fascination for free food

its the day before christmas. probably my free food senses are too strong that i got an indication. there were rumblings of cake being distributed in the office on occasion of christmas. my free food sensory ears started locking in the buzz words like 'cake', 'eggless', 'chocolate', etc that i was almost sure there would be cake in office.

just to make myself doubly sure, i innocently started taking walks near the supplies room and spotted what i was quite sure would be boxes of cake stacked there. more than being sure, i started being hopeful. and then i had to position myself firmly in my place and make sure i am not gone anywhere when the office boy started making rounds.

and so there i was in my seat, tracking the progress of the office boy in the aisles before mine and estimating the time to arrival to my desk. and finally he was there. i looked up from my laptop as if someone disturbed me from real hard concentration. i looked at the cake and then looked at him with a clueless sign - as if i was totally caught by a pleasant surprise that a cake was being distributed.

however, wasting no time at all, i grabbed my share and relished it to the fullest. even though the cake was strictly ordinary, it was free after all!!!

my fascination for free food goes a long way from college days where i would attend never ending symposia just to get free burgers at the end. then again at university...my friends and i would go anywhere for free pizza and beer! then again at my work place in the US where we would attack the administrator's desk for free cookies and candies.

well, some things just don't change. i love free food!

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Anonymous said…
Seems like you have some free food in your mouth in the pic shown in your profile - just kidding - good to see you on the blog circle.
February 8, 2008 at 8:29:00 PM GMT+5:30
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