New-Fangled Brainwave!!

ahh well.. so finally i am back to the lil world i had created a few days ago on bloggers.com!
i have been on a lonnng trip! from bang-delhi-pilani.. then back from pilani -delhi-noida-delhi-bang...
such a refreshing trip man... it feels heaven to have been there! :-)
pilani is the best place to be u know... the silence.. the serenity.. the peace.. the tranquilized ambience.. everything needed for absolute bliss!
i missed all my friends so much..
wrote a mail to vinod.. my eyes almost welled up while writing that mail..

an excerpt :

"right from sky.. to IC.. to sky lawns.., to the insti..(incl our dear 2206.. cas classes)..i could picture ourselves.. talking.. chatting.. wasting time.. cribbing abt tests ... talking abt maya.. talking abt life...talking abt girls..(ahh.. ur innumerable crushes!) ,,and well yes! talking abt guys too(i too had enuf crushes..)
.. teasings.. trippings.. studies..
discussions..."

"...outside ram main entrance.. i cud really picture ourselves sitting there arnd on those brick circular things..
nothing seemed to hv changed.. just different ppl... who were probably wondering, why i am crying to see the brick structure..

it was becoming increasingly difficult for me.. to understand that we all hv moved on.. no matter how much however good times we hv had together here.. finally we all hv to traverse different paths in life...
i keep questioning self.. that if this is wat destiny subjects us to.. why the hell do we emotionally bond with other ppl.. why do we hv emotions.. why do we miss other ppl..why do we need them to be arnd?? and if we really need their physical presence to surmount the intimacy.. then doesnt it make the entire deal very superficial..?..."

then.. the amazing noida trip.. its always good..:-)
met anurup.. samaksh.. and Kinshuk..! samaksh treated me for my job with black label!
C-O-O-L.. aint it?!
i hv realized that my capacity to drink has increased..large amounts dont really seem to affect me now.. well.. not goood!! but i thought it was justified to drink after a long period.. particularly when the occassion was my FIRST JOB!!

oh yes.. btw.. i made a job in Hughes Software.. There is an intersting incident to quote..
i had a written apti test.. and after getting shortlisted in it.. i was called for the interview..
i sat all night; prepared all the shit in the world of 'computer networking'.. read 'communication systems'... tok strolls in the long-forgotten realms of microprocessor 8085..blah blah!!
damn.. i had forgotten everything...! :-(

went for the interview..

first round was technical (well.. second round was ALSO technical!!)
he began in the cliched way : "tell me about urself"...
hehe.. for a moment i thought i should say what i have written in my orkut-profile...
" Sir, I am the Infinite... which has become the body.. Would you like to recruit me? ;) "
but i controlled myself.. and went ahead with a paragraph of equal clichedness!! (eh..is that a word?? ..)
he asked me loads of questions on C, C++. comm sys.. and yes he got impressed with the PCI Bus project i did in IBM.. PCI - i knew inside - out..so i told him one huge story.. and he seemed very pleased abt having procured enuf info abt PCI!! :D

then he asked me to wait...

then anothrer dude..(some big shot in the company.. ajay goyal..) came outside witha huge smile.. and called out.."Sugandh.. u can come now.."
i followed... a bit reluctant.. but not at all tense..! u know sugs.. i had thought that i wubbe under extreme pressure and full tension and all.. but thru out the interview procedure, i was totally composed .. and at peace with myself. i just had faith.. that watever will happen will happen for good... whether selection or no-selection...

okay.. so i went in.. he was smiling non-stop and was frantically flipping thru my resume and personal info form..
then he asked me why i had given my IBM address as contact-address.. so i told him that
how i was a nomad in bangalore.. and have no permanent place for the next six months, where i can be contacted... and how i cud trust the IBM postman even after 6 months..-- such a non-witty answer was expected out of no one but MEE!!
and surprisingly, he found it quite funny...and said.."oh i see.." (with a big grin broader than river nile!)

then he asked my pref for location.. i had already filled "bangalore" in the form.. and i wondered that wat exactly has he been looking in the form .. when he doesnt know this...
i said meekly.. "Sir, Bangalore! "

he looked upset.. but was fine in a moment.

then he said... "hmmmmm... " looked at me right in the eye.. and sat back straight..
i knew , the real drama had begun..

suddenly the technical devil in him took lead and he started shooting questions.. loads abt Voice over IP.. PCM.. micro-processor timing diagrams... C.. C++.. analog electronix.. multi-vibrators ;)...packet switching... switching networks.. blah blah... thankfully i knew most of wat he was talking..ihad basically gone thru the hughes website and figured out the potential areas of its work.. and then google.com to find out wat each thing meant...

finally after some 25 minutes.. the devil in him wanted to relax!

he took a pause.. and then again.. a big smile!! i also tried to smile..
it comes easily to me.. :-) particularly in such stressful moments, when i have apprently nothing to do, i feel like doing justice to my toothpaste for sometime!! :D

then he again asked.. "No, but sugandh.. dont u think u shud opt for gurgaon posting, considering its close to kanpur..?!"

i told him, that how i like southindian culture better.. and find bang a better place to work.. coz og the young zealous crowd.. and the ever-competitive IT industry.. blah blah..
he seemed convinced..

then he said.. okay.. nodded his head like a bull ....
i asked him.. when i cud expect the results..

suddenly the 'river- nile- grin' was back..! and he said.."sugandh.. have patience.. u can go and relax.. watch a movie... and still think about gurgaon,,"

pay-shunt??!! (or pay-series!!? hehe.. electronix! ) relax.. ..?movie??? owwkay!!! wat better!! :-)

i came out..nothing particularly intersting was happening outside.. just some worried faces.. some anxious sighs.. and some eager looks..
i wanted to avoid all the "hey.. wat happened inside..?? wat did they ask you?! " type questions.. and so i straight headed back towards my hostel...
.. thinking that they might suddenly conduct a 3rd round and ask me to narrate the story of the movie i just saw...:D)

oh no.. its 6.30.. i have to meet mayukh in IBM, EGL office..and my IIM-B cuzin at 7.30..
lemme hang up now..
will continue the story tomorrow..
oh no! tomorrow is saturday.. no office?!?! damn ...
but i guess i will come .. lemme catch up on some synthesis docs that charu has askd me to go through.. no use wasting time.. anyways, i wudnt do anything gr8 at home...:-))

ole-rrite..!!!

short- break..!!