Haydays

I first heard about the word ‘heydays’ when my media manager was explaining, rather having a conversation with the creative director. Their conversation was about the much famed actor Kamal Hassan. His notoriety, charm, and stories of making love with women is what Ram (media manger) termed it as ‘Kamal’s Heydays’. The second time I heard about, rather read it was when I was going through this classic levi’s 150 years campaign. A campaign that won many awards. Now what brings me to heydays?
Sitting in my new office, a very closed, cozy, silent (a pin drop can make one hellava noise here), I somehow feel my ex-office was a lot of fun. The dim lights over here put me to sleep, even if I’ve slept 9 hours the previous night. Over there, it was just a handful of us, but everybody was so lively. Conversations, profanity, jokes, news, discussions, games, coffees, cigarettes, drama, music, it was a lot of fun.
Am I being judgmental? Or is it just nostalgia? Now, that’s what has been running in my mind during the last four days. The new place, it’s a new set up with about 12 people or so. A few names I know, a few I don’t and a few I can’t be bothered about. There’s little or no interaction between most of us. All deeply lost in their thoughts, though the creative team comprises of just 4 people (in case, you were assuming that everybody over here was busy thinking).
It’s not as bad as it was on the first day. Staring at the empty cubicle. Thankfully, I got my comp on the second day. My comp, my love, my comrade, my best friend. That reminds me, I always get a mini monitor wherever I am parked. Why is it so?Anyway, I feel much better when I have my friend with me. No issues, no tissues. I come, I log in, I browse, I find facts, I learn, I work and I relax.
Keeping aside the adage that ‘life goes on’, to me it seems like there’s something that I am attached to. Which is why, I am traveling to the past and back. Old office, old friends, fun-filled lunch breaks and what not. Somewhere in between this confusion, I realize, this is exactly how I felt like during my first week at my old office.
Being a person with positive vibes, I think I should conclude saying that “May be, at my next job, I’ll be sitting in my cubicle and wondering if the time spent in my ex-office were the real “HEYDAYS”.