Learning Start

I flew from Bangalore to Berlin on the 1st of March, the day my Visa starts. The weather was cold and gloomy. But I met some Mallus on the way and had some socializing. I asked them about the eating habits, where I could save money and stuff.

It took me 17 hours to reach Tegel, Berlin. After that I took a cab and went to the work place. A great bunch of people greeted me and gave me the laptop and other stuff. I stayed with John for some days before he left for his vacation. John even got me a sim that I have on my phone now !

I managed to get some paper works done. I have got my insurance and Burgeramt as of now. I am waiting for the Work Visa approval, apartment for rent, bank account etc ..

Anna took me to a small bar where they played music and the people who came in sand and played instruments. A bunch of people did a lot of YoYo tricks as well ...

Something like this one

Im at Gregory's apartment for now and am looking out for a place to stay before Reshma comes.\


Rails Dev is going great too ... I learned a lot of stuff too ...

Some of them are

Rspec
Rvm
guard
simplecov
factorygirl
pow and powder
gem based coding and development
databasecleaner
forgery
airbrake
relic
scalarium
activeadmin
devise
vagrant
markdown

Most of them I knew before and understood more ....

Exciting times !!!!

The South Side

3 years and 2 months after I joined Globallogic, I decided to change for the better. Bangalore is my destination. Being idle for some time makes you grumpy and dull and thats what is happening to me now. Being in a big company also matters. Its different when you get up from your seat and you find people sitting around you working their butt off.

Now the environment is much more quiet. Too quiet actually and some what lonely. Changes happen for the best and getting over it is an art. An art people try to perfect. I still feel sad that GL did not even ask to me stay. They did not offer me anything coz they said they could not offer anything concrete. They are in a hiring spree now and they have nothing concrete ?

The traffic is a killer in Bangalore. It normally takes 10 minutes to reach my place. Due to the traffic it takes 30 minutes or more. Everybody is busy and no one even pauses for a second. I have not been able to find out a decent and cost effective place to eat yet and that troubles me a lot. Noida had its problems with the weather but I never felt alone.

Lets see how this works out !