Hyd, work, fun and dreams

“All good things come to an end “ – this century-old adage somehow thrusts its full meaning upon me, now that I have come to an end of two simply great months in the big city of Hyderabad. From the very beginning itself , we were probably destined to have a great time together – Rahul, Ankur and myself – the only ones thrust in a triple sharing room in spite of our repeated pleas to be converted to single or double-shared ones. From then on, its been one hell of a joy-ride- from the stupid, so-called “horror” movie we had to see because some stupid idiot had recommended it to Rahul ( I don’t remember the name, thank god !!!); to the numerous phone calls he received from some confidential client in Ahmedabad; Ankur’s Houston dreams; our games of fooseball and air hockey where we created more boohoo than the class 6 kids who were there; our visits to Golconda, Hard Rock and of course watching Miss Andhra Pradesh live without entry tickets ( I still say the girl in green should have won!!!) ; shopping like crazy ; spending days on pearls selection; dinners and treats and of course, the two-hour ( 1hr 45 mins to be exact) escapade at BB Nation. Will surely miss those days !!

Vivek, the lone “dude” of our team, Mohit- the cute Casanova we all ragged, Pranav- the “nehli”, Marut- the serious worker, Vikrant and Paras- “just married” , and dhama- “jisne drl ka parda phaas kar diya “- thank you all for making these two months so memorable. We had fun together, prepared and practiced presentations together and also watched that crap of a film in that awesome of a place.

Special mention must go to all the fun we had at CTO-III- waiting in lifts, fixing lunch times at 1:15- all for our “ dreams”- and , of course the risk analysis that always went with these .But we must admit, without Vibha, our lives at CTO- III would have been a tad duller- disturbing her at work always gave so much pleasure.

On the work side, its been a great experience too- first time in the industry, working on an important project, watching and helping people implement our work, working with so many people in tandem, taking time out to visit various sections of the plant together and of course solving puzzles, reading epapers and teaching everyone how to use facebook even when its supposed to be blocked. My guide, Vijaysarathi sir (who, by the way, gives wonderful treats), has been a great inspiration, his methods and approach were awe-inspiring.

These two months have come to an end, but hopefully what I have gained out of it- the learnings, the friends- shall remain forever.