Saturday 9 April 2016

Journey Begins Now...

Its been more than one year since I wrote my last blog. So accurately its been 1 year and 9 months since I came to Bangalore. Things are a little messy actually a lot messy  :D but it will be fine that I know very well. After coming to this stage of life, I have realized that you actually start to understand few things at a certain age of your whole lifespan. You cannot understand anything until and unless you go through few situations and circumstances. Life gives you a situation where you don't know where you actually are and where you will be heading towards. You have to make really tough choices that can either give you happiness or never ending sadness. Its your choice, your call to decide what you choose.  
A lot has happened since I wrote my last blog. Good to know that people actually wait for my blogs ;) .  Thanks for giving your time and sorry that I am writing it after almost 1.5 years.  
What do you think learning is?  This word learning for me was just a synonym for reading something and then remembering it.  But no.... it's more deep than that.  Learning is an experience.  You go through lot of things in your life. But you can learn things only after you experience them.  
I have come across numerous people in past 1.5 years.  Some came and went back while some others stayed back and left an unforgettable imprint of their care and affection in my life. I would like to mention those people who are responsible for changing the way I looked at life. Gaurav,  my technical trainer and India SME  in IBM.  He is a great guy with loads of knowledge.  During training period we never found him behave like a trainer.  He was always a friend to us.  His friendly nature and the way he teaches it's just remarkable.  We had lot of fun while learning the technology.  He had been with me through my tough times.  Whenever I needed him,  he was always there no matter what. He has a special place in my life where I compare him as my 'Guru'  and I always dedicate him that whatever I am today it's just because of his teachings.  He is very spiritual in nature, believes a lot in God. There were times when I did not knew which way to choose, those were the times he was there to guide me.  He says I am a gem to him :). Well the truth is I am lucky to have a guide in my life. Second personality whom I would like to mention is Uttam, my team lead.  One of the best guys I have ever met.  I have never seen this level of understanding in a guy ever before. He has been a best friend in the times of need, been a good lead when it comes to work,  been a good teacher when it comes to learning from him.  We generally call him a perfect package. ;)  What I see common in both Gaurav and Uttam is that mkt they both are so down to earth that we never felt like we are talking to SMEs or leads. Third personality is a cute one :)  Vishal...  My colleague. I have given him KT when he came new to IBM, that's why he always seems like a kid to me :D.  He is having an art of bringing smile to anybody's face no matter how worst somebody's mood is. 
Life is fine... The only thing that I can feel is the change in myself.  It's for good and I am happy for that.  When you experience things in your life,  you get to know that things that we see around are not always true and what we don't want to see is not always false.  There lies a middle layer that you can only feel when you go through it.  
Never ever thought that I will be in such a position ever in my life.  But trust me, it has made me believe that whatever happens... Happens for a reason.  There is somebody sitting somewhere who is taking care of everything in this world and he has plans for us which we can't understand right now may be but in long run we will be able to realise that it was actually planned and was for good. I have taken a big decision in my life and i don't know how it would end up in future.  But let's see what happens :)