Day one, Bangalore! A new city, new beginning, new faces and a a lot of never before stuff. The big day was finally here. A Wednesday reporting at 8:30 sharp in the morning and I was off my marks as early as I could with my Sister-in-law. Drove a little over half an hour and reached the destination. Lot of best wishes meant a lucky day for me. I walked into the basement at the venue given, went on to the security desk to validate my joining and get a temporary ID. Moved in with a group of 139 other fresh faces as me into the basement of the complex where we were supposed to have our induction program. The day started off with an introduction by a member of "Team Discover" (Sunita Mam), trust me she just talked us through the day effortlessly. After an hour and half we had a tea break and when we came back, members of EHS team was waiting for us and straightaway they gave an order of few documents and stuff we need to submit and then started one of the never before stuff "The signature marathon". It never seemed to end, once it started. The pages kept on turning and we kept on scribbling signatures for almost 2 hours or so. 83 of them, to be precise. The usual lunch with free meal passes was not much to talk about though what followed lunch was going to take a lot of effort to keep our eyes opened. The much needed break from such strong sleeping drive was given by the security tips and other related issues that are ear-marked as "Important". The day kept on going till 7 in the evening at a slow pace and then the bankers came in to introduce themselves and open our salary accounts. Time flew in their instructions to fill the form and put a few more signatures here and there. We got the welcome kits and some stationary from the EHS team. and the day finally came to an end with a trip back home on a bus directly to a place very close to my brother's home. I know it is not detailed but 'first things are best things' not in these words but the memories they invoke when I read them are important and special!
The lush green blanket of life covering the land as far as the eye can see started my day off. The Konkan railway route one of the best displays of greenery with nature at its best. Moreover we have had a very good monsoon in these areas this year. You could see how each and every drop of the monsoon is of value when you see the tiny leaves shining brightest holding a droplet like a precious pearl. Sunlight offers the best brightness for us to witness a beauty right from the microscopic levels! If you keep looking at the scenes you will feel as if someone is trying to capture this in a picture using sun as flash for his shutter. The habitual expectation to see tall towers of bricks and steel slowly fades. Being habituated to live in concrete forests since so long; such stark contrast will hit you like lightning, making you forget the dust and rush of cities. You start to embrace the nature at its truest form. Suddenly the lonely feeling of being loner is crowd turn into the ...
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