we have been playing this prank for last three years ...
wat i didnt knew was that french hold an expertise over all in the field .
just 15 min ago ...we all heard a beep ..and then an alarm...fire alarm.It was interesting to feel fire around you ...creating panic ..;and making you run.Run ...u better do coz everyone here was runnig to the nearest fire exist door ...
i was reminded to take my passport ..money ..phones ..;gadgets and all along .I did.then followed the crowd to the fire exit( wich i was shown on the frist day and i never wished to use !!).some how it all sounded very funny ..and coudnt help myself blush ....
this was where i was caught by an aunty in the next block ...she knew me and asked with all her sincerity...." why are you smiling ...its a fire alarm!! .." (i knew she was serious and worried)
precisely...i thought. and then i laughed ...i had to ...
you had to see her face ....seing me laugh .she wd have fainted then and there ...she had to...but she didnt.
i escaped from there... to my friend , where we found it was all an excersise!!
funny ...very funny ..they call it french humor
Thursday, May 30, 2002
ummm ... lets talk food ...
hi guys !!
i hope you missed me in you inboxes coz i m missing you all here ...
past few days have been really hectic ...i have finally started ..wat we call as bullshitting .You can see that i have done my preliminary work and devised an algo to work and have now started coding ...its a lot to ask if you dont have office 2000(prety shamefull for renault)
neways ...its long that i have evaded the questionof wat is the food like ...
to tell you frankly ...i hate it and i love it .I have my breakfast made in the hostel and lunch at TC which leaves me little or no insentive to toil for a decent dinner .
breakfast as you wd know is sweet in france ..which means bread jam ..sweet eggs (a speciality of my hostel )..chocolat!! and curd ..sweet ofcourse
the lunches are more exquisite and exotic...not to mention i eat in one of those 8 wonderful reasturants everyday .i have already tried all types of food from all the corners of france and europe . saying this ...meat is as integral part of food here as salt in India ..;so i have already tried all types of sea food and animal food possibly existing here.
once home ...i complete my day with a less exquisite and more sober bread and butter and eggs dinner.
on weekends ..i m with monsieur pathak who is an expert and makes full use of extensive cookery gadgets provided in his hostel...and i enjoy the food (this mail is not going to pathak !!!)
To add a few more facts ...i am now in possesion of a wonderfull MP3 player and enjoy bryan adams in french as much as michel jackson in english .
I have started with fountainhead ..ayn rand ...to which Kim had to say that i had all the paris to my self and i chose a small fountain head ...i hope she realises.
i think i was a fool to delay it for so long ..neways ...a must for all of you(take that bugs !!)
and yes ...i have lost my bet kaps ...martina hingis is not playing this yr at RG so i cdnt do wat i intended to ...alas !! :-((
meet you guys later with more on bikes , Nissan and weather !!!...and yes STAR WARS ....
ashish
Only if you could read between the lines...
Only if you could read between the lines...
Only if you could read between the lines...
i hope you missed me in you inboxes coz i m missing you all here ...
past few days have been really hectic ...i have finally started ..wat we call as bullshitting .You can see that i have done my preliminary work and devised an algo to work and have now started coding ...its a lot to ask if you dont have office 2000(prety shamefull for renault)
neways ...its long that i have evaded the questionof wat is the food like ...
to tell you frankly ...i hate it and i love it .I have my breakfast made in the hostel and lunch at TC which leaves me little or no insentive to toil for a decent dinner .
breakfast as you wd know is sweet in france ..which means bread jam ..sweet eggs (a speciality of my hostel )..chocolat!! and curd ..sweet ofcourse
the lunches are more exquisite and exotic...not to mention i eat in one of those 8 wonderful reasturants everyday .i have already tried all types of food from all the corners of france and europe . saying this ...meat is as integral part of food here as salt in India ..;so i have already tried all types of sea food and animal food possibly existing here.
once home ...i complete my day with a less exquisite and more sober bread and butter and eggs dinner.
on weekends ..i m with monsieur pathak who is an expert and makes full use of extensive cookery gadgets provided in his hostel...and i enjoy the food (this mail is not going to pathak !!!)
To add a few more facts ...i am now in possesion of a wonderfull MP3 player and enjoy bryan adams in french as much as michel jackson in english .
I have started with fountainhead ..ayn rand ...to which Kim had to say that i had all the paris to my self and i chose a small fountain head ...i hope she realises.
i think i was a fool to delay it for so long ..neways ...a must for all of you(take that bugs !!)
and yes ...i have lost my bet kaps ...martina hingis is not playing this yr at RG so i cdnt do wat i intended to ...alas !! :-((
meet you guys later with more on bikes , Nissan and weather !!!...and yes STAR WARS ....
ashish
Only if you could read between the lines...
Only if you could read between the lines...
Only if you could read between the lines...
Tuesday, May 28, 2002
bon !!
sorry guys ..!!
no mails for long ...i know ...its very hard to resist .
but nothing much happening here except lots of files and presentations...Kim is back and so r my senses !!
i had a lovely weekend (:-D)....started on with fountainhead ...its lovely to read a book when its raining all the day ...and have lots of coffee and snacks ....calm and soothing !!
well lots of thing to be told ...
conclusion of the "le voyage espagnol" ...weather here... food!!...bikes ...gadgets...NISSAN...STAR WARS !!...and a small review on sandor ...
will get to you with all this soon ...
( btw am in my fourth week here and really ...it looks like i have just come...so many things to do ??)
ashish
no mails for long ...i know ...its very hard to resist .
but nothing much happening here except lots of files and presentations...Kim is back and so r my senses !!
i had a lovely weekend (:-D)....started on with fountainhead ...its lovely to read a book when its raining all the day ...and have lots of coffee and snacks ....calm and soothing !!
well lots of thing to be told ...
conclusion of the "le voyage espagnol" ...weather here... food!!...bikes ...gadgets...NISSAN...STAR WARS !!...and a small review on sandor ...
will get to you with all this soon ...
( btw am in my fourth week here and really ...it looks like i have just come...so many things to do ??)
ashish
i hope i was in spain !!
hi guys ....
i m back to my senses and a bit more relaxed ...so
its diary time again....
At times i envy kapoor for enjoying his life in spain ...though he not telling anyone ( read everyone for me )...but i know there is a wealth of opportunity in spain ( and i pray for that idiot !! )
I repeatedly keep telling peopl here that spainsh arictecture is more attractive than that of paris ( and no french will except that ever !!)...the reason simply being the amount of variation in style and mode of construction.
There are a few other interesting things to note bout spain...which includes love of spainish people for their ( big !! ) dogs ( i have been told they trust dogs more than their children )....warm climate ...which has more effect on spaish people than parisians !!...lovely beaches and there extensive uses !!...the fact that musti is as omnipresent as( and at times more effluent than ) GOD himself.
there is simply no place for old people .....and the intresting fact is that they never get old ( 18 till i die types !!).Girls on average are more beautifull than french ( no comparison with indian possible ...totally different domains !!).
the Barcelona city was very nicel presented and i found it more lively than paris( people r always running for their lives coz they r machines !! ).The walking tour will be an everlasting memory ...it was one those fantasies turned realities which ( i thought ) happens only in movies ( and in present case ) in travel shows.
