Mumbai Morgan and me..

A year ago....

Place : Chennai

I wrote the written test for this company called Morgan Stanley.. I had no idea what it did.. I knew that the post was open only for CS and IT.. Having nothing better to do, I just gave it at try just because I was eligible
(barely, the cut off was 8 and my cgpa was 8.1 :P :P)..

After the test, I was so sure that I wouldn't clear it..I dint bother to attend the presentation and I came back home to watch Sachin score his century!

My friend also told me that "Machi, presentation la ennanavo solranga da, salray um jaasthi, namakku vaipe illa "

Re affirmed by the phone call.. I was about to sleep...

Suddenly I got a call from my friend saying I got selected to the next round :O ( DAMN! THOSE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS :P)

Then technical, HR , Group activity , further Technical rounds and I cleared :O ( PLS DON't ASK ME HOW, for I myself don't no!! )

Now...

Place : Goregaon,Mumbai

Its been three weeks. The only word that can describe this period is EXPERIENCE! Every day was an experience.

1.First time flight. Severe headache. After I landed, my cousin calls and says "Hey, I forgot to tell you, you should have had cotton in your ears!" #padupavi..

HINDI!!
OH GOD! I barely managed to pass prathmic! Now I m in bombay ?? :O You won't have any idea how tough it is..

2. Second day of work, LOST MY PASSPORT! CAN YO BELIEVE IT? PASSPORT!!!!!!!!! Had no idea what to do!!
Details :
I had to take a photocopy of the passport in the company's XEROX machine. After I had taken a copy it was mysteriously missing..
Since, we were all given MS bags, I guessed I should have kept it in someone else's.
I asked everyone to search...NOBODY HAD IT!!
Went to company security, checked CCTV cameras, searched Everywhere!! Nope!

3. Meanwhile, House hunting began. There was this house which my roommate and I liked.. But they wont allow bachelor's it seems.. His mom decided to stay with us for sometime.. I thought that was the end of the prob.. NO! that's wen it started,

4th Sept was a saturday.. we had been given 9-12 am off to do registrations..
(the owner was not available from 5th-12th, we wud be left homeless if we hadn't done it then)

SEPT 4th :
Morn 10.30 : We go to the bank and take a dd.

11 30 : We re at the registraion office. The writer says the DD is payable only in Chennai. WE RE SHOCKED:O (There had been a miscommunication..The banker asked where? WE said WE are from Chennai!! But she meant where the DD should be payable)

12 30 : We rush to the Bank, bank is closed.

12 45 : WE persuade the manager. They seem convinced now.

1 35 : We rush to the registration office.. GUESS WAT? ITS LUNCH TIME!!!!!!! :@

1 45 : we call our manager saying we ll be late.

2 30 : We strt our registraion work

4 45 : Police verification

6 00 : We reach office :P HAHA!!! wat a day :P

We were thinking of calling our manager and sayin we reached just now, but we dint :P
WE SILENTLY CREPT IN :P

BY THE WAY, I get a call from the HR sayin the passport was in some guy's bag.. DARN that guy!!! he gave me sleeples nights.

4.THEN, in order to live in an apt in mumbai u re to be part of a society. They asked me for a membership fee of 100. They wont accept cash. I dint have a cheque book for my Chennai account. I gave them a cheque of my new HDFC account.

GUESS WAT?? HDFC dint activate the account on time.
Cheque bounced.

Penalty : Rs 100. I still don't have a bank account. I now gave my friend's cheque for Rs.200..

GUESS WAT?? They wont accept Bombay cheques.

Finally, the broker himself gave a cheque of his own.. PHEW!!!

That's just three weeks !!!

As I type, my mind echoes "சொர்கமே என்றாலும் ...."

P.s : Although, Mumbai , Morgan and I is the correct syntax, "me" is used because its my blog and I have my own poetic justice:D