Last 51 days following by today, it feels like my good old school days. I am now at a new client place in a new state in US. Unlike the previous state, the current place is a laid back one. Lots of wide drive ways, full lush green lawns and it looks typically like the AMERICA I have seen in movies. I should consider myself lucky as I go with two mallu roomies.
I found it a little difficult to shift from the vacation mode to working mode, had been at home for last 51 days doing almost nothing other than mailing my managers saying, ‘I am available!’ It is not a good feeling to go out on a hunt for a project when you are in proper visa dead lock. Just go through the visa formalities for h1 b extension in h1 b, you will get to know what I am talking about. One of the highest rated assets which I added to my valet, my US driving license, is invalid now as it is expired! So much for the trips down to DMV! Still, will be visiting DMV in another state in us for some more adventures!
My new client had a lot of surprises for me. First and biggest surprise or better phrased ‘shock’ was my work timing is from morning 7 to evening 4! Think about working from morning 7 for a guy who was sleeping for more than 16 hours a day for last 51 days. Big ask rite? On the third day at my new client place, my client manager caught me napping in the QA lab. Thankfully she had a good sense of humor and asked me that I can try out the work out area if I want to keep myself fresh. Her advice was to come an hour early and work out, which will help me keep myself fresh! I had my sleep calculator inside my head screaming, complaining about cutting out one more hour from my precious sleep.
My lucky charm is still continuing with me breaking everything and every procedure I touch. The security team in the new place took three snaps of me (I was seriously thinking of smiling wildly for the third snap to make sure at least a white strip is visible in the snap) for my ID card. First, the camera broke, second day, the data cable didn’t work and third day the operating system itself crashed. After three attempts, I got my ID with my grin face on it, rite now hanging over my belt. After seeing my snap, a general realization, it is very important to smile in any snaps! Even in ID card snaps. If that was no enough, the client cubicle allocation system got disrupted when they tried to find a seat for me near to their team. Until now, client is fighting to find a place for me, but working from an office which is shopping complex-leased office where a walk from my current work place to my QA lab is about half a kilometer with three escalators and decoding of a stupid map, is fun! I got lost my way so many times in this building and still finding some lonely corridors which remind me of the grass maze shown in Harry potter movie. This place is scary at times.
I am moving away from the topic, the summer vacation is about the 51 days I spend doing nothing! I never thought it will have such a bad effect on my routine. For the last one week, I am literally struggling to keep me awake during day time. A bitter drink, chewing gum and music with full volume are my only weapons against a very strong urge to sleep. After three days, bitter drink tastes good. I preferred this drink which tasted the worst of the lott, to make sure it make my senses realize that I need to be awake. But senses are working in the exact opposite way by developing a likeness towards the drink!
By Indian terms , the summer is gone but here the summer is around the corner and every one is talking about their ‘schedules’ to see when they will work! Hopefully by that time they will find a proper work cubicle for me. Sitting on a temporary cubicle is pretty tough when my super – super boss is just two feet away from me! Now vacation is over and back to work. The biggest shock is blogger.com is blocked in client place!!!
I found it a little difficult to shift from the vacation mode to working mode, had been at home for last 51 days doing almost nothing other than mailing my managers saying, ‘I am available!’ It is not a good feeling to go out on a hunt for a project when you are in proper visa dead lock. Just go through the visa formalities for h1 b extension in h1 b, you will get to know what I am talking about. One of the highest rated assets which I added to my valet, my US driving license, is invalid now as it is expired! So much for the trips down to DMV! Still, will be visiting DMV in another state in us for some more adventures!
My new client had a lot of surprises for me. First and biggest surprise or better phrased ‘shock’ was my work timing is from morning 7 to evening 4! Think about working from morning 7 for a guy who was sleeping for more than 16 hours a day for last 51 days. Big ask rite? On the third day at my new client place, my client manager caught me napping in the QA lab. Thankfully she had a good sense of humor and asked me that I can try out the work out area if I want to keep myself fresh. Her advice was to come an hour early and work out, which will help me keep myself fresh! I had my sleep calculator inside my head screaming, complaining about cutting out one more hour from my precious sleep.
My lucky charm is still continuing with me breaking everything and every procedure I touch. The security team in the new place took three snaps of me (I was seriously thinking of smiling wildly for the third snap to make sure at least a white strip is visible in the snap) for my ID card. First, the camera broke, second day, the data cable didn’t work and third day the operating system itself crashed. After three attempts, I got my ID with my grin face on it, rite now hanging over my belt. After seeing my snap, a general realization, it is very important to smile in any snaps! Even in ID card snaps. If that was no enough, the client cubicle allocation system got disrupted when they tried to find a seat for me near to their team. Until now, client is fighting to find a place for me, but working from an office which is shopping complex-leased office where a walk from my current work place to my QA lab is about half a kilometer with three escalators and decoding of a stupid map, is fun! I got lost my way so many times in this building and still finding some lonely corridors which remind me of the grass maze shown in Harry potter movie. This place is scary at times.
I am moving away from the topic, the summer vacation is about the 51 days I spend doing nothing! I never thought it will have such a bad effect on my routine. For the last one week, I am literally struggling to keep me awake during day time. A bitter drink, chewing gum and music with full volume are my only weapons against a very strong urge to sleep. After three days, bitter drink tastes good. I preferred this drink which tasted the worst of the lott, to make sure it make my senses realize that I need to be awake. But senses are working in the exact opposite way by developing a likeness towards the drink!
By Indian terms , the summer is gone but here the summer is around the corner and every one is talking about their ‘schedules’ to see when they will work! Hopefully by that time they will find a proper work cubicle for me. Sitting on a temporary cubicle is pretty tough when my super – super boss is just two feet away from me! Now vacation is over and back to work. The biggest shock is blogger.com is blocked in client place!!!
1 comment:
whoa!! this must really be tiring for you :)
but dont struggle so hard yaar.
just one apple will make you stay awake.seriously! try it :)
happy working :)
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