Kenna n Me

I would very much like to say "on popular demand I'm planning to blog more frequently and this is just the beginning of it". But, the honest truth would be its not popular demand but something much better. So, I go on.. on something that i really wanted to write about.. my internship in Kennametal.

Kennametal, a company not many know of. Neither did I a year back. The first mention of it was when one of my then seniors told us that that was how he spent one of his hols. God knows I dint realize then that I was going to get so related to the place. In due course, it got to a point where I was (actually we were) lamenting that there was not a call for interns yet. More than the company, was important, the people who had inhabited it. And at last it was there and after a lot of waiting and hustle and bustle I got it.

Now, I don't really want to discuss the company. Its going to be my life with people there, just my counterparts actually. The very first day. Not all that lonely and not at all scary for I had some of my fellow classmates with me. The first person I meet in the company, is just that someone who was going to be my best friend the next 2 months and now more. The only other girl intern. That let to a good bonding instantaneously. A nice, sweet, amicable girl, not to forget intelligent and hardworking too.

We were directed to some hall to meet company people and there I met the rest of my would-be friends. I should mention that two of my previous projects were without anyone share the work with. I was all to myself. So, here was anew experience. There were 8 more people with me and the very first of talks I knew it was going to be fun. That very day, I was forced to be with one of them when the others proceeded on. Though it felt bad to be left out, it was good not to be alone.Chatting to all glory the day went on.

The best of times would be what we spend in the canteen. It has a very nice look about it. Not this boring monotonous you-are-inside-a-manufacturing-company look. This is very pleasant and cheerful and we just added to it. Breakfasts and lunch tables were always filled with joy and laughter. There was never a day when we had something serious and could not enjoy. No matter what problems you were into at work, canteen was always the place to forget everything and feel good. People made sure you did. All the impersonally personal care you get makes you so much at ease that you want eat again just to have it all.

Another of the places which was full of enjoyment was the library. That became more of a hangout, specially after lunch when all of us had time to spare. The merry mood continues there too. Believe me, it is so much fun to solve crosswords and scrambles and sudoku and so many other silly things if you have people like them around you. All the words they make up and the ideas they come up with, it is always a thing of laughter.

Not to forget are the vending machines, the best of all. Never have I drunk so much coffee and ate all those biscuits (Hey, when did mom every buy a i-don't-the-name-of-the-brand version of ParleyG and biscuits hot with spices visible) Yes I did, not coz they are good or anything, but for all the gaiety that comes with it. We always took breaks together. At the least 2 or 3 of us. That gave us some more time together, for all the mirth.

These are just the few of the many nice things that are to follow, of course apart from specific instances and what happened outside the company,soon........

Just Updates

Yet another of my breaks from blogs.. Been nearly a month. And, a lot of things have changed, almost in every sphere of my life.

First things first, as I had mentioned earlier.. my grades!! I'm yet to see them myself, but got to know what it is. Trust me, it was way beyond all my expectations. It was actually good. Though the grades were very different from what I had thought I would get, this was anyway good. So, now.. may be I would get back to those same old habits and be happy too.

Next.. I'm no longer in Bangalore. My internship is over and with a very good note at that, making my life supposedly pretty secure. Something that I can fall back on . I really wanted to write about the company and the people and the best of all my fellow interns. My whole stay in Bangalore would not have been even half as good as it was if not for them. Starting from our first weekend when we went out though we had know each other for hardly 4 days to the lunch on our last day, everything was so very pleasant. Something that would remember for a really long time if not for ever. I sure will write about all of them, some other day.

Now that I'm off Bangalore, I'm stuck in one of those cities which I've never really liked. Yes, the same old Chennai and the same old project too. IITM is such a nice place to be in , a world in itself. But never have I been able to avoid things outside it. So, again I'm crying, yearning, waiting to go back home. But I should accept I did have nice times in Chennai this holidays. I did go out and it was a great experience. No, not that the city has become better, no, not at all. But it still was one of the best experiences for so many different reasons. Coming to the project. Just like the last time nothing worthwhile is happening. No results, no satisfactory amount of work, nothing substantial. All the more reason to be sad and to hate Chennai.

Moreover, I'm in my final year of Engineering. There is so much of activity around me. I'm really feeling bad because I have very little a part in it. Is it for the good or bad, really hard to say. And tangentially.. I've grown up!! I am taking things with a positive note. And that is a real lot of a change!! Also loads is happening on the personal front too. Again I don't really know if its for my good. But I am very much of a happier person than I was. I am sure time will come when I will post everything here. So for now I'm ending this with nothing said. Well.. So be it!! And.. On a very personal note I really want to thank You for what You have done for Me, all that You are doing for Me and everything that I know You will do for Me.