Renu was sitting a cubicle away. She came looking for her roommate with whom I was sharing my system. They spoke about their evening plans and Renu just went away. I still thought that smile was for me. After that day, I saw her quite a good number of times and my teammate gave me an intro to her. We used to share couple of smiles – just that much.
I did not do well in my training. Neither did I find it remotely interesting and result was evident. I flunked my module exams. Another round of tormenting days started.
One day as I was pouring my woes to my neighbor, her roomie – that’s Renu, hoped in. She heard quite a bit of it and just told me directly – dude, you have it in you, just do it.
It was just a line, but the energy it carried was something which really prompted me to start preparing. And it bore the fruit. I not only started passing, I scored well too. And it just kept me wondering what the magic was.
Progressively, we started chatting more and more. We used to share our code snippets and help each other. We started enjoying each other’s company. Our hard work really paid off and we passed all the exams with flying colors and got into real work. She moved to a different department and I moved into SAP which was the cream of the industry.
Initially we were just given simpler roles in our work and we used to finish it real quick. Renu and I used to make sure that we had quality time with ourselves. She was a major foodie and loved junk. And after every junk that she ate, she would sigh and say that she wanted to reduce. She was not even remotely fat. Maybe girls have an inner eye to see things. I don’t know that.
It was one of the finest period of my life. I had freedom to do whatever I wanted, a good friend like Renu and loads of cash which I used to get every month end.
And then one day my manager asked me to travel to Pune for a project……..
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Origination
I had an ordinary life. I was neither handsome nor did I have the bucks like my college mates had. I used to wake up in the morning catch 2 buses and reach college. Attend classes, have lunch in the canteen alone and then catch the 2 buses back to home. 4 years of engineering flew like that. When my friends went to industrial tours and trips, I stayed at home playing games in my computer. My only company was my computer as I did not talk much to my parents. I used to have fights with my dad who used to blame me for being such a good for nothing guy. And his words became true when my semester results showed that I had flunked in 3 papers. It was my 5th semester and it was important for me to pass them all so that I was considered as a candidate for the placements. I worked hard in my 6th semester and made sure that I made up for the loss, but 11 papers in all was pretty hell. I flunked in 1 paper. It was a financial accountancy paper, the lone paper which I liked in engineering and I made sure I taught the whole class. But everyone in my class passed except me.
I was the loner, now everyone could gear for placements while I had to sit and write my arrear paper. I decided to work hard on my project and made sure that whatever I do, my project should define me. I chose 2 people in my team who were very good. Worked hard with them and made sure that spent hours gave birth to a real good project. I had given my 1 arrear paper in my 7th semester and was awaiting the results.
And suddenly things started falling in place. My results came in the month February. In 2 weeks, a premier IT company, sent out a newspaper ad asking for freshers. I applied there. They called me for an aptitude test. I wrote it with little expectations. When the results were announced, there was a big crowd waiting at the notice board to see their names. I just stood there for a while and thought of giving a last chance. I saw my name. Yes my name. Asking me to come to their office next day to give an interview. I was in cloud 9, 19, 49,99. Next day dawned. Interview was taken by the HR. She asked me couple of questions about me, my education, my project, my interests etc. And then she told me to await a mail from them. I went on with my life and project.
And then it came. A simple email. It said that you are in. Welcome. My joy knew no bounds. I had made it. I told this to my dad. He was in tears of joy. I was the first person in my college to make it to the IT company in off campus mode.
Suddenly I became famous. Everyone asked as to who that guy was who made it to that company. And I went on with my life doing my project which was my ultimate dream. Worked hard, did well and gave my final semester exams with a lot of confidence. And results came. I had scored 200 on 200 for my project and scored an aggregate of 80%. I had become an engineer.
And then came the mail, asking me to join Hyderabad office of that IT company for Training. Yes. I made it. I was going to go places.
First day of the office, I was surrounded with massive structure, the speeches made me proud and I felt that belonging along with the 800 others who joined on that day.
We had our induction and few ice breaker sessions. And then our struggle started. The rigors of training were just forming shape. I was feeling exhausted, lost and was on the verge of break down.
And I saw her. She was like the whiff of air which can turn a rustled leaf into a green pod. And then, she smiled – at ME.
