Routine!!! :X

As I observe, how my days pass by,, I feel so bad,, My week doesn’t have seven days, but, only two days - Work day and Holiday..

The work days are real routine.. I get up at almost the same time everyday hearing the same stuff from mom!! "get up soon, get ready, you don't eat properly,, I've cooked xxxx for you!!!" (lucky, xxxx change everyday) and then I get ready to go to work, eat, pooja, followed by the tea (which is again almost the same taste everyday).

Then, come to office at the same time,, and from then, starts another boring routine.

Work & fun,, Am I doing anything great in the office, that has brought some little change, in the minutest level??

Nope, the tragedy of working with numbers are, even after doing this work for years together, you have not done anything substantial, but only calculated, how much change others did in some corner of the world...

The world is changing, people bring in change and there is life out there,, but we, the no. crunching people calculate and present the change in the most beautiful, colorful way with graphs, charts..

The sad thing is, when @ work, my learning is at good speed and it comes down in the same speed and the boredom strikes within no time...

I'm no scientist who is ever trying to invent something, not even a warrior who has to be on his toes every single moment of his life...

I'm not saying I don't like my work... I really appreciate and try to bring justice to what I do. And I even love maths... Not to boast, but I topped in that subject in the school for 3 consecutive yrs, (thanks to my dad, who was again good @ maths, in his schooldays)... I scored high in all the subjects, which had something to do with numbers...(genetically blessed for intelligence in numbers :D)

But, in spite of all these, all the working days, are, I can say, "5 days lived in one single way"!!

Yes, I do try to make the best of my holidays, with more rest than the other days ;) (I meant work days) school, friends, movies, lil roaming in & around this fav. city of mine, small time exploration the kitchen to test my culinary skills.. And, I do change these things in a real random way, so that I don't get bored there too...

Coz, I don't want to call that as "Sat & Sun - lived in one single way!!"

To get the monotony out of routine, I do try crazy things like keeping my wardrobe in a great state of mess, clicking all possible crazy stuff I see around, shout out a weird comment as I enter the office, Observing people around as I travel to office & back home...and many more.. (About the people, I would write more some other time!!) I'm trying to enjoy my routine, with my own small little interruptions, I add...

Well, something has just come up as an offer in my life, in which my weekday is going to be changed. Just another thing added to the routine, But wherein, doing that I feel, I would mean something as a human being to other fellow human beings around me!! (Too discrete, eh!!??)

Will surely tell you all when it materializes. Wish me luck!!

(hey dear Calvin, I love you,, Me too don't like monotony in the routine, but I'm not as brilliant as you ;))

Sweet & Innocent!!

My mom!! yep,, how much I enjoy at times, while she talks!! Though she has lived in this big city for more than 2 decades, she still has those innocent thoughts in her. The so called fast growing city, rapid improvement in technology, can never ever change the way my mom thinks. Not that, she can't learn. I must say, she, being born & brought up in a remote village, picked up English while she helped us in finishing our homework in childhood days..

But here are few incidents, when I had a hilarious laughter, by her so so sweet & innocent talk..

1. My dad once took her to MG road and showed my office. When I went home back, she is all excited to tell me that she saw the place I work. Me, all smiles, was listening to her story. At the end, she asks "nim officege shutter ilvene?" (Why aren't there any shutters to our office?" (Should I have to ask my bigg co to have shutters?? ;) My mom wants to see!!)

2. The pre-recorded voice messages always bother us. None of us like it.. Taken!!. My mom too gets those calls, esp for Caller Tunes. She thinks that, a lady from the service provider is calling her and asking her to "Press 1 for kannada, 2 for English...........And she tells us, "oh! whenever that lady calls me, I cut her call! :D ;)" (Should I have to educate her on technology??!!)

