Lock, stock and barrel!!

This would be my last post to this blog!!!

Total of 103days in Australia! Phew!!!!

I would like to share all the changes brought into me with this trip. I titled this trip as ‘Sajaa-e-kalapaani’. But eventually, this trip will remain in my memory as a wonderful experience. These changes were only due to fact that I was in a foreign country and there was no one to take care of me. These habits cultivated slowly in to me, coz I had no other option.

Cooking – I can say that I have learnt cooking rice, dal, tomato curry and noodles perfectly. The quality of it went on to become better every day. In the beginning it used to take atleast 2 hours to cook the food, but then the time reduced drastically to 45min. I even tried my hands on baking cookies but was not successful. But experimenting with food gives a lot of fun. Like adding some amount of sambhar powder to dal while cooking makes dal more delicious. Eating the food you prepared always makes you feel good.

Time management – I had to get up on my own and be in the company before 9:00am. It was hard to manage the time such that I even have my breakfast before leaving for office. But slowly getting up early became a routine and also less painful. I have also started implementing multi tasking not only at work but also in the room. At work, I troubleshoot one virtual machine while code on one virtual machine and surf net on my own system. This way I was able to complete the tasks for the day. At room, I cook food, while dishwasher and washing machine are working and while listening to loud music, I take a shower.

Discipline – Living on your own, requires a lot of discipline. If you are lazy, you will starve and ruin your day. You got to get up early, cook food on time and always take time for leisure to sit near the riverside listening to music.

Fun – Living alone, gives a lot of time to think. Before coming here, I was never alone; I always used to have lots of friends surrounded. First few days were very uneasy, but slowly I started adapting it. I started doing new things, like writing posts, working on Photoshop etc. I started finding ways to have fun on my own like playing video games, go to swimming.

Though, the trip could have been more fun-filled if I had at least one friend with me, but still the experience was one of its kinds. I am sure I would never get this much quality of time for myself again in my life, but I would not like to have this experience again. These 103 days were enough for being lonely.

This blog was my closest friend for these three months. I will miss you, my dear blog!!!

With lots of love,
Yours lovingly,

Nitin

The story of Blue Mountains

This Weekend we had great fun. We went to Blue Mountains. We saw lots of places like 3 sisters, scenic world, coal mines etc. But there were few catches on this trip.

First, the temperature there was around 0 degree and had constant shower. Second, I didn’t have enough warm clothes or a rain coat to save my self from cold or rain. Third, the visibility in fog was around 10 to 12 meters. Fourth, we had heavy bag to carry on the whole trip.

These catches became a boon to have more fun on the trip. The cold weather made the trip more adventurous. Luckily we bought poncho to save ourselves from rain. But the freezing temperature and fog gave very little scope to be able to see the scenic beauty of the place.

By we here, I mean Subodh, his wife and me. Thanks to subodh that he brought some warm clothes, food and a map coz of which we managed to have fun. Bush walking, cliff lookout, Photo shoot, water fall were great. The best part of the trip was the skydiving rail with which we came down from the hill. It was at times almost perpendicular to ground and was cool. We spent a lot of time roaming around the coal mines and the experience was awesome, one of the unique in the entire holiday of Australia.

Finally when we were returning from the place we were very much tired and almost slept in the train.

Back in Sydney Office

After completing my work at Woolworths, I am back at SABA, Sydney. I have also shifted to the same hotel in which I first stayed after my arrival in Sydney. Though, I have seen all the places around my hotel, but still I am refreshing my memory by going again to Darling harbour and doing the bird watch. I must admit that even the cold weather doesn’t have any affect on the style statement of girls of Sydney.

Now, I have completely stopped cooking in my room. I am bored of cooking but I think I will have to give up my laziness… oops sorry, boredom and start cooking again. Coz it’s impossible to eat daily outside. There are many reasons to it, like, no Indian restaurants around, cant live on burger and pizza daily and can’t satisfy my taste buds with the Australian style food etc.

My manager never picks my call, doesn’t even reply to my mails. I think he is not interested in sending me back. When I call a mediator to speak with him on my behalf I get a date of meeting with the manager on which he will be able to provide me with the return date. Though colleagues here are insisting me to stay for a longer time, coz they are planning to visit Canberra, but now I am missing INDIA a lot. I want to meet my parents, friends and have some good authentic Indian food.

Had a very hectic and terrible week!!!

In the morning I was happy, coz all my work at Queensland was done and only documentation part was left but when I came to office, martin told me that I need to extend my stay for at least two weeks. And for that a series of planning was done.

As per the plan, I started for FIJI Island on Wednesday night 11:55pm and then from FIJI I came back to Sydney. This was because I only had 3 months visa and to satisfy the visa requirements I had to step out of the country and then step back in, which will make my visa valid again for next three months!!!

Anyways, I slept on the FIJI airport that night and came back to Sydney. And without taking rest I again went to Woolworths. I must say, SABA gave some royal treatment as far as the limousine service and room is concerned. Woolworths is a big office. The security was so tight that it took me an hour just to pass from the gate to the desk where I was supposed to sit.

Apart from working till late night on Friday, I also had to work on sat and sun at Woolworths. But Somehow, all the issues at there end were resolved.

So now I am left with few more issues from few other clients. I would be going to there site on Wednesday and Thursday. Then work from home for another 2 or three days (Got to complete the documentation part of Queensland) and then return to INDIA.

Though I am positive about the return date, but not sure if they are going to extend it again.

Fingers crossed!!!!!!!