After months of waiting and twelve ‘Cognizant in Media’ emails CTS has finally given us our joining dates.
Yours truly is scheduled to join CTS Chennai on the 27th of July for a comprehensive 6 months training.
That’s good news, eh?
There is one tiny problem… Chennai… Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against the place. In fact, I had seen my first beach at Chennai… and I am crazy about beaches… and so the place is totally special to me…
It’s just that, I am not prepared for the place. I mean, I had opted for Kolkata, Bangalore and Pune as my ‘preferred’ joining locations. And none of my many day dreams featured Chennai.
Besides, I had thoroughly researched those places: culture, weather, restaurants, tourist spots, shopping hotspots, almost everything. I had watched out for those places in TV, read guide books, googled them up and spent hours chatting with strangers from those places… What? I just like to be fully prepared.
And about Chennai I know zilch. Yup! Absolutely nothing.
*sigh*
But you know what my real problem is. None of my friends are gonna be there… I have lots of friends joining CTS but not a single one has the same joining as me… And I have heard that being completely alone in a workplace is tough… Oh boy! What am I gonna do?
Hey! Wait a minute. I know what I need. Now that my blog is attracting a fair amount of readers, could I request those of you from Chennai to give me a guided tour? Anyone?
But then again, that isn’t gonna work. I am anonymous … You didn’t think that my parents actually named me tangerine, did u?
*sigh*
Anyways, I guess I better start googling Chennai.
And before I end this post… one small request. Those of you with the know-hows could you drop me some useful hints about Chennai… Like where I might find a good AC/single seater PG or hostel nearest to the Madras Export Processing Zone... Should I travel by auto or take a bus?... etc etc etc.