Here I am

Hello....
Not much of work today..infact,frankly speaking no work today ;) Came to office at 12:40 pm...which is around 40 minutes late than usual...and as of now no work at all...I hate online studying...So, I am waiting for 2:30 pm...so that I can go out for lunch..and as far as work is concerned..I will be receiving a file at 11:20 am EST..which makes it around 8:45 pm IST..I have to work upon that..till then simply no work today...
How did I land here? Interesting story to be narrated..It's 2:07 pm and I have to wind up by 2:30 pm..I don't wanna make Shipra wait for lunch and I don't like to leave drafted blogs..once I begin to write..I end up by pressing the "publish post" button..So, here I begin...
It all began in March 2006....I was enjoying a nice evening nap in my hostel room...when someone came in "Hey...get up..Satyam is coming for a placement pool..we need to go to Allahabad tomorrow.." What rubbish!! never had any company come for our seniors,why would they come for us...rumour spreaders all around!! But,to be true...it left me with a thought "Sacchi aa rahi hai kya? ;)" All 4 of us..Garima,Shipra,Savita and myself got up reluctantly...somebody told.."Satyam's written comprises puzzles". And woooooo..you could see everyone in the hostel with a "Shakuntala Devi puzzle book" in their hands...I went,washed my face...by then Shipra and Savita had seriously started off...It was very boring...seriously very boring...I went to another friend's room and began to frame the Curriculum Vitaes for all four of us...Seriously..four of us had same CVs..we had same objectives,same skills and same hobbies!! :)
We went to Allahabad...all companies used to come to one of the colleges there "United College Of Engineering and Research"...Well,people appeared for the written..people passed..people failed...as for me and Garima...our luck failed..The hall tickets(kind of admit card)that we were given was fake!!Our entire IT Branch had got fake hall tickets..so we could not appear for the test..Wow!! thank God I didn't study those puzzles ;).When other students were waiting for their interview results to be declared, the unlucky(or may be lucky) bunch of IT students from Northern India Engineering College were enjoying the cool Ganges breezes at the Naini Bridge...beautiful it was...Ahh!! I am getting nostalgic!! Well...we came back...some of our batch mates were placed...to be true..yes..I felt bad when I saw some less deserving people with a job in their pockets...so the strive had begun now...
Next HCL Technologies came in...Uffffffff!! Such a tough written test they had set up...obviously I could not pass..no regrets whatsoever...
Then came in Syntel...I tell you,that was the best question paper I had ever seen...all full of silly mathematical questions and easy vocabulary...I did well..but.......Syntel had to select only 3 students among I don't know how many thousands...again a trip to the Naini bridge and then back to Lucknow...
The world was seeming to be a dark room filled with despair..Some more of our batchmates had been placed by now and comments like "Ho jaega...dont worry..kismat hai.."etc etc had started to pour in..It's actually pathetic when people come to you with basket full of sympathies...
Then came Birla Soft..another tough paper...I wont be able to solve it even if it's given to me now..what minute details of RDBMS and OS and what not!! Well,Siddhartha qualified the written..and as for me,Garima and Shipra..we concluded "Hamari job kabhi nai lag sakti.." Given up!! Savita did that long back :)
Soon came in the news...Infy is coming...I requested these two to try luck once..one last time..we went like brave soldiers.....bad experience again...Now,I gave up.."I will never go in for any company...finish!!!!!!" I am a good for nothing...
Then...7th July 2006..I-flex came in...I had decided not to go..I was resting at home..enjoying the semester break...even mom dad had given up..they are always like that..joyous in my happiness and doomed in my despair..love you mom dad!! A friend called up..."Chalo na ghoom ke aate hain Allahabad..please.." Reluctantly,I went..appeared for the test..had not studied a single word after the Syntel experience(no doubt the Birla Soft paper seemed tough ;))..well I qualified the written test...8th of July 2006 was supposed to be the day for the interviews..Morale had boosted up by now.."If I clear the technical...no ways will I fail in the HR". Yeah..my friends used to call me "Confidence ki tokri"..So,technical,HR all cleared..and I was holding the offer letter of I-flex Solutions Ltd. in my hands by 9:00 pm on 8th of July 2006...First time I came from Allahabad "non empty handed"......
Final year of college was better now...got a chance to enjoy more..lesser worries..had a job in hand...Joined I-flex on 13th August 2007...must say,I enjoyed and learned a lot...had a nice time,met some of the best people of my life there...but.....after 2.8 years..I began to get bored..with what? work? Nahh..with the salary!!!!!!
Then began another phase..naukri.com,monsterjob.com etc etc...TCS was my first experience..they needed testers..I was a developer...doomed!!
Then came a "growing company"...I went to their teenie-meenie office..and after looking at my profile they said "Sorry Ma'm we can not afford you."Oh wow!!!I deserved a pat on the back ;)
Then Syntel again....didn't make for it...then Cognizant..was not eligible for it...then one fine day.....when my blood had almost reached the boiling point..I had just reached home after a tiring day at office...my cell buzzed..."Hi,this is Immaculate from Indus Valley Partners". Frankly speaking,I was so tired that neither did I get the lady's name nor the company's :) Well..went through a couple of rounds of interview...and here I am.......Going for lunch..
Bbye...take care..