New Girl In The City - Post 1


Yeah yeah I know, the title is lifted from Wake Up Sid, but what the heck! Its 2:45 in the afternoon on a Tuesday and am at work :| :P

Anyway, this is the first entry I'm writing after moving to Bangalore. Yeah its been a huge shift; in more ways than one. And though I'm still settling in, I think I can say with a little confidence, that it ain't that bad :)

Can I tell you a secret? I was scared :| To move away, to leave my cosy/comfortable Bombay, that had been home for me since 7 years. But at the same time, I was also kicked about moving to a new city, starting everything from scratch. I knew it was a mammoth task, but I was up for it.

One of the saddest parts was saying bye to EVERYONE. For all who know me well, they'll say that I'm very close to my friends and family. Sometimes I feared that I won't be able to make ANY friends in Bangalore :( (I was wrong; obviously :P)

The farewell dinner that DD, MJ, Niv & Poo threw for me, moved me to tears. I realized that I won't be able to sit with them and talk about all and sundry anymore. I won't be able to randomly meet Niv for a drink at Sports Bar. And though I have made friends here and am beginning to like it, I still miss my girls immensely :(

Its a pity I couldn't meet my best friend. He was busy as usual :P

Leaving Publicis was equally painful. Though I had been there for a mere 10 months, I knew I was leaving a lot behind me. I've worked in 2 places before Publicis, but neither of them made me feel the things that PA made me feel. Good, bad, ugly, everything. I had made lots of good friends while I was there, and I knew I was going to miss them. In fact, towards the end, I became particularly close to someone there (no details, please :P) and he always told me that there is a lot more to look forward to in Bangalore. Even to this date when I'm upset or angry or bummed out in general, he listens to all my bullshit and then says something totally honest/genuine that blows me away and ALWAYS succeeds in making me feel better. Miss you, hottie!!

I think the person who was going to miss me the most was my masi Anupama and my bratty sister Sowm. Masi actually had tears in her eyes ;( Come on, she took care of me and doubled up as a parent for me for 7 years. Thoda to bura lagega hi.

The toughest part was leaving the city in general. It was going to be missed bitterly. The smell, the traffic, the rains, the buzz, the crowd, the food, the clubs, Marine Drive, Banganga, Blue Frog, HRC, Phoenix - fucking everything. There were soo many places I wanted to revisit, but couldn't :(

When I finally reached Bangalore, I was shitting bricks. Purely because I knew no one here, and I needed to find a house, in very limited time. But I guess its true when people say that one does get repaid for their good deeds. I probably must have done something nice, hence the broker I found got me a pretty decent place. Albeit, it took time and the wait nearly killed me :(

Anyway, ghar finally mil gaya. Its a nice, cosy, little place. Pata hai, when I was doing it up, I felt thoda thoda like Aisha from Wake Up Sid; you know, the whole New Girl In The City jazz :P

More in the next post :)

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