Out of my comfort zone
7:16 PM
JITIN
,
“ Ting ting ting ting…
It’s been 20 min. since the alarm clock is ringing, the snooze-mode is on…
Finally at 7:35 am, a still tired soul moves out from bed after sleeping for 200 minutes or so… but there are no regrets (it’s a routine now)…
At a speed which would put Schumacher credentials in a jeopardy, the guy is moving out of his PG room at 7:58 am, the bus stop is not exactly a 2 minute walk, but the poor soul sprints like a would be Gatlin to reach there at 8:01 am & to his relief the company cab has not left yet…
He reaches office at 8:30 am, reports at the main desk & starts working at 9am after completing yesterday’s work in a hurry! He works continuously for 10 hrs with a mini-lunch break in between. Gets out, absolutely distressed not only by the workload but also by the scorching heat of Gurgaon, at 7:30 pm, reaches his room at 8pm. Falls down on his bed like a lifeless body. Sometimes he takes dinner also & chats with his room-mate too, then goes back to complete the pending work again. He does not remember when he slept but fixes the alarm all rite…”
Meet professional Jitin Sharma working in gurgaon!!!
No all this has not begun yet but starting 18 june, all this & more is about to happen, maybe in a lot gruesome manner then what my dreams tell me…
Yes, this was a dream (the part that I remember, that is) & I don’t want it to come true… but somewhere deep down in my heart I know for sure that from a few days from now I would be ‘Out of my comfort zone’…
Life would be a hectic 24*5 schedule (Thank God weekends are off!)
Part & parcel of the professional world…
And all this after completing 4 enjoyable years at college, well its almost unbelievable how life can change at such a short notice…
Not that I was unawares of the fact on 23rd March(when I got placed), but now reality bits me harder as I come closer to the P-day ( a bigger cousin of the D-day)…
Not all is lost though, infact I am looking forward to this rendezvous, to come face to face with the corporate big-wigs for real. The world I have only heard about till now or seen on TV & cinema only!
I am in transition mode yet again…
From being an innocent child to a schoolboy,
From being a teenager to an adult,
From being a first year college junior to a complete engineer now…
& I have always been amazed by the challenges, which accompanies such transitional phases…
Whether good or bad, these experiences are an integral part of one’s learning curve, the metamorphosis of an amateur into an all round human being, & for complete personality development too.
So as I enter into the offices of Evalueserve(EVS) from next Monday, rest assure I would be ready for another transition!!!
The journey is about to begin…
& there are Miles to go before I sleep...
jitin i am really impressed by ur this post because deep inside ur heart ,u r aware about the life in corporate sector,10 hrs hectic schedule,no time for sleeping during work days and scorching heat of gurgoan..u r absolutely right.but u forget to mention about life during weekend.. Malls,movies and meeting all college friends will remove some part of ur burden.
u mentioned that"these experiences are an integral part of one’s learning curve"..
i completely agree with u ,life will more and more complex.......
@ harsimran
yes ur rite... malls,movies & friends wld definitely rejuvenate me during the weekends... but it is the weekdays that wld b tough to handle... but nevertheless i m really looking forward to them!
its all a part of the learning curve!
Here's wishing you all the best on your journey into the depressingly tiresome thing called work. I've already got a taste of the horridness of a professional job ever since I joined this hotshot C.A. firm for my internship, and trust me, it's not good at all. But you'll get used to it eventually, and besides, the money is fair compensation, don't you think?
@ musab
thanx a lot for ur wishes. I really need them now. I can really learn from ur experience & i trust you buddy. And maybe ur rite in saying that i will finally get used to it & ofcourse, the money is indeed there :-)
ha ha ha...nice thought process....u'll get to see both buddy...awful business as well as awful phlegmacy depending on situation....and u'll adjust to all of it soon
Keep in mind..."What cannot be cured, should be endured!!!"
All the best!!
My comment couldn't have come at a more opportune moment :)
So only one query
How was the first day sir?
And wht all are banned in the office .. i mean orkut, yahoo msngr??
hey jitin really a gr8 one.........
as sahni said......dat u knw......rather evryone knws dat one day u will have to take up the responsibilities one by one........
23rd march is a gr8 day.......
martyrdom of Shaheed Bhagat Singh.........so u mst learn something frm him.......fight till death and smile till death......
best of luck.......waitin for ur new blog entry......
yaar abhi se kyun dara raha hai....... waise tune ab tak to ladki chose kar li hogi jise do saal bad farewell card dena hoga......(i hope u dont mind.... just joking...) anyway its a treat to read ur blog and keep up the good work for idle people like me.......
impressive .. and very creative thinking i wud say..
now , its time for a real life story ..
waiting 2 read dat..
@ richa
ya i will keep in mind ur words... & hope that i do adjust soon... though till now i m enjoying it!
@arunabh
well i think they r banned :-(
anywaz wld stay in touch :-)
@ ajaypal
thanx a lot yaar...
wld blog soon...
@ sushobhan
ha ha ha... nahi darra nahi raha yaar... infact i m enjoying till now... & ya i dont mind...
thanx for ur appreciation...
@ sidharth
thanx...
u wld get the real story soon :)
So howz the real life encounter with destiny(Ooops!!! I mean office lyf)?
@ shuchita
well u wld know abt it very soon on my blog...
so keep visiting :-)
Well im amazed,awestruck and complete mesmerised with the way u hav captured emotions so wonderfully.
I guess its a completely diff art to percieve one's work and try to then speculate it in a diff way altoghther and thats wat adds brilliance to your writing in case of your blogs. Be it CHAK DE !! or what if... these things really put me in a mode of self introspection... as i believe many of us live thru these things but just let it pass by in our day to day life and never put in any effort in capturing its essence on the whole...
So keep the good work goin.. looking forward to read many thoughts of yours in your future blogs :)....