Travel - o - blog

Met my friend yesterday after almost 6 to 7 months..
between general catching up she asked me about my US vacation in the summer... I came back home and was looking at the pictures taken in the trip for a while..and thought.. maybe i should put my trip as a blog post.. so that the memories are saved.. forever.. next few posts are going to be my trip .. with little bit of pictures here and there ;)

Liquor at work

I am not against Social drinking.. but at work... ridiculous.

Yesterday, a very senior person from my client place wanted to discuss something important with my Team Leader... he came with bulging red eyes and a slow tread.. a pretty scary sight.. seconds later I realized he was completely drunk...Me and another girl in my team just heard him and sent him off..

A couple of minutes later we were asked to go to his room and give him a message.. his room smelt of liquor..crazy.. made me think how difficult it must be for the employees there.

Today again the man trotted into out room ... No points for guessing.. yes drunk again.
gosh.. daily drunk after lunch, at work.. unbelievable...
I always thought the corporates had policies against smoking and drinking at work.
Policies i guess exist only on paper.

A train ride to work...

My work place is just about 10 minutes by drive or 5 minutes by a train from home.. I've hardly been taking the local trains and buses after I got my two wheeler.. well this time round my finger was giving me some trouble because of a muscle tear hence a big NO to my two wheeler for some time... So i decided to take the train..

A short but memorable ride..
The metro station on this sector is actually a lil incomplete.. not enough sign boards.. confusing directions etc....
Morning nine ..(usually considered "peak office" hrs.. )only two people on the platform!! I wondered how a train that stops at the station where probably chennai's IT hub is located, has hardly any body on the platform....

Well my doubts were soon cleared.. a train came packed with ppl.. i had space just for me to stand and clutch hard to the bars next to the door...:) (well the Mumbaikars will sure call this an empty train.. cos there u'd probably hanging out clutching the handle bar and to dear life!!)

5 minutes later i reach my destination... Most confusing station..I just decided to follow the crowd to the exit..and reach the foot bridge to go across the road!.. Phew hundreds of people.. i had to wait for a good 5 minutes to just get on to the foot bridge from the station exit...

My ride back to my home was eventful too..missed my train by a sec.. had to wait for almost 30 mins for the next one.. Just 10 mins from home.. waiting for a train for 30 mins is pathetic..

Anyways i reach my station.. only to realise that there are no lights fit in the station.. results Pitch dark.. and to make it worse not a soul on the platform...I slowly found my way through the darkness to the exit.

One eventful ride it was ;)

Random stuff about my exams..

Like I mentioned I finished writing my exams .. 10 days of anxiety..drifting away now..

Some hilarious things that happened during the exam...

While writing the exam there are about 30 students sitting in each room.. I was alloted a seat in the far corner of the room.
Just after our answer books were distributed i felt this tingling sensation in my nose...to sneeze and i just did that....I went Achooooo.... little realizing that looking up..i would be welcomed with angry stares from at least 25 other students writing with me... I almost wanted to hide under the table.. I was like wow..people here are still superstitious about sneezing before an exam.
I just remembered how my "sneeze" was met in the US.. while traveling bu buss from Jersey to new york.. i sneezed and was followed up by a "Bless you" in chorus from everyone else in the bus!!

So some bless some stare!!But I cant help it.. when I have to I'll still go Achooo...

Hmm colds to Calculators!!!

Yeah calculators... there was this guy sitting on the row next to mine.. who habitually hit on the calculator.. no no.. not just touch the buttons... he hit on thm such that it made a loud noise..Very distracting.. but made me wonder.. what was he expecting from his calculator.. to give different answers when he hit it?????
Calculator abuse i'd call this... :)

Best of Luck

Just finished writing my exams ... When ur writing exams every wishes u luck .. usually its Best of Luck or Do well etc...Some special good luck messages i got..Simple yet special...

Well a slightly absent minded friend of mine forgot when my exams are starting.. so after couple of them were over.. she messaged and said Best of luck DJ.. masti mein likhna!

And a couple of days later..again unsure of whether I was done with my exams or not...said.. Best of Luck sweets...Phod daal!!!

Another message my friend sent was simple and sweet... he just said stay calm and composed.. and do well.

Friends messaging is common...but it was touching to have a good friend of one of my close friend to reassure and wish me :)
I have only spoken to her a couple of times over the phone..and once she very sweetly said dont worry I have known people to succeed whenever Diwali has fallen between exams :)
And just a day before exams, she remembered to message me and wish me luck :)

Will treasure these good lucks with many others i received..
Thank you everyone who wished me luck :)