Updates...

Work would suck if it wasn't for all the interesting people...

Priti and Charlie had a kid. Sweet couple, atleast on the surface. But Charlie has some creepy friends. If a man is known by the company he keeps... it doesn't say anything good about Charlie.

Upen and AJU are not as close as they used to be. Or maybe they are just keeping it low key at work. I guess Upen thinks it will mess up his chances with the new chicks. He's probably just laying her at night. Ugh! They are so weird. I don't know how she stands it. I'd feel sorry for her if I didn't hate her so much... As it is... I'm rooting forUpen to break her bitchy little heart. That bitch thinks she can make up stories about me behind my back and I won't get to hear of it... Bitch!

On the home front things are getting so uncomfortable in my colony I'm looking out for new digs... Seen so many but not yet found the perfect one....

Going to see one tomorrow. In AJU's colony. Yucks. Oh well... she's not important enough to avoid...

Locked In!

Excitement in the colony on Sunday .

The colony has some kind of association which has meeting every now n then which no one bothers to attend. Well that's besides some old foggies. On Sunday they met and passed a resolution saying that no 'bachelors' (thats what they call all single people) should be allowed to stay in the colony. Bullshit. I got a notice telling me I have to leave by the end of the week. I called the owner up and she told me not to worry. A group of 5 or 6 old men can't decide for the full colony. According to her most of the people in the colony have given their flats out on rent and they prefer giving it to single people since they're easier to get rid off. Hmmm..

Well I was sitting at home peaceful as could be. Called a friend over for dinner. About 20 minutes later I got a call from her asking me where I was. I told her I was at home waiting for her. She said “Well if you're at home why is your door latched from the the outside?!?” She was calling from right outside my front door! Apparently someone had latched the door from outside. Well it was lucky for me that she came along otherwise I wouldn't have known anything till the next afternoon and then it would have been hard to find someone to unlatch the door.

I'm going to remove that latch today. They might have a padlock next time!

Hot Gossip at the Call Centre...

Long time since I've written here... Lets see, last time I told you a little about my colony. This week I'll tell you a little about work or rather the people I meet at work. Their hopes, dreams, romances,...

I work in a call centre. My shift timings change now n then. Work is ok. Deadly dull though. Selling vehicle insurance for an UK company. It's an inbound process. That means that we don't have to call up people. We just sell insurance to people who call us up for quotes. Everyone says inbound is very easy. Only people who are interested in the product will call up obviously. They say that out bound is terrible because you have to call up strange people and try to sell them stuff. Well all I have to say is that the outbound people are paid much more as incentives too. Anyway enough about work.

The workplace is pretty exciting right now. One of the guys in my batch is pretty good friends with one of the team leads on the floor so he gets to know all the hot gossip, even about the more senior executives. Some of the things he tells me are so shocking I'm not sure whether to believe him, but so far everything he's told me has turned out to be true, so I always listen eagerly. I call him my 'source'. He told me that our ops manager was having an affair with the manager of another process. I found that hard to believe. I mean they were both married and besides his wife was a sweet girl. When I first heard about it I thought it was just some spiteful gossip but then I saw them having cozy dinners more than once at various posh restaurants around town and once when they were leaving I saw that he'd his arm around her... I felt very sorry for his wife. Though for all you know she has someone on the side as well. This town is such a dirty place. Anyway all this is old news. That guy and his wife moved away, the “other woman” is still here though. I heard she'd divorced her husband. Right now she's single as far as I know though I can tell that many of the older men In the office seem to think they have a shot with her. Creeps.

Here I am babbling about old news when I've got some really hot news. Apparently AJU and Upen have broken up again. Ok I know I haven't introduced them yet but I'm sooo excited. AJU stands for Angelina Jolie Understudy. Cos that's what she thinks she looks like and thats what she tries for. She fails miserably of course, though roadside romeos would probably find her attractive enough. Anyway, her on again, off again, boyfriend is a fitting match for her. He's Upen Patel to the power of 20. Oily, smirking, feeling-girls-up creep. New girls who don't know any better find him attractive but then they learn. Funny thing is he never learns. He still thinks he's a stud. And since someone told him he's called Upen behind his back he's started strutting around like it's a compliment!

