The most annoying question in the world..

..has got to be "Who else is coming?" or "Who else is with you?"

F***ing A!! That has got to be the single most annoying question anyone can ask. I don't know about anyone else, but my blood boils over. 

I don't much care about how great I may be to hang out with or not, but you've got to have almost zero social skills to ask someone that.

Next time try to ask :

1. "Is so and so also coming?"

2. "Do we have a plan?"

3. "No ! I've got other plans!"

Asli, Purvi, Prem, Moya, Ani, Vishal, Ruchita, Nikhil, Niraj, Nilay, Nirav, Sima, Nipa, Namita, Gaurav, Maha - My "reliable crowd"needs a special mention to have never asked this question !

Just not prepared...

So I just walked out of my teaching assignment and it was dismal at best... GOD ! I was so not prepared to teach...well, that's not entirely true. I did read up and solve the problems and thought that I had it all worked out well on paper and in my head..apparently not.

I started off well, had the classes attention and then I blundered in one problem. That's ok...I'm not perfect. I made a mistake but I didn't panic. I looked at what I'd written on the chalkboard and then I panicked !! I was completely lost..I had no clue what came next. I turned around, looked at the class and I guess they could see the big "?" on my face..it sucked to see that look on their faces.

I asked them to give me a moment and I ended up taking several. I still didn't get it. All I could do was apologize to them. I guess this is the first time it has happened to me and so I blundered all over the next 20 mins remaining in the section. Ultimately I could only apologize to them..not because I was sorry that I couldn't explain it to them - but because I wasted their time and ultimately their money. I looked at the problems after the section and I could solve every one of them in a matter of seconds...

It was embarrassing, humiliating and extremely humbling. I wasn't not prepared for the recitation; I just wasn't prepared to blank out.

I didn't teach much today; but I learned so much....