Friend is getting married this week - I wish I could have gone. But I couldn't 'coz I start with a part-time job this week. My first step towards my goal. Don't ask me what the goal is, but you can ask about the job. I am going to be taking one of the batches of the children's course at Alliance Francaise de Poona. Nervous? A little - I'm not exactly an expert with kids. Excited? Yes very - suddenly I have lots of ideas about how to keep them involved and interested. Still don't know how I'll keep them disciplined but I guess I'll learn. The pay? Peanuts...but last I checked I wasn't one of those hunting for a job that turns me into a millionaire overnight. It's a start. I'll get there someday.
Wish me luck, people, for this new beginning.
Meanwhile my friend is going through the difficult phase of losing his bachelorhood. Ironically that isn't as much of an issue with him, as is the entire process of getting married in India with all our ceremonies and 'adambar' as he calls it...saying goodbye, bon voyage and all the best to him I felt a slight twinge of anxiety. Marriage may just take him away from me - he's one of my best friends. Probably the craziest, most stubborn and infuriating of the lot. Definitely the one I fight with the most. But also one of the closest. I hope I get along well with his wife...coz if I don't, I might just lose a friend.
I know he probably won't read this, with his scorn for my kind of blogging, but I wish you the very best mon cher ami. Always. I know the path ahead is probably strewn with thorns, but I also know you'll find your way through it to discover that treasure at the end...
Bonne Chance et Felicitations Titu Dada!
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Congratulations on the job and best of luck for it!
oh congratulations!!! I'm sure you can handle kids yaar. If they get too rowdy, just swat them away like the little gnats that they are!!!
"...but last I checked I wasn't one of those hunting for a job that turns me into a millionaire overnight." Really, Geetanjali, realllllly?? :-) Just kidding, nice to know there are a few non-materialistic people left in our generation. All the best on the new job.
bonne chance, pour vous et votre ami.
All the best for your new beginning! I would say for starters that the pay should be peanuts, so that one understands the value of earning! Trust me, you will find all that you earn and learn during this stint very sweet indeed. :-)
Ciao!
Hey!
That's great news! Congratulations and good luck! You are going to need all the LUCK in the world because you are going to be handling ADDs :-)
-K
bravo geets.finally you are workin at AFP like i had suggested long time ago..........believe me you shall have a blast teaching french to baccha party even though the pay is'nt that good.if u are really good ,AFP might send u for training in france.they do with lost of profs in AFMUMBAI.who knows but you may be next to go if u continue teachin there.
p.s-titu dada ko shaadi mubarak
Good luck. I have just started learning French, so cannot wish you in French. :)
hey
goin thru the exact same emotions abt the damn class!!! but hey v'r a stubborn bunch...v'l survive!!! ....right??
so heres to us "new teachers"...MAY THE LORD SHOW SOME MERCY N SEND US GOOD STUDENTS-- Amen
n also...i dont know the guy so well but feel like know him pretty much..(wt wid u tlakin non stop abt him n his dearest wife-to-be)...so wishiun him loads of luck..hearty congratulations!!!
Hey. Great blog. And good luck with your new job!
BTW, loved your previous post and your post on 'Men'! Really nice! =)
Am sure you'll do great at the job - good luck with both the kids and your friend! :)
August, Phal, Docs Dope, Quatros, Parth, Casablanca, Blank, ... , Medha, Extempore - Merci beaucoup for all the good wishes! :-) I hope it's as much fun as I anticipate!
Aristera - One of these days you're going to be proud of me mon cher - maybe not as proud as I am of you, but well...that's a promise!
As for the spouse - I'm trying sweetie, I'm trying ;-)
Aparna - Actually, I had this in mind ever since I took up French at AFbombay, but I knew this was it for me after shifting to Pune. I just didn't wanna talk abt it till now coz I've become superstitious abt revealing my plans/ambitions/desires...I do hope to go back to France someday, irrespective of whether AF sends me or not. Amen to that!
Kitana - Oh yes we will - after all, we are one of the best they have ;-)
Titu dada shall tie the knot in a few hours - thanks guys who wished me. I wish I could have been there to witness an authetic Bengali wedding, but well - my wishes are ALWAYS with him!
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