Well to get back to the story, recently a new girl has joined us on the floor. Little miss indecently short skirt, MISS for short. Well the moment Upen saw Miss he had only one thing on his mind. He's been hanging about with his tongue out for weeks now. Well apparently MISS made the mistake of going out with him. There was a huge row yesterday. AJU was crying and whining and Upen was acting all high and mighty. It started in the cafetaria but then he stalked out and she followed him so we didn't get to hear all the juicy details. But my 'source' told me that AJU found some messages on his cell from or to MISS. She blew up. Obviously she was expecting him to say sorry. But she reckoned without Upen's ego. He thinks women are secondary citizens put on earth for his pleasure. Last seen she was crying and he was ignoring her.

Anyway, time I got back on the floor. Still have so much to tell you guys...Catch ya later...

This is me...

My "column" in the blog is going to be a fictional account of an anonymous girl.

That's me. The Anonymous Girl.

I've lived in Goa, Bangalore, Bombay, Delhi and Pune and I don't know where I'll be this time next year.

But today I am where I am... in a little anonymous colony surrounded by weirdos. The colony where the woman in the next building just waits till her husband goes to work before her boyfriend shows up, the colony where two young guys share a flat and have 2 girlfriends each, the colony where the watchman either comes to work drunk, or doesn't come to work cos his son beat him up, the colony where the odd job man seems to be manic-depressive...

I could go on and on... I am surrounded by strange people and strange happenings... and trust me you're gonna hear about them all... because this is my life, these are my opinions, and I don't really have anything else to write about...

That Old Pair of Jeans-Fatboy Slim - Steve Glashier

Couple C eliminated

I think I spoke too soon in my last post. Couple C now no longer exists. The individuals still exist separately as of a few hours back but I can see a worst case scenario which will end with the guy OD'ing on something.

Miss C called up and said she broke up with Mr.C two weeks back. Apparently he's been having schizophrenic fits since then. He's called up and spoken rubbish and he even sent her an sms saying she was a bitch who'd ruined his life. C'mon... What is it with guys. This one is really going around the bend. I knew he wasn't thinking rationally even before, but I didn't think he'd snap to this extent. Apparently she told him they'd better break up cos of their frequent fights. She told him if they continued they might not even remain friends. And this is exactly what he has told me before, though I doubt she knows that unless he's told her the same thing too. Well at times he says that he still wants to be friends and start over, but then at other times he acts too weird. They are currently supposed to be friends, with all the meetings, conversations and interactions that would entail. However considering how much they are still fighting I'm starting to believe that a little time without any interaction would benefit both of them. Ex-lovers make very bad friends. The deeper the relationship, the harder it is to go back to being 'just friends'.

The latest incident was the weirdest. Miss C asked him to go for lunch with her cos another friend wanted to pick his brains about karate and she asked him in front of this other girl. Mr. C said ok n then sms'd her asking whether she'd fucked his reputation with that girl also, whether she knew they had been going out. She told him that the girl merely thought they were friends and asked him if his reputation would get fucked if she did know they were going out. That's when he started his usual rant 'don't act so innocent'. Guys are such fuckers when they expect you to know just what they are talking about. And if any guy ever tells me not to act 'innocent' he is going to be very unpleasantly surprised!

Relationships update

Couple A - No news. I've not contacted Miss A recently. Not had the time. And since I enjoy speaking to her once I start, I try not to call up unless I have lots of time to spare and my conscience is clear about how much I'm costing my folks.

Couple B - Everything that could go wrong apparently did go wrong when the folks met. His mom is totally against the girl's family now. She says there's no way she'll accept her. He says he's going to say its either her or it's no one. The girl is miserable... She can't talk to anyone. She feels if her folks realise that his folks are so against it, then her folks will also decide against the relationship n if it ever reaches that stage honestly don't know if either of them is strong enough to go through with it just based on their feelings for each other.

Couple C - Don't know anything. Thank God! It upsets me too much and right now I'm too busy getting upset by couple B. I'm going to assume that since I've not heard anything too bad, they're struggling onwards.

Relationships

Three different couples I know are at three very different stages in their relationships.