As for Mr pathak ...i have found the (atleast one) answer to our question ( for others ...i and pathak when roaming around those beautiful and grand showroms of paris were mystified by the fact that while the shops( by pais standards ) r filled with exotic clothings and lively manequins but ...WHERE ARE THE GIRLS !!В°.... who get dressed or buy these lovely things ..)
the answer as evident is SPAIN !!
Well another example of french coolness and spainish(concernlessness should i say )...i lost my return ticket ( 60ВЈ!!)when i was madly searching for kapoor in this !! land ....the logical solution wd be i shd get a copy of my ticket with some charges ...but they simply told me to get a new one ( myheart sank...60ВЈ!! )...
the sol was less costly ..trusting on the french..i went to the french border by a spainish train and told the SNCF(frech equivalent of IR) guy bout my prob...though it was in french ..i made out that i dont need the tickect nemore ..( u can always trust frenchies in need !!)
since morning i have been hoping ...wat has now become my signature for this mail accout
_______________________________________________________________________
Just hope that you could read between the lines...
ashish
В° : trademark question
i m back to my senses and a bit more relaxed ...so
its diary time again....
At times i envy kapoor for enjoying his life in spain ...though he not telling anyone ( read everyone for me )...but i know there is a wealth of opportunity in spain ( and i pray for that idiot !! )
I repeatedly keep telling peopl here that spainsh arictecture is more attractive than that of paris ( and no french will except that ever !!)...the reason simply being the amount of variation in style and mode of construction.
There are a few other interesting things to note bout spain...which includes love of spainish people for their ( big !! ) dogs ( i have been told they trust dogs more than their children )....warm climate ...which has more effect on spaish people than parisians !!...lovely beaches and there extensive uses !!...the fact that musti is as omnipresent as( and at times more effluent than ) GOD himself.
there is simply no place for old people .....and the intresting fact is that they never get old ( 18 till i die types !!).Girls on average are more beautifull than french ( no comparison with indian possible ...totally different domains !!).
the Barcelona city was very nicel presented and i found it more lively than paris( people r always running for their lives coz they r machines !! ).The walking tour will be an everlasting memory ...it was one those fantasies turned realities which ( i thought ) happens only in movies ( and in present case ) in travel shows.
As for Mr pathak ...i have found the (atleast one) answer to our question ( for others ...i and pathak when roaming around those beautiful and grand showroms of paris were mystified by the fact that while the shops( by pais standards ) r filled with exotic clothings and lively manequins but ...WHERE ARE THE GIRLS !!В°.... who get dressed or buy these lovely things ..)
the answer as evident is SPAIN !!
Well another example of french coolness and spainish(concernlessness should i say )...i lost my return ticket ( 60ВЈ!!)when i was madly searching for kapoor in this !! land ....the logical solution wd be i shd get a copy of my ticket with some charges ...but they simply told me to get a new one ( myheart sank...60ВЈ!! )...
the sol was less costly ..trusting on the french..i went to the french border by a spainish train and told the SNCF(frech equivalent of IR) guy bout my prob...though it was in french ..i made out that i dont need the tickect nemore ..( u can always trust frenchies in need !!)
since morning i have been hoping ...wat has now become my signature for this mail accout
_______________________________________________________________________
Just hope that you could read between the lines...
ashish
В° : trademark question
Monday, May 27, 2002
game/set/match ...or COINCIDENCE
well....
A lot of queries for the sat party….
Here is a snap of it …
Any furthur queries will automatically be dumped with a no comments tag.
The party was placed in Chris's apartment which is in the northern part of paris .some of You already know the rules for the party.,for the rest …
1. bring a photographs of a part of ur body ..
2. get ur own drinks ( no soft drinks allowed
3. no exception to the rule 1 &2
to gather some importance and to avoide the initial slow part of the party i reached there an hour late only to find myself just an hour earlier ..as the crowd started to build up .. …chris's apartment shrinked in size …
one fact which i was made torealize was that i was one of the few who cd speak english and the other that i was the youngest there ( my nearest competitior fell short by 7 yrs )
with some nice music providing the ambience the evening proved to be a slow starter ending in a roaring nite ( witha slightly diff kinda music)…i found myself to be raged by a lot of queries about subjects ranging from indo pak blah blah to my existing gf (which u all know …never existed ! !).Most of these people were working for renault and if not renault then neother big company…i met workers ranging from inters to marketting directors who when drunk gave me woder full advices .
the photo was used to identify ur parter with whomm u ll play a truth and dare game …which was pretty sober even by indian standards…..with an unusual photo( i still have it ! !) and a T & D chit in my hand ( written in french ofcourse) i set out to explore ..my luck.I found her in a corner and the chit was useless when we found niether of us knew french .she was swedish and pretty decent ( 7.9 or 8.1…for the uninitiated ..u better not know )and a tourist just like me ( perfect ! !)Chris cam to rescue when he deciphered the chit for us which was like..*
TRUTH : define ur dream date
DARE : kiss the shpoulder of ur partner …
And the deal was either she will tell me the truth and i do the dare or i tell the truth and let her do the dare
She decided to tell the truth
The party continued as people found their partners and did thier ( foolish not exciting ) dares ! ! !
And as with all parties …when people got bored with the things in hand ..the party ends
It was 3 in the morning and i was droped back by some one who i dont even care to know the name and all
…..thats all i had for u
take care
ASHISH
A lot of queries for the sat party….
Here is a snap of it …
Any furthur queries will automatically be dumped with a no comments tag.
The party was placed in Chris's apartment which is in the northern part of paris .some of You already know the rules for the party.,for the rest …
1. bring a photographs of a part of ur body ..
2. get ur own drinks ( no soft drinks allowed
3. no exception to the rule 1 &2
to gather some importance and to avoide the initial slow part of the party i reached there an hour late only to find myself just an hour earlier ..as the crowd started to build up .. …chris's apartment shrinked in size …
one fact which i was made torealize was that i was one of the few who cd speak english and the other that i was the youngest there ( my nearest competitior fell short by 7 yrs )
with some nice music providing the ambience the evening proved to be a slow starter ending in a roaring nite ( witha slightly diff kinda music)…i found myself to be raged by a lot of queries about subjects ranging from indo pak blah blah to my existing gf (which u all know …never existed ! !).Most of these people were working for renault and if not renault then neother big company…i met workers ranging from inters to marketting directors who when drunk gave me woder full advices .
the photo was used to identify ur parter with whomm u ll play a truth and dare game …which was pretty sober even by indian standards…..with an unusual photo( i still have it ! !) and a T & D chit in my hand ( written in french ofcourse) i set out to explore ..my luck.I found her in a corner and the chit was useless when we found niether of us knew french .she was swedish and pretty decent ( 7.9 or 8.1…for the uninitiated ..u better not know )and a tourist just like me ( perfect ! !)Chris cam to rescue when he deciphered the chit for us which was like..*
TRUTH : define ur dream date
DARE : kiss the shpoulder of ur partner …
And the deal was either she will tell me the truth and i do the dare or i tell the truth and let her do the dare
She decided to tell the truth
The party continued as people found their partners and did thier ( foolish not exciting ) dares ! ! !
And as with all parties …when people got bored with the things in hand ..the party ends
It was 3 in the morning and i was droped back by some one who i dont even care to know the name and all
…..thats all i had for u
take care
ASHISH
Friday, May 24, 2002
Barcelona on foot ...
sorry guys !!
i left you in the middle of an exciting story(atleast for me !!)
