Last One Year – Fast Forward

Reserving a ticket for own or all…running hard to catch train…gossips on way useful or useless..stay at destination for a while and again fixing ourselves in same cycle. On the whole, I am paraphrasing about “A Journey” – comprising ruthless, robust, exciting and juvenile small journeys within a year.

It all started from our homes where we had smiles on our parents’ faces as we were placed in India’s promising IT company – Infosys. From there we travelled back to our college JIET, Guna -- A place comprising of two gender males and non- males. Hunting a lady was most daunting task there. Even though, we had managed our four most memorable year there and semester was 7^th by that time.

Right in the mid of semester, we got an e-mail from Infosys requesting to seek internship with them. And this was the time when we started moving forward.

College management took decision of sending us to Waknaghat, H.P for our last semester course which had to be covered in one and half month. Hence we packed our bags and moved to beautiful place only 30 km away from Shimla. But things were not so beautiful when we reached our campus. Staying in minus six floors and attending classes on 3^rd floor certainly required strong mettle. Account of same can be estimated by the fact that my colleagues used to call our rooms as Kalka (100km downhill from Waknaghat) and classrooms as Shimla (30 km uphill). For this brave act we surely need some kudos and thanks if you are feeling pity!

With few exciting moments of fight(one tight slap) , trips ;boring moments of classes and windy nights we completed 3 fortnight and meanwhile moving to next year 2009 too. Completion of exams marked our term end at Waknaghat hence we moved to our respective homes for a day or two before leaving to Infosys, Mysore.

By the time it was barely 3 months and we had already travelled from our home to Guna then to Waknaghat back to homes and moving forth to Mysore.

This journey comprised of lots of excitement for college guys going to be a part of Company. Obviously few people having little bit more knowledge tried to circumvent gossips to get importance but could not resist more and spring out if some data popping in discussion contradicted their knowledge. Thanks to this nature of human being, we always find few moments to intrigue on them and smile.

Finally we were in Mysore- City of Tipu Sultan. We started training but our momentous excitement shattered on training commencement. It was like waking up early morning, i.e. 7 am and sleeping at earliest morning, i.e. 2 am. And a normal human being requires 7 hours of sleep at minimum, at least an engineering student definitely needs it or even more. But as its being said ‘its good thing about bad times that they too fly away’ and we reached the stage of Internship project – ‘WOW’. Just this would be term if you ask about project days from people who did internship there. We were on paid holiday and adding value to this were food coupons. Food coupons were like Genie in our pocket. You pick it out have your favorite dish at Infosys, have largest and costliest Dominos Pizza with separate coke bottle at you room during matches or any other day, have two juice, one milk shake and one sundae simultaneously along with fruit chat and try out each and every item listed in CCD café. If not satisfied Genie gives you power of buying any cookies and merchandise at CCD. Few individuals even ordered as much of 75 cups, looks like they were waiting for internship only to start cup business. And by this if I conclude Café Coffee Day liked coupon system much more than others then that wouldn’t be unfair anyhow.

Finally our 4 month internship was over and we moved forward to our colleges for final presentation which lasted a week or two. This stay in college had everything from Hindi movies ending scene- sadness, emotions and sentiments, welled up eyes.

Saying good bye to our college and friends we moved to our homes for 2 months rest as we had to join Infosys, Mysore back in July.

It was like last summer vacation for us as we all knew that while in job, nobody is going get even 3 day leave without seniors consent. So, it was used like anything and I can prove it by saying that almost everyone gained 5kg on an average and particularly those people too for whom gaining 5kg was like putting on 1/10^th of their total weight.

And as summer lasts, we moved to Infosys, Mysore but this time excitement was about getting our first handsome salary as Internship fetched us only 1000 per month and to add on 420 as first salary. What a ridicules sum to start your career. Isn’t it?

We reached Mysore but this time it was extended training of two and half months and we had all time in world to cultivate our hobbies even though we missed food coupons and at parallel CCD missed it too.

It was our last destination before being posted to various locations within India. Right now I am in Infosys, Pune with few people out of those 21. Working hard to fit myself into my job and always shying away from frequently uprising question which knocks now and then that is this best for me?

From last year to till date it has been total 10 months, 8 destinations,16 times luggage packing, 5 Mobile SIM for 5 states, ample of new local places, meeting people in profusion, Loads of information but on the darker side it was tough to adjust to people, tough to adjust to climate, tough to adjust to places. Seldom, we got time to think about ourselves and it was like we were moving with gale.

But thanks to all those who had been along with their jokes, thanks to cards, thanks to few misunderstandings, thanks to sex classes, thanks to OH compound and special thanks to people who had been subject of our pranks but never took things on other side.

It’s not over yet and we are expecting more journeys around the way. Hope that bring lots of fun too…

Cheers.