My association with Aricent has come to an end. It has left only sweet memories and sometimes I just wonder was it really to necessary to break this tie up. Let me just recall this glorious period and see what all I went through. The start happened on 30'th June, 2009. In spite of the rumors of late joining, Aricent was second only to TCS in giving the joining date for our campus. This was a welcome respite for all of us who were to join as we were getting bored of doing nothing at home for the last 2 months. The three months training period was an extension of college life with two major exceptions. The guys were not that close as in college and the girls were not that far as in our college. There was healthy interaction. The best part were the non technical sessions. It was great fun to participate in the activities scheduled for such sessions. In business acumen session the instructor gave us a psychometric test. Based on the score he gave his verdict that I was not for engineer...

Finally I have reached the last week of my notice period. First I should define the notice period for people who might not be from private sector or who are still student. This is the period between the day you notify of your resignation to your current employer and the day you are actually leave the company. This is very crucial period for you and you get a chance to think and rethink your decision. And if by any chance you revert your decision then its a jackpot for your current employer. In this period you go through several meetings with your L1 manager, L2 manager, HR people and they all try to convince you that this is the best place for you to work and you should appreciate the fact that the company has really worked hard to build your career as well. These all persuasions are elements of this period. I also faced these things and during the course of this period I was made aware of the benefits of working in a service company and that brings me to the topic of the post. In a se...

Lately I read the FountainHead. It turned my whole concept of these two words. Earlier I had attached good feeling with the former word and bad with the later one. But now I guess things are changing. Altruism means for others. Others must matter above you. Their thoughts their needs everything. Then you start doing a thing so that others might appreciate you. They must approve of you. And not that you really want to that job. The result that perfection and determination can never come in such an act. Thats in a sense curbing your independence. If I look my life its much more comprable to the charachter of Peter Keatings although I never achieved success like him. But yes the thought process was the same. Always thinking about others. Never doing a job because I really loved the job. Everyone was running for a seat in reputed college for engineering, I also ran in the same direction as my family members thought it was a good thing to do. Here also in job, do this thing as your manager ...

So today is friendship day. Ideally I should have been celebrating with my friends this great day. But what am I doing, with no one to talk to, I'm left with my diary with this monologue. I don't know whether I tried or not but I certainly went to one of my faltmates and told him clearly that I'm going to get mad in few time. But he didn't even care to look above from his lappy. I don't know what has changed inside me. I'm hating each and everything. I'm unable to get my thoughts and action together. It seems I'm tethered away. Don't who cursed me for this life. I myself used to inspire people and give fundas like there are lots of positive energies around you. Just try to grab them. Feel right. I'm unable to walk the talk I did. Last two days should have been rocking in usual cases as I did what I like. On friday evening went with one of my teammate to a pub. I tried to enjoy the time. He gave a lot of fundas realted to career. But it only spar...

These days are really becoming very tough to handle. I'm feeling miserably low, don't whether its effect of the weather or anything else. But it can't be weather as these high winds and no sun overhead inspire lovers. So, its certainly something else. The hollowness inside me is swallowing the whole of me. I'm unable to escape it. Just imagine today most of the time I spent in front of the screen without any purpose. I didn't have any option. No one to talk to. People say whatever you see around yourself is in fact the reflection of your soul inside. I don't know what has filled me inside with so much of hatred. I've started hating everything, not even loving the mother nature. The soothing wind is also tearing me apart and exposing the hollowness in me. To get rid of this I tried everything I could, went to malls, met with friends of college, can't say them as friends as I hardly talked to them in college sparing the first year. I went park like old peo...

Life has been very happening lately, witnessed many new things. Don't know whether I should write or not. But anyways I have to express it somewhere, If not to my closest friends then at least to my diary .... my blog. Here it goes .... One of my best friends came back from his onsite. Since morning I was in regular touch with him. Although I was in office but for the greatest invention of man called mobile I was in touch with my friend, or you must say this was what I assumed. Then, at 1'o clock he let me know that he has locked himself out of the house and he can't enter. Actually my house has a strange locking system identical to cars. If you haven't taken the keys out of the house and somehow the gate gets locked then you have no way to enter the house. He stepped out of the house and due strong breeze, a blessing of Bangalore, the gate got locked. He called me for help. I told him to ask the security guard who is small enough and can easily get into the house throu...

Today I saw a very interesting cartoon. So, just wanted to share with you all. It describes a business setup where a farmer raises green pastures for deers, goats and other secondary consumers. These consumers were offered these services free of cost. Then, as its a business so profit making attitude has to be there. The farmer can't do charity for these consumers. So to get the price for his work and also to make huge profit, he charges $20 per entry in this farm from the lions. This business model is followed in various industries at the moment. The biggest one being our internet industry. They offer various free services for us, from our e-mails to searches to what not. But they recover this cost from the advertisers. This innovative way of earning was followed by some of my friends at colleges of Pune also. They used to organize various parties where they kept free entries for girls. But for guys they used to charge hefty entry charges just to watch those girls. Just look aroun...

So, finally after a long gap I'm back. When you leave an activity for long enough you feel very jittery and white knuckled to return to that activity. For the first few days it seems to be as naive as starting afresh. The same is the case with this activity also. Anyways, but I'll give it a shot. And you must never say never Boss. Dialogue of Kamlesh in straight. It proves my new found liking for this character. There was a quote in the famous book "A Young Girl's Diary". Papers have more patience than people. I'm feeling exactly the same thing. I want to share some feelings but don't know whom to share with. My friends, all are settled with their job. Got extremely busy with their work. I can't blame them. Everyone has to be like that in this grim economic scenario. Or else you'll be out of your office with a lot of hush-hush. I think this is just a hoax feeling, about my friends getting busy, but I can't help it. So, after a long gap which is...

I'm on this earth for the last 24 years 5 months. But I didn't get a chance to cut a cake till last Friday. Last Friday there was target completion celebration for our team and my manager asked me to cut the cake. I was highly obliged be this gesture of my manager. He has always been so kind to me.