"25 degrees Celsius is the outside temperature", said the pilot when our IndiGo flight was about to land in Bangalore. "Aha!" After getting out of the flight, I started to experience the first difference between Chennai and Bangalore. 25 degrees in Chennai, at 12 noon, would have been impossible between March and October I hope. Bangalore is cool!!! was my first expression about this city. Left Chennai, at last!!! was my second one.
I never knew what this city had in store for me; nobody would have ; but something told me that I was about to experience something, that would run throughout my life, no idea of how it would be.
I joined IBM on 11th September, 2007 (what a date!!!). The induction program was in the Grand Ball Room of the Grand Ashok hotel. There were about a 150 odd people, my future colleagues, some of whom might accompany me for a long phase of my life, perhaps til the end.
When u join a job, u have some expectations on it, like the salary, the prospects, etc. But what I had was, a great number of people. I wanted to see a lot of people, from whom I can choose my close ones again - just make a fresh start!
I was indeed happy to find as many people as it would take to feed my apetite for people. The ice broke between some of us so soon, and we started to use those 'bad' words that were customary among members of a 'gang'!!! Still, I had that usual apprehension towards girls, and backed away from them throughout the day.
Next two days at the "Your IBM" programme was a mix of bore and fun, and this was the place where I got to meet some cool people as friends. I recieved my first shock at IBM when we were separated into domains. I was put into Testing (what i wanted was web development). "Fine, let's go ahead as it is intended to!" was what i thought.
Training for testing began the next day, September 14. It started off with a good note. It put an end to some of my apprehensions about software testing. Other than that, I found that my class was flamboyant. A fun filled group. I admired most of them. Let me name a few and tel u how they looked to me....
Vignesh ----- I would call him a romeo!! He's smart, calm and cool. He has that kind of spark that would attract a lot of people towards him.
Raji ---- She's sweet, I admire her "Solitaire" and "minesweeper" skills. Possessive and short tempered, but she's a perfect friend for anyone, I bet.
Swathika ---- Oops I'm sorry !!! Twinkle! That's how she prefers to be called. As far as i know her, she measures her words. She is always up to the point, I like that. A couple of times she looked sad to me, but otherwise, she wears a cute little face.
Prima ----- She made me look at her closely for a whole day!!!!!!! I meant so say, I desperately wanted to find 6 differences (atleast 5!!!) between her and Sowgandhi (my friend, about whom u might have learnt from my previous posts) . Both of these girls have striking similarity, in almost everything. Personally, Prima is chirpy. I like the way she mingles with others, the way she looks when we laugh at her!!! She must surely be a great friend to many, as Sow is to me...
Arun ---- I should say he's the Rajnikanth of our class. He's a man of style.. A man of brains too! I like him personally. I don't know why, but he gives me a feeling of being with a brother. Cool dude..
Rahul --- Another good guy in the class. I haven't talked to him much, but I liked his approach when we were put into testing.
Barani ---- This guy is another cool person in the class. He minds his work, makes less comments, but when he does, he makes an impression. He's caring. I like his kind ness and his being active throughout the day.
Ganesh ----- He always has us in splits when he talks to Prima. He likes to do new things, and that always shows in the sms'es he sends every morning and night.
Anusha ---- She is another prototype girl, who doesn't talk much, and when she does, she's up to the point. I had a chance to talking to her much one evening, when we were waiting for the bus. From that, i have the impression, that she's trustworthy and kind to a friend..
Vandhana ---- She's tall, to begin with. She's pretty. Above all, she's intelligent. The presentation she made one day still lurks in my mind. And she's a nice companion. Happy-go-lucky girl (she appearst to me so)
Vinai --- My companion for the past 3 years. He's been a great friend till now, and he'll be. There's nothing much i can tel abt him, as both of us share the same mentalities most of the time.
THis is just what i observed in the first 15 days. All i hope for is, may these people remain as cute and as precious are they are now, forever....
Wil post the IBM experience in a short span..
I never knew what this city had in store for me; nobody would have ; but something told me that I was about to experience something, that would run throughout my life, no idea of how it would be.
I joined IBM on 11th September, 2007 (what a date!!!). The induction program was in the Grand Ball Room of the Grand Ashok hotel. There were about a 150 odd people, my future colleagues, some of whom might accompany me for a long phase of my life, perhaps til the end.
When u join a job, u have some expectations on it, like the salary, the prospects, etc. But what I had was, a great number of people. I wanted to see a lot of people, from whom I can choose my close ones again - just make a fresh start!
I was indeed happy to find as many people as it would take to feed my apetite for people. The ice broke between some of us so soon, and we started to use those 'bad' words that were customary among members of a 'gang'!!! Still, I had that usual apprehension towards girls, and backed away from them throughout the day.
Next two days at the "Your IBM" programme was a mix of bore and fun, and this was the place where I got to meet some cool people as friends. I recieved my first shock at IBM when we were separated into domains. I was put into Testing (what i wanted was web development). "Fine, let's go ahead as it is intended to!" was what i thought.
Training for testing began the next day, September 14. It started off with a good note. It put an end to some of my apprehensions about software testing. Other than that, I found that my class was flamboyant. A fun filled group. I admired most of them. Let me name a few and tel u how they looked to me....
Vignesh ----- I would call him a romeo!! He's smart, calm and cool. He has that kind of spark that would attract a lot of people towards him.
Raji ---- She's sweet, I admire her "Solitaire" and "minesweeper" skills. Possessive and short tempered, but she's a perfect friend for anyone, I bet.
Swathika ---- Oops I'm sorry !!! Twinkle! That's how she prefers to be called. As far as i know her, she measures her words. She is always up to the point, I like that. A couple of times she looked sad to me, but otherwise, she wears a cute little face.
Prima ----- She made me look at her closely for a whole day!!!!!!! I meant so say, I desperately wanted to find 6 differences (atleast 5!!!) between her and Sowgandhi (my friend, about whom u might have learnt from my previous posts) . Both of these girls have striking similarity, in almost everything. Personally, Prima is chirpy. I like the way she mingles with others, the way she looks when we laugh at her!!! She must surely be a great friend to many, as Sow is to me...
Arun ---- I should say he's the Rajnikanth of our class. He's a man of style.. A man of brains too! I like him personally. I don't know why, but he gives me a feeling of being with a brother. Cool dude..
Rahul --- Another good guy in the class. I haven't talked to him much, but I liked his approach when we were put into testing.
Barani ---- This guy is another cool person in the class. He minds his work, makes less comments, but when he does, he makes an impression. He's caring. I like his kind ness and his being active throughout the day.
Ganesh ----- He always has us in splits when he talks to Prima. He likes to do new things, and that always shows in the sms'es he sends every morning and night.
Anusha ---- She is another prototype girl, who doesn't talk much, and when she does, she's up to the point. I had a chance to talking to her much one evening, when we were waiting for the bus. From that, i have the impression, that she's trustworthy and kind to a friend..
Vandhana ---- She's tall, to begin with. She's pretty. Above all, she's intelligent. The presentation she made one day still lurks in my mind. And she's a nice companion. Happy-go-lucky girl (she appearst to me so)
Vinai --- My companion for the past 3 years. He's been a great friend till now, and he'll be. There's nothing much i can tel abt him, as both of us share the same mentalities most of the time.
THis is just what i observed in the first 15 days. All i hope for is, may these people remain as cute and as precious are they are now, forever....
Wil post the IBM experience in a short span..
