Hii I am back with my promise of updating you all with the happenings of events during my two and half month's hiatus... I have already narrated to you one of the most significant event in last of my posts... but here today I would like to apprise you all with some of the other events which were equally important if not more...
To begin with 23rd of September 2006 was the day when we added another member to our family in what is known as the Man's Best Friend... yes we got a small little puppy for ourselves... named Simba... it's the same cute little dog from the now famous Hutch Advertisement... it was the sole decision of my brother to get this Pug home... it did cost us a fortune to bring him home... but he has truly sparkled each one of our lives with his spontaneity and liveliness... forcing us out of the bed early... and making sure we do not party late into the night... and also ensuring that we do our bit in keeping the house clean... he has made men out of us... transforming us into more disciplined and responsible individuals... now he's grown a good two months old... and is being cared for and nurtured just like a small baby... and he quickly notched up a space for himself as an integral part of the family...
Another important day of reckoning was 25th September 2006, which was my last day of office at Canadian Institute for International Studies... bringing to an end, an association, a relationship which lasted for nearly three long years... it being my first job would always be remembered as a place where I spent some of the best and quality time of my life... forging relationships which beyond the confines of the office... it was a place where I started my career from... where I learnt a lot... met a lot of intelligent, suave, open, and friendly people... a place where I was cared and nurtured just as a kid... and a place where I was the cynosure of all eyes... it was also a place... which fulfilled my ambition of traveling across the length and breadth of the country... infact as a kid I wanted to travel extensively within my native state of Punjab... exploring the culture and folk tales of the bravery... and finally my dreams came true at CIIS where I was fortunate enough to have traveled not only to every nook and corner of Punjab but infact got an opportunity to explore almost every inch of India... I got an opportunity to travel right across Jammu & Kashmir to Kanyakumari... from Junagadh to Kathmandu... I was in love with every bit of it... was a witness to almost everthing nature had to offer... big mountains... large unending deserts... vast sea scapes... during my stay I also got a chance to connect with a wide variety of people... from different cultures, religions, regions, and varied viewpoints... which helped me in transforming (possibly for the better) as individual...
27th September... well... days were changing fast... a lot of events unfolded during a span of just about a week... this was my first day at my new office, the Times of India... a day which brought a lot of new hopes... new challenges... a day which introduced me to scores of bright and talented set of people... it was the beginning of a new association... a long professional commitment... looking forward to it...
22nd November 2006 was the day when my brother resumed from where I left... meaning... he too purely guided by hand of luck... got to begin his career with the same organization as I did... i.e. Canadian Institute for International Studies... being a Computer Engineer by profession it would not have been any easy for him to gain entry into the organization as a Marketing Professional... but kudos to him firing through and getting just where he wanted... just like me he's entered a new phase of life... I would like to wish him the very best of luck in all his future endeavors... for the record... he's just into his second week at CIIS and is already flying down to Kolkatta for a official visit...!!! now that's cool naaa... isn't it...???
November 20th - 27th November... well... u might be wondering what's this fuss is all about... well, this was time during which I got a chance to become a kid again and revisit my long lost days of school time once again... rotting history notes... playing with friends... and giving tests and exams... to break the suspense this was my training and induction week at Times of India... this would go down as one of the most memorable weeks for me... it had all the ingredients of being written as a full separate post... but anyways... this was the time when I connected to my roots... just to give u glimpse into it... a typical day at the training session would begin at about 9.30am in the morning... but the surprise element was that nobody knew when the clock would strike half past nine... as it was only when our instructor would turn up would the clock strike half past nine... and just to spice things up there was fine of 100 Rs for anybody turning up late... there were some other rules too... like, no mobile phones allowed... and the mobile phones had to be submitted only in the switched off mode... and there was fine for anybody forgetting any tenet of instructions... we were made to learn the history of media... and it was followed by a test... anybody getting less than 90% was deemed to have failed and was required to pay a fine of Rs 150. In the afternoons we all together used to have the deliciously cooked lunch in a group... which was followed by a game of Pithu Garam... and we never knew when those seven days passed off... the last day was spent at the Times House in Delhi... a humungous setup there in Delhi... where about 2000 employees work under one roof... all put together it was a wonderful experience on the whole...
