Any guess, what is the toughest time in your life??? Appearing for 12th exam…waiting for the entrance exam results or whatever…Waiting for your lover for 2 hours standing under the sun at 12 0’clock in Chennai under the same leafless tree …waiting for the labour pain to get over…Nope….Remaining jobless for months together..all the more, with collegues around you working endless hours a day with “in a meeting” status in their communicator!!! Worse still, “busy” status…and makes me feel like banging my head if anywhere I see “Do not disturb” ..a red ball with a minus…oh! It drives me crazy sitting at my desk doing nothing fruitful.
I start pollambifying the moment I entered the car with my driver-cum-partner cum hubby..”all in all allagu raja”. As usual, I peep in to say “Hi” to my 2 doors away neighbour…”Sundaravinayagar” temple…”Appa…vinayaga…kannai therandu paar appa…ur karunai megavum avasiyamaga irrukkirathu…next..palaniappa, muruga, kanda, vellava,..un kadaikan paarvai inda bakthien mel en innu vezhavillai…vinayaka, unnakku naan tharugiren njyana pazham..oru project-ill ennai serthividu…appa… …”…My husband as usual look at me with his eyes protruding out… touching the spectacles to hear my sorpozhivu…”Heights of joblessness”….He drops me at office saying “Romba pollambatha” ….Appa, Kanda. Karunai kadaley, enna kappathu..ennai thaniya vittu vittu pokiraru en veetukar…
My office hours starts with checking my inbox to see any work related mails..No sign of it at all!!! Then some forward mails, good morning mails (oh! Not so good day as it is going to be same pretty usual routine…)..So my day starts with forwarding mails to 5 others dumping their mailbox with wishes and making them aware that I’m in for the day…gr8. what next? Off to pantry to fill the water bottles with your colleagues on the same boat, “birds of same feather flock together”..followed by polambifying, pulling each other, over a cup of hot cappuccino...the usual “any updates about our project? Is it coming? Hey, u know this guy is released…last date…”….”why release? Any way no projects outside”…..goes on endless until one person has to remind that we have gone beyond our limit/ he or she has to go for a meeting or has some project task..Oh!!! There is something like that is it?? Oh, work?..We depart that we will continue in the lunch with more spice…
Then I go back to my desk..checking once again my inbox , in case, if some soul has replied or have forwarded any mails. Sometimes yes, otherwise no. Then make calls to some friends and chit chat with them ranging topics from weather to traffic to release..”Enna ma…appadiya…”..It goes on and on and clink. Then browse through net…googling ...
Then one fine day or the doom day, I was introduced to the world of blogs by my friend on the same boat!! Hooray…Got captivated and engrossed into the blogs…Started writing some random thoughts which I have, had and would be stumbling upon…played with templates….the look and feel..gr8!!!...added pictures..Waaw!!! Haven’t done this before ..So totally fascinated..Browsed other blogs to get some idea..in turn, replied to couple of posts..thinking that they will visit mine..and of course, they did…In turn, got motivated to write more…..Emailed my hubby and brother to check out this..YO-YO…They came back saying “Busy!!!..check out later”..and next statement “Enna, vella illaiya…”…My sweetheart hubby , not to deceive my over enthusiasm , browsed through ….overall scan “ok”, and came back saying “Ennaya…vetti ya”…..sometimes struck by “heights of eagerness” to see some comments on my posts…sent emails, call him over the mobile simultaneously, and forcing him to post some comments….
