LDI : Last Day in Infosys....

That was the day, weirdly I did not feel weird! I was not angry on Infosys, unlike many of my colleagues, but I wasn't even happy. This was the place where I came almost 5 years back. It was my life for 5 years! Traveling 31Kms (1 hr to come and 2 hrs to go..) daily from my home to Hinjewadi. Spending minimum 9.15 hours was mandatory now.  So I used to spend my about 12 hours of the day in my service to the company! But spending time is not difficult is it?

I had a group of friends, many of them still are my best friends! Spending time with them in Food courts was a bliss! Standing in long queues for everything was a daily routine for an Infocion, like me.Yet none, except one was there to bid me goodbye. All had either left Infosys or gone onsite! Writing my last day mail was painful experience. I was separating form Infosys. this was the last mail for #56129 :

From: Adinath Vishwanath Yemul
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 1:44 PM
To: Infy_Rockers
Subject: Adieu et Merci!

It happened so fast yet so slow…..
I am so happy and yet so sad…..well, these are clichés from my side….but these are my true feelings..
I was taking things as if nothing is happening but as soon as I got my E-separation approved my heat started beating faster…
Now I know I have finished a part of my journey of 4 years, 6 months ,21 days, 4 hrs…. .It was a long one at some instances and short one at others .
And soon I will start a new journey into this cold world again. Far from “comfort” of Infy , Far from friends , some more than friends , some colleagues…..

My journey started from Mysore…..I really have fond memories of it…
Slogging in nights, Perception, Arun Nair, hostels , gazebo , Loyal world , Compri ( fortunately no re-compri)…

I got the desperately wanted  Pune DC phase -2 with just 4 buildings in May 2006 ( SDB1-2-4 and FC1 )
I joined WellPoint  in FPA, working for almost 18 hours a day even on weekends .I made few friends who still are with me…The FPA night shift of 3 days I can never forget ( everyone slept including the PMs for last 2 of the 3 days). It was a fun time with equal hard  amount work.

In 2008 I went to Denver it was a cold and a pleasant experience. I will miss that place the most.
Blues café, Starbucks, 83L, Le Central, 7-11, 11th floor, conf room 11-11 , P3 parking, Chipotley, Jeff Capilitz and most importantly the people…..it was all very great
I will soon meet them anyways…

I had a brief time in Aetna… it was insignificant but a learning experience.

I am a normal infocion not too good neither too bad! I had my share of ups and downs…and I hold no grudges..
I will really miss BB, Infy_rockers , Queues for spoons , DARTs, queues in FCs, Heat of FC2 in summers, the far MLPL, 9.15 hours rule, WellPoint, coffee group,
Sparsh  ahh…. And the list goes on.

I know its time for me to go…As they say in INFOSYS…Best of luck to you , for your future endeavors.
I hope our paths cross soon.
I always thought that Friday was supposed to be my last day!! But it seems it’s not :)


You can get to me at  *@*.com

Tadaaa!!!
~Adii

Loosers @ Best

They say to "forgive and forget is a good virtue"! Ya true to the fullest extent , but my case is a little different I do not forgive but I forget...A LOT...well its not kind of disease but it leads to few amazing experiences! Not good ones though! but come to think of them ,they are rather humorous..I normally dont forget things to do....but I forget things..some costly , some cheap! some important some not so important..Some with important consequences...well ! Things range from keys to cars :P....My roomie and me did a thorough analysis of this phenomenon. He too forgets things but he is luckier to find them back...soon! He is kinda world renowned for his laziness. We concluded that I genuinly forgot things while he was careless ! Well what a relief I am not careless! So I racont my experiences here

The Car Incident : Well this is sort of legend amongst my cronies..The girls in my cube recite this incident giggling, to newcomers in a very "tasteful manner" .This happened in pune in infosys phase 2.It was summer time ,I was working late till 9pm doing some meaningless work! It was an exhausting day and time to go home! How ignorant I was that this would not be the EOD! We used to park our cars in unofficial parking outside Infosys. I just started to go home to realize that my electronic keys were not in my pocket!!!! OHH SHIT! Hell I was screwed..If some outsider might have found it he/she can easily find my car and steal it! I ran outside to check if the car was still there! Ahh LUCKILY it was stll dere! After searching whole Infosys I finally decided to get my duplicate keys..It was about 10pm and my cell phone battery was drained fully! Ohh Darn Luck! I requested an A-hole call center Cab driver to drop home 31kms.He demanded Rs300 to which I agreed. We reached home at about 11.00pm and went back aftergrabbing my mom's cell and the key.I reached Infosys at about 1am.It was totally dark aley with not a single lamppost on. I began searching for my car...AND GUESS WAT IT WAS NOT THERE!!! OHH F@#$ ! I am screwed!I lost a 4 Lac Car! The panic quickly set in..I ran like a mad man up and down the 1Km parking stretch.This was not happening to MEEEE!I checked with the security without any luck! Finally I decided to check with the police! At 1:30am I went to hinjewadi police station.All of them were fast asleep after their hard day of sleeping.One of them wokeup and wrote down my complaint n told me to go home! Well atleat he wrote down something. I took a cab home.On the way all the thoughts came to my mind right from terrorists using my car to claiming insurance. I reached home by 3am , completely torn.I just decided that it was enough for the day.Time to have a sleepless night! I just put my Cell to charge. I suddenly received 2 SMSs from my friend "Key found on your chair!" sent at 10pm
CHAIR! CHAIR! Was I that stupid? I just called my colleague to realize what had happened.The key had slipped from my pocket into the crevice in the chair!!! And a project mate who found the key took my car home! WTF who takes somebody else's car home! Was it malicious is still cannot get it!
But Alls well ends well ..Well... not exactly.I got my car the very next day from him and went back to the police station. And here began my ordeal! The main constable came after 2Hrs. Was reluctant to talk .I was a good "Bakra". He started by saying this incident was impossible.Bring your colleague who did this. Whoa! I tried hell lot , cause he was from bihar and these maharashtrian police would grill him like hell! I did not budge and said it was a mis-communication. He finally let me go after 6 hrs while I enjoyed the corrupt police and honest criminals :D

CONCLUSION: Bad luck with keys! carelessness with phone !
Ahh this was just one of the major incidents "The Butterfly effect" .Well there are more stories which will soon come....