June is busting out all oooooooooooover." Love those show tunes. That one is from Carousel.
The week has been mostly work. We have moved the LAT people up to taking 75% of all Times' calls. It is a good thing. On Thursday, we only had 2 people on the helpdesk in LA. Gernard needed some personal time off. Dean's back would only allow him to crawl. That left Clif and Cynthia. As it was, we still rely on them to take care of some things we can't. Even when we are taking all calls in India, we won't have the ability here to correct some problems. When I get back home in two weeks, we can finalize exactly how this help will be offered.
The Newsday people are starting to take LA calls under the watchful eye of the LA people. I don't think they got many. Yesterday and today is the last day for many people at The Times. Right Sizing. Re-engineering. Gleefully dancing off the shipping. I still have 5 months. But I digress. I don't know what the IBM guys have in store for the LA team to learn the Newsday team material. Actually, they have had several classes, but have taken no calls. I know the clever folk of Bangalore will figure it out. They want to move to a 24 x 7 schedule for these two teams combined, but the US team wants more experience on both sides before they let that happen.
We are planning an excursion this weekend. We're finally going to Coorg. This is another hill town, but this time they grow coffee instead of the tea grown in Ooty. And honey. We don't get Ramesh this time because we have lots of people in the group. Nancy and Laura, of course, and Chandan with his girlfriend, Divya. Ramesh's boss has arranged an outing for us on Saturday night to go to a place that features local dancing and singing. Can't wait to write what that is about. Then on Sunday we go to Mysore and I may FINALLY get to see the lights on the palace.
Ramesh says I won't be able to do it. I told him I am fitter and can walk further. But he says I will have to cross a street, two of them. I'm still petrified of the traffic here. We will see how brave I get. Nancy has crossed the busy street in front of the Forum. I'm not sure if she is brave or crazy. I've asked her not to do that anymore. So has her relatives. The traffic is bad, but the sidewalks in Bangalore are trecherous.
If KJ and Sophie are still reading this blog, I want you to know that Nancy locked herself out on her balcony. I was in the apartment so it wasn't tragic. But really, ladies! This is getting old.
2 comments:
Oh my God, I felt the same way about traffic in China!Kevin Pooh poohed me, grabbed my hand and made a run for it. I suppose we would have perished together, at least.
Loved the picture of you running across traffic. I bought a birthday cake for Adrian's party and almost asked Ramesh if I could hold his hand. But I braved it and realized that there is a bit of a rhythm to the flow of traffic.
We will have so many stories to share next week.
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