Hmmm...I realise I have missed writing on the blog quite a bit. Seems like ages since I wrote last. LJ, thanks for your comments.
I have been eating like a pig, feasting on salads and fruits as the doctor told me I have really low sugar. He also mentioned that stress is taking me to the edge of a breakdown. Whoa! I told myself, "Steady there girl, stop thinking so much." And that is what I have been trying to do in the last week. Working hard, preparing for my coming holiday in France and just chilling out, doing nothing special.
Let me tell you about the holidays in France. I plan to leave on the 28th by the night train from Bremen and to reach Paris in the morning of the 29th. I shall browse about the city a bit and in the afternoon, catch a train (TGV) to Lyon where I shall meet my friend O. It should be interesting to find out how that goes! Its another story with him as well which I will mention later on. Moving from there, if my budget permits me, I shall travel to Marseille and then on to Madrid to meet my friend D at and attend the happiest event of his life. From there, back to Bremen and back to work on the 8-9th of August. So I hope to have a ball in that time and get rid of all the stress.
Hmmm..I have been thinking about and smiling at how things change in relationships. Last when I met O was in India, in 2004. He had been working with an NGO as a trainee, on social issues that plague India. I met him at one of these AIESEC parties but we didnt talk much then. We met twice after that, on friendly basis. But then came the business proposition.
I needed a French translator for the company that I had been working with, at that point of time. I offered the task to O and knowing what was going on inside the company, I asked him to quote more than normal. He misunderstood. He thought, I was asking for a share. He was outraged. A person working with the company, asking for a share from me? Surely she is unloyal. He immediately told the HR head of the company who in turn told the CEO.
Now, if you know the companies in India, especially small and private ones, you will realise that no one trusts each other because everyone is out to make profit. I knew the profit level they would have had O quoted the normal share which was ridiculous. They could have indeed given more and still earned that profit. I was trying to do him a favour and it backfired on me. I was shocked to be told that the company believed the accusation that had been hurled at me( and this when I had been working with them for 3 years, sincerely and got them good results from each of my work!) and wanted me to take the next step. Either write an apology letter or quit. Ha! Apology letter? That would mean I actually had committed the deed !! NO way. Which left only one option. I quit. So I did and proudly.
The company that doesnt trust its sincere employees is no place for me. I knew the tactics they applied while getting business and none were ethical. That led me to thinking, why work with any other company? Why not work by myself? And that in turn, started me with my Consulting business. Today, the company that accused me actually comes up and asks me if I have any work for them.
Anyway, back to O. Initially, I was really angry. How dare he? He made me lose my job!! I shall kill the bugger! Of course, when one is angry, one hardly thinks at all, forget rationality. It was after a month or so when I calmed down that I became mischevious. I decided to make him pay lightly for what he made me suffer. I would message him and ask him how he was, you know..sweet messages. Nothing bad at all. The impression and the misunderstanding still not cleared, I knew he would hate my messages but manners would dictate him to reply back and he would do so with great annoyance. That was what I wanted...to annoy him, cause little inconvenience.
Anyway, we met online last year again and cleared up the misunderstanding where he apologised and I accepted his apology. Since then, we have been better acquaintances and now I think, I should see him in person to see if we can be better friends. Good idea, eh? In a way, I am thankful to him. Had I not resigned from that job, I would not be what I am today.
Uh oh..time to go back to work. See you later.
