Sunday, April 27, 2008

updates...

This week hasnt been that fantastic.
It didnt start that well on Monday... our canteen project was scrapped. after all this work, it was realised that we afterall might not have that kind of a budget availability. Kay was not at all happy with it. She was visibly upset over it and she didnt mind showing it too.
i, on the other hand, was not so upset when this was announced. i didnt feel this was correct though. and more than upset, i was feeling cheated and angry. and then i did what i do when i am not in the right state of mind... i kept quite.
Kay was all the more frustrated with this. I was not reacting to what was being told to us. it was a typical 'management talk' meeting. and i hadnt expected this of BB. not at all...
'your efforts will not go waste...... now we are all prepared with the ground work..... and now we will get the budget sanctioned officially for this.......'
YEAH RIGHT!!
so... this was a major blow on monday. I did cool down during the day and the next day i was completely normal. BB was trying to talk more to us during the day trying to judge the impact. but well, atleast i am an established actor in these regards, not to show my feelings or give transparency of my thoughts to anyone. and even if i did, i knew it was not going to help.
so, monday started with this and on wednesday, we had the news of our colleague passing away. the impact on everyone was ofcourse tremendous and still hasnt faded away......
one more news... RI resigned. So there are going to be a lot of more responsibilities that are going to come my way. ofcourse there is the new recruit added to our group. but still, she or me, we both are quite inexperienced to handle what RI is handling right now. No need to give us a chance.. i can guarantee we will screw it up! its a crucial job and needs atleast 8-10 years of experience in this field. So we yet do not know who is going to take his place. i just hope he is as nice as RI is. because who ever that is going to be, i will be working very closely with him / her.
Today is going to be a busy day. i have 3 engagements and all this evening. one, our college group get-together. second, sushils friends wedding and third, a play to watch at night.
and then tomorrow, at 5.30, the clock starts to run.. the 5 busy days at office begin again...

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

A loss....

One of my colleagues passed away. Today, in the morning we got a call saying that the doctors have given him two hours...maximum...
And 10 mins ago it was announced that he has passed away.
Reason? No one knows. He was admitted in the hospital last week for a viral infection. First was diagnosed for Jaundice, then for Dengue and then for Rickettsial fever. But, I suppose neither of these three was what he had.
What ever he had caused a multiple organ failure. He was on the ventilator. Kidney, liver, lungs were non-functional. He was unconscious. He is survived by his wife and his 8 month old son. He was just 31 years old. And he had come to work just last Wednesday.. and then, he was all well... but within a week... in a week, he is gone... he is just gone...
I didn’t know him that well. I didn’t have many interactions with him.
From whatever I know, he was a good person and this shouldn’t have happened to him and his family. His son definitely did not deserve to lose his father at such a young age. When he grows up, he wont even remember his father well. He wont remember what kind of a person he was. He will just have a photograph, framed and hung on the wall as a memory of the person who brought him to life...

May God bless his soul and may God give the strength to his family to move on…

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Happy news!

Its the time where things have finally started going the correct way! (Touch wood!)
I am getting the expected responsibility in the office. i am doing a fair job. i am enjoying what i am doing. i finally feel 'set' in my career for the first time since graduation. i feel satisfied with what i have in my professional life.
On personal front, things are going good. me and S are finding enough time for each other. there are no invasions in the privacy (oh i wish it remains that way! ;))
i just got a call from S. He got his assessment results. well, he has been graded a rank higher than what he was expecting. and he is one of the few cases (who have joined recently in the company) to have got that! Oh i am so happy for him. So, tonite is going to be a celebration day. Co-incidently my maternal uncle is also in town and we all are going to go out together.
At the end of the day i am getting satisfaction of having done something valuable during the day!!
it feels good....

Thursday, April 03, 2008

Updates...

Nothing has changed. Everything is normal!
We had a puja on sunday at our place. Not many people were invited. Just my parents and sushils side of the family. Sushil side of the elder family did arrive in time. The puja was planned for 12.15. It did start on time too. but the younger generation arrived just in time for ....... well.....lunch... at 2.00 p.m. they missed the puja.. intentionally or unintentionally, well, i dont know that and i dont care what the hell they do.. so, basically, you know... nothing has changed.. everything is normal.. and like a stupid person i was seeing a ray of light at the end of this pitch black tunnel.. at the back of the mind, i knew that when i would emerge out of the tunnel, it was going be a pitch black, moonless night anyways!
If i dont care about this then why the hell am i writing about it? Well, just because i want to keep this in my memory long enough because it did hurt S very much! and as i said a hundred times before, i hate seeing him hurt like that. so, thinking of some sort of vengeance.. vengeance is sweet! no?
Oh! i have become so bad!!
The accident issue is still not coming to rest. now the two wheeler person is asking for the original hospital bill inspite of the fact that we have paid it entirely. reason: he has to claim the insurance (for himself). Otherwise, he says, we will come and beat S up....
its a tough decision, but then i have decided not to relent to the request. why do i do everything that pathetic person asks? i have asked S to ignore all the calls and not talk to him at all. if it extends, we will just lodge a complaint with the police. One scratch on S, and i will make sure that man is destroyed for the rest of his life. its time probably i start trusting the police force of India and go and ask for help, the legal way!
Lets see what all happens..
Between, i got company in office. a new person just joined in my department. A female, my age, my batch (from a different college and course). No one knows whats her role is going to be. She is however on induction currently. RI is all the more confused.. he's sitting away at the other office and is totally unaware of the scene here! he shud be back this week... and then things should start to unfold.
I am a bit scared currently. there is a lot of expectation from me. i mean, people here want to push me ahead in my career. i am being trusted and given a lot of responsibilities. and that, is sort of scaring me a bit. what if i fail to satisfy all these expectations. what if i make a disaster?
God help me! when i shud be happy i am feeling sad and nervous. i think i have the illness (its some sort of depression..i dont remember the name exactly) which is mentioned in one of the Sydney Sheldons book (the other side of me) as i am showing all the symptoms (literally!!)