This is just two weeks my stay here, but been more than a
month for me for working at this location. Earlier we were staying in the
capital of this state which is about two hours drive. Yes, trust me the
travelling if you think of it is really tiring. But now that we have to live
with it, we have to think of innovative ways to capitalise on this travelling;
eg. Sleeping, music, talking, thinking, meditate, praying or self
introspection.
Staying a smaller city have its own disadvantages of no good companies,
schools, restaurants, brand, people etc but the major advantage these places
have is that it gives you ample of time for yourself, which the bigger cities
just eat it up with travelling, lifestyle and socialising.
There is undoubtedly personality development in the young
age by staying in bigger cities- makes you practical, sharpens your
personality, broader outlook to life, better education etc ; but when we are
all settled in life and grow older and wiser (hopefully), we all need time for
ourselves and our family rather than sucking up to the lifestyle of a metro
city.
I myself belong to a metro city that I admire, love and also
take it for granted. While I am busy doing this, life take me to Jajpur
(eastern India) for a long on-site project for one of the most admired
companies of the world. This project for me is about being part of recreating
history. The plant is spread across till my eyes can see and really it is a WOW
feeling to see the construction of such a plant. (Well, I know I have a WOW
story to tell my kids)
As it appears, the average people living here are below the
lower middle class category of metro cities. But, there is no dearth of food
here (FYI: Puchka a.k.a paani puri is just Rs1 per piece). We (three boys and me) are living in a
guest house which is “brand new” along with a team of Chinese
People with whom we converse in sign language. There are also some caring care
takers and who seem more than happy to serve us. For our time away from work,
the boys have got a football to play (I am always the goal keeper), cricket bat
and ball (game rules don’t apply to me) and a pack of cards (I can decently
manage to play well) since we have no malls or anything fancy to visit post work. We also managed to cook for ourselves pasta and garlic
bread (metro city habits don’t go easily) along with the cook who was happy to
taste and gives us valuable feedback. This place definitely started to give a
home feeling away from home. I honestly, haven’t had such relaxed work days
even at my home (thanks to the train travelling).
This project is giving me lot of time for myself
personally, accountability and responsibility professionally and also the joy
of simple things in life.
:)..
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