It's time for a change.

I am back to blogging today, after quite some time. I was swamped with vacation, travel, family problems and work.

Last year this time, it was my last working day at TATA. It was a Thursday and that night, I boarded the train to Bangalore from Chennai. I remember joining Motorola on Monday the 24th Jan 2005. So it is almost a year now and now there is a change in the offing. This time, a change in the campus. Our group is being moved to a new facility near by. Though it does not boast the best facilities that the current one does, I believe that a change is always good and a change is inevitable.

Kathleen Raine's Change
"Change
Said the sun to the moon,
You cannot stay.

Change
Says the moon to the waters,
All is flowing.

Change
Says the fields to the grass,
Seed-time and harvest,
Chaff and grain.

You must change said,
Said the worm to the bud,
Though not to a rose,

Petals fade
That wings may rise
Borne on the wind.

You are changing
said death to the maiden, your wan face
To memory, to beauty.

Are you ready to change?
Says the thought to the heart, to let her pass
All your life long

For the unknown, the unborn
In the alchemy
Of the world's dream?

You will change,
says the stars to the sun,
Says the night to the stars."

I believe...

A change can change a lot of things like the place of work, colleagues, facilities, etc., but it rarely does change the real person in you. It can even change your attitude towards a few aspects of life, but that change cannot bring about a drastic change in one's personality and the bonding one has gained over the period of time.

The change in life’s experience at Chennai - the professional learning experience, the inspired bonding with best friends, new friends gained, cinema, night food, hostel life, cricket and much more are afresh in my mind.