surviving the rush

The labor day weekend and the 2 weeks blanketing it were awful. There were so many things happening ...and none of them were guaranteed to be beneficial.
*Suddenly the current project was terminated...left with 2 weeks to search up another project
* The rental cars we (me and my desi colleagues) took out for travelling to St.Louis met with a couple of accidents before we decided to come back home (Chicago)..tired and frustrated..
*I lost my debit card ..and actually someone used it to buy something...wow..i tracked the proceedings on the website of BoA (Bank Of America) before suspending the card
*One of the desi consultancies proposed me an abominable offer of 50K pa salary for company change, when there were others in the range of 75K.It was really humiliating.
*Opinions of people (regarding project termination) at home were divided.Most said "do what you feel good"..the rest was like "dont come back..make there or die"
*I gave a good interview for a new project for my existing company (IBM).But they soon realised that Iam too good for their job.
Being a typical 1977 aquarian, Iam proud of my nonchalant, indifferent, detached perspective.However these mudslide of events left me completely flustered. I lost 7 lbs in 2 weeks. And really speaking, no one was there with whom I could relate to all these.
But I survived.And I survived good.
The survival story kicks of fine.
BoA credited all the doubtful transactions to my account pleasing me immensely.
Hertz and Citibank and the insurance companies settled most of our claims and dues for the rental car thing.
The existing project actually got extended by 2 more weeks giving the precious time to look up for other projects.I did get a project in chicago.My project mates landed long term assignments at Florida,Texas and Michigan.So things got settled down.
Those few weeks were really rough.I got ruffled up a lot.And there was a whole lot of tensions boxing me left right and center. The whole world seemed so cruel and unempathetic.No one in sight to help.However, the silver lining was there for sure.Few of the consultancies were eager to help out and transfer my H1B. The job market was looking good.BoA was eager to help.And overall I kept my head on my shoulders.
Hope this experience will help others in their resolution to stick to the battle when hardest hit.

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Confused H1B Holding Indians

Iam one of the new family member of this profusely multiplying breed....the confused H1b holding indians. Other members of this clan convinced me enough to start this: a blog which will relate the plights and perils, the joy and glory, the frustations and ego hurts.The problem initiates from looking for homes,studios,condos, roomates to deciding whether to go for that desi consultant promising that elusive GC and H1b xfer..it can also be what to cook for the night when you are alone and you dont want to bite those burgers and sandwiches once more...i know the feeling...well others can have trouble with the chicks around..."indians just flirt..they always marry indians"..i have heard that so many times from my female 'friends' belonging to different countries but presently hibernating here. And then there are problems of living up to the expectations of people back at home....what do ya say..Man this is a big mad world..and the tensions of being a H1b Indian in USA is really confusing...Hope the people who will visit this site will enjoy the experience of being here. I will definitely manage some time to keep this updated
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