10 things I miss from my previous job
Read someone's meme and thought about this. Mind you - this is in no particular order.. oh yes, it is in the order that it came to my mind, and you know things can get pretty messy out there, wherein the first thing I think about after waking up in the morning could be taking up a netflix subscription when I go onsite, after which, comes relieving myself off 8 hrs of liquid waste! U get the idea..
1. Evening tea at Hotel California: If u r in technopark, dont be surprised by conversations like these -
Software Engineer No. 1 (SE1) : Hey man, how ya doin?
SE2: Awesome! havent seen you lately?
SE1: yeah I had been onsite... California! Came back yesterday. U seem to be in a hurry?
SE2: yeah, going onsite man... coming?
SE1: Sure, lets go!
SE2: And lets go to California after that, u got a bike na...
Naah, we dont have such motorcycle buffs out there who'd think of taking up a world round-trip in their bikes.. anyway not since I left. Hotel California, alias Cali is the little tea-shop nearby, where you get steaming hot and crisp vadas, ethaykkappams, deep-fried houseflies etc and tea - custom made to your choice of strength (of tea-leaves that is). And cigarettes of course if you're of that smoking kind!
And onsite smells heavily of odonil/urine depending upon when was it cleaned last.
2. The balcony and birdwatching : Lunch-break was the best time to do this activity. This is best enjoyed in the company of a few experts, whose knowledge in ornithology might come handy while analyzing certain features of rare and migratory birds. Such sessions would mostly come to a close after mourning ebout extinct species.. dodos and the likes..uknow!
3. Rainy days: Rainy days meant sleeping till 8:45. And then a couple of frantic calls here and there, to people who've got a car for a lift, only to learn that they're already gone. Then the inevitable, change back to homewear, and get that remote! Or just sit about and chatter away. Its another matter that anyway you'll end up reaching the office wet, which classifies the time spent above as a waste! Or is it?
4. The three humps: I loved the three humps on the uphill/downhill road to bhavani. I loved braking hard in front of those humps and feeling the gentle roll-up in my tummy while taking them. The second was the loveliest, coz we had the TCS training centre right in front of it, and I have to say the hump played a major part in reducing the number of motor-accidents in that vicinity. But they do happen nevertheless. And ch loved taking on the humps with his hands off the handle. God, let me live till the day which finds him flat on the ground, which shouldnt be very far. And which is pretty difficult I mn considering the way his tummy is challenging him, its hard for a flat-fall, it would be more like rolling down. Whatever!
5. The technopark club: If you'd ask me which was the best place on earth to booze, this was the answer. used to be. :( . Several factors made it unique. Hard day? Just stroll down after getting out from the office, and there you are, the great Vyshakha lawns of the club, the night sky with all the stars, music, and yeah, I have to admit that the food used to be good too. It was another matter that we've never left the place without being involved in a brawl with the waiters about something, like the fries being too oily or the beer bottles having a wierd green color or that the toilets used to be on that side of the pool when we came here last time...
1. Evening tea at Hotel California: If u r in technopark, dont be surprised by conversations like these -
Software Engineer No. 1 (SE1) : Hey man, how ya doin?
SE2: Awesome! havent seen you lately?
SE1: yeah I had been onsite... California! Came back yesterday. U seem to be in a hurry?
SE2: yeah, going onsite man... coming?
SE1: Sure, lets go!
SE2: And lets go to California after that, u got a bike na...
Naah, we dont have such motorcycle buffs out there who'd think of taking up a world round-trip in their bikes.. anyway not since I left. Hotel California, alias Cali is the little tea-shop nearby, where you get steaming hot and crisp vadas, ethaykkappams, deep-fried houseflies etc and tea - custom made to your choice of strength (of tea-leaves that is). And cigarettes of course if you're of that smoking kind!
And onsite smells heavily of odonil/urine depending upon when was it cleaned last.
2. The balcony and birdwatching : Lunch-break was the best time to do this activity. This is best enjoyed in the company of a few experts, whose knowledge in ornithology might come handy while analyzing certain features of rare and migratory birds. Such sessions would mostly come to a close after mourning ebout extinct species.. dodos and the likes..uknow!
3. Rainy days: Rainy days meant sleeping till 8:45. And then a couple of frantic calls here and there, to people who've got a car for a lift, only to learn that they're already gone. Then the inevitable, change back to homewear, and get that remote! Or just sit about and chatter away. Its another matter that anyway you'll end up reaching the office wet, which classifies the time spent above as a waste! Or is it?
4. The three humps: I loved the three humps on the uphill/downhill road to bhavani. I loved braking hard in front of those humps and feeling the gentle roll-up in my tummy while taking them. The second was the loveliest, coz we had the TCS training centre right in front of it, and I have to say the hump played a major part in reducing the number of motor-accidents in that vicinity. But they do happen nevertheless. And ch loved taking on the humps with his hands off the handle. God, let me live till the day which finds him flat on the ground, which shouldnt be very far. And which is pretty difficult I mn considering the way his tummy is challenging him, its hard for a flat-fall, it would be more like rolling down. Whatever!
5. The technopark club: If you'd ask me which was the best place on earth to booze, this was the answer. used to be. :( . Several factors made it unique. Hard day? Just stroll down after getting out from the office, and there you are, the great Vyshakha lawns of the club, the night sky with all the stars, music, and yeah, I have to admit that the food used to be good too. It was another matter that we've never left the place without being involved in a brawl with the waiters about something, like the fries being too oily or the beer bottles having a wierd green color or that the toilets used to be on that side of the pool when we came here last time...
They closed it down a few months before I left. Compelling reasons? Maybe.
I guess thats enough for one post. The remaining five will follow in the next...
Comments
i'm probably never ever gonna b there again, but still...all the memories with that palce r awesome!
Agree!
u will be definitely missing ur mentees ;-)
Uchakku lift zeroil nirthaathe nere -1il poyi avakamsnte caril kazhikkan pokunnu
Malakal puzhakal, athokke pande miss cheythengilum athoru miss thanneyaayirunnedaa :-)
Front gateile pukakkal :-)
Take any day, think of the events from sripriya till sripriya.. u will be missing everything ..