Laugh my ass off

The other day, an elderly sardarji, a co-tenant in our apartment came to our house to discuss something with my father. He recognises me just as my father's son and another living being in this apartment. He didn't know what I was doing and we didn't had any interaction till now except once when my father introduced me to him in a party hosted by another tenant in our apartment.

I was sitting on the sofa, busily solving sudoku that appears in The Times of India newspaper. I greeted him saying " Hello uncle ", he replied back " Hello son ". And I went back to my puzzle solving. Then he asked me " what are you doing? ". " I am solving this puzzle in the newspaper ", I replied back. He was confused and asked me again " In general, what are you doing? I mean not now ". Then, controlling my laughter on thinking what might be his reaction for my silly reply, I told him the routine answer which I have been telling my relatives and others " I have completed my education, got a job and waiting for my appointment order ".

Immediately I went to bedroom as if I had some work there and I burst out into laughter. I wondered that he might have got a shock after listening to my reply although he kept his face straight and expressionless when he asked again. Later I shared this funny conversation with my mom and my girl friend. I remembered a funny conversation between venkatesh and prakashraj in the telugu movie ' Nuvvu naku nachavu '.

Prakashraj : Neeku em vacchu? ( What do you know? )

Venkatesh : Naaku eetha vachu uncle ( I know swimming uncle )

Prakashraj : Adhi kakunda inkem vachu? ( Other than that what do you know? )

Venkatesh : Sangeetha ante ishtam. Harmonium, tabla vayistanu ( I like music and I can play harmonium and tabla )

Prakashraj : avi kani ikkadiki pattuku raledu kada! ( hope you didn't get those instruments here to my house )

Venkatesh : ledu uncle ( No, uncle )

Prakashraj : neeku brathakadaniki em vacchu? ( What do you know to survive in this world? )

Venkatesh : nenu BA complete chesanu ( I did BA )

Prakashraj : ennellolo? ( In how many years? )

Venkatesh : ( raises his hand and shows three of this fingers and then lifts the fourth )

Prakashraj : abbo, chala early gane complete chesavey ! ( sarcastically, Oh! you took very less time )

Service agreement - Doom or Destiny

Aug 7th 2007

A product development company visited our campus for recruitment. They conducted a 3 hour long written test followed by 2 rounds of interview. I got through the written test but screwed up the first round of interview(technical round). Though I thought I did well in second round ( HR ), it was just a formality as I already knew the outcome. Given my poor grades and pathetic performance in the interview, I knew I had no chance. Dejected, I awaited the next company.

Aug 10th 2007

A leading IT exporter came to our campus for recruitment. This time I was cautious and prepared a bit well for the interview. Again I got through the written test stage, but this time the interview was just a formality. The questions that were asked in the interview were :

Q) Are you willing to relocate?
Q) Do you have a problem in speaking hindi?
Q) Do you feel the package offered by us is less compared to other companies?
Q) Tell me about your previous interview experiences?
Q) Do you have a problem in signing the service agreement?
Q) Any questions from your side?

I was in a mood that I should definitely get this job. So my answers for the above questions were all positive as expected by the interviewer. So I got this job. I thought that I would never join this job as I was planning for higher studies ( MS or MBA ). I was reluctant to this service agreement thing which I had to sign at the time of joining the firm.

Service Agreement

I have to be with the firm for at least 18 months from the date of joining failing which I have to pay 1.25 lakhs.

June 18th 2008

I graduated from my school. I dropped my MS plans as I wanted to do an MBA. I didn't do well in Cat 2007. So now I had to join a job and plan for my MBA at a later stage. So I thought of searching for another job before I get the joining date for the company in which I got recruited so that I can get rid of this service agreement crap. So I started looking out for jobs.

December 7th 2008

I am desperately waiting for the joining date from the company in which I got recruited in. My plans of searching another job went awry with all this economic recession. Given the long break after graduation, I am beginning to forget my technical knowledge. With the current state of mind, I even doubt of clearing an interview if any comes my way.

PS : Cat'08 didn't go well as well :(