the reasons I joined my company was because casual wears were allowed



So, company folks! You may never ever be able to see me like this ever! (until the company kicks me off, ofcourse!)









Then I was asked by a friend, "When would I return? Wednesday evening or Thursday morning directly 2 work?"

Well, your guess is as good as mine. FULTOO VASOOL your vacation, your celebration, your madness!


I'll B BACK AGAIN
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After 5 days of celebration, my mom, dad went senti on THU morning.

My reply: "Arre, I am going today(THU) and returning tomorrow(FRI). Juz dropping my luggage and coming!" Well, thats me!

The TAVERA Ride

You know what? I was back, back to my cubicle, all training over. So, after the usual exercise thing regarding work, I decided to stay back and just surf the net till 8:30pm (8:25pm actually, then have to catch a bus, after running after it, ofcourse!)

Its 08:24pm. Suddenly, out of nowhere, I met my friend codenamed "npscars" online. He's a real buddy, and we are best of friends. He's off to USA for his masters. We infact met after a long time. I asked him, how long he would be online when to my surprise, he replied "1 HOUR"! I thought, why not wait here at office itself. So had a nice strong chat with him for quite some time till I realized that it was 10:30pm already. And am still sitting in front of my PC!

Then what! Just pic up the bag, and RUN! Rushed to the basement in hope of getting a drop to my place. Here, comes a new brand RED TAVERA in front of me and stops!

"Where would you like to go?" asks SAMEER, driver of the car. "BIG BAZAAR", I reply. I get into the car, back seat!

Nice old songs are being played in the car! AC is on. What an atmosphere! WooooooH! Mazaa aa gaya. When no one arrived, I was alone. SAMEER started the car.

I stopped him and said, "No one there?". I was all alone. I just got out and came at the front seat with SAMEER. Now, just see how humble this fellow was.

Sameer: "Saab. Piche aaram se baitho"
mAnIaC: "Abbe nahi yaar, mein Saab thode hi hoon. Neither the owner."
S:"Par main to driver hi hoon"
m:"Abbe. Itna respect mat do yaar. Abhi abhi join kiya hai."

After some talk, we are out. What a ride! Sooooo very comfortable! Good music, good air, smooth ride. Man! This is life!

So, I have decided. After due struggle in life, man I will own a car one day!

To my utmost surprise, he dropped me not near my house, but till the gate of my house. I thanked him for the ride and now, I think. Some people are really very good! Why? Never seem to answer that though!

mY Free Ride!

Soon after the cubicle news, down came the bad news yet again! We would not start working immediately; a training would be scheduled; and the building of the training would be changed with the new location being atleast 15min away from the cubicle building!

So, only 6 of us(proj group) would be out there, away from friends, away from the so lively classroom atmosphere out here. We would definitely miss our favorite hangout place---- our CAFETERIA!

But life goes on. First day, new building:-

Arrived@9:30a.m. As usual, for having breakfast, went out at a place where it is served. Hmmm... What happened next?

No breakfast! It got over. We were said that we were late. Training was purely 'oRkUtting' time! Then came lunch time@1.30pm. What did we miss? Well, a long list I should say:-

1. Good Crowd
2. Crowd (evry1 finished before we entered)
3. Sweet Dish
4. Salad
5. Continental food
6. Cold drinks
7. Friends

The only thing good about the cafeteria out there is that you can listen 2 FM while you eat not forgetting the 'SAUNF' which acted not simply as a mouth freshener, but a savior when there is nothing edible!

1 thing I said 2 myself:- I am not gonna eat here again!

"GOD IS GREAT" and he really is to listen to me. My classmate, a girl (*H**AN**) from 2nd day started bringing KINETIC! Nervously, I approached her and asked if she would give me a lift till my original workplace. I said her that I had some work out there(No money, had to use ATM + some other work[wanted 2 have lunch with all out there]).

And then, as luck favored me, she readily agreed. 2nd day was a day 2 be remembered. A day, when I felt so happy to be back! Thankyou, *H**AN**!

Told my story of mY Free Ride to all. So, ofcourse everyone laughed! But this is the way, I am. Ride liya, to liya. So, what?

Another classmate(*EG**) was interested in taking a pic of mine with *H**AN** giving me a lift. She said it would like LAUREL & HARDY travelling on a poor bike! But unfortunately, she couldnt take it as she was busy(U know busy with what, i believe). So *EG**, poor girl, you missed the show! Well, a blank image alongside is dedicated to you, if you manage to take a snap of the same!



What was next? Shamelessly, I kept insisting on the ride, which I got and enjoyed it soooo very much! That was mY Free Ride; ready for the next!

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The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it.

So, i am always there, but you know when!

my very own cubicle

Normal day. Normal phase of my life. Got work [at] Amdocs. Training going on. With announcement of break, everyone's back to life!

"Abbe, apne ko cubicle mil gaya hai. Saath mein 750$ ka computer bhi mil raha hai, cubicle ke liye", said Ravi, my group member for the RM PRM project. Great! Got a cubicle? with very own comp? Rushed to the corridor where I checked my Mail to know where's the location of the cubicle. Ok. so, its on XXfloor. North wing. No. XXX. Great!

We then all rushed to the floor to see the location. Its very near to the pantry, so a great place. Saw only a small box, only 2 realize that it was AMD Athlon 64bit 3500+ processor with 1GB RAM and with my very own name written on it. But the enthusiasm soon died away. Now, no training would mean no fun in classrooms, no cracking jokes about the profs, no cafeteria gatherings, no more sleeping, no more asking for breaks coz when I look behind what I did in my Training, i can only remember the cafeteria fun that we had together. I will miss coming late to classrooms, I will miss everyone who caught me for coming late, will miss 'orkutting' and 'chats' that we had during training sessions!

In this state of my mind, went down to the basement to collect the headset. Came back to the class. And Phew! Whats more. Enjoy as much as much as much as you can. Sat on my computer. Instructor looking at me. I switch on my monitor and.......

orkut.com
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Fun begins once more. Time pass starts yet again. Enjoyed the rainy break. Completed the session and got to my very first meeting. And just after that .....

Lets assemble our pcs!

Started with joining all the wires. Started it (only after every1 wished me luck ). Downloaded firefox. All possile extensions and themes. And I am writing this blog since then. People wish me luck!