Superfluous Freedom

College got over two weeks ago. For past three years we were waiting for this moment.

I had a very busy schedule just three weeks ago. Leave home at 6.30 am and come back at 11.00 pm. Yes, first go to office after travelling for 2 hours then at 6.30 pm go to college from office after travelling back just half the way in 1.5 hours and travel home from college another 1.5 hour. By the end of first year my neighbors thought I had shifted. When they would see me occasionally, they would stop to ask, “Where do you stay now?” It was just a synonym to “Did you get married?” My Mom had terrible time explaining the truth and people found it hard to believe that a 45 kg soul can follow such a hectic schedule. By the end of one and half year in college I was anemic, my hemoglobin was just 7. Doctor told me to give up one of the two activities either job or college as he thought I was risking my life. Hmmm…….you must be wondering what I chose between the two? I changed the doctor…….easy.

Now I had got use to it. If I was at home on Sunday I would feel bored. I think now I had become the typical “Mumbaichi mulgi”. I am use to traveling by bus; auto and train, sometimes even used all of them in the same day to commute. I was not forced to go to college as I already told but I wanted to. Now it is over. Neighbors’ atleast see me coming home. I am happy too but something is missing. This freedom has smashed the pleasure of my college life. Being with friends, tests, presentations, arguments, lectures and all the most the beautiful campus.

Thinking of doing something and even started thinking of some ideas. After all life goes on!

My Friends

I have the wackiest friends. My office group is mad and I am the craziest. We are nothing like we look. We make fun of everything and that includes colleagues, bosses, and strangers. We keep giggling all the time when we are together. By nature we shouldn’t be together. If we would have not meet in office we would never be so fond of each other. I think the credit goes to our cold-blooded bosses. I don’t even want to discuss them on blog it will spoil my efforts in writing this blog.

Let my tell you about them:

H – H is quit close to me. If I am west she is east. We don’t meet at any point. But we somehow share the same issues so there is a close bonding between us. I feel like calling her “LOST”. She is madly in love and can go to any limits to achieve it. I really admire her quality

P – P has gone through a tremendous change in last 3 years. From being a shy little beautiful girl, she is now a rebel. Thank to our company. The most important thing is now she back answers to bosses………OMG. This was the most happening change.

S – S is just simple like a girl next door. She can be the total “Sanskari Bhau” types. She is different in her own way. She has started enjoying joke now. She is trying to adapt as much as she can to us. Most important she has stopped wearing green dresses. Yes……for last 2 years I have seen her everyday in a shade of green. She seriously likes GREEN color. But now she is changing thank to us again.

A – A is combo of H and S at a higher level. She gets angry at everything and likes very few jokes. She is introvert. We all suspect that she is in love but we are not sure. But now she is changing. I know she likes us.

Together we form a squad against our bosses and have been a subject of discussion although the office. People wonder why we are together. Bosses have changed our department, our locations but till we all meet at lunch and those 45 mins are enough to keep us genuinely bonded with each other.

This was office. At college I have two personas who are my friends all through my MFM college life.

S – S is the best friend a person can have and I think I am not the only one. She is a motherly figure more than a friend. She is more worried about me then me. Her best introduction would be that I call her “GOOGLE”. Yes, just ask her anything and get a reply. It may not be 100% correct but it is definitely not wrong. She has been supportive all throughout the college years. I wonder what college life would be without her.

S – Yes second S. She is just in a mad rush always. I like her enthusiasm but her attendance has just been close to 20% in college I believe. So it’s difficult to judge her. But somehow she is different and I like her.

Other then these few special once I know everyone at office and college. I think I can make lots of friends!

The Journey till now….

Yes it was my last year of MFM at SIMSR.

It is very funny how it started. I was working at Oracle then. It the back of my mind I was thinking of doing a MBA and have appeared for CET too. Marks were good some 90+ % but I know it couldn’t get me to top 10 colleges in Maharashtra. I don’t remember exactly what or how told me about part time MBA but with my experience I thought of giving it a chance. I was late and JB had already finished with its entrance test. I thought of enquiring with Somaiya (SIMSR) being my college. Fortunately it had not finished with the entrance test; it was maybe the second last day or something. I was in a dilemma but thought of giving it a chance. I hurried to bank next day, made my DD and submitted the form. I appeared for the online entrance test and scored so well to hit the first list…..auspiciously.

I had opted for finance but was with Software Company. I was seriously worried. The college started and also the sprint. It was nothing like I thought. It deserves to be one of the best. Luckily I got to study finance with Guju’s………the most desirable combo. The day would start and end and again start and end and again start. It was approximately one month after the start of college that I got the offer from HDFC Bank. It was not my dream job but necessarily at that time; after all I was doing MFM.

First month at college was mad run. Attendance was less still some wonderful people managed to have a get together. Slowly we started forming a group and like always I think I got the best. My friends are a different story altogether I can write a book on them. I think we are the craziest people in the world. That was the first month and then this was the last and life in-between flees. I found 24 hours in a day insufficient. Presentations, exams, projects, gossips, fights and much more. I think we had some of the best professors. I learnt in my college that it is not easy to be good to 60 people in one class with 60 different personalities and believe me each was unique. God must be real busy person!

College life was fun as office awful with workload. Whatever is your position at office within the college premises you are student. Our college had one thing very special………Guju community! I don’t think I would have learnt business management anywhere better. I know I have a lot to write but next time……..picture abhi baaki hai mere dost!!!