(( recap : available on recquest !!))
well ...since we had enjoyed ur sunday thoroughly ...hum ghode gadhe aur iitians ..sab bech kar so gaye .
next morning kaps had to join office and i was too move for my quest..
i planned to roam onthe streets of barcelona . my train back to paris was scheduled for 3 pm so reaching barcelona sants at 11 gave barcelona four full hours of my presence....
i hope they enjoyed as much i did ....
i started my walking tour from the temple of gaudi ....which in itself is a masterpiece ( some do count it as one of the wonders of the world)....for the uninitiated...antoni gaudi was a gem of a architecture...and hes is known for his innovative works which have made barcelona a marvellous site to look at ....
by kapoor it was ridiculous to describe barcelona as a city which u can walk through...but kapoor i ll suggest that u reconcider ....coz as i went along with my four hr walk i found some amazing piece of architecture casted in a unmatchable style ( unlike paris where repition is is highly noticible ) .
i had my lunch under the sun at a street side mcD( one of my fav past times ...to have food or drinks at tables placed out on streets ..a common practice here in europe !!) in front of gaudi' temple ...it is an amazing struture and i kept looking at it for all of my 20 min
lunch.
i found time running out of my hands ..so i moved toward the monumental de la catulnya (original parliament of catulunya region )...to arch the triuph( as u can guess ...buld to signify some vitory ..pretty much sam as the A D triumph inpais and india gate ...)
to the musee de zoologic ...to the twin towers ( spanish version ..looking over to the beaches )..
it was then i realised that i took a wrong turn i i found myself in a munirka like residencial area ...thanks to the vast sea ..i found out my way to the main street and then moved to the mirador de colom.
it was interesting to find every crossroad in barcelona to have a pillar or a monument to center it .place catalunya ( which will come soon ) M de colom arch de triumph and all r such roundabouts and all.
i even found a small killa in the centre of city which was surrounded by classical channel of water ( sans water in this case ).
then i moved to the most beautifull site of the city ...
the museum of arts of catalunya(marc) is built on a mound and looks into the city..built symmetrically ...th front covered by the water which flows down centrally ..and looking into the city u find the place catalunya and two tower placed on the road connecting it the MARC.rest cannot be described in words wait for the photographs ...
then i moved to the 92'olympic site and saw some pretty regular( olymic standard stadiums and all!!
tome was running out ...and i decided to return to the station ....
and if kapoor will follow his map ..through this route i covered most of the imp places in barcelona and also enjoyed the streets and the beaches and the culture of the city ( highly recommended to alll))
next i found my self moving to paris ..with all the memories and a desire to return ....
I ll suggest that we assemble in paris ( with serd and mogu )it will be a nice idea to go back to barcelona ...
allot has to be said and it looks am running outta time again ...and i think it will be disrespectfull if i dont add a few things about spain and spanish people ( with some interesting add ons i recieved about
Spain from my socialising club !!)
hoping to return in ur inbox ...
ashish
i left you in the middle of an exciting story(atleast for me !!)
(( recap : available on recquest !!))
well ...since we had enjoyed ur sunday thoroughly ...hum ghode gadhe aur iitians ..sab bech kar so gaye .
next morning kaps had to join office and i was too move for my quest..
i planned to roam onthe streets of barcelona . my train back to paris was scheduled for 3 pm so reaching barcelona sants at 11 gave barcelona four full hours of my presence....
i hope they enjoyed as much i did ....
i started my walking tour from the temple of gaudi ....which in itself is a masterpiece ( some do count it as one of the wonders of the world)....for the uninitiated...antoni gaudi was a gem of a architecture...and hes is known for his innovative works which have made barcelona a marvellous site to look at ....
by kapoor it was ridiculous to describe barcelona as a city which u can walk through...but kapoor i ll suggest that u reconcider ....coz as i went along with my four hr walk i found some amazing piece of architecture casted in a unmatchable style ( unlike paris where repition is is highly noticible ) .
i had my lunch under the sun at a street side mcD( one of my fav past times ...to have food or drinks at tables placed out on streets ..a common practice here in europe !!) in front of gaudi' temple ...it is an amazing struture and i kept looking at it for all of my 20 min
lunch.
i found time running out of my hands ..so i moved toward the monumental de la catulnya (original parliament of catulunya region )...to arch the triuph( as u can guess ...buld to signify some vitory ..pretty much sam as the A D triumph inpais and india gate ...)
to the musee de zoologic ...to the twin towers ( spanish version ..looking over to the beaches )..
it was then i realised that i took a wrong turn i i found myself in a munirka like residencial area ...thanks to the vast sea ..i found out my way to the main street and then moved to the mirador de colom.
it was interesting to find every crossroad in barcelona to have a pillar or a monument to center it .place catalunya ( which will come soon ) M de colom arch de triumph and all r such roundabouts and all.
i even found a small killa in the centre of city which was surrounded by classical channel of water ( sans water in this case ).
then i moved to the most beautifull site of the city ...
the museum of arts of catalunya(marc) is built on a mound and looks into the city..built symmetrically ...th front covered by the water which flows down centrally ..and looking into the city u find the place catalunya and two tower placed on the road connecting it the MARC.rest cannot be described in words wait for the photographs ...
then i moved to the 92'olympic site and saw some pretty regular( olymic standard stadiums and all!!
tome was running out ...and i decided to return to the station ....
and if kapoor will follow his map ..through this route i covered most of the imp places in barcelona and also enjoyed the streets and the beaches and the culture of the city ( highly recommended to alll))
next i found my self moving to paris ..with all the memories and a desire to return ....
I ll suggest that we assemble in paris ( with serd and mogu )it will be a nice idea to go back to barcelona ...
allot has to be said and it looks am running outta time again ...and i think it will be disrespectfull if i dont add a few things about spain and spanish people ( with some interesting add ons i recieved about
Spain from my socialising club !!)
hoping to return in ur inbox ...
ashish
Wednesday, May 22, 2002
LE VOYAGE ESPAGNOL !!
hi !!
well..this was the most happening trip i have had to ane where ...
it started with finding myself alone in spain with lo where to go ( i had lost kapoors add) and losing my ticket ..and ended with spell binding beauty opf barcelona city !!
i have to say that spain has shocked the hell outta me !!.all my presumption and assumptions about the (amazing)country had been dealt with utter severity .
