I thought of naming it " a game of numbers" but then the title would have been quite misleading given that this entry has nothing to do with numbers or mathematics or for that matter logic! What i intend to write over here is how the last year panned out. Given the fact that so many events have taken place and it gets really hard to document each of them, i shall do it crisply in a monthly breakup.
January 2010 - The month was frought with excitement what with the ISB campus scene hotting up for the batch. Nothing else was important enough to catch attention in the entire month. The term just passed away without any major happenings.
February 2010 - Brought with it my first job post MBA. Apollo selected me and it also initiated my first vacation from ISB in the last 10 odd months that i had been in Hyderabad. My first trip home from college :). Also completed an year of FB existence
March 2010 - Was the most happening party season. Parties were happening left, right and center and i was glad to be in the midst of it all with some wonderful friends. Started blogging as well.
April 2010 - The Graduation! Finally an ISB MBA under my belt. Also, the season of partings, some tearful, some hopeful and some with a sense of relief!! Got a chance for another road trip when i drove from Hyderabad to Jaipur with am amazing co-driver/partner/friend/human being and lastly wife :)
May 2010 - The entry into the big bad corporate world. The ship had finally run aground. Joined my job and started settling down to the concept of fixed working hours. Also the month where the daring decision to live in Chennai was finally being implemented. A learning curve on getting settled in any new cities. Learnt to run around with language problems and still get work done.
June 2010 - The first official trip happened and got to visit ISB again (Related post)
July 2010 - That one small change for me, a giant leap for Radhika! She got selected in Allahabad Bank as a PO and had to join in Jaipur. Heartbreaking, yes as she would leave but was happy to see that she is moving on in life onto her chosen and cherished career path.
August 2010 - The fall over of last month led to the development of my culinary skills. Had no option but to start cooking on my own. Thanks to a well established kitchen, free culinary guidance and technology, the dishes were ready to roll out of the kitchen :D.
September 2010 - The first visit home after joining job. Learnt the fact that its difficult to manage holidays with a 6 day week but what the hell. A few changes in the office and a first hand experience of change management implementation and its importance. Also came to know that wife is already set to move into her 2nd job!! A better one at that!!
October 2010 - A season of festivities. Diwali at home, Dusshera in Chennai. Travel all around
November 2010 - Mongolia!!! (Related post) . Got a chance to visit an exotic location for a project. Wife joined State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur as a PO with better chances of a chennai transfer.
December 2010 - Completed an year on twitter. 890 tweets in an year is not bad!! Visited Sudan (Related post) and came back in one piece to regale people with exotic location and engrossing encounters. Looking forward to an even better year ahead.
Throughout the year - continued being Optimistic about things, continued being a good friend (people disagreeing with this please meet me offline :X ), Most importantly, continued being what i am.
And finally,
The number game enter the scene with 2010 giving way to 2011. An insignificant addition of 1 but an occasion that changes the outlook of quite a few people on many things. A new year not only brings the old to an end but also brings with it a hope of a different year ahead.One which is peaceful, joyous, calm from an individual's perspective and one which is productive, profitable, engrossing and enriching from a company's perspective.
To each his own but nonetheless wishing everyone in the Blogopshere and to you (who took the trouble of reading it without taking the trouble to comment ;) ) a very HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011.
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