Congo Calling
Only 23 days are left of my stay here at IIFM Bhopal. And probably 30 days in India. While all my friends are happy that they are going to spend some time with the family, I am feeling a bit low as I will get less than 10 days to spend with my family. But looking back, it gives a mixed feeling, when I joined the institute in 2004, there were a lot of dreams and uncertainties, today I feel lucky that I got what I was dreaming of.. its not exactly that, but that’s damn close to it. And uncertain, about where the future will take me. It’s a proud feeling when you have placement offers come pouring down on you and you are facing the problem of plenty.
But, you have to make a decision and I took a bold one. To go to a country, which name gives a very different feel altogether. Ya, I am going to Congo. The war-prone country in Central Africa. I could have easily opted for another job in one of the leading banks in Mumbai or Hyderabad. But, I could not resist Africa (or US dollars!!). I am trying to get hold of French (Congo is a francophone country), as I had a tough time there during my summers due to having no knowledge of French.
- Life is a bit different right now after that decision. Some changes I could feel right now.
- India seems to be dearer than it was earlier. I never knew I would miss India that much.
- Indian movies… though I did not watch much in my last 2 years of stay here at IIFM, Bhopal, right now I am not letting any opportunity to see some good movies.
- A regret that I could not see places around Bhopal and now I am leaving Bhopal. But really I loved this city. I’ll back to explore.
- I feel scared thinking of a life where I have to search to get some good English books (what I could find were only French books.). My god.. how will I survive. Let’s see whether Amazon.com has a shipping facility there or not.
- People are saying I would be a changed person in Africa.. I don’t believe them. An Ass will be An Ass anywhere.
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