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BACK TO TRAPEZIUM ONE

Friday Evening. Most Important presentation of my career. I got out from my boss's cabin. I am one of those guys who barely sweats after half an hour of strenuous exercise; and here I was, dripping with sweat. My shirt was wet. This rather uneasy situation was probably a morale boost for my fellow associates. I didn't care for that. What I did care about was about the date I had that evening. I was 2 hours late.   'No Action this weekend as well!' Damn!  Well, just another solitary weekend, I thought. The only plus point was that I still had the 'Job' - that would pay my rent,  give me calories, pay my gym fees, buy me booze and smokes, pay my rather expensive pseudo 'dates', satisfies my parents, and ultimately that yields nothing but deep anguish within.  I headed to my apartment which was 5km from work. Naturally, it took an hour to reach! I had a nice cold shower and grabbed some beer. I had been alienated from curr...