Achievements and lessons...

I was recently asked to fill up a self appraisal form at work, and one of the questions in the questionnaire included, "list your achievements for this review period." Well, for those who know me realize that my joy knew no bounds. Me, ahem ahem..being the humble man I am, decided to open up to my boss to list the achievements and just when I was about to start typing, economy struck me with an e-mail. The e-mail, from super-boss, claimed that there would be no more raises and bonuses in the eras to come. Realizing the futility of this endeavor only made my motivation to fill up paperwork disappear like I used when my mom would find some work for me during summer vacation. Now that there was no impetus to pen my achievements during the 8 hours I spend behind bits and bytes of my creation, I decided to use this loaded pen to list on and off-work achievements along with fruits of wisdom I have gathered in this review period. Again, those who know me realize that, if any one of capable of gathering these acorns of wisdom, that person is me. Here is the list...

* Achievement: Worked for 12 straight hours without any breaks or without actually realizing that I worked for 12 hours
Lesson learned: Nothing should be so engaging so as make you use a glue stic instead of chapstic on your lips

* Achievement: Made awesome vegetable and chicken biryani
Lesson learned: The test for checking if the heating element on the stove is hot is definitely NOT touching it

* Achievement: A record time for climbing down 4 floors
Lesson learned: Do NOT jump the last step, for if you miss it, you might just sprain your ankle

* Achievement: Benched 150lbs for 10 reps
Lesson learned: Do NOT eat bean and nachos for lunch on the day you want to bench 150lbs. It might just result in the most embarrassing fart on the first rep, and the girl you were talking to in the gym, will stop talking to you, forever

and Finally

* Achievement: Climb 9 floors of a building 10 times with a 20lbs sack on your back
Lesson learned: Find something better to do when you are bored