Adios Bangalore (My last pic there)! I guess left blogging once the shifting process started...
Back to blogging at last!! It's a weird thing....For someone who has always been so organized and has a "give me this and a little more" attitude, things are suddenly not under 100% control.. It's a funny feeling to have :) The last couple of months probably have been the most hectic ever for the samurai. Shifting locations within India is a pain, but to move to a new country and without much help.. baby.. its a different ball game all together!!
Nonetheless here goes, reached gora land a month back... and since then its been a comedy of errors for me...bank accounts not opening.. getting taxed for a different state.. salary going to a wrong account... Acct payables increasing like anything...funds drying out... a possible SSN compromise... getting furniture and finding parts missing...having no clue where to get the next meal from and what to eat in the first place!!.... its been hilarious to say the least... No idea how long this will last... but all one can say is ... this gotta go too!! :)
The only silver lining has been the work front... getting pretty much what was promised and what i aspired for.. big shoes to fill... tons of responsibility... business going down.. slowdown.. competitors eating into your share... to pull it back from there is going to be one hell of a story.. and gut feel tells me... Baby watch out for me!! It's exciting, depressing, exhilarating, humbling.... and challenging all at the same time... A lot to learn and hence the learning curve is huge... To be honest.... I think this is where my first job post MBA has started.. Before this it was all balderdash...Whether i will kick a$$ or not.. time will tell.. But as the McDonalds punch line goes.. I'm Loving it!
About this country.. prima facie looks like a nice place... any outsider will have a torrid time for the first couple of months and then life will become better if not Jazz! So i guess i am going through the transition. Driving is still a major pain.. Can't get myself behind the wheel.. Can't just muster the confidence.. There is no point in being adventurous and ending up paying huge money on car damages :) so better learn the rules before one hits the road.... Setting up house has been an experience as well... have not even managed 20% of it as yet... I guess it will take time.. but even this has been one hell of a journey.... Nothing to write home about except that one learns :) Have not it the gym or the pool and i guess it has started showing a bit!! So was the first day at gym here today.. which is when the samurai thought.. maybe its time to get back to action!
I'd like to revive the sales blog which i used to write and get that going quickly... I guess i have enough thoughts on that end... So hopefully, blogging after a hiatus will continue.... will have tons of experiences to share.. I could write so many of them now but don't want to sound like a "Just Landed" :P. Signing off for now!
Cheers,Samurai
