Chennai Diaries

Before diving into this final chapter, I want to take a moment to appreciate something I rarely acknowledge—my own consistency. When I started documenting my journey in Chennai, I didn’t expect to stick with it for this long. But here we are, at the last blog of this series. Through all the ups and downs, I kept writing, capturing the smallest moments, the biggest lessons, and everything in between. Looking back, I realize how much these blogs have helped me preserve memories I might have otherwise forgotten. So, here’s to the last one—one final glimpse into this unforgettable journey. So we were waiting for the results, and man, they were really testing our patience. There was nothing to do all day except wait, and I don't like wasting time at all. So, I decided to make good use of it—learning new things, revising core concepts of networking and OS, and exploring advanced SQL. I kept myself busy, completed 2-3 courses on human psychology on Udemy (now that I have free access to ev...

 As the new year began, my full-month salary got credited to my account. I was so happy! I gifted something to each of my family members and treated myself to two watches—a Wrogn and a Casio. And a watch case to keep them all together. Yeah, I love watches. Here's my collection. In the first week of January, Amjad vacated the room, leaving just Pravin and me as roommates. The Final Phase of Training The last phase of our training began. Two cohorts were merged, and we were assigned a spacious classroom. Now, our strength was 34 people. The schedule was simple—our trainer would teach for 2.5 hours, and after that, the rest of the day was ours. New classroom, new people sitting beside me. But I made sure my neighbors were Waris, Ali, and Subhashish. From now on, we sat together throughout the training. The classroom had a mic and a speaker, so we turned it into our personal karaoke setup. Everyone tried singing, and then they asked me to show my ramp walk. Of course, I delivered. One...