I’m Not Going… Yet
I had been quite annoyed from the time we received the email asking us to report for training on the 23rd of this month at Mysore. After four years of engineering I had expected a nice long holiday to recover; not a measly 52 days.
I spent the beginning of this week preparing for the two month stay at Mysore. I applied for the passport, registered with the NSR, bought some more formal clothes and so on. However AU still hadn’t published my results and I wondered if this would be a problem. Two weeks earlier, the HR department of my employer had advised me to report on the 23rd even if the results were not out. I decided to check again with them this week and this time their answer was different. They said I couldn’t report for training without getting my results but I could extend the date of joining and get into the next batch.
My parents were determined to send me off for training as soon as possible and called up random people at the company from contact numbers in the various documents that were mailed to me. The HR department said that it was alright and that I could go. But now I didn’t want to go since I had a good reason to extend my holidays!
I was saved by the Service Agreement that arrived in the mail the next day which said that I had to extend my join date if I had pending results. That decided it. I wasn’t going. I went to the college and got a letter from the Watchman asking to be put in the next batch and sent it off to the HR department by email. They replied in a few hours granting me the extension.
So, I’m going to be here for a few more months. It finally worked out in my favour, for once. Thanks Anna University!
June 21st, 2008 at 6:16 pm
I think, this is the first time in your life you are thanking anna univ for some reason
Actually i was worried about you leaving, cos we didn’t do even one instance together. Thanks to Anna univ.,
June 21st, 2008 at 9:21 pm
You made me go shopping with you for pretty pink formal shirts for nothing? God damn you with Ragha!
June 21st, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Gowtham, yeah for the first time I have benefited from them.
Arun, I didn’t buy a single pink shirt. Also I did need those clothes anyway.
June 21st, 2008 at 11:37 pm
I know you are not worried but i feel for it, serious man.
Anyways its my wish that you go training after i get a call from my company.
doesn’t matter when ever you go there you going to rock but you will miss some of our class guys. but whay maheswari went to mysore today, even she has same problem.
June 21st, 2008 at 11:53 pm
What? I mean, the Watchman?
June 22nd, 2008 at 12:39 am
Its obviously my college Principal. He mean it.
June 22nd, 2008 at 1:06 am
“Thanks Anna University” on Marc’s blog. Will wonders never cease?
And what was all this business about getting letters from watchmen?
June 22nd, 2008 at 1:07 am
And you went and bought pink shirts? PINK? Who are you? PSP?
June 22nd, 2008 at 9:30 am
Thambi! Anna University kadavul madhiri. Sodhikkum, aana kai vidadhu
:D
June 22nd, 2008 at 9:31 am
@Sundar
:P
ROTFL! Pink shirts! Yeah! PSP
June 22nd, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Hari, yeah she went. However it does state in the service agreement that you cannot go with pending results.
George and Sundar, see Hari’s explanation. We don’t think he deserves to be called a Principal.
Also I already said that I didn’t buy pink shirts. I am neither PSP nor his follower.
June 22nd, 2008 at 8:36 pm
You are not PSP’s follower? gosh.
June 22nd, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Marc, you are surely missing something da.
June 22nd, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Before getting your letter, did you show your ID card
June 22nd, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Oh, I didn’t get it because we rarely meet our principal. Ha ha, Watchman, ha ha.
June 23rd, 2008 at 1:22 pm
@Marc : You told me that our Principal a.k.a Watchman is changed…. Is it true?
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Sad. You shouldn’t have so many days off. Get to work!!
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:45 pm
If you guys see him wear a pink shirt, you will know the truth of it.
June 24th, 2008 at 8:10 am
Pink? Only Ragha wears pink!!
June 26th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Arun was standing in the lingerie section and refused to come out of there. Finally I had to leave him and go to the men’s floor.
June 27th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
pink ….. blue pls dun fight over colors guys…..strong men also wear pink….! this is childish okay!
June 28th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
i thought u will be dissapointed, but realy knowing a person like u, i should have known that u would have not taken anything seriously. i always admire u marc ‘person who speaks from his hear’…..
June 28th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
that is heart not hear……..
July 1st, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Atleast you were not asked to come, 28 TN ppl who were trained in my company for 10 days were asked to go back since their results were awaited. What wud have been their plight?
July 2nd, 2008 at 3:48 pm
It’s their fault for not confirming if they had to come.
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Marc, I don’t see anything perverse in being around the lingerie section. If the women weren’t bothered, why are you?