Earnestly thinking to make use of time effectively and efficiently to develop the hidden or existing talents, google on some topics on Embroidery, receipes…Gr8!!! Enjoy the colorful platter of some posting…In between other friends on the same boat, will ping messages with some technical questions?..oh! reply them in between if I know otherwise, ask some to google it and find it for themselves. Sorry state of affair, some of the contractors are asked to leave the company and they are in their notice periods…Ah!!! Distractions ;-)..back to surfing…with headphones on, I enjoy some tamil songs shared from another system..gr8!!! I will be in my own world…Ring, Ring, Ring!!! “Hi…***, here..how can I help you?”…My boss “ How are you?..Come to my desk”..Cling…oh! What happened suddenly?...Did someone informed him that I’m spending whole office time in blogging!!! Gr8..Gaining strength, I make my way to this desk..My boss welcomes with a big U smile..OK…”***, I need a favor..” “Emh..what?”….”Get me the team details in xlsheet..by COB”…OK..Big nod with a big smile…Vetti vella….Send email to the entire team to give me details in particular format….ping messages in communicator…asking reasons “why? Details now?”..” who will analyze the cause and effect of why collecting details for what purpose? …..insecure feeling, u know..hey, just send me the details…”…”I’m unable to update my details in xlsheet..someone is holding”..” hey baby!!! Wait for your turn patiently”…”People can’t wait patiently for their turn”..…Sorry for the disturbance!! Back to my world of blog…..Then another message “Lunch polama!!!..Feeling hungry”…Oh! It is 12:45..How time flies?...Lock the terminal, then off with lunch box…Tasting other’s food, exchanging tiffin box, then goes the big mouths..you know what? This girl..that guy…Did you see the corporate mail about cost cutting measures?...blah..blah…”How was the weekend?...One of my friend goes on that weekend was boring as her husband didn’t visit her from Bangalore…Of late, she is depressed…poor soul!!! We ladies try hard to make her come back to reality…make her smile and divert her mental tension” Another friend of mine is happy that she has tried some new recipe..New entrant to kitchen…hardly know the difference between mustard seed and pepper seed ;-)…My story about my children goes non-stop….another friend’s romantic shopping spree with her hubby..OK!!! Time to wind up our big mouths ..as many will be eagerly waiting for our lunch table to be released.. ….
Back to desk, first check inbox, in case if there are any other interesting new mails…then continue with my blog….in the pretext of finding antonyms.. get to learn couple of new words synonyms…gr8..one way of improving the vocabulary……or browse other blog...In between, checking the xlsheet whether the team members have updated their details…if not, ping them individually and ask them to update…reminder….Lock the terminal…walk up and down the aisle…say hi to others…stop by to enquire about their project status…why, what, when?..any updates ….pull the chair, make yourself comfortable..blah..blah..for 10 minutes….then off to restroom and back at my same old desk…Clean the desk….tear all the unnecessary papers which was lying for long time untouched…or preserve it in some box files …punch and filling…drawing attention of our neighbours..ah! working….call up my hubby to enquire how was the food for lunch? Sometime positive remark..otherwise why have you kept so much food for me?..not able to eat..have left ½ of it….too much of masala…why always raddish curry?....blah blah…cling….
What to do next? Change the template of the blog (hardly a week old)…give a new look…then sudden realization, I’ve not enquired about kids at home…My daughter starts “amma…I want this munch…Monu is watching TV….he didn’t eat anything for lunch..i had..blah blah…”..Me from this side....”OK, give the phone to Monu..”..”MONU..MONU…amma wants to talk to you…”…I’ve to keep my receiver at a distance..”..My son “What amma?...”..I go with my usual questions..”Had your lunch? What you had?...” Half way through before I could finish, he goes “Madi Madi..amma” (Enough, enough)… He keeps the phone down and leave...There will no voice from other side…Me “hello, hello..”…Cling…..
Message ..“inviting for a conversation”...ping message…”T polama”…OK..off to pantry ..another 20 mintues of luxury of joblessness…orey blade!!!
Back to my seat…Check back the xlsheet whether it is updated finally…Gr8!!! Attach the xlsheet and send it to Boss…Comes back an email with a “Thank you” note.. what next???….. Change the music to Malayalam or Hindi…It goes on and on….
