FIVE MINUTES .........

A five minutes break…hmmm...five min breaks?? Ok...five min breaks!! Emmm sounds harmless, right?? Not when in an 8 hr working day you are only allowed to take two FIVE MIN BREAKS...so now Lets go back and say it again FIVE MIN BREAKS!
I entered my office on a Monday morning and all I could hear was a buzz out of which I could only hear three words that were being stressed upon “five minutes break”. I wondered what was going on; I settled in my chair as I was already late. I logged into my system to check my roster (schedule) for the day and the coming month. A wave of shock ran through my spine and finally I understood the five minute break. Our company had a note on the roster in BOLD and CAPITAL just to give the extra effect of authority. It read:
“YOU ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO TAKE A BREAK AT THE DESIGNATED TIME. YOUR LUNCH BREAK HAS BEEN REDUCED TO 30MINS AND YOU ONLY HAVE TWO COMFORT BREAKS, EACH FOR JUST FIVE MINUTES. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO OTHERWISE KEEP YOURSELF UNAVAILABLE.” We also were told that the same was proposed for faster and better customer service.

My eyes popped out reading the new terms and conditions and I was tensed. I was tensed because I had forgotten to relieve myself before I logged in for work. My bladder suddenly became nervous but it was only 09.30 and my break was at 10.35. My passengers rambled on the phone and I didn’t understand anything they had to say because all I heard was the clock ticking on my very full bladder. My hearing senses were almost giving up, I could hear ‘pee’ instead of ‘leave’ and ‘loo’ instead of ‘sue’. The irony of one of the calls I got was that the passenger wanted to sue the company for something I was going through. He complained that the airhostess did not allow him to go to the toilet minutes before the plane was going to land. I empathized with him more than I had to; I guess I had already started improving our customer service as I understood his plight more than anyone could have at this moment.

Time passed by slowly, it was just 10.17 and there were just 18 minutes to go. My bladder ticked with every second, the gush getting stronger and I couldn’t take it any longer. The next call punched in and I could hear a woman laugh. I introduced my company name, my name, how may I help (though I needed more help at this moment than who was calling). She laughed again as if she knew what I was going through, I heard her say sorry wrong number and she hung up.

It was 10.30 and I was slurping, I never knew I could sit and dance. Just one minute and I could visit the place I was longing to go, the loo. At 10.35 I went for my much needed comfort break. I entered and saw a queue. No one spoke to anyone. Finally I entered and sat in peace doing something I wanted to do for a long time. Just then I heard a knock at the door, someone screamed “Its six minutes, now get out “.


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Valentine's day ... the heart wants drama !!!

...It was the 14th of February that I was sitting on the couch wearing a red dress, waiting for my date impatiently. The door bell rang, there he stood with the most beautiful smile, he looked deep inside my eyes and asked me for my hand to escort me to the Merc that was parked right outside my door. The interiors of the car at once made me feel cozy and comfortable. The conversation was flowing as beautifully as the champagne that I didnt even realise that we had reached the venue of my much-awaited surprise date. I got out of the car and saw the most beautiful wooden boat decorated with red heart baloons and roses. I was out of words that i could not even form coherent sentences to thank him. I kissed him on his cheek as a gesture of how much i appreciated his surprise and he said that "its only the beginning.. " to which I responded "I hope it never ends".

We were aboard and far away from the shore. It was the perfect night, cluster of stars in the sky, the deep blue ocean and the magnificient full moon gleaming in the sky. The moonlight was so bright that we had every other light in the boat switched off. I was sitting on a candle light table, with chinese food (my favorite) and wine. Our eyes were twinkling just like the stars in the sky and the romantic music in the background left us little to say. The silent smiles and eye contact were the words we used to describe our feelings. We finished our chocolate mousse and he asked me for a dance. We were in each others arms dancing and I looked up in his eyes. He was so perfect and I loved him. Our lips were magnetically moving towards each other when i heard something.......



" Wake up !! 1 2 3 4 cook-a-doodle doo, Wake up wake up look at the sunshine..1 2 3 4 cock-a-doodle doooooo " holy hell, my alarm of all the things....AAArrrgggghh .. Did my alarm always have to ring just when... hmmmm .. None-the-less I woke up with a smile on my face, it was Valentines day and I was Single or Independent like my sunshine girl says !!

Being single in Mumbai on a Valentine's day is depressing at times, I mean you see couples like everywhere, on bus stops, bikes, in a shop buying teddys, at flower shops and even the pani-puri stalls.. love is just like everywhere... !!! On top of that you have yasho chopra movies marathons and classic english movies like message in a bottle, a walk to remember.. so the single heart that I am right now I decided to stay home.

My house was empty so I was walking around like a 'bhangi' in my payjamas at 12 in the afternoon, I switched on the idiot box a.k.a love box on the V day and started watching P.S.I Love You. I was gorging on my favourite choco-chip ice-cream from Naturals (a one-kg pack) and by the time the movie ended the ice-cream tub was over. I ended up sobbing for Hillary Swank and more because I had gained more than a 1000 calories. Sitting like a coach potatoe I thought of seeing something less emotional and ended up watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S ( my favvvvvvv english series) and felt really nice thinking about all those mad times I have spent with my friends.

I am really not going to sound all 80s or ekta kapoor types but all my college valentine days flashed before my eyes. In H.S.C we all i.e around 13 of us (girls only) went to 5Spice and ended up paying only Rs.99/- each. Bon had made this yummy blackforest cake which we relished. In F.Y.BA again I was out with my sunshine girl and we had ended up gorging on chinese food yet again and then went shopping for ourselves. In S.Y.BA sunshine and me both were kinda sulking because we were in "Love" and just getting over our heart-aches. Weird as it sounds every V day I was either single or mending my broken heart.

It was already evening I prepared myself some yummy Maggie cheese noodles and watched Kuch Kuch Hota Hai for the 50th time(I guess). My phone started ringing and I heard Sunshine girl screaming on top of her voice " Wat the bloody hell does CC ( her ex-ex-bf who still irritated her, CC stands for Chipku Chipkali) think of himself ?" I asked her to chill and narrate to me the convo she had with CC. Apparently, her drunk boyfriend was calling her and asking her whose was bigger, his or the other guy she went around with. Hearing this I started laughing out so loud, I mean how come is it that my friends catch such _ _ _ _ !! He he he he

V day rocked for my rockstar as she had a good time with her Boyfriend and Cookie enjoyed her 5th anniversary so .."all waz well for them" and i was thrilled to hear that.

Finally, V day got over and I was not sitting out on my couch wearing a red dress waiting for my date but instead I was on my balcony looking at the stars high above praying to God for my true love to come soon in my life. I think I am now ready for him to enter my life and I know that I already love him so much …….

Introductory note to all my blog readers...

Today is 13thFeb10 a Saturday, and its the very first blog that I am going to be writing. I mean after years of wanting to do that i choose this very day a 13th and on a Saturday.. to most of you it wont make sense but I know my Sunshine girl knows what I am talking about :). This blog is going to be dedicated to my friends, family and the wierdos i keep meeting at the intervals of my life....

I am also going to be writing about random topics, some issues i have a strong stance on and I would love you all to comment so that i can improve with every blog and may be strike a chord in your hearts...