Life is beautiful
Riaz...

A new leaf...

Life has changed so drastically in the past few
months. This transition period from college to not-in-college-
anymore, as sayee put it, is making the lump getting bigger. Its the
responsibilty to be serious about our life is giving the creeps. So
much have happened since we finished the college. But the great
feeling is, none of one has changed at his/her heart. This is what
true friendship is all about where we would remain the same no
matter how we are.

Sayee is going to fly on 8th. We really miss u
sayee...i personally do, coz...i hope u remember..u are the first
friend i made in the college..(thanks to man utd and hakkinen). I
wont forget the days when we had a gala time going to symposiums
along with muthu...all those ad zaps...cool days na. You are really
bright(literally) and i felt you were one person whom i could turn
to ask any help. And i know everyone does. You really deserve in
being at what u are now, coz you are really harworking and in my
opinion hard work pays off...and it does really well.

Well as for muthu , he is one person whom i admire a
lot...i dont know how to explain. He is THE coolest guy i have ever
met. So calm, i have never seen him get angry and he always seem to
the have situation under control. And of course, in my humble
opinion he has the luck rivalling that of harry potter.
If i go on writing about each and everyone among
you, well...i wont be able to finish the mail. At this time almost
all of us have laid plans for the future and some people have
already found it. Nirmala, shankar, charu ...are the one to name a
few. Congrats to all those who have got themselves job through
various means, and all the very best to those who are already going.
(prathiba, vasanth, shankar, kanakambika,
geetha,rajesh,narendran,swaroopa,rajesh...dunno who else..and
ofcourse our great MBA manoj).

But not all of us are happy and satistifed at this
time. For a few, the college seems to haunt again. For those, i am
not able to find any words for consolation coz...i know how hard it
is for u people to take it. But just dont let this feeling to take
control over you, i have had this feeling loads of time. Not of your
calibre but...i would just like u to tell that, belive in God and he
perseveres patiently. Now, just do your work promptly and be
regular, and just hope the tide turns.
I request all of you to please keep in touch coz
the life we had at coll cant be replaced or refilled. ofcourse we
had a few hard times, i too had some..lot infact, but the happy
moments over rides all of it. I would like you all to keep us
connected. However trivial may the news be, what ever the incidents
are, feel free to share coz we are always here to hear.

Does money matters.....?

Hello friends. Having to think about what to tell in this new post, i liek to share and know whats the role of money in your current world. As we all know, we are in the transient stage from college to professional life. In this scenario, the only think which we find hard to realise is money. I am not talking about the money which our parents give us to spend and they spend on us for various reasons. This money is about our money. I cannot tell how elated i felt when i earned my first wage for a part time job. The first thing i did was to eat on that wage. And boy! i was surely wonderful. Now I have got to know about the value of money. many says that money do not matter for true happiness. May be true, money is not everything but its surely something. You may find that im kiddish bantering over this topic. Mind you, its not as kiddish as it sounds. Especially for me, who has been toiling without a job, so near on few occasions yet so far, this is really important to wonder about.

For people who go for work, i think by this time they would have realised the value of money. For the rest, they will as the time passes. Money matters and it depends on its degree on the perception of the person. Its only one question, "by how much?" tp be asked. I belive that as we have moved into a different league money management is very important. If you have any thoughts or comments or opinions about this post please feel free to post it or mail me.

Note: Uninterested people need not bother about this blog and need not ask why i started to blog in the first place. I am blogging just to drain my thoughts. If anyone is having problem with that, I have just two words to say...

Life After College....

No more alarms at 7:00 a.m in the morning(now u know why i turn out late everyday!), now more rushing to the train station; no more plans for bunking in the train; no more movie discussions, no more blue books. Dudes the college is over. And i cant belive it coz it just feels like, i have joined it! This college was really sour for me when i joined in the first year. The atmosphere was completely different from the school. Co-ed for the first time! Did go well thought. Infact i found a few friends from the opposite sex too. Hmmm...since this blog is about the life After college, i should tell you, its really really different. Now i taste resposibilty and i tell you people, it really sucks.

For those who have got the job, their resposibilty is to perform. For those who havent, the onus is on them to get one. Now we can feel the heat and the competition among the other graduates. I never gave a damn until i saw the turn out for verizon. 16000 plus! and they selected some 1200 for the second round. Cool ratio huh! Thats one thing people. The one aspect i really miss is that, we are not students anymore. We dont belong to that elite category. That dun-give-a-damn attitude! That protection, that respect. I certainly miss that. And i belive, almost all of us would miss that. Life will be never same for us.

I just want to conclude by quoting an age old adage, "the only thing that is constant is change." We certainly can't get back our school or college days and we certainly can't hope that life would be as smooth as it was. Now we are professionals and we have lots of responsibilities. Now for us and for our parents, later for our spouses and kids and later on, probably for the society we owe our work. So people, memoirs are for cherish, that will be always there. But reality bites, so get on with your life. You turn, you show your back to the future!