Week 2

The days during the week happened to be similar at work, but this week, had a bit more of work to do. In fact I was given some report to prepare and the deadline for which was End of Week (EoW). After understanding the process from one of the colleagues, it was time to do it by self and come up with questions or suggestions that I may have. I could successfully build the report by the timeline given and then was asked to add few more things to improve the report so that it looks more meaningful to the one who reads it.

On Tuesday it was one of my office colleague’s pre-wedding drink party which was organised at a close by pub, about 10 minutes walking from office. Most of us went there to congratulate her and wish her successful married life. Its so different out here, the culture that people follow. Both, the bride to be and the groom were present for the occasion, and everything was so casual all around the place. It was only drinks and no food and the drinks were limited to 2-3 per person. Quite different and organised from what I have seen in the past, in India. Generally, we do not have these types of parties as well before we get married, at least from what I have seen. Ya, there is some concept called a bachelor’s party and stuff, but it is not all that much prevalent.

Anyway, so as we approached towards the end of the week, there was lot of discussions around the ongoing cricket series between India and England. Ever since I knew about my possible plans of coming to London, I always wanted to watch the match between India and England at the Lord’s Cricket Ground, London. The head of my department (CFO) happens to be a cricket freak, and not just him, many more around me here in the UK have been cricket freaks for many years.  So, during a general conversation with the CFO regarding cricket, we expressed our desire to watch the match LIVE at the Lord’s to which he responded that he will try to get some tickets for us. He happens to be the Member of the same club which owns the Lord’s Cricket Ground. Just about a few hours later, he informed us that he could arrange the tickets for us and we can join in for the match on Sunday. Quite an exciting opportunity, of a lifetime, I must say to watch the teams play cricket at the Mecca of cricket, where Cricket was born several years ago.

The week came to an end with not much happening except for the couple of key things that were different. Looking forward to the cricket match on the weekend and also something more exciting, may be.