A New Beginning

Hello? Helloo?? Helloooooooo????? Anyone there??? Anyone out there who is still reading this blog???

This is Reema, a widely read and very popular blogger [She only says so ] before she moved to Bangalore, became all lazy and uncreative,writing from her desk at her new workplace.

Heh heh..enough of third person. Hi to all the people still reading my blog irrespective of the fact I read their blogs or comment on their blogs or not. Thank you so much!!

# Joined new job on 1st August. Unfortunately, it is mandatory for female faculty members to wear saree [Apparently this is the Bangalore tradition ] So life is hectic and frustrating in morning. Saturdays are for casual wear. I just can’t understand this fixation Indians have on clothes, specifically sarees, and their equivalence to dignity and respect.

# The infrastructure is great. Got my own PC, stationery items and a large desk unlike at my previous job where only desk was given. Though social networking sites are blocked, WordPress works thankfully! Now I can catch up on my blogging and blog reading/ commenting during free time. Yayy!

# It’s strange how group dynamics come into play so quickly everywhere. 8 of female faculties joined on 1st August and by 4th we were already divided into two groups. Sigh! Though I have made 1 friends, 1 bus partner etc no one is of my wavelength.

# The favorite topic of the female faculties is …take a guess… Mother in Laws. And the other group just loves to sit around one table and chat and chat. No preparation of lectures, no studying, nothing which irritates me a lot. And sadly one of them belongs to my department.

# Facilities are great including the food court. Saved me from making and bringing lunch daily.

# As I travel by institute bus, D has to leave office on time to pick me up at bus stop. That means no more coming late from office. Yayy!

# Most South Indian colleagues are baffled by my “bhalo naam” i.e. my good and real name. It is a tongue twister for them. So I had to tell them my “daak naam” i.e. pet name – Reema and they were more than happy. And still Bengalis go on with the tradition of imposing their kids with the most indigenous, difficult, tongue – twisters for rest of India and World of a name in this modern age.

# Waiting for students to arrive and classes to start…you know…to get back into the groove after a year long break. And of course “insightful” posts on teaching experiences

So once again, for the nth time, I am BACK!

नौकरी की तलबगार भाग २

A sequel to this post

2012 began. I had been six months out of job. But those six months had been quite busy – visits from in-laws, parents, brother-in-law, sightseeing trips and then there was settling down in a new city.

As soon as March began, I got two calls for interview. One for a position in an Engineering college and another for a position in GATE Coaching Institute.

This and That

Hello People!

So I am back from my trip to Ahmedabad and Delhi. Well it has been one and half week but you know the law of inertia Of course, travel posts on my travel blog and reblogs here will be posted. Oh God I have so many pending posts to write – Mysore, Pondicherry, Mahabalipuram, Ahmedabad and New Delhi – that my laziness grows! Anyway so here are some updates.

Annual Report – 2011

Looking back on 2011

जनुअरी में हेरोयिन के साथ फोटो खिंचवाई,

फेब्रुअरी में शादी की पहली अन्नीवेरसारी मनाई,

मार्च में बनी नन्ही पारूल की मासी,

अप्रैल में पति बन गए पुणे से बंगलोर वासी,

मई में किया थीसिस गाइड को रज़ामंद,

जून में हो गई ग़लती से बाथरूम में बंद,

जुलाई में नौकरी से रिश्ता तोड़ा,

अगस्त में माँ-बाप का घर छोड़ा,

सितम्बर में एम. ई. की परीक्षा किया पास,

अक्टूबर में बंगलोर दर्शन किए ससुर-सास,

नवम्बर में फेमिना ने छापा मेरा नाम,

दिसम्बर में किया नॉवेल समालोचना का काम,

ये था हिसाब ऑफ़ मेरा बीता हुआ साल,

आप सब का २०१२ हो मस्त, स्वस्थ और खुशहाल

My Random Thoughts 2.0

As my readers may remember, I have moved to Bangalore or Bengaluru. It has been 3 months now. I haven’t started working yet and in-laws are here since two months…new place, new life, new routines were responsible for the blogging break. So, here are some random updates, thoughts and comments from the last three months of my blogging break. Hence the title… a new “My Random Thoughts” BREAK KE BAAD

# My M.E. results were declared at last…scored 73.5% aggregate. Yeyyyy!!!

It All Ends Here

No, not the Harry Potter series [which would make a very sad post if I start writing about my feelings when this phenomenon..this era..the magic is coming to an end ]

What is coming to an end, hopefully, is my tryst with studies. In spite of my insincerity and lack of concentration, I have managed to come a long way on this path (credit to my sister, my intelligence, memory and luck. Here are some memories from each step of the long ladder I have climbed till now :-

“Bullet”ined

This post was destined to be a movie review post but due to bad Internet connection, laziness, busy life and travel it got delayed and more delayed till it has now become a casual bulleted post giving my readers some random updates instead of a post having paragraphs. Sigh!! Such is the influence of Twitter. But then brevity is the soul of wit! But this is not a funny post either. Sigh!

Estoy De Vuelta

As I had told in my status report, I was away on my one month-long summer vacation. But the sad part was that I did not get Internet connection due to some problem with Windows 7 and Tata Photon.

3 weeks with Internet access limited only to GPRS on mobile was quite…detoxifying!! On the downside I got addicted to Star World and Fox Crime

Introducing D

He sketches, plays guitar and sings. I read books, blog and tweet.

He loves hot and spicy food. I can’t eat anything having more than 1 mg of chilly.

He dislikes Harry Potter. I simply love Harry Potter.

He loves horror movies. I never watch any.

Q and A

Roshmi tagged me to do this one. As it is the first time she has tagged me, I honor her wishes

Q: When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?

A: I need to shampoo!!

Q: How much cash do you have in your wallet right now?

A: Rs. 300/- + some change

Q: What’s a word that rhymes with DOOR?

A: Bore which is this question.

First Bloggers’ Meet and Special Day

Actually this is a part of my Summer Vacation series but as it needed a special mention I didn’t title the post as Part 2.

7th June 2009 :- Arrived in Pune and after a lot of hotel search, checked into one. It had wonderful surroundings..peaceful and green. And the hotel rooms were good too.

Mein Apni Favorite Hoon…

Prateek tagged me to write 5 things for which I love myself. Okay so that is different from 5 things I love about myself which would have been easier to list. But it doesn’t make this tag any less narcissistic. So here goes 5 things I love myself for :-

1. My efficient self :- Be it departmental work at college or organizing something, I do it quite well taking care of every detail. But the problem is due to this I am a hard taskmaster for people working under my supervision I expect perfection. I see mistakes which others tend to overlook and that is sometimes a problem for my co-workers

More Things About Me and Best Post

Vee tagged me to yet another revealing tag…a tag which would tell you 100 things about me. But people who are doing this tag have not checked the numbering. Its actually 87 questions. One made a mistake in numbering and rest followed!!! And I made it 86 as I don’t like odd numbers.

Here I go:-

1. Last beverage → Water
2. Last phone call–> 1 hour ago
3. Last text message→ 12 hours ago
4. Last song you listened to→ Genda Phool from Dilli 6
5. Last time you cried→ Don’t remember