Every time I get back to blogging, the first thought that crosses my mind is why don't I use this forum more regularly. There is so much to talk about and tell the world but many times what we really tell people is mostly irrelevant and unimportant stuff.
Its been a strange kind of week this one. First up, I was horribly tied down to work. Eight hours at the workplace followed by a training which went on till an ungodly time every day. That in itself meant I was having a rather irritable 7 days. Add to this all the diplomacy that goes with folks at work. Sometimes its such a big turn-off, when you have to smile for the most horrible jokes or go for lunches and dinners that you would rather avoid. But then everything has a reason. I would rather tolerate or more precisely smile ignorantly in a formatted way and keep my slate clean rather than antagonise anyone. Its the way we all work, everywhere, everytime. Its fun as well when I sit and reflect about it in the middle of the night as I am doing right now. Brings a smile to my face.
This week was also funny because I caught up with some pretty old friends of mine from school time. Felt good for sure getting to know what each guy is upto in life. Been a good 8 years since I passed out of school, so most of the folks are either married or busy in some way or the other like I myself have been. Some of the folks its so good to talk to after so long. You don't wanna stop the conversation and there is so much that needs to be updated on either end. But some others, you would regret having pinged them. The fact that you did then forces you to indulge in a rather annoying conversation for sometime, the usual bullshit which goes like "Hows life? Where you these days? Hows the weather?". At the end of it you go like, "Gimme a break!!!", and then say something like "Dude, I gotta crash now" or "Hey I'll catch you some other time". Both parties are happy at the end of it. No pinging for another 8 years probably :-).
So that was essentially what the first 5 days were like. Then came Friday, the day we all wait for so desperately right from Monday morning!!! But hey I was attending a course. So Friday evening becomes night and then mid night and am still stuck to my work station. Finally class ends (was a good one though) and I have some relief in the form of a really nice chat with the one who matters most to me. So right in the dead of the night I drive back home with dogs chasing down my bike in every other dark road on the way. Thankfully the cops din't do their usual round of "Stop, show papers" routine. So I finally wound up a rather hectic week of work and woke up to a lazy Saturday morning.
Saturday was good, met a close friend of mine after a long long time. Truly unfair, that too when we stay about 5 minutes away from each others place. So a visit to the pristine beach after ages, some usual eye popping and dirty discussion meant things haven't really changed at all. And then when the legs got really tired of walking around, we promised to catch up more regularly.
Really amazing when you think about the fact that for most part of every week you are actually spending time with and talking to people who hardly matter. The good ones and the precious ones who do are invariably as busy as you yourself. More time and more chats and more phone conversations with the important ones, is what we all would ideally like. But without the other dumbos and their boring jokes & statements, we would be left with little spice and banter when we catch up with the people we like. So considering all that, am pretty much happy to have all these 'Special' people around me for 12X5 of week. Thanks guys, Cheers to you, my weekends are damn good :-)
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