Sweet Memories - My Lunch Team @ CA

Well well... here I come again with some more sweet memories from CA... My Lunch group @ CA.

My Lunch Group




My birthday snap(13 feb 2008)


Where do i begin??? I was a fresher at tht time at CA and also amongst the first few people who had been allotted to the newly built team under Dhananjay. We as a team actually consisted of 2 teams we(Agent UI - 7 members) and BO Reporting(14 members). and the lunch teams used to be mixture of people from both the teams.

I had a lunch group of mine with whom i used to go for lunch... This group comprised of Me, Vamsee, Rajesh and Sudheendra. used to be fun to be wid... Later with additions to the entire team, we were joined by Prateep, Rajeev and Srinivas. Somehow the first person to leave the group was Sudheendra(God knows why) and then I too started feeling bored... I had already made friends with Sabita tht time and she had a group of her own. she asked me to join with her there and so it all started...what came after tht was just pure fun n peels of lafter...

We (Me, Sabita, Rashmi, Rohit, Deepak)
If you come to CA anytime n hear people laffing and cracking all(veg/nonveg) kinds of jokes, you could hav probably bumped into my group. thts how we are... Everything you say and every action you do will initiate an equal and opposite reaction... and in our case it will be double meaning reactions. All of us hav become corrupt minds... can go to any extent on thinking corrupt (i hope u know wat i mean by tht!!) Now that I have decided to join another organisation after marriage, it becomes very difficult for me to part with these people.... cool... let me go about n describe each one...

Rohit - "Shaitan ka doosra roop" (soon leaving the group too!!!)
Most of the jokes originate from this devil mind. He is an artless guy you know... what he does is just ignite the spark... and the dirty minds tht we are we catch the fire... its needs lots of caution while speaking if this devil is around. He catches you on words that you utter and there starts the post mortem of your statements...
Irritates Sabita to an extent she can bear no more, but she cant do anything about it... poor thing. struggles hard against him but to no use...
He knows eveything about Hyderabad... he can guide you home from any corner of hyderabad that you be in.

Deepak - "Shaitan no 2" (Chimpu or Chimpanzee aka cockroach aka taklu/takla)
Ask him to say "important" and what comes out of his mouth totally changes the meaning of tht... i hope u understood...and we crack all sorts of jokes on him. speaks hindi in his own funny style... changes the gender of things!!! Its hard to fight against him... one punch from him and whoever it is will "Ud jayega". till now he has made Me, Rashmi, Sabita fly (not literally though). It sounds very funny when he says that. and what do i say about his devilish laff?? he has too types of laffter according to him, the first one when he laffs if something is funny... (hhaahaaa haahaa in a peculiar tone) and the second one... it seems he laffs with his mouth open but with no sound... i wonder how he does that... never seen him though... and yes it seems every day he changes forms... so sometimes he is a cockroach, a girl even .... i dont know wat to say!!
I can say he is a daring and helping guy. who will actually get out of a cozy car nowadays to just have a fight with some guy on road to save an autodriver from being flogged? After a party wen you reach home, you will definitely get a call from this guy enquiring whether you have reached safe or not!!!
well tht speaks about this guy.

Rashmi - Shaitan no 3
She is one girl(lady would be more appropriate) i found to be very frank and daring. "Kamini" would be a good statement and it would be a compliment to her. Her brain interpretes double meanings so very fast... and her power of imagination is vast too... a very good person at heart she has aesthetic tastes... She can be compared to Rohit when it comes to understanding things(rather comprehend double meanings)... She is one of the no nonsense person(really???). can take jokes upto a limit... but when she finds it going above a certain limit she will say a blatant "shut your...."

