Vaccation - aka the time for thoughts
Finally: Since the 20th I am on vaccation. Bangalore, Hassan, Mysore, Chennai and now on the way to Pondicherry, travelling through the South of India. Where my Hindi is better than the one of the locals, the food is always veg, and cutlerry is rarely seen in any restaurant. The weather changes between refreshingly cool (Bangalore, Karnataka) and comfortable summer temperatures (Chennai, Tamil Nadu). I had a barbecue on Xmas eve with cake from my mum (thankfully provided by the Swiss-network) and enjoyed the fact, that the celebrations and decorations here do not start before the 15th December (unlike September in most majorly Christian countries). I still don't like Xmas by the way, but being far away from it, makes things easier.
Travelling I have been to Jain, Hindu and Buddha temples as well as churches, fought with a rikshaw wallah one night (and won) and drove a rickshaw myself the other.
Pictures are to be uploaded later, once I am back home - next year.
Bombay, in the last weeks had more and more changed from an interseting challenge to a nasty one. But still I keep having my learning moments. Again AIESEC helped me with it. I was given the pleasure of being the Master of Ceremony at the annual stakeholders dinner of AIESEC in India. While i was not exactly happy about my performance afterwards, it apparently had "the necessary professionalism", as I was told. Despite the fact that in the beginning my announcements were perceived like the boarding calls in an airport. How come?
Meanwhile my the thoughts keep turning in my head about what is next. I completed my 9 months on the job. The time has come to think about my future, the next steps. I keep looking and asking for opportunities. So far the usual answer is "YOU tell me!" In apparently one of the most random cultural and corporate environments I am expected to know what I want. And I keep thinking about it. While I have a lot of ideas flying around, it seems more and more clear that I should put an end to this long list of as exciting as learningful as underpaid jobs that I started at the age of 15 years and look for something...
I keep thinking about it.
Travelling I have been to Jain, Hindu and Buddha temples as well as churches, fought with a rikshaw wallah one night (and won) and drove a rickshaw myself the other.
Pictures are to be uploaded later, once I am back home - next year.
Bombay, in the last weeks had more and more changed from an interseting challenge to a nasty one. But still I keep having my learning moments. Again AIESEC helped me with it. I was given the pleasure of being the Master of Ceremony at the annual stakeholders dinner of AIESEC in India. While i was not exactly happy about my performance afterwards, it apparently had "the necessary professionalism", as I was told. Despite the fact that in the beginning my announcements were perceived like the boarding calls in an airport. How come?
Meanwhile my the thoughts keep turning in my head about what is next. I completed my 9 months on the job. The time has come to think about my future, the next steps. I keep looking and asking for opportunities. So far the usual answer is "YOU tell me!" In apparently one of the most random cultural and corporate environments I am expected to know what I want. And I keep thinking about it. While I have a lot of ideas flying around, it seems more and more clear that I should put an end to this long list of as exciting as learningful as underpaid jobs that I started at the age of 15 years and look for something...
I keep thinking about it.
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