Étrange

 

We never know what our life and fate (lemme combine these two words in one and call it “lifeate”) has decided for us. We only see our present, react accordingly but our lifeate knows our future and for that different things, moments, situation comes across us in day to day life to teach a lesson every day.But, we being a cool and careless chap don’t care to see what lesson our lifeate wants to give us behind anything….. chod na yaar…kya funde de rha he….don’t take life seriously….aa chal…let’s have a beer,take the world and paint it red…

Well, that was jokes apart .Most of us believe that every thing is pre written and when such prewritten thing comes across or happens to us we feel Étranged Strange. One such thing happened to me today when I was shopping in a Garment store.

As most of you know that I am now engaged and behind this there was a big typical arranged marriage process which has five to six stages in total (Explanation of stages will come sometime in other post).So, two months back on a very fine evening of Sunday I met a girl with her parents at a coffee shop in Noida for the same purpose, meeting went well for both side but later on something didn’t worked so this chapter get closed and my process of arrange marriage again took U turn to start from stage one.

Today that this girl came across me in the same store when we were walking towards each other from the opposite direction (Face to Face) . In the very first glance I was not able to believe that she is the same girl to whom I met at that Coffee shop but to confirm that she is the same girl I looked at her cell phone which she was carrying with her (Actually, she has a very fundu cell phone, when I met her for the first time and got the chance to talk to her in private i.e. when her parents left us for a while to talk then the very first thing I said to her “Hey that is a very nice phone, which model it is?”) and got confirmed.

As we came closer we both knew that it is a situation in which we can not ignore each other, so, she smiled, so do I and I was asking my brain to tell her name. She was just three steps away before she say anything and I was still jolting my brain to give me her name. The moment she said “Hi!!” I said “Hello ######” (don’t think I abused her with that hashed word, I can’t reveal her name so it is mapped with hash character ) and the conversation followed as mentioned below:-

######: Hello!!, You are…..

Me: Ankit.

Like all girls, she didn’t remembered my name (Girls, no offence please).

######: Ya, Ankit…so how are you?

Me: Well, I am pretty good, thanks, how you doing?

######: I am fine, just doing some shopping.

Me: Yes, I can see it.

######: So…..

Me: So….

An awkward situation in which both of us were fighting to find more words or to end the conversation. Thirty seconds passed with no further exchange of words with sharing of smiles towards each other along with one of the Lady Gaga’s track in background .Finally she broke the silence and out of curiosity she asked…

######: So, what’s going on at your end?

I knew what she means to ask but I said..

Me: Everything is going fine.

######: O.K. Good and what about your arranged marriage process? Is it still going on?

Now she came to the point.

Me: Well, No, Its over, I am taken.

######: Oh!! good….Congr8s… Best of luck for your new future life.

Me: Thanks!! and Best of luck for you too.

######: Thanks.

Now, it was time to end it….

Me: Ok, I hope every one is fine at your home. I didn’t thought we could come across like this. It was nice to see and talking to you again. I should take your leave if you don’t mind.

######: Ya, sure, I also didn’t expected it. Every one is fine at home and I hope the same at your side.

Me: Yes, they are. Bye.

######: Bye.

I moved to billing counter queue and thinking about what had just happened and why did it happened, what’s the purpose of it….with my eyebrows and shoulders lifted towards sky and lips making an expression of étrangeté I said… “Who cares about the lifeate lesson behind this…..let it go..” paid the bill and walked out the store.

Such situations are really strano and Lifeate bhi na pta nahin kab aur kahan kis se aamna samna karwa deti he.

Smoky Time.

 

“What the hell is going here? what these loads of vehicles are doing here?”…. was the thought in my mind when I was crossing JSS Engineering college (I usually cross JSS Engineering college on my way back to home from office). Later on, I realized that these vehicles were parked outside JSS college due to the semester exams of Uttar Pradesh Technical University.

How can we forget UPTU and its semester exams which are used to happen in Dec/Jan and May/June of every year. It is like we have just passed out from this university but in reality its been 5 years now since we became graduate from this premier university (premier word used of course in sarcastic way).

Time has really passed out like a rising smoke from a fire. All those days and time started to flow in front of my eyes when guys from Electrical and Electronics branch came out of examination hall with plane face and song “ye kya ho gya rama re….”  on their lips. Some times the same situation happens with guys from other branches also.

Each and every student has a same question to vice chancellor of this university “Saale tere baap se bhi ye paper solve nahin hoga to hum kya ghanta ukhaad lenge is paper me? padhaoge UP board k school jaisa and paper banaoge IITian waala”

There is a saying for all graduates from UPTU: From this university if you have passed your graduation with out a single back(supplimentary paper)  then your degree is just a waste. Getting back from UPTU baba is a chamatkari prasad (a divine offering) which bless you to have a good and successful professional life.

Each and every moment spent in our college life is precious and unforgettable. Some times I feel…

“Those were the days and those were the time when we used to enjoy and dance on our own rhyme.All those moments and all those weird  whims became a smoke which get flown with the wind of time.”

I hope every UPTUian feels in the same way.

Engi-n-eer!

 

“Of course I can do it and why in the world shouldn’t I? I am engineer not a MCA or BCA like you.”

Above was my statement when one of my colleague said to me “Why are you taking pain to get this component solder on this STB? Why didn’t you told him to pass this matter to admin guys so that they will arrange a electrician to do it.Btw, why are you trying your hand on it when you can’t do it, can you?”

Actually, while working on the STB (Set top box) I came to know that a particular electronic component need to be solder on it which was supposed to be done by manufacturing unit of the STB vendor.So I asked my boss about it and he asked me whether I can do it myself or not.

