Where am I headed next?

Hello world, happy new year. I am glad to be back and posting again. Well, one of my new year resolutions is to blog more. Lets see, how long this one lasts! :)

Well, its the first week of a new year. My next assignment is based out of deerfield, IL. I hope to see a lot of deer there!! I have to be at the client site, 8:30 am sharp on Monday, January 07th! Well, till last week, I was only going to be in Chicago during the last month of January, as a trainer for a new bunch of BI aspirants. With my next project in Illinois, I guess I will be spending more time in and around Chicago.

People would call me crazy for accepting a role/project in windy Chicago, at this time of the year. Well, I am addressing two of my (many) new year resolutions with this choice. One, I want to travel more this year. Traveling from west coast to the east or the midwest and back, and beyond probably. Second, I want to do more things that I fear. Cold, windy weather is what most of us dont fancy. I have been in California for a year now, and have got used to the sun. But, I want to step out of the comfort zone and face the snow!

Plus most of my buddies stay in the midwest and the east coast. I have some extended family too around there, and its high time I paid them a visit.

January 7th also marks a year for me at my new workplace. I remember December in Seattle last year. We had a rude snow and rain storm disrupting life. Power was out for two weeks, at a stretch, trees resting on roofs, houses swept away, and lives lost! Meanwhile, I was huddled with many at the Microsoft Sammamish Campus, as I used to consult there. The little time that I spent in the apartment, clothed in three trousers and four shirts, I played chess, ate fruits and listened to Bollywood music in my head. The phone battery and lines eventually died down, making communication difficult. We seeked warmer homes, places where power had returned. Folks, spent more time in their cars, with the heat on. Darkness everywhere. I was supposed to be in the most developed country, but the speed at which everything got disrupted, was similar to a similar incident in Mumbai. And the speed at which life came back to normalcy, Mumbai scored higher. The spirit of Mumbai, wins, everytime!