Hey …check the clock … time to leave …call up my man, Mr hubby!!! ..is he free to pick me up from the office?..or should I walk to the main road where he will pick me up…”No problem..I’ll come and pick you from office”…Appa Gr8!!! Some more time for surfing…..After 10 mintures or so…. shut down … dont forget to switch off monitor (save power) …say bye to all…neighbour…collegues on the way....don’t wait for their reply..…”Off to home!?!?!?!”.. … come out of office and enjoy the fresh air + hot air too..…At the end … last but not least …who is not busy? Me too….blogging…Blogs are written to read (no one except near and dear ones..) … to kill time … to make me refresh my thought process ….Blogs are written to comment on it ..to appreciate…to pull down….to recomment on the comments…gr8….too much to handle….So read my posts and dont forget to leave a comment on them …It will motivate me to write more or stop it…hahaha…bye…hahaha
I start pollambifying the moment I entered the car with my driver-cum-partner cum hubby..”all in all allagu raja”. As usual, I peep in to say “Hi” to my 2 doors away neighbour…”Sundaravinayagar” temple…”Appa…vinayaga…kannai therandu paar appa…ur karunai megavum avasiyamaga irrukkirathu…next..palaniappa, muruga, kanda, vellava,..un kadaikan paarvai inda bakthien mel en innu vezhavillai…vinayaka, unnakku naan tharugiren njyana pazham..oru project-ill ennai serthividu…appa… …”…My husband as usual look at me with his eyes protruding out… touching the spectacles to hear my sorpozhivu…”Heights of joblessness”….He drops me at office saying “Romba pollambatha” ….Appa, Kanda. Karunai kadaley, enna kappathu..ennai thaniya vittu vittu pokiraru en veetukar…
My office hours starts with checking my inbox to see any work related mails..No sign of it at all!!! Then some forward mails, good morning mails (oh! Not so good day as it is going to be same pretty usual routine…)..So my day starts with forwarding mails to 5 others dumping their mailbox with wishes and making them aware that I’m in for the day…gr8. what next? Off to pantry to fill the water bottles with your colleagues on the same boat, “birds of same feather flock together”..followed by polambifying, pulling each other, over a cup of hot cappuccino...the usual “any updates about our project? Is it coming? Hey, u know this guy is released…last date…”….”why release? Any way no projects outside”…..goes on endless until one person has to remind that we have gone beyond our limit/ he or she has to go for a meeting or has some project task..Oh!!! There is something like that is it?? Oh, work?..We depart that we will continue in the lunch with more spice…
Then I go back to my desk..checking once again my inbox , in case, if some soul has replied or have forwarded any mails. Sometimes yes, otherwise no. Then make calls to some friends and chit chat with them ranging topics from weather to traffic to release..”Enna ma…appadiya…”..It goes on and on and clink. Then browse through net…googling ...
Then one fine day or the doom day, I was introduced to the world of blogs by my friend on the same boat!! Hooray…Got captivated and engrossed into the blogs…Started writing some random thoughts which I have, had and would be stumbling upon…played with templates….the look and feel..gr8!!!...added pictures..Waaw!!! Haven’t done this before ..So totally fascinated..Browsed other blogs to get some idea..in turn, replied to couple of posts..thinking that they will visit mine..and of course, they did…In turn, got motivated to write more…..Emailed my hubby and brother to check out this..YO-YO…They came back saying “Busy!!!..check out later”..and next statement “Enna, vella illaiya…”…My sweetheart hubby , not to deceive my over enthusiasm , browsed through ….overall scan “ok”, and came back saying “Ennaya…vetti ya”…..sometimes struck by “heights of eagerness” to see some comments on my posts…sent emails, call him over the mobile simultaneously, and forcing him to post some comments….
Earnestly thinking to make use of time effectively and efficiently to develop the hidden or existing talents, google on some topics on Embroidery, receipes…Gr8!!! Enjoy the colorful platter of some posting…In between other friends on the same boat, will ping messages with some technical questions?..oh! reply them in between if I know otherwise, ask some to google it and find it for themselves. Sorry state of affair, some of the contractors are asked to leave the company and they are in their notice periods…Ah!!! Distractions ;-)..back to surfing…with headphones on, I enjoy some tamil songs shared from another system..gr8!!! I will be in my own world…Ring, Ring, Ring!!! “Hi…***, here..how can I help you?”…My boss “ How are you?..Come to my desk”..Cling…oh! What happened suddenly?...Did someone informed him that I’m spending whole office time in blogging!!! Gr8..Gaining strength, I make my way to this desk..My boss welcomes with a big U smile..OK…”***, I need a favor..” “Emh..what?”….”Get me the team details in xlsheet..by COB”…OK..Big nod with a big smile…Vetti vella….Send email to the entire team to give me details in particular format….ping messages in communicator…asking reasons “why? Details now?”..” who will analyze the cause and effect of why collecting details for what purpose? …..insecure feeling, u know..hey, just send me the details…”…”I’m unable to update my details in xlsheet..someone is holding”..” hey baby!!! Wait for your turn patiently”…”People can’t wait patiently for their turn”..…Sorry for the disturbance!! Back to my world of blog…..Then another message “Lunch polama!!!..Feeling hungry”…Oh! It is 12:45..How time flies?...Lock the terminal, then off with lunch box…Tasting other’s food, exchanging tiffin box, then goes the big mouths..you know what? This girl..that guy…Did you see the corporate mail about cost cutting measures?...blah..blah…”How was the weekend?...One of my friend goes on that weekend was boring as her husband didn’t visit her from Bangalore…Of late, she is depressed…poor soul!!! We ladies try hard to make her come back to reality…make her smile and divert her mental tension” Another friend of mine is happy that she has tried some new recipe..New entrant to kitchen…hardly know the difference between mustard seed and pepper seed ;-)…My story about my children goes non-stop….another friend’s romantic shopping spree with her hubby..OK!!! Time to wind up our big mouths ..as many will be eagerly waiting for our lunch table to be released.. ….