Sabita - Chudail aka Chammo aka Chamiya
you can call Sabita the sweetest of all in the group. If i was at her place, i would hav long broken ties with Rohit(not literally) with the respect to the amount of tricks he plays on her. All his mischiefs are directed towards her. I find her helplessly helpless against Rohit. I wonder from where she gets the patience to tolerate all his pranks.

finally Me aka Munni
well what can i say about myself... I am a very nice girl you see... very innocent... I dont even know the "d" of "double meaning" ok ok enuff of modesty... well i also fall into the same category "shaitan" else you think i would hav been eligible to rite this blog??? well...

further on...
ok ok.. so i have described each one elaborately... It was really fun and pure fun tht i encountered being with this group... Now tht i no longer will be with these people i wonder how life will be without this group. i wonder if i will ever be able to get a group like this... the fun we had here.. the cofee breaks... the weekend lunches and dinners... the treats... everything will remain as a sweet memory into my memory lane... Now Rashmi and me have settled down... and soon it will be time for the others too to do so... wherever we be, we will always hav these jokes in mind that we cracked...

Thanks friends for giving me such a wonderful time...

My Life Partner - Sriman

My life partner... Today i will devote this post of mine solely to this most wonderful guy in my life... Sriman: My soulmate, my friend for life.

I was a collegian, 3rd year student at the Goa Engineering College, Goa. He had come as a contract faculty in our college. I could never make up my mind to take him as my "sir". How much i disliked (hated would mean too harsh!!) this person at tht time. He seemed to be too strict, just like a school teacher. We at our college were used to lectures who used to be too friendly with Students. They were just about our age, our seniors in college who once upon a time had ragged us as juniors. and Sriman, though was just of their age, looked like an old school teacher (the "you should do your homework" kind of a teacher). and which college going student would like that kinda prof?? and tht was exactly the reason i disliked him so much... a nerd could be more appropriate term... well... let me go on...

So that was our first encounter. My final year project was supposed to extend 2 semesters or the full final year. Sriman used to teach us Microprocessors for the sixth sem. and I remember he used to ask questions in class, and we being not prepared used to just keep standing(another punishment!! huh). Eventually I cleared my third year. I found him to be a gud guide wen i used to go to him with difficulties since he was a MP prof and my project consisted of work on the Micro controller. so there began my stint with Sriman. Every single doubt and he used to be the person i used to run to for help. He had become a close associate, a friend rather than a lecturer. He taught us for some 3 months before he got a job in the most reputed software company in Goa.

Even though he had left, i still used to ask him doubts about the project through mails or phone. and he used to be prompt to reply. this continued for about an year and we became close friends... I found it easy for me to discuss personal problems of mine with him and he would give me solutions too... I finished with my college and went to Pune for further studies... Sriman had become a very gud friend till then.

Its not tht i never thot about him as a life partner. I mean wat does a girl look for in her life partner... a gud established person, a well educated family background and a close friend ... and I could find all in him. So sometimes I would think about him and ask myself if he was a fit to all these criteria that i had set for myself and a couple of more; but but but... wenever i asked Sriman about his life partner, i would always get a vague kinda answer... high expectations kinda... made me feel tht it was not supposed to be... we were not made for each other... though my friends kept on teasing me with his name, i would rather brush it aside saying "we r just gud friends and will continue to remain so"... though at tht time i felt nice myself... but knowing Sriman's criteria, i made it so fix in my mind tht we r nothing but just very gud friends, I hardly thot about it later.

I just had it in my mind tht some day my mom would find a guy for me whom Il hav to marry after a couple of meetings. always wondered how it would be and how i would cope up with tht guy... but yes, definitely had dreams about my life with Sriman sometimes... though thot it wat not to be... Sriman in turn never made me feel if he had any feelings towards me or not. so life went on... Back at Pune, Rohan became a very close friend of mine. I could rely upon him in times of despair. such a pure relationship difficult to find... and soon i started thinking of Sriman as a close friend rather than a life partner. I would always say: "I have 2 close friends i can trust with eyes blinded, Rohan and Sriman".

