Oct 13,
The date in the last entry should tell you how punctual I am. In fact during my plus two days when I did have access to the computer I used the plain vanilla pen and paper and often i wrote letters that I did not post. Well thats a different story altogether and some day i will go into those details.
But first of all let me update you guys with some details. First of all for the uninitiated there wont be anymore broken cd roms. I left the spectramind job on the 31st of july and then for about a month and a half I took counseling sessions for guys preparing for cat. It was sure an experience sitting front of guys like you and me and listening to all their tales and miseries. Then on the 16th of September I finally joined HCL T. But what was more interesting was the fact that I joined their cricket team.
The cricket team inclusion reinforces my belief and I am extremely talented and there is some kind of magnetism in me that makes me do great things. The cricket team in HCL usually practice in some sports facility in an around noida.
I feel that a chewing gum is about to be stretched so pls take care.
So as I said the practice go on and the head of the team has this talent of being extremely inaccessible. More over he finalizes the timing of the practice sessions just one day in advance and invariably after I leave the office. So I got used to the experience of getting mails informing of sessions that was history.
So I told myself that this has to change. All charged up I took the initiative and decided that I will go to the session on Saturday come what may. So last to last Saturday morning at around 5:30 I got up from bed (Unbelievable nahi??), dressed up and took a blue line to noida. Being a weekend the driver made sure that he waits at each stop. And at one stop I felt that he was waiting for his girlfriend who was yet to wake up.
So finally after about 90 mins I reached the noida stadium. And I found lots of teams practicing. I saw the Birlasoft team, the Icos team, the sahara team and many others. But somehow I jus did not see the HCL team. So I look around under each and every nook and corner without success. Finally I gave up and returned home only to find that the guys were practicing in another facility not far away.
Well I reasoned that it was my mistake and it jus a freak case. The next time I got all the location info right and I was confident that I would not get into such a situation again. But then as they say History repeats itself. So the following Saturday I got up early in the morning and this time thank god I got a DTC bus. The driver drove as if there was no tomorrow. I got down at a stop that was jus around 500 meters from the place where I was to go. Now 500 meters doesn't seem much but for me it was a completely different story.
I somehow feel some very big yawns and irritated faces swearing onto the screen. So without getting into the details let me tell you that covering a distance of 500 meters took me about 75 mins and 60 bucks.
LIKE IT??
So man I finally reached the stadium and the practice session was almost over. The guys took pity on me and asked me to put on the pads and play a few overs. I played two overs in all. The bowlers were extremely patient. The guys tried real hard. There some lollies and sitters but somehow each time the ball went past. As the event was turning out to be a complete disaster the bowler said that something needs to be done for the poor guy. So he gave me a lolly pop of a ball and I salvaged some pride by making contact with the ball.
Then before I wind up let me take the opportunity of getting a bit sentimental. I have not been writing to you guys but I have everyone in mind. So please take some time off and have a hearty laugh at my expense and then when you find time jot down a few lines. Even abuses are welcome.
Take care,
Shijo
The date in the last entry should tell you how punctual I am. In fact during my plus two days when I did have access to the computer I used the plain vanilla pen and paper and often i wrote letters that I did not post. Well thats a different story altogether and some day i will go into those details.
But first of all let me update you guys with some details. First of all for the uninitiated there wont be anymore broken cd roms. I left the spectramind job on the 31st of july and then for about a month and a half I took counseling sessions for guys preparing for cat. It was sure an experience sitting front of guys like you and me and listening to all their tales and miseries. Then on the 16th of September I finally joined HCL T. But what was more interesting was the fact that I joined their cricket team.
The cricket team inclusion reinforces my belief and I am extremely talented and there is some kind of magnetism in me that makes me do great things. The cricket team in HCL usually practice in some sports facility in an around noida.
I feel that a chewing gum is about to be stretched so pls take care.
So as I said the practice go on and the head of the team has this talent of being extremely inaccessible. More over he finalizes the timing of the practice sessions just one day in advance and invariably after I leave the office. So I got used to the experience of getting mails informing of sessions that was history.
So I told myself that this has to change. All charged up I took the initiative and decided that I will go to the session on Saturday come what may. So last to last Saturday morning at around 5:30 I got up from bed (Unbelievable nahi??), dressed up and took a blue line to noida. Being a weekend the driver made sure that he waits at each stop. And at one stop I felt that he was waiting for his girlfriend who was yet to wake up.
So finally after about 90 mins I reached the noida stadium. And I found lots of teams practicing. I saw the Birlasoft team, the Icos team, the sahara team and many others. But somehow I jus did not see the HCL team. So I look around under each and every nook and corner without success. Finally I gave up and returned home only to find that the guys were practicing in another facility not far away.
Well I reasoned that it was my mistake and it jus a freak case. The next time I got all the location info right and I was confident that I would not get into such a situation again. But then as they say History repeats itself. So the following Saturday I got up early in the morning and this time thank god I got a DTC bus. The driver drove as if there was no tomorrow. I got down at a stop that was jus around 500 meters from the place where I was to go. Now 500 meters doesn't seem much but for me it was a completely different story.
I somehow feel some very big yawns and irritated faces swearing onto the screen. So without getting into the details let me tell you that covering a distance of 500 meters took me about 75 mins and 60 bucks.
LIKE IT??
So man I finally reached the stadium and the practice session was almost over. The guys took pity on me and asked me to put on the pads and play a few overs. I played two overs in all. The bowlers were extremely patient. The guys tried real hard. There some lollies and sitters but somehow each time the ball went past. As the event was turning out to be a complete disaster the bowler said that something needs to be done for the poor guy. So he gave me a lolly pop of a ball and I salvaged some pride by making contact with the ball.
Then before I wind up let me take the opportunity of getting a bit sentimental. I have not been writing to you guys but I have everyone in mind. So please take some time off and have a hearty laugh at my expense and then when you find time jot down a few lines. Even abuses are welcome.
Take care,
Shijo
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