Onsite!?!?!?!?! Yea Right!!!!!

So here i was, barely 5 days old in my new office and already making headlines.....No! this wasnt for sports...this was for me turning down the "onsite" offer given to me. Before you start judging me and calling me names like idiot/stupid/a$$hole, before you pickup your phone to call me and tell me how badly ive fucked this time...i sincerely suggest you should read on.

I have noticed a few things about Life(No im not drunk) things like how we struggle for more and how in this process of evolution we forget the basic definition for certain things/words....and in this case the word would be "onsite". I would blame it on the surroundings, the industry and then the people.

So whats an onsite????!????!??

Onsite-offshore model is a management model that companies use in their project for better resource utilization.Onsite is primarily referred to as the client location..like you goto the client and work closely with them..monitoring the approach they use and other stuff(this is not a management class so lets cut the slack)

But in this field of ours,we get so used to off ppl going to Americas and Europe that thats the first thing that comes to our mind when someone mentions onsite. So heres the conversation that took place and shot me into limelight...as a guy who "refused on-site" .

So one fine day while i was out (read smoking) with my friends i get a call from my PM asking me to come c him...so i went to his cabin and he takes me to another cabin which was seating 5 more PM's. So after exchanging pleasentaries , this was what i was asked..

PM: "So whats your skillset"
Me: BLAH /Blah and blah
PM: Good...we are looking for a guy who knows these 3 + should also know blah and blah
Me: I havent worked in blah and blah but if u can arrange any trng i will learn...im a quick learner
PM: hmmmmm....and u r ok to travel rite...like onsite..
Me...(thinks about it for a while) NO
PM: Y? (A shocked look on his face)
Me: Have my family here
PM: Take them along...client will tc of all ur expenses...traveling/boarding/food.
Me: No...my wife works here..so wudnt be possible for me to take her along...unless u want to hire her..she also works in Oracle Apps
PM: Hmm....so is that ur final decision or u want some time?
Me: mmmmmmm(thinking).....Which city are we talking about here??

and then he drops the bomb.......

PM: its some 160 km from PUNE ....

hehehehehe...boy o boy...was i relieved or what....for first time in mylife i wasnt regretting my decision..and was proud of myself....For being ballsy enough to turn down the "offer" and to have sticked to my words(even though words like recession/bench/homeloan were still doing rounds in between my ears).

Too good-Too Short!!

Going back to your homeland is always good. Always reinvigorating. Its a funny thing about coming home...It Looks the same,smells the same, feels the same and then you realize that...whats changed is YOU.

A Fun Read

A few days back while i was on my way home, waiting for my flight, i picked up this book. I have to admit that the thing that caught my eye was the title of the book.(Its a guy thing after all ;) ). And as it turned out to be, it was a complete insight to a guy head(not that i needed one but its always heartening to know that there are other people(read Men) who think like you, act, talk and fake like u). The character,Debashish, an average student in DCE is your typical pervert-chap guy who lives by a word A.D.I.D.A.S(All Day I Dream About Sex), who is more interested in looking under a girl’s skirt than going under a car (He is mechanical engg. student).
You should go read this book if you are a guy and want to get in touch with your college life or if you are a girl who wants to know what men "really" think when it comes to relationships(of course im talking about relationships in college ;) ).

TGI FRIDAY!

Thank God its Friday!!!!!!! Ive been craving for some breathing time for sooooo long now..sometime when i wont b thinking about what-do-i-wear-tomm or when-should-i-getup or is-my-shirt-ironed.Things have changed in my life and i reckon thats primarily due to the nature of my newjob. Not that my profile has changed or anything but the new organization has its own set of working rules (and hours too..made to spend 9 hours and 15 mins everyday *sigh*).

Im back to the Learning phase of my life and am learning few things..few things which i thought i had forgotton and thought i would never do them again. Like getting up @ 6 in the morning, having food on-time(Even bfast too), playing ball every evening, doing a lil bit of bird-watching ;), walking aimlessly, riding a bicycle(we have an option of riding bicycle from one end of campus to another).
Its a nice change!!!and like we have been told time and again.."Change is the only constant thing in life"....so im happy about this change...after all I wanted this change.

Am i enjoying it?Yes & No.

Personally Yes, but Professionally I think its gonna take me more time to get used to all these things. Now having said that, this certainly doesnt mean that im regretting my decision. Its just that i have to learn a few things and have to get used to this certain work culture. Like someone said "You cant iron your pants without taking them off" so unless i learn this new game here, i still will feel im an outsider here. Well a part of that is because its so fucking huge campus here....like some 11k ppl working outta here which i think is 10 times that ppl we had in Genpact.

Sometimes i feel like im in some "University". Too many ppl around. Too many ppl who U dont know or who dont know you. Too many people managing FAR too many people. Aint nothing scary in that cuz everyone knows their role and dont like to poke their noses in somebody elses business. But being a LEO i want to be in thick of things and trust me things are pretty thick here...and it would b interesting to get down (and then rise up) to a level which i wudnt have done otherwise.
One week here and i feel happy...happy to be part of a "brand", happy to be working in day shifts, happy to be playing bball everyday..EVERYDAY, happy to be earning more. The only thing missing from my life now is a project :). Once i get something which helps me kill my 9 hrs effectively i will b CONTENT i think. And hopefully this will happen soon.

Captured!!Underground Sounds!!

Visited a shrine while i was home and as soon as i parked my car i could hear a sufi-like voice pulling me towards it. The gentleman in the picture had the most melodious voice i had ever heard in a long long time. Poor thing had to survive on charity. I feel a lot for Artists and players who arent given their due credit in life.

Captured!!Colors of Nature!!

Evenings like these bring the photographer in me ;)

Stuck in my head!!

Well, past few days have been keeping me real busy. There is this song which has been going in a "repeat" mode between my ears and im not able to find it anywhere over internet or with any of my friends. The song is "Sanson ki mala pe" sung by legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Its a very irritating feeling and i would appreciate if you can help me be normal again. Please email me the song if you have it.