Infact ...if french people enjoy thier life and have fun ....in spain THEY PARTY !!
thanks to mr kapoor ..i didnt have aadd to go when i reached barcelone ...after a desperate search for about 4 hours ..i found him in a small town called MANRESSA ( quite near barcelona !!).small it was but it had the same aroma typical spanish people and musti in the air .It was sat when we were roaming on the streets of manressa when we found that wat party means for us is only an appetizer for spain.
spainish towns have a tradition of having a town centre and an attached RAMBLA ....a street with bars and cafes ..near the centre of the city.it looked like the whole town was out by 7 pm (it was deserted at 4 pm when i came searching for kaps ...think about u searching for somebody and reaching a town with haunted ...big churches ..tolling bells ...and no one to speak to (even if u knew spainish) ...aaakk!!)
with full spanish galore we enjoyed the street cabre ( which u cant even dream to see inside bars in paris )...beautifull crowd and music all around ...it was toital musti in the air ...After enjoying our quota of it all we strolled around the streets and retired to ur beds after a very ful filling session of BC ( which we both missed so much !!)
we had an idea but wat we have in store fro tomm ...but it surpassed all our imaginations when we found ourselves humbled by the wonderful sight of mediterranean sea !!...and ofcourse the beaches in front of us ...to tell you frankly ...the spanish people have a sligghtly different concept of nude beaches ...so we decided to enjoy the sun a little longer than expected....dressed in the same way as ideal beache mover are ...we enjoyed the cool medtt. breeze till the eveing and then we decided to move to the city ...(we had decided that we wont return to ur room but will put up a nite out on the streets of barcelona ..)
before reaching ur desired destination...we found ourselves entring a park ..which some what vaguely defined the spanish definition of party and fun.That park seemed like the centre for spanish culture , dance and music ...many groups ( i think from near by towns ) had assembled there and were playing wonderfull music ...interesting as it was ...the samba ( or watever they call it ) invariably made me start thumping and enjoying the music ...it was simply wonderful( i can still hear the music in my ears ).traditional spanish dances , music and food was all over ..musti was in the air ...
these people had a habit of making a corcle and playing there instruments and leaving the arena for movers and shakers ...
we saw the people dancing on drums ...music produced by plates and rods ;..classical tap dancing ...and god knows wat not !!
we spend around 4 hours in there and found that barcelona nite life should have nothing more to offer than wat we had already seen !!
so we decided to move back to ur lovely town manressa .....
...opps!!!its 8/12 and i ll miss the last bus back to paris ...
the adventure of ash chan and " le voyage espagnol " will return tomm
same time ...watch out ...
take care ...
ashish
in the next episode of the french diary ....
" le voyage espagnol ..part 2 ".....dont miss the excitement ...brought to u by ...your fav car RENAULT !!
well..this was the most happening trip i have had to ane where ...
it started with finding myself alone in spain with lo where to go ( i had lost kapoors add) and losing my ticket ..and ended with spell binding beauty opf barcelona city !!
i have to say that spain has shocked the hell outta me !!.all my presumption and assumptions about the (amazing)country had been dealt with utter severity .
Infact ...if french people enjoy thier life and have fun ....in spain THEY PARTY !!
thanks to mr kapoor ..i didnt have aadd to go when i reached barcelone ...after a desperate search for about 4 hours ..i found him in a small town called MANRESSA ( quite near barcelona !!).small it was but it had the same aroma typical spanish people and musti in the air .It was sat when we were roaming on the streets of manressa when we found that wat party means for us is only an appetizer for spain.
spainish towns have a tradition of having a town centre and an attached RAMBLA ....a street with bars and cafes ..near the centre of the city.it looked like the whole town was out by 7 pm (it was deserted at 4 pm when i came searching for kaps ...think about u searching for somebody and reaching a town with haunted ...big churches ..tolling bells ...and no one to speak to (even if u knew spainish) ...aaakk!!)
with full spanish galore we enjoyed the street cabre ( which u cant even dream to see inside bars in paris )...beautifull crowd and music all around ...it was toital musti in the air ...After enjoying our quota of it all we strolled around the streets and retired to ur beds after a very ful filling session of BC ( which we both missed so much !!)
we had an idea but wat we have in store fro tomm ...but it surpassed all our imaginations when we found ourselves humbled by the wonderful sight of mediterranean sea !!...and ofcourse the beaches in front of us ...to tell you frankly ...the spanish people have a sligghtly different concept of nude beaches ...so we decided to enjoy the sun a little longer than expected....dressed in the same way as ideal beache mover are ...we enjoyed the cool medtt. breeze till the eveing and then we decided to move to the city ...(we had decided that we wont return to ur room but will put up a nite out on the streets of barcelona ..)
before reaching ur desired destination...we found ourselves entring a park ..which some what vaguely defined the spanish definition of party and fun.That park seemed like the centre for spanish culture , dance and music ...many groups ( i think from near by towns ) had assembled there and were playing wonderfull music ...interesting as it was ...the samba ( or watever they call it ) invariably made me start thumping and enjoying the music ...it was simply wonderful( i can still hear the music in my ears ).traditional spanish dances , music and food was all over ..musti was in the air ...
these people had a habit of making a corcle and playing there instruments and leaving the arena for movers and shakers ...
we saw the people dancing on drums ...music produced by plates and rods ;..classical tap dancing ...and god knows wat not !!
we spend around 4 hours in there and found that barcelona nite life should have nothing more to offer than wat we had already seen !!
so we decided to move back to ur lovely town manressa .....
...opps!!!its 8/12 and i ll miss the last bus back to paris ...
the adventure of ash chan and " le voyage espagnol " will return tomm
same time ...watch out ...
take care ...
ashish
in the next episode of the french diary ....
" le voyage espagnol ..part 2 ".....dont miss the excitement ...brought to u by ...your fav car RENAULT !!
executive meeting ...
hi guys !!
i always forget to ask how r u all..never mind ...take care and have fun !!
rem i told u bout the meeting at renault headquaters !!...you can say it was my first corp.style meeting ...
the guy ...some Englisbe Ross !! .. some manager in DOI ..is an american ..
with the most strongest american that i had seen so far ...this guy told me how difficult corporate life can be ( all those budding managers take care !!)
not ready to listen or help ...he continued to tell us his (MY) SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS of the indian automotive market ..and guys believe me ...agar hum uchchaltein hein to woh hamara baap hai !!..he reported that McKinsey & comp is the biggest bullshit around and all its data acc to his (MY) VERY SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS...is all horseshit !!( and then he d calmly keep reporting from and quoting mckinsey figures as they r the only existing sourse of info on planet earth !!...typical american i as told !!)
aneways ...he has given me 30 kgs of confidential reports ( rem i have signde a confidentiallity agreement )on india ..and have been asked to come back in a week for more !!
so have to read hard this week ..( now i rem eaish telling me to improve my reading speed ...!!)
abientu ( see u )
ashish
in the next episode of the french diary ...
"le voyage espagnol"...the amazing land of musti ..in your inbox..brought to you by RENAULT !!
till then ...
i always forget to ask how r u all..never mind ...take care and have fun !!
rem i told u bout the meeting at renault headquaters !!...you can say it was my first corp.style meeting ...
the guy ...some Englisbe Ross !! .. some manager in DOI ..is an american ..
with the most strongest american that i had seen so far ...this guy told me how difficult corporate life can be ( all those budding managers take care !!)
not ready to listen or help ...he continued to tell us his (MY) SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS of the indian automotive market ..and guys believe me ...agar hum uchchaltein hein to woh hamara baap hai !!..he reported that McKinsey & comp is the biggest bullshit around and all its data acc to his (MY) VERY SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS...is all horseshit !!( and then he d calmly keep reporting from and quoting mckinsey figures as they r the only existing sourse of info on planet earth !!...typical american i as told !!)
aneways ...he has given me 30 kgs of confidential reports ( rem i have signde a confidentiallity agreement )on india ..and have been asked to come back in a week for more !!
so have to read hard this week ..( now i rem eaish telling me to improve my reading speed ...!!)
abientu ( see u )
ashish
in the next episode of the french diary ...
