Back to college :))

last week we had an external training at office.
and thanks to one of the profs, i (or rather 'we' the whole group) were taken back to our college/ school days.
most of us gave up after struggling for a while to concentrate and grasp at least an ounce of what the poor prof was trying to explain. the presentation style was extremely boring, with the prof reading out practically every number written in the long formulae on the slides in front of us. and as if reading them once was not enough, he read some of them twice or even thrice

A = B * C...........and.......A = B * C.....so......A = B * C
(and i struggled to keep the words "once more once more" from exitting my mouth :)) )

i decided that if i was to stay awake and sit thru the entire class, i had to find myself something else to do than listening to the prof. so after spending some time doodling and ruining some pages of my notepad in the process, i took up the timepass of looking around the traning room to try and gauge the reactions and state of mind of my colleagues.

leaving out one or two (who maybe had a few kilos of patience more than the general lot), everyone had given up.expressions ranged from troubled to mute to sullen to mischievous smiles to one of two people actually catching up on their sleep !!! (and occasionally waking up to shake their head in acknowledgement of what they obviously hadn't heard)

i was finding it hard to keep from bursting into a laugh. my notepad had now turned into a "chat pat" and me and my colleage were busy scribbling our thoughts on it.

when i was almost on the brink of moving out of the conf room for a water break (with no plans to return) the prof finally spoke the golden words we all were dying to hear ----- I believe I have come to an end (well, what the heck was that supposed to mean lol), and all of us escaped from the training room (almost like school kids rushing out at the sound of the lunch break bell)

She Walks...

Found this while browsing the net....it is amazing how you sometimes find your own feelings mirrored in a stranger's words

She Walks
......by Jeffrey Carter

She walks along this lonely street
no one to dry her tears
massage her tired feet
or calm ever present fears

Seeing life through tainted heart
making everything gray
Alone, her life, anew to start
Always searching for a way

But life goes on no matter what
That fact she cannot quell
Memories ne'er to be forgot
Within her heart they dwell

So she keeps walking this lonely street
Keeps searching to find her way
Every night she lies down to sleep
And prays tomorrow's a better day