Its July and I thought I should reflect back into the year gone by, on my accomplishments (few and far between), the non-accomplishments (dont need to think too much on that), the interesting and the not-so interesting stuff that has happened. 6 1/2 months have gone by and I find that I stand in the same position as I was then, only half a year older (and hopefully, saner)
Among the dull things that keep happening in my life its worth mentioning 5 in all that may have the tendency to shape my life in the future. Future - because I dont see them having any impact on me till now. So here they are:
1. My promotion: Yess!! I got promoted this year :) The elation however stopped, when I realised that I will have to do twice the work in half the time for a quarter of an increase pay and a five fold increase in tension. The math doesn't add up, does it? And all that when you consider just a "Senior" being tagged in front of my designation. 5 months into the role now and you can see how it has affected you - a lot less postings than before. And how it will impact the future? - my balding head will answer to that.
2. Passing my CIA Examinations: I had given it in 2007 but the results came in 2008. So I guess, it qualifies as a point here. I am still not sure how this will impact me in the future. But it has an interesting touch of humour to it, one which I use well to my advantage. People (not from my fraternity of auditors) look at me with reverance when I tell them that I am a CIA - they think that I have a fancy job with the Central Intelligence Agency of the US of A. To add some spice, I tell them I am on a secret mission and not to contact me for a couple of months - Gives me some peaceful moments. Yes, I can now see how that will affect my future. By the way for all those dumb morons, CIA stands for Certified Internal Auditor. Ha-ha!
3. Completing 3 years of my work-ex: Looks impressive on my resume. 3 years of doing the same kind of work. I have not updated the latter 1.5 years in Naukri.com or Monster.com but I can imagine the number of calls I will get from all the HR consultants just to ask me - "How the hell did you manage to the same kind of boring work for all these three years!". I am still thinking of an answer to that - and thats how it will impact my future - I have to spend time ( a lot of time) in deciding what to answer to that. "Why am I doing the same work for three years!!?" Never really thought about it before
4. Failing my driving licence test: This one, I would like to forget easily. 8 has never been my lucky number and thats what cost me my two wheeler licence too. Why did the RTO select only 8 - couldnt they use any other number? perhaps a 7 or maybe a 1. Humph! The only crown in the cap (if you can call it that) was that I got my second four wheeler licence in the process. You can imagine how it will impact my life in the future...I still have to rely on the stupid Bangalore auto drivers to drop me off to work and my home.
5. Marriage proposals: I got informed of the first of the serious candidates in my Mom's opinion a few weeks back , one which I had to deftly fend off for the time being. I have a feeling this will turn out to be a regular affair now. I need to practice my skills of hiding behind curtains, underneath my bed, being out on weekends - anything that can avoid me in getting into a situation where I have to answer to any of it. So if you see me dangling from balcony or running out of my house like a freak, you can be rest assured that my Mom has come up with some more of her proposals.
This was just a mid year review. I will be back with the annual report by the year-end. If I dont, you know that one of the above 5 things has kept me busy.
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