2 years of survival

The last post did manage to generate a good level of curiosity among my friends. Got comments ranging from 'didn't-knw-u-could-even-write' (in disbelief) to 'treat-reading-it'. It gave much needed publicity to this otherwise deserted blog. At least the hit counter says so (century for a post :) ). Couldn't manage to hit a century in my cricketing career though. Sigh !!.

Now, back to this post. On 4th of Sept I celebrated my 2nd anniversary in this corporate world ('celebrate ur failures too', sounds familiar, eh ?). My older posts would serve as my "karthoothon ka parcha". Now the 2 rupee 3 paise question (Actually it was in dollars, but changed it due to recession), "wht the heck have I done in these 2 yrs ? ". The answers to the above priceless question comes at a price to me. It would cost me sme 'overtime working neurons' to actually recollect anything remotely worth-while. If I say this blog is the only thing I think falls in tht 'worth-mentioning' category, then, u surely wud think abt my parents (Most probably to sympathise with them for how unlucky they are to have me). U might even term this as 'exaggeration', but it isn't. As 'white collared' ppl say, its all about balancing ur personal n professional life. On the same lines I wud want to bisect my 2yrs of corporate life.

On professional front .

* Have been trying to give SCJP certification since 2 yrs. Every time, my preparation last for a week n then it weakens.
* My appraisal is always filled with the things I wanted to do, not with the ones I did which is supposed to be the case. Don't want to talk abt the rating I get for my illusionary appraisal.
* Onsite still seems a light years away. Mayb, shud wait till ISRO's "Mars Mission" program.
* Attended an interview n I was politely pushed out through the glass door, mid-way. These days iam skipping any talks of changing company by reasoning it to "market conditions".
* The only saving thing was tht i cud able to do my work. My supervisor didn't have any "pink slip" thoughts abt it.

The light at the end of 'my career's' tunnel is brand Wipro. Which I plan to sell once Lalu becomes Finance minister (hoping tht it happens and he changes the country's fortunes like he did for Railways). There are reports saying software engg are the least preferred bride-grooms in India. The Lehman brothers' flirting with the money have cost us our marriages. Every young n restless 'soft'ware soul will curse them.

On personal front.

* These are the best days of my life (Don't knw when a 'pink colored slip' will make them worse :( ).
* Have made lots of good friends. Training days in Wipro were like paid honeymoon.
* Have been touring places like never before. Iam having fun till the core.(ok, only soft fun :P). They serve the contents of my posts for my otherwise forgotten blog.
* I was searching for tht special person but not anymore. I was wondering why a girl wouldn't even look at a guy, who thot himself to be handsome enough for Angelina Jolie to ditch Brad Pitt and intelligent enough to bring Bill Gates to shame. Now I know the ground realities.
* 2 new people have been added to our (otherwise bachelor's) family. My brother got married last December. My bhahi has delivered a baby girl this October. Shez still to be named. Would appreciate ur effort in suggesting a name cool enuf for our neighbor's babies to go crazy :).
* Our "Disaster group" has come a long way since the vizag trip. We have many plans in future which i hope comes true n i hope we continue these for long.
* I got a formal "rishtha" from a place near ours. I rejected it out rightly to not to spoil the girl's life. How can u expect a dumb witted, irresponsible, lazy moron to get involved in responsible committed relationship. Ek andha doosre ko kya rastha dikhayega. Don't u think iam too young to be termed as 'uncle' :) ??.
** Most importantly I wud want to apologize to my very gud friends who were part of my most cherished days for whtever reason they think i hurt them **

If ur memory is not short like mine. I talked about the balance in life before starting the above dissection. I don't need to say tht even a mentally imbalanced guy can figure out dat my life is not balanced.

I dedicate this post to Sravan whoz leaving Wipro. I'll always miss ur comments tht u used to pass abt every girl in Wipro :P. jus kidding.

C ya ... hopefully soon.