First Steps

  Once received my PR grant, had to decide when to move. As I changed job just 8 months ago, my first thought was to complete the year. I know it sounds trivial, but don’t want my resume experience section showing that I left a company within a year. Add to that I’ll have to repay my joining bonus if I leave before completing a year 🙂 .

 In the meantime I created a spreadsheet on Google docs/drive, with tabs like things to take, things to do on arrival etc. One thing I know for sure is, I am NOT going to take any food related items. The reason is simple, I have never cooked in my life. I’m one of those entitled Indian sons, who doesn’t do any household chores.

The other day I called my friend in US. He was ironing his shirts on a Sunday. That’s when reality hit me. I don’t remember the last time I ironed my clothes, must be during school days, when my father brought a new fancy Philips Iron. We Indian middle class men are not just pampered at home, I have been living on my own for 12 years and never did my own laundry or cleaned after myself. Always had a maid, once when I rented a room in building with full time watchman, I didn’t visit a grocery store for couple of years.

 So moving to a new country where for the first time I have to ‘take care’ of myself, according to me is the biggest challenge I am going to face. Work is the easiest part, as I have worked with Australian clients for more than two years already. Don’t you people laugh…..I was going through the Gumtree.com.au website looking the shared accommodation section, most the people advertising for a roommate wanted a clean and tidy person, problem is I don’t know how clean I am, if I am left to cleanup after myself. 😦