I said yes to him not because of the fact that I will save some bucks to the company or to the project costing but because of my interest to open things and repair them either in right manner or by Jugaad.

Well, now I feel that my engineering is not completely waste. It is of some use in day to day life. It’s good that in first year of engineering students have to learn ED (Engineering Drawing), carpentry, machinery, electricianity etc so that a Engineer can do anything. ( as proved in jokes between Engineers and other people).

Some body has said “Things you learn in your life anywhere or anytime will not go waste. At some point it will become useful.”

PS: Later on, I realized that My boss is MCA. (Well, no offense to MCA/BCA guys).

What a Monday Morning!!

What a Monday Morning.....got all green lights on my way to office and got five ATM out of service....hence no cash in my wallet.(Now I am totally on plastic cards).

Let's see what else is planned for me.

Saale Kaminey!!

Some times when we are in our friend circle and talking with each other on some topic, a situation occurs on which you have experience but you don't want to tell your friends that actually you had experienced it due to fear that all of 'em will make fun of you and but the your innersole is so impatient that you can not control yourself bursting out so you start telling it by taking example of your imaginary friend or an imaginary unknown person. For ex:-

Situation/Topic of discussion: Have you ever been to a ladies loo?

You: " Arey Yaar, I have one friend who mistakenly got in to a ladies loo, he went inside, pissed very calmly as he got into the heaven and he came to know about it when a guy crossed him making some weird expressions on him and entered other door just beside the door from where he was exiting....".

All of your friend burst laughing out on this along with you and you had a thought inside your mind...."Dekha, kaise sab lot pot ho rahe hein....agar main apni sachai bta deta to ye log to mujhe chodte hi nahin". Then, one of your friend ask you "who was he....naam to bta" and then you say "Chodna yaar....naam kya batau". (The person whose fun you just made does not exist so you can't tell a name or may be a name which do not exist in your far far friend list).

There are also other situations with good or bad experiences where we portray ourselves as some other person to hide our truth but there is always one Kamina friend who interprets that its you only and not anybody else although this friend will not expose you in front of every body but later he will surely say to you "Saale Kaminey!! tu hi tha na wo... saale kisi aur ka naam lekar apni kahani suna raha he.... bol should I tell everybody?" :)

Have you ever wondered how many times we have portrayed our self to an imaginary friend or an imaginary unknown person to discuss our own problems, good/bad experiences with our friends and have you figured out your Kamina friend?

Its Awesome.

• Reviving old good memories is good but reviving them with old friends is awesome.
• Having a sip of coffee is good but having it with old friends is awesome.
• Meeting friends is good but meeting very old friends is awesome.
• Having excitement to meet friends is good but saying "Aur batao" again and again to them with a feeling of bursting out is awesome.
• Discussing old bad things is not good but still discussing them again and laughing at them is awesome.
• Mocking some one is not good but recalling our teachers funny names is awesome...

 Spending time with friends is just AwEsOmE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Small IT World.

Most of us who are working in IT industry have heard or even said "It's a small IT world, our paths will cross again", I  realised this saying holds totally valid the moment I met a person in my office.

Eight months back I was striving for a job change, one day my resume got short listed by a very big product based IT company (lets say it as XYZ) in Noida (Sorry, I can't disclose the name) and they schedule me for a Face to Face interview. I was very excited and little bit nervous about my F2F interaction as this is the company for which I always wanted to work. On the scheduled day (which was going to be a big day for me) and time, I was there sitting on the couch, reading faces of other candidates, inhaling and exhaling to keep myself cool and waiting for my call to have F2F interaction. Half an hour passed and I was called for the interview, I entered the room, one skinny man and one short guy was there and things got started.

It was a good shot from my side in Linux and programming although I was not able to give two answers from the shell scripting. I thought shell scripting part will not matter but I never imagined in my dreams that my lack of knowledge of two shell script commands will really matter.....Yes, I was not selected and my feedback was "Candidate is not good in shell scripting". By just asking two commands in shell scripting they decided my fate with that company. My expectations and excitement got shattered like a glass fell from a window pane from 20th floor of a building. I came out from premises of that company, looked back and said "Better luck next time big boy and Fuck those interviewers, they are not capable enough to see your capabilities".

My job change spree continued, after a month My company got some new requirements and they included me in the interview panel for hiring new people, so, I was taking interviews and giving interviews outside :).

          On a Weekend Walk-in drive, I was there in my company taking interviews. I got resume of one candidate, I went to the waiting area and called up the name, the person holding that name stood up and I was completely flabbergast  to see him as he was the same short guy who took my interview in that big company XYZ and rejected me for not answering two shell script command.

When he saw me, he also got that who I am and what he did to me.......OMG!!....what the moment it was... I intentionally saw him from top to bottom to top and asked him to follow me. While I was leading him towards interview room I was giggling, jumping on my feets, my eyes were gleaming like Devil's eyes and I was thanking to god for giving me this auspicious chance to take my revenge. The only thing which was roaming in my mind is "Aaja Beta, aaj table ulti ghoom gayi he....main batata hoon tujhe interview kise kehte hein". When he was sitting in front of me, my teeth were pressuring each other from top to bottom, my fingers were clenched together, I was thinking like what should I do to him but my professional etiquettes asked me to control....

I took his interview for 1.5 hours, asked him load of questions making him pale and gave my decision to HR team. I took my revenge and I didn't took my revenge.

This was my first experience of small IT world.

After Diwali 2010, I relocated myself to a new rented house in a society and you won't believe that one fine morning in my society I met that guy again. We crossed each other by looking each others face, we didn't talked but our silence talked a lot.

So, it is not only IT world which is small in fact whole world is small.

PS: Those who know me well  can figure out what exactly I did to him, rejected or selected.