Mid Summer Dreams (Part 2) : The TEST

Very few people make a huge impact in our lives... Only one or two of them are worth remembering however painful remembering them is... Reena was her name the fresh software tester right out of college... Raghu woke up with a hangover like headache with just one thing ringing in his mind Reena... Rekha was trying to tell him the chores he had to do today and all he could hear was a blunt ring... When she was done he just nodded in agreement as she left him and Arjun for a Dad and sons day out together... It was a gloomy summer day after the rain the previous day and he thought to himself GOD WHAT HAVE I DONE...

He got up from him is bed and with the most strategically implemented plans efficiently managed to tidy up everything and finished the chores he could remember from the rambles earlier in the morning... When he was done it was time for breakfast and Arjun got his dads specialty breakfast cereal with cold milk... When arjun asked his dad "papa why cant I get something hot for breakfast" all he would get in a reply would be "ohh beta shall I pop it in the microwave for sometime" he was old enough to know this answer so arjun being the bigger man refrained from popping the question to his lovely dad...

Still in Raghu's thoughts was Reena he wanted to finish breakfast quickly and get to do some reading on the laptop... Arjun called it lappy toppy and was angry by the fact that it spent more time on his dads lap than him and considered it his worst enemy... Raghu took Arjun to their living room and gave him arjuns toys to play around as he could have all the time reading what he had to read... June 9th that was the day he had pinged her first it all started off as a dream which bloomed into a blossoming tulip flower... He made her laugh like never before, sang for her in his hoarse bathroom singing voice the rush of emotions were overwhelming by the time Raghu was done reading the final chat he had tear drops running down his cheeks without his knowledge...

It was all a passing cloud for Raghu as he was flying to the USA for a project and Reena had to get married... Both were stuck at a juncture where they had to make a choice between love and life and both chose the latter... Raghu flew away and Reena got married after he came back everything had changed and he had nothing but getting a move on in life... That was it the last chat of byee forever "I hope we don't see each other again" simple words that tore apart his every belief he had of love... Does it even exist he thought and the corner of his eye caught Arjun lying weeping and drenched in his own tears... The first thing that came to his mind was did he swallow something or did something wrong...

Raghu (in a loud voice) : What did you do????

Arjun who was lying down till now felt the fright of his life and didnt know what to answer and was cowering at his dads mighty voice... Still loud Raghu said "why dont u tell me what happened why are u crying like a wimp" with an angrier voice... He tried to talk with all his might but his lips could only spurt out a lone whimper while he got a tight slap on his back which made him burst out into a full blown fit of weeping... Raghu never hit his kid before but he was doing it despite his instinct and another blow went out on the poor kids back ordering him to stop crying...

While the next blow was going out Raghu managed to look at his face in the mirror and it looked nothing like him with all the wrath and anger and disgust... It was like he had turned into a monster and himself for doing it... Was god testing him he thought or punishing him for what he did as he embraced arjun and consoled him and apologized for what happened he made him sit on his lap and consoled him to stop crying and asked him...

Raghu: Beta tell papa what happened... why were u crying??
Arjun: Papa I saw you crying... the lappy toppy was making you cry and I couldnt do anything...

Raghu detested himself for what had happened and promised Arjun that thing will never make me cry again beta... He saw his family photo as this was happening so many things had happened and this was certainly a test, a test of his integrity, a test of his willingness to let go, a test of actual love... With a grim smile Raghu selected all the chats and hit DELETE...

Mid summer dreams (PART 1) : Evolution

Some stories are meant to be told, some stories are meant to be read but some stories come up from memories, they are ones that are unsaid and untold and remain a secret and are the best ones that anyone could have... Each day goes by without even thinking of things that once remained at the top of the list until one fine day the dust clears up giving you nostalgia and the only thing that would be left with you would be the memories and a single tear drop..... The thought in your mind would be what could you have done differently for things to have been better than what it is now and your brain would signal back blank messages and you would be awe struck by the reality and it hurts... It hurts the maximum when you hit the ground with all the might gravity could ever offer..............

One busy rainy summer afternoon in Bangalore, All Raghu could do was to just sit there in his cubicle, read his old chats and stare out of his window at the rain.... Thinking why does google even save his chats, why did he have to open his old chats to search for some link his friend sent him the previous day all these questions all these questions of why, who, when and how kept ringing as his Manager kept calling out for him....

