Hyderabad 1.0

Hyderabad

Its been more than  an year since I left Nagpur and  Mumbai for that matter(once again) , and came to Hyderabad. The memories of that day are still so fresh in my mind as if it had happend not more than  a day before...

Finally the day we were waiting for had arrived ..and  I was among the lucky  few who had got the joining letter (finally) after the long wait. On getting the email regarding the same from Oracle, people immediately called each other to convey the news .

Well yes , I am talking about the time when we had waited too long for the offer letters from Oracle that infact some of us had left the hope of joining Oracle. In fact many of them  were repenting as to why they had waited so long instead of going for the alternatives they had.

The news of many other companies differing the joining this year had further added to their panic. But now everyone was relieved (or at least oracle recruits).But wait ..what about joining date?? 15th June!!! Only 10 days more!!.. We never thought that we would  have to join at such a short notice and  now we didn’t even have enough time  to enjoy our last free days… After enjoying the four years of college hostel life like four  years of vacation from studies , finally now we would have to work :P…

There was one more turn in this , I was going to experience  my first  flight journey from Mumbai to Hyderabad via flight.. I was a bit scared about it !!Right from  my childhood everytime I used to see plane , I was  reminded of some plane crash news. I knew that whatever I used to think about flight was not the truth still I was a bit skeptical about it . Incidently my birthday date i.e. 18th Aug is also among the  black days involving Plan Crash casualities incidently of an Indian …Subhash Chandra Bose who is believed  to have  died in plane crash .Thankfully Ugam had booked a ticket for me adjacent to his seat  , I thought  incase I get scared during the flight he would  be there to calm me.

Our flight was at 2pm on 14^th June. We reached the airport well in advance at around 12:30pm. After  wishing goodbye to our family members , we finally  proceeded towards the checkin counter .We deposited our heavy bags at the luggage counter. I saw my luggage go over the belt and tried confirming if it is going to be put in the flight.The lady laughed and nodded her head. In few minutes , announcement was made and the we were specified a boarding counter where a bus was waiting for us to take us to the plane.The plane was a midsized one with capacity of around 200-150 passengers. We boarded the plane and  got our seat. Once the safety instructions were over , after a while ,the plane gradually started speeding up.. After covering some distance over the runway , there was slight  disturbance and then plane had left the earth’s surface.It  got inclined a bit after taking off and now we were about to see  the aerial view of Mumbai as it looks in google maps.Ugam tried to relieve me by telling me about beautiful  view we get from the plane once it takes off to heights. He infact offered me his window seat so that I can get the glimpse of the world outside the window.I happily accepted the offer since I was much relieved then .. after the takeoff. As I peeped outside , I saw the tiny creatures walking on the road .The cars,flyovers appeared as if they were part of  some video game which I played in childhood.

                 

The world outside the window was really amazing , I was seeing the entire view of Mumbai and it was exciting.Soon the plane gained height and we were surrounded by dense clouds all around .The clouds appeared to be of different sizes and shapes. I saw different birds flying in the free air , few men looking at the sun , Army man saluting the plane .. well your imagination has no limits in such a situation . I felt I would have written one poem during our journey had I been a poet. Well nevertheless I really enjoyed the journey.It was less than 50-55 minutes when we were given a signal that we will be landing in Hyderabad in few minutes . The view of Hyerabad was like green and Rocky platue .The climate around looked pleasing , with distinct signs of rains .We landed on the airport safe and sound, and there I completed my first flght journey that too happily.

 We collected our luggage and came out of airport .We saw a lot of cabs( called   “Taxi” in Mumbai) waiting for us outside. We hired one of them and asked him to take us to Madhapur area . We started the cab journey and were welcomed in Hyderabad by the wonderful chilling rain showers near the airport area. After around an hour’s journey,  we had reached our destination the Oracle’s  Guest House. Luckily ,it had not  rained much  in the area near our Guest House. As we entered the Guest House ,we were given a warm welcome by the in charge and were allocated   rooms. We got into our allotted rooms and relaxed for sometime.The first evening in Hyderabad went flying  … talking to families about our safe arrival at the Guest House,coupled with little bit of roaming around the Guest House to get acquitted with the new place, the day finished fast  and finally “the Day” came ..

The first day in the first company in our lives and  we were pretty excited about it. We got up early next morning, we wanted to be there before  time.As we were getting  ready to leave for the first day at office ,I met 3 more people at the breakfast table .Just like us, they were also freshers joining on that day. …Rakesh , Dheeraj and Sivakumar.

The four of us  hired an auto while Rakesh had his dad drop him to the Oracle Campus.On our way to Oracle ,we observed series of buildings of corporate companies one after another and we were getting curious about how Oracle Campus would be!.As we got down from our auto , we saw 3 Buildings standing tall infront of us , those were the 3 bulidings of oracle.We were then guided to go to the main gate where our names were noted down and we were given a temporary id Card. We assembled in a conference room of one of the building where  we had a welcome session from HR followed by many form filling sessions , followed by account creation sessions the next day and yeah .. now we were a part of the Corporate World .

After the initial Training period(called honeymoon period in oracle where one has no work and still gets paid!!) we finally went to the allocated teams and started working ... Time has been just flying ever since. Now I realise I have been in Hyderabad for so long ..almost 2 years. These have  been really two  happening years and will be in my memory forever.