"le voyage espagnol"...the amazing land of musti ..in your inbox..brought to you by RENAULT !!
till then ...
Saturday, May 18, 2002
plans ...
bonjour !!
last day of first week ....or forst day of last week
its all the same...you just wanna pack your bags and roll !!!
the plans are that i ll be at kapoors place this weekend ( monday is a holl )....in spain !!!
before that i still have to recieve my first dividend for my socialising investment ...and then i have my first formal meeting at renault head qtrs in paris ...so looks like a long friday ( french standards !! )
btw ...have got my first mob yesterday ...
its a nokia 3310 and my no is
(0033) 6 17 80 22 55
so ..everybody is free to call me ne time( incoming is free in france )...given that u miss me !!
ok...then will mail u back with my firt dividend after the lunch
bye
ashish
last day of first week ....or forst day of last week
its all the same...you just wanna pack your bags and roll !!!
the plans are that i ll be at kapoors place this weekend ( monday is a holl )....in spain !!!
before that i still have to recieve my first dividend for my socialising investment ...and then i have my first formal meeting at renault head qtrs in paris ...so looks like a long friday ( french standards !! )
btw ...have got my first mob yesterday ...
its a nokia 3310 and my no is
(0033) 6 17 80 22 55
so ..everybody is free to call me ne time( incoming is free in france )...given that u miss me !!
ok...then will mail u back with my firt dividend after the lunch
bye
ashish
Friday, May 17, 2002
the french kiss ...
voilГ !!
we all have our fantasies about the FRENCH kisses ..even i had a few..
the thought of it melts the very core of your psyche ...but never in my dreams i would have thought to laugh at it when you its your first...
well it all came along with my first dividend of my socialising investments...chris invited us( wait for the definition ) at lunch today. It was in one of those expensive rest . in the TC.
US ...includes a dutch ( chris ) , an italian(vini)a romania (sandor),
a spanish girl( she was more like "mummy" ..;an engg ofcourse), a spanish hero (some jorge) and two very interesting french girls (florence and caroline ...one of which is chris's roommate ...dont ask me who !!) who laughed all the time....and ofcourse ur beloved ..ashchan
my definition of french kiss lost its ground when i saw the french girls offered their cheeks to be kissed ...on by one...on both cheeks
...to everyone .well here is the fromal procedure( as observed and then follwed by me !! )...
1. when offered to by a girl (tha will be defined by as she coming forward and placing her right ckeek some weher near you !!)
....get ur left cheek to touch the right cheek of the girl
2.take care that ur lips are not in contact anywhere ( this i think was the important part)
3.make a noice..when you hear one from your (partner)....like ....pucchhhuuuaaaaaaa ( and the aaaa was by god is distinctly heard)
4. follow the procedure for the other cheek
well ...i dont know bout you but after seeing the ritual done by 2 girls for five men ...ie 10 times ...which means 20 pucchhhuuuaaaaaaa
i couldnt help laughing ...infact the spanish girl/lady/aunty saw me laughing and nodded in my support...
woopps !!!
yup...those were my first four french kisses ....
the food was good ...( a speciality from normandy servered with local alcohol( i forgot the name) ...for casual eaters it was the french version of dosa !!)
and ofcourse the coffe affter the lunch ..to sum up a traditional 2 hour french lunch ...dont ask me how we spent 2 hrs coz it was all in french !!!
see you guys ...
am of two a (french style) meeting and then to spain...
get to you on tues ...
abiento( see you...i guess)
ashish
we all have our fantasies about the FRENCH kisses ..even i had a few..
the thought of it melts the very core of your psyche ...but never in my dreams i would have thought to laugh at it when you its your first...
well it all came along with my first dividend of my socialising investments...chris invited us( wait for the definition ) at lunch today. It was in one of those expensive rest . in the TC.
US ...includes a dutch ( chris ) , an italian(vini)a romania (sandor),
a spanish girl( she was more like "mummy" ..;an engg ofcourse), a spanish hero (some jorge) and two very interesting french girls (florence and caroline ...one of which is chris's roommate ...dont ask me who !!) who laughed all the time....and ofcourse ur beloved ..ashchan
my definition of french kiss lost its ground when i saw the french girls offered their cheeks to be kissed ...on by one...on both cheeks
...to everyone .well here is the fromal procedure( as observed and then follwed by me !! )...
1. when offered to by a girl (tha will be defined by as she coming forward and placing her right ckeek some weher near you !!)
....get ur left cheek to touch the right cheek of the girl
2.take care that ur lips are not in contact anywhere ( this i think was the important part)
3.make a noice..when you hear one from your (partner)....like ....pucchhhuuuaaaaaaa ( and the aaaa was by god is distinctly heard)
4. follow the procedure for the other cheek
well ...i dont know bout you but after seeing the ritual done by 2 girls for five men ...ie 10 times ...which means 20 pucchhhuuuaaaaaaa
i couldnt help laughing ...infact the spanish girl/lady/aunty saw me laughing and nodded in my support...
woopps !!!
yup...those were my first four french kisses ....
the food was good ...( a speciality from normandy servered with local alcohol( i forgot the name) ...for casual eaters it was the french version of dosa !!)
and ofcourse the coffe affter the lunch ..to sum up a traditional 2 hour french lunch ...dont ask me how we spent 2 hrs coz it was all in french !!!
see you guys ...
am of two a (french style) meeting and then to spain...
get to you on tues ...
abiento( see you...i guess)
ashish
hurray ...!!
well !!!
at about 11:10 local time their was a kinda celebration here at renault ....
ITS OFFICIAL NOW ....the news just released proclaims that this year RENAULT has been the NUMERO UNO car manufacturer in eurpoe !!....11.2 % of market share in all ...higher than ford gm fiat ferarri , peugeot and all...
pray for them !!
another interesting remark .....
LIFE IS A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTABLE DEADLY DiSEASE !!
originally by WOODY ALLEN ...quoted to me by Emily Ross !!
ashish
at about 11:10 local time their was a kinda celebration here at renault ....
ITS OFFICIAL NOW ....the news just released proclaims that this year RENAULT has been the NUMERO UNO car manufacturer in eurpoe !!....11.2 % of market share in all ...higher than ford gm fiat ferarri , peugeot and all...
pray for them !!
another interesting remark .....
LIFE IS A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTABLE DEADLY DiSEASE !!
originally by WOODY ALLEN ...quoted to me by Emily Ross !!
ashish
Thursday, May 16, 2002
monsieur pathak !!
well...its high time that i have ignored monsieur pathak in my discussions...i'll try to introduce him thus...
i met this guy at the french embassy when i went for my visa...though i had seen him before at the calcutta convention...this was when we talked....and as it had to be ....we met here in paris in the midst of a long ( 5 day ) holiday .As the destiny had it...we had no one to share ur misery so it was not difficult to come together.
