A lot can happen over coffee!!

I was in a very bad mood last Saturday when my weekend plans went for a toss and I couldn't travel to Bangalore. Back in the room, I was feeling very irritated and grouchy when my eyes settled on the coffee maker. As a general rule, I have found coffee to be very good at dousing bad mood swings. Remember the old Nescafe punchline, "the taste that gets you started up, the taste that gets you going on". It is the perfect anti-dote in any crisis. So I made myself a cup of hot steaming coffee.

The first sip and I had the feeling that I have had this coffee before. Memories flashed by at full gallop. I was back in Mysore, my training days, when one or the other of my friends would make me a cup of coffee. The same blend, the same taste. But a different time, different place. Memories of good times spent with loving friends brought a smile onto my face.

Coffee also has a tendency to make me philosophical. Ideas began flowing through, like the frenzied activity you will find in a news room before the breaking news is telecast live. Next thing I knew, I was clicking pictures with my camera. I had seen a similar shot in someone's Flickr stream a long time back. I guess it had always stayed at the back of my head. And by the time I was done clicking, I was in a very much better mood. I am learning to trust my coffee...and my camera!!

Coffee Time!!

Suave molecules of mocha invigorate the blood, the organ of thought receives from it a feeling of responsiveness and refreshment, you will sit down to your daily pastime which will restore your body and make the day's work easier. Actually this seems to be the basic need of the IT professional in nearly every crisis - a good hot cup of coffee. I just can't get my day in office started until I have had that first, piping extra hot cup of mocha.

I was walking down Wall Street in Asheville downtown with old college friends. The sun had already set and the evening was getting colder. We stepped into the quaint little "World Coffee Cafe" to catch up on things, old and new, over a cup of coffee. A cup of coffee shared with friends is happiness shared and time well spent. The coffee was good and so was the trip.