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Intern @ SISO

25 May 2012 Leave a Comment

by Sohini Sarkar in Personal Musings

The distance between Chennai and Bangalore is less than 500 km and yet, I am here in Bangalore for the first time for my internship at SISO which stands Samsung India Software Operations Pvt. Ltd. And I am enjoying every moment spent out here.

The orientation program for the interns was held in the first two days. Apart from the mandatory activities like verification of documents, opening of bank account, numerous sessions on the company, security, work culture etc., we had some team building events like making bridges out of newspaper. Six groups, each consisting of seven interns, brainstormed and toiled for a good half an hour and came out with six unique designs. And the best part of it was that my team won!

I am assigned to work with the Wireless Messaging Group of Wireless Products and Solutions Team. For my project, when I was asked to learn PHP and SQL, I fell back on my strong foundation of C and C++ programming. Even though I haven’t done rigorous coding for the past 3 years, I was able to pick up the nitty gritty of the languages easily. And then there are my mentors, Rahul Sir, Naga Kiran Sir, Chandan Sir and Lakshmi Narayana Sir, who readily help me whenever I get stuck. In less than 2 weeks, SISO has become an integral part of me.

The energy at the workplace is viral. Everyone is focussed and committed to their assigned project. People talk about their work so enthusiastically as if it some exciting cricket match is going on. There is so much to know, learn and appreciate. Last week, Naga Kiran Sir offered me a sweet and asked me to do an impromptu presentation of my work! I also got a chance to attend an office birthday celebration and I realised it was hardly different from a family birthday celebration. Last but not the least, I am totally in love with with food that is served out here, be it breakfast or lunch. The variety of dishes is simply amazing!

I hope life gets more exciting in the coming days at SISO!

At Home…

06 May 2012 2 Comments

by Sohini Sarkar in Personal Musings

When do you finally realise that you are at home?

1. When you struggle to stay awake throughout your early morning flight but suddenly become wide awake as soon as your flight lands.

2. When you anxiously look around for your swanky Honda City and realise that your parents have decided to pick you up in your Maruti 800.

3. When you have the first morsel of Ghar Ki Roti Sabzi and wish that home food could be sent by email.

4. When you wake up to the shouts of your younger brother saying, “Didi! Didi! Where is she?”

5. When, after waking you up, your brother stands next to you and compares his height with yours.

6. When you go out of your house armed with a bucket, towel and soap only to realise that your house has inbuilt bathrooms.

7. When you notice quite a few changes in your home and ask your Mom to which she replies, “Didn’t I tell you on phone? Oh! I thought I did!”

8. When you are inundated with requests from your brother to read his course books, write notices, diary entries, poems, do projects etc.

9. When you go to the local grocery shop and you forget to show the membership card at the cash counter.

10. When your maid, watchman, liftman, car cleaner etc. ask your Mom, “Aakpi beti waapas aa gayi? Kitne din rahegi? Kitni dubli patli ho gayi hai!”

At home, at heaven…

Homecoming…

04 May 2012 5 Comments

by Sohini Sarkar in Personal Musings

When do you finally realise that you are going home?

1. When you book a cab to come at 3 AM for a 5 25 AM flight and play music in your laptop in full volume since midnight so that you don’t sleep off.

2. When your friend-cum-fellow passenger turns up with a 10 seater Chevrolet Tavera for two of you and looks as puzzled as you because apparently he booked a 4 seater Tata Indica.

3. When, all the while, you think that both of you are flying by Jet Airways and on reaching the airport, you realise that your friend-cum-fellow passenger is flying by Indigo.

4. When you go till the Jet Airways Departure Terminal only to realise that you, too, are flying by Indigo.

5. When you bump into another friend in the airport looking ruffled and irritated because he and 3 others had to squeeze themselves in a 4 seater Tata Indica which came to pick them up instead of a 10 seater Chevrolet Tavera.

6. When the view outside your window pane transforms slowly from a dark night into a lilac dawn and finally into a bright morning, filling you with a sense of  contentment which comes only when you are bound for home sweet home.

7. When you spend the first half of your flight fighting about sharing cab bill, food bills etc. with your friend-cum-fellow passenger and the second half playing Bingo and Cross and Zeros.

8. When, as soon as your first flight touches down, you bid a hurried goodbye to your friend-cum-fellow passenger and dash across the Arrival Terminal to the Security Check, just because your next flight will take off exactly one hour later.

9. When you again find yourself at a window seat in your next flight but, unfortunately, you desperately need to pay a visit to the restroom.

10. When you finally reach your place and you suddenly realise that you are going to get killed by your younger brother because you forgot to get his favourite airplane chicken sandwich.

The perfect homecoming…