Wednesday, March 05, 2014
Walking In Parallel With Time, My 4th Dimension of Life
This
post is solely dedicated to the time I spent at TimesPro, An institute backed
by Economic Times Head , for those who want to embark their career in Banking
realm.
People say , the best way to tell something is to start from the beginning, that's probably the finest way to allow things to fall in place.
People say , the best way to tell something is to start from the beginning, that's probably the finest way to allow things to fall in place.
Excuse me for being selfish here as I start with the I statement. Yes, I joined this institution after preparing for
bank exams like IBPS, SBI and other private banks. Sure, I learnt a lot in
terms of quantitative math but it was just not seemed enough to compete with ruthless sparks.
Call it a personal bay to escape the competition or with a merry plush family ,
I joined TimesPro after having continuous unsuccessful attempts in
these bank exams.
When I first joined here, I was nervous, heart of
hearts , I still regret not making through MSIT and figured this might turn out
to be same. Surrounded by graduate chaps, I felt insecure to sit next to them.
Barred the age and my educational background that I backed, I didn't know
anything about banking and finance. Having said that, I also had almost two
years of experience as an Assistant Professor at local collage, which binds to
the fact that so called friends were of the same age as my students making it difficult for me to interact with them. All I thought
was, things never happen same way twice, which on later course came to be true.
My first blow came on the first day itself. Sirisha,
my mentor had a toughest job of making us professional and to get the class out
of cosy college life. She told us, that because she interviewed and
selected us, we will make through the course with flying colors ,which was not
true in my case! (I was not interviewed by her, which, back then I took it quite literally. Later I realized
she meant the grooming part under her shadow). She even rated me as
overconfident and good at communication skills.
Of course I was overconfident, always hide the
facts and never cared for others, vouched for my personal benefits. Wild it
might sound, but I had a pressure to take up a job when younger ones were
already paving their own paths, which makes it less lucrative for me to even care for
others journey. I showed extreme apathy and felt books were my world. Amidst
all this I made two friends -Mohit and Girish -Both younger to me by five, both
knew my secrets or weakness and both were cooperative to help me up with basic Accounting
theories.
I was accepted, corrected and helped and we somehow
formed a group of three. There were some disputes but I stuck to these two till
the end. Group-ism is an imperative idea and it's both good and bad. First, it's
helpful and has your group of friends for case studies , Bad, cause you do have
your own secrets and do not let others mingle with your group. In fact, it
isolates you with rest of the class, which I never adored on personal front.
There was one more guy ,who was helping me on this,
Anurup, yes, he was young lad and always stood above the crowd. Constantly annoys
people with his baseless theories , has a go-getter attitude and was often pinpointed for
laughing late at jokes. I felt he was matured barred his age, probably because
he comes from the same scoop as my brother- Amalgam of BVBPS and GITAM. But, it
was through this guy I was able to meet rest of the kids in class. Although I
share an entirely different journey with him on his impractical theories, I don't
want to embed that segment here, which might lead to an aggressive debate
with him later on.
Pradyumna- He is the lucky-go-baby of our class. No
matter what, he cracks things up, lightens the situation and a person with
sweet tooth. He loves food and smiles all the time. He is my favorite puppy.
The best connect with him- his cousin was a student of mine at Sri Indu college, which
was for some time our secret. But, it didn't take long for the rest of the
class to find out basing on the fact that no secret can be taken to grave. When I
come back home after schedules I usually talk about this guy, his jokes, his views, his hobbies, his food
eating style and everything about this kid. So far, my family and even my
grandparents know about his existence!! I treat him like my student, an immature
brother and a good friend. He makes people laugh and always carry the goody-goody
attitude.
It's through him, I was tagged into his
group of friends. As I mentioned, group-ism is a tough place to be. There were
good and God blessing moments but things went sticky after some time. Bared
Sandhya, for me the rest of the girls were kids. I treated them (Sreeja & Sahithi) as sisters, with
care and sympathy, offered advices ,been assertive and helped them with things
I was capable off.
Sandhya was different. She had homely nature and
had an easy-to-mingle vibe. I liked her, mostly I looked her as a replacement for my
missing graduate friends. Although, she comes from the same college as I do, I still
loved her , shared all my unprofessional matters and barter her with
professional advices. She was the first one to notice my happiness, my tears,
my friendship, my ego, my girly chats, my passion and encouraged me in endless
ways. Now, If I look back, she was always there. No matter what people told me
about her, She was there, for me, always! When I exit from any phase in life, I
leave friends behind, But, I will breach this rule, for only her, as an
exception.
Understand that people make organization, not its
ambiance or infrastructure. For me, it was these people who made my existence
successful at TimesPro- Mohit, Girish, Pradyu, Anurup ,Sandy and of course
Sirisha , at both personal and professional levels.
There were times when my folks at home always used
to complain- That I was turning into kid by being with them. I laughed at this
statement -It was amusing, overwhelming and honestly I felt good, enthusiastic,
reloaded and my mind was much free to be
with like minded people. For some time, I felt younger, childlike and maybe
even experienced some winsomeness.
TimesPro was an entirely derailed phase of my life and I am bound to remember it for a life time. Everything I did, I underwent and I paved was my first. My
first to lie to parents to watch a movie with friends, My first to get into a
job with an offer letter,My first to Film Shoot
, My first to have guys in my friends list (although
they were younger to my bro!! ) , My first to be extremely
expressive, My first to mingle with people ,My first to fight, My first to experience a covet relation , My first to think I can do good to
people, My first to
understand the two sides of the coin ,My first to act matured and the growth path
that paved along my way.
