A Day at Work...

A Day at work

Act I. Dreams

** Lost in a world.. far far away..... scenes slipping out of sight.. strange sights and sounds... nothing in focus..........**

Woken up by the loud beep of the alarm.... d spell is broken.. fumbles clumsily in sleep.. hands scrabbling frantically to find d stupid mobile n drown the sound... finds it and ends the nice start to the day.....

*snore snore* gets lost in sleep again.....

a loud voice emerges from some corner of d brain.. WAKE UP !! OFFICE TIME !!!

gets up with a jolt.. rubs eyes vigourously.... sees the clock..

damn... late by 10 minutes..... it'll sure cost a bus or a train.... damn...

jostles out of bed.. grabs stuf..... bathing and brushing teeth all mixed up...

realises that der's no paste and just d brush has been workin since the last 2 minutes..... damn....

brushes ... goes for bath....

gets done with it..... pulls out a pair of clothes.... a minute is spent (wasted) on pulling another pair out (damn... shud've done it last night)

gets ready... doesn't bother to comb (is windswept after travelling anyways- who cares !!)

stuffs lunch and water bottles in the bag, thows d purse n pass, looks at the time... squirms.....damn...

gets everything in the proper places,,, after a harried goodbye... rushes off in full steam to realise d mobile is missing..... damn.. doubles up, takes the cell and dashes off...

reach at full steam at the station. its not just the train which barges in at full speed.....

just makes it.... and prays (thank god ,,, the next one is 20 minutes later)

Act II. Travel

catches up on sleep..... for 2 stations...

den goes at the door..... d train snakes its way through over the sea.... the wind blowing across the face gives the sensation of flight...... drives away sleep....

as soon as the station comes.. jumps off it..... dashes underground across several stairs.....

comes out and sees the bus just arriving ..... runs again....

just makes it (thanks god again !! dunno when the next bus is due)

and sleeeeps.. through bumps and turns on the road.... helps to keep track of the destination....

finally alight at the company gate.....

almost sleepwalk till the building.. last vestiges of sleep still haunt.... luckily the lift is there....

keeps bag out,, goes in with i-card... logs onto the system (now the day officially starts!)

goes outside.. the life saving beverage vending machine is there.. it is akin to an ATM when u r in utmost need of money.... have 2 foaming cups of tea....

washes face with cold water....... finally conquers sleep.... time to work..

Act III. Session 1- Service 1

begins slowly,,,,,,

*blinks at screen for several minutes before finally remembering what is to be done*

remembers all the things to be done..... and starts...

for a couple of hours.. all concentration is focussed on the shiny black screen....

the tea is working........ nothing but the *tap* *tap* of keys and the *click* *click* of the mouse is heard... like the sounds in a battleground..

finishes the work.... wraps up service 1......... breathes a huge sigh of relief...

looks around,.. half the people have come in.......... smiles...... wishes a good morning to everyone (silently wondering in the mind that some people's mornings begin so early while the others are blissfully submerged in their dreams)

shakes off the thought.... goes for breakfast..... gets a small breather....

Act III. Session 1- Service 2

Major activity processed.... goes a bit easy with the minor one....

d day feels more interesting........

lot of time is spent with peers........ discussions, opinions, little gossip. misc.stuff

sees time and gets a shock... how can it move so speedily now after all the delay in the morning....

does work in full steam.... completes the same along with huge hunger pangs..

the noise rumbling in ur ears.....

finally Lunch... :)

Act IV. Lunch

Goes upstairs to the pantry..... quickly grabs a vacant chair as though its a round of musical chairs..... joins friends...

lunch goes by in chatting and tasting every cuisine packed by early-rising mothers for their children... (some are not generous though,, so gets to taste hotel food :) )

finishes lunch amongst laughter and all the unproductive talk in the world....

looks at the clock and remembers... there is an alert to be processed,,,

dashes again downstairs...

Act V. Session 2- service 1

Finishes process in 10 minutes.... *phew*

now all is calm.....

ambles through the rest of the day...

wrapping up all minor work.....

leans back in the chair and cracks a lazy smile when some1 asks for help in his/her process...

grumbles a bit but realizes the old proverb.. a friend in need...

finishes d work..... and sarcastically asks is there anything MORE to be done with a straight face (hoping the answer is no)

fortunately... friend says no.. so *phew*

yawns... stretches limbs... looks at the watch....some time left...

looks at the desk piled with innumerable cups of tea... leaning precariously like the tower of Pisa.... gets up and throws away the trash in the dustbin..

*sum physical activity done at last !)

gets a friend to pursue the virtuous line of sports...

has 2-3 games of table-tennis... feels good winning a match,,,,, play stops after the win (;))

heads down... has cold water......

reads the headlines of a couple of newspapers....grumbles....

looks at the watch,,,, Freedom.... cracks a shameless grin... dashes to the floor to log out.... when there's a summon by the head for a meeting..

*damn*

goes into a 4x4 cabin..... maintains a serious profile... nods head at whatever is being said,,,, paying more attention to the watch than to the points discussed..

finally.. freee....

announces loudly about departure.... some smiling faces... some faces looking relieved .. some unhappy (he's going so early!!)

takes bag... and steps out... enjoying the freedom like a bird freed from its cage... to experience what's left of the day....

Travel...........

Home.....

Dinner....

Act I reloads..............................

Disclaimer-

(The above is purely a work of reality. All the characters, incidents and places in the above are real. Resemblance to any person living or dead or to any incident or place is purely intentional)

:) :) :)

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Aravind K.

19.05.2010