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LOCKDOWN LIFE #StayHome #StaySafe #StaySane HOME Khush yaar…, you know what, tomorrow we have this seminar on Software Testing and Quality Assurance for which we are supposed to download loads of applications and what not, and, and, on the top of it, its going to be for like six long hours ( with just half an hour lunch break) can you believe it…! Firstly, the idea of working Saturday does not fit in my brain… Secondly, it’s for six long hours… No actually, five and half long hours, thirty minutes lunch break…, Khushi interjects. Well, okay, I edit. Secondly, it’s for like five and half long hours… Lastly, ‘ATTENDANCE IS COMPULSORY’, I say it with a tinge of annoyance in my voice to my dearest roomie Khushi. Wait, wait, wait, hang on there, take it easy bro…, says Khushi. Well, you are right, but I really don’t want it to happen, you know. Khush, I was actually thinking to download all the required software tomorrow morning. What say? For now, I should j
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