Whoa!

That came out of nowhere! I wasn't expecting it at all and had given up all hope. But it just walked into my inbox. I was caught totally unaware and off guard. 

This is what it said:

Dear Siddharth,

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The location of your initial reporting and training will be Mysore, India. The date of your joining would be November 10, 2008. The location of posting would be communicated to you upon successful completion of training.

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With warm regards,

HRD

Infosys Technologies Ltd.

(Yeah yeah it might be confidential information but I ain't afraid of you!)

This just freaked me out.  I mean I wasn't ready for this, AT ALL! Leaving all this behind and moving to the other end of the country is depressing. I wasn't happy at all, in fact I was kinda depressed. All my life I have been here and I love it, no matter how much I whine or complain. This is HOME. Family, friends, familiar faces, known places and everything else that makes it home. It's all here and I don't want to let go. 

But a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. I'm quite out of options right now and can't let this go as of now. This certainly has brought some excitement into my life all of a sudden. Living on my own isn't something I have done before and should be a good experience. New place, new job, new atmosphere and loads of things to learn. Plus I'll be employed and earning. 

But there are pros and cons to everything. All this doesn't change the fact that I would still prefer to stay here. So it's not decided yet. Something just might come up here.