" hello, how can i help you?"..."have a nice day"....."anything else with it?".....somehow these are a few sentences i cannot live without now....yeah really...and i wouldn't be surprised if someone hears me blabbering these in sleep too...wow! a superb example of how much one can be devoted to his/her job...A place where u spend 4 precious hours of your day...without bunking anytime..working diligently throughout.. should have some effect on you...RIGHT!!
Yeah.. "Robertson Cafe"...my work place here in America was the first to give me a glimpse of the US of A and teach me ABC's of so called American english...."Yo..man...wassup...chee bugger...fri..panini...gyros..mayo..salami..zuchiinii.. egg plant ..u r ll set...gotta...plzzzzzzzz... wach u say?..take it easy man..hey honey...and have a good one!!" would have taken quite some time to understand and actually interpret its meaning otherwise. I didn't even realize when and how i aced in switching between American slang and desi...hinglish!!
For a third person its no big deal working in a cafe as a mainline server...but yeah for sure i understood what exactly a chef or a worker in "Vaishali" or "Poona coffee house" must be feeling after a days work."Customer Satisfaction"?? which i thought i already knew was actually practically experienced here...A long chain of tasks...number of people...and utmost important coordination and responsibilities taken at apt times are the key factors indeed for any individual setup. There is no one to yell at you or show u ur duties but you automatically learn from hard working Americans around you...which is the best part!
In spite of being so time consuming, hectic,physically tiring and almost having nothing to add to my resume..i have no choice but to love my job and keep my managers happy...as in this uncertain world of student life in college...this is the place which comes to ur rescue in assistantship crises! Oh my god what a price to pay...for so called "vilaiti education"! :)
May be this too is a part of American life...and one has to experience it all when he/she comes here as a foreign student!! I would say..."All that glitters is not gold"...partly can be experienced once u r in America as a "Graduate student"!
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Wandering mind...
Its such an awesome world...ur world of IMAGINATION!
A place where no one sees you, instructs you, impose on you, expects from you, bothers you...and not even judges you! The best thing is you are your very own...without any mask, without any unreal smiles,without any competitions and no destination to reach!
Why do i like to be a part of this beautiful world more often now a days? Why it seems to be the most pleasant place of all.....and why, even though i don't have time to think about it...i unknowingly keep wandering there!
As i think more deeply and positively about it...i come to a conclusion that may be I am going through a stage where i have numerous questions constantly haunting me...starting from my usual day to day job, classes, the things i am learning.. to 'why we do...what we do","is this what i really want to do", "why do we need friends","is there anything as..FOREVER..or everything just comes and goes as decided by some unknown powers"............and many more!
Ever seen a small baby....in its sweet childhood days staring for a long time at every damn thing that he sees, then anxiously scrutinizing it from all possible corners, then making up his mind..whether to touch or not, finally grabbing it passionately without knowing the consequences....enjoying it for a while...may be a lil longer(depends on the baby) then throwing it away.......like it was never his...Don't know why but i feel i resemble that baby a lot these days..."wandering mind", an adult way of calling it..may be!
And when i get frustrated..or may be thats bit harsh a word to use...as people getting frustrated every now and then might have some mental problem..( as seen by the society) i do exactly what the baby does.........I simply slip into my secret world of imagination..which cuddles me up real tight like a mom cuddling her baby....so he forgets the outer world at least for time being!
May be we all need such a place....to get pampered, get spoiled, see new dreams...tell ourselves we r the best! and as we grow up we unknowingly create one for us! which becomes...an inseparable part of our day!
I hope that "place" makes me a baby........who in spite of being pampered, spoiled....wakes up the next day to be "consciously spoiled".
A place where no one sees you, instructs you, impose on you, expects from you, bothers you...and not even judges you! The best thing is you are your very own...without any mask, without any unreal smiles,without any competitions and no destination to reach!
Why do i like to be a part of this beautiful world more often now a days? Why it seems to be the most pleasant place of all.....and why, even though i don't have time to think about it...i unknowingly keep wandering there!
As i think more deeply and positively about it...i come to a conclusion that may be I am going through a stage where i have numerous questions constantly haunting me...starting from my usual day to day job, classes, the things i am learning.. to 'why we do...what we do","is this what i really want to do", "why do we need friends","is there anything as..FOREVER..or everything just comes and goes as decided by some unknown powers"............and many more!
Ever seen a small baby....in its sweet childhood days staring for a long time at every damn thing that he sees, then anxiously scrutinizing it from all possible corners, then making up his mind..whether to touch or not, finally grabbing it passionately without knowing the consequences....enjoying it for a while...may be a lil longer(depends on the baby) then throwing it away.......like it was never his...Don't know why but i feel i resemble that baby a lot these days..."wandering mind", an adult way of calling it..may be!
And when i get frustrated..or may be thats bit harsh a word to use...as people getting frustrated every now and then might have some mental problem..( as seen by the society) i do exactly what the baby does.........I simply slip into my secret world of imagination..which cuddles me up real tight like a mom cuddling her baby....so he forgets the outer world at least for time being!
May be we all need such a place....to get pampered, get spoiled, see new dreams...tell ourselves we r the best! and as we grow up we unknowingly create one for us! which becomes...an inseparable part of our day!
I hope that "place" makes me a baby........who in spite of being pampered, spoiled....wakes up the next day to be "consciously spoiled".
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