There are few words in life which I never ever like using nor thinking about. One of such words is "Good bye"...Its so powerful a word that it leaves you in a very heavy state and in not such a good feeling.
Time has come for me to move on and this moving on had been pretty fast and often, offlate. In the past 2 weeks I had to leave a lot of things that have been very dear to me and today its the turn of "Brindavan" ( Place where I had been put up for the last 2 and 1/2 years). I am sure that it's one of the nicest and close to my heart "home away from home". All the moments spent here would be cherished in the days to come. The four walls here have seen my highs and lows over past two years and have been able to give me a lot of solace which I needed. My passing phase and transitioning into a grown up(If one may call me;) happened in a wonderful way. Like meeting the nasty neighbours yet finding very close family frens in the opposite house. The balance sheet of life was in balance here :) Ofcourse the amazing times I had with my roomys and frens being in this place can never be forgotten.
As my wedding is due in the coming month, I have to vacate this place by month end and would be in transit (in my frens place) starting tomorrow until I reach my destination ;) :) Well....Its not even 10 days that I wrote a " bye bye" to Target , my first project, my base branch - karapakkam, the amazing frens I made there, I am here saying Good bye to Brindavan. I am forced to use a Good bye in case of Brindavan cos I know these moments are never going to reoccur nor can be relived. All I can feel good about is that they are an inseperable part of me and my life and they would be treasured.
If anyone would ask me what would be the toughest part in life - It would be to shed and move on. Few passing thoughts sitting under the roof of 52B/8 now:) I shall miss you :(:( Ahhhh, more to follow.....
~$,30/07/08,11:00pm
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
On Toes...
Seems like Life has changed overnight :) I was lazing my cozy cocoon for the first half of the year 2008 and suddenly I feel I am running around the place. Now that my wedding is fixed and scheduled quite soon, I am caught up in a web of tasks. So is the sparce update in this space. I am slowly beginning to experience and realize the tag line that I had updated a while ago - " What's it in Life that gives all its colors?"...:):)
Otherwise there have been many changes offlate, like geting out of my dear project, office location and joining an altogether new office and project where there are only stern and bland faces allover. But all happens for good and I hope I will be able to break the ice soon. But fot the first time, I am seeing there's a lot in the world than just the amazing people I have interacted till now at work. The new environment that I am in now is so unwelcoming and rigid that I have now come to know of the reality. All those instances when I cribbed for being in my previous project seems so ephemeral now....First evers in life are always dear and warm. The first project, first job, first salary et
At the same time I also felt if it is right to adjudge people here so early.....That leaves me with so much hope and something to look forward to..Ain"t it?!
Otherwise there have been many changes offlate, like geting out of my dear project, office location and joining an altogether new office and project where there are only stern and bland faces allover. But all happens for good and I hope I will be able to break the ice soon. But fot the first time, I am seeing there's a lot in the world than just the amazing people I have interacted till now at work. The new environment that I am in now is so unwelcoming and rigid that I have now come to know of the reality. All those instances when I cribbed for being in my previous project seems so ephemeral now....First evers in life are always dear and warm. The first project, first job, first salary et
At the same time I also felt if it is right to adjudge people here so early.....That leaves me with so much hope and something to look forward to..Ain"t it?!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Living in "Namma" Chennai...
I still remember the day when I knew I was posted in Chennai TCS more than five years ago , I never had the faintest clue as to what enchanting chapters were to unfold....Truly Chennai had been home away from home since the time I left Vizag, my parents, family and frens and beyond doubts I can say my face just lits up with the mention of this city..:):) People even mock that I became a Tamizh ponnu having come here...
I am just wondering where to start from if I have to write about this city and the moments experienced here? The unforgettable Anna nagar West and the Mullai (Jasmine) colony where I was put up first when I landed here with loads of aspirations afresh from TCS ILP Trivandrum....Met great people at every juncture, be it be the teams I worked with or the frens I made here or even the localites I interacted with. The great times I had at Sholinganallur TCS office, the culturals and interests I was all over into made me relive my college days and the great frens made there is really memorable....Above everything else, it's the city that gave me my first and only bread and butter :):)
There is an unsaid chemistry I associate with this place till date. It cannot be singled to any particular place, person or thing. Probably all that comes as a package living here. The striking love of me towards the city is probably the musical vibrations I hear here.....This was my first and foremost alluring fact being a person new to the city way 5 years back.
I have heard umpteen biases from my family and many frens of mine as to how rigid the city and the life here is.....Water vows in Summers, Absence of night life, extreme love towards their native language, bossy and looting "Auto kaar" of Chennai and the list goes on.....Somehow biases never touch me.....I really go deaf when people try to tell me the Do's and Don't about anything for that instance. Guess that's a boon I have and so surely the above said -tivities dint bother me much in due course.
On a lighter note, Water vows disappeared as thanks to the regular monsoons since my arrival here; Music and Auto kaar became my inspiration to learn the language so that I could fight with them well on every extra buck charged :):) Infact I have tried educating many of them in Tamizh (needless to say its fun thru out:))))
Ohhh.....The jasmine fragrance that fills the streets of Chennai anyday and any part of the year can never be found anywhere else. List doesn't end there........:):) The octagenerians whom you see toddlling steadily and slowly towards a temple in the evening while getting back from work...Where else can you see such a wonderful sight?? I am sure I am missing out on many more trivias like this which I relished...
