Friday, October 27, 2006
The Boy and I...
Can I go for the sky - asked me a boy,
Don't see a reason can't you why - told him I.
Far too it is - apprehensively, said the boy,
So is the moon but people still reached it - confidently, told him I.
How do I get there - asked the boy,
Catch someone who has already been there - told him I.
Will I find him - asked the boy,
If you can't, read the books he wrote about it - told him I.
Won't I fall down and die - asked the boy,
You might but if you don't the world will see you - told him I.
-Manish.
Don't see a reason can't you why - told him I.
Far too it is - apprehensively, said the boy,
So is the moon but people still reached it - confidently, told him I.
How do I get there - asked the boy,
Catch someone who has already been there - told him I.
Will I find him - asked the boy,
If you can't, read the books he wrote about it - told him I.
Won't I fall down and die - asked the boy,
You might but if you don't the world will see you - told him I.
-Manish.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Happy Diwali...
Friday, October 13, 2006
World's most boring Job is...
Me and my colleagues were having a stroll after our company lunch hour. Sabu started a topic - What can be the world's most boring job ? He talked of a job relating to a painter. This painter he talked about was supposed to apply fresh paint on the wall and wait for it to dry. Using somekind of instrument he had to check periodically whether the paint has dried. Sabu reasoned that waiting for such a long time to see if the paint is dry is real boring thing to do! Yes true... Then we started to think of other boring jobs...
The Gatekeeper, one who keeps opening the main door at hotels and salutes you, was another candidate.
Ruchir, another colleague, suggested that any job that requires WAITING is a dull job. Good argument...
The one that beats them all, according to me, is the job of lift-man. Poor fellow is tied up in a 4X4 feet lift for the entire day. All he gets to sit is a chair and his work area is restricted to that 4X4 (or much less too) lift. Entire day he keeps moving up and down doing the same thing myriad times. Furthermore, most of the times he doesn't have control over his motion. He will be resting on 6th floor and someone on the ground floor requests the lift. He is at the ground floor in a moment!
Other people can at least see/move around. If the lift-man is lucky enough, he will get a glass lift installed outside of the hotel where at least he can enjoy the scenic beauty. Else, if the lift is a typical oldie, what he sees is just a opaque lift-door hoping to get away with a busy boring day.
Cheers,
Manish.
Note: Image is obtained from http://www.dcimprov.com/boring.jpg
