Locomente saying Logamente...!!!!!

Well...
I always wanted to make a blog of my own.
I started once long before and gave up as I didn't like its name.
Recently too, I gave up because the blog name was not interesting enough.

later, I decided to think hard and come out with an unusual and unique one...
A name that would describe me and also suit the posts which would follow...

being a person who is always eager to learn and know more languages, I wanted the blog name not to be another English word.

Such thoughts made myself say that I am a crazy mind with such crazy and weird thoughts!!!
And Eureka...
I found the suitable name!!!

Though I wanted something Hindustani...
I ended up with....
LOCOMENTE - A mix of French and Spanish word respectively- which means Crazy Mind!!!

Thus, I staretd blogging...
As a part of blog promotion activities... I sent messages to my friends asking them to go throgh it.
Most if them did not dare to pronounce it. They waited until I pronounced myself.

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/pronunciation/british/loco
http://www.vocabulix.com/pronunciation/mente.html

But the, there was this lovely lady...
(because she would beat me to death I am not going to disclose her name)
who came to me and asked why i used "Co" instead of "Go"

i.e. why Locomente and not Logamente!!!

Being a malayalee that we are, Logamente means the "World is mine"
She even appreciated me for selecting such a name...
She further said that it is a very thoughtful one.
Blog is a vey private place - A space in the World of web where we can post anything that comes to our mind!!!

There were a bunch of other friends too...
We could not control further...
We went into a laughing fit...

What a devil 's workshop her mind is...
I cant ask for a better knowledgeable friend than her...

She gave a very deep insight...
She made me feel all Hindustani...
She evoked patriotism...

Its nice to see how differently mind works...
And thank you my friend...
(Now I think she would beat me to death that I didn'ty disclose her name!!!)

Thus...
My blog's name became Locomente saying Logamente...!!!!!

Yes... I'll miss Office!!!!

PART - 1

The birds will be chirping...
Cool breeze will be swaying...
The Sun will be slowly popping out...

Ladies will be cleaning the courtyard...
And the broom will be scratching the floor ferociously...
Bajans will be on full volume at temples...

The mixie will be yelling...
The cooker will be whistling ...

And... the Alarm would go on

Oh yeah...
I do hear all this...
From the chirping of the birds to the alarm...

But...
I end up snoozing the alarm!!!
(How I would wish that I could put the others to the silent mode too!!!)

But...
Whats the point...
I cant sleep forever...
I have office to attend...

So...
I wake up reluctantly...
Brush... Bathe...

And then...
Get confused on which dress to wear...
And then... the endless search for matching ear ring... Watch and bangle...
(Thank God... Office tiles are slippery. Else... The search would have applied to slippers too!!!)

Then...
I would swallow food...
And ride (Or rather fly) my scooter as fast as  possible...
With the intention and desire to reach office on time...

But Alas!!!
As always...
I will be at least 10 minutes late..

My Principal would glare at me.
Earlier he used to advice to reach on time...
Then he scolded.
Now, he has given up...

Oh My God....
I'll miss Office!!!!

PART - 2

Sometimes...
There will be no work...
And there will be free systems...

Sometimes...
The work in hand would be too much to handle...
Yet there will not be any systems...

All the time...
The constant stares of our Principal will be felt...

The anxiety on his presence...
And the excitement in his absence...

The apparent blunders...
And the hidden mistakes...
Both will fall in the eyes of Principal...

He would laugh
(An evil laughter or a teasing one??)
And say, "Your age is my experience"!!!

What else can I do??
I simple admire him...
The admiration towards him would outshine the embarrassment caused by the mistake!!!

But, Sometimes...
he may be in foul mood...
he would scream like anything...
he would end up saying, "My foot yaar!!!"
And all of us (Almost two dozen of us) would start sweating endlessly.

Oh no...
The thought of not seeing his mood swings...
His yells and shrills...

The thought of not seeing his salt and pepper hair...
The glares and stares...
The advice...

Oh My God....
I'll miss Office!!!!

