Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Dawn of a decade!

From School to College life,
From the confines of my home to the four walls of an Engg hostel,
From family to batch-mates who became family
From 'Ghar ka khaana' to 'Hostel Mess Experiments',

From reading about them getting ragged to being ragged,
From being the king of my room to sharing my hostel room,
From clean toilets to stinky hostel ones,
From being dependent to becoming independent,
From standing in queues to withdraw money from cashier to ATM lines,
From getting bamboozled with Microprocessors to being attracted towards Marketing,
From being a bachelor of Technology to a master of Business,
From graduation to post graduation,
From a sleepy town to the Capital,
From releasing pressure to being in pressure,
From mismanagement to time management,
From friends to friends who became my lifeline,

From campus life to my first job,

From watching advertising campaigns to creating and executing one,
From consuming brands to working on brand,
From a shy, stammering school boy to a confident corporate guy,
From winning awards for writing to winning big ones for my work,
Last 2 days of a decade full of wonderful journeys.
Raising a toast to the best decade of my life, 2000-2010!

Happy New Year :-)

7 comments:

Shruti said...

You've indeed come a long way!
Wishing you the best in the years to come. Happy New Year :)

Mona said...

happy new year to u too!!! :)

Dhanya said...

how did you make that transition from a shy, stammering young boy to a confident corporate guy? temme secret!

Neeha said...

It's a big voyage..
Wishing you the same success in your future too..Happy new year...

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Aparna Gautam said...

Mr Balan, I request and kinda beg you to write more often. Let's keep the Birlas waiting but this place needs more activity. And kudos to this post. Felt like writing my own set of journeys but copyright breach ho jayega. I will write one in 2020 :) Abdul Kalam ishtyle mein :)

Best Wishes for many more journeys to come
The Pink Orchid