Corporate LI{f}E!!!!

The heading above doesn't truly portraits my views on the new life I have started but yes..it surely indicates a few things I am going through!!
Well..to start with...I joined my new company on 21-06-2010 as a trainee..and what I felt here in this short period of  time..I am writing it here...
First of all..it takes some time to realize that u r out of ur college life and since from day one they make u realize that u r no kid anymore and u should start taking things seriously.....trust me, this thing is most painful....:(
and the next thing they train us here is to sit for long hours without breaks...The first two days were very painful as every college student has not the habit of sitting for more than 40 minutes at a stretch and here they make to sit for 9 hours (minimum) with short gaps in between.....
Then..comes the 3rd....the CODING part...since this is an IT company..they expect you to be very efficient in programming....and it was the thing which I loathed most during last 4 years....
These were the days in which i used to think that is this job worthwhile???
They stressed upon the syntax part more than logic and that made me very uncomfortable....I used to feel very bad about the  whole thing..!!!
One of my close friend left the company and that shook me within....The flashes of memories of our placement days began revolving past my eyes...I could  easily recall the celebration which we did after getting placed in this company...I can easily remember that chilly night on which the result was going to be out...I could have given anything for a +ve result that day...I prayed at the time of result..infact,I begged for the +ve result that day to GOD.
These all feelings were making me nostalgic..i cudn't decide on anything that whether her decision was judicious or not???Though,it has nothing to do with me on a personal basis but I continued to think....It was like my mind was flooded with thoughts and i could do nothing to prevent it....
But,then I met with the mentors and they shared their experiences about this industry,this life..and then i realized one thing that
"THERE ARE NO FREE LUNCHES IN THIS WORLD"

The companies have no option but to train us in that manner so that we cud be an asset for them instead of liabilities....Any one in their position would want to reap the benefits..and as one needs to work hard..as well
 as smart...to be successful here...

ya there are flaws too and sometimes one get very disappointed with the system and think of running away..but who can assure you that the next 1 wud be a better place to work in..


AND..One last bt definitely not the least....here they lie about the remuneration...the CTC states something else and there are 100 clauses to understand it....and a very interesting term i.e Variable allowance which is based on performance..makes the salary slip ambiguous.

Anyways..I am more learning than enjoying here...lets see what is in store ahead...
wl share more experiences of here..till then ciao..:).

The Summer Day..by MARY OLIVER

I liked this poem much..pls have a look

The Summer Day

Mary Oliver

Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean-
the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-
who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
I don't know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?

especially these last two lines...:)

Happiness.......????

Here we see a smiling face and we draw a picture in our mind (subconsciously indeed!) that brings a sense of happiness within us....now here comes the term...HAPPINESS..!!!
During these days,i am very free..[as my MBA entrance exams are over and none of the insti gave me a call :)]..and so such PHILOSOPHICAL thoughts jog in my mind...:)
so..here i am ..definitions first:
OxFord:"An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from good fortune or propitious happening of any kind; the possession of those circumstances or that state of being which is attended with enjoyment; the state of being happy; contentment; joyful satisfaction; felicity; blessedness"
As we see...it is a very complex definition..(atleast for ME!!)..."the state of being happy is happiness".."the condition of soul arising from good fortune"...here soul and fortune...both are abstract terms...so,this definition made me confused..i hope you too!!
So,Let us explore the world of happiness...
There are some default emotions in a human right from birth....like sleeping while hearing lullaby..crying,when hungry and smiling when content...at this stage,it is a bit easy to distinguish between happiness and sorrow...(Exceptions are always there)
The thing becomes complicated as the child begin growing..the emotions mix up several times...like some children are happy giving their toys to fellow ones while there are the exact opposites of them too!!
So..We see there are some inherent qualities..[I am not sure whether they are Genetic..as history suggests that saints have produced devils too..n vice versa!!]..and there are some qualities that are passed to them intentionally or accidentally by the society..
We often see that people are more sad by seeing other people happier..not by their sorrows...and some scholars call it as  a common human trait...so,happiness varies from one person to another...
Right from early times,human beings are striving for power,excellence etc...Fight for survival and so on..but it has become more than just survival..it has become FIGHT FOR HAPPINESS...yes,everyone are going for a wild goose chase for happiness...competing with one another..just for contentment of heart,nothing else..NOTHING ELSE!!
A destitute dreams for the things he lacks and consider them as the means of happiness...if he doesn't get them,he feels defeated and hence remain unhappy...same is the case with everyone..each and everyone craves for things which he dont have and so..the result, UNHAPPINESS...
Thus,we can learn to be happy by observing a child...and there can never be a perfect definition for happiness..[as far as i know]
I know,u all know this and nothing is new in it....and if u feel that it is lacking with the thing it required u will feel unhappy...so,plz dont feel sad and feel free to add colors to this rainbow...and feel HAPPY!!!
Hope to meet u frequently these days,till then ciao:)