I hardly remember meeting Sriman 4-5 times after college. once i remember he had come to college following his new job offer. second was at our college annual function(Happenings). third time was for an interview I had at his company just after college(though I could not get through). Sriman had once come told me tht he wil b visiting Pune to meet his friends there, since he was a student once upon a time at Pune.(Later I came to know tht it was just to meet me tht he had come there), he had met my friends there (and later he also told me tht he wanted to propose to me but could not muster the courage to do so!! Oh wat a coward... my reaction later...). Fifth time I met him was at CCD Panajim(somewhere in October 2006) wen i had called up my friends for a treat after getting a job at CA Hyderabad. None of them could turn up due to some reason except for Sriman. (Later he told me he had come to propose to me there also, but fearing a tight slap right in the middle of CCD he dared not to do it... again ...such a piece of cowardice). Those were his trials at proposing.

Once back to Hyderabad, life became normal again, but not for him, for me neither. My mom told me to click snaps for marriage bureau registration. I was prety cool about it, but this things stirred a storm within Sriman... as told by him. We had a prety heated discussion on the night of 18th november 2006 about Life partners. The topic was, how could you stay happy with a person whom you did not know properly. How can you marry a person by judging his behaviour in a couple of meetings. and my answer to tht was... "Just the way my parents are... they did not know each other well before marriage... but r very happy with each other." With this answer Sriman told me tht I will think about it n come up with an answer the next day.

I got a call from Sriman on 19th Nov 2006 at about 10.00 in the night. "again a stage set for a big discussion..." was my reaction. We spoke a couple of things which i now dont remember. but i remember he asking me "If you dont hav a problem and your parents too dont hav a problem, will you marry me??" and i was stone stunned. I dint know wat to react. never expected from Sriman whom i had considered to be my best friend. Can these things happen between friends?? How could he?? dint he think about our friendship before asking so?? those were the thousand and ten questions erupting through my brain tht time... only think i can remember is me saying, "Sriman I need to keep the phone down. I dont know wat to say". and he saying, "Ok, think about it and let me know".

My next reaction was immediately to call up Rohan, the only person i thot who could take me out of this deep emotional plunge. The reaction coming from the other side was nothing but peels of laughter. I guess he knowing so much about me had anticipated such a thing from Sriman, just like how my other friends had had... But later he convinced me tht it will b the best of a union if the partners are best friends first and life partners later. said tht I was amongst the lucky few who get best friends as life partners. and who could convice me better than Rohan. I thot of giving this relation a try and spoke to my parents...

The initial struggle with Love marriage... Parents opposing... it took about a year and a quarter for me to convince my parents... from November 2006 to Feb 2008. We hardly met after that. watever we spoke was just on phone, and let me tel you, i literally fel in love with this guy on phone. Never thot tht such a person, a nerd, a pain in the *** tht i thot of him during college days, would actually be such a wonderful guy. I remember sometimes during heated discussions on yahoo i used to tell him... "your wife will run away from you on the 3rd day of marriage itself... and i also remember sriman telling me after marriage, "its the third day of marriage and u r still der with me!!!

My marriage date was fixed on the 21st of April. everythin went well... and now here I am... happy with this guy... this guy, my life partner...
How do i find Sriman as??? an innocent kid... thts da only thing which comes to my mind wen i see him. He needs to be taken care of... argues illogically... with no points to defend himself he sometimes gives vague arguments. Wenever i am angry, he does the "uthak baithak" jus like how a kid does wen caught doing something wrong...
Loves me dearly... sometimes wonder wat will be his state incase something untoward happens to me.. touchwood...

Doesnt know even to put on the gas forget making tea for himself... wen jokingly i used to ask him what will we eat... we both dont know to cook anything... his answer "il try making maggie" and me bursting ou laffing.... "or else wel go out n eat everyday... he continuing... such is his kiddish behaviour...

He finds happiness in small things of life... I cant say he is of the ambitious lot, but definitely he requires a push to do things... until n unless u push him to do things, he will sit there lazily... typically a spoon fed brat(???). He wants people to appreciate evry single thing tht he does... even for a simple thing tht he considers is gr8, his voice changes... with the addition of the childlike laugh as if he has accomplished something really big...

