While I was doing my engineering, I always wanted to go , work in Bangalore (India).Whenever my friends asked the reason for this desire, I replied that I feel like going there.I wasn't ever sure of the reason myself.Though, I had read an article about Bangalore which said that it's the most romantic place in the country and a survey said that there were more hunks than beauties there and I think that the above facts certainly played a role.Afterall, when you are young, don't you live in your own fantasy world?Like a child walking on a sea-shore, without knowing which pebble she'll pick to add to her treasure.
Well, so I went to bangalore.Though, I had a better reason to justify my going there.I got a job with Wipro Technologies during campus recruitment, Bangalore being its headquartes had a lot of opportunities and so I went there to be in the midst of activity. On landing there, I instantly fell in love with the city.The weather was amazing. I often say it has natual air-conditioning, temperature is just right all through the year.
The work kept me busy but I never complained.Infact, I enjoyed every bit of it. The team was cohesive and the boss-dependable.On weekends, I with my friends usually ate out, shopped at Forum Mall,went for a movie in Inox at Garuda Mall and walked down the very busy lanes of Brigade and MG Road.Often my friends and I wondered where have all the hunks disappeared :)
In the due course of two and a half years, which I spent there, I came to know a lot of locals.I was impressed with their simplicity and sincerity.I completely felt at-ease with them.
Sometime, in future if Ritesh and I decide to go back to India for good, Bangalore will top the list of cities to live in.
But, at the same time, one of my closest friends who was stuck in a project with unrealistic deadlines and an unreasonable manager, is unable to appreciate the city.So, while I am all praise for it , she hardly has anything good to say about it.
Now, that forces me to think that we make our impression about things and even people (if we extrapolate the observation) mainly on the basis of how they have been to us. A place is neither good nor bad. It is our experience with it which makes it so.
Hmm...having realised that, I have decided to stop whining about the slowness and lack of opportunities in Canberra which made me live at home without job for more than four months now.These four months weren't as fruitless as I made them sound at times.Like I tried out my hand at cooking , took care of our home, got lot of time to read and was able to give my undivided attention to my dear husband.Yup, it is a bliss :)
And, as far as Canberra is concerned, what all has it got to offer...time will show.
Well, so I went to bangalore.Though, I had a better reason to justify my going there.I got a job with Wipro Technologies during campus recruitment, Bangalore being its headquartes had a lot of opportunities and so I went there to be in the midst of activity. On landing there, I instantly fell in love with the city.The weather was amazing. I often say it has natual air-conditioning, temperature is just right all through the year.
The work kept me busy but I never complained.Infact, I enjoyed every bit of it. The team was cohesive and the boss-dependable.On weekends, I with my friends usually ate out, shopped at Forum Mall,went for a movie in Inox at Garuda Mall and walked down the very busy lanes of Brigade and MG Road.Often my friends and I wondered where have all the hunks disappeared :)
In the due course of two and a half years, which I spent there, I came to know a lot of locals.I was impressed with their simplicity and sincerity.I completely felt at-ease with them.
Sometime, in future if Ritesh and I decide to go back to India for good, Bangalore will top the list of cities to live in.
But, at the same time, one of my closest friends who was stuck in a project with unrealistic deadlines and an unreasonable manager, is unable to appreciate the city.So, while I am all praise for it , she hardly has anything good to say about it.
Now, that forces me to think that we make our impression about things and even people (if we extrapolate the observation) mainly on the basis of how they have been to us. A place is neither good nor bad. It is our experience with it which makes it so.
Hmm...having realised that, I have decided to stop whining about the slowness and lack of opportunities in Canberra which made me live at home without job for more than four months now.These four months weren't as fruitless as I made them sound at times.Like I tried out my hand at cooking , took care of our home, got lot of time to read and was able to give my undivided attention to my dear husband.Yup, it is a bliss :)
And, as far as Canberra is concerned, what all has it got to offer...time will show.
