Ode to the Onsite Employee

Everyone comes here
For 3 or 6 months or an year

You may have a different visa
Bottom line is cent is dearer than a paisa
But change of scene is surely a treat
So we brave the cold, beat the heat.

Overcome the jet lag and start running the race
That is already moving at a very maddening pace.
Bugs to be resolved, milestones to be met
Complete features whose requirements have'nt been set.

Breakfast is nothing or maybe some cereals
Dinner with movies or TV serials
If you are lucky, you go to a team lunch
Else you just follow the bunch.

Groceries from Pick'n'Save and IGS
Eating outside ? Sometimes yes.
But mostly it is cooking at home
Cuisines from Rawalpindi to Rome.

Weekends may be a differnt story
If you are in office, it is not quite hunky-dory.
Shop at Kenosha till the car dickies bend
Or sit at home and sigh as it comes to an end.


Not driving is considered a handicap
If you do, you run into mishaps.
Jumping signals, hits or speed tickets
Landing ourselves on sticky wickets.

Calling home once a week
Choosing our words as we speak.
Telling them things, how it is
And then it is home that we start to miss.

Staying in Residence Inn, Meadows or Extended Stay
Longing for another sunny day.
Passions keep us going - Rasam, Mountain Dew
Money, Tennis, books to name a few.

And then it is time to go back
After 3 or 6 months or an year
Taking memories, photos and cordless phones
Back to our home, sweet homes
Only to return the next year.