Slept over and nearly missed the bus, watched gray rain soiling the already wonderful roads of Mumbai and finally got to office to kick-start Monday with this conversation with SNC (Someone from the next cubicle, for those who missed my earlier post) Me: *Groan* I hate Mondays.SNC: Yeah, it shows….oops,…
The Superwoman origin story:
I am the only kid on the tree in pigtails
I am the daughter who will one day be the ‘man of the house’
My first post on a subject I think about often – SNC (see title for full form)SNC inspires most of my vehement posts, spurs my ‘competitive juices’ (read bile!) and is invariably the source of stupid questions, annoying gyaan and impossibly immaculate reports at discussions. *Squeak squeak squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!* Why the…
Saw a matrimonial ad on one of the sites yesterday.A decent looking dude accompanied by a long illustration of his IIT-IIM qualification,his DISLIKES (in capitals if you may please, and these include dating and partying!),his LIKES (once again in caps and these run along the lines of ‘simple life, honesty…’).The…
Wednesday: Meeting at 10:30, made it after wading through knee deep water, rolled up trouser legs, precariously balancing laptop on one shoulder (uggh….why don’t they make these things lighter?) and handbag on the other. Made it into the office! Soaking umbrella dumped into the bucket at the door, hair slicked…
Snippets from a conversation around the conference table. Oops…did I say conversation? What I meant, of course, was “meaningless dittherings of overworked minds and several cold germs floating around in the rain-drenched, overflowing drain-scented office”. Scene: Working on the fifty-ninth version of ‘Final presentation to client’…Me: O god!God (aka da…
A brooding player. A sensitive charmer. We are running parallel monologues.
This day of August is a milestone.
If I could utter just two words for my whole life I would say, “Never forget.” Never forget anything or anyone. Any experience that changes you has already left an inerasable impression on you, which is the cause for the way you are after it has passed. Any person who…
