HO HO HO

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Photo Courtesy: A teammate of mine, who is a pro when it comes to creativity and designing ;) 

Secret Santa's come to town (cont'd)

When I can write riddles for a teammate's Secret Child, I sure have to write few for my own Secret Child... So here are few I wrote for her...

Secret Santa's come to town
To turn your day upside down
When you find your gift, don't look around
Coz I'd have left, not to be found

Tomorrow's gift won't be a breeze
You've got to solve the riddle, and find it with ease

It's spice and rice, all done up and nice
Make sure you don't carry lunch, I'm sure your gift will suffice.

This was more to ensure she didn't carry lunch the next day, coz I was about to give her a biryani for her gift (I'd found out that she's fond of spicy food, especially biryani).

The following day, I left the biryani with her teammate Priyanka, and sent her this clue.

She shares her name with a famous Miss World
It's at her desk you'll find your gift unfurled

I'll make it easy, I'll give you a clue
She's dressed today in a greyish hue.

Solve the clue before it's one
And if you do, you have a gift to be won!

Needless to say, she loved the gift. :) The final day was tougher, as she wasn't in office, and I was going on leave the next day for 15 days. So I gave her gift to someone else and also a clue from there to figure out who I was. :) Her first clue

Your final clue is on it's way
When you get your gift, hope it makes your day :)

"She's sweet and simple
When she smiles, she gets a dimple

Her name means 'soft'
But she isn't Lara Croft

She comes from Mysore
The city you go on tour

She has Shiva in her name
And there's also Shankar

She sits sits in the bay in front of  the lift
When you get to her desk, she'll give you your gift"

Once she got to the right person, she received this clue that led her to me. :)

Within this envelope is your last clue
And when you solve it, I will meet you.

Inside the envelope was a sheet with the clue

I hope you've enjoyed the journey thus far
Here's your final clue, I hope it ain't bizarre

"I'm found deep down on the ocean bed
'Best worn around the neck', is what is often said"

Here's hoping she enjoyed solving the riddles as much as I did creating them :)

Merry Christmas!

HO HO HO

Secret Santa's come to town

When you're office organizes Secret Santa a few days before Christmas, it gives you little time to contemplate what to give as gifts, much less make your secret child earn it. So when one of my teammates got another teammate as her child, we decided to spice things up by making him solve a riddle to get each gift. My first attempts at rhyming, so pardon the childish approach ;)

Don't be so blue, Solve this clue
And then you will get your gift, it's true!

You have until six,
Don't try any tricks
It's Secret Santa time
So go ahead and solve the rhyme.

"He sits all day, sometimes at night too
Greets you each day, arranges your cab for you"

In the hands of this man will be your prize,
Don't be too late, do it before the moon rise.

Answer: Security guard

Well, he solved it in no time, like we intended him to. So we decided to make things a little bit tougher for him on the final day, sending him on a wild goose chase around half the office before finally leading him to his true Secret Santa... ;) I've posted one of the clues we gave him.

It's simple, it's tough
Now the going's gonna get rough

If you thought yesterday was a piece of cake
You'd better hope today's riddle to break

"She comes from Coorg, and has bright eyes
When dressed in ethnic wear, she wins the prize

Her name has 6 letters, if you sit to count
She works from *******, handles the ***** account

Today it is with the HRs that she sits
When you get to her desk, she'll give you a chit"

Answer: One of the HR's who works from a different office (not divulging names for privacy reasons) :)