So it's a new day and I'm back to work. Very few people have turned up so far. I have a really good position in the room because I'm in the corner and I sit perpendicular to everyone else so I can see everyone's faces and what they're up to while no one can see what I'm up to. So some serious advantage there.
Rovinson is here. Rovi is a little relieved because I have reduced the frequency of asking for eclairs over the past couple of days. He is bloody pleased as hell though, that I knew more than five Tamil songs by heart even though I don't understand a word of what I'm singing. Also that I have watched a few Tamil films, know the names of some actors and am even aware of some upcoming flicks which he is very excited about. If Rovi has a good book somewhere tucked in between his movie collection, I'm pretty sure I'm in there.
I have a thing for twisting everyone's names into a nick name which is annoying and I did that in the very month I joined, to most people I know. So Kimberly became Kimmie, Priyanka became Pinku/Pinky, Rakesh became Raka, Saswata became Sashu, Jagpreet became Jugs(Yeesh) and Shaily became Shailendra etc.I also squeak their names out every time they pass by and everyone else gives me the dirtiest looks possible on earth. It's the look which screams LOSER. Everyone secretly hates what I've done to their names but that's the beauty of it!
Arnab(Ornab) has just asked me to meet him in a bit. He is a 34 year old man from Bengal who is a delightful boy at heart. He has a distinctive Bengali accent. He loves the rest of the world and despises India. He speaks in metaphors constantly. He starts his day with a cup of tea, a banana, a samosa and some rusk. He eats meat every single day and loves to discover new people who aren't vegetarian. He sticks band-aids on holes in his t-shirts like they'll heal and somehow seal up. Is rarely seated in his place,walks like a duck dragging his slippers through the room with his hands folded behind his back and grin stuck on face to check what everyone is up to with great interest.I think he spends most of his time doing just that. He forgets what he's saying and gets distracted easily. It's difficult sometimes to follow a conversation with him because he darts into several other directions while trying to use metaphors and other complicated analogies that are supposed to make his point clearer but ends up just going off track. He is very passionate about his work with a keen and sharp eye for detail. A perfectionist, sometimes I don't ask him for feedback because I rarely reach a point of finality with him and he comes up with new problems with each review. His eyes light up when an idea strikes him and he's constantly thinking.
Ooohhh, there he is waddling over now to check what I'm up to. Later then.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Morning
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