Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Routine...

Had tot of this some days back - but wheneva i used to sit in da evening to edit da blog, it would be seriously boring to write about da day dat has passed...or da days dat are passing...but to put it correctly, future mite hold somethin different for me - a new environment and a new place of stay - so here I am accounting how a typical day passes in my present life. To put it more interestingly (dont want readers to doze off) I have put it in third person -

7 AM - Good morning : sleepy eyes, hangover of ruined sleep some 3 hours back due to my roomie arrivin from his work...but fine - da guy gets up...of course, checks either the mobile or the watch for the time... Utilization of free Hutch messages has already begun as he checks his GM messages and forwards, and replies back to them...

One hour - needed to finish the morning chores, got used very much to the jam/bread breakfast at home so much dat he carries da 'parampara' here too...der is always a mental tussle between all the roomies in da PG for the paper, so whenever he can sneak outside and take the paper first, he does it..(grinning)...

bout 8:10 AM - busy reading paper - takes another 20-30 min...yes da editorial page looks real boring with only text sprawled over it...but its the page carryin da most amount of sensible information...at least for an information-interested person like this person...information devoid of political fites, and wordly dramas - makin dat clear...

8:40 AM- on da road - off to hunt for the rick - a walk till busy and dusty 80 feet road, near da famous Aishwarya Department Store of Jakkasandra...some rick guys run off like as if a ghost is chasin them when the guy mentions da words 'BTM Layout', or even sometimes 'Bannerghatta Road'...not interested, also scared of the traffic, and the never ending signal timings at the famed Udupi Gardens...

Finally in some rick which agrees...the sight of an electronic meter is a delight...but most of the times he settles for an analog, mechanical one...da rick journey sometimes turns hostile, or even interesting...as he knows most of the paths very well, and the objective is to go thru the shortest path available, despite the heavy traffic jam...the rick guy mite say 'nahin saahab, bahut jam hota hai wahaan...' - reasons why the guy sometimes even settles for 'one and a half'...most readers will understand - no elaborations needed...

9:05 to 9:20 AM- probably around this time dock at office, after havins sometimes gone thru a huge traffic jam in the inner turns of Udupi Gardens hotel...(da hotel is just to be heard of, and is a great junction to meet at - mind u - not AT ALL a good eating joint)...Off to the sixth floor - dats Oracle GFIC (land of finance, n land of babes too)...nearest to my destination floor...and havin some good coffee vending machines - aha...some good coffee...!!

9:25 - 9:30 AM - Boy is he punctual or not? Sometimes, like today, he was much earlier than this...off to da most boring part of da company where I have been shifted to...nuthin but 'work' happens there...Of course checkin mails, surfin thru PG, chatting, listening to songs etc etc happens thruout da day...

About 1 to 1:15 PM - Lunch time...off to the mess...pathetic menu, which appeared good only in the first 3 days at the company...so he prefers the pastry joint for some burgers etc...a la lunch!

About 2 to 2:30 PM - yawn... yea..time for more work..so wat does this variable do? yawwn...and why is this exception not def...yawnnn..ined? Also...yaawnnn....yaawwnnn...ad guess wat....
YAWWWNNN...!!!

About 4 PM - Bright eyes - good work goin on - time for a break in another half an hour...(good thoughts)

4:20 to 4:30 PM - Coffee break - though its normally mango juice for him...or a soft drink - wateva - its all free...with some nice biscuits too...

What follows at office - some fast work - evening speeding into da darkness of the nite...

Now this varies from 6:15 to 7:45 PM - Work done - laptop closed...wires disconnected...bye guys...'me' off home...

About 8 PM - Its 90 percent Delicious Dine for dinner time, as wateva neone says, the place rules as far as taste of food is concerned...a nice dinner for a tired guy...

About 8:45 PM - back to PG - TV for sometime...surf thru channels...'bachhon - please dont check out FTV at 9:30 PM...it isnt exactly the time for 'Midnight ...' but u neva know wat turns up..hehe!!

About 9:20 PM - a refreshin bath...

About 9:45 PM - bath and prayers done...now lyin down on bed - relaxin...messaging friends...and also thinkin wat else to do for the remaining part of the nite...

About 10:15 PM - reading a book...wat else is new?

About 11:30 to 11:45 PM - Either he is already asleep...or he prefers to close down for the nite.

About 12:30 AM - Wat else readers? its done...the guy is dozing off...

U guys get back to ur own work now..and dont fget to list down ur routines in ur blogs...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

hey ashish..
liked ur this style of writing..i mean as a third person... u have really written it nicely...
keep up the good work... :)

Kiran said...

hey ashi,

u 1 of the very few persons who wrote a "routinne" and still succeeded in keeping the reader interested (rather keeping the reader from becoming bored to death :D)

anyway dont think i'm goign to write my routine cuz it wont be a hell lot dofferent from urs .. very few exceptions (like the timings of certain activities) or.. the rick will b replaced by my vehicle..Udupi gardens makes way for Domlur and PG is replaced by HOME SWEET HOME :-)