Finally! after 8 months of waiting.. we have shifted to the brand new campus!!!
The most dreaded bus journey was awaiting me this monday morning.... Alarm was at 5:30.. but woke up at 6.. couldnt afford to sleep for another 10 mins too :( Got ready and started the walk.. One good thing about the shift to new campus is that the nearest pickup point is 1km away from my home.. and either I need to walk or ask wifey to drop me or take a rik.. I picked the first option.. to WALK! that too the steep road and with a heavy laptop!
The bus came exactly on time and thanks the driver didnt know the route... We reached Old madras road in a quick 50 mins.. then the most welcoming traffic jam near krpuram railway bridge and all upto the flyover which takes to marathalli ring road.. we were literally moving at snail's pace and it took 40 mins to cover that 1/2 km stretch! Imagine, first day to the new campus and the traffice welcomes you like this...I thot this might be the one-off case, lets see tomorrow... And rightfully the next day was smooth without any jams anywhere and reached office at 8:10 AM!! I was wondering what will i do so early in the morning in office! I just remembered the good old days i slept till 8:30 and quickly get ready and zooom in my Baleno to office and reach by 10 or so... Gone are those days :(
Now, the campus.. Its HUGE! its some 12 acres of land.. an old factory lended way to HP! the building is huge, lawn is huge, cafetaria is huge with large lcd Tvs at each corner, parking lot is huge (of course u dont need it now), a full-fledged cofe day with sofas and chairs, large pantry with chairs in each floor, glittering toilets, amphi-theatre and a food world and yet to come are the gym, yoga room, lawn tennis etc... and ofcourse.. people.. loads of them.. i have never worked in a building more than 200 people in my entire professional career.. now there are almsot 2000 people! and 9 out of 10 people you see are strangers! never seen them before! damn! Where am I? I'm lost!
I do not know how long I can take this... I guess its time for change! OR get used to these red fancy carpets on the floor in the new building and this horrible smell of new furniture... and of course waking up at 5:30 and bangalore darshan everday :)
The most dreaded bus journey was awaiting me this monday morning.... Alarm was at 5:30.. but woke up at 6.. couldnt afford to sleep for another 10 mins too :( Got ready and started the walk.. One good thing about the shift to new campus is that the nearest pickup point is 1km away from my home.. and either I need to walk or ask wifey to drop me or take a rik.. I picked the first option.. to WALK! that too the steep road and with a heavy laptop!
The bus came exactly on time and thanks the driver didnt know the route... We reached Old madras road in a quick 50 mins.. then the most welcoming traffic jam near krpuram railway bridge and all upto the flyover which takes to marathalli ring road.. we were literally moving at snail's pace and it took 40 mins to cover that 1/2 km stretch! Imagine, first day to the new campus and the traffice welcomes you like this...I thot this might be the one-off case, lets see tomorrow... And rightfully the next day was smooth without any jams anywhere and reached office at 8:10 AM!! I was wondering what will i do so early in the morning in office! I just remembered the good old days i slept till 8:30 and quickly get ready and zooom in my Baleno to office and reach by 10 or so... Gone are those days :(
Now, the campus.. Its HUGE! its some 12 acres of land.. an old factory lended way to HP! the building is huge, lawn is huge, cafetaria is huge with large lcd Tvs at each corner, parking lot is huge (of course u dont need it now), a full-fledged cofe day with sofas and chairs, large pantry with chairs in each floor, glittering toilets, amphi-theatre and a food world and yet to come are the gym, yoga room, lawn tennis etc... and ofcourse.. people.. loads of them.. i have never worked in a building more than 200 people in my entire professional career.. now there are almsot 2000 people! and 9 out of 10 people you see are strangers! never seen them before! damn! Where am I? I'm lost!
I do not know how long I can take this... I guess its time for change! OR get used to these red fancy carpets on the floor in the new building and this horrible smell of new furniture... and of course waking up at 5:30 and bangalore darshan everday :)
