Its been quite a while since my last post. After the completion of our project Bill and I got split up with different parts of the Lexis Nexis project release. This began about a week after our project because they were trying to confirm the next quarter update for the web app. My part was to analyze documentation about a future release. I didn't really have a chance to do much as that wont be my client when i return home so they gave me an extremely light part to kill time pretty much.
In the meantime, i have received random emails from HR in the US which got me more lively about my soon to be return home. Now I was about to plan my return trip. Originally i wanted to take my last vacation days left here and use them to travel earlier. This pushed my leave date from the 18th to the 14th. Then i realized there is a national holiday that Wednesday and i would not be charged as a day off which gave me an extra day. Taking that into consideration i would leave Wednesday. Like a systematic churning of my brain, why leave on Monday when i can leave on Friday evening. I walk into the travel agency for the 3rd time now with another change of plans and for once i was extremely satisfied of the service here. He told me there was no flights on Saturday so i said check a day before and a day after and what he got me was a return 2 days earlier. So tomorrow morning at 5:00am i will be flying towards London Hethrow and at about 6pm est i will be in Newark airport!
On Monday I got a chance to meet with John Ensign one of the Senators of Nevada. He had come to Infosys to see what type of company this was and how it influences offshoring. Who knows the hidden agenda behind politicians, but it was nice to talk to him and a few other folks who accompanied him such as the American Ambassador to India and a few member of the foreign ministry counsel. We had a presentation about the economic history of Infosys and then a Q&A with him and the 8 of us Americans. This was followed by a lunch.
As i depart from my 6 month experience a smarter, older, more experienced man, i leave with some peacefulness and sense of accomplishment. I was reaching the point of anger and frustration having to deal with certain cultural differences and irritation when dealing with people who automatically try to screw you because your white, but knowing that i will be back in the best country in the world within a week was enough to sooth my soul. The biggest frustration with India is that the service industry is completely terrible because they don't focus on the basics of pleasing the customer.
The friends i have met here have been many and diverse, ranging from local Indians to people from Norway. The other foreigners that i have met who i wouldn't call my friends surprised me in their strange ways. There were a few people who were completely antisocial and there were people who came to India but were too scared to leave their room. The trip required you to take a huge risk of leaving the place you live for 6 months to come to a 3rd world country to learn. While others seemed very immature and childish at moments.
This will probably be my 2nd to last post, unless i return to India in the future, so the next will be in a couple of days once i land and settle back home and i can talk about all the things 95% of Americans take for granted. I believe that all Americans should come here for about 1 month when they are in their late teens to become more humble. I will post pictures next time.
CYA BACK HOME!
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