New Phase -2.....Mumbai....

Mumbai ," The City of Dreams" as it is rightly said..I landed in Mumbai with lots of fear and depressed emotions,but my love for Pani-puri's never reduced and I craved for it more and more...:)

With a smile on my face and fear in heart,I was all there in Mumbai to give myself to that whole new place,experience what is called as the most happening city of all times...Back home my family was a bit worried as it's something very big for me, as I was brought up in a small place where my place did not even span 2% of what Mumbai is....The local trains scared them the most, as they had heard about some accidents...With all these I was in Mumbai-----City of Dreams,city which never sleeps,city which never stops...and so on.....

My first day of the second phase of training was pretty good....I knew many people who were from Trivandrum,who were along with me during my first phase..Our parents actually went in search for a place for us to dwell..Finding a proper place in Mumbai to dwell was the first task..There were 100's of places,but a proper one was a bit difficult..Anyways within a span of 2 days we were able to find a place to stay and got adjusted and bid good bye to our parents to experience what is called as Mumbai and Mumbai life..A cosmopolitan life actually!!!

We all put up in Vashi,where our training used to be,which is a part of Navi Mumbai.(one of my uncle who used to stay in Mumbai during 1950's and 60's told me Navi Mumbai was the place where people never used to go.There was a very thin population out there then and people had to reach there only through the locally available boats and ships..) Now..God!!Navi Mumbai.. A completely different scenario..We cant even believe that,was it like that over those days..Anyways Technology and Population and people's dreams..Have made it what it is today.

Mumbai...The very place is ruled by people from almost all walks of life and all professions.It has a growing population..Each day atleast 500 new people go to Mumbai to earn their livelihood..We all were one amongst the lot.There are actually many aspects that makes Mumbai what it is..

First of all the very place..It's almost 20-30 times Bangalore.We always used to compare both the cities.There can be basically no comparison between these cities..Mumbai is Mumbai...!!!Each area or say each 2 roads have 4-5 malls and people man!!!The population is so much that each mall is completely filled with the proud Mumbaikars.. The most happening city..not to forget Cosmopoliton city,the head quarters of most of the firms including the firm I work for and most important the Financial capital of India..and not to forget the city where Bollywood takes it's breath..

Many many many more more more things..ll update in my next Blog....:)

New Phase of Life - 1.....TRIVANDRUM - ILP

Every direction I turned around, I saw Coconut tress all around and backwaters in the form of lakes.It was then that I realised that I have landed in Kerala about which I had heard as God's own Country.

Pic: Sunset at Kovalam Beach

Luggages were dumped into the cab as we headed towards Technopark.The city of Trivandrum wore a deserted look as it was Sunday.As the cab reached Technopark I was all excited, as it was the very first company I would join and work.We were allotted quite spacious good rooms with all basic amenities and we just explored the place until we were tired and went off to sleep dreaming about the best part of next day as it was going to be very historical in all our lives.."First day at work!!!"....

Over the Induction on the first day we saw many movies about the TATA group and the company,which weer quite good and inspirational .Then started the usual training sessions wherein we were all just waiting for the weekend wherein we freaked out all around places staring from Kovalam Beach,Anantapadmanabha temple and Kanyakumari and would also catch up some stupid movie which would be released and we would be there to watch it...It was fun!!!Litrelly fun...At the expense of someone enjoying crazily...

Kerala is a pretty good place when it comes to the beaches which never ends and backwaters.Enjoyed the best part of my life in Beaches at Trivandrum and Kanyakumari even though I was hesitant a bit...Once I got into water..Man!!!Didnt even feel to get back to Technopark...

Training was the best part..Met many new people from many colleges,shared jokes,laughed,learnt many things together..Life skills sessions were the best part of ILP training where in we had to enact a sequence or speak something or learn so called Spoon and Fork stuffs(fighting with the spoon and fork actually)..It used to be fun..It was more of an paid holiday actually..

Days passed by with the wink of an eye and came the dreadful evaluations and allocations..The lucky lot got their preferred locations and we the unlucky ones got allocated which we didnt even opt for!!!This made us sad...But life is always a mixture of Joys and Sorrows...Not exactly sorrows,but disappointments cos we actually expect more and dream about it...Finally got mentally prepared to head towards our allocations given and now in that course I headed towards Mumbai!!!!

Mumbai!!!!!!The very word sounds exciting and gives me a tinge of unknown happiness....Wanna know the secret??? I just love eating Pani-puri's (golgoppa's) and Mumbai is the land of Golgoppa's and chats!!!!

I was so happy that I can have it crazily to my heart's content....With the Hope of exploring a whole new place and experiencing new things is life spicing up each moment with Golgoppa's..:)I was off to Mumbai!!!!!!!!!!!

Life in Mumbai will be described in my next post......:)