Me being a person of the "difficult type" to handle, it becomes really cute wen he tries to pacify me wen i get real angry... and just to see tht expression of his i tend to feign anger... and then i see tht "Im sorry for whoever's mistake it is" kinda expresion on his face. So very innocent...

I can easily classify him as a typical "mama's boy". Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he hasn't seen wat can be called as "struggle" in life... "Struggle" for him is jus the efforts he put to study during his scholastic days!!! and i reprimand him for the same reason...


"Buddhu" tht i call him... looks so confused wen dealing with me... had heard tht women are complex and men find it difficult to understand wat they really want... and here I m ... having a perfect example of the same... It becomes difficult for him to apprehend my moods. Me becoming happy for a reason on one day and getting angry for the same reason the next day... A person appearing so very strong from outside but so timid from inside.

I just want to make things all beautiful and perfect for him. Want him to be happy forever... May his innocence stay for eternity... All his mistakes, all his kiddish behaviour... I just love it all... but wen it comes to taking care of me, I find him no match...
such is this sweetheart of mine... I have started discovering him more than before and everytime I fall in love with him more than before... I love you Sriman for whoever you are... however you are... U R D BEST THING THT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME!!!

Sweet Memories - My Marriage(21st april'08)

It is said that Marriage is a sweet union which not only binds 2 people in a bond tht lasts for eternity, but it also binds 2 families. At some point of time in Life, we all feel the need of a person who is called our life partner. A person, who not only understands you, but also shares his life with you... Marriage is the institution where we take vows to live for each other and die for each other... Marriage makes us forget about "I" and makes it "We".

Here it goes, my marriage description... in my own words...
My Marriage



Our Invitations:




My Parent's Invitation:




Sriman's Parent's Invitations:






My marriage to Sriman was finally fixed after a lot of storm and in a hurry...
I took 3 weeks off during my marriage that's about 1 week before marriage and 2 weeks after marriage. My marriage was to be solemnized on the 21st of April' 08(Monday). After lots of shopping, I started from Hyderabad on the 17th of April by train. It takes about 17-18 hours by train from Hyderabad to Goa. I always traveled from Hyderabad to Goa by flight, but somehow my mom told me to take the train might be due to some superstitious beliefs(???). Well i reached home on the 18th, that's just 2 days before my Haldi ritual. A sudden change of weather and i was a bit down with fever, but luckily i recovered in just 1 day...

The marriage house was full of guests... Everywhere festivities... My friends from Hyderabad: Sabita, Rajesh, Prateep, Mani, Monica, and Suresh and Rohan from Bangalore had already flown down to Goa.

After Rituals just before Haldi Application:


My Mehendi:


Me Leaving Home in tears:


So, on 20th morning My Haldi rituals started, till afternoon it was various rituals for me. After the haldi special lunch, it was time for guests to visit and extend their blessings. All my relatives and parent's friends dropped in to pay a visit before the marriage and give blessings.

Families:

The Families are exchanged.. hihi. On the right are sriman's parents, Sister and brother in law. On the left hand side close to Sriman are my parents and Bro... Love ya all... :)

My Friends:

They made my day... Thanks all of you'l for being there. and thanks to all those too who tried their level best to come, but couldn't do so due to last minute hassles.

My marriage was scheduled at 12.20 pm the next day... All the rituals went on well... everything went on as planned...

The time to depart was very very sad... I still get goose pimples when i remember those times. My Mom knew i would cry badly, so she just hugged me this once and ran to the dressing Room, leaving me with just dad, bro and relatives to console. I recollect crying even after reaching Sriman's home :)

The Reception:

The reception was scheduled to be on the 23rd April 2008 at Hotel Missel, Ribandar. It was planned very nicely with all the close relatives and friends. The food was good, the orchestra was excellent, the ambience beautiful on the bank of the Mandovi and the fire crackers too were good.

