Yesterday i met my college friends. I had planned to meet Kanthimathinathan, Hari and Senthil at the Anna Nagar Tower Park, my favorite Hangout Place in Anna Nagar. Especially Good for Chatting with Friends! And then later to meet Srini and Surendar at their place. Being a Punctual Guy I went there first… On time! and then Kanthi joined me soon. We then went to the Ticket Counter to get the tickets to go up the Tower. Being the Holiday season, there was a Huge!!! Crowd, i’ve never seen a crowd there before. Uff, yeh population growth! Then Hari joined us while we were trying to get into the crowd and get tickets. We three went up the Tower. Soon the time passed and a security person came and sent everyone down. We came down and started talking and walking around the park. We were going around the lake when two guys suddenly pounced upon me shouting my name! The entire place being very dark, I was shocked, wondering who the hell were these guys now?! They were Vinoth Kumar, Raja with Srinivas and Surendar. That was quite a surprise. I didnt expect that i would find them all there. Then after sometime Senthil arrived as planned.

This was quite a surprise reunion. Better than the planned reunions which always proves to be quite a dud most of the times. Discussing abt what all of us and the rest of our class guys were doing and stuff. We froze the moment on Camera. Then all of us had a Soup that we usually have at the Tower Park during our walks. Then Srini, Surendar and Raja, Vinoth took leave. Myself, Kanthi, Hari and Senthil went to the Hills Green restaurant near Anna Nagar Roundtana for dinner before going home.

It was a Delight meeting all my friends today. Spending time with old friends is something so memorable you will never find it anywhere else in life… no matter who you meet. All of us will soon go our own separate ways in life. It may be many days or months before i meet some of the Guys again. I guess reality and that whole “growing up” thing we’re supposed to do has finally hit me. Har Gadi Badal Rahi hai Roop Zindagi!

Those of you who follow my blog would be aware that it has been a long time since I’ve last posted. Some of you already know what has been going on in my life, but most of you don’t. For those of you who do not as well as the rest of you it’s time for me to fill you in…

I quit my Job with Sutherland. So no more posts about Sutherland, Dell and Calls!! I have been quite busy all these days doing preparations for my visa and other stuff. And roaming with School and College Friends! Thats the reason for very less posts all these days. Pardon Me!

Im leaving to USA on 2nd January to do my Master’s Degree. At this moment i am not at all sure of what’s in Store for Me after this January! What i am going to do… What kind of place im going to live in…  What kind of Friends i gonna make… Most Importantly, How am i going to study for the Next Two Years!!! That is the Most Difficult Part!

I Believe in this verse from the Bhagavad Gita…

“Ethu nadanthatho, athu nandragavae nadathathu. Ethu nadiratho, athu nandragavae nadakirathu. Ethu nadakkavirukiratho athvum nandragavae nadakkum”

“20yrs frm now u wil b more disappointed by the things that u didnt do than by the ones u did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away frm the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in ur sail. Explore. Dream. Discover.” … Life’s Calling!

I Quit my Job with Dell (Sutherland) on the 19th of November. I had already informed my TL that i would have to quit around this date. And then my Group Leader spoke to me, trying to persuade me to stay. But finally he had to give in to my wishes. I submitted an Online Resignation during the first week of November. And November 15th onwards i informed my TL that i had some important work and stopped going to Office. That weekend i went on Trip to Mahabalipuram with my College Friends(will post abt it soon). After a few days, on November 19th i went to Office. I was not able to login as my account has been locked. I talked to my GL and he said he will in turn talk to the Program Manager and approve the Resignation. Meanwhile i contacted Ask Allen(Admin) and reactivated my user ids and took a print out of my past salary certificates. Our CCOD helped me take the print outs and while he was doing this my resignation was approved. I bid adieu to my Friends/Colleagues, TLs, GLs, everyone there and came back home. I had worked there for 5 months and it was really a great learning experience and i enjoyed it. I was told by many that just take the money from the bank as soon as they credit the salary and stop coming to office from the next day. I didnt want to just come out like that. And its against my ethical standards! So, even though i might not get the last month’s salary as was rumored before, i decided to resign the job officially. It gave me immense gratification. And Surprisingly(coz i didnt expect this), today Sutherland credited around 15k as a final settlement!