It's All New

Disconnected from the world. Feels a little strange. But there really is no time. I don't have time to miss home. It is strange. The weather is keeping me unbelievably happy. The breeze is a constant here. Rain, sun, cold... they all change. Breeze is supercool!

The faculty is much better than I expected it to be. The campus still has a lot of issues because it is still not complete. But it is nice to be out of the crib mode. AND! The concept of MBA=common sense is clear to me. There are people who have no common sense. They need to be taught all of it. Marketing is super-exciting. Other papers are all media-oriented so far. Still to be introduced to a lot of modules too. The research teacher is a scare crow. Purist to the T, but otherwise crazy. I am hoping the purist in him will keep me happy. I am living in a twin-sharing room alone. :D My roommate is still to arrive because of some dumb issues.

Have nice people around me. It's a big deal. City is far far FAR away. Today I had plans of catching the 5:30 bus to the city, but finally got hold of some free internet time, so gave the thought up. I guess the internet addict is still not dead. :P

Not getting time to click. It sucks! And anyway there is nothing except hills to click. I have already done that.

And it was research for a presentation tomorrow for which I had come online. Have already killed an hour. No idea where that went. So the thoughts are not flowing. Will try writing a bit next week.
Hope everyone is fine. :)

Wrote a little right after I came here...

July 4^th, 4:00 a.m.

An AC 2 compartment, soft lights, and comfortable bedding; still not out of the comfort zone supported by parents. Walk out and open the coach’s door to face darkness and heavy wind. It was almost ripping through me. And there was nothing that I could see. I was speeding through nothingness to a place I knew nothing about. It was like a drama unfolding in the head. The drama titled ‘life’.

July 5^th, 3:00 p.m.

The view from the corridor was splendid. I could not believe that this was going to be home. I was ‘in the hills’. Cool breeze present throughout the day and the clouds making for the loveliest canvas around.

The night told of the home thousands of miles away. Not because I sat alone to feel depressed over the change, but the view from the same end of the corridor had lights far far away. That is where civilisation must be, where people must live, where family must be. I was in a dark but scenic world.

July 6^th

From morning to evening, people talked about having a passion, having self-esteem, and working because you want to. I know I have come for all the three. And a little more. But it is more than education that I have come here for. It is more than a degree that I want from this place. I am going to work for it.

Somebody also made me applaud for my parents. I cried. I know that there is nobody in the world who can match up to their love for me, and to whatever they have done for me.

From the train

In the train


My room on Day 1

View from the end of my corridor

Shady's Back!!

After six traumatic days, I am back!! I can sleep again. I knew that bloody CAT could not have been the reason. It was some dumb pills that I was prescribed. Side effects: nervousness and insomnia. Grr. Didn't they know that any more nervousness would just result in a breakdown here! Buggers. Oh I love my loud music again, it's not noise pollution any more. And I feel so energetic right now that I could fight an elephant, maybe. :D
So, a special thanks to a friend who was nice enough to dig up the details of those medicines and tell me to quit them. Also, for tolerating me for all those hours that I was up and cranky and dumb. For laughing at all my silly jokes and tantrums alike. For just being so niice and patient. Shady. :-)

Shady is considerate beyond belief. And is still not shady. Talk about perfect balance. I cannot begin to write about the things that are common between the two of us. I have never met another person who is so much like me. I thought I was a unique piece. But! I doubt if anybody can actually understand what I am trying to say here, because in just a few days, even we have lost track of the things that are similar. It's just crazy.
Although, there is one very big and evident difference. Our skills when it comes to maths. My scores are usually not even a tenth of his. Bloody!
He's brought a lot of smiles and happiness in my life. I'm scared, but I am enjoying. I've been singing for over a year - Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there...With open arms and open eyes. So. I think it fits so well, in the context of pretty much every thing that is happening in life. 2 weeks to go. I need to keep my eyes and arms open for that too.

God, trusting you again. Muah! :-)

HOPE Is The Word

There is another new beginning...
There is a restart of something old – in a new way...
And there will soon be another new too...

Days will be busier than ever. I hope I can handle it all.

Wonderland

I have completed one month in the new world and I am still exploring. Everything is fancy, and I can enjoy it subject to the condition of hard work and high level of discipline. Erm...doesn’t sound too bad. Let us just make it a little bad: ...subject to the orders of a firang management! Ah, that had the effect! :P

So, let me just list down some of the things that are amusing/ fun/ fancy...

# An official email id with my personal signature

# A dress code to follow

# An hour-to-hour tracking of work done

# An unbelievably young environment

# Receiving “private and confidential” mail in my name at home

# Having a cheque book with my name printed on it

# A debit card with my name too

# Receiving tips on being politically correct

# A reason to properly learn how to drive

# Getting a ride to office so far

# A funky keyfob to access work files from home

# Talking to random Brits over the phone

# Super clean office and washrooms

# Still having several things out of my budget

# A near perfect routine for the day (or at least better than what I had till a month ago)

# A forever-attempting-to-control-the-laughter-volume set of buddies

# An ultra-hot, taken colleague

And more...

I am also still in a kind of a daze. Still trying to figure things; still trying to sort my life. And looks like it is slowly happening. Friends almost thought that I needed a shrink – now I am doing much better than that for sure. I am leaving out of control things to time, and using my time to meet hard deadlines. :)

Wish me luck!

At Tower A

Until today I didn't know how good a Friday could make one feel. Getting into a pair of jeans in the morning felt like heaven. I felt like I was going back to college.

Planning the weekend and then talking about it felt different. I literally have the next two days packed with things to do. Looking forward to some fun.

I am having a tough time talking in hushed tones at work. Every one looks like they're naturally soft, but they do match up to my standards when they're in the cafeteria. I don't know how they manage to be so soft inside the office.

The view from one side of the office is extremely beautiful. I think another golf course is going to be made there, and there are already some new buildings coming up around the place, but the view still has nothingness stretched till far away. It is unbelievably soothing to look out. Also, because the area is open, there is always a very heavy wind in the building complex. It feels awesome! I'm wondering how it would feel in winters. :D

A lot of people at work already know about the "vertical-motion-phobia" that elevators cause for me. It's just 2nd floor so I have absolutely no issues taking the stairs. But there's a service lift that takes us to the place where we can get chocolates and there are no stairs to that place. WEIRD!! And people laugh! :(

The commute is becoming fun by the day as I'm opening up a little and there's an hour each way to laugh as much as we can. Really! We're always a crazy bunch of women laughing all the way. Good fun.

The workload and pressure is already high and quite obviously, it will get worse in future. I'm just hoping that I'll be able to take all of it patiently.

The whole corporate/MNC feel is good so far, but going by what people always say, I don't know how long it will last. Enjoying it till it lasts. :)

The Heaven Above

Lying and relaxing under the night sky is talked about so much that I somehow took the feeling for granted for a very long time. I don't even remember if I'd ever done that in the past or not. But I recently did and as the cliche goes - it felt like heaven. I was on the terrace of my building, dead tired after a long day at work, and I don't think anything else could make me feel better at that time. The dark sky was covered with clouds and the breeze made me feel like I was floating. Those 15-20 minutes were moments of perfect bliss.

This past one week has also been very light and I'm extremely thankful to God for that. I don't have time to spend with myself, my mind doesn't have excess energy to produce crap, I'm staying up late to write this little post about a small experience that I had three days ago, and it's all just great. I'm loving every moment of this new life. So, a big hug to Him for giving me an opportunity and the strength to make myself feel good today. :-)