Sunday, January 27, 2008

The Rain Maker

It was pleasant to have two consecutive weekends off... After such a horrible schedule, it seems that at least for a while peace has again peeped into my life..Got some time to start a book last weekend and finished it this afternoon..It was nice to be back among books.. my closest companions.

It was The Rainmaker from John Grisham..A compulsively readable work with good pace and lively characters. He is a young rookie lawyer just out of a graduate college (like me :) ) and has been fired even before his graduation because of an acquisition of the law firm he got placed to (I was sometime on the verge of a similar fate :) ). He tried a lot to get a job, but was betrayed by everyone around. These betrayals lead to some avenging incident and he found himself a culprit, in an arson case. The fate forced him to take shelter of a notorious lawyer, with underworld links, and FBI all set to have a go on him. There he met an experienced paralegal who has managed to flunk his bar exams seven times. They both decide to go independent and start a firm of their own. They have some of the cases they stole from the underworld lawyer and a bad faith case against a big insurance company. He rises to challenge this firm with an experienced and renowned group of lawyers and big bucks to defend them......A must read for those who love detail narration and court trials.

Monday, January 14, 2008

2007: A Look Back

When i look back at year 2007 I feel Whao!!! what a year !!!.. Probably one of the most happening year of my life..With full of Ups and Downs..Full of Masti & Dhamaal...Full of Hellos and Good Byes...Full of Hard Work and Chill Outs..What else you want just in a year.

Year started on a happy note with a bonfire GPL session by dual degree RK ..Thanks guys those bumps will go down very well in my memory lane.

Jan and Feb were too chilly..had a wonderful time when all the friends got placed. Will always remember the final semester for never ending bhaat sessions and treats.

The second half of the semester was quiet hectic .I was really busy with optima, DTP and farewells . Also there was always a feeling of longing and nostalgia all around..with all the guys trying to make the maximum of the last days and treasuring as many memories and dvds as they can. DTP went too fine and the final semester results were just rocking. With an ex in DTP and grand viva I secured the highest sgpa of my engineering studies. Missed the silver medal by a close margin.. Magaal you won..But i gave u a good fight for your money. Also the main attraction of last month in kgp were long walks around the campus with magaal and diggi..and the Vikramshila top chilling. Hey those were the best days of my life.....

Unexpectedly the Seperation with kgp was quiet painful..Especially when your friends start departing and you go around the campus and find a lot of places you took for granted till now but just a single thought of seperation from them was good enough to make you sad..I will always miss the Nescafe opposite to indu, the cheddis, Chillies, billoos..Gol Chakkar ..Scholars avenue..Kgp Gym and what not..The entire KGP...If any one now asks me how was kgp..I simply reply it was a paradise..I will always miss you kgp...

Seperation with kgp was followed by a long stay at home...It was great to be with parents for so long a time and to some extent help them in there work..Don't know when will i get the next opportunity to do that. The second half of the Home stay was quiet stress full. With lot of rumors about your future work place around and nothing much to do you can not manage to live in peace..But the episode taught me a number of things which will again enrich my experience.

After a long wait finally the joining date arrived... Found the workplace much cooler than what i expected.... It was a new beginning... First month went away in training although was much peaceful than it sounds...Did not got much work just after the training...I was almost on the verge of give up when the staffing happened and i was on a project.

Considering the fact that i was almost lukkha for past two months it was great to be on a live project..But soon the work pressure increased and i found myself really busy after a long long time...There is nothing much to share about after that day...

I am back

It has been ages since i blogged...As the last post suggests it was about a year back...The past year has been full of ups and downs for me..It taught me a lot about life and i am sure what ever i learned will guide me all through my life. But probably not blogging was one of the down aspect of the year. Now let me make my first new year resolution..In this year i will regularly blog and will nurture my writing skills...Picture Abhi Baaki Hai Mere Dost!!!!!!!!!!