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 18th 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 16th-18th
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 16th November, 2011.. Woke up in the wee hours of 18th
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..
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