I'm a FoB. I will always be a FoB. I mean, one can either be an ABCD or a FoB and I cant be an ABCD, so FoB I shall be.
And Fobs get other fobs, are able to associate with other fobs. They also enjoy Fob stories.
I watched 'Namesake' in the FOX theater tonight. One of those "by invitation only" shows for employees and their F/F. It was a nice movie. It was neither shallow nor too indulgent, neither artsy nor too Bollywood. It is done just right. Good acting all around. Kal Penn has come a long way from 'National Lampoon' and ' Harold and Kumar'.
The big surprise is with Irfan Khan and Tabu. Their acting prowess was never really in question but the ease with which their skills transcend the language barrier is fascinating. Both the actors fit in seamlessly in an English movie setting.
The movie is the juxtaposition of an ABCD and a couple of uber-Fobs. And uber-Fobs of the previous generation were one helluva piece of work. Tabu excels as she did in Chandni Bar. The movie is beautiful because it creates neither heroes nor villians. It only shows us flawed humans and the best stories in the known Universe are made up of flawed humans.
All in all, a good fun experience.
Friday, March 23, 2007
Saturday, March 17, 2007
A strange week in Boston
This was one of the strangest weeks in a long time...by a stretch.
I was in Boston from Sun night through Thur and I stayed at THREE hotels in four nights.
Reached Boston around 10:30. Was supposed to be at the Langham for the 4 days. Disaster struck in the first hour and half in Boston.
The hotel refused to give me the rate I had received while booking on AmEx website. I was pissed as hell but not much you can do when faced with adamant luxury hotel reception. I have a niggling doubt, luxury hotel staff is more snobbish, boorish and harder to bear than some of the patrons in the hotel.
Ended up working until 3 am or so, signed out of the hotel the next morning on Mon 12th and reach work kinda late by 9:30. Worked my ass off the whole day, and then booked into a hotel for a day...in the Bulfinch. Very low key hotel though after the snobbery of Langham and the bad experience there, the relaxed attitude of the hot East European girl at the counter in jeans and casual clothes was actually refreshing. Again worked till 1ish AM from the hotel, woke up around 7:30 am and worked from the hotel till around 10ish when I walked in to the office after checking out...again. The Bulfinch only had the room for the day.
At the end of another long day on Tuesday, I gathered my bags from the Bulfinch and signed in, this time, in one of my comfort hotel...the Millennium Bostonian. Given that I had lived there just 2 mths back and that the firm has a deal with them, I got a pretty nice suite. Not that it made a difference, since the next/last two days were even more crazy and I never came in before 11 pm.
Finally flew back to LA on Thur, with the storm clouds gathering in.
Friday I heard the Boston office was closed at 3 in the afternoon while I was in 55F LA in advance of St. Paddy's day.
Boston gave me a cheery, warm welcome, some hotel experiences sucked, worked my ass off before leaving to a teary farewell.
Got experience dealing with multiple non US markets. Interesting how conditions vary dramatically in various geographies.
I was in Boston from Sun night through Thur and I stayed at THREE hotels in four nights.
Reached Boston around 10:30. Was supposed to be at the Langham for the 4 days. Disaster struck in the first hour and half in Boston.
The hotel refused to give me the rate I had received while booking on AmEx website. I was pissed as hell but not much you can do when faced with adamant luxury hotel reception. I have a niggling doubt, luxury hotel staff is more snobbish, boorish and harder to bear than some of the patrons in the hotel.
Ended up working until 3 am or so, signed out of the hotel the next morning on Mon 12th and reach work kinda late by 9:30. Worked my ass off the whole day, and then booked into a hotel for a day...in the Bulfinch. Very low key hotel though after the snobbery of Langham and the bad experience there, the relaxed attitude of the hot East European girl at the counter in jeans and casual clothes was actually refreshing. Again worked till 1ish AM from the hotel, woke up around 7:30 am and worked from the hotel till around 10ish when I walked in to the office after checking out...again. The Bulfinch only had the room for the day.
At the end of another long day on Tuesday, I gathered my bags from the Bulfinch and signed in, this time, in one of my comfort hotel...the Millennium Bostonian. Given that I had lived there just 2 mths back and that the firm has a deal with them, I got a pretty nice suite. Not that it made a difference, since the next/last two days were even more crazy and I never came in before 11 pm.
Finally flew back to LA on Thur, with the storm clouds gathering in.
Friday I heard the Boston office was closed at 3 in the afternoon while I was in 55F LA in advance of St. Paddy's day.
Boston gave me a cheery, warm welcome, some hotel experiences sucked, worked my ass off before leaving to a teary farewell.
Got experience dealing with multiple non US markets. Interesting how conditions vary dramatically in various geographies.
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