Posts Tagged ‘holidays’
Of Premature Celebrations and Apologies
It has been seven days since I did anything related to the internet. I took a few days off work, and combined with holidays for Dasara, the total number of days for which I was away from the office was seven in all. Being a cheap and lazy guy who doesn't want to spend all his time at home online, I have consciously avoided getting another [...]
Much Ado about Leave
For four years now, since I have commenced life as a working professional, the subject of leave is a very touchy one, so far as broaching the same with one's managers is concerned. I have noticed that while I can talk about any leave plans I have with some manager that I have already worked with for a few months, if I have to inform a manager [...]
Redifining Hospitality
Atithi Devo Bhava Guest is God-like, or so said someone who had a thing for hospitality, and someone else wrote it down in ancient times and it seems to have stuck around for ages as an integral part of our culture thereafter, until now. These thoughts stuck me when some guy from my office who lives close to me said he'd drop in to my place, [...]
Diwali fundaes
"Stupid little kids, wish I were a few hundred metres away and I had a sniper rifle in my hands", I muttered to myself, only half in jest as Iwas rudely woken up by the resounding blasts of some extremely noisy firecrackers that set my ears ringing, as I cursed away, abusing everyone that came to mind, right from the parents of these kids to the [...]
Midweek Trip to Chennai
A mid-week trip to Chennai, on 24th October 2007, wednesday was warranted in order to attend surprise birthday party for a friend, Kodhi. More on the surprise birthday party in due time, for it needs a proper build up along with some heavy duty background details, in order to do justice to the efforts put in by Kodhi's Mum in organizing the whole [...]
