Team Party at GRT Grand

Our team, had been slogging for the last couple of months, what with the new contract being signed and the project model changing to 24x5. All this meant, the seniors in the project were working towards perfecting the new work model and doing knowledge transitions while the juniors were being inundated with a slew of applications as well as with an ever increasing pile of documents to study.


Anyways, as things have a way of going, the new model began and work has been continuing without any show stoppers for the last 1 month. Everyone was feeling busted after the surge of effort put down by each and every member of the team over the past few months. A welcome announcement came in the form of a planned team outing for the whole team. There was a flurry of activity post this announcement as everyone wanted to have a relaxing time. Options and opinions were bounced around but finally it was decided that a fine dinning dinner suited our purpose.

The team zeroed in on a couple of options, but finally we chose, GRT Grand Days. A four star Hotel where cricket players used to stay when matches were scheduled in Chennai.


The team outing pact was signed with an invitation to the whole team from your truly :)
The day was a Friday and the date 7-Oct-2011. A truly good beginning to a weekend for everyone in the team.


As often happens, plans or no plans, leaving from office ON TIME....is an oxymoron, so although we had planned well in advance and intimated our onsite counterparts, we were late from leaving office. Time had been set at 7:30 PM but finally all of us trickled in by 8:30 PM only. What was this...we got to hear some bad news as soon as we had settled in....Nah!! it wasn't a Prod Severity issue nor was it someone from onsite hellbent on spoiling the party for not being invited.....it was that our manager, Bala, could not make it.


Bala is the kind of man, who shows up in our office once in a couple of months, but with his disarming smile and friendly banter makes everyone feel at ease. Of course, he is a great company too. But it seems he had been held back in office because of some meetings. Anyways, Cynthia suggested let bygones be bygones and nevertheless enjoy the partyyyyy.............:)


The party began officially, and below are the images from the party.....

A MedImmune offshore party cannot be complete without Mr. Lappy over here.....Everyone say Hello to Mr. Lappy above...... :) :)

Here are two lovely ladies from the team. One an old hand (girls are always young, she is just one of the senior most resources ;-)) in the project and the other being one of the newest entrants in the project. I give you Raji and Lakshmi.... :)


Oh!!! And the guy with the unnatural tints is a relative newcomer who has surely earned his stripes in a short span of time...giving you Sridhar...... :)

Here we have again....SuperMan Sridhar (no super powers...just eyes which change colors every Friday)... I have absolutely no idea how this superman can save the world with his eyes......


Again we have two newbies who I am sure will earn their stripes just like SuperMan here....but I do hope they keep their undies inside and not on top of their pants ;-).....Presenting you HariShankar and Bubu..... :)

One man army....ladies and gentlemen...I give you Amalraj..... :) He seems to be having a smile on his face but is currently thinking..where the hell is my food.....I am hungry!!!!

The guy with the hidden secret talents....Don't worry I am not going to spill his beans here....Lets  keep it at...that he has introduced quiet a few new things to the boys in the team....presenting you Sathish :)

Hats off to both the guys here....The award for Punctuality goes to them..They were here 5 minutes before time :) Presenting you Savio and Antony :)

Oh!!! No poking fun here ladies and gentlemen....Presenting you Cynthia.....our manager :)....Can't poke fun at her...after all she will be responsible for my appraisals ;-)...Just Kidding.....But she seems to be saying "Eat your food fast......and........"  :) :) Sathish seems to be too scared and staring hard into his plate..... :)

One is currently the oldest member of the team.....a mentor par excellence for everyone in the team....a true holder of the SuperMan tag in the project.....give him any technology and he will dive headlong into it.....like a fish into water...Presenting you Balaji.... :) I have absolutely no idea...what his expressions are over here.... :)


The other is a shadow of Balaji....a true shadow, who just like Balaji....is a great mentor and a good guy....Presenting you Pandia..... :)

And presenting you...your truly....yep...its me.....Sri...... :) (Wanted to write 10000 adjectives.....but just 10000....hmmm would be kinda very less....lolz)

The Parrrttttyyyyy has begun.......Chow Time...guyz n gals..... :) :)

Everyone seems to be enjoying their food..while Sridhar...seems more interested in the camera..... :)

Look at the face of Balaji...its lit up like a birthday candle......just kidding....but the food was really tasty..... :) :).....So tasty that everyone had a smile on their faces.... :) :)

I am full....please I can't have anything more..... that's what Pandia seems to be praying here..... :)

This last picture....just about sums it all up.....Look of utter bliss and contentment.....Well done Bubu for finishing it up all!!!!




A heartfelt thanks to everyone who made it to the party however it was unfortunate that some of the designated invitees couldn't make it to the party.....but hey no problems.....I pray that this project is a grand success and may there be many such more parties....and Ohh!!Yes....Mr. Lappy is however not welcome in the future parties...... ;-)

WARNING: All of the comments on the pictures above have been pre-approved by Rajnikanth. So if you have any problems get in touch with Rajni Sir at your own risk to get them changed.