ISL DAY OUT 2007

We started journey at 4 PM from Ozone office. And we had to take people from other locations too, short of ‘Pune Darshan’.
HR peoples are as beautiful (always) as their arrangements (sometimes). The Bus, they arranged, has a build like an assembly in that two parties can sit against to each other to play a team antakshri or other games.

Everybody was singing, feeling like as they were Kishor Da or Lata Mangeskar without caring that they can pull donkeys out from the city, yet nobody cared. And there were special pupils of Himesh Rasmiya, they started whenever they saw a dog on the Road.

It was Friday so we were in causal attire, not the appearance I have seen when people go for a party. But each of us was fully loaded with party cloths and other party stuff. It just took only half an hour to prepare after we reached the resort.

The party, dance, DJ and wine/beer/juices, started at around 7 PM. Each single flower/beetle wanted to be with the beetle/flower, as this was not a office place anymore. They were hoping to spend some 'quality' time that can be remembered for a long time. Ambiance was there, wine was there and it was night that if all of it might have helped.

The night theme was “Arabian Night”. Against the DJ, and with the champagne, the software industry was just ‘Bugs’ free. It was last chance to campus hires, who have missed the opportunity before as being a college freshers, to take the control out of them (testing wine). Some just tested it and some over drunk.

We danced a lot, took dinner and again assembled near Pool. It was first informal interaction for me with Team. My buddy (who makes smooth entry to project as par IBM !!!!) opened fire on me and his comrade wanted me to hang myself. But after sometime everyone was sharing their thriller moments of their lives.

First time I came to know about my team individuals’ interest and many things you should know before talk to them, even in professional environment.

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The Induction Program @ IBM

This program is simply an intro of any MNC, to publicize how great it is, so almost all MNCs have it. It is for new joiners to give them comfortable entry into the company. IBM provides 5 star hotel conference room and its food for 2 days. You will surely find any MNC is Best, as it meet the purpose too, in the end of it.

It is conducted for each new employee and usually held within 1st week of joining. But for me it happened after one and half month and that too when I requested for one. Besides intro we played games there. We were divided into teams and given a theme. Our theme was to present a bull cart and we presented it like a High speed bike.

The tutor was very energetic. You can see the effect of money on performance. Doing the same things daily with same or even more energy was the most inspirational part for me.

The first thing I learned in a Professional era : 

“बदलते है रास्ते, बदलती है मंजिले,
बनते बिगड़ते रहते है काफिले,
पर साथ तेरा २ पल का अ-मुशाफिर,
सफ़र को सुहाना बना जातें है.”

Before The Event of ISL Day Out.

Everybody was excited about the 2 Days excursion, mostly new joiners . Most of them made preparations as if we were going for a weak, I got it in the last that what takes one week for 2 days.

Finalists of many events like ‘antakshari’, ‘dance’ and ‘rangoli’, and so on…, from different offices of IBM Pune, were going to show their talent.
All were invited alongwith their families; and this specialty makes married persons feel happy, ‘coz never to worry about the Expenditure. And for single also, to make it out with someone who is not going to ask for your credit cards, for ever. This great combination makes it an ultimate expedition.
There was only one participant from my team and she loves to remember each and every song, whatever old or new. This hobby assured her a hat trick in ‘Antakshari’.

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