Quarter life crisis

Symptoms of a quarter life crisis , amongst other things :

- insecurity regarding the fact that their actions are meaningless

- insecurity regarding present accomplishments

- disappointment with one's job

- boredom with social interactions

- a sense that everyone is, somehow, doing better than you.

WOW!

Log file.

8.30 pm - I have slept for two and a half hours in the day today. My "preparation" for the night ahead. Picked at the food served for dinner at home.

9.00 pm - Get a call from the cab driver,asking me if I have a pickup. Come to think of it, it was ME who made the call. Damn, most of my phone expenses seem to go towards calling back cabbies and calling up my ISPs technical helpdesk.

9.20 pm - Hope is a very nice thing. Hope is what gets me out of bed. Though I would rather get out of bed every morning (like a normal human) than in the evening. Hope for the day was having a very pretty cab mate.

9.22 pm - Hopes dashed.

9.30 pm - Its raining. In October.

9.45 pm - Reached office. Just in time to see tired software engineers hurrying towards the last bus and the management types ambling towards their cars. Ride the lift (elevator, for those who speak Americanese) up all alone (ofcourse!).

10.15 pm - No interesting mails yet.


11.03 pm - Just spent half an hour chitchatting with a guy who couldnt go home in the heavy rains.

11.55 pm - Called up onsite guy and spent half an hour chitchatting with him.

12.15 am - Shouldnt have just picked at the food at dinnertime, my innards are growling out their demands. No interesting mails yet.

1.00 am - Have sent a few pointless mails on issues which dont really matter. Even that feels like a big accomplishment.

2.00 am - Maggi instant noodles are perfect odd hours comfort food! No interesting mails arrived in the meantime.

3.37 am - Katrina in HD is a perfect way to keep you awake. Watching her is like watching the sun rising from behind a lush green hill..its just plain...invigorating.


4.30 am - I am thirsty. No amount flipping the switch seems to restart the water cooler. If tomorrow you find it broken, its because I was at it for some considerable time.

5.49 am - My attempts to keep my head straight up are failing. It is flopping from side to side and does not want to be perched up at all. No interesting emails yet.


6.30 am - Less than 15 minutes to go before I can packup and leave office. And I am absolutely inundated with issues! Suddenly I am not very sleepy anymore. Thinking about hope of the day again.

6.53 am - Shittt!! I am wasting time typing this...BUttt..... No interesting mails yet..

Obama Nobel.

So Obama won a Nobel for peace. Apparently, for his visions and plans.
I didnt know visions and I-coulds were enough warrant a big prize. If visions are being considered, may I..ahem... have an Oscar please?

Holiday

What a short week.. (though any week in which I have to work even for an hour is too long for me :( )
For the first time in a very very long time, I have holidays on both the public holidays declared.
All this time, we used to work on "our" holidays, as well as the client holidays (like 4th of July..).

So I guess when it comes to holidays, we are transnationals. Used in the same sense as transvestites.


PS : Check out the number of mails I have received overnight, the server is rather overwhelmed..

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Cars cars and more new cars...in our office parking lot. Large and small. Petrol and diesel. Dozens being added everyday. Infact, I see almost an equal number of cars with newer registration series as the older ones.
Excuse me, but can anyone please point me to the recession everyone has been harping about ?


"Can I have a raise? Its way past my due period.. "
"Are you nuts?? We are in the midst of a deep financial crisis!! You are a lucky to have a job at all!!
Ohh, before you leave, help yourself to some sweets, I bought new Honda City".

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I do not understand the purpose of the below questions.

- Do you plan to engage in export control violations, subversive or terrorist activities, or any other unlawful purpose?

- Are you a member or representative of a terrorist organization ?

- Have you ever participated in persecutions directed by the Nazi government of Germany; or have you ever participated in genocide?

I am thoroughly disillusioned.
Its a sweatshop.
Worse part? Because of the airconditioning, the sweat isnt even visible.


Can this be a salvation ?


The Bullet isnt a bike. Its a mindset.
Owning and caring for a Bullet makes one more of man than..well.. a biggish number of other things.
Life getting nowhere ? get a Bullet.
Too many disappointments.. ? get a Bullet.
Have a bad boss? get a Bullet.
No love life ? get a Bullet.
Bought a car ? get a Bullet.
Feeling happy ? get a Bullet.
Want to celebrate? get a Bullet.
None of the above? get a Bullet.

I will have some chrome on mine, thank you.
The deficiency of Vitamin M(oney) is what seperates me from thumping away my worries.