A month had gone by since my arrival here at Burass and I had started to fit into a rural lifestyle. But, one day my Manager called and handed over to me an Invitation for "all expenses paid 2 weeks stay" at a nearby Resort. Though I had been making plans for a trip to Gurgaon for the same purpose yet it didn't matter much as I had been waiting for such opportunity to relax and enjoy the company of other such tourists. So on the 9th of January, I packed my Bags and headed towards the State Bank of Patiala Infotech Academy. I was amongst the first few people to arrive and so got the luxury of getting a two-sharing room. Here I must add that I earned that right of luxury as I struggled for almost 10 mins fighting with the lock. For a moment, I started to question my abilities. "Ayan tu ek taala nahi khol sakta toh aage toh....", well I mean life throws at us lots of major challenges and we cannot afford to surrender to such trivial issues. Just as I opened the door, my roommate also came. I greeted him and thought that someone had said it correctly.."Luck happens when preparation meets opportunity"- someone prepares and someone else gets the opportunity. Nevertheless, atleast I had met someone of my age after a while even though our thoughts and actions were totally opposite. Newton's Law doesn't apply here though and thank God for that.
Being a sports freak, I headed towards the Badminton Court but found no one interested in a game or two. Rest of the Gang were busy socializing with each other and I started socializing with the Security Guards in their Cabin. For a couple of days, people viewed me as some sort of Alien I guess and a few of them still do I suppose. All work and no play had made Ayan a dull boy. But, gradually people started flocking to the Badminton Court and after a point it became difficult to even manage two consecutive games for the demand had outstripped the supply. Cricket was something I had been looking forward to playing and soon I discovered that a few other people shared similar sentiments. Classes...oops ....ok let me make it clear that the Resort was a Training Centre and we had gathered for our our induction training. But the facilities made it look like as if we were on vacation in some Resort. Do read between the lines as I said this keeping in mind the hardships being faced by some of us at our current place of posting.
Classes were going one well especially things were fine as I could gather sitting in the last row. I don't mean that I was sleeping. Infact I spoke, I used the ink and I clicked on the mouse as well. On a serious note, we had some good learning sessions with the faculty.
Lohri was also celebrated in the campus. Dance is such an integral part of Punjabi culture and it was in its full glory here as some of them showed their best moves. I, as usual, applauded from sidelines. Everybody dances then there won't be anyone to appreciate. Actually, I had my feet rooted to the ground.
Food was good. I have head much worse than that. Infact, I must say that the Canteen Guys took decent care of us. Not everyone can be pleased and so no complaints. There would be people who even wondered at the quantity that I carried on my plate.Yes, I was hungry Guys.
Internet Cafe was initially out of order but then was made available for us to work on our projects. There was lot of research work done at www.facebook.com for this purpose. Library was either not accessible or was not accessed by us. I am not too sure what was the actual reason. As for me, I don't enter Libraries as I am at my loudest best there. My friends from the College days would vouch for that.
Talking about the project, well yeah we were divided into groups and were asked to present on various topics. I was the leader for one of the groups. It was amusing to note the kind of seriousness with which teams were preparing. Fair enough, most of them had not been involved in such occasions before in their life. So the formal announcement made them a bit jittery. Some of us had been part of such exercises a zillion times in our Management institutes and so we took it easy. Yeah, the important differentiating factor is the group camaraderie as here we hardly knew each other. So the practice sessions were necessary. Those sessions were also helpful to break the ice though in few cases the hammer broke but not the ice. The formal presentations were made. We fought over it, we laughed over it BUT most importantly, we ENJOYED each other's company. I got nostalgic while doing the Report for the project as we used to work similarly at College. But, blogging has helped my thought-process as I compiled the report like a blog. The words just flowed. My teammates would have resorted to a Coup if I had failed to get the report ready on time. (We were just an hour late.) The presentation of our Group was well appreciated but the winners were the worthy winners.
Everyone left but I remained as I had an important business at Dhobi Ghat to be taken care of. One of my colleagues, Pranati also stayed back for the same. We had a good time at Omaxe. He departed in the evening leaving me with the TV. Monday morning, I had to leave for the fear of being thrown out.
Lots of moments were captured on camera(nothing indecent), lots of friend requests were made and lots of numbers were exchanged. Hopefully, the new Network remains Strong and Healthy.
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