5th May, Mon
Network Admin Abhijit was checking new system and its setup. Office boy Nagappa just confirmed the cup-board gets locked properly. I could guess someone is coming to occupy that cubicle which was left unoccupied for a long time. This cubicle, which is somewhat in front of me has beautifully curtained window. Every evening the sunrays sincerely peep into the window from a particular point and then fall on my desk, my pen stand, my huge pile of H.263 Video standards print-outs. All the rays, free of cost. Only fortunate people get a cubicle by the window side, only fortunate people get to see sun rays decorating their cubicle. Now I am robbed of my golden rays by that unknown cubicle owner who will block the path of rays. Who is that newcomer? We didn't even get a mail from HR.
Padmini Murthy Ma'am came with a girl introducing her to the audio codec team members, who are our neighbors. So, a new girl has joined to Audio team, obviously will be working under Saket. Finally came a mail from HR. The new girl is Subhashini Chatterjee, BE E&CE fromCalcutta
6th May, Tue
Today I came early at to office; I had to complete the ppt for motion estimation. That girl was already present in her place, typing a mail, the first thing people would do. She got a call from someone; she got up and went out side, passing by the side of my desk. I got a chance to see her closely. She is blessed with not so attractive figure along with not so attractive face. We have so many 'not so' in our company, this is so sad. She wore an old pale yellow color Salwar Kameez. Some girls really don't have good dressing sense. Whatever it may be, the sleek model of her Sony Ericsson mobile was good and even the polyphonic “Saathiya” ringtone. She often passes from my side; in fact she always enters this floor from the door nearer to my cubicle, though she has other options. May be other paths are always crowded by TLs and programmers pretending to be discussing algorithms out of the world which even the ITU and Fraunhoffer guys don't know! She often gets calls. May be her parents call her frequently fromCalcutta
8th May, Thurs
This girl seems to be very good in communication skills. She gets along well with all of her team mates. She has already started going for tea with TL. She is seen with so many guys around her, I wonder! Though our cubicles are close we have never made an eye contact. I have seen her when she is not looking at me. I can't say about her. She is already the topic of discussion for some of my colleagues. Poor chaps pile up huge expectations, whenever they get the hint of a girl joining our company. But our HR successfully disappoints them. I am an ardent follower of the Buddha, “no expectations, no disappointments”. As usual this time also we (except me) are disappointed. Girls are always hot topics of discussion, irrespective of their looks, so she is no exception. But most of my colleagues are not at all bothered about her; they are bothered mostly about the release by the end of May.
9th May, Fri
Today evening she was in a meeting. So, lovely sunrays fell on my desk again albeit for a short time. I was very happy. I bent my back little bit so that the rays could fall on my face. I started playing with them, forgetting rest of the world. I closed my eyes and opened and closed again. I was disturbed by the sound of papers, I just turned and saw, she was back from meeting and was passing by my side. She slowed down to see my childish actions. I didn't know how to react. She flashed a smile at me and from the next moment my whole life changed. I was just caught in that magical smile. I didn't know why she smiled, what she wanted to convey. But I was taken over by her smile. I had never seen her smiling like this. She looked like the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. She was wearing the same dull yellow dress. But I could never forget the feel of the breeze created by her dupatta. The whole night I couldn't sleep properly. I was trying to bring her face in front of my eyes again and again. She has a wonderful smile. I wanted to see her once again. But I had to wait for 2 more days, Saturday and Sunday.
10th May, Sat
I decided to go to office today morning. There were chances of her coming to office to check mails or to chat. I had a hope to see her face once again. I logged in my system and kept staring at her monitor instead of mine. That's all I could see. After this episode my attitude towards her changed a lot. 75% of my concentration would be on my monitor and the rest on her. I can't help observing her.