PART - 3

I am going to miss him say, "You are at the verge of signing the audit report"
I will miss him more as I will never get to hear him say, "Don't be so casual"

I will miss the lectures on "Officer's quality"
The story of "Golden Cage"
(That is... "Articleship is like a golden oppotunity to do mistakes and yet avoid facing the consequences; Because, the Principal will always be there to protect... guide and correct you. Yet... Its a cage - A golden Cage!!!")

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And the "Parrot Story"
There were parrots kept for sales...
The sales price for each was Rs.100/-
But, only one cost Rs.10,000/-

All the parrots worked hard...
But the Rs.10,000/- parrot sat idle

The Buyer asked why the active parrots cost less than the parrot sitting idle...
And the parrot answered that it is the Boss for all the other parrots...
And that it is paid higher for supervising others!!!!!

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I will also be missing the way he says, "Hello"

And the way he says, "Nokkuppa!!!"

I am going to miss my Principal...

He is the one who injected confidence...

he made me independent...

He made me more responsible...

I may not have been appreciated enough...

But...

I am happy that he is my Principal...

That I cleared CA-Final during articleship...and made him feel proud!!!

Oh My God....
I'll miss Office!!!!

PART - 4

I will be missing my friends...

The poor jokes and the innovative ways with which we pull each others legs...

The never ending lunch...

The gossips and laughter...

The feeling of togetherness....

The naughtiness when sir leaves office

And the common fear when he gets in...

I am going to miss them a lot...

Who will comment on my dresses...

My ear rings??

Who will tease and who will stand by me on hardships...

Who will ensure that they all take lunch at 1pm...
And compel them to leave office as soon as the clock hit 5:15pm!!!

I have studied...

The Consensus Ad Idem

The Espirit De Corps

But...

It was my office who made me practically understand its meanings...

To whom will I say, "Poor Performance. Utterly disappointed"??

Whom will I call as "Mandodhari" or "Kraathaga"??

Oh My God....
I'll miss Office!!!!

PART - 5


I know her from college days...
But, the days at office has strengthen our relationship more...

Most of the time...
She has been the only motivation to go to office...

We have done almost everything there...
From serious work to pranks to anthankshari to....
(The list is endless!!!)

I am going to miss her...
She is more a habit now...
A twin....
My girlfriend...My best friend...

I will be missing our enthusiasm while planning the similar dress and accessories...
I may be meeting her...
I may be talking to her...

But, the fun we had and the time spent at office is memorable...
Both sweet and bitter ones...

I am going to miss our hang out at the Chat shop near to our office...
The never ending shopping after office hours...

Oh My God....
I'll miss Office!!!!

PART - 6


Finally...

The eternal wait for the clock to strike 5pm!!
The gush of happiness at the thought of leaving office and going home...

The sense of freedom while climbing down the stairs...
And the divine pleasure while breathing the fresh air....

Oh My God....
I'll miss Office!!!!

Locomente

Oh My God....
I'll miss Office!!!!

I am going to miss the laziness...
The reluctance...

My office...
My Principal...
Those two staffs....

My peers - My friends...
The fear...
The anxiety...

The excitement...
Gossips...
Poor jokes (We call "Chali")

The luncheons...

The audit reports...
ITRs...
Audits...
Replies to Intimations...
The Project Reports...

Oh My God....
I'll miss Office!!!!

It may be a new beginning...
But it is also an end to memorable days...

I have been there for about 921 days (approximately)
Its been 3.5 years now...
Its not easy to bid adieu...

But they say, "Life moves on"
And I feel like saying, "I don't want life to move on"

I am used to my routine life...
And i am fine with it...

But yes...
That's life...

As far as my office is concerned...
I am just another article assistanet...

But, for me... It is special...

It is the place from where I became the Chartered Accountant that I am today...
It is the place from where I became the Post Graduate that I am today...
It is the place from where I have learnt the basic and advance Auditing..
It is the place from where I got my first pay cheque...

It is one place which i can never forget!!


Oh My God....
I'll miss Office!!!!

Am I That Bad???!!!

I err...
I cry...
I shout...
I Yell...
I pity...
I laugh...




But...
Am I that bad???!!!

I may go mad at people...
But... That is not because I don't like them...
Its just a way of expressing my thoughts and opinions...



But...

Am I that bad???!!!

