The Carpenters and Lionel Ritchie

Today was among those days when I am feeling extremely down, apparently for no reason (or maybe there IS a reason but as I proclaim to the world that I give a damn, but inside I do feel bad)… Ever since I returned, I don’t know why but I suddenly thought of downloading songs by “The Carpenters” and listening to them… A huge of memories came flooding into my mind without even my wanting it-be it beautiful or bitter memories… The songs made me realize that yes indeed, I have travelled a long path since my school days when if a friend stopped talking to me I would silently go to my room and cry myself hoarse… Listened to “Stuck on you” by Lionel Ritchie and had a flash back of my Class VII days in AG Church.. 

How much I miss those days; when I first started learning slangs, “Bengali khistis”, had “puppy love” or “infatuation” or “crush” or what should I term it now I don’t know, when I was into my teens and entered the adolescent stage, when Mom’s words were like “why the hell is she wasting her time when she knows I’m not listening to her??!!!!”, when everything I did or thought seemed right, when I had so many unfulfilled dreams and the stupidest notions about “love” and “living happily ever after” as was shown in typical Bollywood movies.. It was the time when we were going gaga over Hrithik Roshan as his first movie “Kaho na pyar hai” released and he was looking HAWT….!!!! It was the time when I first started listening to English songs, starting off with “My heart goes sha la la la la” by Vengaboys and Backstreet Boys and Enrique.. Listening to English songs at that time gave you a higher edge than the others… Others looked up to you as if you have become a demi god.. :P :P

It was the time of getting innumerous proposals from the guys of our class and from our seniors… Though I always showed off that I didn’t care, but deep within I was jumping with joy that yes, even I got proposals too… :P :P (Some of the guys are pursuing till this now and flirting as usual..!!! ) As the proposals came, friendships were put at risk when both the boys fell in “love” with the same girl… L L The girl was then at a dilemma whom to keep as “just a friend” and who would her “boyfriend”… Innumerous scandals, “jaundice cases” and what not……

Thanx “Carpenters” and Lionel Ritchie….. You made me nostalgic…. I miss those days…………….

The job- my 1st ever...

Well, here I am.. This is me… There’s nowhere else on earth where I would be… :P :P

Don’t worry folks.. This is just a line from Bryan Adams’ song “here I am”.. & oh yes, I do want to be found at beautiful places on this forever warming planet of ours… He he.. I am back after a pretty long hiatus. Well, just didn’t “remember” to update you my readers with what all has/had happened in my life for the time period when I didn’t blog away, as was my usual habit..

A lot of things has REALLY happened in my life, the most happening and important of all is ME getting placed at Coal India Limited on 18^th November, 2011- 2 days before my birthday… This is till date my greatest birthday gift in my life. I really really thank the Almighty and my family for their continuous blessings and support. & also, some of the not so important people (just joking :P :P :P) whom I would choose not to name as they know what hierarchy of importance they hold in my life… Thank you for being with me and accepting me with my atrocities and stupidity and short comings…

It has been quite an ordeal ( yeah really!) from 16^th-18^th November 2011. Had to appear for a written test conducted by Western Geco in which unfortunately (or fortunately?? ) I could attempt 5/6 questions by myself out of 19/20 questions and some other questions got a little help from a geophysics guy… :) :)  But all the while my mind was on how would my GD and PI go the next day in CIL.. My goodness…!!! I just couldn’t sleep since 16^th November, 2011.. Woke up in the wee hours of 18^th November, 2011, dressed well in my formals and didn’t carry my blazer with me (had to suffer with a croaked voice for the following 3 weeks… !!! )

The GD was scheduled to start from 9.30 am but as every government dealings are always late, so was our GD which started from 10.00 am. I was in the first group.. I could feel my heart missing few beats as we were ushered into a nice, big conference room of Mining Engineering Dept. Two executives from CIL were already sitting there to test us. After a brief introduction, we were given a topic and then 5 minutes to think about it. After the 5 minutes, we started speaking one by one, starting with Prashanta Baro (now my colleague in CIL ). After the first round, we were given another 2 minutes where we could add anything more if we wanted to. Here, the executives asked me to conclude the whole thing after the allotted 2 minutes. My heart skipped a few beats again, obviously thinking that yes, maybe I have impressed them with my points/speaking ability.. :) :) After the 2 minutes allotted to each of us ended, I concluded the topic, adding a few more points and as we were exiting- they ACTUALLY said (pointing to me)- “Her GD was the best of the lot.. We liked her speaking way the most..” and one of my batchmates saw, rather peeped, that I had got the highest in the GD.. After coming out of the room, I gave a thumbs up to myself, some people came and congratulated me saying- “You are already selected, they are just impressed by your GD already…” Hearing all these, I could sense a feeling of calmness sweeping all over me but yet the PI was left which was to start at 3pm..