I’M BACK!!! (and how!)

Well… so I’ve been away for a while. I blame it on my moods and a bit of blogger’s block and many other things like… projects, exams, projects, vivas, projects, a mini-vacation, some more projects, magazine work, interviews, projects and finally – the summer project!!

So, I’m still with the summer project – the final presentation being due in another week and I must say that I began work on a skeptical note considering that this would be yet another GROUP PROJECT (check previous posts) and an extended one at that – lasting two whole agonizing months. BUT – and this is important – I’m amazingly surprised that I’m actually having fun this time around!! The project is going superbly well, very much on track, and we really enjoy our time on the job. Here’s a glimpse…

THE ARRIVALS: I’m usually the first to arrive, followed by R, Ro, N and then S. Also, S being the only guy in our group, most of the girlie catching up (like how was your weekend, what did you do when you went home last night) happens before S arrives. But truly, we do love him – so it’s nothing personal.

PRE-LUNCH: We’re all in by now, and a couple of us will get a cuppa from the vending machine, someone will fill one of the water bottles and when we’re all comfortably settled - the games begin…. We basically spend our time imitating people, laughing about movies, having deep discussions over marketing strategies, bitching about college, sniggering over internal jokes and accomplishing some work in the process.

LUNCH: Regardless of what the other groups do – we always sit together. The five of us squeeze onto a table for four where we continue our gossip or our discussion depending upon the mood for the day.

RELAXATION: Library time!! Some unwinding (like we actually need it!) where S checks out a couple of newspapers or some important mags like TIME and the likes. Ro tends to skip the library session, R and N usually flip through Femina or some light picture book … Me – well, all of the above and then some!!

POST-LUNCH: A session of giggly madness, ideating, brainstorming, synergizing and all that management mumbo-jumbo rolled into a nice enjoyable package of mindless fun… yes, even our work seems like fun when the five of us get together.

I cannot explain what it is that makes this team function (and have fun) like it does. Maybe it’s the fact that we all have our domains and there’s hardly any toe stepping, or maybe it’s just the right mix of people, or the right temperaments brought together, the right skill-sets – I have no clue! All I know is that this summer project is a pleasant surprise and a testimony to the fact that EVEN group work can be fun – when you get it right!