I was the loner, now everyone could gear for placements while I had to sit and write my arrear paper. I decided to work hard on my project and made sure that whatever I do, my project should define me. I chose 2 people in my team who were very good. Worked hard with them and made sure that spent hours gave birth to a real good project. I had given my 1 arrear paper in my 7th semester and was awaiting the results.
And suddenly things started falling in place. My results came in the month February. In 2 weeks, a premier IT company, sent out a newspaper ad asking for freshers. I applied there. They called me for an aptitude test. I wrote it with little expectations. When the results were announced, there was a big crowd waiting at the notice board to see their names. I just stood there for a while and thought of giving a last chance. I saw my name. Yes my name. Asking me to come to their office next day to give an interview. I was in cloud 9, 19, 49,99. Next day dawned. Interview was taken by the HR. She asked me couple of questions about me, my education, my project, my interests etc. And then she told me to await a mail from them. I went on with my life and project.
And then it came. A simple email. It said that you are in. Welcome. My joy knew no bounds. I had made it. I told this to my dad. He was in tears of joy. I was the first person in my college to make it to the IT company in off campus mode.
Suddenly I became famous. Everyone asked as to who that guy was who made it to that company. And I went on with my life doing my project which was my ultimate dream. Worked hard, did well and gave my final semester exams with a lot of confidence. And results came. I had scored 200 on 200 for my project and scored an aggregate of 80%. I had become an engineer.
And then came the mail, asking me to join Hyderabad office of that IT company for Training. Yes. I made it. I was going to go places.
First day of the office, I was surrounded with massive structure, the speeches made me proud and I felt that belonging along with the 800 others who joined on that day.
We had our induction and few ice breaker sessions. And then our struggle started. The rigors of training were just forming shape. I was feeling exhausted, lost and was on the verge of break down.
And I saw her. She was like the whiff of air which can turn a rustled leaf into a green pod. And then, she smiled – at ME.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Snooze
I was tired. I did not want to wake up. I felt that I was being sucked into the black hole. My heart was withering in pain. I didn’t say anything. I just wanted to be a part of her life. I never imposed on her. I never complained to her.
But she did not understand. She cut my call. She did not reply to my messages. She felt that I was getting to close to her. She felt that I was occupying chunk of her space. She felt that I was not giving her a breathing space.
She closed it. She shut the doors. She said that she had had enough of me. And she went off to sleep.
I had the hollow feeling within me. I wanted to through up. I felt a load of stones surmounting my head. Sleep eluded me. I don’t know when my eyes drifted away.
The alarm rang. I snoozed it. It rang again. I snoozed it. Third time, I switched it off. But alarm still rang.
Was I dreaming ? it wasn’t the alarm. She was calling me. I saw the screen. It said – Renu calling. I had sweet and sour sensation. I did not know what to expect.
I greeted her. She acknowledged it. She said that she loved me. Imaginary fireworks cracked within me. She said the golden words:
“I want to be a part your life. And I want you to be a part of my life”. “ I love you”. “ I did not sleep last night”. “I thought a lot”. “And I am sorry”. “Love you a lot”
And she smiled :)
And there our journey took off with a Snooze.
How it all started ? I will tell you.
Where its heading to ? I will tell you.
Until next post. Its Au Revoir….
But she did not understand. She cut my call. She did not reply to my messages. She felt that I was getting to close to her. She felt that I was occupying chunk of her space. She felt that I was not giving her a breathing space.
She closed it. She shut the doors. She said that she had had enough of me. And she went off to sleep.
I had the hollow feeling within me. I wanted to through up. I felt a load of stones surmounting my head. Sleep eluded me. I don’t know when my eyes drifted away.
The alarm rang. I snoozed it. It rang again. I snoozed it. Third time, I switched it off. But alarm still rang.
Was I dreaming ? it wasn’t the alarm. She was calling me. I saw the screen. It said – Renu calling. I had sweet and sour sensation. I did not know what to expect.
I greeted her. She acknowledged it. She said that she loved me. Imaginary fireworks cracked within me. She said the golden words:
“I want to be a part your life. And I want you to be a part of my life”. “ I love you”. “ I did not sleep last night”. “I thought a lot”. “And I am sorry”. “Love you a lot”
And she smiled :)
And there our journey took off with a Snooze.
How it all started ? I will tell you.
Where its heading to ? I will tell you.
Until next post. Its Au Revoir….
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