:) aye haaye :)

as if i jus needed a bahaana!!!!!! Patrick Ostman's visit to wipro probably aint all dat imp to him( nah it actually must be) than it was to me.. not that i knew it would be this way!! hehe.. wierd stuff n all to put in here.. n take my word.. iw as actually tryin to keep all those events in mind so i wudnt miss thm.. this one has to go on my blog.. was my thot!! :D

Remainder: meeting with Patrick at 12pm followed by lunch

i put it on a snooze.. (remind jus 5 mins earlier karke!!) wasnt like very eager bout d whole thing... nor was i inquisitive bout how a client meet mite be.. but yea.. as it proceeded it unvield to me so many surprise.. all of which i welcomed and learned from...

we were all at Coral( dats d name of d room where v had d meet) 5 minz early.. n dat fella was already in there..... it was today .. infact at dat time dat i realised.. oh .. d ppl in my team actually hav got some life in 'em!!! they wer laughin around.. jus like lil kids would outside d principal's room in school :D, neways.. both naidu n kannan( d PM's) were already in there.... n one of these ppl entered n the rest follwed him into the room... there he stood smiling, dat sure was a pleasing site smhow there was warmth in it( i dunno how i read all dat from his smile.. but yea.. m very sure i dod read all dat frm jus his smile.. coz i felt myself returning a similar smile( n cummon u know when u really smile dil se n whn u jus paste one on ur face!!) )

neways.... his face n shirt wer both pink... d only difference was.. that when he smiled or laughed ( which he did quite a few times) his face would go a lil more pink and his ears would sort of turn red but d color of his shirt wouldnt change... else they all lukd perfectly blended.. absolutely same shade :D.( waise to m not d kind who notices so much... infact looks are one thing.. nah.. THE one thing dat i dont pay attention on when i meet or see sm1.. it jus hapens to be their gestures n behaviour... ) yea.. so all i mean to say is... it aint that i actuall noticed it.. its jus dat all of it was more than evident :) . .

A pleasing personality( a daddy like being :) very gud to be with.. u know d kind that u;d go... smiiiiileeee... :D ) n there he began... he jus spoke smthin.. n all dat much.. hold on.. sm1 callin me!!.... ya.. so bak.. heheh dat was fr for... for for fooorrrrrrrrrrrr CHOCOLATES!!!!!!! ya.. wil tell u bout d chocolates bit in a while.........

hmm so where was i.. ya.. he started speakin... nah.. wait.. lemme say smthin else before that.. wat i thot of d whole thing as i stepped into Coral.. its gonna be one of those dynamic meetings... well atleast d initiative seemd full of dynamism.... ya.. so he started speakin... n.... he stammered.. not once.. not twice.. it was so many many times.. rather it was more so.. dat it was very much a way dat he spoke.... i dunno.. that really dint startle me as such.. but yea... d kind of image i had about the whole thing... you know the "lessons" taught before u enter d corporate world.. dat u gotto be gud.. u gotto be reaLLY GOOD.. U u shud know how to talk, what to talk when to talk, u should know to write really well.. all that communication skill things..i jus had a flashbak sort... n here i was sitting in front of a man... complete in himself ... well versed in technical skills.. n hey.. jus imagine.. if such aperson(indian) would take d initiative to speak.. or rather to present smthin... leave alon in a different country.. may be rite here in india.. he;d be laughed at...... well. i mean.. i was jus wondering.. would wipro india... ok.. i'll say wipro manikonda ...send a person... n indian.. who'd stammer to represent wipro.. in Finland? .. well i dont think so... we here dont treat ppl dat way.. y? i dont know y... he mite have all his technical tactics rite.. but no.. he proabbly wudnt be sent.. cz he stammers.... see d difference... v really need to grow as humans.. u know.. to respect one for what he is ... is very important... very very important... jus to live a satisfactory life perhaps... a peaceful one rather.....

