Originally posted by: GETGOIN
again waiting 🤔
yeh toh HIMYM ke jaise ho raha hai 😲...n i can't wait to hear about it 😃
everynoe get ready for "how i met your Jiju" as narrated by kwerky 😳
jaldi kwerky jaldi 😃 ...no pressure though 😛😛😆
Haan..I was supposed to respond to this yesterday...kal time nahin mila.
Aisi koi khaas interesting story nahin hai...but it has lead to my belief (and what I keep telling Wisu too..) that destiny has a role to play and suddenly one day she will meet someone and will not know how and when it all happened.
In my case, it was option number B - move to a new college or workplace.😳
So to give a little background - I was leading the placement committee (placecomm) at my college where I did my MBA from. Usually in most B-schools, there is a week or scheduled time where they invite companies to visit the campus and conduct interviews to take students. We had a similar week too and several good companies came and we hit nearly 100% placements within a week...which was what we were aiming for.
Now, my classmates and placement coordinator expected that I too will be getting an offer within that week (since I was considered among the brighter students/strong profile due to my professional background) - except I did not choose to sit for any interview for two reasons - one, I wasn't really interested in any of the profiles offered or they did not really challenge me and... two, I was more keen on making sure that my classmates got placed first (taking the role of the placecomm lead too seriously😆). Anyways, the placement week ended and I wasn't placed. My friends were more worried for me than I was for myself.
A few weeks after this and after our final exams were over (and I was starting to get a little concerned as I had to start looking for a job now🤓), my placecomm coordinator called me - I had done my summer internship in an MNC at the end of the first academic year. The company had a vacancy and the role was very interesting and challenging...and they had contacted the coordinator to see if there were any students who were available/not placed and would like to apply for the role. My cordinator asked me to go for the interviews...and to cut a long story short, I got the job. At the end, it turned out to be the highest compensation package that year on campus. So...intezaar ka phal meetha hota hai...and I was lucky that my wait paid out. Maybe it was a bit reckless to sit out the placement interviews...but I was very convinced about the kind of role I was looking for.
Don't fret...I am getting to the point. 😆
Ab yahaan se shuru hoti hai choti si kahaani 😆 - So I joined the new place...the colleagues were pretty ok...it takes time to settle down obviously in a new workplace. Anyways, 5 days down the line...as I was sitting at my laptop and working on some excel sheets, I heard a voice exclaiming - "Oh wow...they teach you such complex stuff in B-schools...". (And I still remember these words after all these years...)The owner of the voice was commenting on the financial modeling I was doing and was talking to two of my colleagues who were sitting just behind me in our cubicle.
I turned around...and saw this guy...a very handsome guy (let's call him "A") with such a beautiful smile.
I KID YOU NOT, girls...we see in movies... things like ...
phool barsatey hain...
music bajta hai...
THAT is what happened to me...in my mind...as I turned around.😆😆 I am not prone to exaggerate but this is a fact.
We introduced ourselves. He was on leave for the past week..and that is why I hadn't seen him around. We barely chatted for 2 minutes.
I turned back to my laptop...and in that moment, I just had an epiphany...a slight realization...that this is the reason why I HAD to be placed in this company...after waiting for so many weeks.
Anyways...we were in the same team...and for sometime, I was also filling in for A's manager...so he was reporting to me for a few months too. I really liked him and as I came to know him more, I was very impressed with his brilliance and work. But he had a girlfriend - I came to know from our common friends in office.
Obviously, I kept my crush/liking to myself. It so happened, that we became a part of the group of 4 friends/colleagues...who hung out together often after work too.
All this time, I had respected the fact that he is seeing someone and never let any one know about my feelings.
Par kehtey hain - ishq chupta nahin. 😆Anyways, we had gone for an offsite to Kasauli - I had taken my entire team for the annual outing. This is around nearly two years after I joined this company. We reached Gurgaon and everyone dispersed to get back to their homes. My colleague (who was also a part of our group of 4 friends) was dropping me back to my place...and he asked me - Do you like "A" kya? It is quite evident...
I was slightly taken aback...and after denying halfheartedly, I said - Yes, I like him...for quite some time now. But he has a GF.
My friend told me that he is no longer with her and they broke up some time back. He had some issues with his GF ..it continued for months...and they had ended it a few weeks back.
I said - But I am not sure...what if he is not interested in me or doesn't look at me in the same way?
He encouraged me...told me not to think like this...and said - Do you want me to find out? 😊
I said - OK...but don't tell him about how I feel.
Toh behen-log, hua kucch aisa...ki interest udhar se bhi tha. 😳 But he was a little shy kind of a guy (still is!)...and was a little apprehensive/maybe a little intimidated by my managerial position.😆 Though our designations were same...but I was leading the team for some time now.
Obviously, I was over the moon when I came to know from our friend about how he felt. The next day, as I was leaving office in my cab..."A" came running up to me and handed me a bag of chocolates. 
He hadn't said anything in office the whole day...but does this as I was leaving.😳😆 At the end of that week, we went out for our first date.
And we were married after 6 months. So, my move to this company lead me to finding my partner...and that's how it was destined.
Bas yahi kahaani hai.😊
So, I keep telling Wisu and you too, GG - that when you least expect it, you will run into the right guy. I had my share of relationships which didn't work out before this...which left me sad, irritated and disillusioned.
Here's to both of you 
and finding your love 
P.S. : Sorry for the l-o-o-n-g read.
Edited by Kwerky - 9 years ago
, adorable humour,
little bit of innocence aur shaant swabhaav bhi kahaan milega? 😳
Arjun
