Sabarish

Sometime last week – on a Tuesday afternoon to be exact – my manager told me I would need to go to Noida for a couple of weeks or more to learn more about a new project and its applications at the Noida office. I said yes almost instantly and everything happened in a rush and Wednesday evening I was on a flight to Delhi and from there got to the Noida company guesthouse!

This is my first visit to the Noida and second to Delhi – although last time I was here for just a day on my to Varanasi.

I am super excited to be here, as I really wanted to visit these places and spend more time in and around Delhi. Expect to see a lot of photos and read a lot about my various outings over the next couple of weeks!

I joined a Yoga and Pilates session at office, last month, to try and do some good to my abused body. Our group went on a one day trip to Mekedaatu last Saturday (3rd March 2007) along with the aerobics batch!

We left early Saturday morning and picked up people on the way and had breakfast at some restaurant in Jayanagar and proceeded to Sangam (where Kaveri and Arkavathi rivers meet). Time flew in the cab amidst games of Antaakshari and Dumb-charades! We reached Sangam by around 10:45 AM and stopped our cab there and then started off on a 4 km ‘trek’ (rather walk) to Mekedaatu.

Mekedaatu

Following an interesting walk and some time spent admiring the gorges and scenery at Mekedaatu and many photos later, we returned to Sangam on a rickety old bus, sucking on a ‘lolly’ (ice-candy), on a bumpy road!

We then spent the rest of the evening playing in the waters at Sangam. There were quite a few water-battles between us and we had lots of good fun! We left the place by around 5:30 PM.

The day out was good and the place is ideal for a one-day escape from the madness of the city. Made a lot of new friends and some good ones, especially one special person, and will never forget this trip for the people I met. It felt like my soul was covered with dew drops!

More photos here

Earlier this week, on 20th June to be precise, I completed one year at Perot Systems as an employee! It’s been quite a year this one! Joined Perot fresh out of college and though I had done the project there, didn’t really know what to expect when it came to proper work (and ofcourse if you’ve been reading my blog, you’ll know I had to wait quite a bit to get to know!). In the beginning it was all about .NET, but after entering the “Corporate World”, realised that one needs to be able to adapt to any technology and platform. After getting into the project and doing some work, things are looking good now, and I’m also getting to do some decent work on a wide variety of technologies. The team is great and i’m learning lots of things.

Wonder where life will take me over the next one year…because I’m not really sure what to do. Higher studies? Shift jobs? Stick around? Only time will tell.