Staying in Belgaum, was an experience in itself. While deciding to move out of Bangalore in Feb 2011, I never felt so unsure - change always brings with it so much of apprehension,anxiety and insecurity. All the more when you have made a conscious decision to move to a geographically and socially smaller place. Since it was a a very mindful choice, we prepared ourselves for it and I could not complain once the plunge was taken since it was I ,who had encouraged my husband Nirish to evaluate and take this new assignment which took us out of Bangalore and move to Belgaum.
Nirish says that he is thankful for this -not more for the decision but,because I don't have the opportunity to complaint and blame him that he brought me out of Bangalore.Husbands will be husbands! :)
I'm not yet complaining though, because life did improve here - Nirish and I had so much of personal time and we were no more spending half our lives in traveling like Bangalore. We had a stress free and fresh oxygen life. It is a pensioners Paradise (Bangalore in the '80's and 90's) . We had our basic necessities, our basic modes of entertainment - a multiplex and good restaurants.We took off on weekends exploring new places and life is good for us. Commutation any where in the city takes a maximum of 15-20 minutes in Belgaum . We had time to take care of ourselves. We had home cooked healthy meals, didn't get tired with travel and had uncluttered minds .
And then came - Out- of - Bangalore - Part 2, June 2011. It striked us within 4 months of moving to Belgaum - Relocate to Hubli! Again thanks to Nirish - I cant complain yet (Remember? I started this...) and since it was a good career movement for him to shift to his regional office - we started packing up again - bid adieu to an almost settled life and shift again.
After all the twinge and fretfulness of the practical difficulties of shifting to Hubli , we are beginning to settle down again. My first consolation was that it is closer to Bangalore and of course since Belgaum stay was just 4 months, it is much easier to cope with the change. Hubli feels much more like Bangalore, unlike Belgaum which for the most part has Maharashtrian mores.Marathi is the local language there, no fast food culture, no clutter of many shops lined at a stretch, lesser crowd and lesser domestic convenience.
Back to Hubli - We stay in an old colony of 300+ apartments with a lot of domestic convenience. My office till August 12th (yes, that's my last working day - yippee!! :) ) is at a 10 minutes of walking distance. Nirish's driving distance to office is 15 minutes - so convenience galore! Then again its just been 2 weeks here so need to explore more of the city and what it has to offer.
Currently the feeling is that I'm on a long vacation out of Bangalore, and after a vacation, you get back home, so it is Bangalore for me ... my moral fiber to last even in Timbuktu - the hope that i will get back home :).
Nirish says that he is thankful for this -not more for the decision but,because I don't have the opportunity to complaint and blame him that he brought me out of Bangalore.Husbands will be husbands! :)
I'm not yet complaining though, because life did improve here - Nirish and I had so much of personal time and we were no more spending half our lives in traveling like Bangalore. We had a stress free and fresh oxygen life. It is a pensioners Paradise (Bangalore in the '80's and 90's) . We had our basic necessities, our basic modes of entertainment - a multiplex and good restaurants.We took off on weekends exploring new places and life is good for us. Commutation any where in the city takes a maximum of 15-20 minutes in Belgaum . We had time to take care of ourselves. We had home cooked healthy meals, didn't get tired with travel and had uncluttered minds .
And then came - Out- of - Bangalore - Part 2, June 2011. It striked us within 4 months of moving to Belgaum - Relocate to Hubli! Again thanks to Nirish - I cant complain yet (Remember? I started this...) and since it was a good career movement for him to shift to his regional office - we started packing up again - bid adieu to an almost settled life and shift again.
After all the twinge and fretfulness of the practical difficulties of shifting to Hubli , we are beginning to settle down again. My first consolation was that it is closer to Bangalore and of course since Belgaum stay was just 4 months, it is much easier to cope with the change. Hubli feels much more like Bangalore, unlike Belgaum which for the most part has Maharashtrian mores.Marathi is the local language there, no fast food culture, no clutter of many shops lined at a stretch, lesser crowd and lesser domestic convenience.
Back to Hubli - We stay in an old colony of 300+ apartments with a lot of domestic convenience. My office till August 12th (yes, that's my last working day - yippee!! :) ) is at a 10 minutes of walking distance. Nirish's driving distance to office is 15 minutes - so convenience galore! Then again its just been 2 weeks here so need to explore more of the city and what it has to offer.
Currently the feeling is that I'm on a long vacation out of Bangalore, and after a vacation, you get back home, so it is Bangalore for me ... my moral fiber to last even in Timbuktu - the hope that i will get back home :).
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