And I was welcomed…

Ragging... Taking on people... Playing pranks are the things I love to do... But yesterday things were different coz I was the “Bakra”... In our office there is a tradition of welcoming the new person by taking him/her out for a lunch with the entire team. A very senior colleague of mine mailed the entire finance team that as a part of the tradition before lunch I’ll have to make a presentation on the topics as given by rest of the team members… and she happily gave me 3 topics and I was left at my will to select any one of my choice... First when I read the mail I thought there would be a nice ragging session...

The mail was sent on Tuesday late evening so I had some time to prepare... which I sincerely did... Next day all were like... “Are you ready with the presentation”... and I happily replied, “yes almost”... and it was made clear that it should be power point presentation... (all the time I was thinking of an oral presentation)… I just had 30min with me, and I came up with it... The whole team of 7 including CFO, were ready for my presentation... and I nicely went on with it... explaining fundaes... briefing and bla bla... At the end of it everyone was very happy appreciating… smiling and telling me that I got 10 of 10.

My senior colleague was continuously smiling thru out the presentation and while we were going out for lunch... Finally I asked her... What is she laughing for... and then she tells it was all a mock and prank... There is no such tradition of presentation and she enjoyed the sincerity with which I was making the presentation… and then we all went laughing. It was fun... At least some of my financial management fundaes got brushed up... and then we had a grand lunch at Orchids @ Santacruz... and wit that I was welcomed to the finance team..

I’m a little more than a month old in the new office and was amazed by the enthu level of the guys during Diwali. There was a Rangoli competition... First I thought... What big deal... seen such kind of competitions since I was a kid... But when I went to watch the Rangoli I was zapped seeing the creativity, neatness, imagination and presentation... It was simply awesome... Guys and Girlz made the Rangoli in a team of three :-)>

I've uploaded most of the Rangoli designs... and here is the link...
View Rangolis... Click Here

Its simply awesome… for a moment u would doubt that it’s a Rangoli… Enjoy and do lemme know your favorites. Sayesha I told you guys are not bad at this... Guys took active participation in most of the Rangolis...


Our Finance team on the Traditional Day in office

For my blog pals... Yesterday night my sleep got disrupted around 2.30, I tried but couldn’t sleep till 3, then saw my sweetheart cell lying on my bed and I was like... “Should I”... then finally it was a yes... I would write a post on cell ... and so I did...