your job and you

what a shitty job

lehman brothers file for bankruptcy, the us feds bail aig out, and oil hits less than $100 a barrel. a month back there was news about citibank selling its flats in mumbai to raise capital. and what's the most common reaction i see in people around me?

everyone's happy; in a sadistic way. but happy nonetheless. it is the kind of happiness that comes when australia loses a cricket series. or when brazil is beaten by a croatia.

i have friends who work in lehman. they are not worried at all. rather, it is a welcome break for them. they are smart and they are of the opinion that they will get into any job any time they want. good for them.

my mom on seeing all the chaos on the news channels called me up to find out if everything was ok. i told her everything was ok. as of now i see no way i am going to get affected by any of this. i don't invest in stocks. the place i work is quite distant from all these financial upheavals. (i might start thinking of how my life will be affected when my company is in full flow and when it is ready to take on google. but not right now.)

Agony aunt

Trip.

I got woken up by the persistent knock on my door. It was pitch-dark and I could not help wondering who could it be at the door. A glance at my cell-phone told me it was a little before 4 am. Knock. Knock. I went to open the door, anxious. There were two of them at the door: L and F. As if not to lose any time, F blurted out: "Dude, we are going to Goa."

I just stood there, pondering over the suggestion. They were serious. I could not think of a logical answer. Denial seemed to be the best option.
"I have a quiz on Tuesday."

"We will be back by then. And anyway, it is not as if you are going to slog for the quiz or anything."

"No, you don't understand. This is an important quiz. I fucked up the previous one pretty badly. I have to redeem myself this time around."

"See da," F started. "We will be back by Monday afternoon, and you have the entire evening for your preparation, or whatever it is you want to do before the quiz."

I knew my argument was weak. But I had to keep something going. I needed to find a chink in their armor.

"Do you have anything else other than this quiz to make you stop from coming?"

"No." I didn't.

"You can get your notes if you want. You can read in the journey if you are really worried about it."

"That's not going to work at all."

L continued,"Forget that. See dude, we definitely need a break. This is the last time we are going to be together. And we haven't been out together for quite some time now. "

"That's emotional blackmail."

"Of course, it is."

"Who else is coming?"

"P and V are."

"What about S and C?"

"We need to talk to them."

"Hmm. Ok, if they are coming, I will too."

"Let's go to their rooms then."

"Now?"

"Yes, now."

"Ok."

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