The day was bright in the slightly cold weather of early winter, another lazy end to a not so busy week. The desktop of my colleague was running slow due to a lower RAM size and I was looking for something to read on the net with nothing official at hand to work on .I offered him to use my desktop and slowly slipped out of the recently packed, with more unknown faces than known, offshore development center of my workplace.
The glimpse of the nature outside was soothing and I set out on a stroll. Though the greenery out was not natural, the warmth of sun seemed original. Slow paced I walked to the other building crossing the gate. All seemed busy and happy. I could hear talks in different tones and pitches around. Nothing seemed to amuse me not even the Malayalam conversation that I heard here and there.
Slowly I walked to the ‘Oxford Book House’ in the ground floor of the Centre Court. The store was relatively empty with only the bookkeeper in his seat. It was long since I went to a book store. I decided to spend some time there ‘window-shopping’. Shobha De’s ‘Spouse’ was the one that had me hooked first. Newly married, I could relate well to many of the topics that she narrated. Read two chapters and I kept the book for a later read. A collection of Calvin and Hobbes adventures was the next to catch my attention. A quick flipping of the pages enjoyed reading few of Calvin’s pranks and I decided to keep it back. A cursory glance at the technical books section “oops..not my cup of tea anymore”. I checked the time and I had spent close to two hours with books...
My colleague would have done with the daily check activities and it was time for me to walk back… I walked out of the book store when the Greeting Card session caught my attention. Just went through few cards.. “Best Wishes on the anniversary of your Job” – yes it was the day my husband completed 9 years in work. Thought I would buy it for him but then it seemed unlikely of me to buy a greeting card, so kept it back. Decided to send him a mail insteadJ.
I slowly walked towards my tower passing the lawn where there were few nests of birds which escaped my eyes for long. Peeped in to check if there were any birds or eggs. There was none.
By then, it started drizzling and I walked back to my seat – empty for some time now.
A lazy friday afternoon.!
The glimpse of the nature outside was soothing and I set out on a stroll. Though the greenery out was not natural, the warmth of sun seemed original. Slow paced I walked to the other building crossing the gate. All seemed busy and happy. I could hear talks in different tones and pitches around. Nothing seemed to amuse me not even the Malayalam conversation that I heard here and there.
Slowly I walked to the ‘Oxford Book House’ in the ground floor of the Centre Court. The store was relatively empty with only the bookkeeper in his seat. It was long since I went to a book store. I decided to spend some time there ‘window-shopping’. Shobha De’s ‘Spouse’ was the one that had me hooked first. Newly married, I could relate well to many of the topics that she narrated. Read two chapters and I kept the book for a later read. A collection of Calvin and Hobbes adventures was the next to catch my attention. A quick flipping of the pages enjoyed reading few of Calvin’s pranks and I decided to keep it back. A cursory glance at the technical books section “oops..not my cup of tea anymore”. I checked the time and I had spent close to two hours with books...
My colleague would have done with the daily check activities and it was time for me to walk back… I walked out of the book store when the Greeting Card session caught my attention. Just went through few cards.. “Best Wishes on the anniversary of your Job” – yes it was the day my husband completed 9 years in work. Thought I would buy it for him but then it seemed unlikely of me to buy a greeting card, so kept it back. Decided to send him a mail insteadJ.
I slowly walked towards my tower passing the lawn where there were few nests of birds which escaped my eyes for long. Peeped in to check if there were any birds or eggs. There was none.
By then, it started drizzling and I walked back to my seat – empty for some time now.
A lazy friday afternoon.!
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