OMG its Monday..PART II.

The clock finally struck 12:00 PM and it was time to send that really silly but important mail. Panic scored again this time and I missed half the people I intended to call and thanks to my presence of mind ( scarcasm intended ) I also got half the sweets I needed to buy.

This meant another trip to the sweet store which was atleast 3kms away ...and this time I was more than willing to make the short trip as long as I didn't have to bump into any known face. All the way and away from my seat in office as possible was where I wanted to be that day...

In the midst of the panic and confusion I had a lot of explaining to do for the typical/routine questions..
And as expected the reactions received varied from surprise to shock.

Some did a great job of putting up a straight face whereas others like the Pachha's and the Giridhar's went overboard with thier expressions, showing a clear influence of bollywood (or was it sandalwood) on them :-).

After a week or so, things did sink in and thankfully I no longer carry those shades of pink on my cheeks...

The other half of the OMG story

The Big Day of Announcement has arrived - At the end of the post you will agree how dreadful the experience can be ;-)....

For some strange reason I felt its my moral responsibility to tell my team first in office. So at 10:00 in the morning, I sent a mail to the team asking junta for a short meeting.
I guess the location of the meeting sent some wrong signals coz I asked everyone to assemble in my manager's room.

People gathered one after the other and like any other meetings , I had to make some multiple catcalls to get everyone together. Every time we have some sort of a team meeting I feel like I am facing a trial with a bunch of attorneys and this was no different.

So before I lost the nerve,I just blurted "I got engaged during the weekend".

The look I got from the team was "How can UUUUUUUUUUUUUU get engaged?" "Which fool of an ass would get hooked to u ?".

This reaction from the guys didnt add any relief for my already cracked nerves but hey come-on ,I shud have expected this ;-). The guys outside the room must have thought I am having one of those 360 degree feedback sessions ......and I was getting looks of sympathy and pity

So this was just the beginning. At the end of this ordeal one sweet box from KC Das was empty :-(

Learning:1 - Choose the right venue for a wedding announcement ........and it should never be a manager's cubicle/room.

Keep watching this page for more learnings on wedding announcements ;-)

OMG its Monday.... (the 9th of Feb09)

I wake up with blues and I am not exaggerating when i say the DARKEST shade of blue.
Its 7:30 AM and I feel a piece of metal rubbing against my face when I splash some water on my face..

Puzzled as much as Guy Pierce was in Memento, I noticed that it was the Ring on my hand.
A quick flashback made me realize that it was the after my engagement with Rashmi..

OMG it was MONDAY the 9th of Feb... the day we had to announce to the world about our Engagement ..

Slowly as the clock ticked by the gravity of the situation started to hit me.Thoughts of some Havoc creators in office manifested itself as a lump in my throat.

It happened to be my cousin Sumanth's birthday and I congratulated him instead of wishing him thats how paranoid I was, of the situation in hand.

I reached office with some sweets ofcourse and lotsa trepodation.. I made a silent entry into sank into my seat. I started to compose this mail which I always thought was SOOO DAMN SILLY titled Sweets at my desk ..

Outlook was my saviour for the moment when I realized it was close to 10:00 am -time for a presentation. So being the escapist that I am I happily postponed the mega event by a coupla hours ;-)

to be continued...