neways... movin on.. so he started speakin.. he went like ... may be we shud begin with n introduciton... n he introduced himself... n dat followed n intro sort of .. for d rest of d team.. but obvious i was d last one to speak.. coz i chose d perfect place :).. n i went like... I am Tasneem and have joined the CPI team just last week (i dont have to mention that i was smiling do i??? :D ) n he gave me a broad smile n said.. welcome to CPI.. n thennn.. he held this blak color bag.. n put it on d table.. n.. and andd.. from that... he removed.. a box of choclates.. then another one... and another one... n yea.. d last one after that.... n i could see my team gooo yooooooo... although they dint say it..... u know d .. mann mein laddu phoot rahe the kinda expressions( yea i cud make dat out!) .. well after that.. he moved towards another bag.. n from there.. he removed three more boxes of chocolates :) n said.. this is a gift from me to the cpi team offshore( dat happens to be us :) ) n the other boxes were a token of gift from.. umm well.. lemme get their names... ya.. Kiran and Girish.. d ppl onsite.. to d offsite team.. :) neways.. so its like.. chocolates.. finnish chocolates here on my table.. n my drawer.. waise hamari team kaafi badi hai .. tooooo.. end me.. utne zyade nahi mile.. magar kafi hain.. i ate umm 1 2 ... nai.. 4... m gonna take d rest home.. fr my sistrz n mummy.. n my baby Rehan :) ... i wanna share it wid my frnds too.. but they are'nt many.. n if i do.. then i cant take any home... n d reason iw anna take 'em home is.. ummm welll.. u know.. first joib.. first CLIENT meet.. first client gift sort.. jo bhi yaa.. bas wanna show mumma n baba.. :) .. n my sisters tooo.. will luv 'em na..

ya.. so after d chocolate part.. hey .. know wats goin on rite now... d ppl onsite sent us a mail askin how v likd choclates.. n these ppl are like.. radha has confiscated all of 'em./.. i dinno these ppl really had life in them yaa.. heheh..

ya.. so where was i...( i jus tuk a break to hav a choc... :D wo choc me na... caramelised mint tha n i dint expect it.. n whn i bit it... umm wo under ka.. mint hting started pouring out.. n its.. all over my fingrs now.. n i dont hav a tissue also... neva mind!!) haan.. jaane kyun log pyar karte hain.. jaane knyu wo kisi pe amrte hain..... hushhh!! chill.. jus lisnin to dat song yaaa..

hann.. so he went on wid d meeting.. i mean d formal presentation.. n d main agenda n stuff.. n all dat went on till.. umm well.... 1 or so... pyaar bin jeene me rakha kya hai.. pyar jisko nahi.. wo tanha haii.. ( SORRRYYY!!!! heheh)

haan.. n there d meetin wrapped up.. n we had to move for lunch... hmmmmm d lunch.. obviously.. first eva formal lunch of mine... blaa not dat i was wonderin wat to do.. but ya... v moved to d talent transformation blok.. i dnt remmba how exactly i reachd there.... i was jus followin sm1.. n v landed in a neatly arranged room.. n got seated.. mean while raste me .. ye baaki team waale na.. bohot maskharapana karre the.. u know.. thier umm well may b they call it masti... so i was like.. oho.. ye log bhi.. yea rrrite!! neways... v had dat lunch of ours.. it was fine.. bettr than cafeteria ka khana.. it ought to be waise.. warna koi client nahi aata tha yahan.. khair... d lunch went on for soo long.. i realised v wrapped up at 2.30.. itni der tak khaye i was wonderin....

so it all ended... n ... v moved bak... n on my way.. i spoke to one of my team members.. ( ya it was like fr d first time iw as talkin to sm1 casually n she seemd so much like us, nai to i thot ye log ki zindagi kaam me hi nikalti hai.. kahan phasa diya wo Bala ne mujhe.. )

bholi si soorat aankhon mein masti.. dur khadi sharmaaye.. aye hayee.. :D

chalo.. i'll wrap it up here.. before i type d whole song.. sawan ka pehla baadalll..............



hey i frgotttt... d mountain thin..... ya.. so its like.. every time v have a new proj.. i mean a new thing to do in d same proj.. umm well.. may b i shud say.. d new release of d tool dat is due.. d proposed plan is.. named after... a mountain.. ya.. its .llike... a new mountain to climb..... so.. this time d mountain;s name is... Annapurna.. n its gonna be in two increments.. well it usually is dat way.. v sort of have two increments goin every year sort.. hmm.. so.. dat wat dat Kanchenjunga thing i read about in d knowledge repository... n ya.. its like.. every alternate year its n Indian peak... so it was matterhorn proj this time.. which i earlier thot was smthin else.. but it was d name of a peak in Europe... so dats how CPI works.. n now.. v have plans fr Annapurna...


kab tak chup baithe... ab to kuch hai bolnaa.. :D :D

will not get bak again.. atleast for d dayyy :)

adios!