I always felt it takes lot of energy to be a fanatic about one's culture, language and its really a boon that this city and its people have the guts and patience in preserving their culture when rest of the world is mad after westernizing. I dont say I am not modern or I do everything as per ancestral books but I just love Chennai for this very fact of staying closer to nativity.
The long term assignment took me to Minneapolis and when I returned it was not Sholinganallur but had to report back to Karapakkam, RTSC office where I got into a little identity crisis. All new faces, new branch and I felt I almost lost my active groove which I had left year and half back. Then there was a pretty low and mundane half year's time where I dint do much other than to get engrossed into work.
Then slowly and steadily I found my groove back with my parallel interests kicking off along with work and living in Besant nagar surpassed everything else. We found 52B/8 Brindavan and that was it. What an enchanting time we had here......The long beach walks, sunrises and sunsets along the beach, coffee and dark choco temptation @Barista, the favorite hanging outs - like cake walk choco pastries, B'bay bhaiyya's chappal shop, Meetha paan ki dukaan and umpteen eat joints we have relsihed over past 2 and 1/2 years.....More than anything else the amazing balcony of 52B/8 Brindavan's is just unforgettable. How I love to sit in the balcony sit out on a full moon day humming my favorite song and eating my dinner. Its just inseperable part of me whereever life would take me in future....
Wondering why I chose Living in Chennai as the subject for the day...Yeah a small insecurity and nostalgia that had already crept inside me that I would have to soon move on from here..:):):) Sometimes I wonder if chennaites love this city as much as I do he he he ....My parents and dear ones would kill me for this over statement :):)
~$,07/10/08, 10:00pm
I am just wondering where to start from if I have to write about this city and the moments experienced here? The unforgettable Anna nagar West and the Mullai (Jasmine) colony where I was put up first when I landed here with loads of aspirations afresh from TCS ILP Trivandrum....Met great people at every juncture, be it be the teams I worked with or the frens I made here or even the localites I interacted with. The great times I had at Sholinganallur TCS office, the culturals and interests I was all over into made me relive my college days and the great frens made there is really memorable....Above everything else, it's the city that gave me my first and only bread and butter :):)
There is an unsaid chemistry I associate with this place till date. It cannot be singled to any particular place, person or thing. Probably all that comes as a package living here. The striking love of me towards the city is probably the musical vibrations I hear here.....This was my first and foremost alluring fact being a person new to the city way 5 years back.
I have heard umpteen biases from my family and many frens of mine as to how rigid the city and the life here is.....Water vows in Summers, Absence of night life, extreme love towards their native language, bossy and looting "Auto kaar" of Chennai and the list goes on.....Somehow biases never touch me.....I really go deaf when people try to tell me the Do's and Don't about anything for that instance. Guess that's a boon I have and so surely the above said -tivities dint bother me much in due course.
On a lighter note, Water vows disappeared as thanks to the regular monsoons since my arrival here; Music and Auto kaar became my inspiration to learn the language so that I could fight with them well on every extra buck charged :):) Infact I have tried educating many of them in Tamizh (needless to say its fun thru out:))))
Ohhh.....The jasmine fragrance that fills the streets of Chennai anyday and any part of the year can never be found anywhere else. List doesn't end there........:):) The octagenerians whom you see toddlling steadily and slowly towards a temple in the evening while getting back from work...Where else can you see such a wonderful sight?? I am sure I am missing out on many more trivias like this which I relished...
I always felt it takes lot of energy to be a fanatic about one's culture, language and its really a boon that this city and its people have the guts and patience in preserving their culture when rest of the world is mad after westernizing. I dont say I am not modern or I do everything as per ancestral books but I just love Chennai for this very fact of staying closer to nativity.
The long term assignment took me to Minneapolis and when I returned it was not Sholinganallur but had to report back to Karapakkam, RTSC office where I got into a little identity crisis. All new faces, new branch and I felt I almost lost my active groove which I had left year and half back. Then there was a pretty low and mundane half year's time where I dint do much other than to get engrossed into work.
Then slowly and steadily I found my groove back with my parallel interests kicking off along with work and living in Besant nagar surpassed everything else. We found 52B/8 Brindavan and that was it. What an enchanting time we had here......The long beach walks, sunrises and sunsets along the beach, coffee and dark choco temptation @Barista, the favorite hanging outs - like cake walk choco pastries, B'bay bhaiyya's chappal shop, Meetha paan ki dukaan and umpteen eat joints we have relsihed over past 2 and 1/2 years.....More than anything else the amazing balcony of 52B/8 Brindavan's is just unforgettable. How I love to sit in the balcony sit out on a full moon day humming my favorite song and eating my dinner. Its just inseperable part of me whereever life would take me in future....
Wondering why I chose Living in Chennai as the subject for the day...Yeah a small insecurity and nostalgia that had already crept inside me that I would have to soon move on from here..:):):) Sometimes I wonder if chennaites love this city as much as I do he he he ....My parents and dear ones would kill me for this over statement :):)
~$,07/10/08, 10:00pm
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