Wanted to pen down dis for a long time...but could'nt sync all the randomness of my mind...here it goes......The Next Big Change....
The time i left infy and was about to switch to new place new company, i already knew that life would not be as easy as it was in Pune. I had lot of friends around me, never lonely to solve any issue or problems , my friends , teammates were always there to help me and guide me and i do owe them loads and loads of thanks for always being there for me.
When i came to hyderabad, i had already prepared myself for the worst...no friends around, new place, new roomates, new office, language gap, climate change(Bcoz hyd is really really hot) and all worst things possible. But I never imagined what was in store for me. From the time i landed on Hyd airport i really liked the place , airport itself was too grand and big and after that it was just exploring time in the new city....
My new company Pegasystems gave me 2 weeks accomodation in a classy hotel....i just never imagined that i was going to get some share of my good luck...i got the biggest and grandest room of the hotel all to myself :) for two weeks i enjoyed my stay and constatly had a feeling that im on vacation and i just enjoyed it.
The first day at office was good, the welcome itself felt warm and friendly. I was introduced to my frameworks team. I was the 10th joinee in that team . It was altogether a wired feeling to wards the office which just comprised of a floor, only 100 people ...i was used to see thousands of employees at infy and after coming from a big company Infosys which itself depicts a picture of 'Larger than Life' , so at Pega the office world felt very small. It took me months to get used this feeling. I was going to work in a place where i would find people who are much much senior in industry experience , initialy the feeling was scary but as the days went by it was just like working in infy with variety of people around.
After conquering the anxiety of starting in a new company and new office collegues , the next big task was to find a good house and especially good roomates. Somehow everything turned out to be most awsome...i got a very nice house in a posh locality and my dream wish my type of roomies, although i must say my roomates were a mix of simple and wild characterstics, few were ultra modern and few were mildly simple. Altogether the stay with them has turned out to be nice , the only mantra followed in my house is 'Live and let live' and it has turned out to be awsome till now.
The next big task ahead was to keep myself busy and entertained. So one of the happiest moments was when i bought my own Sony Bravia LCD TV :). It was the only friendly thing which kept me out of my weekend boredom :).....The other proud moment was when i learned car driving and mom and dad had sent our Alto here for me. To have a car in dis big city was a dream come true. Although initially i was very scared to drive in the awful city traffic. But thanks to a very good friend who helped me to overcome my initial drive fears and gave a little boost up to my low lying driving skills....It took me couple of weeks to get appropriate confidence at the driving wheel, and now i drive my car everyday to office :)
I feel even though i so damm miss the awsome life which i had in pune , my caring friends, partying , the uncountable movies at E-square and most amazing hectic life at infy....i did not get the worst i expected in Hyd.
I made some very good friends here , learned new things and learned some sweet-bitter life lessons. One thing i know this change definately made me a little more tough person than i was before.
Loved it... keep writing.. n yes no more upsetting status messages on gtalk :)
ReplyDeleteWish u good luck wid ur new life :)
Good job girl .. loved it .. waiting for more .. :D :D
ReplyDeleteNicely written ... u got some talent for writing. I'd say predictable for anyone who's following you on Facebook :p.
ReplyDeleteThe piece about learning to drive and getting your Alto was ultra cool.
I miss our Pune life too - even though I still think Infy sucks :D every friend I made there is truly 'awesome' ...
+1 for shilps
ReplyDeleteKip sharing those thts ... good write up
Nice ... Hope you have many more enjoyable experiences out there!
ReplyDeleteKeep Enjoying ...
Nice :D :D ... more ... more ... more ....
ReplyDeleteThanks guys...for lovely comments...it was just my first attempt to pen down stuff or u can say blog :)
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