I was clearing up my personal folder in my PC & came across a folder I hadn’t seen for ages… “Trivandrum” It read. Inside I found some sweet memories. TCS mandates training for all freshers they recruit. I attended the training in Trivandrum, located in God’s own country, Kerala. We are taught a foreign language there. Luckily our batch was present during the foreign language week celebration.
We were asked to prepare for a singing competition. I am a terrible singer even in the bathroom, but the child in me dominated and nominated me for the same. Thank god there were no auditions. We were supposed to sing in French, a language I had been learning for barely 4 weeks.
We were given a tape and the lyrics in French. French is most non-phonetic language I have come across. We heard and wrote down sounds in Hindi. Got the song translated from the French professor. After lots of late night practices, we sang it on the stage. The video of the same is embedded below. Enjoy!!!
For all you know French, here is the lyrics, in French.
L'oiseau et la bulle.
Un poisson au fond d'un étang
Qui faisait des bulles qui faisait des bulles
Un poisson au fond d'un étang
Qui faisait des bulles pour passer le temps
Un oiseau vient près de l'étang
Regarder les bulles regarder les bulles
Un oiseau vient près de l'étang
Regarder les bulles c'est amusant
Que fais-tu joli poisson blanc
Moi je fais des bulles moi je fais des bulles
Que fais-tu joli poisson blanc
Moi je fais des bulles pour passer le temps
Plus j'en fais plus je suis content
Plus je fais des bulles plus je fais des bulles
Plus j'en fais plus je suis content
Des rouges ou des bleues selon le courant
Le poisson tout en discutant
A fait un bulle a fait une bulle
Le poisson tout en discutant
A fait un bulle pour monter dedans
Et la bulle portée par le vent
Et la belle bulle et la belle bulle
Et la bulle portée par le vent
A pris son envol le poisson dedans
L'oiseau est tombé dans l'étang
En voyant la bulle en voyant la bulle
L'oiseau est tombé dans l'étang
En voyant la bulle du poisson volant
Maintenant au fond de l'étang
L'oiseau fait des bulles l'oiseau fait des bulles
Maintenant au fond de l'étang
L'oiseau fait des bulles pour passer le temps
For translations... Use google language Tools....
Thursday, 24 May 2007
Friday, 18 May 2007
My Team
A lot of friends treat their office as just a work place, but I differ. What makes my work a lot more appealing is the team I have, with an interesting mix of people. I am leaving in a couple of weeks. Actually I must say I am hopeful that I will be leaving in a couple of weeks, if my managers ever find a replacement. Anyway, life goes on, but I will miss them all…
I have worked with Muktesh the most. A serious looking chatterbox! He also happens to be my rakhi brother, so naturally I am very fond of him. All thanks to him for my Hindi vocabulary improvement. In the beginning, I barely understood all the words he spoke. Now I do. I don’t know whether I have improved of he has worsened. His ability to recite impromptu poems few pages long without taking a pause to think, amazes me.
Seshadri came across as a very serious and intense guy at first, and then I saw his fun side. Now I am getting to know his sensitive side. My first impression of a person has never been so wrong before. He is smart, intelligent and creative; He writes poems in 3 different languages (Hindi, English and Tamil). He is the only Mumbai guy in my team.
Prabhu is my confidant. He is a sweet guy whom I can call any time in the night, just because I am bored. He knows everything about the current affairs in the project, the policies, the application and always has an opinion on any problem we face.
These three never leave a chance to pull my leg or trouble me. But I can’t do without them at all.
The most striking feature about my module lead is his long hair & wrinkles near his eye when he smiles. Abhishek is a shayar too. My team is damn creative. He is a Bhopal fan just like an ex-team mate, Ankit, who also happens to be a good friend of Abhishek. I love pulling pranks on Ankit, which is fun because he always falls for it.
Subhashree is a very quiet girl. But with the ruckus we create she has been successfully tempted to joining in. She reads palms & she is good at it. Probably because she said very nice things for me ;-). Naïve. That’s what I thought of Sumanta at first, but probably he is just masquerading. He always has interesting comments on all at any situation and always blushes at the mention of his “mandu” (GF in Oriya).
Sunil is quiet but witty. A silent listener. I fear people who fall in this category.
People around us have expressions of great gravity on their faces and look up to us for the free entertainment we provide. But I think the day is not far away when we will be thrown out of the office for the poetry and palmistry session we hold.
The team is incomplete without our client, Amit. He is a born manager with remarkable technical and business knowledge. A lethal combination. My interaction with him is personal and friendly, thus it is a pleasure working with him. He is always more than happy to join us in all our fun sessions!!!
I don’t think I will ever find a team like this for all these people aren’t just team mates or colleagues. They are friends, very good friends!!!
I have worked with Muktesh the most. A serious looking chatterbox! He also happens to be my rakhi brother, so naturally I am very fond of him. All thanks to him for my Hindi vocabulary improvement. In the beginning, I barely understood all the words he spoke. Now I do. I don’t know whether I have improved of he has worsened. His ability to recite impromptu poems few pages long without taking a pause to think, amazes me.