To begin with 23rd of September 2006 was the day when we added another member to our family in what is known as the Man's Best Friend... yes we got a small little puppy for ourselves... named Simba... it's the same cute little dog from the now famous Hutch Advertisement... it was the sole decision of my brother to get this Pug home... it did cost us a fortune to bring him home... but he has truly sparkled each one of our lives with his spontaneity and liveliness... forcing us out of the bed early... and making sure we do not party late into the night... and also ensuring that we do our bit in keeping the house clean... he has made men out of us... transforming us into more disciplined and responsible individuals... now he's grown a good two months old... and is being cared for and nurtured just like a small baby... and he quickly notched up a space for himself as an integral part of the family...
Another important day of reckoning was 25th September 2006, which was my last day of office at Canadian Institute for International Studies... bringing to an end, an association, a relationship which lasted for nearly three long years... it being my first job would always be remembered as a place where I spent some of the best and quality time of my life... forging relationships which beyond the confines of the office... it was a place where I started my career from... where I learnt a lot... met a lot of intelligent, suave, open, and friendly people... a place where I was cared and nurtured just as a kid... and a place where I was the cynosure of all eyes... it was also a place... which fulfilled my ambition of traveling across the length and breadth of the country... infact as a kid I wanted to travel extensively within my native state of Punjab... exploring the culture and folk tales of the bravery... and finally my dreams came true at CIIS where I was fortunate enough to have traveled not only to every nook and corner of Punjab but infact got an opportunity to explore almost every inch of India... I got an opportunity to travel right across Jammu & Kashmir to Kanyakumari... from Junagadh to Kathmandu... I was in love with every bit of it... was a witness to almost everthing nature had to offer... big mountains... large unending deserts... vast sea scapes... during my stay I also got a chance to connect with a wide variety of people... from different cultures, religions, regions, and varied viewpoints... which helped me in transforming (possibly for the better) as individual...
27th September... well... days were changing fast... a lot of events unfolded during a span of just about a week... this was my first day at my new office, the Times of India... a day which brought a lot of new hopes... new challenges... a day which introduced me to scores of bright and talented set of people... it was the beginning of a new association... a long professional commitment... looking forward to it...
22nd November 2006 was the day when my brother resumed from where I left... meaning... he too purely guided by hand of luck... got to begin his career with the same organization as I did... i.e. Canadian Institute for International Studies... being a Computer Engineer by profession it would not have been any easy for him to gain entry into the organization as a Marketing Professional... but kudos to him firing through and getting just where he wanted... just like me he's entered a new phase of life... I would like to wish him the very best of luck in all his future endeavors... for the record... he's just into his second week at CIIS and is already flying down to Kolkatta for a official visit...!!! now that's cool naaa... isn't it...???
November 20th - 27th November... well... u might be wondering what's this fuss is all about... well, this was time during which I got a chance to become a kid again and revisit my long lost days of school time once again... rotting history notes... playing with friends... and giving tests and exams... to break the suspense this was my training and induction week at Times of India... this would go down as one of the most memorable weeks for me... it had all the ingredients of being written as a full separate post... but anyways... this was the time when I connected to my roots... just to give u glimpse into it... a typical day at the training session would begin at about 9.30am in the morning... but the surprise element was that nobody knew when the clock would strike half past nine... as it was only when our instructor would turn up would the clock strike half past nine... and just to spice things up there was fine of 100 Rs for anybody turning up late... there were some other rules too... like, no mobile phones allowed... and the mobile phones had to be submitted only in the switched off mode... and there was fine for anybody forgetting any tenet of instructions... we were made to learn the history of media... and it was followed by a test... anybody getting less than 90% was deemed to have failed and was required to pay a fine of Rs 150. In the afternoons we all together used to have the deliciously cooked lunch in a group... which was followed by a game of Pithu Garam... and we never knew when those seven days passed off... the last day was spent at the Times House in Delhi... a humungous setup there in Delhi... where about 2000 employees work under one roof... all put together it was a wonderful experience on the whole...
So this was a hastily compiled essay of events in my life... as and when they unfolded... would come back again soon with a new set of news and views... thanks for listening patiently into it...
