My Old Organzation ... Fond Memories!!!

When you join any organization as a fresher, you are jus out of college… You are “Raw”… An organization contributes a lot, in moulding you according to corporate work environment… My first organization too, has done a lot to me… Its contribution towards my growth career-wise, cannot be expresses in words…

Yes, I joined my first organization, as a fresher… just out of college… That too, with a whole lot of campus recruits...
So imagine the fun… It took us all nearly 3 whole months to begin serious work… Till then it used to be fun and frolic all the time….

I must say, all people are not as lucky as we were, to land up in an organization that gives a loooong rope for you to settle down to work sincerely!!! I also had my stroke of luck…. To be selected for a project that gave me the experience, and saved me from bitter experiences... J As my Ex-APM rightly put it during my farewell…Good that you were selected for “Project A”, rather than for “Project B”….

Now I must say the reason behind this statement… Projects “A” and “B” started parellelly… when our “Newly Joined” team got into serious work… “Project A” was less pressurizing and more rewarding in terms of knowledge and skills gained…. Project B was a real challenge to your “Stress Management Skills”… Most of the wickets of that team got out one by one, not able to take in the pressure….

Me, being in “Project A”… managed to get through the project successfully… After my debut project, further projects just ran swiftly… We did face worse project pressures after that, but by that time, we were moulded enough to face them easily… Staying late did not trouble me much, as long as there was a safe mode of transportation home… And that, my organization did provide…J

I did make a lot of grave, blatant mistakes in my first projects, and caused a lot of rework… But gud that I ended up learning from mistakes and constantly improving…. J

I reached a stage where I cared more for the project, quality of work, and so on… This is because, as fresh recruits 2 years back, we used to care only about the work allocated to us… No long term or team concerned worries…

Then I reached a stage when I started mentoring people, and entered the phase of knowledge sharing… From then on, there has been no looking back… I enjoyed every bit of my work… The step-by-step process in which I learnt things… Even thinking back about it makes me smile…. I had such a good experience in my first organization…. Quite an unforgettable one…. Once the good experience started to deteriorate for various reasons, I decided its time to move on… I miss my friends there, but I don’t repent moving… I feel, it is only because I moved out at the right time, that I’m able to speak proudly about my past experiences there…

I strongly feel that its better you start moving when your bitter experiences start outnumbering your good experiences… In fact, My Ex-APM said I’m going to repent moving…. I know he’ll not even get a chance to read this blog… But here’s what I have to say to him… “I do not repent for leaving my organization… Its becoz I left at the right time, that I’m able to speak good about it, and feel good about it now… Am happy for that… And am sure gud frends will still keep in contacts, even after I’ve left the organization… And am so thankful to all of you for such a wonderful experience…”

Now, I must tell about another person who had a great impact on me, in my last organization… He was my First TL…I learnt a lot from him… The first time I saw him was when he asked me to stay late night for my first project… I hated him for that, that minute… But its coz of him, mainly… that am in the position I am in, now… Sad part is that, he does not have the slightest idea about the sort of impact he has had on me… And am somewhat feeling naughtily happy about that!!! J

He taught me how to handle work pressure, people pressure, manage work, manage people…. And what not… I started feeling so comfortable working with him, that I used to ask him so many silly doubts which a person would normally not ask his/her TL… I’ve never felt bad, taking up issues to him… Be it small or big, or be it whether its concerning him or not!!! Now, that’s ridiculous, me approaching him for problems he cannot involve himself in, but that shows my comfort-level with him!!! J He’s been my role model…. Though, he does not know about this!!! J He will continue to be my virtual role model… J

Coming to friends…. Needless to say… I’ve got many many gud frends from my last organization… I should be thankful for that too… Such close frends, who really felt bad about me leaving the org… those who’ll truly miss me there… Each of their words are still ringing in my ears… I’ll miss U all, frends…. Though I’ll try to hav as much contacts with you as possible!!!

Glad, glad, glad, to be even able to write a blog like this.. Thanks for everything U gave me guys!!!

How far is "Corporate friendship" acceptable?

"Corporate friendship"... A term I got introduced to, before two years.... Yes, I started my career two years back... From then on, I've been having lots of friends... "Corporate Friends"....

I would define "Corporate Friends" this way - People who get introduced to you in office, who become a good company to you, with whom you discuss official matters, and sometimes, personal matters too.... These ppl seem very close till U r in the company... But once one of these ppl leave the company, the friendship is lost... We depart with the words, "Small World".... Some day in the future, you might meet this friend in a shopping mall or a theatre (or in an interview for a newjob!!!)... exchange Hellos, and leave...