Sometimes...
People do hurt me...
They make me cry...
And at times...
I may hurt people...
And make them cry...!!!
That is life...




But...
Am I that bad???!!!

I feel hard to start conversations...
And harder to end one...
I am not good at building relationships...
Neither am I good at breaking one...
I am so detached...
Yet...
I hate to say Good byes...




But...
Am I that bad???!!!

I say I am a born loner...
And that I love being alone...
Still... I love to be surrounded with loved ones...
I Love to talk endlessly...
And just enjoy life!!!
Though...
I never show that off...




But...
Am I that bad???!!!




I gossip...
I empathise...
I am intuitive...
I love to lead...
Did you notice???
Its always I... I... I...
Or...

Me and Myself


But...
Am I that bad???!!!

Well....
I am just a human...
Normal...
Emotional...
Sentimental...




But...

Am I that bad???!!!

Nostalgic

Myself and my friend/colleague had to go out to a Company in order to discuss our auditors' report with the management. It was planned in haste and we rushed to reach there on time.

While leaving, my friend did ask if I've money or if we should get that from office. I said already have some office money; so need to ask further.

Thus, we caught an auto to bus stop. Then, a bus to the Company. Later, we walked a few kilometers to reach the Company. None of them seemed tiring because I was with my Best Friend and its always fun to be together.

We talked.
We gossiped.
We became nostalgic.
We also discussed life after the completion of CA training which we are undergoing right now.

Our work got over pretty soon there.
So, we decided to leave by bus.
To our surprise, bus came early too.

We got in and started our next session of gossip and talks.
The conductor came seeking ticket money.

Myself being the cashier-in-charge, opened the bag.
Only Rs.10/- out of the office money was in hand.

And...
OOOPPPPSSSS!!!

I had forgotten the purse in another bag at office!!!

We felt so unsure and panicked.
However, as a part of disaster management, we bought ticket for Rs.10/-.

Called office for vehicle.
But, it had gone out to pick someone else.
We could neither wait as we were already half the way.

Suddenly remembered that another friend/colleague was at another Company.
THANK GOD!!!

We walked to that Company from the bus stop.
Met him and got Rs.100/-

How rich we felt that moment.
And how helpless we felt before that.

We had sarbath...
Caught Bus...
Continued with the talks...
Gossips...
And ended up being nostalgic too.

Hey...

We also giggled and felt sad that all these official outings will be over soon...
Only 9 more days to be precise.

We would not be colleagues anymore.
We would be friends. Only friends.

We may not meet each other everyday.
We may not spend almost 8-10 hours a day together.


Our lives is going to change a lot.
And...
I am not mentally prepared for that.
She says she is!!
But, I am finding hard to believe her.

How easily the 3.5 years passed.
Its unbelievable!!!

We are friends for 7.5 years!!!
And how much more easily it passed...

Life moves on...
Yet...
Such memories never fade.

Its fine to be alone...

Self love is the best love....

The only person who is going to be with you forever is yourself...

Self love is the selfless love...

Loneliness can take you to places...

It lets you think...

Lets you understand yourself and the world better...

It washes away the corrupted thoughts...

Because you are alone...

You don't feel hatred...

Vengeance...

Annoyance...

Sadness...

You may not be required to taste tears...

Life is too short to waste time in growing up...

You can be yourself with yourself...

You will not be compelled to impress others or please others rather...

I am happy with myself..

I am happy that I am back to myself...

I was lost for sometime...

I was fooling my heart around...

I thought I am having the World with me...

I was busy running behind the World...

Chasing people who never cared about me...

And...

Running towards unknown...

Finally...

I am back to myself...

The warmth I feel in embracing myself is magnanimous....

Wow...

I am feeling the joy of a kid...

Innocence of a kid...

I am feeling untouched by the flames of betrayal...

Sadness and the bitter taste of tears...

 

I am feeling like a feather...

Weightless..

Happy flying around...

And...

I hear this Locomente whisper to itself, "Hey, did i tell you?? I love you loads!!!"

Memoirs of Kalpathy Theru - 2011

This page is dedicated to all those who have missed the Kalpathy Theru this year...
And those who have never seen it...

Also for those who have been here so that they can revive their memories and get nostalgic!!!


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