Last Day...

28th March 2014...
The day I wont forget and will remember for my lifetime... :)

Friday... usually very happy happy day for us... but this wasn't happy day for me and my dear ones.... because it was my last day in Infosys ... 

After a long journey of more than 6.5 years in infy... I had decided to leave.... So many reasons... Not to disclose... ;) It was a real hard decision though.... :) 

Leaving the organization was easy but leaving those loving, caring and understanding people behind and continuing my journey without them was a real pain.... In the new organization I may find such big big buildings, roads, atmosphere everything.... but not these people.. whom I will miss so
much... and missing at this moment too... :(

It was my decision to leave... but really speaking... My heart was not ready to accept till the time I returned my ID card which I was carrying for the last 6.5 years.... I gave away my identity.... YES... It really felt that way... for these many years I didn't even forget it at home and used temporary id card... never.... but this time I returned it permanently and took the temporary card for the first and the last time.... :(

You may feel it very emotional... but can't help... It was so dear to me...

Infy being my very first company I worked in...
It gave me my First PAGAAR.... :)
It gave me so many dearest friends....
It gave me a great carrier path..
It gave me my great name... Shilphosys... my friends at college used to call me when I got placed into infosys in 2006... :)
It gave me so many memories to cherish..
there were ups and downs... but I managed to go ahead...
It gave me a lot that words can not express..... :)

On the last friday.... everything was just normal... people in jolly mood... mumbai janta carrying bagpacks..... :) Just like everyday.... I entered from Infy gate but for the last time.... parked my gadi on the decided place... Used to park on the same place daily.... :) but today I was parking for the last time.... in this big big MLPL building....

While coming towards my building (The SDB6) on that kilometer long footpath.... I wanted it to be more longer today... I wanted to capture everything in my eyes today... all my last 6.5 years starting from Mysore training till today in Pune DC.. I wanted to live in this single last day....

with heavy heart I came to my cubicle.... my favorite place for working... writing poems... updating my blog etc. etc.. as usual didn't find my team mates in cube...
"Nivant ayenge yaar... kya hi hai..." :) this was Arun...
It was good for me that they were not there in cube... or else I had to smile and say good morning as I did every day... "aaj nahi ho pata yaar......"

And the Last Day in Infosys started.......
For the first time I was on infy n/w for full day... Otherwise Client network Jindabaad.... :)
woh e-separation ki ghai-gadbad... clearances ke chakkar.... mails fwd karo... so many things...
At around 10.30 cube was almost full... people were coming to meet Shilpa...
"Are shilpa.. mat jao yaar.... Please...."
And I was like.... "Jane do yaar.... ab na ho payega... chaa marii..... " :)

Aur fir wo arun ki 10.30 wali chai.... chaa maarii.... discuss kiya bhi to kya last day pe.... 

"yaar taai... ye issue aa raha hai... jara batao yaar please...."
Taai bhi kaha manti hai? last day pe bhi ekaad issue resolve kar ke hi manegi.... and I really did... :) Rimpi was always there to remind me.... "Its you last day shilpa... ab to kaam karna chod do..."  It
was best one Rimpi... :)

On that last day I was trying hard to smile...and people said.. "last day ki khushi to dekho... " it was difficult explain.... :)
Arun, Saurabh, Rimpi, Priyanka... everyone was behaving normal... but every one of us could sense that silence who was very rare visitor of our cube.....

Husshh..... fir kya.... thodi der bad ghanti baji lunch time ki.... madhura, Paro, Deepti... my dear mahila mandal.... 

This was the last lunch call.... as usual we met for lunch in FC2.. Madhura was not ready to laugh or even smile... and I was trying my best to make everyone laugh... Paro madam nivant... understood every joke i cracked that day... and deepti trying to get them as fast as she could... :)
even with high cholesterol levels Madhura ate Chinese food and Ice-creme with us.... just for me... Thanks and take care madhure.... :P

and then that awesome photo session.... :) plus the best ever chocolate brownie with hot chocolate sos... was like sone pe suhaga... :)

Today everyone was ready to stay late after lunch...and even in eve... just for me... It was the longest lunch time we had with our mahila mandal... No one was crying actually but the pain of not having a fun filled lunch next time was there...
"koi nhi yaar... chalta hai.... ek bar chaa maari bol do to sab thik ho jayega.. hai na paro?"

I was trying to meet everyone I knew... people were calling and asking me... 

"Shilpa... aapke cake cutting me pakka ayenge.. kab hai?"
"are yaar... mujhse hi puch rahe ho...? " :)

Time was running like anything... felt like... in last 6-7 years... these 9.5 hours were the fastest ones... :(   we discussed issues... read some interesting facts on FB, faking news.com.... tracked MH370 in news.. Jaggu, Claudia and Paul ko reply bhi kar diya... sab kuch as usual....
But... aaj ke baad ye usual nahi rehne wala tha... :(

Leaving Infy was one of the hard decisions... I have very dear friends still in there... we were not meeting everyday or even every month or so... but still.... pata tha.. My friend is still there.... you all
are still part of my life dear....

Everything was fine... and slowly... it was 6 in the clock... 

" chalo shilpa niklne ka time ho gaya..." 

It was difficult to find shilpa in office after 6 in the evening... but today.... she is still in.... 6.30 ho gaya fir bhi....??
no one asked today... not even vishwa... " Shilpa... ghar jao... aaj late nahi hua...?"

I had my relieving letter in hand... It was time to say good bye to my dear friends, colleagues and to Infosys Ltd....
everyone gave me greetings and all.. I was just smiling and reading them.... A lot was written on them in just few lines... each message was full of love, gratitude, friendship everything.... " I gained and learned a lot from you guyes....."

And finally loggin off from the system... for not to log in again as Shilpa_Limkar with the standard pattern of password... :) I was about to log off and arun said... nahi yaar.. rehne do please... win+L....
Thanks arun.... :)

I was ready to leave... took my bag and everything... did not take the ganapti and lakshmi ka photo.... kept it as it is... as my team wanted it to be there....

The final moment...
everyone was smiling and saying bye bye... but no one was actually....
And I broke through... Yes.. I was crying... I really did not want to leave these lovely people...
This was the end of the Last day in infosys.... :(

There is a lot to say.... but yaar.... mail ho ya post.. isko aur kitna lamba khichungi... :)
Thanks a lot all of you.... for making my journey so wonderful at Infy.... 

It was really great working and being with you...

-Tingyachi aai.
It is easier to attach to people.... but real hard to detach...
Love you and miss you all...:)