8:00 PM (Applied Power Electronics Lab – IITB)
This is probably the most bizarre place or time to jot down a post, but then joblessness and lack of ardor can do funny things to you :-S Today is the second-last day of my summer training and I have made all plans of doing a Houdini tomorrow evening, so ideally speaking I should be giving finishing touches to my project work… so I wish! Over the years I have actually come to realize that when I was born, Murphy was really bored, so he decided to adopt me as his blessed angel… By which I mean, every time I venture out to do something (regardless of importance in this case), Murphy and his law hound me till I actually start thinking of dedicating a temple to him (hoping that’ll keep him happy for the rest of ‘my’ life). In fact, if you look at me carefully, you’ll see this tiny figure jumping on my head (with joy, when things don’t work out for me). Yes! That is Murphy… So if you ever think life has been good to you, and is not challenging enough, you might want to come and shake hands with this lousy li’l rogue and shake him off my tail
Now, coming to the point, this arbit piece of prose is actually the result of a certain component of my circuit refusing to work, because of which I can’t go ahead with my work. And I sit here waiting for my poor perpetually-tied-for-time senior to officially send me off for the day and I sincerely hope that happens before I faint with hunger.
As I said, today’s the second-last day of my training… So today morning when I woke up (i.e. 10:30 am, in case you have any earthly, preconceived notions about morning hours) I had all plans of slogging it out, cutting short my lunch-break and get my hardware up and running. Murphy didn’t sleep too well last night it seems, so today when I reached the lab, full of resolve and brimming with energy, he shooed Electricity away… And so Electricity went stomping off (in quite a rage, I must say) and I didn’t actually mind given the state of my growling stomach and sleepy-for-no-reason eyes. As it turned out, Electricity was too angry to come back on its scheduled time i.e. 3 pm and Murphy, obviously had no intentions of calling it back. Basically, I spent the next 2 hours eating people’s heads and their phone bills, guzzling a coffee and waiting for the pesky Electricity.
Finally, Electricity arrived in all it’s glory, all charged and refreshed after a 5-hour break. And, one hour into my work, I realize there is no way I can get the abysmal component to work (basically Murphy needed something to entertain him after Electricity was back). I have now spend 2 hours waiting for my send off, prolifically utilizing my time playing FreeCell till my eyes threatened to spring out of their sockets and subsequently I chose to scribble (electronically :D) this post instead.
It’s actually quite an interesting sight if u see… The M.Tech. people have their presentations coming up. It’s like this bunch of people running after Time, stumbling and falling to catch up with it; while I drag myself aimlessly and wait for Time to catch up with me, but its just way far behind. And now, I have reached my wit’s end (not that I have too much of it) so I’m planning to go and give Time one good whack and stomp away like Electricity did :D
PS. The post wasn’t meant to sound like an Enid Blyton story but its just my state of mind talking. And in situations like these, you tend not to have too much respect for time and electricity :D
Finally, any grievances against the disrespect of time and electricity should be duly taken care of by Murphy and I should not be held responsible for any of the comments made above 0:-)
This is probably the most bizarre place or time to jot down a post, but then joblessness and lack of ardor can do funny things to you :-S Today is the second-last day of my summer training and I have made all plans of doing a Houdini tomorrow evening, so ideally speaking I should be giving finishing touches to my project work… so I wish! Over the years I have actually come to realize that when I was born, Murphy was really bored, so he decided to adopt me as his blessed angel… By which I mean, every time I venture out to do something (regardless of importance in this case), Murphy and his law hound me till I actually start thinking of dedicating a temple to him (hoping that’ll keep him happy for the rest of ‘my’ life). In fact, if you look at me carefully, you’ll see this tiny figure jumping on my head (with joy, when things don’t work out for me). Yes! That is Murphy… So if you ever think life has been good to you, and is not challenging enough, you might want to come and shake hands with this lousy li’l rogue and shake him off my tail
Now, coming to the point, this arbit piece of prose is actually the result of a certain component of my circuit refusing to work, because of which I can’t go ahead with my work. And I sit here waiting for my poor perpetually-tied-for-time senior to officially send me off for the day and I sincerely hope that happens before I faint with hunger.
As I said, today’s the second-last day of my training… So today morning when I woke up (i.e. 10:30 am, in case you have any earthly, preconceived notions about morning hours) I had all plans of slogging it out, cutting short my lunch-break and get my hardware up and running. Murphy didn’t sleep too well last night it seems, so today when I reached the lab, full of resolve and brimming with energy, he shooed Electricity away… And so Electricity went stomping off (in quite a rage, I must say) and I didn’t actually mind given the state of my growling stomach and sleepy-for-no-reason eyes. As it turned out, Electricity was too angry to come back on its scheduled time i.e. 3 pm and Murphy, obviously had no intentions of calling it back. Basically, I spent the next 2 hours eating people’s heads and their phone bills, guzzling a coffee and waiting for the pesky Electricity.
Finally, Electricity arrived in all it’s glory, all charged and refreshed after a 5-hour break. And, one hour into my work, I realize there is no way I can get the abysmal component to work (basically Murphy needed something to entertain him after Electricity was back). I have now spend 2 hours waiting for my send off, prolifically utilizing my time playing FreeCell till my eyes threatened to spring out of their sockets and subsequently I chose to scribble (electronically :D) this post instead.
It’s actually quite an interesting sight if u see… The M.Tech. people have their presentations coming up. It’s like this bunch of people running after Time, stumbling and falling to catch up with it; while I drag myself aimlessly and wait for Time to catch up with me, but its just way far behind. And now, I have reached my wit’s end (not that I have too much of it) so I’m planning to go and give Time one good whack and stomp away like Electricity did :D
PS. The post wasn’t meant to sound like an Enid Blyton story but its just my state of mind talking. And in situations like these, you tend not to have too much respect for time and electricity :D
Finally, any grievances against the disrespect of time and electricity should be duly taken care of by Murphy and I should not be held responsible for any of the comments made above 0:-)
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