So Me and Sriman are now Married to each other and accepted each other the way we are. It sounds so Good now... May i take this opportunity to thank our Parents, siblings, Friends, Relatives, Well wishers and all those people working behind the scenes who made this occasion a truly memorable for me...
And last but not the least, I Thank God for bestowing a blessed husband as nice as Sriman to me...

Today I resigned from CA India... 5th June' 08

Hi... m back here with some news on my side. I resigned from CA India today. Its almost 2 years now since i joined CA on the 14th of June 2006. I cant really write about the emotional turmoil tht i went thru today, never expected things to turn the way they did... I really feel bad for the sinple reason tht its my first company and my first job...

Now... how did all this happen?? I had not decided to leave Hyderabad and CA after marriage... had thought tht my hubby will leave his company n come here for better prospects... Goa being a small state and not much into IT, the prospects of a gud job lie in the lone company in which he currently is working for. Sometimes back about a week or 2 his company had come for a recruitment drive here at Hyderabad, and I attended it just for fun sake and happened to get through.

hmmm... Home calling??? i got tempted to go home... a job which i can call as decent in hand, plus all the home food, people, Goa.. everything started to tempt me... and i decided to resign from CA. immediately tendered my resignation after thinking for some time... but but but... My manager dint accept it :( .infact he offered to set up an interview with my hubby here at hyderabad for CA. My manager... I always admired him for his managerial skills... I would say he is a manager in the true sense, he knows how to manage things and the best part is he knows how to manage people: a typical people manager. He has solutions to all the problems which employee faces.

My husband did get thru the interview. But with all the tempt tht i had been undergoing and all so because i will be able to visit my parents as and when i want to, started making me confused. Should I take the offer n go to Goa or should he come to Hyderabad??? of course we had some other plans in place also... but finally wat was decided was tht i will take up the offer at Goa and resign from CA...

CA... the first company i got employed into... directly from college... In these 2 yrs i hav been at Hyderabad and at CA, i really got so attached to this place... I just dint have the heart to click on the "send" button of the resignation mail tht i rote to my manager. and how could I... my manager had tried so much for me to be here...

I had made so many friends here... I had made this my second home... I have so many memories associated here...2 years of my life... about 8 percent of my current lifetime... dont u think so 2 yrs r too many to be associated to and to be attached to??? so many friends, every single place having a sweet memory associated with me...

The work environs I got used to here, so free... no tension kinda environment... nothing is a compulsion here... employees are given due freedom for everything and every employee counted as a valuable asset... I still hav apprehension about the company i will b joining... How will the environs be?? Will it hav the same effect on me as CA did?? Will it be comparable to wat CA is??

I had never thought tht leaving CA will be so difficult... The day after i made the final decision to leave CA, it would mean leaving Hyderabad too... I would miss the crowd here, i would miss the shared autoes, the movie theatres, the shopping malls n the eateries... and above all I would miss CA... can u imagine??

Never in my life had i hesitated so much to use the "send" button of my mail application tht i did today. I could just not think about anything... I was feeling like a lost identity, like a bird whose both the wings had been caught in the blades of a fan... I really felt bad... I could recollect all the memories as fresh as ever... right from the time I landed at hyderabad, joined CA and the stay at the CA guest house... my roomies who later became my very gud friends... my team... my team change... Orion, ascendas and the shift to the new campus... the friends I made here.. the coffee breaks and the jokes and my lunch team... the cafe... breakout area... pantry... the few functions held at CA... everything i could recollect with a heavy heart...

Now with apprehensions about the new company and with a heavy heart, I am counting my final days at Hyderabad and at CA... it will be soon tht i will bid gudbye to everyone here and to everything... but the time I had and the memories will always remain with me forever... I will soon rite about my experience of the last day at office and at Hyderabad...I will miss you CA and Hyderabad too... These were one of the few 2 most happening years of my life...