I turn a Happy One

02/07/07 ..

I started my career in the IT industry.. and today I complete a year.
Sitting here in my office.. I think of a number of things, incidents and lessons learnt and lessons not learnt..

I have had a rather eventful year...

My mum and I came to Bangalore to look for a house for myself.. a week before my joining date.. and we looked and looked and looked.. till we found the perfect apartment.. A single studio kind of a room in Cambridge layout, brand new apartment, wood work, walkable from the market etc etc...

I was as elated as I could be..
But as the Murphy law goes... "Whatever can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time, in the worst possible way" [Source: wikipedia]
The landowner gave the apartment to some one else.. reasons i never found out..
And the search continued..
So I moved in a new apartment, all the above except that I was to share it with some one as it was a 2 BHK... I got the apartment.. and after a lot of contemplation from a list three eligible faltmates ... picked one.. and we moved in..

It was nice and fun.. Then came the painful part.. "COOKING"...

The first thing I made was khichdi.. with the help of the best neighbours one could ever ask for... Neha and Ashish.. always ready to get disturbed, be it night or day.. for one tamatar, one aloo etc etc... and patient ear when you want to just blurt.. ( I really miss them both)

I remember .. clearly.. buying my first cooker. I had gone with my aunt to pick one.. She's telling me to pick one.. and I am like its all the same.. I had no clue. . that there are different handles and shapes.. all i knew was they come in different sizes.. it was really tough...

Then I got my shiny first cooker, Miss Mary by Hawkins, for 2 litres...
and I placed it in my purple tile, green granite floored kitchen.. like a prize..

I actually did a lil dance when the cooker.. gave its first whistle.. :)

After a lot of practice and wierd tastig food, I learnt to cook.. in about 2 months...By September.. I was actually doing what you call "experimenting with cooking" !!

And professionally, I was on an all time low.. I got a stream I detested.. I was falling to pieces, in an alien city, with not a soul to trust.. it was getting very difficult.. It than dawned on me, that this is real life.. This is what they call the IT industry..
I did not give up.. i was looking for jobs left right and centre.. but nothing came along .. that perfectly fit, or atleast perfectly fit..

First week, September I got a project, the largest project, my ex company had..
I got a very nice manager, trust me they are a rare species but the concept of a nice manager exists!!!!

There was the usual office sutff .. i dont want to mention..

I learnt and re learnt and unlearnt.. All in all it was fulfilling.. and looking back, at the year that was, I realise in my 8 months at Accenture, Bangalore.. I grew much more than I grew in all years combined..


So here, I am turning a happy one... :)