Boredom Log

Life was generally boring. Work was becoming routine and monotonous after almost 10 years at the same organisation. There was no silver lining in the horizon. Add to it the chaotic way things are run in the organisation. Also I have accumulated a lot of vacation time by virtue being in the company for so long and which would go waste by end of the year if I don’t use it thanks to a new leave policy. It is in these circumstances I struck upon this brilliant idea to take 2 weeks off work. I didn’t have any clue on what to do in that time. Originally I planned this vacation to coincide with my friends visit to his native Chennai so that we could hang around and also go to Bangalore to meet some more friends. But his dad was unwell and hospitalised and he had to take care of him. As the vacation neared, I tried to list down things that I should do during this time and I couldn’t come up with many! So I decided to take one day at a time and not plan much in advance. So in due course of time, the last working day before the vacation arrived and I duly notified all and sundry about my vacation plan and put on the out of notification in my outlook mailbox and headed out….

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Blame it on FB!

It has been a while since I wrote on this blog, more than 7 months. I had wanted to write quite a few times, but it is because of my laziness that I didn't. But why take the blame myself, when it can be put on something that won't complain. Yes, its because of FB. I had been quite active on FB in the recent past. You see, to post in FB, you don't have to think too much, dont have to worry about noting down the thoughts that seem to happen at random moments and writing them to the blog. In FB, you can "post" a few one liners, "like" a few posts, cut and paste a few "links" and "share" some of your friends posts and be active. Not a lot of work uh! Not that Facebook is going to upset being blamed. Rather it would welcome it. If many people use it and blame it like me, its market value may even go up from $100 billion to $200 billion!