Manager: Raghu man we need you here there is a damn production defect....
Raghu: still reeling out from the euphoria turned swiftly wiping the only drop of tear and got into his work...

Things were not the same for Raghu as they were now..... After fixing the defect he got up from his seat and went to his Managers cubicle but on his way his eyes as they were trained to do so all the time glanced upon an empty cubicle.... Emptiness is all that he had left in him.... He had friends he had money he had a good life but then the glance at the empty cubicle made his gut feel sick of emptiness and churn out the bile into his stomach...

As soon as he was done with work with great difficulty he managed to get back into his chats which lasted a mile long.... Dont know why but he had a smile a mile long as he shut down his workstation and headed back home with a thought that he had some huge amount of reading to do.... Fiddling through the traffic he could reach home just in time to catch his son Arjun go to sleep.... He had hardly spent time with his family with the amount of work he was doing his beautiful wife Rekha was astonished to see Raghu actually coming early from office that evening.... As they went to bed Raghu promised her he would take care of Arjun the next day and would spend all the time with family at home as Rekha had some shopping to do....

After turning from one side to another the insomnia kept him awake.... So he decided to do something rather than lie down and think... He quickly powered up his laptop and logged into google and started looking at his chats right to the beginning.... The beginning of time it could be called the 9th of June 2010... The date of EVOLUTION.... He just saw the date as Rekha woke up with light from the laptop she got up complaining you cant stay away from that thing and snatched his laptop away and stashed it away.... Raghu then reluctantly went back to bed and lying down thinking of the day that changed his life and went into his emptiness then into a deep sleep........

Office chronicles....

Today was a different day, Today was a good day since I got my act together finally after a long time and got myself into office early... The world looks so different when you actually leave your house early, Its like a totally new world which just started afresh... Ok ok I get the point of the post is what happens when one comes into office real early...

1. You miss the rush hour traffic and get to ride in peace without any stops, unless you run out of fuel.
2. Get away from riding in the burning sun...
3. You get to see a lot of people jogging and walking, looking at them makes you feel younger and healthier and makes you feel you are also working out...
4. Good parking space, right near the elevator so that you dont have to walk a lot...
5. Clean toilets... :D
6. No security guards at the gate asking you for id cards and vehicle stickers...
7. You need not wait for the lift and avoid annoying stops on every floor, its all yours...
8. The coffee machine is all clean and yours, need not wait for your turn...
9. You can listen to songs and sing out loud and not get embarrassed...
10. You can pretend you are working hard when everyone starts to come in...
11. People start thinking you are a moron because you get to leave early in the evening...
12. You tend to fall asleep every half an hour...

Anymore points to add please leave ur comments.. ;)

Analysis of Area 505456

Mission: Analysis of area 505456(random generated number) commonly known and referred by everyone as OFFICE… Further in the report we will refer to the area as Area 505456…
Reason: To better understand the fauna of the area, to understand the species inhabitant in the particular area and their living and eating habits…
Number of people doing the analysis: JUST ME ALONE in the JUNGLE…
Time of Analysis: 24/7 round the clock surveillance…

Initial analysis of the area revealed some shocking revelations and some shocking realities about the area… The fauna of the area majorly consists of 3 species though all of them look the same, but the behavioral attributes of each of them is totally different… The 3 species found are stated below; we now did an in-depth analysis of each of these species…
1. Sycophantinidae kismiass
2. Rebelliouso fubar
3. Loner survivorus
The in-depth analysis of these species was done from morning to evening… In the morning as the herds rush into Area 505456… Though these species are perfectly capable of locomotion they are transported by these mechanized machines that bring herds of them into area 505456…
We studied basically a few majorly influenced attributes of these species; they are enlisted as follows,
1. General behavior
2. Eating habits
3. General habitat

Sycophantinidae kismiass

General Habitat: These species can be found generally wherever the leader of the herd is around, mostly behind the herd’s alpha male.
Eating Habits: This particular species always eats with the leader of the pack or if the leader is eating with other leaders for some reason then they eat with the same species of other herds where they discuss strategy of sycophancy.
General Behavior: They follow the leader blindly and do whatever he asks them to do and also run’s errands for these guys without asking questions… Their name was formed from the way they usually flatter to the leaders of the pack… Hence the name kismiass…