I'll have to say that my initial impression stands still...mon. pathak is a ultra fundu ( his fav remark ) person...he was a 10 pointer at IT BHU comp sc. in cal but holds 9.85 points on a scale of ten nowadays.
he is ultra sincere ..(for all impractical purposes ) organised ...energetic...very friendly....slightly darpok(never likes going out in nites)...and a whole hearted brahmchari. (dont look at me like that ... monsieur pathak had more to to him than met my eyes .... kindly note this opinion dates back to May 16,2002)
for a guy from a small township manakapur near lko...he has done allot
cleared maths oly. chem oly. ...comp topper ...now in paris.fortunately for me ( as i had always been endowed by God )....he has been my savior in france.....he knows french( better than me ).so he has been there with me in all my shoppings...asking direction...holding inquries at counters..standing in line with french
and every possible thing which i as non french speaking cd not have done ( cooking lunch for 5 days included ) ...must say without him my life here wd had been "trГ©s difficion".
neways ...we r into ur work now...he is at inria ... working for a reco and may be a paper .. and here i m socialising ...in order to gain some french connection in my life ...
ashish
i met this guy at the french embassy when i went for my visa...though i had seen him before at the calcutta convention...this was when we talked....and as it had to be ....we met here in paris in the midst of a long ( 5 day ) holiday .As the destiny had it...we had no one to share ur misery so it was not difficult to come together.
I'll have to say that my initial impression stands still...mon. pathak is a ultra fundu ( his fav remark ) person...he was a 10 pointer at IT BHU comp sc. in cal but holds 9.85 points on a scale of ten nowadays.
he is ultra sincere ..(for all impractical purposes ) organised ...energetic...very friendly....slightly darpok(never likes going out in nites)...and a whole hearted brahmchari. (dont look at me like that ... monsieur pathak had more to to him than met my eyes .... kindly note this opinion dates back to May 16,2002)
for a guy from a small township manakapur near lko...he has done allot
cleared maths oly. chem oly. ...comp topper ...now in paris.fortunately for me ( as i had always been endowed by God )....he has been my savior in france.....he knows french( better than me ).so he has been there with me in all my shoppings...asking direction...holding inquries at counters..standing in line with french
and every possible thing which i as non french speaking cd not have done ( cooking lunch for 5 days included ) ...must say without him my life here wd had been "trГ©s difficion".
neways ...we r into ur work now...he is at inria ... working for a reco and may be a paper .. and here i m socialising ...in order to gain some french connection in my life ...
ashish
Tuesday, May 14, 2002
a la paris ...
dear diary !! ( guess i should include my diary into ur group once in a while )
today i complete my first week in paris ...its unbelieveable and almost unconcievable !!!...its just like i'm in india and some how a lot of tourist from europe have emerged from some where ...
but their are a few things which reminds that this cannot be india ..
spot accuracy of trains and buses ( scheduled 17:07 for a bus means 17:07) and the matrix ...( u'll come to know bout it soon !!!) wooops !!! ..its all amazing .
PARIS AND MATRIX ...
well if you recall the scenes of the movie matrix ...u 'll surely rem the ultra fundu outfits by the gang ...agents all dressed in black and black glasses ..;girls with long shining overcoats( and with glasses )..;triniy ..short hairs black robe and ofcourse glasses..a girl in all white ..all building grey ..greyish green ( yes they were eaish !!)..( or similars ) old man at metro station changing into an agent ..!!! YES I'M SURE THE MOVIE WAS PLOTTED IN PARIS !!!Although they didnt speak french but we can assume that hollywood directers are still not perfect.
travelling in metros again and again reminds me of matrix ....the fundu black long leather overcoats cannot be mistaken for nething else ..even the street scene can be recognised somewhere near la defense !
and if you are still in the subway around ten ..the only person there ( except you ) surely haunt you with the fear of being converting into a agent ...YES THE MATRIX DOES EXIST IN PARIS ...have any doubts !!! come to paris ....
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE ...
i invariably said this when i saw parisians running to catch metros and trains and busses ...it was too amusing to find women 50 yrs old running faster that you to enter the metro before you and leave before you ( young people here are clamer and cooler)...but guess what i found muself doing the same ...
guess what you do when you sllep for 3 mins 47 sec extra in paris !!!
i 'll tell ( it can be unimaginable in india ) ...you can miss the 8:02 metro to montparnasse ( next metro at 8:06)..which means you will miss 8:19 train to versailles(by anywhere from 30secs to 1 min ... since 14 min by my watch to montparnasse ; next train 8:24)...which means you will miss the 8:47 bus to TC ( 23 min to versailles ...next bus 9:02 ; add to it more traffic close to 9...traffic grows expo around 9)[ NOW I CAN SEE AKSHAY LAUGHING COZ HE KNOWS THIS CAN BE TRUE ]then ..if you find yourself in this situation guess what you do ....you RUN FOR YOUR LIFE buddy !!!! coz you cant be half an hour late on day 2 !!!
i can see a few of you laughing ...but yes ..;thats my life here ...and i m thoroughly enjoying you ...
day 2 is going uneventfull...kim is nothere ..busy in meetings.
yes chris showed me around the TC today( huge building baap!!it has a lib .. a photoshop...a movie lib ...car museum..clothes shop...and wat not )..and i guess it will be good for me to be friends with chris ..i ca see some imediate benifits ...
challo see you guys soon ...
take care and pray fro my life !!
bye
ashish
today i complete my first week in paris ...its unbelieveable and almost unconcievable !!!...its just like i'm in india and some how a lot of tourist from europe have emerged from some where ...
but their are a few things which reminds that this cannot be india ..
spot accuracy of trains and buses ( scheduled 17:07 for a bus means 17:07) and the matrix ...( u'll come to know bout it soon !!!) wooops !!! ..its all amazing .
PARIS AND MATRIX ...
well if you recall the scenes of the movie matrix ...u 'll surely rem the ultra fundu outfits by the gang ...agents all dressed in black and black glasses ..;girls with long shining overcoats( and with glasses )..;triniy ..short hairs black robe and ofcourse glasses..a girl in all white ..all building grey ..greyish green ( yes they were eaish !!)..( or similars ) old man at metro station changing into an agent ..!!! YES I'M SURE THE MOVIE WAS PLOTTED IN PARIS !!!Although they didnt speak french but we can assume that hollywood directers are still not perfect.
travelling in metros again and again reminds me of matrix ....the fundu black long leather overcoats cannot be mistaken for nething else ..even the street scene can be recognised somewhere near la defense !
and if you are still in the subway around ten ..the only person there ( except you ) surely haunt you with the fear of being converting into a agent ...YES THE MATRIX DOES EXIST IN PARIS ...have any doubts !!! come to paris ....
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE ...
i invariably said this when i saw parisians running to catch metros and trains and busses ...it was too amusing to find women 50 yrs old running faster that you to enter the metro before you and leave before you ( young people here are clamer and cooler)...but guess what i found muself doing the same ...
guess what you do when you sllep for 3 mins 47 sec extra in paris !!!
i 'll tell ( it can be unimaginable in india ) ...you can miss the 8:02 metro to montparnasse ( next metro at 8:06)..which means you will miss 8:19 train to versailles(by anywhere from 30secs to 1 min ... since 14 min by my watch to montparnasse ; next train 8:24)...which means you will miss the 8:47 bus to TC ( 23 min to versailles ...next bus 9:02 ; add to it more traffic close to 9...traffic grows expo around 9)[ NOW I CAN SEE AKSHAY LAUGHING COZ HE KNOWS THIS CAN BE TRUE ]then ..if you find yourself in this situation guess what you do ....you RUN FOR YOUR LIFE buddy !!!! coz you cant be half an hour late on day 2 !!!
i can see a few of you laughing ...but yes ..;thats my life here ...and i m thoroughly enjoying you ...
day 2 is going uneventfull...kim is nothere ..busy in meetings.
yes chris showed me around the TC today( huge building baap!!it has a lib .. a photoshop...a movie lib ...car museum..clothes shop...and wat not )..and i guess it will be good for me to be friends with chris ..i ca see some imediate benifits ...
challo see you guys soon ...
take care and pray fro my life !!
bye
ashish
Monday, May 13, 2002
Day One ...
