Weirdoes I met in my job :)

My experience of first job has been quite different from what many of my classmates are experiencing in their first job and I am happy about that. The atmosphere at office is not very different from my days at college. The project into which I was mapped into was one where there were 17 of us management graduates freshly out of college. And since we are all operating from the client location the pressures of the real office is not present here. We enjoy working in between the loads of fun we have at office.

The weirdoes that I got to meet here are many and I will describe a few of them. The first weirdo is VJ whose only aim in life is eating. For him life is all about eating he is never full even though he has had a full chicken biriyani along with the starter like Nan and chicken. He considers himself as a bad eater as he finishes the last among the lot. He learned the art of speaking Hindi only after joining this project and now considers himself to be the guru making new word and new meaning to the already rich language. An example of his addition to this language is 'Jaane ki kona hain' which simply means 'I am hungry' this proves my points that he is passionate about food and start talking to him any language it will ultimately lead to food.

The next weirdo whom I met was Nishi, the first person in my life whom I have seen who can laugh non stop for half an hour straight and I am not exaggerating when I say this. He can talk nonsense for hours and can start of with his laughter at the drop of a pin. Talking about Nishi alone when talking about weirdoes would be left incomplete if the partner in crime is not mentioned and that is Viks. Viks was the original Hindi guru before VJ took over his position, Viks attains the position of weirdo only when he is around with Nishi when both of these get together it is laughter riot for the rest of us here in office sometimes getting us in doubts as to who is the crazy one those two or the rest of us around.

Though I have named them weirdoes they are great people to have as friends and they are the reason why my experience at work has become so memorable, fun filled, lovely and definitely different from what my classmates are experiencing in their first job. I am sure not many of us are lucky enough to have such a fun filled start in our career and I consider myself really lucky in this aspect :)

By the river Piedra I sat down and wept

This is a book by the famous author Paulo Coelho, in this book he has brought out the relationship between two people in a beautiful way. In this book he has given an insight into the devotion to the Goddess that is the Virgin Mary and it's lost prominence over the years.

The story revolves around the love of two childhood sweethearts who are meeting after many years. The story through Pilar shows how a little faith can help people find themselves when they are lost in their ways in life.

The style of writing by Coelho is not liked by many I too have only liked only two of his books from his collection so far one is 'By the river Piedra I sat down and wept' and the other is 'The Alchemist'.

Inspired

I was just thinking the other day that who are the persons who inspired me to start writing or blogging.... and I felt that two persons in my life are the reason for this blog.

The first inspiration being my uncle (Mom's younger brother) Rev. Dr. Fr. Joy, while he was getting his doctorate from Rome I used to write letters to him giving him detailed description about the happenings at home. After reading my letters he was the one who said that I had the makings of a writer and that in future I might end up being a great author. This encouragement from him was an inspiration for me ......way back in my mind even today I have this dream of writing a book which would be much loved by everyone.

The second person, the reason for me to start blogging is Ash my best friend, the period during which you finish college and wait for the joining into the job is a period when we go mad because you are missing college and all the actions and fun of college and want to get involved into something just to keep you going. As my date of joining got postponed I was literally going crazy with nothing interesting to do. That was when she advised me to start blogging as this would help me get engaged in something I would love. And she persisted in telling me this until I started this blog. I am not exactly sure how she knew that I would love this but then sometimes I feel that she knows me better than I know myself. And for this I am ever thankful to her.

My Uncle has been an inspiration to writing as such and my best friend has been the reason for starting this blog. Both in their own ways knowing that this is something I would love doing