Happy to Help

I was sitting in my cubicle with a ppt open infront of me (kt related) with half closed eyes and with no movement, not even a mouse click. Some one who passes by will think i am doing meditation or yoga. But i was in a state of half sleep n half awake. It was then i heard a loud shouting n scolding in high fluneced top class english. I literally jumped out of my chair and looked around to see if the prey was me or not. Luckily it was from the next cube and a senior employee(PM/GTM, i dono his desgination) was tearing someone apart on phone. phew... a sigh of relief!!!

As my sleep has croseed Sabarimala due to the loud roar, the best thing i could do is pke my ear to the dishum dishum in the next cube. Then i understood the warriors on either side are, a manger from infy and a customer care executive!!!

The cc executive has called in to remind the angry young man about his due date of phone bill and who knows in what mood our hero was, he just took out his AK 47 and started firing. I remember this is not a new thing. Whenever a loud verbal fight occur in cubical next door(?) everyone giggles around, as they know wats happening. Its a usual wwf that happens twice in a week.

The customer care guy was reminding the hero to pay his bill, and our hero was asking if he pays the bill today, that is before due date, will the customer care guy gives him some gift or bonus or discount in bill... lol everybody around were in laughter.

Sometimes, its irritating when ppl frm vodafone or hutch calls up n ask u to pay the bill. We know when is d dude date n we know to pay. moreover they send msgs also reminding about it. then still y do they need to call up n ask.

It happened, once i was riding my bike, bell rang n me some how took phone frm jeans pocket n attended with one hand only to hear" hi this is from vodafone". The most embarassing situation is, when you find some peace of mind(read stomach) in restroom, after the well cooked undigestable food from fc, mobile rings. With your ringtone, all who are outside will come to know who is breaking the basement inside!!!

No wonder why ppl get on nerves to these calls.

But nowadays, i have developed to start thinking in others point of view. What the customer care executive can do. He might be instructed from his seniors to call up the customers n remind. Its their duty to do, like we code n test. But the thing is, they shuld know when to call.

Anyways, my sleep is gone, am awake. Thanks to vodafone. They are happy to help :-)

[Written : October 3rd, 2008]

Jab I Met

On Saturday i saw Jab we met for the first time in set max.Movie was good and i liked the role of kareena. I liked the convorsation of her with shahid in train and when i saw the scene where she miss the train and run behind, it took me to the experience i had 4 months back...

I was going to my native place kerala. I have to catch the bus which starts at 8 from banglore.I started off early from mysore bu the evening traffic in banglore ditched me. It was already 8 when my bus from mysore touched bangalore outskirts/border by 8. I was sure that i am gonna miss the bus. Sat inside the bus near to the driver seat parying that i shouldnt miss the bus from banglore as it was an emergency to reach home.

Reached bangalore bus stand by 8: 30 and it again took 15 mins for me to find the volvo to trivandrum.When i reached there and enquired, by god's grace, the bus to trivandrum was late by 30 minutes. I felt relieved.

I was happy to catch my bus on time and it started to trivandrum at 8:45 P.M.After sometime, by around 10 or 10 30, it stopped at gundlupet for dinner.All got down for food and me too. I was conscious that i shouldnt miss the bus and noted the color.The bus was always within my sight when i had food. But by the time i washed my hand and came back, i saw it moving towards the road!!!

I was shocked... Am somewhere in the outskirts of karnataka, only with my wallet and the bus is heading with all my belongings leaving me infront of the hotel. I felt the cold, but dint had time to think.. Ran... ran behind the bus which was slowly getting the pace. I ran like a crazy guy, shouting on the road without thinking anything. The bus started moving fast, so am i. I had to catch it for any reason...

Luckily i could rach near the rear end of the bus and i started hitting there hard and shouting. To my relief, the bus slowed down and after 2 mins, stopped.Conductor opened the door and i was standing there panting like a dog with tongue out.

I asked him, "Whats this? dont you check if all the passengers are boarded or not?how irresponsible, you would have made me run till trivandrum"

He said, "Y trivandrum? "

"Isnt it the bus to trivandrum?"

"No. It is going to Ernakulam!!!"

He shut the door closed, murmering something to himself when i walked back silently!!!

[Written on Jun 9 2008]

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Long wooded path...

I walk alone in this cold december
with the memories of a face i cant remember
i crunched the leaves with a swollen heart
the long,wooded path never know my part.

I see those shiny eyes whn i see the sun
I feel those lovely kiss whn i face the wind.
She walked away without turning back
the long wooded path never know my part.

I keep walking to the unknown place
i keep talking to the unknown birds
i ignore the tears that run apart,
I forgive her for tearing my heart
And the long wooded path never know my part.

[Written on Sep 05 2008]

varaLunna hrudayathil oru varsha maariyaay

nanavaay kuuLiraay peythathaaro

cheru chiri thookiyen ekaantha jeevanil

niRavaay niRamaay nilpathaaro

theerangaL thedunnoroaLangaL pole ee

muththine thaeTunna chippiyaaro

poomaNam theTiyalonjoraa veethhiyil

poonkaavanamaay poothththaaaro

oppamillenkilum kaNNaTacheeTumpol

kaanunnuvennaadyam chonnathaaro

vingumen hrudayathin kadanangaL kaettathum

aRiyaathe kaNNeer pozhichathaaro

aRiyilla Omalae ennenikkaakuumaa jeevante

Pon naaLam theLiyikkuvaan,

Enkilum chaaruthe –

Iniyoru janmam enik labhichennal

piriyilla nine njaan engumengum

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From the editor's desk

Friends, Romans, Countrymen...

Lend me your ears...

Let me talk about myself for a while. Am Sarath, also known to some as Balu. Well, I had been cribbing down my psychic thoughts for a while, in Infy Blogs. i work for Infosys Technologies and in our internal blog, i do have a page which hold more than 150 articles. To be honest, i crib down for my own satisfaction and doesnt care what another person mught think about me after reading these. At times, i write poems, at times i write stories and aslso about myself. Well, Since this is a virtual world, i would do write about few secrets which only me, myself knows. And if by mistake, my beloved ones come to this page and get to know those secrets, then please make sure that you do not pretend to me as if you know all those. I dont want to put myself in an embarassed situation.

So....you would know about me in the coming days... As i said, i write for my own satisfaction and not to become another shakespeare or shelley...So here we go....

Thanks for visiting my page,

Sarath Menon.G