I enjoyed every ounce of it, gulping the energy I could
gather and above all, for the first time as I exit away from TimesPro, stepping out physically , I was Stepping in emotionally. It's easy for anyone to live in
the past and hope for the future, but I realized I was ready to face the
desired present with these memories, the warm hug that Sirisha gave before the
interview, the courage my friends bestowed (Both TimesPro and Non-TP friends as
well) and blessings my family and akin always had . I march with these,my armor in the financial arena- Highly excited to see where it takes me...!!
Mood: Bless
full
Song: G.O.D-Gil ☺
Sunday, March 03, 2013
Life= (Faith + Dreams) x Happiness*
*Cussing is a default parameter. Its directly proportional to pay scale of your
neighbors ,friends or other near and dears . If unemployed, this factor tends to infinite.
Declaimers
This is work of pure
fiction. This article is not recommended for candidates who are placed in
higher positions and still not happy with it. This article is also not
recommended for those who are married, found happiness and reached their goals
and dreams in life. You are requested to exit this window if your are facing
social hazard problems, computer illiterates or having fear of ghosts as one
might be behind you reading this along with you. Finally, this article is not
recommended for intimates, ingrates or anyone professing an irrational fear of
cats or any other mammal, those who have a penchant for time wasting,
illiterates and lawyers. Eating before reading may result in unhealthy indigestion.
Not recommended for people over the age of 120.
This guy, below, was not injured while making this article and the bread and coffee were consumed and have not been wasted.
The author is not responsible directly/indirectly for your unemployment
.
This guy, below, was not injured while making this article and the bread and coffee were consumed and have not been wasted.
The author is not responsible directly/indirectly for your unemployment
.
Special Thanks
Special thanks to Google for providing
me with pictures and platform for utilizing my unemployment and partly the
reason for it as full credit goes to Facebook. Thanks to this stool guy who, in
my life, was the only one who listened to me and last but not the least-A very
special thanks to the Editor, The Content Manager, the Grammar Checker and Seed
Idea Manager- ME.
So have you been suffering from unemployment and you are sure to get a
job later but you are the victim of what-are-you-doing-now tag asked by nosy social
creatures and are you looking for avoidance?
Let me help you with this as I
believe I got enough experience .There is no rule to follow the same as the
parameters considered might differ. Also, if there are any more you want to share,
please be kind and let me know as the society is really hungry for gossip and
wants to eat innocent unemployed people like us.
Before I start up, I would like to elucidate in advance, this question
is like a chewing gum stuck to the bottom of the shoe, which is hard to get rid
of, and annoying and probably you yourself want to get dispose of.
I really did not care when many of my well wishers or so you I call them
,kept asking “what’s next after graduation?” or “what are you doing now?” Until
recently this incident happened.
There was a tech fest going on in my college and some junior more like some
guy almost five years younger to me asked for advice for his event. I listened
to his idea and suggested some of mine. He was surprised at first, probably not
expecting me to come up with such a good idea (no self boasting intended!) but
what really shook me was when he asked “Madam, you
have a global knowledge on anything under the sky. Why don’t you try for a job
in industrial sector?” My eyes popped out.
When you are unemployed, basically every one around the globe advises you.
You automatically become the common topic, I wonder if I can get employed for this kind off fame. The good point is -everyone knows you
or comes to know about you; the bad point is everyone
knows you!!!
What’s so good about it? Every one cares for you, suddenly showing interest
in ,and about what you will be doing later in life. Every job related advertisement which was once funny
turns sarcastic. Every job in the news papers are informed to you, as in “Govt.
post in maternity hospitals –Apply with 55% in tenth” while you are an
Engineering graduate with 65%+ of academic excellence.
There is stress, agony and tension as younger ones and more dull ones
compared to you get high pays .
A laugh at a joke, a movie with friends
and mostly the attending weddings and party gathers ,which were once fun
will turn to pun. After all these, the typical parents shoot you with questions like-“I
never asked you to lift weighs just a decent job with good salary”
Mind you, this question is ambiguous one. By decent they mean a job with pay
scale as high as a fresher could get or a government jobs. Even spam message interests you. You turn out to be every ones helper and
driver .If there’s a party at your great grand uncle’s son’s twice removed
cousin house, you are called for help. Updating your resumes becomes a piece of
cake and you get awfully stressed if someone asked you the procedure for applying a job becomes that's your eye candy.
To summaries things up-There
are basically three choices for you -Avoidance, Escape
and Shoot smooth answers.Eat less food. Oh well, most of the time the career advices
are picked up at lunch times or at dinner tables. It’s quicker to swallow food
and escape.
If any neighborhood aunty or someone asks you “You are still unemployed? My daughter is already doing a job”. Then just smile and say things like “Oh good for me. So what are good dates for marrying your daughter”. Oh , their daughter or son is of same gender as you are? No problem, add things like “Thank god they changed the Indian marriage law systems!! Now I can legally marry her (or him)”
So , on a good note, if you're unemployed
and you go to apply for a job and you're not hired for that job, see a lawyer -
you may be able to file for a claim because you were discriminated against
because you were unemployed!! Take life with a pinch of salt. The bread and butter's gonna wait for the future. Every thing is temporary and unemployment as well. Just face it with a smile, if it's not a happy ending-then its not an end.