12th May, Mon
I entered my floor thinking of her, searching for her. To my dismay, she wasn't at her place, and just after 10mins my friendly PL called me for a discussion. Every now and then I was trying to look for her from the transparent glass walls of our conference room where we were discussing. She was back but unfortunately I was asked to explain something on the board, so I couldn’t see her from my place. Finally I returned from the discussion and sat in my place. I started to read H.263 video coding standards document. She was also busy reading some print-out. She was not at all turning this side. I had lost concentration. From the past 10 minutes I was reading the same paragraph "Advanced Intra Coding". I thought it was a high time to scroll down. At the same time she again got a call. My heart started beating fast. When she got up from her place I started looking at her with all my eyes. She was wearing a thin white choodidar with little lavender color flowers on it with a pleasant lavender color duppatta. The delicate and beautiful embroidery along the border of the V shaped neck of her Kurta was suiting her somewhat-fair complexioned skin. The little black colored bindi between her neatly shaped eyebrows was adding to the beauty of her face. It seemed she had a head bath today. She had left her jet-black hair, tucked only in the center with a black butterfly shaped clip. Yes, as she crossed from my place, she left behind butterflies in my stomach. I felt butterflies in my stomach for the first time in my life when I was asked to come on the stage to receive the first prize in carom competition that was when I was in 7th standard; today's was the second time. But today's situation was so different as well as pleasant.
I went for tea on terrace at . Some 20 to 30 people were there including girls. But for my surprise only that girl was attracting my attention. It was like nobody else was there and only she was there. I am getting attracted towards her.
13th May, Tue
Today I came to office at 9.30am.Entered the lift. To my surprise she was also there in that! I was extremely happy but I managed to hide my feelings. At the same time I was feeling odd too. I didn't understand what to do, whether to say 'hello' to her or to be quiet. She was cool. I was becoming nervous slowly. My heartbeat increased as usual after seeing her so close in front of me. Because of this odd feeling I didn't know where to look at in that small lift, couldn't dare to look at her, leave alone talking to her. While I was struggling to decide whether to talk or not to talk, she smiled and said, “Are you working under Suresh?” I replied “Yeah!” I felt, today her smile was something different, she smiled as if she knew whatever was going on in my mind all these days and all these moments in the lift. Before our conversation could continue, the journey from ground floor to 5th floor ended. I should be grateful to the office boy who entered the lift in 3rd floor and added delay to the journey! I will be killed within a month if she goes on giving dose of smiles like this!
16th May, Fri
It was already but she didn't turn up. I just kept guessing the reasons. I thought she might have taken off on Friday. But what might be the reason? My office life seems so dull without her. Is my life also going to be like this without her? I don't know. I lost my peace to her. For the whole day I didn't have any mood to work, somehow I managed to pass the time till evening and I left for the day.
19th May, Mon
God only knows, how difficult it was waiting for Monday to come and again see this pretty girl with smiling face. Yes, suddenly she has become pretty girl, for beauty lies in the eyes of beholder. I got up very early in the morning and went to office before time and waited for the pretty girl to come and flash that radiant smile again. No, she didn’t come.10, 11, , no hint of my pretty girl. I felt embarrassed as my colleagues were staring at me where as I was staring at her desk from 8.30.am. Demoralized, I left for lunch but could not eat. Some kind of anxiety had made me tired. Added to this was the fact that I hardly slept during the weekend. I was drowsing all through afternoon meeting. My team leader asked me to go home and take rest.
20th May, Tue
I came to office at ; today also she wasn't there. I went to cafeteria with colleagues to have a cup of coffee. One of my colleagues told me that the pretty girl joined and flew to Redmond, Microsoft to work on their brand new DirectShow Technology.
Nothing is permanent in this IT industry.
