Have been busy with loads of work and I guess that is a good enough excuse for not penning down something for so long. Of late, whatever I think or do my thoughts just keep dragging me to the horrendous weather we have had for a couple of weeks here and it seems that I am having an involuntary fixation over it.
Officially it has been one of the most terrible winter out here for a long time, temperatures hovering around -2 to -3 and after all the initial excitement of snow fall it was time to brace ourselves to the chaos that followed. Initially not going to office was kind of a luxury but as days went by you just wanted to get out of the house, feel some fresh and warm air. A classic example to prove my philosophy "too much of good is bad" :-)
I call the English winter the 3 Ds..Dark, Depressing and Dull and gives me a feeling as if Lord Voldemort has taken over the muggle kingdom. And I must confess that I am quite surprised by the way we get influenced by it both in thoughts and actions. The advice you get from seasoned campaigners who have seen a lot of winters out here is to complete all things important before winter (read job hunting, Europe trips etc etc) and the logic behind is that your brain kind of goes into hibernation probably coz "There is something about winter" !
Plans change so dramatically, from wanting to work for many years in the UK to going back home and settling down..from not marrying for the next 2 to 3 years to getting married within a couple of months... It is purely inexplicable logic probably coz "There is something about winter" !
And then there is the perennial boy-girl courtships which become stronger at the onset of winter. Lonely guys who don't have their own vehicles go to office by bus and romance the cold winds before even beginning their morning work. Can't quite say that about the girls though, being the big hearted species we boys are, no one wants to lose a chance to become a brother/friend/companion to all those lonely girls out there. India is shining, Growth percentage of India is consistently above 8% but our Mr Lonely guy still goes to office by bus standing in an overcrowded bus stop, alas if only there were sisters and female friends with cars ! But I guess this is will of nature or should I say "There is something about winter" !
In a couple of days another weekend will pass by and my arch nemesis Mr Monday is getting all set to confront me. But strangely I am not too perturbed this time probably coz I have kind of made my peace with Mr.Monday or probably coz "There is something about winter" !
- Sridhar Ramakrishnan
- About me? Thinking about it, describing yourself is such a difficult task and I am puzzled how some guys out there do it so seamlessly. I am what you can call a “Yours Ordinary Programmer” and come from an already overwhelming group of people calling themselves the “IT Guys". So here goes my space mostly with things I don't know why I wrote in the first place. For those who feel it is non-sense thanks for your patience and for those who feel its quite good thanks for sticking your neck out "Be the change you want to see" Cya, Sri
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