Biography 224: A new colleague

 A new colleague joined us. I found him very friendly—I mean overly friendly. He was laughing, talking, and moving like dancing everywhere. He went to every desk to make friends. He couldn't do well with me, or he wasn't interested in making friends with me.

His best friend became our project manager. He called her Bhabi (Sister in law). Giving her all kinds of help and suggestions. She became very dependent on him. He started going to her home during lunch break with her. Her house was nearby, so she used to go to her home on lunch break. She fed her well by making new delicious items. I overheard him saying that today's chicken salad was the world's best. I agree with him. Because she brought food to the office one day, which was very delicious.

Then, one day, I heard the project manager was fired. Because she can't work alone, she doesn't have the capability to manage projects. Can you guess who complained to the owner? Her best friend, our new colleague. I was thinking, at least for a free good lunch, he should have kept her as a friend.

The project manager was gone. Next, he made friends with our head network administrator. I had a bad feeling that this network manager might fall into trouble soon. And it was. Soon, the friend complained to the owner that the network manager didn't know how to work. He looked at a book while working. The owner called the system administrator, and he decided to quit his job.

One day, I was designing the company website. I already told you I didn't make friends with the new guy. But that guy went to my close friend colleague behind my back. If I had known, I would have warned her. He said something to her. She and the new guy came to me and started suggesting ways to design the website.

She said, "Why are you working so hard to make the all buttons and links in personalized design. See Microsoft Word has so many clip art. Use those, the company owner will like the design." He also asked me to use ready made borders. Kind off force fully, by standing beside my back, keep suggesting me and made me to use those to design the website. And then asked me to send this to the owner for approval.

I thought, as they all came to me, they were looking for me and trying to rescue me. So, let's make one according to their suggestion. But I knew as he was behind me, so next, I had to leave.

Later, I heard from somewhere else. Someone said to all that I don't know how to design a website. I take help from ready-made designs. I never did that.

Rule followers face more trouble

I always follow rules. Like driving rules, school rules, work area rules, meeting rules etc. I try to follow all given procedure. I believe rules has been made to make good for all and for safety.

But the way I am finding myself in trouble. I think, may be because I am following rules too much. I have seen people who just pass rules for their own benefit, they make things easy for them and live happy. No one can put them in trouble.

Though I am not going to change, I will be honest always. It just hurts me.

Beauty and trouble

প্রথম বরফ পড়তে দেখলাম। কি সুন্দর! কি সুন্দর! ঠান্ডা কত কষ্টের, কি কষ্টের বিনিময়ে এই সৌন্দর্য! আগুন ও এমনি, কাছে যাওয়া যায়না, অথচ কি সুন্দর!

For the first time I am watching snowing. What a beauty! Cold weather is very painful. You can only feel this beauty with pain. Just like fire. You can't go near but will like to watch it's beauty...

কস্ট করে আর অশান্তি কিনতে চাইনা (I don't want to buy trouble)

[English version has given below]

আমি যখন যার জন্য যা করি, আন্তরিকতার সাথে পূর্ণ মনোযোগ দিয়েই করি। তারপরও যখন দেখি, মানুষ এখান থেকে অশান্তি তৈরী করছে, তখন আর তাদের জন্য কিছু করার আর আগ্রহ পাইনা। কি দরকার, অশান্তি বাড়ানোর, তারচেয়ে আমি এসব থেকে দুরে থাকি। থাকুক সবাই ভাল।

আমি তার কাছেই থাকতে চাই, যে আমাকে পেয়ে সুখী, অন্তত: অসুখী না। তাদের জন্যই বা তাদেরকে নিয়েই কাজ করতে চাই, যারা আমার কাজের মূল্য বুঝবে, অন্তত: বিরক্ত হবে না।

কস্ট করে আর অশান্তি কিনতে চাইনা। যে যার মত সুখে থাকুক।

Whenever I do anything for anyone, I do my best with full attention. But when I found people are making trouble from my work, that doesn't grow any interest to work with them again. Why should I want to have more trouble? I better stay away from them. Let them live happy.

I want to stay with those people, who are happy to have me, at least not unhappy to see me. I want to work with them who understand the value of my work, or at least won't disappoint.

I don't want to buy trouble; I want to let them live happy.

When you have too many problems

When you have too many problems you its really difficulty stay with smile face. If anyone asked you what is your problem, again very difficult to choose, what to say what shouldn’t….