Relocation is a pain
I had kind of anticipated that relocating from Pune to Bangalore would be a major pain and that this pain would get accentuated when i go house hunting.
I was forced to see 22 houses (by the Real estate broker - They are a real pain and "un"ncessary evil ) and i thought not one of those houses had rents that were fairly priced ( I tried my level best to avoid having the bias of a person searching for acco). Finally i settled on a flat that is about 5 km from office.
On the issue of relocation, Bangalore is an extremely costly place as far as flat rentals go and people wanting to relocate to Bangalore need to keep in mind that a large part of the increased compensation that they might be getting, would be offset by the high rental costs.
Now moving to part 2 of my relocation plan, I need to move my stuff from Pune to Bangalore and get broadband. A few years back i had heard the slogan - "Roti, Kapda, Makaan aur Bandwidth". It sounded like a very "cheesy" line (especially when you consider that so many people in India dont have access to acceptable quality primary education. But in this case, i do agree that this line held true in my case. I instinctively dial Airtel to check if they provide broand band in the place where i have taken up my house. This , before i have nailed down the vendor who will provide cooking gas.
Work has picked up and after the hectic 2 weeks, i have settled into a nice rythym. It feels good that i can start contributing to the Y! bottomline and possibly the top line in such a short time.
Wanted to come down to ISB for Tie-ISB connect, but couldnt do so because of the work load. Drats .. from what i read in the Class of 2007 blogs .. you have the "consults" doing an encore of last year. You have the consults coming in batches ( one after the other ) and these consults will pick up probably 10 % of the batch and consume 60 % of the mindshare of the student body .. Result this batch will do the same stupid things that we did .. Drats .. Drats .. Folks .. Consult jobs are the not best jobs on campus .. Go figure ..
