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Monday, March 17, 2003
Oops, update that bit about 10 hour workdays.
Already on my 11th hour and will 'prolly remain past the 12 hour mark.
posted by Vinit Bhansali at 8:10 PM
When you have so much pomp, ceremony and expectations riding on a stupid holiday, it buckles under pressure. Or under the pressure of 4 inches of rainfall.
Yup! :-( Didn't even venture out of the this state, forget going through seven of em'
Rain washed the beach plans. But the really really silver lining this time was the wonderful 18 degrees of warmth right here in NJ. Nice, bright, sunny, breezy. Perfect for a walk in the park, a chcocolate thick-shake, a walk to the library and through downtown Maplewood and a lazy afternoon spent reading a book in the garden. And i did all of them!!!
Back to the 10 hour workdays. but we might, just might go to Myrtle beach this coming weekend, if i can muster the courage to ask my boss for a holiday so close to April 15th (28 days and counting).
posted by Vinit Bhansali at 8:09 PM
Wednesday, March 12, 2003
WoW!
My first 15+ hour work day (okay, 15.5 hours) at PwC.
It's 12:20 now, waiting for the dumb cab t pick me up, takes them 25 minutes to get here at night, without traffic? When it takes 15 minutes in the morning, with traffic!
I'll never understand some things, thank god for that!
I'm building up hopes for the 3-day holiday, and putting in my hours too, so i can slip away without a huge backlog when i get back.
posted by Vinit Bhansali at 12:24 AM
Sunday, March 09, 2003
Spring-break, spring-break, spring break! sprrrrrrrrrrring break!
Been making plans for a few days now.
So far the best bet looks like a short drive (11 hours) to South Carolina (south of Myrtle beach) ;)
We've planned to rent a car and get a hotel for the 2 nights we are there and just get away fromt he work, the snow, the cold and life, for 3 exciting, sunny and warm days.
It's going to be Suramya, Pranav, Surabhi and me.
Others who chickened out, in no particular order:
Madhur: got work to do, and can't take the monday off.
Jessica: no reason
Jigna: cousin's coming over
Paula: got work to do, and can't take the monday off.
posted by Vinit Bhansali at 6:59 PM
Friday, March 07, 2003
Started listening to music at work. And i can finally agree that it actually helps my work speed.
Or might be it's just my tax related work, and not programming ;-)
What i want TODAY: Bluetooth enabled mp3 player that comes with the bluetooth headphones.
What i will settle for: Bluetooth enabled headphones that come with a PCMCIA adapter!!
posted by Vinit Bhansali at 4:36 PM
It's been busy.
I never knew we could cram so much tax info in 2 weeks of frozen training.
And it remains frozen for a while too.
Everything they say about the hardworking Japanese is so very true.
I wake up at 7, get onto the first bus at 7:50, then the train and finally the last shuttle drops me off at 9:00, and these dudes are already on their second cup o' joe.
And they beat my 9:30pm work-stop time by a few extra hours too.
The only way to beat them at it is by working sundays (I already work saturdays!!) But i'm sure if i show up here at sundays, there's only going to be pre-ordered sushi for lunch! hahahaha!
posted by Vinit Bhansali at 4:33 PM
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