Hi All,
Interestingly enough bunch of people are reading my blogs, people outside my immediate friend circle. Thanks for taking time and reading my postings. So what is new ?
GPS Navigation - MapmyIndia Our GPS Navigation system covering the entire country is now available on sale, with detailed maps for around 20 odd cities and high level data for around 100 odd cities with villages, towns etc. That is on the professional front. Have learned quite a bit about map making and i got to tell you, it is bloody difficult, time consuming, tedious, but the end result is fun as you can build location based services (LBS) on the same.
On the Personal front, I have totally integrated into the indian society, living in the US now seems like a distant place, heck I am not able to even correlate to the US after spending most of my 20's in the US. I have started driving again (driver has become erratic), I have learned the major road network of BLR.
Son has finally started speaking in Hindi, he speaks cool hindi, with words of Maghi/bojpuri also mixed into the same. Baby Girl is on the way to turn 1, and now cries when you leave her alone.
Hey also i have changed my maid one more time, the last one hit a jackpot, as her mom died and left her lots of jewellery, so she quit work, this is the 4th maid in 6 months, open to advise on how to get long lasting maids (even after I pay her quite a bit). The son has learned that if you cry things come your way, so when he wants to play, all he has to do is 'WAAAAAAAAAA' and ohh-yes, he gets what he wants. His aunt (based in bbay) has been telling me, ignore his crying, but it is irritating, son knows this fact. His new thing is that he wants 100 ruppeees because 'I want to buy something'.
I used to think what is the use of mobile phone repair shop, but I recently found out that little baby daughters can eat a mobile phone, short circuit the connections and then give it to mommy/daddy, who need mobile phone repair shops. So dont give phones to babies, it is bad for everyone.
No travel plans on the future, want to visit Ooty or Kodai,but not sure i ll have the time.
Ohhh, i forgot, I recently went into the kitchen and made a bowl of rice after 9 months (dont miss that factor), dont like cleaning and cooking, do not really miss that part from the US :)
Chalo keep posting, let me know if you want me to cover anythign special from my prespective.
Cheers,
Shiva
4 comments:
Nice...looks like you are all settled. Need to see Veer, its been few months and I am sure he will forget all the uncles he has in the US :)
Shiva, nice to see you are settling down well in India. Sounds like a lot of hectic work but staying close to family is definitely a good perk. Hope to see you folks on my next trip to India (can't leave now, stuck in the GC mess).
Shiva - it was interesting reading your blog. Me and my husband want to return to India at some point too, but its difficult to decide "when". What advice do you have for returning NRIs on the job-front ? How did you start hunting for one? We are both in Software currently.
Bini, Feel free to shoot me a note at shivalik at gmail dot com, there is never a right thing to do anything, you just have to take the plunge. Jobs are in plenty in India, you can take your pick.
Cheers,
Shiva
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