Another day at work....

I was born into a poor middle class family and from a young age i decided that i will follow my heart... some of my relatives told me to be a doctor blah blah blah... but NO!!! I was the owner of my destiny... boldly, i set out to reach for the sky....

After some time in my profession, i was the darling kid... people used to extol my goodness... i was told that i was the best thing ever to happen in My Field!!! sigh!!! when has good times lasted for ever... Calamity, like "Direct Marketing" agents, seldom come invited....

It all started one fine day... i just got out of my bed when one of my collegues handed over the paper... after getting over the fact that some one was interested ever to read about what colour underwear i liked to wear (yes... i was amazed!!!), i started reading... it was written by one so called expert in my profession (well he had no on-site or field experience, so he must have become an expert by studying it... that must make him preety fundoo as i was always dumb in acads...).. he was saying "the bottom section of my working implement was was 3/19 ounch heavier and its shape was slight parabolic than circular than regular ones. This in turn was impacting my concentration level, preventing from giving my best to blah blah blah..." WOW!!! that was amazing!!! I never new my work was so complicated....i made me feel so happy... as they say, everything is planned...

Unfortunately , knowing about this extra bit of wisdom did not help me greatly... my performance in job went a few notches lower... However, the expert got lot of adulation... people wanted to read him!!!! My My My... i must be a fool... it was so simple and even then i could not understand!!!

Even before all these things were over, one of my ex collegues started to say about me "he is very slow at his work . His other collegues have to shield him from critical activities" !!! bullshit... that guy was never considered as a permanent employee!!! and the amazing thing of all - People actually listened to him!!! I cant believe this!!!!

Now it was the turn of one of my collegues who had retired by the time i joined "well, the problem is his attitude.. he takes things lightly... he does not take responsibility"..well done buddy!!! this same guy was one who was never able to finish his task regularly at his time!!! still, people listened to him!!! this is bad? Wait, the worst was to come.......

Mr Le-Jan Chalu-wala was next... "This boy was born when Sagitarrius was in the cycle of Leo, which has resulted in Mercury and Mars influencing his concentration... he should resign from his job... else he will be kicked out"...I went mad when i read this!!! how come Mr watever stars are always in order and ppl like me have screwd up stars???? Again people believed him...and lo- my friends asked me to perform pujas!!!!

Next in line - "u shud add an extra "E" in your name... this will add up to the magic number of 9..then u will regain your lost concentration...." Dude, does he ever know wat pain its is to change ur passport in India??? Change my name!!! Again, people lapped up wat he said...so did my frens....

Next - "you should not wear red colour clothes etc, etc, etc...." & "you should fast on this day" & etc etc etc..... lots of people listened!!!

Unfortunately, for all doomsday prophecies , i disappointed them... next day at work, i finished a very difficult project..... SUCCESSFULLY!!!

Expert - "the unique nature of his working implement was responsible... u should see how he finishes things in a flourish.."
Ex-collegue - "i always knew he would bounce back... he is such a great person"
Ex-retired-collegues - "he has tha wonderful attitude"
Mr Le-Jan Chalu-Wala - "Presently Aires is in cycle of Libra, so Jupiter and Saturn are having a positive effect"
Numerologist - "his family name adds up to 7, hich is equal to his Birth day... this will ensure that he has everlasting success"
Others - "he will be succesfull if he wears maroon"/"success will never leave him if he eats veg on this day"...hahahahaha... amazing things... people still listened to them!!!

In this mad mad world, i realised this simple thing "when u are down, people try to stand on ur fallen body to make themselves heard... when your are up and high, these same people will try to sit on your shoulder to make themselves seen!!!" hahahahahaha Aamzing palce is this world... and amazing are its people....

By the way, did i tell you who i am ... Oh!! sorry... My name is Sachin Tendulkar and my job is playing cricket for India....