Monday, January 5, 2009

My Journey with K-Bridge

Hi All,


This is my first blog and since its a blog site of all k-bridgers, i would like to share my heart touching journey with K-Bridge...

As it was my good fortune to meet u ppl in K-Bridge, GOD did some magic and i destined to meet Jigar. As i had just completed my masters and was looking
for job,Jigar suggested me to apply for job in K-Bridge... i did so and finally i got the intervw call...

It was rainy days, when for the first time i stepped into the K-bridge's main gate.. I still remember Yogit's face when he came down for me to
get me inside the conference room for the interview... frankly speaking i was bit nervous and had fear of rejection as it was my career's first interview..
Oh my God, i was so amazed to see the work environment and the ppl working over there..

I was first introduced to the nimmi, Dharmesh and sachin...and you know wht Sachin, you askd me lot of questions on Software Engineering...
I thought why this guy is asking lot of questions on SE as my job role would be programming but i was unaware of those aspects of the development where SE plays
a major role... Sachin u were right at tht time...

tht intervw session was good and i was quite sure about my confirmation... but dont know wht went wrong and i could not make it...

With my good efforts, i finally got the job in Ahmedabad and i shifted there but i was regulary in a touch with Jigar.. i wanted to work in K-Bridge
coz i fell in love with the KB when i went there for the first time... It was 5 months of my new job and i had again asked Jigar regarding openings
in KB.. He told me tht this is the right time to apply once again.. and again i applied thru our website... and i got the call from Yogit for the interview...

I was so happy and this time i was quite confident.. i made up my mind in such a way tht i need this job any how... this time it was Priyanka
who took my interview... I was pretty confident in all my answers, right pri?? but when Vikas came and started asking questions, i thought
i wont b able to make it again as some of the questions i had heard for the first time... but thn too i had my fingers crossed...
After an hr or so, Nitin came and asked some questions...
Finally, my interview Got over...

After Few days, i got call from Nitin regardng my confirmation... Oh my god, i was so happy.. it was really an unexpected call... i was at the top of the world..

It was 16th Feb,2007 when i got the status of K-Bridger.
1st day was bit boring.. i was told to come at 9.00 AM. I was on time but yogit told me to sit in nitin's cabin for some time... oh man it was 10:30 and still
nitin was not around... i really was so angry and tired but i was helpless as it was my first day!!! :((

Thn Nitin came, i did sign some of the docs and thn finally i got my place.. Dhruv came and he did all the set ups in my machine... i had added all the K-Bridgers
in my list and to my wonder, 1st message on my YM, i got from gurpreet... "Welcome to K-Bridge"... I was so happy and charged to work with such a good ppl..

Now here is Pri, coming to the picture..She was my Project Leader, i was relaxed as one girl happend to be my PL... but frankly speaking, Pri was the
toughest PL (just kiddng priyanka, dont mind)... she taught me many things and i will never forget tht in my entire career... she is the BEST Project Leader i ever
found.. No matter she was not reasonable sometimes but tht was her duty.. :)

U guys remember my song "Jab koi baat bigad jaye...." i was really nervous at tht time... but thn i thought main itni buri singer bhi nahi thi, right?? I loved
tht tradition of K-Bridge.... naye bande ko song gane ka.. it was really good fun..

After days passd, i bacame the Activity Manager.. and every month i used to prepare for new activity... For this, i want to thank some of the ppl from K-Bridge
who helped me a lot to select new actvity every month... I thank Gurpreet, Payal, Sini, Disha, Priyanka for helped me to do my job very well and supported me to
make it possible..

and thn we enjoyed a lot many days like Xmas Day, Garba Day, Mask Day, Blue Day, Black Day, Signature Day, tie Day etc.. i really enjoyed a lot in K-Bridge..

Everythng was going so smooth and all were enjoying their work with fun and suddenly we had to digest a sad news of Dhruv... tht day was my saddest day in K-Bridge...
but we had to make up our minds and hearts coz life must go on... Together we digested tht sad moment so easily... without everyone's support it was really impossible...

thn after some time, i got married... and i went on long vacation... but when i came back.. wht i heard was really heart breaking... we 3- me, sachin and Yogit-- was in a
conference room and sachin calmly told me tht, "K-Bridge is goign to close its operations" Oh My god..my eyes got filled with tears and i couldnt resist myself from crying...
Really man, tht was unfair for all the K-Bridgers... We were like family and suddenly it was time to depart...

But all happend for a good reason, right?? we all departed on 11th Jan,2008... but in real, our hearts were still the same... we physically departed from one place
and we all were knew tht we are family for the life long... Now all the ppl are at some different place and trying to achieve their goal.. I am really very happy
for all and wishing u all a very good luck in ur professional as well as personal life!!!

Now last but not lhe least, I would like to thank some of my good friends for their help and support in my entire journey with Kbridge.
Thank you Jigar, Payal, sini, Yogit, Sachin, Priyanka, Varun,Nitin,Sunil,Gurpreet, Disha, Brinda..
Thank you guys... Thank you all K-Bridgers!!!!
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3 comments:

  1. Well expressed, Ruja! And you don't need to say Thank to me as what support you received that was nothing but the result of the K-Bridge culture! You have summerized the whole journey very perfactly, hardly missing any moment.
    I remember the Mask Day very well...you girls made a great "plan"... ha ha ha... just kidding, ha. Don't feel bad on that now!!

    I am always thankful to every K-Bridger for making the K-Bridge a great place to work.

    Cheers..Keep it up!

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  2. Hey Ruja, must say quite a vivid description of things while you were there...I know am a bit late in posting something out here, but believe me, I was so overwhelmed when read this, that cannot write anything for that moment...
    Must say very well written, I also remember the day you had come for the interview, Remember you thought I was somebody from HR when you came down for interview... Well never knew that I could make anybody learn something from me, and I really tried not to be too tough(couldn't help it sometimes though), but content that we managed to have things done, and also maintain the cool atmosphere around us....
    And how could I forget the cute little fights of yours and Gurpreet, which use to be USP on 3rd floor...Really it was a blast of time for all of us. I must say, all of us learned a lot from whatever span of time we spent at K-Bridge, each of us got groomed in some manner, and we have all parted with long lasting memories...
    Reading this, am almost tempted to write down my experience, and might do that one of these days....
    And for you, always be the way you are, and always have that smile of yours on..its contagious you know!!!

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  3. hey ruja, my journey with k-bridge too resembles that of yours and thank you for mentioning my name :) really missing to play TT we used to play@k-brige, isn't it ?

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