Thursday, June 14, 2007

My first day in office..!

I’ve always wonder’d wat it wud b like, to work in an office….being a fresher-I, like everyone else had my own dreams about how the office I work should b like n i’m placed in a place which comes no whr near my imagination….! U think this place aint that gud as my imagination is it…sorry guys, this place is high above my imagination…!

The fact that my parents n grand parents told me were perfectly right…!
It goes like this…” man proposes…god… ..disposes…!”
That became exactly right in my life…I wan’d to get into AFMC-Armed Forces Medical College as a nurse, as I always loved to b one…god, disposed this thought by giving me the venue for entrance exam, as pune..ha ha ha…! And due to pressure from family, I couldn take up ayurveda…and thus I landed in English Literature..! then I decided that I wud do my M.A right after my B.A but again god played his tricks on his loved one(or so I cal myself….ha ha ha) and I couldn take up regular college…!

So here I am in company, which stands as 1 of the top 20’s in the world, as writer – trainee…! Did I think..no..sorry..did I dream I’d land up in a place like this, wen I started from home to attend my first day in college…! And this is why I always believe in the phrase that man proposes god disposes…! But I’d like to say this n I think its true. Its experience that gives a man the best knowledge about LIFE n that’s why he always says - “everything that happens, happens for good…!”

And after landing in a company, I’ve started realisin that all that i wan’d to do would’n have led me to the place I’m in at the moment n that’s y god disposed all my wishes…! I’m happy about it now though…!

The moment I enter’d the office n was allotted a place for myself n now that I’m in the process of getting to know ppl around me, I realized that d corporate world, is jus not like the one we imagined wen we were students or not like the one we see in movies…! I thought it would b great fun to get into the corporate world after watching great many movies, of our own bollywood, but the first day I got to know the way ppl were working around me, I found out that it aint any piece of cake which would land up in our plate unless we really – really work had for it…!

The first thing I learnt about this world s dat wen u work, its with ppl of all age grp n the lesson u r taught in school n college that wen u have an elder around in an official environment, cal them sir or madam n that's how u give respect is totally false..! In reality, I’ve been told we call everyone with their first name, ur respect stays in ur heart n u can show it only by doing THE WORK GIVEN, WITH HEART N SOUL…!

Corporate world, is the one place which gives one a clear insight about himself n this helps him, to correct himself n learn to live up to the standards expected out of him…! Family teaches u abt love n understanding…school teaches u abt discipline n conduct, in a croud so alien as the other world and still make friends with it…college teaches us abt wat life n the struggle to live it, without the feeling of security family n school provided(Trust me …u really get to know about all the beady-eyed, arrow tail’d, sweet smiling evil n his effects) n the corporate world teaches u abt gain n lose, victory n failure, fame n shame n many more that will come ur way, whether u like it or not…it teaches u abt how tough it is to prove the world, tat u r worth trusting..! it gives u the best of the best if u give it ur BEST and destroys u completely, if u don have the capability to stand hard on ur ground n prove ur self….! As its said, “first impression the best impression, but if u fail make a correction”- but in here, there’s no chance for correction…wateva u do, it better b d best…!

These are the things(I think)I understand from wat I know is the corporate world, from wat I see in my own office (acorse it’s the 1 I work in) n from wat I’ve heard from my bro n others who have been in this Brutally-Loving(Corporate)world….!
(if my brains do tend to understand more abt this totally confounding world, I’l surely blog it in…!)

Tat was the impression my first day in my office gave me, hope I get such trances everyday so that it helps me mend my way n stick around here for quiet sometime…!(I’ve already started making amendments...my language is improving…and considering my friend dhanya’s pleading request, I’ve stopped using no-no words in the office n reduced using it tremendously even outside as I don wanna have after-effects of using it, in the office…! He he eh…! This way corporate world also mends ur bad language…!)

To much of blah blah…I know…!
Chao for now…
Hope to getting back soon…>!
Luv
priya

2 comments:

venusgirl said...

great priya!
dats really great insight abt d corporate world (to have it on d very first day)

but u do get second chances as well.. especially wen u re new to it...

but as u grow... remember to do new mistakes and not any of those old ones...

and abt d style and languge.. we ll talk later! lol... jus kiddin.. tis better than wat u wrote in coll!

PS: a spl thanks for acknowleding me!!!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for writing this.