The Other Side of Life

Nothing. Nothing at all prepares you for office-life post college. No amount of counseling, talking to Seniors, reading self help book, listening to lectures from parents and elder siblings, Googling about "Life At Company X". Nothing I am not saying work is boring. Far from it. All I am implying is that, office is not like college and everyone realizes that the hard way, at some point in time. For some, it's Day One. For some, it's post the training period. For some, it's the first appraisal. For some, it's the day you resign.  But thankfully, there are a million things that make office, umm, let's say, bearable. So, presenting to you, my list of: TOP FIVE THINGS THAT MAKE OFFICE FUN! AT NUMBER 5 : Chai Breaks! Nope. I do not drink Chai, or Coffee, or Alcohol, or even aerated drinks. But when the others go out for Chai, I tag along diligently. I stand there in the sun and squint my eyes in the heat to watch my colleagues sip on deadly hot, hot chai ma

Yahoooo! The lovely Raksha Bhat from A Canary's Diary has given me this wonderful award! The rules are simple: 1. Express gratitude for the blogger who awarded you this 2. Share 7 random facts about yourself 3. Pass on the award.  So point 1: Thanks for this, Raksha! I am new to your blog, but I am absolutely enjoying my stay there and catching up on reading on all your previous posts too! :) And now on to the 7 Random facts about myself: Random Fact 1: Most of the conversations I have with new people or strangers begin in the exact same way. Always.        Me: Hi. I am X.Y.Preeti. You are? Other Person: What is X.Y.? Me: Yeah. I am a South Indian. So, I have my initials before my name. Family thing. You are? Other Person: You are a SOUTH INDIAN? You don't look like one! At all. Me: Hmm. That's news. And what do we mean by "look like a South Indian" anyway? Hmm? And who the hell are you? Other Person: Arrrey no no. I meant. You know. Complexion,

I was reading a John Grisham Novel - "The King of Torts", and I have to say this, I am amazed at this business of suing corporates and organizing  mass litigation to earn money. Monstrous amounts of money! I know this business has not picked up in India, but something tells me, that's only because we didn't try hard enough. Hard to believe we couldn't find enough people to sue,  isn't it? Do not fret, though. As always, I applied my mind to this and I have come up with some innovative, undiscovered spaces which we can explore for mass litigation. Think $100-150 Billion. Now read on. At Number 5 - The Man Who Invented Alarm Clocks This is the man who caused billions of people insomnia. My estimate is, the litigation should amount to $ 10-15 billion, at the very least. For me personally, I'll make do with a couple of billion, or maybe a little more, if you insist. Here are some questions I would love to ask this dude in the cross-examination:  - What wer

I should warn you, I have *nothing* to write about. So if you have important work to do, you are excused. Just FYI, it's a Friday, and while at that, a Friday before the World Cup Finals. I don't think you would have important work to do. But whatever, you are excused. So like I was saying, I have nothing to share, except a killing urge to write something. For starters, I think India will win the World Cup. Intuition. The last intuition said Ireland, but we'll give that a pass. I love this festive atmosphere surrounding the world cup. The "almost" half day at work, the huge screens in the office, the unlimited snacks, the Bleed Blue pic badges. I know it's bordering insanity, but what the hell, GO INDIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAA! :D I tried getting myself an India T-Shirt. All out of stock. Unbelievable. I'll make do with an ICC WOrld Cup one or a plain blue one, but hello? The intensity of cheering would be lower. Sorry. My latest obsession is Advertisements. Th