Batch 21

Today as I relaxed at home my heart was filled with both a bit of sadness and a bit of happiness. The reason being quite simple; one of my batch mates is all set to quit the co in a month’s time. The reason for happiness is that he has gotten into a prestigious institute for management studies, so the future is nothing but shimmering for him. The reason for sadness is that my batch (training batch) strength that used to be 21 at one point will now be reduced to a mere 13.

Slowly but surely we were parting and it wasn’t like school or college where all of your friends part on the farewell day. It was more painful to see friends part one by one. Little did I know when I started my career with these people that I’d feel so sad when one of us would have to leave the co. Trust me people the farewell in schools and colleges are a lot easier to get over. The reason maybe that you tend to spend a lot more time with people at work than you do in school or college.

I never really thought about my batch mates parting ways until our batch strength was reduced to about 16 or 17. I must admit I’ve spent some of the most memorable and best moments of my life so far with these people. I never really thought we were going to have such a lot of fun when we started. Right from the silly games we used to play during training to the more complicated ones during the nice bench period of about 3 months each and every day was a special gift, one that I shall cherish forever.

I always thought when I joined the co that I’d have a professional relationship with most of them but then as it turns out I made really good friends with them. So what do you know, Forests’ mama was right after all, life certainly is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get.

That’s all for now folks, will be back soon with some more thoughts.

Regards

Shijoshisha