I luuuurve my job!

One of my good friends forwarded the following article in mint (the newspaper) to me:
http://www.livemint.com/2007/05/12000136/I-want-your-job.html

Before this I considered him a good friend, and now... "What sort of friends forward you such things???" Anyway, over to the article.

As much as I would like to congratulate Parizaad, Sanjukta, Melissa and Malini on their efforts, I would seriously request them not to bring to light so much of happiness in the world - some (other not-so-fortunate) people (like me) might die of a stroke.

India's popluation was recorded a 1,095,351,995 in July 2006 est. (Source: Good-old Google). And I am happy out of these, 11 people are having a blast at their jobs. Quite impressive I tell you!

You reach office on a regular Monday morning, beating the blues. Sit at your table praying the week will not be as terrible as it smells from there. And lo! There comes this article in your inbox talking about certain 11 individuals who have jobs to die for... wow. Brilliant. Phurrfect.

Anyhow, still after half a day when my tender heart managed to survive the burn, my God-like-I-care half jotted this down:


Rahul Rao
Senior manager operations field, Eco Adventures
(Gosh...too much travelling and I don't know how I can put up with this. Tiring? I am sure.)

Madhu M.
Category head, Books, Landmark Ltd
(Hmm..Interesting but it's the same reason I didn't take English Hons. If it's my job to read books I think after a point I won't like it since I'm a very moody reader.)

Devika Anand
Senior programme producer, NDTV
(She says. "I think I'm the only person who goes to a spa and comes out stressed," The only time she got an off-the-job spa holiday was a gift from a friend. "I didn't have a very good time. I was constantly thinking of camera angles, and comparing the therapist's technique with the various other places I've been to," she laughs. - Explained!)

Alwyn D'Almeida
Team leader—quality control, Indiagames Ltd
(PUHLEEZ - 1. I work in a gaming company so I know how it works. 2. I am into PR these days so I know how its all jazzed up and 3. I's rather spend my day sleeping than playing a game!)

Shilpa Bhat
Chief workshop bear, The Build-a-Bear Workshop
(Umm...not sure about this one. Didn't make me envious at all. I don wanna be called a "Chief workshop bear" for heavens sake!)

Arun Kumar H.G
Toy designer, Iseo Chemdis Pvt. Ltd
(Hmm...OK may be I would have liked this but somehow this didn't break my heart so it's OK.)

Pooja Sathe
Dog groomer and trainer
(Hmm...how bout cats? Well I dunno of a cat that feels comforted with grooming but yeah i'd like to do it for Rag Dolls.)

Aditi Singh
Designer for Alex Davis Studios
( THIS IS THE ONE THAT MADE ME REALLY REALLY SAD. :( I wanna do this too and She's 27.)

John Fernandes
Location manager
(Yah, this one will be a cool job to do. But again, dealing with so many ppl. and this is not like a pre-prod in Venice etc for high-budget films, you know;. But yeah, I'll be honest, I don't mind doing this.)

Jeevan Kang
Senior vice-president, creative, Virgin Comics
(Naaahh...)

Naresh Chaturvedi
Curator, Natural History Collections, Bombay Natural History Society
(AAAAAAAAA.....RUNNNNNNNN!!!!! Botany again!)

Needless to say my analysis made me feel better. Now there's only one other person whose job I'd like to kill for. Certainly better than having 11 of them.

Again, thanks mint. I had so much stuff to write for my blog. Do keep up the good work.