Winds of Change!!

How easy is it to change?? Or how difficult it is to change?? Tough question or easy question?? Well the same thing was going through my mind exactly a month ago.. Being in certain location or with certain people will make you fall in the comfort zone.And i tell you, once you are in comfort zone, it is very difficult to make a decision of changing. My stint with NSN was for 34 month!! long time is it?? And to take a decision of moving out to a new company was hard enough..The people, the place, the environment, everything will no longer be the same. The very thought about it baffled me.Taking a decision was never going to be easy as you get emotionally attached to these things.Finally decided, "This is it" i am going to resign.. During the notice period, there are mixed feeling. The sense of not seeing the people with whom you spend so much time is tough. Especially when you have found good friends in them. There is also the sense of joy and pride of moving to a better position meeting new people, exploring new opportunities!!

Finally the day arrived. July 15Th 2010, my last day at NSN. Had fun the day before, when all the team gathered for my send off party. Can't tell that it was rocking party but it was kind of OK( Cant expect rocking parties from telcom engineers!!). That Thursday went so fast. Starting with finalising the formalities and meeting with people for one last time ( officially though!) Many were surprised at my decision, but almost every one blessed me with their wishes. Those where touchy moments where a sense of separation was creeping in me. I decided to go to my home town for the weekend, and trust me those 6 hours were the longest it took to reach my place. Perhaps i was attached emotionally to my work, more so with the people which made things hard to digest.

I spent three days at home, and returned to Bangalore all charged to take up the new assignment or rather give my career a new direction. I reached the office sharp 8.30 and was taken aback by the sheer number of people. Having come from a small bunch of people in my previous company to a company with thousands and thousands in a single campus was astonishing feeling, to be honest felt like coming in herd of sheep's!! ( No personal offence!!) Couple of days passed in the induction and in anxiety! The real test of working in a software company started from then on.. To sit in bench with no work and having to spend 9.5 hours at office was herculean task to say the least.It was that time when 5 mins looked like hours (Perhaps i was coming from a domain where one wouldn't be ideal for such long time). Finally after struggling for 15 days i got into a project.

That has been the story for last one month of my professional carrier, hope the change will signal the good things to come!!

A night to remember

It was midnight, and i was sleeping alone on my bed.There was no power and it was totally dark. It was that time, when i was all alone! all the time in the world to think about all kinds of topics. Sometimes being alone gets crazy thoughts in your mind. Suddenly my mind was travelling on numerous topics like a bird in the sky. And i thought of this-"What will happen when I'll die??" This one thought shook me up.And suddenly i started thinking about all those people whom i cannot meet, i cannot talk. My mom, friends, relatives, office (Strangely, but yes i did think of office) and places. What will happen to you, your body and your soul?? Different faiths say different things about life after death. You go to heaven or hell depending on your deeds. The exam is result is pass(heaven) or fail(hell) depending upon your efforts put to succeed the exam called life!!

I was not able to sleep for quite a while, still thinking about these crazy thoughts.But god has given human beings the most wonderful gift-"Brain"!. It has the power to remember the minutest of things and forget the toughest times. I still remember those days of my childhood when dad left us. It was probably the toughest time not only for me but for the entire family. Though i didn't had brains to think about the future at that time, but still things look very murky. But as they say even the darkest nights will end in a bright day, things have moved on and since then i have never looked back ( touch wood and by God's grace). Now i feel how did we actually passed those tough time. And may be that is called Life, embracing all the good and forgetting all the bad. Finally i got sleep and off i go into the beautiful world of dreamzzzzz.

My short visit to Chennai

Its been many days since i have posted my last blog. To be honest, didn't feel like posting anything. Or should i put it this way, was keeping myself away from any blogging. After long time actually felt of writing something. So here i am writing about my recent visit to chennai. The day started pretty early, thanks to my travel desk who had booked my flight at 7 in the morning, and you know how far is the bangalore airport. This trip of mine was little different from my other visits, as i was travelling to chennai for the first time and for the first time i was travelling through "Indian Airlines"



Myself and one of my collegeu reached airport around 6, and there was this huge queue for security. It took us 45 mins to get through the security check, and get myself a cup of coffee. I must write something about Indian Airlines. Since i was travelling through this airline for the first time, and i had got very bad feedback about the airlines. I was equally excited since it was my first visit to chennai, and i had also heard about the weather of chennai. And Indian airlines kept its reputation and was delayed by half an hour.




I was late and thanks to the city traffic, matter got worst. Somehow reached office around 10. It was a hectic day with lots of class room sessions followed by regular work. I managed to meet one of my friends in chennai. We went out for dinner toghether in his new bike and it was my treet :) Two days went really fast and it was time to leave. This time i was back to my trusted airline the Kingfisher. And since then i havent travelled to update anything new. So keep waiting for the next blog!!