Moving office

After almost six years, which includes my post-grad days plus work days, I am finally going to shift out of my current campus. How do I feel about this? On the one hand, there are a lot of memories attached to this campus - mostly from the college days. On the other hand, I think it would be good to break away from such memories or rather the 'ghosts' of the past. True, I would miss the familiar faces, the (not worth a mention but still) food, and the laid back atmosphere but I'm sure I won't regret it. I'm looking forward to making new friends, experiencing the 'corporate' culture and generally breaking the monotony. The office space looks appealing with an awesome view and access to good facilities (and most importantly, no rats!!!). Only hitch is the distance from the city but I guess I will hitch-hike with my darling husband :)

Fingers crossed!!

Traffic in Chennai

Since I purchased a car, I have been wanting to write something about my real-time experience with the Chennai traffic. If I were to describe it in one word, I would call it 'horrendous'. Driving a car in the Chennai traffic is a skill by itself. It is a natural skill and cannot be acquired. One has to be born with such a quality. Everyday I feel like there is a new question that I would need to answer. Just yesterday a question popped up - Does the concept of 'signaling' exist amongst Chennai citizens? Hard to answer, isn't it?

After almost an year of such ghastly experiences, I met with my first major accident. One would expect it to involve someone else who is obviously at fault. But, contrary to all expectations (mine included), I banged my car into a boulder! Is that even humanely possible? Imagine all the buses, cars, autos and cycles that populate the Chennai roads. I leave all of them and find myself a nice little boulder to bang into. Well, please don't judge my driving skills by this stray incident. I'm a very talented driver in general.

In any case, driving in Chennai traffic is a menace. Even with automatic gear!

Random...

When you know you are committing an act of stupidity and the result will most likely be that you have made a fool of yourself, do you still commit this act? Or rather, when do you commit such an act? That's right - when you are blinded by love. I am an ardent advocate of love and if I love something or someone, 'ego' or 'self-respect' vanishes from my dictionary. And I think that is how it should be.