coffee-table discussions

whenever more than one of us in our gang sit together around a coffee-table during one of those so-many breaks that we take during work (tea-break1,lunch-break,tea-break2,snacks-break,etc..) in the office cafeteria, u can be assured that the discussion will be around 2 things. One that we have it already and the one we dont have it (and dont have the hope of getting it in the recent future!)

1) work (the activity that affords one his livelihood - webster)
i've had so much cribbings of it in the past year or so, contributed by myself and others, that now i'm getting numb to this. what aspect of job are we happy with (other than the pay day)..that guy is getting more, this guy is going abroad, this guy is going abroad again, he is not coming back from US, his package is good, my work is crap, i dont have any growth, i dont learn anything, there is no management, what does HR do, stock up, stock down, stock junk etc..etc..an unending list it goes. oh, we comfortably forget how well we're paid, how less we work during these discussions.
it felt great the day TI put a offer letter in my hand (of which i couldn't make much sense)during campus, thats four years back..when I put posters of of all size of Texas/TI in my room , as if it's my saviour..but i've come a long way since then. now i dont give damn about the company i work in..i just do my work and get paid..dont really take pride if it achieves something (yeah, thats a big IF)

2) girl (a young unmarried female person - webster. for calvin's defn see below)
i'm not sure whether its mere coincidence or alien spy-racket, that all my friends have this problem, none of us have girl-friends. y me gawd? a topic that is much discussed out, how to get one! all junk ideas keep flowing as everyone know we aint going to do that. i've have so much luck that the team in which i worked in my prev company has no girls, the division in which i'm working now doesn't have girls and the so-few girls in the company are already busy (yeah..so what will u do if they are avbl, Mr?)..dont even talk about the college..in fact the last time i was close with a girl was in 3rd standard when my teacher made me sit between 2 girls for almost a year, because i was talking too much in class..i pray to god that she be given heaven-berth, i dont know y i didn't get such punishments later.
i think getting a Bachelor degree in Engineering (especially from the so-called top-notch insti's)is taking oath that you'll remain bachelor* till you get married. sigh..i shd have got into commerce or medicine..our lives have been so much devoid of it that we see them only in movies/books..I used to go to MG road (and u know y), but where the girls i ask..If we have to go by ratio in MG road, then its 99:1 in this country.. there are few girls coming the in the front (with their boy friends by side clutching them so close so as not to lose them to the eagles out there looking for prey).
going out on a date with a girl seems like reaching the peak of Mt.Everest(and i cant even scale the mountains out here nearby without the help from automotives!)..

bachelor* => meaning of this word varies from people to people.

other topics that gets mentioned are politicians,bihar,bangalore roads,sharam singh etc..but usually they dont go on for much time.

there are much more interesting discussions happen around the drinks-table during our trips, but lets leave that for another post...