From now and on...

Last spotted somewhere around here, I was...well...searching for 'Someone'. Fortunately, the search didn't last long.

Keep it aside.

Now this has taken a different route altogether. Now the search is for a flat. It is also for some good, healthy investment plan. For ways in which I can exempt tax on my salary. For good food. For ways to do my work better. For helping M'07. (Yes.) For ways of getting back home earlier. For filling up my educational loan. A good bunch of roommates. For finding more people who respect others. For good memories. For a hearty conversation on the phone with my parents and friends back home. To hear those incomplete words and mumblings from Veda. To spend my weekend in a better way. To wake up early. To create that difference. To pour life into my surroundings. And finally to live...

Before some of you conclude that I might really not be enjoying life, let me convey this - No. Life is great! And I'm sure those who know me already got the answer.

Things have changed quite a lot from the time it was decided that I'm going to stay in Bangalore. To be precise, it has been 2 months since I got this news. And more than that since I blogged. Though it was disastrous to hear at first, the trade offs seemed better. Just think of this - How many 'like me' can get posted at an office which is just 1½ KM away from home avoiding all the traffic of the world? To better it off, I realised that we have flexible time schedules with the unsaid rule 'Work. And do what you want to'.

Just to reiterate, life has taken a different direction. Days are no longer called with names. They are either weekdays or weekends. Time is measured not in hours and minutes but in work-breaks. Phone calls no longer stand by minutes but in hours. Dressing suddenly seems to be such a headache. Money is no more in hundreds and tens. Thousands is what we all are interested in (Well, for now). Yet, it is insufficient. Even a thing as small as a "bill" has suddenly become so important! Everything from something as low as a drive in the auto rickshaw to a meeting with an official has a "Welcome to Life!" in return.

Speak about the work life and things are so far so (really) good. And it is entirely different from what we experienced during the first three months in Bangalore. I feel like 2006 has been divided into 'Student - Professional Student - Professional' phases for most of us. The day starts with a hot coffee for most. And all in between is thousands and thousands of lines of code crunching. Interesting meetings (I swear). Work with humour. Luncheons. Printouts. Unyielding discussions. Mailboxes. Drink coffee and swipe out. Compared to some 'Not-any-more-my-colleagues' (My training batch mates) I think I'm pretty lucky to have fallen into a team that I am in right now. Often, I do realise that I'm 'really busy'.

With a hope that things would get better than what they are now in every aspect, I shall return soon. How about something on Orkut?