Fascination
I have been pretty busy all this while (at least no harm in saying that), as I have joined a new job (and so do a new company), which (the job profile) is something I have never done till now, so it gave me a feeling of getting into a new school, with new new faces (students and teachers alike)…
I landed at this job through Naukri, when I saw the job sitting under Recommended ones, so I went through the profile and after deliberating for a fraction of a microsecond, hit the Apply button, and after that I forgot about it and went on to browse other available ones. After about 10 days I got a call from someone similar to an HR rep of a law firm, enquiring about my current profile and experience, I answered every query of his with apt subtlety (with a tinge of haste) and cautious against giving a feeling that I am not interested, as I had never heard about the firm, he was referring to, but accepted the interview invitation anyway. In office I googled it, but did not find their website(except some pieces of information scattered across different links(you know, what Google returns, when its crawlers try really hard), one of the link looking similar to their website was saying “Coming Soon” on the Home screen…so I thought yeah, its mutual…
Now on the interview day, I was a bit nervous, as the profile was something which I was not able to comprehend completely, but went for it, to see if I could score here, as I did in school being the opener, on an unknown pitch against an unknown opponent, the first round was with someone who was much older than my dad, and was looking damn serious with eyes as cold as snake (no pun intended), and it was the worst interview ever, I fumbled right from the first question and continued till the end, even I wondered at myself, that how could I screw things up this bad, however in the end I said something which was from the ether and he asked me to go to the other office for next round with someone in charge of department, I was going to be a part of, so I felt a bit relieved…
The next round was cool, as the interviewer was young, friendly and knowledgeable and asked me questions from my current and past profiles and wanted to know my interests in the profile, so I gave him some good reasons and he sounded convinced, and then the second round ended after 1 hour and left for home.
There was a long silence from both sides of about 10 days, and then I got a call out-of the-blue from the HR, asking for my expectations (read salary), I told them and they asked me to check my e-mail and revert with confirmation and date of joining, I did that…
I joined the new job, in October, before that I spent some great time with a very close friend of mine, informed her about it, wanted to watch a movie, couldn’t do that, as she wasn’t interested, sometimes I am not sure exactly what in the world would please a girl, but any how I believe in perseverance, so I “keep trying”, just like the redial key on phone (yes the key on the good ol’ phone). I met her after more than a year, so it had to be significant (in quality as well as quantity), as there are very few people who get ready to meet a recluse like me, so that’s something that matters a lot to me, it is also because it’s been a rare affair to meet someone from the other half of the species beyond aditi, when we used to meet after school, so in a way I do get carried away with nostalgia (as someone aptly said that it is like a grammar lesson, we always find the preset-tense and past-perfect), my mind always has those moments like leaves shed from trees in autumn, and when a wind blows, they all come swirling in front of my eyes and I like a spellbound child try to grab hold of them and they vanish and leaving me with nothingness and haunting solitude and yearnings for her…
The moments flow in the time
With you, I had some great time
now they are frozen in ice
emotions still warm and nice
still feel your voice so sweet
like an unsung melody at retreat
when the time comes and I see you again
‘ll tell you all when I meet you again
the hope to hold you love you
till eternity and beyond I love you…
personally, there is still a void, I want to fill it, but there are few limitations that I need to overcome before I go ahead…
Since the day I joined and till now, there has been a sea change in my outlook, I opened a little more towards people and realized that knowledge is always valuable than information, so I am trying to get back on track of life, with the aim of gaining knowledge…as I learn something new everyday, so there is a lot of download with a few instances of upload as well…