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Network Admin Abhijit was checking new system and its setup. Office boy Nagappa just confirmed the cup-board gets locked properly. I could guess someone is coming to occupy that cubicle which was left unoccupied for a long time. This cubicle, which is somewhat in front of me has beautifully curtained window. Every evening the sunrays sincerely peep into the window from a particular point and then fall on my desk, my pen stand, my huge pile of H.263 Video standards print-outs. All the rays, free of cost. Only fortunate people get a cubicle by the window side, only fortunate people get to see sun rays decorating their cubicle. Now I am robbed of my golden rays by that unknown cubicle owner who will block the path of rays. Who is that newcomer? We didn't even get a mail from HR.
Padmini Murthy Ma'am came with a girl introducing her to the audio codec team members, who are our neighbors. So, a new girl has joined to Audio team, obviously will be working under Saket. Finally came a mail from HR. The new girl is Subhashini Chatterjee, BE E&CE from
6th May, Tue
Today I came early at to office; I had to complete the ppt for motion estimation. That girl was already present in her place, typing a mail, the first thing people would do. She got a call from someone; she got up and went out side, passing by the side of my desk. I got a chance to see her closely. She is blessed with not so attractive figure along with not so attractive face. We have so many 'not so' in our company, this is so sad. She wore an old pale yellow color Salwar Kameez. Some girls really don't have good dressing sense. Whatever it may be, the sleek model of her Sony Ericsson mobile was good and even the polyphonic “Saathiya” ringtone. She often passes from my side; in fact she always enters this floor from the door nearer to my cubicle, though she has other options. May be other paths are always crowded by TLs and programmers pretending to be discussing algorithms out of the world which even the ITU and Fraunhoffer guys don't know! She often gets calls. May be her parents call her frequently from
8th May, Thurs
This girl seems to be very good in communication skills. She gets along well with all of her team mates. She has already started going for tea with TL. She is seen with so many guys around her, I wonder! Though our cubicles are close we have never made an eye contact. I have seen her when she is not looking at me. I can't say about her. She is already the topic of discussion for some of my colleagues. Poor chaps pile up huge expectations, whenever they get the hint of a girl joining our company. But our HR successfully disappoints them. I am an ardent follower of the Buddha, “no expectations, no disappointments”. As usual this time also we (except me) are disappointed. Girls are always hot topics of discussion, irrespective of their looks, so she is no exception. But most of my colleagues are not at all bothered about her; they are bothered mostly about the release by the end of May.
9th May, Fri
Today evening she was in a meeting. So, lovely sunrays fell on my desk again albeit for a short time. I was very happy. I bent my back little bit so that the rays could fall on my face. I started playing with them, forgetting rest of the world. I closed my eyes and opened and closed again. I was disturbed by the sound of papers, I just turned and saw, she was back from meeting and was passing by my side. She slowed down to see my childish actions. I didn't know how to react. She flashed a smile at me and from the next moment my whole life changed. I was just caught in that magical smile. I didn't know why she smiled, what she wanted to convey. But I was taken over by her smile. I had never seen her smiling like this. She looked like the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. She was wearing the same dull yellow dress. But I could never forget the feel of the breeze created by her dupatta. The whole night I couldn't sleep properly. I was trying to bring her face in front of my eyes again and again. She has a wonderful smile. I wanted to see her once again. But I had to wait for 2 more days, Saturday and Sunday.
10th May, Sat
I decided to go to office today morning. There were chances of her coming to office to check mails or to chat. I had a hope to see her face once again. I logged in my system and kept staring at her monitor instead of mine. That's all I could see. After this episode my attitude towards her changed a lot. 75% of my concentration would be on my monitor and the rest on her. I can't help observing her.
