Dilemma

Dilemma. I am not about to write anything philosophical, its just a small mention about two trivial dilemmas that I face everyday.

Dilemma # 1. Ever travelled by bus in Delhi? I have. And, this thing that I travel in can't really be classified as a bus. People in Delhi call it an RTV, an acronym for Road Transport Vehicle. A typical RTV is about a half and five ft tall from floor to ceiling and has the capacity to seat 15 people and a standing capacity of,going by what the driver and conductor think, at least a 100 people. I take one of these every morning to get to my office. Ordinarily, any individual would prefer a bus (or an RTV) which is less than half loaded to capacity (only in seating terms please!) but, I really don't know what to wish for every morning when I am at the bus stop. A bus half-full would mean that it will take twice the time at every bus stop and also mid-way, hoping - not always against hope - that some lost soul would apparate out of nowhere (and prove the driver and conductor right). So, in stead, at times, I find myself hoping - again not always against hope - that the next RTV coming down the road will be so full that I find myself crushed inside, hoping - always^100 against hope - it will be pretty girls pressed all around me. Therein lies my dilemma - ordinary I know, but, i mentioned that right at the beginning.

Dilemma # 2: Do you like work? Okay, let me put it differently - Is it your dream to do nothing and make (possibly, a lot of) money? So is mine! And here I am, earning 15k a month (I know that can't be classified as "a lot" by any standards, but, c'mon, I'm just an intern!) for doing nothing, and repenting it. At times, I wish, someone would just pay me half the amount and make me work twice as much - technically, twice as much will still be zero but, lets not get into the nitty gritties of mathematics and read it as a Blog please. But, less than half an hour later, I start feeling good about living a laid back life. And again, less than fifteen minutes later, the former starts creeping in. So, I am stuck! Work or no work? I dunno!

Why Blog?

3 months of internship at Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) has given me ample reasons to start Blogging. I was never an ardent Blogger. I wrote a few posts only in the hope that somebody would read them and reply. But alas! That was not to be. Anyways, to start with, PB has taught me the importance of expression. What is more important than thought is to be able to communicate the thought expressly. Before I joined PB, I was under the impression that I wrote well. Now, I'm sure I can't! So, that's reason number one - I need to learn how to write!

Reason number two is a more subtle one but, when given a thought, is probably the most important. The immense amount of data-entry (yeah! That's what PB makes me do.) has increased my typing-speed many fold which means I can now type close to twenty words a minute implying that a normal Blog of 400 words won't take me more than twenty minutes. So much for 4 years at BITS and two years of slogging before that - an internship that teaches you typing and pays you 15k for that!

Reason number three: My Brain! It keeps thinking and thinking these days, whenever I'm not at office. May be 'coz it gets over-rested these days. 7 hours of sleep + 10 hours of office. So naturally, it has to do that extra 10 hours of thinking in the remaining 7. I thought it was a good idea to pen down my thoughts whenver they come. But, to pen down anything, you need two things, pen and paper - both are scarce resources - so, here's the easy way. No pen, no paper and no need to remember where the diary is - Start Blogging!

So, here I am, Blogging. Just one thing before my next post - is it Blogging or blogging?