Tuesday, March 24, 2009

lyf of a Joker...

All the world's a stage, and all the men women merely players...they have their
exits and their entrances... - William Shakespeare, 17th century

The Joker will always make you laugh... thats why he is here... thats his act...his lyf...his destiny... he has never put himself first while playing his part... it doesnt matter whether you laugh with him or at him... it matters you laugh... may be he is just stupid, may be he is not, may be he really is... I leave it on you ?? While in the perfect world everybody wants to play either a braveheart hero or a dark cunning villian, only the Joker hangs on... he is undecided... deep down he was never bad, never the villian, he can never pull it off... being the good guy was always easy for him, but if everybody plays the Hero, who will play the Joker... who will make you laugh...?? nobody knows, but everybody needs a Joker to laugh at, I mean everybody... yes, the Joker plays on...

He never knows the scene, may be he doesnt want to... but still, you will surely laugh... and later you may also be horrified or rather clap when the villian or hero (there's always a thin line ?!) gets the gal in the end... still the Joker wont flinch, may be you will never know... the Joker will laugh... will always laugh... because thats all he does... because thats all he is supposed to do...
Now the stage is all set....the script is already written...I have chosen my part...I PLAY THE JOKER..!!!

Sometimes jokes are not funny, I still try... - ~crazymms~, 21st

Sunday, March 8, 2009

First day @ KPMG...

KPMG is a one of the biggest network of professional service firms
in 145 countries in Audit, Taxation & Advisory
After getting the shock that Mom's leaving for Mathura on Sunday eve(Gosh, who will arrange my certificates, food and formals ?!) and I will be left alone to fight the sleepless night full of anticipation and excitement of joining KPMG let alone the week to follow... But deep down I was ready for one thing most CAs dream for in their careers...
Monday morning and first day @ KPMG dawned for me with things going from bad to worse, no tea or breakfast, trying to figure out the shirt and tie combination and an idiot friend whose life's mission was to make me reach late on my first day !! (PS: if you are my friend, you should know that I hate waiting and even more, reaching late !!) So finally dodging a few signals...entering one ways from wrong side and no entries... and adventurously hiking the bike along footpath at few junctions I manage to reach office... still 20 mins late... I mean wtf ?! But as luck had it, the HR folks there kept a 30 mins buffer for day one of the Training session... Phew, so much for impression !!

I was amazed at the sheer size and look of the KPMG offices, so to speak the buildings ?! ;) The fellow new recuits looked like a nice and enthusiastic bunch of people which turned out to be very true over the week !! most were fellow Narsee Monjee graduates, someone Poddar rivals, a Jai Hind cool dude and some from other colleges i did not even know existed !! heyyy, we NMites are like that... Hehe... Over the round of Intros i discovered myself being amongst the youngest and over qualified of all Article Trainees... though it did not seem so bcoz the 3rd and 4th attempt guys passing marginally in last couple of months managed to get a RANK in old discontinued course and very aptly avoided the number of attempt details in Intros - yes yes, i seriously take offence to that and stealing away my limelight... Haha !!!

Later, we loved exploring our new office... the KPMG house, KPMG citi Studio, the awesome canteen n even more awesome food (its rare to find office canteen food good !!!) and the best place The Audit Bay - the place where form stretch to stretch you can see 100s of CAs MBAs professional working frantically on their Laptops wearing formals and ties and pin drop silence... Seriously workaholic awesomeee !!!
Day one ended with a new hope about future...life...career...and a new found sense of belongingness... being a KPMGite... I am here to do something and I am loving it... I knew I am now part of something Big, something really Big... stuff that makes HISTORY...........