Back to desk, first check inbox, in case if there are any other interesting new mails…then continue with my blog….in the pretext of finding antonyms.. get to learn couple of new words synonyms…gr8..one way of improving the vocabulary……or browse other blog...In between, checking the xlsheet whether the team members have updated their details…if not, ping them individually and ask them to update…reminder….Lock the terminal…walk up and down the aisle…say hi to others…stop by to enquire about their project status…why, what, when?..any updates ….pull the chair, make yourself comfortable..blah..blah..for 10 minutes….then off to restroom and back at my same old desk…Clean the desk….tear all the unnecessary papers which was lying for long time untouched…or preserve it in some box files …punch and filling…drawing attention of our neighbours..ah! working….call up my hubby to enquire how was the food for lunch? Sometime positive remark..otherwise why have you kept so much food for me?..not able to eat..have left ½ of it….too much of masala…why always raddish curry?....blah blah…cling….
What to do next? Change the template of the blog (hardly a week old)…give a new look…then sudden realization, I’ve not enquired about kids at home…My daughter starts “amma…I want this munch…Monu is watching TV….he didn’t eat anything for lunch..i had..blah blah…”..Me from this side....”OK, give the phone to Monu..”..”MONU..MONU…amma wants to talk to you…”…I’ve to keep my receiver at a distance..”..My son “What amma?...”..I go with my usual questions..”Had your lunch? What you had?...” Half way through before I could finish, he goes “Madi Madi..amma” (Enough, enough)… He keeps the phone down and leave...There will no voice from other side…Me “hello, hello..”…Cling…..
Message ..“inviting for a conversation”...ping message…”T polama”…OK..off to pantry ..another 20 mintues of luxury of joblessness…orey blade!!!
Back to my seat…Check back the xlsheet whether it is updated finally…Gr8!!! Attach the xlsheet and send it to Boss…Comes back an email with a “Thank you” note.. what next???….. Change the music to Malayalam or Hindi…It goes on and on….
Hey …check the clock … time to leave …call up my man, Mr hubby!!! ..is he free to pick me up from the office?..or should I walk to the main road where he will pick me up…”No problem..I’ll come and pick you from office”…Appa Gr8!!! Some more time for surfing…..After 10 mintures or so…. shut down … dont forget to switch off monitor (save power) …say bye to all…neighbour…collegues on the way....don’t wait for their reply..…”Off to home!?!?!?!”.. … come out of office and enjoy the fresh air + hot air too..…At the end … last but not least …who is not busy? Me too….blogging…Blogs are written to read (no one except near and dear ones..) … to kill time … to make me refresh my thought process ….Blogs are written to comment on it ..to appreciate…to pull down….to recomment on the comments…gr8….too much to handle….So read my posts and dont forget to leave a comment on them …It will motivate me to write more or stop it…hahaha…bye…hahaha
LOL!! You do have a busy and interesting life.
ReplyDeleteMy toughest time was first 1 1/2 yrs right after my wedding, had my in laws interfering every part of my life. Thank God it's over and I am here in US! ;D
my,my...do you talk as much as you write ?? :)(just kidding)
ReplyDeleteThe last post was touching..I went and hugged my daughter just to make sure that nothing like that happens to me.
Hi Deepa ji,
ReplyDeleteIt is a real pleasure that you visited my blog. You made my day.
I'm amazed by your needlework...you have that passion in your blood..Thanks a bunch for introducing me to Sharon B's blog and other links that you have in your blog...Great ladies out there...
Thanks for your visit....
BTW, I don't talk as much as I write. But once I start write it goes on and on...
Sumy