Stupid Architecture

People say you really appreciate a thing only when you lose it. Our whole department was just booted from our current building to another one, which the company has leased. The eariler building was nice, roomy, new with well set out offices and cubicles, wide pathways, plenty of ventilation and natural light .. the works. The new building has cramped cubicles, narrow pathways, lacks natural light, has depressing coloured innards and most of all is a pain to navigate in. The stupid thing is like a gigantic maze. I feel like I am a rat in some kind of weird experiment and I have to just bump and find my way around. No, really, I'm very serious. The building has been so idiotically designed .. it feels like the designer / architect / whoever purposefully tried to make it as hard as possible for people to find their way around. Absolutely noone is comfortable at moving around in this place. The first time we went there, it took me and my boss more than 10 minutes to find an Exit!!

So, back to what I started saying. People say you really appreciate a thing only when you lose it. Well, not in this case. This is like appreciating decent design. Puhhleez. Decent design is given. It ought to be atleast decent. If its worse, then you suck. If its better, you are cool. There is no way this is going to make me appreciate design. If you want me to appreciate it, show me a construction which goes beyond what is given. Always look up, not down.

No protest left behind..

When you are out of power, you protest. Thats the rule Indian political parties go by. No matter whether you are protesting against the same things your party came up when you were in power. The ruling party is enforcing it and you are not the ruling party, so you protest. Simple.

Now, this is not actually directly related, but SS activists burnt MSEB offices inAmravati as well as Pune. Now how ridiculous can you get? Theres a power crisis, you are a political party, so you set fire to the electricity board office. Wonderful.

Surrender pronto, or we'll level Toronto!

I just *cannot* sleep today. Going to set a regular pattern of eating, sleep as well as exercise from tomorrow to avoid this situation.

So .. watched 3/4 movies over the weekend. Here are the ones worth mentioning:-
Canadian Bacon: Movie by Michael Moore. Funny in parts, but drags on sometimes.
Storyline: The prez of the USofA is facing a post-cold war crisis, namely a drop in ratings. Advisors prompt him to start a cold war against Canada to get back the ratings enjoyed by his predecessors.

The Negotiator: [Samuel Jackson, Kevin Spacey] Excellent movie! Must watch! Gripping throughout. Jackson is a hostage negotiator for the Chicago Police Dept. He has to take some drastic steps to clean out the PD and clear his name .. all at one go. Both Jackson and Spacey are brilliant actors. The story itself is well set out and had me on the edge for the most part.