Infosys

12th July, 2004 - The day I joined Infosys.

The day I thought to myself - 'Shit, I'm making money'.
The day I left home for the first time.
The day I stepped out into the big, bad world.
The day the grain-of-sand-on-the-beach feeling hit me, harder than before.
All said and done, a day I'm sure I will remember for ages and ages.

2nd June, 2006 - The day I will leave Infosys.

No clue yet what Im going to feel. More sad than happy, thats for sure. Ha - I do have a clue :)
The last 2 years have been great and there is not a single unpleasant memory that I have. Of course, I got lucky - great gang during training, in the lap of luxury at Mysore, chill projects and fun gangs of people in Pune. Need I say more...

Chill projects had a lot to do with it, I guess. Thats where I really got lucky. I got to take off at 5.45 almost everyday, play, get the heck out, whatever. Work was such a small part of my life, I really liked that.

My first project - ICS.
Cute project. Interesting ML. I rocked! Week 2 I had turned the project upside down and we were finished a month before time. Everyone (my ML; team was him and me) dazed and completely shocked. Oh, that was fun...obviously, since people were singing praises of me :D

Then - CCA.
This was in early Jan and I have been here ever since. It was incredible at first, learning a new programming language, learning a new application. And I rocked yet again!! :D
Same ML, I think he had recovered from the shock by then.
But this project really has be an education. I have been fantastic at times, able to find solutions where a lot of people couldnt. I have messed up at times, usually in things so silly, its weird. The first appraisal was quite an experience...anti-climatic, because my seniors were pretty close friends by then, but still...

Infosys is an awesome place to work, there is just no denying that. I mean, imagine - youre bored so you just chill out in Coffee day! or a poolside! yes, there is a poolside inside Infosys. Every Infosys. You can play almost any sport you like on campus, its awesome.

But for the last 2-3 months, I have known to myself that I want to be doing something else - not just anything else, but something specific that I knew. And it worked out. I am off to IIM K to do my MBA - that rhymes - and Im totally thrilled. This could not have happened at a better time.

Thats the Infosys saga. It was good, especially since its come to a close when it has :)

Reserved but Unabashed

Did you catch Arjun Singh's interview recently? By Karan Thapar. I have seen a lot of totally thick and shameless people in my day, but this beats them all. He cannot be serious.

I think this is just an elaborate hoax they are trying to run. You know, like when someone asks you to pretend its your birthday and then people come and wish you or ask you stuff like 'so, hot date tonight?' and you say 'no, just a quiet dinner with family and close friends' (should have just said 'yeah, hot date' actually). It was almost like Arjun Singh was bursting to tell us that this is all just some stupid joke that Sonia is playing because its in Indira's will or something - 'Give them hell from me' type of request. I would much rather believe that this is a hoax rather than believe that our elected representatives (yaay us!!) would actually do something like this. I mean, fine, they are completely incompetent and totally incapable of providing any sort of education or facilities to our backward classes, but its not like we expected that they would. I dont think the backward classes did either. They know its all an election campaign game. And the goons in power know we know. So where the hell is this sudden desire to do something coming from? To show us that they are doing something? No, thank you is what I say.

So here is what we should do - Organize a protest rally, go up to Parliament or something, but our banners should read

JOKE'S OVER

NICE TRY, BUT WE ARE ON TO YOU

Beer, biryani and mango ice cream

The next best thing to an orgasm.

Start off with a bottle of beer. The drops of condensation trickling slowly down the side of the bottle. The cold beer going down...youre just getting in the mood.

Then you start on the biryani, tasting the rice and the masala at first, your taste buds and salivary glands getting into a slightly heightened state of excitement in anticipation of the mutton. You oblige and taste the mutton...oh, that first taste really gets you going. The combination of the mutton, potatoes and masala just sends you into transports of ecstasy. You reach dizzying heights till you finally stop, sated, spent.

You take a few deep breaths, gather your thoughts and then start on the mango ice cream. Every bite makes you close your eyes and go 'ummmm'.

Perfect.

:D