I AM BACKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!

It seems that even after my getting back from Japan, there is no change in the frequency of misadventures in my life. I guess I have been making a lot of excuses till date to not to blog but I need to resume this old habit of mine. Why? cuz I miss it like hell, cuz I miss all those wonderful people with whom I used to interact once upon a time, who left comments asking me about my whereabouts. I didn't reply to any of those but definitely read em all. I missed all you people. Thanks for being there.

So here I start with my series of misadventures that are happening in India now. But first some updates.

When I came back from Japan in September, I was told by my manager that I will be sent back again within a few days which of course was a carrot placed in front of me. I waited for one month and then I realized that I have been moved to a new project, which was totally off my domain. I was upset and that's when I decided to post my resume online. I started getting calls pretty soon. The only mistake that I made was that I did not prepare before posting my Resume. As a result of which, I went to many interviews mostly unprepared. Then one day I got a call from a company X. I gave a telephonic interview and the manager selected me immediately. The kind of package they offered was pretty decent and I almost took it immediately.

Next day, I went to my manager and asked him to release me. I was pretty sure that he would release me almost immediately. He spoke very politely, even congratulated me, and kept smiling. Finally I asked, "When can you release me?"

He politely replied," In 2 months!"

I was thunderstruck. It was like my heart leapt into my mouth. He happened to be such a cool dude. I never expected him to create anykind of trouble in my release. We always thought he was a "gai" (no not gay... gai as in cow). Suddenly, I realized that I m furious, I tried my best to keep my cool during the conversation. I asked him, "Why can't you release me before two months?" He replied," We have a policy of a 2 months notice period".

WTF!!!!! What do u mean by you have a policy????

"But I know others who have been released early. Why are you doing this to me?" I pleaded.(As I heard myself say this, a picture of a Hindi movie actress standing in front of a villian whose about to rape her came into my mind. I shook my head and came back to reality) With this I started giving him all sorts of senti stuff. I reminded him about my slogging in Japan, the appreciations received from the client. The projects, which I got for him. He kept smiling and kept saying that he couldn't help it. I spent one hour giving him all kinds of crap that I could possibly think of but how could I forget, he was a Manager.

At the end of that, I gave him a nasty look and walked away from there. My concern was whether my new company would wait for 2 months or not. Next day, I mailed my manager again asking (read begging) him to release me.

Am I stubborn or AM I STUBBORN?

In addition to that, I also mailed my new employer about the 2 months notice period that my company required me to serve. I was pretty apprehensive about the response. But in any case, I didn't have a choice. At the end of the day, I received a mail from my new employer stating that they were ready to wait for 2 months. I was overwhelmed. At first, I couldn't believe my luck and then I had a smirk on my face thinking about the hard time I was planning to give my current manager.

To be continued...