Infoscion...:)

Today is the day m never gonna forget for a long time to come......never has a day been more tiring, nerve-racking and exciting as today.....I did get placed in INFOSYS....:D...Woot Woot!!!

My day started off at 5:15 am....i had to go 160 km from my place for the placement session of INFOSYS. After the usual morning work...i dressed carefully in an attire i was not quite comfy with...Salwar Kammez..:P.After a bumpy, dusty and hilarious bus ride we reached Indur Institute of Science and Technology,Siddipet, Medak District at 9:25 pm. Registration was done....and after an enlightening PPT by some hotshot INFY guy....we finally went through the written exam....was quite easy one part and challenging the other part....hmm so could i be selected???? i was left pondering that until 2.50 pm...was tensed....yet when the results were announced i was there......:D....

1183 ppl appeared for the exam....only 102 crossed the first hurdle....me included..not a big deal some might say.....hell of i deal i say..:)

I was taken across for my HR interview. I messed up a previous interview...so there was reason for me to be tensed....Yet i pulled myself together...and confidently strode in.

HR was a very nice man...North Indian...he put me at ease...tested my confidence and communication abilities....put me under pressure....and finally again at ease...:) It was a good one....but yet again i was tensed....Interview was done at 4:00pm and after a nervous and heart stopping 2hrs 40 mins...results were announced and i was IN...:) The tension in room 305 was palpable....enormous.Those 2 hrs 40 min taught me a lot....about patience, about belief and self confidence...not to forget faith in GOD... It might not me a big thing for many out there.....but for me it was everything....I was in a college were placements were not guaranteed....I had to earn it on my own...and i did just that by travelling 320 kms up and down....and if there was one person who supported me through all this...it was my MOTHER....I love you mom...and this is for you...and only you..:)...i am no one without you. When the INFY guy announced the results and ended his short speech with See you at Mysore....a collective whoop and cheering went on in the Room...hugs were bestowed and hands shaken...Congrats was the most used word for the moment...:) After another scary cab ride i entered home at 9:25 pm....famished (Coz i ate just once in the entire day) and tired(didnt get mre than 2 hrs sleep) but the smile my mumma gave me was worth a million bucks....yeah i made her happy....:) and therein lies my happiness. Calls and msgs followed mostly from relatives....dear aunts and my darling granny and of course a few close friends....:) Nevertheless it was a job well done...:) m going to go and sleep for 24hrs straight....lol....my day has ended on the best possible note....a happy and elated call from Shamu...:) And yet again i had discovered another bitter truth.....People around you are not always happy if something good happens to u for a change!!!....yew i say!!!

yup..m headed for my pilow and comforter...good night....I have a long struggle ahead.....And thank you dear Grandpa....i know you will always look upon  me grandpa...yes you are there always for me...I Miss You so much....and last but not the least....GOD.....I believe in you...I am a believer today!!!

Old is Gold...

I was just listening to the song Linger by The Cranberries....and the comments on YouTube all were inclined towards pointing out that the old times were the best.....everything about the past was more honest an real....the music, the people, their love, and their affection. So what is it about the present that is so unreal...??? I think the answer lies in the fact that we live a lot in the virtual world these days. We are just too obsessed by it. There are virtual smileys, virtual hugs,virtual love and even virtual money.... whoa!! I vividly remember my childhood.....the summers were so balmy and lazy that we would just find so much happiness in wiling away time with cousins and family...evenings would find us playing cricket or taking a trip to the nearby temple. there was so much satisfaction in doing just that. Nowadays a moment not spent in front of the computer or not logging in on Facebook is considered a total waste. Oh yes....I find my cousin 24/7 logged on Facebook...he just has to be the first person to like his friend's post. The fact that people take so much time adjusting their makeup and hair to pose for a photo justifies this fact. Their Facebook photo update would otherwise be messed up they say. True, people are more connected to each other these days...but I wonder how many actually feel the real connection?? Relationships are more make and break type and so are marriages. Sex seems to rule over our lives. I am actually shocked to find out that this attitude is fast catching up in India...the country were marriage was something more than Sex....it was more of a sacred bond. Once upon a time there was a clear distinction between these two....but the same distinction appears blurred today. What pains me even more is the fact that the concept of love has undergone a total makeover. Today Love is Sex and Sex is love. The fact that Love has a deeper meaning beyond physical boundaries doesn't seem to appeal much to people. All this fast paced life...giving a random moment for everyone and forgetting important commitments for much more virtual one's saddens me no end. Is it really worthy enough for the virtual world to take control of our lives??? There is really a limit for everything. True, that technology has aided us in a lot of ways we can't even begin to imagine but a limit is a limit. One of my friend complained to me that her boyfriend had more friends on Facebook than her. She wanted to reign supreme on this issue and hence she went ahead on a friends adding spree of Facebook. Result = She had more strangers than friends by the end of the day but yet she didn't care...she was happy. I was reduced to rolling my eyes at her. When i was just a little kiddo....I simply could not wait to grow up fast and take on the world. But now when I am actually growing up to be a responsible mature young lady..I find myself desperately dreaming and hoping for those beautiful and happy summers. When life was just more simple and easy and Happiness was always in Abundance that you could just take it for granted. I miss those days so desperately and the fact that they might never actually come back makes me shed painful tears. I pity the children of today...they will never know what they missed. The rat race to create your own identity in this highly competitive and highly manipulative world begins for them right from when they are born. Today I feel so proud and lucky to say i was born in the 90's. That happens to be the best period of my life. When my grandmother recollects her childhood i feel so jealous not to have been born then because she sure did learn and lived much more than we can ever hope to do in a Lifetime. It is only today that I've come to understand the meaning of the adage OLD is GOLD. It Truly Is :). Below is the link for another beautiful song of the Cranberries....Ode to My Family

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz-DJr1Qs54&ob=av2e.