The Show Must Go On

Thursday was an end of an inning (hope well played)..as it was my last working day in MaFoi, and i was as sad as my colleagues esp Faiz. I could find him different, we have spent such a wonderful time together, teasing, fighting, helping, disturbing.... each other in all times. He is a gem of a guy, so genuine, straightforward and innocent.

Well the day started on a busy note, as there were many formalities that need to be completed. I never felt so nostaligic in my life ever, as yesterday. the days here in Ma Foi passed by so quickly, i still felt like spending some more time here, there was so much still to learn and know. I was extremely comfortable with my team, then why such a decision?

Probably the offer was indeed crucial and tempting for sky rocketing my career. But I must say, i have had this golden opportunity to work with one of the best companies in India, at this juncture of my career. Company which instills immense faith in its employee by providing a platform to grow the way he/she'd like to grow. The work culture is excellent and you are treated as being part of a huge family, so when u part, everybody is sad.

When i send out my parting mail, i'd expected few and known to revert. but i was really shocked to receive reply from people i have never seen but known only through HR mails. Thats how you are treated in Ma Foi family.

i have such fond memories of this place, time spent with my colleagues...i have been lucky enough to be part of BD and Assessments team during my tenure and thats how i earned worthy freinds..Faiz, Abhishek, Anthony, Poooja, Smita, Karthika....i also found someone who filled the emptiness inside me..and with whom i could be all time..but not everything that starts well..ends well..

anyways...i have seen people leaving and i knw its really difficult..and tough time esp when u share a strong bonod with them..when Anthony went out we could feel the same..for many days..we would search for him at our workplace and find no one..there was vacuum....emptiness..we missed the talks..discussions in cafeteria, time enjoyed together and everything...OK thatt how u feel when u r still part of the orgn..

but now i can even relate to the person who has left and what he is going through...its even more tougher for him/her...starting afresh in new firm...taking stock of situation, ur job, people..culture...finding one who would gel with you and one u can trust....etc..and at the same time...u miss it all...ur old buddies..u r left with so many memories to be cherished whole life..

Buut thts what is a rule of life...Change..we live and change...we learn and change..we do mistakes and change..we think and change...in the stage of life..we play different roles at different time..one need to understand this and pick up fast..and enjoy every moment of life...

seems like a new ACT is starting for me on this stage where actors are different...role is challenging and....i m without a script...but i knw that i am a good actor ..i have done it in the past..will do it again..

So the Show Must Go on.

In da School!!

A very unusual time to publish a post, bt doesn't matter.

In order to occupy my mind with some positive thoughts, i often go back to my school days. i remember the golden time of my life and that helps me sideline other worries.

In school you are free as a bird, quite often you are tempted to break the shackles of discipline. You do what you are not told to do. You always have your own herd of friends, who are just your alterego, ppl u hang around with most of the time.


Being an outoging, aggresive guy i made many friends and even more enemies. But just as u cant hold the water that's squeezing through ur hand, similarly friends also lose contact and hence you try to preserve those few droplets which had alwys been with you from the start, during good and bad times.


We were 8 of us, from the start till date. Saket, Anup, Mayur, Mukesh, Bobby, Radha, Sony and Myself, strongly bonded through years. There was an amzing dynamic and emotional connect among us. We would stand for each other during all times.


Mayur - the charismatic leader of our school, prefect, studious guy, good orator, adored by all esp faculties who hated me loved him, a casanova.


Saket - the technically sound chap, behnon ka bhaiya kishan kanhaiya, topper in all subjects, good natured humanitarian whom everybody used to love, more than a real brother in many sense.


Mukesh - the golden boy with a golden heart, a good samaritan, determined to join police force, my volleyball companion, we called him ambrose nt coz his capabilities with ball, bt coz he looked like him


Anup - well, if u ever wana know me, contact him, he is my man, gora changa, ladkiyon ka cutie pie, super athlete, and equally good at studies. we have been best buddies sharing everything from start


Bobby - the super hot girl, whom everbody used to stare on, beauty without brain is how we used to symbolise her, very hardworking and ambitious lady, a perfect freind, i had a crush on her from the start, and then she had on me when i was seein someone else. hmm these things happen with me quite ofetn u knw. we have a pact, if we find no one, we shall marry each other. :)


Sony - we knew each other frm the time, when we were in kg standard. so almost 20 yrs now. I dnt think i need to explain anything more. We have been with each other for so long and seen each other growing. She's been a perfect critic and a worthy friend, very preserving of our relationship. She has been my notes, recess, and sometimes my punisment partner as well.


Radha -- Well my BEST FRIEND, with whom i have shared in and out of my life, she feels the same for me. For her Saurabh is what friendship is all about and i am so obliged for that. When i dint study, she used to worry the most, when i had a heartbreak she used to feel the most. she was a good listener, particularly when i was speaking. When we fought she wld cry if i stop talking to her. Very sensitive and good natured human being.


Some one is missing. I said 8 of us. well ...ok its me.


So how was i in school. ideally these people should be responding, nevertheless i will take this opporunity on others behalf. (for any missing link..feel free to comment)


From the start i was the most notorious kid, always looking out for trouble, be it in any form. Teachers and students were all fed up of my acts. I was always charged up and dared to do things others would think twice. Breaking glass panes, switch borad, classboards, cracking bombs esp when its nt a diwali season, and esp in ur faculties room, u hate the most. And then even getting caught for things i dint do bt everybody thought i wld have planned.

And then my lovely friends SAMM making sure all this reached my mom in the best filtered format as in saurabh has nothing to do with it, he was made involved! faculties just hate him :)


I loved doing all kinda acts that grabbed attention. I just hated studying in school (bt nt bad in studies), to me it was a place where u come to enjoy and be away from home - a place where u follow rules set by your parents. I just hate rules.


I was always absconding frm my lectures (few dared to do so) esp during 10-12th class...Volleyball and Basket ball court is were one used to find me esp if it was a challenge match. Anup and mukesh used to be my partner, saket wld help us saving face in front of faculties whose class we used to bunk, mayur wld save me from the principal as he was more influential, radha was an emotional support, she wld share things with me, which no body knows, bobby took care of my belongings like school bag and other stuff's which used to reach home safely. All in all i am incomplete without my friends. We have grown , learnt and been with each other in all times. Hope this journey never ends.

There is just so much to write...well this blog may nt hold so much information. :)

Its 3.25pm nw, m in office, just relaxing after lunch. Well nw i need to get back to some serious work, u never knw ur IT ppl, perhaps they wld be aware by now. Hehe

Catch up with you pppl sooon.

Cheers
Singh