Farewell Letter

Long time, after 5 years I am posting a farewell letter to my ex-colleagues in Gridstone whom I promised to share it at the time when I left...Never did that, but now I am doing it (copying it from my book).

Final Day at GSR.

The D Day has come. Time passes by so quickly that one can't realize that his temples are turning gray. I have come here today with heavy heart and an anxious one which does not like parting. Rather than parting it is the resistance to change, a natural tendency, which humans tend to dislike. I am facing that today.

It is very difficult to move on, particularly when person gets attached to different people in the organization. Leaving family is always a pain, but one has to move on, to explore and to know himself better. In that sense, Gridstone's journey has helped me to know myself better and helped in definitely bond with new friends. It is the number of people you have known who help you in achieving your life goals in life and making it successful.

At the hindsight, I cherished every moment at GSR (except covering Marriott and Starwoods) and would like to keep in touch with you guys. Thanks for making the journey pleasurable. World is round but small, so we shall meet, someday / sometime. Till then goodbye and be the force with you!

Yours truly,
Rathin

PS. Some of the friends whom I will really miss along...

1. Arun (The Boss)
He has got the most infectious laughter here at GSR and you will never know when you start laughing along with him. I am sorry for the tantrums when the work was assigned some work to me all of a sudden.

2. Priyank (Big Daddy)
Unreasonable to the core, but its this unreasonableness which brings out the best within you. One of the most logical person to work with. I've worked with him since beginning and made a wonderful friend.

3.RahulS (Chuddy Buddy)
I couldn't think of getting separated from Rahul, that's the reason I never shifted from my old desk. He is with me since training and a very special friend.

4. Richa (Loquacious Typhoon)
A fun and frolic gal, who can make friends easily. Covered ALA with her and cant forget those customer win PRs

5. Karishma (GSR BBC)
Who is the person who always knows that grapevine at GSR. If you wanna know any news update, visit Karishma's desk. Though, nowadays Himali is also becoming quite a Sherlock. I still respect the name given by Karishma - OOPS!!!

6. Milind (A mystery)
He is the guy who never opens up but emanates significant radiance. I still can't understand his Quote "Life is a NND". So, if someones has a chance to decipher this meaning. Please call me up.

7. Himali (Silence is Golden)
She never speaks up. But off-late, she is stepping into Karishma's shoes.

8. Amit and Hardik (The Dazzling Duo)
Thank you both for putting up a strong show for me.

- Many have left since...Will miss them too...

Shabba Khair!!!

Current Reading

Presently reading -  Into The Wild...now a motion picture too. Decent book. Still to complete it.

What am I reading these days?

I don’t have anything to write on my blog; rather I am being lazy to post something original. So what do I do – just mention what I am reading and watching these days?

Of late, I am not reading much. However, I have begun reading some of the best sellers

1. Tipping point
2. Freakonomics
3. Say Yes or No
4. The lord of the rings

Needless to say, among these, LOTR is the one which I am cherishing the most.

Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara

Last weekend, Yash, Abhishek and I went on a short trip to Kashid beach. Abhishek is getting married next month. So we thought let’s do it like Spain trip of trio Farhan, Hrithik, and Abhay from Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara movie. Of course, we didn’t have money to go to Spain and participate in Tomatino festival and the bull chase so we finalized on Kashid beach which was around 200 kms from Pune – a 3 hour drive.

So what did we do?

Had a nice drive to Kashid – Yash did the honours. He drove down and we passed through amazing scenery on the way. He also put some old chartbusters of Pink Floyd and Metallica. I was poor in understanding the lyrics of songs…so told him to put some Hindi songs…and after getting irritated he put on K L Saigal songs thinking that I would be tortured.  But after a while, when he couldn’t fathom that I enjoyed Ek bangala bane Nyaara, we both settled for Jee Le Zara from Talaash to save him from the third degree!!!

Getting accommodation – We just went there without doing any bookings. A drunkard helped us in getting a room…He called me…”JatinBhei hic hic hyac”. As a good gesture, we paid him little commission for Kesto’s act.

Beer all the way – I believed that this was the key reason for the trip! Abhishek broke four 650 ml London Pilsners; but more than that, he was injured. Some glass pieces had to be removed from his foot. Luckily, Yash had some first aid tool for that.

Beach time – We were there for half a day at the shacks (or whatever you want to call) and ate hot maggis. We performed Gangam style which would have beaten the original Psy records (maybe we put him to shame). However, there was hardly any crowd to put it on Youtube. Psy, thank us for not uploading the video… Your video still is number one watched youtube video!

Trekking – Trekked one hill which was almost perpendicular to the ground! Yash lost his Tupperware water bottle and was grumpy since then! (I believed that he was constipated but he finally told that bottle was the primary reason. He had got it as wedding anniversary gift from Reema. Wondered what happened when he reached home. On Monday I noticed he had a swelling beneath in right eye :) I didn’t have guts to ask him…why this mark!)

Had to cut short trip as Mr. Balasaheb passed away and we couldn’t go to Murud Janjira (one of the most invincible fort built by Shivaji Maharaj). Yash was hungry and couldn’t find anything to eat, so he drove at 130 kmph to reach Pune. Thank god, Abhiman was open and we had hearty wadapav chai breakfast!

Tour ends…

Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

Recently, I finished reading auto biography of Andrew Carnegie. Dale Carnegie (author of How to Win Friends and Influence people) had mentioned his name many times in his books. Apart from him, he had also mentioned Lincoln in his books.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie was one of the most revered philanthropist of his times; rather in today's time too (adjusting for inflation). Walt Disney's Scrooge Mcduck is said to have been inspired by Andrew Carnegie. Scrooge was also shown as a Scott.

Few points mentioned in his book which I really liked: 

•   “A man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.”
• "The man who can master the patience ... Can master anything else”
• The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.
• The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.
• You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb himself
• Don’t speculate in the stock markets
• Put your money in the business which you are currently running, not in something which you don't know

Another amazing individual, a miser but later turned into active philanthropist, was John D Rockfeller. He was one of the most hated persons in US, but later on he distributed most of his wealth for human betterment.

What I am doing these days?

Two months have passed by and I haven’t written anything on my blog. So what I am upto these days?

After 4-5 months, I have come to Mumbai to visit my Grandparents and my uncle
Last month saw many movies:
The batman begins
The dark Knight
The Schindlers List
Oh My God!

About the books; I have been reading
On the back of napkin – Mid way
Gods, demons and others - done
The margin of Safety – Just started
The Gospel of Wealth – To begin

Also, working on a project (which is really interesting – can’t disclose but something related to water).

Yeah, as of now that’s my life…

Pleasures of siesta

This is perhaps the best time I wait in the whole week for. The day, when do really do nothing- enjoy getting up late and still have enough strength to go off to sleep on Saturday afternoon for 2 odd hours dreaming about the stuff you can’t remember when you wake up.

So after watching Taarak Mehta Na Oondha Chasma back to back episodes I fall asleep to world of adventures, business, movies, and romance. I can’t remember but I am part of everything. So when I wake up it feels so much invigorating that I start writing something like this blog or some stupid story that only I can understand.

There is Sunday’s siesta too but Saturday’s one just can't be juxtaposed. On Sunday, I can't have proper siesta as I have random thoughts about the week ahead. So guys go to sleep on Saturday afternoon, maybe I may reach your dreams too!Well it may become a nightmare then :P