Time: 0600 (N Questions in Mind)

Scared – what I should and should not do. How would people treat me? What would my colleagues be like? Will my manager be stubborn and arrogant? These questions hit my head like a big wooden hammer.

Time: 0715

Well … 1 minute=100 hours; when you are desperately waiting to see something new. I waited 1000 hours … 10 minutes when I finally saw the Valsala-Travel’s blue and white monster heading towards me.

Time: 0830

Whoa! As I thought!  Cool campus, nice people. Every one was polite and helpful. All were seated in the induction room getting enlightened with the how-when-whys of Hewlett-Packard. Silence all around! In the urge to know more about HP we did not realize having listened to more than 4 one-hour presentations.

Time: 1630

Walking home, with a grand smile on the face and HP goodies in the hand … . Waiting for the next day …