Need a change

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." - Barack Obama

Happy Republic Day!

I was not so keen on going out today, as the fear still lingers in some corner of my mind. Moreover when I switched on the TV in the early morning, the first breaking news was "High Alert in the Nation". This was enough for me to plan to stay indoors today.:)

Later in evening, went to Shilparamam near the Hitec City. Its a craft village, and you get every little thing to decorate your home. It had stalls of carpets/clothes/accessories / teracota & ceramic items and lot other things. Another interesting thing happened today was that Avi got the first scratches on our new car, (at the top of the right front wheel) . I congratulated him for that. LOL. He was little bit upset due to this the whole day. Thank God, it wasn't me!!!

Hyderabad Days

Life has been extremely busy since the day I came to Hyderabad. In fact, as the New Year 2009 started, right from Day 1, I was somehow engaged in some work or the other, either at packing my luggage to come to Hyderabad or managing home in my parent's absence, as they flew to Mumbai on Jan 1st due to an emergency. My dad's cousin sister met with an accident and fractured her hand and a leg. She was in critical situation then. She is improving a lot now.

I reached Hyderabad on Jan 3rd morning. The very next day, we both were invited for dinner by one of Avi’s friends here (his colleague). It was nice meeting this Tamil family, who is expecting a new arrival in a few months’ time. I am happy that I got a new friend here.

Jan 5th: My first day at the Hyderabad Office :).

Got introduced with another guy VeerRaghava , at the reception ,who also like me got transfered to Hyderabad from Chennai. Thank God, got some company on the first day. Security Checks are too serious here. One at the main gate, other at the reception. It seems that ,since its an ODC, there is a separate Access card for the building, so till I get one for myself I need to make an entry everyday at the security desk and get a slip. I am supposed to carry this slip with me all the time till I leave the office premises. Cafeteria is small but good and hygienic. Fruit counter is the best :). Food is cheap here. This office dont have route buses as I had in Chennai, moreover the buses are not branded ones, instead some local travels. We have buses only till important points like Lingampally, Kothaguda etc. Rest of the distance is left on the employees to manage :(

I had been to Hyderabad many a times, but never ever thought that I would come here to stay, (no idea how long ...lol...). Climate is good. As it is winter, climate is much similar to Bangalore’s. Usually summers would be hot here. My office at Gachibowli is just 7-8 KMS away from home. I reach office in just 15 mins on bike. I never ever tried share-autos in whole of my life, so that quota is being compensated here, as most of my travel back home in the evenings would be majorly dependent on the share-autos – not just one, but 3 to reach home. I often stop by Kondapur junction (on my way back home) to get necessary grocery items, sometimes walk around to get familiar with the place.

Jan 11th: Invited Meghna and Naveen for the dinner. It was pending since a long time, every time I visited Hyderabad, we both used to get dropped at Meghna’s place for a cup of coffee/tea, and she used to make us stay till dinner. So this was kinda due for long. Coincidentally, it was Meghna’s birthday today. I was not aware of this, neither Avinash remembered nor Meghna told. He told me the next day that it was her birthday. This was our first dinner invitation at Hyderabad, so I was very much tensed since morning. I organized my day quite earlier, and decided what dishes have to be prepared. Avinash felt that I am unnecessarily taking too much stress. As far as I am concerned, everything has to be perfect. I was happy that I was able to complete all the tasks on time, though the guests were late by 45 mins. Once the guests left, Avinash said that he will have to think twice if he is inviting any of his friends for dinner/lunch in future, as I take so much stress. I had a great laugh on this! Well, it’s not the matter of taking stress, it’s just that, I feel, apart from food, every little thing has to be perfect, and moreover presentation also matters. I was happy that everybody liked the food. My efforts paid off!

Jan 14th: Sankranthi seems to be a major festival here, with people decorating their houses with flowers and colorful Rangoli and colorful kites dancing in the sky. I bought some flowers a day earlier and prepared garlands for performing Puja and for the main door of the house, later decorated the floor with a colorful Rangoli.

Jan 15th: Our new Hyundai i10 Grey (Magna Kappa) Car arrived home!!! Perfect Pongal Gift! :) .
We have been thinking of getting our new i10 car home since 1-2 weeks, but there were some delays happening in bank formalities, so nothing was confirmed regarding this Car. Avinash SMSed me in the evening that he is going to get the car home. I was overjoyed………….and when the car arrived, I was trying out driver’s seat/ front / back seats / gears / horn etc..Lol… I was jumping / screaming in the basement parking area of our building – literally like a monkey! Well yeah that’s the comment I got from Avinash.:)

Hello Hyderabad!

Here goes my first post from Hyderabad :)
It took almost 8 months to get transfered from Chennai to Hyderabad. May be I was destined to come to this city at the start of this new year. Hoping to acheive a perfect balance between professional and personal life.

HAPPY RAKSHA BANDHAN !!!

Congrats, Abhinav Bhindra.

Congrats, Abhinav Bhindra. You have made the whole country proud. Its really a golden moment for each of us. Thanks for making us proud!!!

I am sure your victory must have motivated many in the young force to take up sports seriously and with full dedication. There is nothing that we can't achieve.

Many thanks for all the motivation!!!

Regret working hard...

I have been working too hard on my release from my current project, as I have to move to Hyderabad. Moving from one branch to another is a tough task in any company. As long as you are with one domain (Banking / Retail etc) and give your 100% to your work, you are worshipped and you feel like things are falling in place. But as you decide to shift to a different domain, then you are inviting troubles for yourself. Lot of false promises happens, that your interests are being taken care of. Actually its not. That is it. The trust vanishes and you take extreme actions and try to take complete control of the situation. After all its your career in stake here.
With all my experience in IT, I now understood that one should not work so hard that it would make himself/herself irreplaceable. People find difficult to lose you as your work has been appreciated all the way. Thats a bad sign for you :)... in a way!!!. You get stuck with the same kind of job for years together.
I have a some more struggles lined up for me to get a transfer to Hyderabad branch. Things are not that easy for me now. Life has been so stressful these days. Hope things change for better, & I , once again, get to see happy days!!!...