Confessions of a Curious Mind

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Bhubaneswar to Gurgaon - A road well travelled

So after two years of wilderness in the state capital of Orissa, I was finally granted freedom. It would be exaggeration to compare myself to someone who got incarcerated but then what's stopping me. So now I move in from a small office to a big swanky corporate office. Naturally, I was excited( this proves that I'm not cynical) at the prospect of meeting new people, understanding the broader perspective of business( ahem), moving into a city which offers food, nightlife and other forms of human entertainment which I had forgotten about during my stay in bbsr.
The initial struggle was quite obviously around housing - But compared to Mumbai, finding housing here is a cakewalk. Was also helped by two kind samaritans who were staying there before me & hence the transition was smooth to say the least.

Driving - Being not a very good driver( self confessed), the prospect of driving a car in the city of Jats & call centre cabbies was petrifying or mebbe mortifying. But after more than a month of driving around, I am a reformed man. The city gives you the space to drive as long as u are above 60kmph. Anything less than this and thou shalt be confronted with loud sounding noises which auto companies euphemistically call horns. Statistically, the loudness of the horn is proportional to the size of the engine residing in the car. Hence call centers employ qualis & innovas. 2.5 litre engine - Honk away to glory -

About the new ppl in the workplace - The content of this would be censored as this is a public blog. So in case you are one of the rare readers & were hoping to find some juicy material,...........................................

Its an entirely new experience - In the corporate office, normal things happen- like celebrating b'days, giving farewells, etc. Things that probably never happen at the regional places unless someone from human liabilties department sends a mail stating its good to celebrate as it makes ppl feel good - If only some ppl could be educated about the virtues of humanity & celabration - Hrrrrmmmmpppppppphhhhhhhhhhhh
And to top it, we have a healthy sex ratio as well - I come from East where some Nazi influence was working slowly & steadily towards making the region a woman/girl/damsel free zone.God knows, they would have already completed their conspiracy.
This blog is now very lengthy - So shall write more the next time - And in case you have been patient enough to read this entire garbage, please do leave a comment. It makes me feel special & wanted in a twisted sort of way.

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8 Comments:

At March 12, 2008 at 9:20 AM , Blogger Strange Brew said...

Hey Twisty (taking cue from your self declarations). Its interesting to read abt your trysts with the city. But beware- you may be out of the small town.. but has the life there really gotten out of you?? :) Cheers.

 
At March 12, 2008 at 10:54 AM , Blogger deepu said...

Hey,
Never knew that the short man had so much to write about:) for a man who reaches office at 7 in the morning i sincerely didnt understand where u heard the honking of call centre qualis.. or is it that u started working in the night .. Liked your previouos blogs too.. cheers.. Felt like posting nasty comments but i think its a better idea to turn back from my seat and tell it openly on ur face:) cheers..

 
At March 12, 2008 at 2:16 PM , Blogger another brick in the wall said...

Will wait for ten years to hear how life in a big city sucks and how you would love to go back to small towns for an idyllic life!

 
At March 17, 2008 at 4:20 PM , Blogger Surya said...

**Things that probably never happen at the regional places unless someone from human liabilties department sends a mail stating its good to celebrate as it makes ppl feel good - If only some ppl could be educated about the virtues of humanity & celabration - Hrrrrmmmmpppppppphhhhhhhhhhhh**

- lolz! grow out of your obsession wrt your boyfriend! Oh, I forgot that he is still with you... :)

**And to top it, we have a healthy sex ratio as well - I come from East where some Nazi influence was working slowly & steadily towards making the region a woman/girl/damsel free zone.God knows, they would have already completed their conspiracy. **

The conspiracy has been completed after damsel soumya was transferred to gurgaon... =))

 
At March 25, 2008 at 7:19 PM , Blogger Sudhām said...

interesting read...look forward to more confessions...perhaps of juicy kind..the one's that feed the office grapevine.. a la shaadi.com (wink,wink)

 
At May 4, 2008 at 10:18 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

It was indeed a very beautiful and diplomatic way of putting across ur travel to this new land... very well written

 
At May 15, 2008 at 4:47 PM , Blogger Ruchika said...

hey.. sense of humour is not under doubt at all!!! :-)
look forward to reading more!

 
At June 23, 2008 at 2:52 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

You forgot to add the story of buying Tata Sky one day before the Price Drop..

BTW that house used to be the fav hangout for both the MT batches and FYI all members of MT'07 will be Gurgaon on 3rd July.. No corelation unless you want to invite the sweet cute MTs...

 

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