Small fish in big pond – Part II

The month of April marked the beginning of another financial year. The first time for me. It got me an opportunity to have a talk with my seniors, bosses, u know for what reason. :D

But there was one person with whom I was looking forward to meet for past 6-7 months. The head of research. I wanted to meet him, I had heard that he knew my name which in itself was a big achievement for me considering he is always super duper busy and rarely gets a chance to interact with employees one on one.

So the other day when I got to know that he wanted to meet me , I was on top of the moon. Was little scared entering his room but post that it was really nice talking to him. What made me feel special was that when he said he it was first time he ever called some1 so new in office to his room to have a chat. J. FYI for positive reasons :D

We had a nice talk for almost 30-45 mins. And it was really informative, learnt a lot. He said that if you really want to succeed in life then always ensure to learn something everyday in office. Don’t go back home if you haven’t learn something new, because that means you have wasted a day of your life.

This reminds me of one of my boss with whom I had a conversation one month after I joined. I think the talk with him has provided the motivation for me for last 9-10 months. I remember him saying ,”See Rahul, if you want to achieve something , then understand 2 simple things : Keep your clients happy and learn from people around you . And to do these two things, its important to have the right attitude which is really difficult to maintain”.

As I said in the last post http://unknownrahul.blogspot.in/2012/03/small-fish-in-big-pond-part-i.html , its really important to learn from people who have the experience. For me that has always been my father and my brother-in-laws. Whenever am in doubt or I find it difficult to take a decision, I trust their judgement.

Because in the end, my family is at the center of my world. J

Sab kuch alag hai Sab kuch nayaa hai

Every morning I wake up, open my eyes , the first reaction I have is where am I , its not my room , its not my home. Then, next second the realization of being in a new city sinks in. After that its normal day, same office routine. Till now I have spent most of my time in office, so haven’t seen much of the city except for normal shopping places like big bazaar and all.

Its almost two weeks now in Chennai and strangely I haven’t started hating the place. Even I am surprised by this. I think its more so because am having good time in office , it is hectic in office , have to spend weekends including Sundays too in office but I guess its better for me this way , by this  I don’t get time to even think of hating the city or cry over bad food .

Well I was told that I wont get good food here , so I was prepared for the worst. Surprisingly once in a while I do get decent food. I have found one north Indian restaurant owned by a Sardar , so I go there whenever I have time and today I had mast bhel puri.. mazaa aa gaya …delhi ki yaad aa gayi J

Then I was told that I will never get to see mast beautiful girls. Well I get to see three beautiful girls every day. But the only catch is they are models whose big poster is on the GRT jeweler showroom.

Other than that, the real count is 4 in 14 days. L

I was also told that the people here are not at all cooperating. Luckily I found good landlords and a fundoo house too.  But yeah the autowallahs here are not good. The way they drive , am very sure Rajnikant must have played a role of auto driver in some movie and they all are inspired by him. And then add to it , when I ask them “ you know English “ , they reply “ No English “ . Then my next question is “ Hindi aati hai “ , to this they always reply “ Hindi nahi maloom “ . Man, they are professional: D.

I had one big argument with an autowallah couple of days back , bahut sunaya usko maine :D . I doubt he understood even a bit of it though . J

I think the day I feel bad in office I will start feeling bad in this city too. Till then I can survive easily. I hope office life remains like the same as is now , these days I come home so tired that I have dinner and then am off to sleep max by mid night. And with this ends another day.

I hope you all are also having good time in office / college / business .

Take care