3. She once traveled in our own great BMTC bus (she hardly does!!) and with loads of enthusiasm she tells me, “hey, you know what, all the buses have automated doors now. It automatically opens up in the bus stop and once everyone gets in to the stop, it closes on its own :D ” (I asked her, what happens at the traffic signal??)

No fun intended.. If I'm able to live in this big competitive world and able to smile, it mainly coz of my mom who is really brilliant. Love you mom, and I love her intelligence & innocence.

My NY Party!!!

Every year, on 31^st Dec, midnight, I would always be at home and around 12’ sharp, it has become kind a routine, that I would be writing my diary (with hardly 1 or 2 exceptions in my whole life). At that particular time, I will be at the most calm mindset. This year, I wanted things to be little different and planned a party :)

Fulllll story!! Here!!

Dec 29th: Mr.H, my friend, gives me an idea, to celebrate the new year @ Mr. & Mrs. H’s place,, We inform them about our plan and they agree. I think of working from home on that day, to spend time with my fellas. I call up tech support and ask them to install necessary setting for WFH option. Operation failed and logon too. Even when it is time for me to logout, I'm still on call with tech team. Everyone tells me to catch the cab first & I obey them :)

So, EOD, only Venue is fixed for New Year party and system is still not ready for WFH.

Dec 30th: Really not in that great mood to come to office, due to the sad demise of Dr.Vishnuvardhan.. (May his soul RIP). But, decided otherwise, only to take the permission for WFH from my Manager, and to complete the system set up for WFH. At office, manager happily smiles at my request and says who is gonna give you permission??!!

Optimistic part of me still went ahead, contacted tech team and had the installation completed. I, in an innocent tone, told my manager "I want to get the system configured, coz, what if you change your mind and give permission towards the EOD” :D

EOD: Our plan is more so fixed, system ready,, but WFH permission :( bigggg flop

My colleagues were having hearty laugh at my pathetic situation and said, oh we love you!! (OK, I love you too!!)

Dec 31st: the D-Day: System is configured, have net connection, but I'm at office. :(

Took permission to leave atleast an hour early and told my friends that I would join them after 10pm. I was supposed to be picked up by my friends, who were at that time, near my office. So, I happily rejected all other "i'll drop you, if you want" helps offered by my friends.

EOD, Kahani mein twist!!

Mr.N (party member) got a call from office, in the nth hour.. Work is worship :) ... so, he is busy with his work :)

Mr.H (the initiator & planner no.1) waits for him in his office!!!

Me, Ms.CK (planner no.2) @ my office for these 2 ppl to pick me up..

And at last Mr & Mrs. H(venue providers & party members), at their place, for 3 of us. :)

@ Midnight - sharp @12, I was all alone in my office and was writing my diary!! eh!!

Woow.. me, such a hopeless planner, I swear!! But, glad the routine is continued this year too!!

Nirma & Magic!!

Washing powder Nirma
washing powder Nirma
doodh si safedi
Nirma se aaye
rangeen kapde bhi
khil khil jaaye
Sabki pasand Nirma...
Washing powder Nirma
washing powder Nirma
NIRMA!!!

hee, the visuals have changed many a times but this Jingle has remained the same throughout for Nirma..

And, we all knew this song with its tune too and could sing better than any rhymes we were taught!!

Here is the latest ad for the product, which really caught my attention and made me very happy with its unusual presentation.

All the other detergents, in their ads convey that they clean the clothes very well than any other competitor products. But, our oldie goldie Nirma, in this ad is trying to tell that, the dirt is scared even to come near the clothes washed by Nirma!!

Hey, now,, stop thinking about Nirma, and think about what that lady does..

Whenever my mum starts screaming at me, saying I won't help her in cooking or I go out to meet my friends on weekends (she has no issues, if I sleep the whole day & don't help her in weekends ;) ), or don't obey every word of her, I have taken the remote control and pressed the MUTE button at her.. all efforts in vain.. It doesn't work that way!! :(

How I wish I had the magical power this Nirma lady has!!