After One Year

As O’ Henry used the title for his brilliantly written story “After Twenty Years”, to show that how the lives of two friends had changed in a time span of twenty years. I’m also using a similar title to list out some of the changes which had happened to me, after I came to Mumbai.

Question: What all have changed in me, in the past one year?

Answer: The answer seems to be very simple to me; but when I try to analyze these answers, I find that I’ve gained a lot in every aspect of life.

Made some more good friends and hope to continue these relationships throughout my life.
Now I know Places, People & Culture of one more city – Mumbai, the City of Dreams.
Got second life after having successful operation at the beginning of this calendar year.
Learnt some of typical words of the Mumbaiya language. And have also started using them in my day to day talks.
Also learnt 2 levels of ballroom dancing (Jive, Salsa & Waltz) & looking forward to learn Level 3 soon.
Now I’m an IT professional with one year of experience.
Also started loving Vada Pav with Cutting (a cup of tea).
How can I forget this, I also started blogging this year, which gave me freedom to express my thoughts.

But there are certain things in life which I still don’t like or find them incorrect:

Don’t like traveling in local trains and buses, although I travel in them whenever required.
Always miss my college & hostel life. I still missed my friends a lot.
Never liked the Rains of Mumbai.
Still don’t have a GF…

Celebrations...

Atleast I never expected that we’ll have so much fun that day. It was a celebration in the true sense.

It was 7^th November, the day we joined i-flex, a year ago. The first anniversary of my first job, not only mine; but for most of us it was their first job, hence it was a special day. Last year, 27 of us joined together as freshers and most of us were strangers to each other. Everyone ready to prove their metal in the organization and raring to climb up the ladder to success. Time passed and we became friends, infact good friends, even though some of the guys moved to the Bangalore office.

We decided to do something special that day. Something which should be different and out-of-box (actually I heard this phrase here only and it is one of the most commonly used jargon used here). This was followed by number of chain mails and also lots of conversations happened. After much discussions and debate, finally we decided to distribute sweets to our teammates, seniors and acquaintances in office. One more thing we decided that we’ll be sending out the same mail and approximately at the same time too. And it all happened according to our plans. Nishant suggested that atleast on this day; all of us who are working in the same office should have lunch together. Later we had photo session.

The day ended in carrying out all these activities and now was the evening time, meant for partying. We, actually 15 of us who are still in Mumbai, went to Bowling Café @ Hiranandani Gardens for bowling. Later we went to PopTates for dinner. The spirits were so high that we fitted ourselves at a table which was meant for only 8 people. Rounds of drink began, followed by dinner. I’m unable to express the emotions, spirit and the amicability which were present there. We missed all our batchmates who are not in Mumbai. We reached home around 1:30 in the night, with all the memories of that last one year. I always heard that people in Mumbai work hard and party harder, and I too realized that is true atleast for all of us today.

It was an awesome evening. I think that everyone of us must have enjoyed more than the other one of us. I’ll definitely remember that beautiful evening and celebrations throughout my life. That was also one of the best evenings that I have ever spent in my life.

On a lighter note, now when the day had already passed, we all became 1+ year of experience professionals and are no longer a fresher…

First Aniversary

Today is the first aniversary of joining i-flex.

Last year, on this same date, that is 7th November; a batch of 27 people joined this organisation. I was one of them.

This is an occasion to celebrate the completion of one year @ i-flex, completion of one year of my first salaried job and also the completion of one year of friendship with other people whom I came to know due to this job.

This year may have totally been different, if all the people and their best wishes wouldn't have been with me.

Happy B'Day SRK !!!

Today is the 41st birthday of King Khan aka Shah Rukh Khan...

Join me in wishing him:

"Many Many Happy Returns of the Day... May you continue to rule the industry for another century... Wishing you all the success and fame in Life !!!"