Ice Cubes

My last blog stirred serious 'people talking'

People asked if blogging about my boss is my 'newfound hobby'.

Friends enquired if I had become a psycho or worst ever - a potential sadist ;)

Someone even teased if I had a crush on her 'curly hair'.

Some colleagues wondered what our security manager would do had she been there watching Pankaj listening ' dil se' or me with a 160 GB iPod inside ODC. I guess she would try something different than her usual naughty look and fake warnings .This time she might try to raise the issue to CEO , keeping all the board members in CC and all the company shareholders and all her friends in bcc ;)

And the general public demand was - take out a print and paste it inside her cubicle.I wish I could.

Next , my pretty boss was leaving Delhi and moving to Pune.I wrote on her farewell card - 'days will never be the same :-) ' - hope she noticed the smiley ;). Definitely for me the worst was over. But I felt bad for the poor chaps who would work under her :-( . My sympathy will always be with them.

Now , its party time - my b'day celebration - the best b'day ever.

Lets start with those days when I was looking for a party dress and went to lifestyle Mall with Rintu when it was about to be closed, we were politely asked to vacate the place.Next hunt was at Peter england , but we didn't get anything of 'Our standard' ;) . It was getting late and most of the shops were already closed. Heartbroken , we went inside a sweet shop.We chilled out in AC , watched tv, had 'days special' sweets , when we realised - none of us have any cash and they don't accept any card. I came out fast , actually wanted to visit the nearby ATM, but Rintu got scared and followed me even faster , the boy at the shop got it all wrong and started shouting - 'Paisa paisa' - when the watchman started tapping feet and crowd started turning heads , there was no point in looking back , we just escaped and mingled in the crowd. But it was not over.
We went back there after half an hour - again chilled out in AC , watched TV , had few more 'days special ' but this time they closed the door once we got inside.We paid whatever the bill was, including the last bill amount , Rintu even bargained with the boy.Not a bad day altogether - at least we had some fun at the end.

On 27th night I had usual b'day bumps and my roomies smashed tomato all over my head , sounds weird , actually they were looking for stale eggs , but not a single was left, so they had to manage with tomatoes.Next it was my turn.It was Rintu's b'day as well and I had to return him the favor - tomatoes were finished and I used gulabjamuns I bought for my colleagues , pasted those all over his face.Guys , now you know what happened to your gulabjamuns and why there were only traces of jamuns in bits and pieces in the sweet packet ;)

On 28th , got the first wish message at around 6:30 , reminded me it was by b'day and started the day unusually early. At office among my old buddied 'Govinda' called me - not 'Chote Miya' from Mumbai - it was my NITC buddy from Pune.We had a long chat - he wished me happy b'day , appreciated my job(lol) and in the end even appreciated my hindi - love you buddy:-) .My colleagues might not stop loughing but the fact is - first time in last three years somebody appreciated my Hindi speaking skill :)

Got call even from my NRI friends. 'Gagu' was obviously on booze - said it was 50$ Johny Walker - might be also on some other stuffs and was speaking more expletives than words. But I never mind - love those friends who call me after being sloshed , they speak their hearts out , he cried a lot for his lost love , you know the pain of watching your first love getting engaged - he was actually going through that - so I never mind.

Then it was party time @ Ice Cubes.Initially was offered a drop from one of my dear colleagues who changed her mind in the end and told me she had to leave early . I guess somebody told her Hrithik had come to GIP and flying kites over the terrace.He indeed came there last Sunday , to beg to his fans 'Kaho naa - payar haya' - after his 'kites' went 'cutti' at box office ;)

At ice cubes it was all masti , music, games and dance.Got my b'day gift along with another two rounds of b'day bumps there.Games were a bit weird - guy with longest hair, guy with most colourful socks , guy with maximum number of rings - wondering what they were looking for - a born psycho or a guy with a crazy style statement.

Next dinner time. We nonvegetarians had a gala time over there.Even a typical veggy Pankaj, who never missed an opportunity of playing pranks on nonvegetarians - tried few boneleass chickens and started complimenting - never had a better spicy paneer curry ever .I wished he would try some mushroom (mutton) curry as well - mutton bones as mushroom sticks - when somebody revealed him the truth and congratulated him as he had joined the elite 'nonveg league' - 'the saviours of food chain' , but he was shocked and feeling pukey , went straight to washroom and didn't come out till the party was over.

Now its time to go home.Bye bye Ice Cubes.Love you all.Kudos to all your energy.Cheers to her farewell, cheers to our end of sufferings and thanks to all of you for making my b'day so special.