Since I pretty much do nothing, I thought the least I can do is may be write about doing nothing. Hopefully, one day I'll see futile ways with which I waste my time and I'll be motivated to use my time wisely. This is going to be pretty boring and bland but possibly something which would give me enough sense of achievement that I can at least sleep properly at night.(Yes, my life right now, is that happening )
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The Morning :
Usually I get up at 7:30 am ish and leave for office at 9:00 am. However, today I got up at 8:40 and caught 9:40 am bus to office ( while taking status call on cell phone ). I checked my mails and realized only other person with whom I share my cubicle is working from home today. ( That never ceases to make me happy ).Precisely at that moment I knew I would not work today. (I guess I do some amount of work just so that my cubicle mate doesn't think I just read blogs and do FB in office ).I found couple of new bloggers to follow and started reading their blog posts. At around 11:20 am I decided that I would work from 2pm-5pm enough time to complete my pending work.
The Friend:
I pinged one of my friend whom I had been meaning to talk since quite some days now. I had promised but not called her in past week (my infamous memory to blame for it ) so she was bit angry well me or well at least pretended to be. She had told me there is a big news she wanted to share but I did not give it much thought.. So now when I pinged her she blurted out that she is getting married this December. Friends now getting married always leaves me speechless and often stunned. I had to call her after that. So we started talking and blaming each other, she blamed me for not calling her and I blamed her for not telling me when got engaged ( although she did not technically get engaged ). Since it was quite spirited talk I was afraid I'd be loud and would have to bear the brunt of people working around me and so thought of stepping out. Once out, I thought its already time for lunch so should go to some restaurant.(In case you are wondering, Yes, I spend a fortune eating out ). Anyway, I took the bus while on call and got down near 'Taj Palace' (Today I was in mood for Indian food ). Unfortunately I ran out of balance and call got disconnected.
The Video Call and the Restura:
By this time I was inside the restaurant.I texted her that I am out of balance and we decided to resume conversation later.I than proceeded to eat appetizers.I just had couple of 'Palak Pakoda' and 'Tomato Soup'. Suddenly , one of my friend called and told me she misses me and hung up after a min.My mom keeps on asking me what I eat everyday, So I thought I can have a video call and show her that I eat awesome food daily. I called my parents via talk app while eating pulav and paneer saag.Talked to them for about half an hour while travelling back to office and even for few mins once I reached my cubicle.When I did disconnect call it was nearly 2:00, So I had one hour to pass before I absolutely had to begin working .
The Office :
While browsing news on rediff, I saw some rather heated discussion on Oprah's comments on India and one thing lead to another and I ended up watching very long videos on youtube.
Article on one of the sites :
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/24/oprah-winfrey-india-special-own-criticism_n_1699581.html
Youtube Video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R223YSZibaA
In all fairness video was pretty bland and straight forward, nothing instigating.
So finally it was 3:45pm and I decided to start working at least now. I tried for couple of mins but then realized I have not read all articles I had opened up. So kept on reading till 4:15 which seemed very inauspicious time to start working . So read Dilbert strips for 15 mins.Finally started working at 4:30 but just after few minutes one of friend from California called me after long time and we started talking.Again, I thought I was being too loud and decided to step outside. Once outside, I thought 'what the hell ? I can go home' and caught bus for third time in the day while still on call. Only after I came home did I realize that I should have kept my office laptop in the mobile unit or at least locked it. ehh...
Interestingly enough , my galaxy S3 impressed me in video calls via talk app but for some reason works horribly when there is background noise. A cell phone that has every possible thing except good voice calls how very ironic.
The Home :
Came to my hotel room, prepared atta noodles maggi, made some tea, watched tele and started blogging, while watching TBBT on CBS. .I am tiered now..typing so much..so Adios !!
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The Morning :
Usually I get up at 7:30 am ish and leave for office at 9:00 am. However, today I got up at 8:40 and caught 9:40 am bus to office ( while taking status call on cell phone ). I checked my mails and realized only other person with whom I share my cubicle is working from home today. ( That never ceases to make me happy ).Precisely at that moment I knew I would not work today. (I guess I do some amount of work just so that my cubicle mate doesn't think I just read blogs and do FB in office ).I found couple of new bloggers to follow and started reading their blog posts. At around 11:20 am I decided that I would work from 2pm-5pm enough time to complete my pending work.
The Friend:
I pinged one of my friend whom I had been meaning to talk since quite some days now. I had promised but not called her in past week (my infamous memory to blame for it ) so she was bit angry well me or well at least pretended to be. She had told me there is a big news she wanted to share but I did not give it much thought.. So now when I pinged her she blurted out that she is getting married this December. Friends now getting married always leaves me speechless and often stunned. I had to call her after that. So we started talking and blaming each other, she blamed me for not calling her and I blamed her for not telling me when got engaged ( although she did not technically get engaged ). Since it was quite spirited talk I was afraid I'd be loud and would have to bear the brunt of people working around me and so thought of stepping out. Once out, I thought its already time for lunch so should go to some restaurant.(In case you are wondering, Yes, I spend a fortune eating out ). Anyway, I took the bus while on call and got down near 'Taj Palace' (Today I was in mood for Indian food ). Unfortunately I ran out of balance and call got disconnected.
The Video Call and the Restura:
By this time I was inside the restaurant.I texted her that I am out of balance and we decided to resume conversation later.I than proceeded to eat appetizers.I just had couple of 'Palak Pakoda' and 'Tomato Soup'. Suddenly , one of my friend called and told me she misses me and hung up after a min.My mom keeps on asking me what I eat everyday, So I thought I can have a video call and show her that I eat awesome food daily. I called my parents via talk app while eating pulav and paneer saag.Talked to them for about half an hour while travelling back to office and even for few mins once I reached my cubicle.When I did disconnect call it was nearly 2:00, So I had one hour to pass before I absolutely had to begin working .
The Office :
While browsing news on rediff, I saw some rather heated discussion on Oprah's comments on India and one thing lead to another and I ended up watching very long videos on youtube.
Article on one of the sites :
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/24/oprah-winfrey-india-special-own-criticism_n_1699581.html
Youtube Video :
In all fairness video was pretty bland and straight forward, nothing instigating.
So finally it was 3:45pm and I decided to start working at least now. I tried for couple of mins but then realized I have not read all articles I had opened up. So kept on reading till 4:15 which seemed very inauspicious time to start working . So read Dilbert strips for 15 mins.Finally started working at 4:30 but just after few minutes one of friend from California called me after long time and we started talking.Again, I thought I was being too loud and decided to step outside. Once outside, I thought 'what the hell ? I can go home' and caught bus for third time in the day while still on call. Only after I came home did I realize that I should have kept my office laptop in the mobile unit or at least locked it. ehh...
Interestingly enough , my galaxy S3 impressed me in video calls via talk app but for some reason works horribly when there is background noise. A cell phone that has every possible thing except good voice calls how very ironic.
The Home :
Came to my hotel room, prepared atta noodles maggi, made some tea, watched tele and started blogging, while watching TBBT on CBS. .I am tiered now..typing so much..so Adios !!
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