Couple A - The girl is my friend. The guy is an asshole :)... I know thats biased... well this is my world ... so guess who rules. She wants to move deeper into a relationship. He's trying to run for his life. The more he runs the more dependent she's becoming. Ordinarily I'd tell her to stick it out... but this guy is really an asshole. He's not a clean heart. He's an ordinary guy. She deserves better. She's my friend.

Couple B - Both are my friends. Both were totally uninterested in marriage some time back. Now both are actively considering it. The guy more so. The girl is trying not to invest too much of herself in the relationship just in case it doesn't work out. Well, they are both from traditional families so tomorrow his folks will meet her and her family. If all goes well she can stop guarding her heart and allow herself to be as enthusiastic about it as he seems to be.

Couple C - Here also, both are my friends. This is very painful for me. How horrible it is for both of them I can only imagine. The guy is acting like a typical heavy handed romeo... determined to put her in the wrong... Is it something that guys have programmed in their brains... how to be a jerk.
I'm not saying she's handlin' it in a gr8 way.... though maybe she is. She has an immense capacity to literally forget all the hurtful things he says to her. She's hurt and confused but if he was nice tomorrow I really believe she could move on happily. He's a different story. He's carrying this immense grudge inside him. Every step of the way he's lashing out and punishing her. Should I interfere n tell him what I think of him. What if I just make it worse. If I interfere n they break up b'cos of me... will it really be for the best as I'm coming to believe. I'm really fond of her. I wouldn't want her to ever feel that I did it cos I once liked him cos that's so not the case. I'm not feeling very predisposed towards him at the moment. What if I make him feel like I'm not his friend anymore. Then if they do end he might feel abandoned by everyone. I don't much care at the moment but I don't want him sliding back into the dope den he's crawled out off.

Hi5 and Men are from Mars

Today when I logged in to Hi5 i found the entire format changed. N though it was sleeker n looked much nicer I was upset. I found testimonials had been renamed comments n other small changes abounded. Then I found a link which i actually appreciated....it was to chk all b'days coming up this month. Well did that n then tried to send a card to a friend whose b'day is tomorrow....while doing that I clicked on a link which was invisible right then n somehow i reached his profile in the old format. When I went back to my page everything was back to normal making it seem like a very surreal experience. I'm not sure whether the link I clicked had something to do with opting for the old format or whether the site was just trying out new stuff and then reverted to the old format....N now I'm not sure what I feel abt the whole thing. Am I so resistant to change that the moment I saw the new format I wanted to go back? That wud depend on how I feel now that the format has reverted...am i happy or sad? I wish I knew....

If I don't know so many things about myself how can anyone else ever figure me out?

Just finished reading 'Men are from mars and women are from Venus'....it is so much more meaningful this time. Last time I read it I was a child, and even though I appreciated many pointers even back then there is so much more to the book that I didn't remember ever reading before. It's nice to think something positive about guys after so much of 'He's just not that into you!'

opposite universe?

I read an article today about blackholes, whiteholes and wormholes. Apparently a whitehole is the exact opposite of a blackhole. Just as a blackhole sucks in everything, a white hole is supposed to spit everything out. But then the article went on to explain why whiteholes don't exist in our universe. [didn't quite grasp that...was speed reading]. The article ended with the theory that there might be an universe where everything is opposite. I'm trying to imagine that. It's odd. for everything to be opposite there has to be a default median. For instance if something is left, the opposite is right. But there has to be a line dawn in between otherwise u can't say where left stops and where right begins. A thing can only be 'left' in relation to a certain spot. That isn't an exact analogy but its the best I can do to explain my problem. If u try to imagine an universe exactly opposite to ours, u'll see what I mean.

Genesis...heehee

Got no time to waste...so of course had to go ahead n create this blog...I'm so predictable sometimes it amazes me. Even when I'm trying to be unpredictable, I'm predictable.

Well guess now I can stop hunting for a diary. Though this is weird. Its not exactly like a diary... I still have to censor a bit..oh well lets see how comfortable I get after a while. Banking Law awaits. n i left Env half way too. Oh the pitfalls of having a conscience..... sigh.....