Old friends and lunch

Squeezed some time off for a delightful lunch with a former colleague and two of my “current” colleagues. Life has been so bloody busy lately that i cannot even take time to pluck my thoughts and preserve them for posterity. So my poor thoughts ripen and fall without me taking no note of them. Sigh. Anyway, we went to this new place (at least new to me cause i have never been there before) and we had a swell time. We were laughing so hard that the other diners were staring at us.

The training is over (thank god) but the workload has multiplied. i have to oversee the deliverables – nag kids to buck up and work, review answers, code etc etc. On top of that, we had our half yearly appraisal and we had to sit down with the juniors and grade them. But, strangely, i have not yet blown my top. Oh yes, sometimes i am sarcastic, especially when dealing with kids who repeat the same mistake again and again. Maybe the root of the problem is that the juniors think that they can get away with murder just because it is such a cool project. You know, where everyone is on friendly terms – more like a college atmosphere. But you have to draw the line somewhere. There is a time for work and a time for play. And i am drumming that into their heads. i have realized that i am a hard task mistress. The kids are kinda scared of me (imagine, they are like double my size!) because i have a sharp tongue and a sharper mind (couldn’t resist that!).