This is my first encounter with actually writin a blog...it may turn out to be a miserable effort but please bear with me n be kind in ur comments!!!
So, as the title suggests, this is a blog about new beginnings...in my life...that is from the time i left the protectiveness of my parents n the easy life in Nagpur to come n join a company in Pune...the city of IT dreams!!! I joined IBM on 13th April 2007 n since then life has never been the same for me...the whole process of joining such a big organization was overwhelming...
so anyway..we were 10 people who had been placed in the Oracle Apps module...8 girls n 2 guys(lucky guys I must say!!!)...as time wore on, we got to know each other better n soon groups were formed in those 10 people...girls as u kno can be very catty n love to b in a group...the poor guys were caught in between...one of them was weak enough to b swayed but the other guy was quite diplomatic n saved himself from all the politics taking place!!! I'm not too interested in politics myself so it was really amusing to see all this happening from a distance...I have mostly maintained my status quo wid everyone in the group though I tend to hang out more with one of the groups formed...but here thankfully I've been saved by my "friend making" ability!!!
I commute to office everyday by the company bus...and it's here that I've made some of the most lasting friendships ever...the first friend that I made via this media was Somnath...he's my friend's elder brother n we live in the same building...now when I met this guy for the first time, I was under the impression that he's a serious character who's absolutely the no-nonsense kinds...but it just goes to show how bad I am at judging people in the first instance...he's the most fun character I've ever met n has me in splits most of the bus journey from home to work n back...He's also very mature(well he has to be considering he's 27-going-on-28!!!) n he's my sounding board these days whenever I have a problem or just feel like talking...He's especially good at giving relatioship advice n has become my "agony uncle" now!!! We've also started going for walks together now since both of us feel we need to lose some weight...that we yak more than we walk is an altogether different story n can be told some other day...
The other friend I made on the bus is Nirmal...now here's your quintessential nice guy who's very seedha saadha n doesn't get most of the jokes somnath n me crack(which are most of the times not for decent ears!!!)...so nirmal n me have these chai sessions everyday in the cafeteria where, over a nice hot cuppa we talk n discuss stuff like books, movies, songs, love, life n laughter...I try convincing him to get a girl for himself n he keeps trying to convince me that he values his freedom too much to actually be at the beck n call of some girl(as if all girls are like that!!!)..but we've stopped talkin about this since we are always at loggerheads when this topic comes up...in the bus, he n somnath most of the times team up against me n keep teasing me either about inane stuff or something that I say...it really gets to me sometimes n I then blow my fuse n refuse to talk 2 either(which is a bit immature...but what the hell??!!!)...but still...he's a very sweet guy who loves food n drink(no wonder we get along so well!!!) n weird books n songs since I've never heard of the books he's read or the songs he likes!!!
There's one more friend I made in the bus...her name is Samidha...now here is one really nice girl whom I also admire a lot...she's gutsy n confident n doesn't shy away from speaking her mind...the best thing about her is that in a very few days' time she's also proven to be a true friend...even though i kno her only for the past 3 weeks or so, it's like we've always been friends...n like a true friend she introduced me to a cute guy too who almost amazingly also works in IBM!!! now that is amazing because the guy crowd here is pathetic n even if you do manage to find a decent looking guy he's married...most of them are computer geeks who'd actually quake in their pants if they had to talk to a girl!!! so anyway, back to Samidha...she's fun to be with n usually the four of us in the bus do a lot of dhamaal(inviting loads of glares n stares from the other commuters but who cares??!!)..she's also a great dancer n sings pretty well...I can talk about almost anything with her...
Because of Samidha I've made another good friend(yeah the cute guy,but trust me he's just a good friend!)...he's Kartik n he's damn cool what with an Aussie accent n all(he was in Australia previously)...he's very funny too n has a great sense of humour...whenever all of us are out he'll be cracking the maximum number of jokes n till the time we go back home we are all laughing...we have to sometimes tell him to stop cuz either our cheek muscles are hurting or our tummy is!!! but he's an absolute gentleman n a sweetheart...with him I can be totally at ease n be myself without ever scandalising him nor be afraid of him ever judging me...oh n there's one more thing about him that's different...he never ever speaks anything bad about anyone!!! I find it extremely intriguing n endearing too...
I'm writin here about new beginnings n they've mostly been on my professional front...n after writing so much I now realize that I've hardly said anything about my work!!! well there's not exactly much to talk about since I'm on the bench for the time being...but soon I'll be put on some project n then i dunno whether I'll b able to find the time to write blogs...lets think about that later...for the time being, I'm proud of how much I've managed to write since I had no idea at the beginning what I was gonna write!!! I'm gonna sign off now before I make an utter n complete fool of myself by typing in more than I can chew!!!
Ciao!!!
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