29th October 2007, that was my first day in Praxis. Praxis Interactive Technologies; I would not call it an ideal IT company or anything but yes I managed to make some really great friends out there. Today as I sit in my current organization, almost cursing myself for taking up a wrong job (yet again), I wish to reminisce about Praxis (my first real job).
I miss a lot of things in Praxis:
I miss my gang of gals (everyone had such peculiar yet positive characteristics that no one could dare hate us). We would bitch about our seniors, PM, salary, CEO...almost everyone :-) My friends were so outgoing and so funny that for the first time I felt that not all girls are those behenji types (you know those sad females whose world revolves around only khana banana, bacche sambhalna and all that). Most importantly like me everyone believed that so far as you let others live, you can live your life the way you want and not the way others want you to lead.
I miss Praxis coz half the time I would be on bench and could catch up on several girly books (courtesy: my entertainment guruji).
I miss Praxis coz though the PMs were no good people, they atleast gave us girls the freedom to go downstairs around anytime and have chai. You did not have to take permission from your boss to do go downstairs just as I need to do here. UFF!
I miss Praxis coz we had some awesome ID training sessions, wherein, I could snore and yawn to glory without anybody raising any objections.
I miss my tapriwala (har dard kii ek davaa tapri chai), there's no one here to make such awesome chai.
I could be loud, I could be silly, I could be myself out there. Here, I gotto talk in the lowest possible tone...I gotto 'bear' (yes, I know it sounds harsh but it's true) some real idiotic females (those behenji types who neither live nor let live), worse you need to take permission to go downstairs at 5.00 in the evening (thankfully i need not take permission to visit the loo). I feel miserable. I almost work like a machine and walk like a zombie, I have lost all my motivation to work or move ahead in the rat race.
Sometimes, I yearn to be with my friends...gossping, bitching and sharing our stories over a cup of chai etc...I want to feel like a human asap! I hope that moment comes soon!
psst: the only good thing here is that I can write a blog whenever I want to, which was not possible in Praxis :)
I miss you too Gayu!!! Miss those days! Remember the time we used to sit in sindhudurg and that dreaded corner seat with all the ID's around us? I was also sitting and thinking bout all this on the 29th... just couldnt put it in words... u did it for me!
ReplyDeleteGayartri, I too miss you a lot. Praxis used to be so much fun yaar. The memories of apna gang are unforgettable. Let all of us have a reunion party. Your blog touched my heart. Tu please meri compnay mein aaja. We will again have the same fun.. Plij..
ReplyDeletemones...hw can i forget those days (u, me and pradeep) in sindhudurg prison away from the entire world. i still remember u and pradeep would compete with each other to beat each other's friends score on facebook. As for me...i used to just sleep with the microsoft document kept open.
ReplyDeleteand shruti+ rekha= fultoo tp during lunchtime.