Hi ! !
So …that looks like it is the start of my work here….
My core team has an american ( kim ) a dutch ( chris ) and sandor …and but ofcourse me( it seems my position is always taken by a inter …a spanish girl is coming in next month and the a mexican …so !)
Kim is a very nice lady …< 35…she is a very exerienced manager who has worked in more companies and countrys than my B tech years …she manages her small team very nicely..we had our lunch and breakfast together today..and a small offcial meetings.
[ foot notes : meetings in renault means discussions held in a meeting chambre …which has ultra modern facilities for presentations e conferences and all ! ! ! …wat if you sit next to each other …if 2 people are having a meeting it has to be in one out of n no of these chambers ]
i was introduced to the office structures and behaviour and wat not in a corporate like renault ( french corporate ! ! ). In short she is sweet and i look forward to giving good results for her
Chris is a cool dude…he is just back from a vacation ffrom Canada with her gf …so ! ! …and he was introduced to me as a ladies man…valla' ! !
My socialization today extended to chris …am still working n gaing stregnth and quality….wish me luck ! ! !
I have my …ucchhhallo work for the week and am expected to read ! ! few articles this week…yes !thats all
And a copy of similar prject which reduces my work to cut copy paste and other kinda sponti stuff ! ! !so lets see
To…its six time to leave ! ! !
Bon soir ! !
ashish
So …that looks like it is the start of my work here….
My core team has an american ( kim ) a dutch ( chris ) and sandor …and but ofcourse me( it seems my position is always taken by a inter …a spanish girl is coming in next month and the a mexican …so !)
Kim is a very nice lady …< 35…she is a very exerienced manager who has worked in more companies and countrys than my B tech years …she manages her small team very nicely..we had our lunch and breakfast together today..and a small offcial meetings.
[ foot notes : meetings in renault means discussions held in a meeting chambre …which has ultra modern facilities for presentations e conferences and all ! ! ! …wat if you sit next to each other …if 2 people are having a meeting it has to be in one out of n no of these chambers ]
i was introduced to the office structures and behaviour and wat not in a corporate like renault ( french corporate ! ! ). In short she is sweet and i look forward to giving good results for her
Chris is a cool dude…he is just back from a vacation ffrom Canada with her gf …so ! ! …and he was introduced to me as a ladies man…valla' ! !
My socialization today extended to chris …am still working n gaing stregnth and quality….wish me luck ! ! !
I have my …ucchhhallo work for the week and am expected to read ! ! few articles this week…yes !thats all
And a copy of similar prject which reduces my work to cut copy paste and other kinda sponti stuff ! ! !so lets see
To…its six time to leave ! ! !
Bon soir ! !
ashish
long hols ...
Hi doston !
Akshay, kapoor , vivek : bienvenue a l'europe ( welcome to europe)
Guys ..europe is a major musti spot and France is the best place to have jobs…i had such major fun this weekend(5days)…it was time of my life types …
Akshay …rem wat i said …trains and busse in europe are always on time ( means on spot) but the planes are often late so beware …
I have by now seen all mjor spots in paris …traveled the legnth and breath of it …and have a lott to say bout it …ooops …
Paris is a fundoo city…it seems i cant enjoy it full in next 2 months …you need a lifetime to do it …
Every thing is so well organised that you cant help thinking that you are dreaming…you can appreciate this instantlly when you see the paris metro system…the paris is a very beautiful city …and is exotic at nite .. ;the bad thing is that the sun sets at around 10( yes ten in nite ) and the metro system stops at 12.. ;so u prac have around two hours of nite life ( its not safe in paris in nite )
My hostel is a student hostel …which means students who r not parisians…so they r not so much like fashion hunters and all..and like most big places they dont like to interact…just had hiiis and hellooos with few …they dont give tim to you to go furthur…
Next mon is a holl and we r deciding to come to swiss…akshay give some advise ( i hope u r some capable of )
And working hard in office means i m not expected to use hotmail much so…
Back to work
Bye
ashish
Akshay, kapoor , vivek : bienvenue a l'europe ( welcome to europe)
Guys ..europe is a major musti spot and France is the best place to have jobs…i had such major fun this weekend(5days)…it was time of my life types …
Akshay …rem wat i said …trains and busse in europe are always on time ( means on spot) but the planes are often late so beware …
I have by now seen all mjor spots in paris …traveled the legnth and breath of it …and have a lott to say bout it …ooops …
Paris is a fundoo city…it seems i cant enjoy it full in next 2 months …you need a lifetime to do it …
Every thing is so well organised that you cant help thinking that you are dreaming…you can appreciate this instantlly when you see the paris metro system…the paris is a very beautiful city …and is exotic at nite .. ;the bad thing is that the sun sets at around 10( yes ten in nite ) and the metro system stops at 12.. ;so u prac have around two hours of nite life ( its not safe in paris in nite )
My hostel is a student hostel …which means students who r not parisians…so they r not so much like fashion hunters and all..and like most big places they dont like to interact…just had hiiis and hellooos with few …they dont give tim to you to go furthur…
Next mon is a holl and we r deciding to come to swiss…akshay give some advise ( i hope u r some capable of )
And working hard in office means i m not expected to use hotmail much so…
Back to work
Bye
ashish
Tuesday, May 07, 2002
the socialising expenditure
hi friends !
i thought i ll mail you on monday .....but during my very first day see what i have found out ....
unlike most of us my internship stripend has to bear a expenditure to socialise....see how
the technocentre is a big place ....10000 people !! and since its a techno centre almost all of them are engg. Now as i was explained ( and we know) that ladies generally dont form a part of TC. so the ratio being 1:10 ..;there r few 1000 ladies ...and as it seems all the bull fighting is done when people r relaxing a bit...as with a coffee or any other drink...
So bieng a french company...people r expected to take break from work to take a drink and socialise ...so if you dont drink ...you cant socialise ...ie... you cant have fun...,
more over I was also told that all the major discussion and feedback r excepted here at these small joint ...
so ...the socialising hrs ( yes hours!! ...one around and after lunch and the other around 3 hrs later) r a must to survive ....or be left out !!!
the expenditure comes round to be a euro per drink ( every thing in TC is subsidised )...that means a exp. of 2 euros a day...ie 10euros a week...and ( yes i know u r all good at maths !!) around 50 euros a month ...fewwwhhh !!!!
And i can tell you that i have socialised with a few guys ...and when we open on mon( france is on a holl this week..;the attendance here is 3%)...i'm ill have some adventures...
so ..;see you all on monday !
bye ...going home ...
ashish
i thought i ll mail you on monday .....but during my very first day see what i have found out ....
unlike most of us my internship stripend has to bear a expenditure to socialise....see how
the technocentre is a big place ....10000 people !! and since its a techno centre almost all of them are engg. Now as i was explained ( and we know) that ladies generally dont form a part of TC. so the ratio being 1:10 ..;there r few 1000 ladies ...and as it seems all the bull fighting is done when people r relaxing a bit...as with a coffee or any other drink...