Seshadri came across as a very serious and intense guy at first, and then I saw his fun side. Now I am getting to know his sensitive side. My first impression of a person has never been so wrong before. He is smart, intelligent and creative; He writes poems in 3 different languages (Hindi, English and Tamil). He is the only Mumbai guy in my team.
Prabhu is my confidant. He is a sweet guy whom I can call any time in the night, just because I am bored. He knows everything about the current affairs in the project, the policies, the application and always has an opinion on any problem we face.
These three never leave a chance to pull my leg or trouble me. But I can’t do without them at all.
The most striking feature about my module lead is his long hair & wrinkles near his eye when he smiles. Abhishek is a shayar too. My team is damn creative. He is a Bhopal fan just like an ex-team mate, Ankit, who also happens to be a good friend of Abhishek. I love pulling pranks on Ankit, which is fun because he always falls for it.
Subhashree is a very quiet girl. But with the ruckus we create she has been successfully tempted to joining in. She reads palms & she is good at it. Probably because she said very nice things for me ;-). Naïve. That’s what I thought of Sumanta at first, but probably he is just masquerading. He always has interesting comments on all at any situation and always blushes at the mention of his “mandu” (GF in Oriya).
Sunil is quiet but witty. A silent listener. I fear people who fall in this category.
People around us have expressions of great gravity on their faces and look up to us for the free entertainment we provide. But I think the day is not far away when we will be thrown out of the office for the poetry and palmistry session we hold.
The team is incomplete without our client, Amit. He is a born manager with remarkable technical and business knowledge. A lethal combination. My interaction with him is personal and friendly, thus it is a pleasure working with him. He is always more than happy to join us in all our fun sessions!!!
I don’t think I will ever find a team like this for all these people aren’t just team mates or colleagues. They are friends, very good friends!!!
Thursday, 17 May 2007
Distraction
Sick and tired of being depressed about Richard.
I need a plan, a plan to get over my man.
What’s the opposite of man, jam?
This is what Monica (from the famous sitcom Friends) says when she is questioned about the obsessive jam making spree. Bottles of jam cannot solve heart break, but distraction can… Jam did that for her.
The picture above is an art called long stitch. I bought it for a well deserved distraction from work. I got the idea from the episode featuring the above “philosophy”. I started stitching in January and finally I have finished it... Planning to get it framed this weekend.
I need a plan, a plan to get over my man.
What’s the opposite of man, jam?
This is what Monica (from the famous sitcom Friends) says when she is questioned about the obsessive jam making spree. Bottles of jam cannot solve heart break, but distraction can… Jam did that for her.
The picture above is an art called long stitch. I bought it for a well deserved distraction from work. I got the idea from the episode featuring the above “philosophy”. I started stitching in January and finally I have finished it... Planning to get it framed this weekend.
Monday, 14 May 2007
Sitcom
When I hear the word sitcom, the first TV show that comes to my mind is Friends. I am sure many will agree with me. For all you people who don't know anything about Friends, I can give you a small brief. It’s about six friends who live close to each other in Manhattan. The characters are believable and the humor is fantastic. The weird and scrappy Phoebe, the snobbish and whiny Rachel, the perfectionist and cleanliness freak Monica, Chandler with his spontaneous humor, the always correct Ross and the charismatic actor Joey make it a delight to watch. I must have watched each and very episode at least 3 times, but I can’t get enough of it. You will read a lot about Friends in my posts.
Closer home, the show I like a lot is Sarabhai vs. Sarabhai. It definitely isn’t that popular, but it’s another great show. It’s about a family settled in Malabar hills in Mumbai, which is a very posh area. Rich, sophisticated and hypocritical Maya Sarabhai, who moves around with crème de la crème of the society wants a daughter-in-law like her, but she gets a “middle class” girl instead. Monisha, who is married to her elder doctor son Sahil, is stingy, dirty and “ekta-kapoor” serial lover. Maya's husband Indravardhan Sarabhai loves to pull a gig on her all the time and supports Monisha just to irritate her. Another great character in this show is Roshesh, the second son of Maya, who is an absolute mama’s boy & supports his momma no matter what. His irrational and non-rhyming poems are hilarious. Put in a tarot reader daughter, Sonya and annoying and technology freak son-in-law, Dushyant, they make the most dysfunctional family in TV (leaving out all the huge families of Ekta Kapoor). Episodes featuring the deaf brother-in-law of Indravardhan, Madhu Phupha, are hilarious. I am waiting for the second season to begin…
Friday, 11 May 2007
Baby Clothes
I have seen pictures in many blogs. I was just curious to try posting one. I got a perfect chance today. My mom bought some new dresses for my 3 month old niece, Ananya. They were very cute. I wish such frocks were made for adults. ;-) My favorite is the blue and white frock. She was (and still very nuch is ) a cute little baby who just slept and wept when I last saw her. If I get hold of her pictures, I will post that too.
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