Today is my salary day!

Today is my salary day! Sounds good isn’t it?

Yeah… In my IT work experience of 27 months, [big digits…]
Only…. Only… 27 days I was able to say, “Today is my salary day!” :(

Huh!

01.10.2006 is my first remuneration day…
Wondering… how after 27 months of work experience, first salary day?
Yup, Today is my first salary day in Pound Sterling, Official currency of United Kingdom.

Sounds really fantastic, isn’t it?

Actually, I had got my salary advance in GBP in India, however to receive the hard earned money here in London thrills me.
[NOTE: GBP, abbreviated as Great Britain pound, is ISO Currency code for pound sterling. Occasionally, ppl use UKP, abbreviated as United Kingdom Pounds, is the non-ISO codes, however this is Incorrect usage. ]

Before I share my experience of first salary in pounds… I would like to share the knowledge about Pound. The pound (ISO code: GBP), divided into 100 pence .The official full name pound sterling is used mainly in formal contexts. The pound was originally the value of one Troy pound of sterling silver (hence "pound sterling"). The currency symbol is the pound sign, originally ₤ with two cross-bars, then later more commonly £, with a single cross-bar. The pound sterling is one of the most traded currency in the world, after the US dollar, the euro and the yen.

Also, Currency Exchange Rate Data for British Pound vs Indian Rupee...
1 GBP = 86.2 INR as on 2006-10-03
[Average for this Year (till date) – 85.4 ]

k.. k .. I can hear u saying enough of GK …… lol

Fine….. Now ……

My INR component was credited first n GBP wasn’t….. :(
Today is d 3rd day of the month ! When will get my Pound component ? huh !

Ppl talk with high sprits n deliver jaw-breaking dialogues … however when it comes to such kinda things….. they become Dumb ! Polookas !

Pramod,my Onsite co-ordinator, came upto me n was trying to convey something n also was trying to hand over something to me… He went back coz…. Madam [i.e. d gr8 ME] was over phone
;-p
I didn’t understand wht that fishy thing was ! It was a Cover kinda thing, which he held it with care….. he had lotz in his hand n was giving it to all the team members…
I guessed it was some Party invitation to a PUB ;-p hee heee !

After I had put my phone down, he came upto me n hand over the invitation [as per my assumption], I quickly unconvered it in the very anixeity to knw wht the occasion was…..
Coooooool ! it is really not a occasion for him … its for me
It is my ‘First salary day in Pounds’.

The cover had check which said

Date XX/XX/XXXX
Pay Sangeetha Sigamani GBP xxxx.xx for and on behalf of Larsen and Toubro Infotech Limited

I felt really proud to have the quids in my hand !
[ The slang term ‘quid’ is very common in the UK, which means Pounds]

Can u guess, wht was my first reaction after seeing my sal ?

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Yup…… I hurring to type in Windows+R and i keyed in ‘calc’ in Run dialog… to compute myGBP * 85.4…. which gave me the INR equivalent ! hee heee ;-p

And was happy with that resultant NUMERAL :)