i guess all IT pros hate Mondays. Who'd want to forget the highs of a Sunday, tuck in an irritatingly ironed shirt and carry that smug look to office?Much like the mondays we had at school. Only that there is no homework.
Today was in no way spectacular. But it ws just plain strange in that a lotto stuff happened. First, i found the silliest way any company could ever have celebrated xmas. They (probably some HR who had organised xmas celebration in his/her school) had one of our Delivery Leads dressed up as Santa (!!wait.. theres more to come....) and all other DL's following him ringing bells and making some embarassing sound. And the Santa gave away gifts in lucky draws. There were mouse pads, monopoly games,sudoku puzzles, golf balls and other BankAm merchandise. I 'won' a BankAm hankie, which very curiously had a tag made in china. I mean would the Americans really use something made in Communist China? Definitely they wud, but why make it very obvious?
okay coming back. To say that i would wipe my ass with that hankie would be quite anti BankAm, but thats exactly how u'd feel if ppl around won golfballs, classic notepads, monopoly games, sudoku puzzles and stuff like that. Gladly MSN won a mouse pad, which is even more ridiculous.(He also said this totally gross and pathetic joke on the guy who won two golfballs.) We both had the himesh reshamiya- in-karz-look till evening. Which probably beats this whole DL-as-Santa exercise. Instead of being rejoiced and drooling at BankAm hospitality, i suppose half the ppl felt more morose than they actually were. All the guys who won mousepads and hankies took a deep breath, counted till 10 and started working.
After that, i had a very private and outdoor meeting with my mentor, who is like very supportive and brutally honest, which is something i admire. it (the meeting) was obviously on the need to focus on work, amidst all this hullaballoo.Which made me skip my usual 11/2 hrs of gym, as a gesture of loyalty. that in itself was quite generous from my part. 'Focus' hasnt improved much.
and then Cricinfo ws probably too gud today. had every line read twice or thrice, escaping glances from the managers. Whhaaat..A...Match!! How many tests have we seen where the guy who made two centuries lost the m-o-m to someone who made just 83 and took no wickets!!
Sehwag has certainly changed the rules of the game..He may never come close to the man he wanted to be like, but definitely there will be more and more boys who'll want to be like him. and Rahul Dravid is perhaps the most talented night-watchman we have evr had.
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