Lost in Dreams…

According to Wikipedia, the Bench refers to the buffer of employees who aren’t assigned to any project. This is to ensure that staffing of new projects is fairly easy

I came back from my vacation 2 weeks back and was surprised to find I have been relieved of my previous duties and now I find myself in the bench. We are looking at some new projects coming up and we are going to do it for the first time. I better relax myself to the max before I have to spend real sleepless nights….. Another news for me was that I have to travel to Germany in April for a week for Hannover Messe. So need to prepare all the docs for the visa and other formalities.

This relaxed work day isn’t all that good. The day moves very slow and you get tired of reading IEC’s and books. I have been reading Richard Dawkin’s “River Out of Eden” which enlightens you on evolution. Will try to post a full review after finishing it.

My 26th birthday just whizzed by few weeks back and one of my friends who was born a day earlier called up to wish me and our conversation turned to how we have spent our best 50% of our lifetime and how we are looking forward for our worst 50%.

I just remember playing at my school grounds with nothing to care about and the voices of my friends at the college canteen table is still ringing in my ears with the sweet aroma of coffee still lingering around… But the reality and my office colleagues tell otherwise. Time does seem to have rushed past me. I should be thankful in saying that my life for past 26 years have been good but when I look at the past one year and the near future I do see a change coming in. The winds of change are blowing and I do not know whether it is for the good.

My waist size is not the only stuff I worry about these days. Temper and stress levels at work is going above the mercury level, my love for music, books, treks, photography has taken a bad hit. My social life is next to zero whereas my junk food intake is at all time high.

Maybe this is what is called “Growing up” and if you ask me, I certainly don’t like it. Embracing the change is going to be really tough than I had actually anticipated earlier.

I just hope that the other half is as fun as the half I enjoyed all these years…