12th May, Mon
I entered my floor thinking of her, searching for her. To my dismay, she wasn't at her place, and just after 10mins my friendly PL called me for a discussion. Every now and then I was trying to look for her from the transparent glass walls of our conference room where we were discussing. She was back but unfortunately I was asked to explain something on the board, so I couldn’t see her from my place. Finally I returned from the discussion and sat in my place. I started to read H.263 video coding standards document. She was also busy reading some print-out. She was not at all turning this side. I had lost concentration. From the past 10 minutes I was reading the same paragraph "Advanced Intra Coding". I thought it was a high time to scroll down. At the same time she again got a call. My heart started beating fast. When she got up from her place I started looking at her with all my eyes. She was wearing a thin white choodidar with little lavender color flowers on it with a pleasant lavender color duppatta. The delicate and beautiful embroidery along the border of the V shaped neck of her Kurta was suiting her somewhat-fair complexioned skin. The little black colored bindi between her neatly shaped eyebrows was adding to the beauty of her face. It seemed she had a head bath today. She had left her jet-black hair, tucked only in the center with a black butterfly shaped clip. Yes, as she crossed from my place, she left behind butterflies in my stomach. I felt butterflies in my stomach for the first time in my life when I was asked to come on the stage to receive the first prize in carom competition that was when I was in 7th standard; today's was the second time. But today's situation was so different as well as pleasant.
I went for tea on terrace at . Some 20 to 30 people were there including girls. But for my surprise only that girl was attracting my attention. It was like nobody else was there and only she was there. I am getting attracted towards her.
13th May, Tue
Today I came to office at 9.30am.Entered the lift. To my surprise she was also there in that! I was extremely happy but I managed to hide my feelings. At the same time I was feeling odd too. I didn't understand what to do, whether to say 'hello' to her or to be quiet. She was cool. I was becoming nervous slowly. My heartbeat increased as usual after seeing her so close in front of me. Because of this odd feeling I didn't know where to look at in that small lift, couldn't dare to look at her, leave alone talking to her. While I was struggling to decide whether to talk or not to talk, she smiled and said, “Are you working under Suresh?” I replied “Yeah!” I felt, today her smile was something different, she smiled as if she knew whatever was going on in my mind all these days and all these moments in the lift. Before our conversation could continue, the journey from ground floor to 5th floor ended. I should be grateful to the office boy who entered the lift in 3rd floor and added delay to the journey! I will be killed within a month if she goes on giving dose of smiles like this!
16th May, Fri
It was already but she didn't turn up. I just kept guessing the reasons. I thought she might have taken off on Friday. But what might be the reason? My office life seems so dull without her. Is my life also going to be like this without her? I don't know. I lost my peace to her. For the whole day I didn't have any mood to work, somehow I managed to pass the time till evening and I left for the day.
19th May, Mon
God only knows, how difficult it was waiting for Monday to come and again see this pretty girl with smiling face. Yes, suddenly she has become pretty girl, for beauty lies in the eyes of beholder. I got up very early in the morning and went to office before time and waited for the pretty girl to come and flash that radiant smile again. No, she didn’t come.10, 11, , no hint of my pretty girl. I felt embarrassed as my colleagues were staring at me where as I was staring at her desk from 8.30.am. Demoralized, I left for lunch but could not eat. Some kind of anxiety had made me tired. Added to this was the fact that I hardly slept during the weekend. I was drowsing all through afternoon meeting. My team leader asked me to go home and take rest.
20th May, Tue
I came to office at ; today also she wasn't there. I went to cafeteria with colleagues to have a cup of coffee. One of my colleagues told me that the pretty girl joined and flew to Redmond, Microsoft to work on their brand new DirectShow Technology.
Nothing is permanent in this IT industry.
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5 comments:
Hey...
That was good! Nice start for saturday... I m at office on saturday but not for some1 :o), got to complete some tasks... Anyways... Thanks for a good start!
Swapnil
Hi. As Swapnil pointed out.. Really nice :) .. Would have happened with so many people so many times :) .....
Shashank
hey that was really a nice one.. so sad that you had to lose her.. many a times i have felt the same too hehehe;))
Very interesting and nice story.. It relates to every guy fantasizing in thier cubicle ;)
This was hilarious. Nicely transformation of the plain jane into the girl of your dreams.
Nice punch at the end: Nothing is permanent in this IT industry.
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