Stretched Beyond Limits
At the end of my first week here in Gurgaon (pronounced good-gow) India and it has been quite an experience. I'm sure there are books on how to conquer every challenged I've faced in seven days. Of course the bible helps you to face all challenges but I'm referring to books that address each topic specifically.
One of the things I knew would be hard to do is to know every single thing you're eating is safe and won't make you sick. Just my luck after a day a a half I got sick and was basically out of commission for almost 2 days. While some people get sicker longer, still was not a very good experience. My colleague and I have been trying to pin point what it could have been but all we can do is guess. Food can react in bodies so differently that although most of what we at was the same doesn't mean it can't make me sick and not her. I'm please to announce that I'm feeling better and my stomach is back to normal. You won't believe how careful I've been since.
If you know me you know I'm not a "exploring" type of person. For some reason I've been paired with someone who likes to explore beyond belief. Wants to try all types of different places to eat, visit places, all types of things and is a female. The significance of that is being in such a strange place, I can't just let her go on her own so I have been forced to be more adventurous. In short, I still don't like it! But my recent visit to Jaipur was quite interesting and now that I'm back home safe I'm glad I went. We had to go 4 hours south from where we're staying (we didn't drive as that would have been suicide) and back.
Lastly, my colleague and I are from different areas of the company. She really has specific career plans as I do but my plans involve a lot of what I'm doing now. Hers are much different. While working this project I'm a little more motivated to do a great job than she because it. She certainly wants to do a great job but is not as incentivized to do so. So I have to find a way to shine and still be a team player. I'll spend the evening tonight thinking of strategies to do this, if you have some let me know.
1 week down. 3 to go.
One of the things I knew would be hard to do is to know every single thing you're eating is safe and won't make you sick. Just my luck after a day a a half I got sick and was basically out of commission for almost 2 days. While some people get sicker longer, still was not a very good experience. My colleague and I have been trying to pin point what it could have been but all we can do is guess. Food can react in bodies so differently that although most of what we at was the same doesn't mean it can't make me sick and not her. I'm please to announce that I'm feeling better and my stomach is back to normal. You won't believe how careful I've been since.
If you know me you know I'm not a "exploring" type of person. For some reason I've been paired with someone who likes to explore beyond belief. Wants to try all types of different places to eat, visit places, all types of things and is a female. The significance of that is being in such a strange place, I can't just let her go on her own so I have been forced to be more adventurous. In short, I still don't like it! But my recent visit to Jaipur was quite interesting and now that I'm back home safe I'm glad I went. We had to go 4 hours south from where we're staying (we didn't drive as that would have been suicide) and back.
Lastly, my colleague and I are from different areas of the company. She really has specific career plans as I do but my plans involve a lot of what I'm doing now. Hers are much different. While working this project I'm a little more motivated to do a great job than she because it. She certainly wants to do a great job but is not as incentivized to do so. So I have to find a way to shine and still be a team player. I'll spend the evening tonight thinking of strategies to do this, if you have some let me know.
1 week down. 3 to go.
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