So bieng a french company...people r expected to take break from work to take a drink and socialise ...so if you dont drink ...you cant socialise ...ie... you cant have fun...,
more over I was also told that all the major discussion and feedback r excepted here at these small joint ...
so ...the socialising hrs ( yes hours!! ...one around and after lunch and the other around 3 hrs later) r a must to survive ....or be left out !!!
the expenditure comes round to be a euro per drink ( every thing in TC is subsidised )...that means a exp. of 2 euros a day...ie 10euros a week...and ( yes i know u r all good at maths !!) around 50 euros a month ...fewwwhhh !!!!
And i can tell you that i have socialised with a few guys ...and when we open on mon( france is on a holl this week..;the attendance here is 3%)...i'm ill have some adventures...
so ..;see you all on monday !
bye ...going home ...
ashish
the game begins ...
doston !
ahhh !
finally i have got time to pen it down...Yes the game has begun В§
so here is i diary of what all i hav done till now...
THE FLIGHT !
the flight was cool.. and all those who say check in " hrs before schedule departure ..fuck you...the whole deal takes not more than an hours if you have allthe paper and another hour if everything goes wrong so...dont check in before 2hrs . I passed evrything by 10:3Г and waited till 12 for boarding .IT was a window seat alrite coz i recquested ( the cute)KLM girl for it ..but fuck her... she gave me a seat rite over the wing... so it was useless .the flight was cool...except the landing coz it had to cut throught dense fog an d believe me ...it was shaking .once in ams ..everything was cool...i was the only asian on the ams paris flight so ..and yes it was a delayed flight so...in europe trains r never late ...but planes r very often late !!!
CHARLES DE GAULLE !!!
cdg is as beautifull as u can dream it to be ..the central thing is a dme ..5-6 storey and with lifts all criss crossed ..absolutely beautifull. KLM delaed my BAG and i found it broken so they r paying for it...the guy who came for me ...sandor...is still with me
DAY 1 :
we first went to take my room;its a student hostel room...bieng no better than the IIT hostels ...god help me...as by sandor ...its gonna be a survival excercise ...
BTW everyone in france speaks only frech so sandor is a part time interpretor for me...hes taking care for every thing
then we went for RENAULT HR office ...a chinky is heading it( lots of chinkys and blacks in paris )
after that we went back and i brought some food and stuff for me...
i bought a calling card and still havent figured out how to call home with it coz all the phs r in french and sandor cdnt make an int call( Akshay plzz inform mom about everything)
i left my room soon after sandor left me for the day...Kim has gifted me a city guide and a travel ticket for the month so i decided to use them...i found that i want to go to the TOUR EFFIEL ... so ther i was in 10 min ...and guess wat ..i found many indian ...lots of them...(trying to )sell little towers to all.it was gr8
The tower is much bigger than i thought ...and it was this moment when i said it loud .....FUCK YOU BASTARD ....I'M IN PARIS ... then i walked around siene river ...seeing people do things ...
i was tired ... so i decided to return ...
and then i slept....
DAY 2:
sandor picked me from my room at 9 and we left for EGIDE...the group who r paying me ...its a fundu office and good thing is they work only from 9 to 2.
soon from there i'm here in Technocentre( a tip : dont ride taxis it cost you 10euros for 5 km...sandor paid for it)
THE TECHNOCENTRE:
its the place i'll be working at....must confess it is one of the most beautiful building i have seen ( will get you photos for confirmation
itsbigger than IIT D & K combined ...ho_uses office for more than 10000 people ....has 10 restaurants ( all subsidesed), book shop , an apprel shop ( clothes with renault monogram)...a barber shop...and god knows wat else ...
i have my own space ...a cubicle ...which in short is a bigger office than geetu didi's room..a comp as well with a central admin...so might not have Ymess or msn ...
So...am in technocentre ..in my office ...and next 5 days r holl in france so...next mail will be on mon ...with the next news...
and yes since everthing is french ..including the OS and the keyboard ... its not going to be the easiest of the games ...
so good bye and best of luck to all for similar experiences
luv u al
ashish
ahhh !
finally i have got time to pen it down...Yes the game has begun В§
so here is i diary of what all i hav done till now...
THE FLIGHT !
the flight was cool.. and all those who say check in " hrs before schedule departure ..fuck you...the whole deal takes not more than an hours if you have allthe paper and another hour if everything goes wrong so...dont check in before 2hrs . I passed evrything by 10:3Г and waited till 12 for boarding .IT was a window seat alrite coz i recquested ( the cute)KLM girl for it ..but fuck her... she gave me a seat rite over the wing... so it was useless .the flight was cool...except the landing coz it had to cut throught dense fog an d believe me ...it was shaking .once in ams ..everything was cool...i was the only asian on the ams paris flight so ..and yes it was a delayed flight so...in europe trains r never late ...but planes r very often late !!!
CHARLES DE GAULLE !!!
cdg is as beautifull as u can dream it to be ..the central thing is a dme ..5-6 storey and with lifts all criss crossed ..absolutely beautifull. KLM delaed my BAG and i found it broken so they r paying for it...the guy who came for me ...sandor...is still with me
DAY 1 :
we first went to take my room;its a student hostel room...bieng no better than the IIT hostels ...god help me...as by sandor ...its gonna be a survival excercise ...
BTW everyone in france speaks only frech so sandor is a part time interpretor for me...hes taking care for every thing
then we went for RENAULT HR office ...a chinky is heading it( lots of chinkys and blacks in paris )
after that we went back and i brought some food and stuff for me...
i bought a calling card and still havent figured out how to call home with it coz all the phs r in french and sandor cdnt make an int call( Akshay plzz inform mom about everything)
i left my room soon after sandor left me for the day...Kim has gifted me a city guide and a travel ticket for the month so i decided to use them...i found that i want to go to the TOUR EFFIEL ... so ther i was in 10 min ...and guess wat ..i found many indian ...lots of them...(trying to )sell little towers to all.it was gr8
The tower is much bigger than i thought ...and it was this moment when i said it loud .....FUCK YOU BASTARD ....I'M IN PARIS ... then i walked around siene river ...seeing people do things ...
i was tired ... so i decided to return ...
and then i slept....
DAY 2:
sandor picked me from my room at 9 and we left for EGIDE...the group who r paying me ...its a fundu office and good thing is they work only from 9 to 2.
soon from there i'm here in Technocentre( a tip : dont ride taxis it cost you 10euros for 5 km...sandor paid for it)
THE TECHNOCENTRE:
its the place i'll be working at....must confess it is one of the most beautiful building i have seen ( will get you photos for confirmation
itsbigger than IIT D & K combined ...ho_uses office for more than 10000 people ....has 10 restaurants ( all subsidesed), book shop , an apprel shop ( clothes with renault monogram)...a barber shop...and god knows wat else ...
i have my own space ...a cubicle ...which in short is a bigger office than geetu didi's room..a comp as well with a central admin...so might not have Ymess or msn ...
So...am in technocentre ..in my office ...and next 5 days r holl in france so...next mail will be on mon ...with the next news...
and yes since everthing is french ..including the OS and the keyboard ... its not going to be the easiest of the games ...
so good bye and best of luck to all for similar experiences
luv u al
ashish
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