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recession

Recession, everybody has got something to blame now. I guess god has got a breather thanks to it. Layoffs. Pay cuts. No spends. Bad billing. Or is god having the worst time in his career?

the job delusion

My apologies to Richard Dawkins for the title of this blog. But then that's what my life has come to. My luck has been fluctuating worse than the stock market. Some days its fine some days its the pits. So folks maybe this is what one calls a mid-life crisis. Today I met a top-gun in my profession. He graciously went through my work and politely kicked me out. Like a fool I asked him whether I could add him in my facebook account. Thankfully he obliged. Too late in the day to wonder why I did so.

recession blues

Something strange has happened. My self esteem has taken a beating. Is it recession? Or is it something else I don’t know. Maybe like they always say the elements are conspiring against you. Let me list down the facts that led me here. After making me wait like a dog outside the butcher’s shop for 39 days the asshole had the guts to tell me he is not selling the bike. If he didn’t want to sell it why make me wait? Took that news in good spirits and checked for more bikes. Found only one. But then to think that I have to reenact the whole damn process of going across to see the bike, riding it and then negotiating draws me back. Today for the first time when I got a call from upstairs, I panicked. After ages I suddenly felt that my job was at stake. Are they calling me to hand me the slip? Like what they did to PD one fine evening. I still remember his face when he came out of that room. He turned out to be lucky. He got another job. What has the recession ravaged markets got for me, I

the wait

It's been exactly 39 days since I have been waiting to be back on two wheels. Looks like I will be finally hitting the road two days from now. I am a bit scared now. But then it's high time I hit the road.

procrastination

I have been waiting for something interesting to happen to make my blog time worthwhile. Here are a few things I thought might happen. A new job. My thunderbird. A film. An award. But nothing has materialised so far. But then that doesn't mean the days so far were really dull. Ayaz and Fathima had come. I have lined up another bike in case Harsh develops cold feet. I am now exploring opportunities back home something which I thought I never will. Babu has broken the so called holy trinity and is heading to greener pastures. The stent disappeared. Winter has come. Life goes on.