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Yesterday was shifting in day for our new innings in Korea. Challenge 1: 19 pieces of luggage to handle between the two of us - managed with two separate large taxis. Challenge 2: Taxis difficult to get on a rainy date - wait time at hotel after checkout filled with uncertainty. Managed with help of hotel staff. Challenge 3: Be at same exit point in a building with 7 Basement levels. Roaming mobiles helped us sync. Challenge 4: Exit point where we entered lift showed buttons till Level 4 and we needed to go to Level 6. After entry and trying at every level, we realised we were in the Commercial Centre and our residential building was 50 m away and a separate elevator. Challenge 5: We were at B2 and no access to security to allow access. Managed with one of the agreement brokers - a kindly gentleman - not only allowing access but helping us haul the luggage up. Challenge 6: Get instructions from landlady on 100s of gadgets and access devices. Managed with wife bearing the load. Amazed to see how tech savvy people are in Korea including our amazing landlady converting mobile phones to remote control devices, etc. Upside 1: Dinner at an Indian Restaurant - Dal Tadka + Palak Paneer + Basmati Rice Upside 2: Watching Article 370 (Hindi Movie) on the Home theatre.
Congrats Soumya. Have WA on India no. Hope that works for now. If not let me know your coordinates. Cheers.
Wish you a fabulous time in exciting foreign lands my friend.
South Korea Indian Restuarnats the best . Also visit Buddhist Hotels. Amazing food, if you are vegetarian then you will fall in love with their food. If you are pure veg , learn Korean words to say that you are 100% and only eat plants . It is hard for them believe humans can stay without eating meat 😁 Then Trekking is heaven on Earth in South Korea due the arrangement and facilities available for trekkers. I have trekked closed to 30 to 35 mountains around South Korea!
Congratulations on your move!!
Best wishes for happy settling down and great times ahead
Soumya Choudhury this is supercool. You are where you RICHLY deserve to be. TCS is a great firm as I see. Enjoy your time in this great country. I have a very dear Korean friend & ex-colleague there from my IBM Watson Health days (now in SAP).
Wishing you the very best in your South Korea innings .. always fascinated by SK given the telecom driven advances there .. one day hopefully will get a download from you
What a lovely storyteller you are 😃
All the best to you and M on the new chapter at Seoul.
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2moAll the best on your new adventure Soumya. Looking forward to more posts