Is that all? Can we maintain friendship only to this level? Why can't the friendship that started in an organization continue even after you leave the place? Recently, a collegue [or friend?? :)] asked me "Ippo dhaan friends aanom, adhukkulla poreengalae pa"... Which made me think.... Yes, this friendship has to come to an end right? I don see how you can maintain friendship, after you leave a company... The society is one thing... another thing is the fact that each individual wants to proceed on ith his or her life... not hold on to the past...

I have this wierd habit of saving "Bye Bye" mails... Each of these mails contain a contact e-mail ID, a mobile number, and stuff... Plus a line which says, "Keep in touch"... But how many of us mean this, and how many of us preserver the details so as to keep in touch? I myself will be sending a similar mail to all my collegues/corporate friends, when I leave my company... But with how many ppl am I going to keep in contact? GOK!!!

Maybe I can visit office once in a while... But this too can't go on... Coz ur friends will be busy with work when you visit them... and the security won't allow you in also... So half the time, you will end up returning back home after saying a formality "Hi" to everyone... This will also eventually stop, in some time... There is a saturation point for everything, I guess!!!

Everything said and done, I'll miss every one of my friends/corporate friends/ collegues, when I leave this company.... :(

Airtel Super Singer Junior - Finalists!!!

I think most of you would be aware of this hype by now... Yes... The much awaited results of Airtel Super Singer Junior, will be out tomorrow... The war is now between Krishnamurthy and Vignesh... Wow, what amazing kids they are!!! Truly fabulous!!!

I can still remember every scene of what happened during the finals... I couldn't help wondering how such small kids sing with so much sincerity and dedication... When they're speaking to the judges and audience in general, they are just normal, enthusiastic, kids. But when they start singing, they get transformed into proficient singers!!!

During the finals, it was indeed disheartening to see Sai Charan and Aparna losing... Afterall, they're kids too... Their faces lost colour totally, when the results were announced... In fact, Chinmayi was concentrating more on the losers than on the winners, when she announced the results...

Now, coming to the stars of the show... Both Krishnamurthy and Vignesh, were equally good, talent-wise... But Krishnamurthy's choice of songs was just awesome... He chose one of the most difficule songs, and sang it with utmost clarity and perfection... It was a very long song, with difficult words, "swaram", and "yagana ragana" type of lines... The child managed the whole song with all its difficulties... Best part was when he knelt down at the end of his performance... as if to kneel down with the satisfaction that he gave his best... Everybody around were in tears... The guy's father was proud beyond words... I was jus spellbound by his performance...

I'm already Krishnamurthy's fan.... Now I'm his crazy fan... If only I could see him now, I'll jus hug him and say, "I'm blessed, to even meet such a genius at Music".... And such attitude too, on stage... Really impressive... From last friday, till today... I've been bragging continuously about him to my collegues... (much to the annoyance of my neighbour!!!) She keeps asking, "How can you be so crazy of him, in just that one song???" My collegues will have to bear me, atleast till the final results come out!!!! ;)

Vignesh was gud too.... But his song selection was only "Good", not "Excellent" as that of Krishnamurthy's...., or as Kavitha Krishnamurthy put it... "Intellectual"... Lets wait for the results, what else can we do now?

May the best performance win!!! :)

What do I do to my tongue?

The great problem I find with myself... My tongue... Yes, When I'm angry with someone, I use such harsh words to show out my anger, my disagreement... Worse of all, I know I'm being harsh, when I'm being harsh... Its instant... I don't realise it later... I realise it while I'm speaking only!!! And at that point, I either feel that person deserves the harsh words, or that I will have to vent out my feelings then and there... to keep myself going...

Now, you can tell me, "No man is perfect"... But once I'm done with making the other person feel bad, I end up cribbing to myself, about myself, the whole day... I end up feeling guilty the whole day... Thr's a kural in tamil, which says,

Theeyinaar sutta pun ullaarum aaraathey
naavinaal sutta vadu

I dunno if I'm placing the words correctly... It means... A Burn on your skin heals in some time, but the harsh words that some person used against you stays for life, as a mark... This kural comes to my mind every time I hurt some one with my harsh words... But the kural works the other way also for me... My words not only hurt the person against whom I used it... It hurts me also, equally...

My mom used to say, "Vrichika raasi kaaranga thel kotra maadhiri dhaan pesuvaanga"... Meaning, People with the scorpio sun sign, use words which hurt as much as a scorpion's sting.. very true with me....

Lets see when I'm able to change this baaad habit of mine..