It has been almost 3 months, since I moved to Bangalore, and I should admit it has groomed me, a lottt! I feel like I was put through a test of time, coz, in a matter of 90 days (max) I had been through various phases (emotional) viz.,
- The immensely cozy and overtly pampered phase
- The Duh-I-am-gonna-die-alone phase
- The I too have company phase
- The you can survive phase
- The cool apartment phase
- The auto-wallas-rob-you-blind phase
- The talk to my hand phase
- The I can survive anything phase, etc., etc.
Going through all these phases in a vicious cycle, alone, is effectively an emotional-roller-coaster ride. I am thankful that it didn't turn out to be a Final Destination one. I may not be the fittest to survive but am definitely getting fitter with every phase, every-single-time. Here's 5 different things Bangalore taught me, the real hard way :
5. Am I Home sick???? Naaah! It is Tamil-sick or rather, Chennai-sick!!
I had always dreamt about staying on my own, away from home and now that I am, I realise - I get home Chennai/ Tamil-sick very often. Days are just fine, until the fact that its been over a fortnight I visited Chennai, hits me hard. And then, I am pushed into the Compulsive-Disorder-Zone to make Bangalore-Chennai tickets, for the earliest weekend and that too, with a Friday/ Monday leave, if possible.
4. Invariably nice people NEVER exist
If somebody you just met, is nice to you, either they need a favor or they're gonna hit you so hard that you will need a lot of time to revert. Only a handful of them can actually be nice, with no Terms and Conditions applied, and they are called Friends. Gud ol' pals!
3. Out of the Friend-making zone
We do meet, chat, work, eat, hang out with lots of people, more than often on a daily basis. Yet there's an invincible boulder inbetween. We grasp the thin difference between Acquaintances and Friends. The latter are those we already have and will only fail trying to make now. We all start looking forward to that one long chat with that one/ a bunch of friends, every now and then.
2. Reverse Finance lessons
Gone are the days of earn-spend-save-earn cycle. It is time to spend on credit and then earn to refill the credit, whilst, Save only means "Ctrl + S". Genius is the man who invented this concept of buy now, pay later. Survival is all about planning this credit for the last week of every month.
1. Success isn't just what you accomplish but what you inspire others to do.
I might not love my job (Nobody loves their job, anyway!) , but I, for sure, like it and I am definitely putting in my best to make things work. I am pretty good at what I do. Miracles do happen. Yet, there's this tiny little voice inside my head, that keeps yelling with all its might - "WTH am I doing here?" May be this is just not my cup of tea. There are a hundred reasons as to why this is not my kinda place but I am hoping to find one reason that will make me stay, longer.