Rebelliouso fubar

General Habitat: The members of this particular species can be found as far as away from the leaders as possible… They try and run away from wherever the leader’s of the pack usually dwells…
Eating Habits: The members of this species eat generally with the same species of other herds… Usually over food they discuss how much they hate the other species…
General Behavior: They usually complain about anything and everything that exist other than them… They can be found gossiping and passing comments about the other species especially of the species Sycophantinidae kismiass… Their name is derived from the rebellious nature and is the reason why they are FUBAR (f#cked up beyond all recognition)


Loner survivorus

General habitat: The members of this species are the loners and they survive dwelling alone in their own world… They can usually be found in any corner of the area ogling at nothing…
Eating habits: The members of this species usually eat alone and they don’t mingle even with the members of the same species…
General behavior: The members of this particular species can be found lost in their own world not even caring where they are and what they do… They live with their loneliness and the secret of survival is being alone… Their name was derived from their general ability to survive alone…

Summary
Also from the study I found that these species are regularly at war with each other for various reasons and circumstances… The species that fight the most are the Sycophantinidae kismiass and Rebelliouso fubar whose intellectual thinking is eons apart and they hate each other… Usually the species Sycophantinidae kismiass can be seen climbing the ladder soon because of their sycophancy but sometimes an exceptional Rebelliouso fubar also can be seen at the top of the food chain…

I hope this brief report of Area 505456 helps you to identify what species you are from… This report is totally a generic report and holds good to any Area similar to Area 505456…

Bad Hair day... :(

Woke up with a bad mood... Not particularly because of anything but just dint feel right... The day went on smooth, I was just thinking i hope no one gets the brunt of this anger with no reason...

Time 1430: Phone rings, unknown number...

Me:(Looks like another whack job) Hello...
Call Center Guy: Is this Deepak..
Me: YES(Like you dint know when u were dialing me)
Call Center Guy: Sir you are one of the chosen customers, We are offering you a life time free credit card... Would you...(All in the same breath)
Me: (cutting him off) Anna how many cards do u want me to take from the same bank. Sab ratta marke bol raha he kya... You want me to buy u a card and give you or what...????
Call Center Guy: Sorry sir........
Me: Cut the call....

This post was to say Sorry dude whoever u are nothing personal.. Was just having a bad day like you...

Cheers guys, Have a great weekend.. :)

Five day weeks it is...

I was just having a discussion with my team mate as to how I have had 5 day weeks since school through college and now work.. I am so used to or institutionalised to this 5 day week culture right from school... But then i was wondering I have never waited for the weekend to come as I wait for it now...
Scene from office from Monday through Friday is like this...
Monday: Monday blues a term that we dint know existed haunts us... Damn I dint feel like coming to office today.. Yaar aaj kaam karne ka mann nahi kar raha he..
Tuesday: Tuesdayyyyyyyy(yaaawning).... Saala yeh time nikalta hi nahi he.. Aaj bhi saala kaam karne ka mann nahi kar raha he..
Wednesday: After Monday and Tuesday even the week says W T F (if you know what i mean).. OK almost there take a deep breathe just a couple of days to go... Same old story no mooood to work :)
Thur day: Arey yaar i woke up in the morning and it felt like it was a Friday today.. Alas it is not Friday still, another day to go still... No prizes for guessing the right answer aaj bhi mann nahi he yaar..
Friday: Swipe in early into office so that i can leave early back home... ;) My standard dialogue Happys the Fridays guys.. aaj tho fun filled Friday he aaj tho kuch kaam nahi hone waala.. ;)
Saturday and Sunday: Pardyyy time.. Dik chik dik chik dik chik....

Times change people change and so do our needs and requirements..

Bangalore drivers and what not...!!!! Part one

It was a normal day in office finished up the usual work and met sheetal and was heading back home late in the night at about 10. Was in all my senses and and was riding like Mr. Nice guy... Avoiding all the nagging and stupid riders and drivers of bangalore i was with all my knack of riding was riding real safe... Reached the flyover and got down and the road was pretty empty but still i was not doing 50kmph well i consider that not to be very fast.. Was taking the taking a left on 18th main and this innova guy was taking a right from 100ft road well it should have struck me that time that here was the biggest fool of an Ass who doesnt know a shit about driving was turning but neverthless i was tailing this guy with a little distance after the subway this idiot did the unthinkable... He just braked and turned left without any signal or indicator at this point of time i had two choices...
1) Brake and try to stop or skid and fall down.. or
2) Ram into the back of the car and escape with minor injuries and have the satisfaction of screwing the fackers car.
Wait fot the choice i took and the events that unfolded on the dreadfull day...