I brought my camera to work the other day and took some shots of the premises . . . . just to make the point that the place is ugly. Definitely negative feng shui. Perhaps architects and decorators are correct in saying that ugly places make for ugly people. There are some half-way decent people there, but there aren’t any saints. I’ve been there six years now and unfortunately it’s rubbing off on me. My shot at sainthood is toast by now. And I blame it on the environment, bureaucrat that I (now) am!

But seriously, all of the views below were taken from public areas, places that me and a lot of other paper pushers pass through on our daily rounds. I didn’t go looking for a dungeon that even the maintenance guys stay away from. Yes, there are some areas that aren’t as bad. But there’s nothing that you would call light, airy and pleasing (except maybe the big boss’ office). It’s just middle government at its most depressing, the kind of place that fits well into Dostoyevsky.