Summer@Gurgaon/Noida
It was summer of 2013 and I was looking for challenging opportunity to work on. It was my wife who inspired me to push my managers to get the assignment regardless of role and location.
One fine day in summer of 2013 my manager called me and asked me if I am available to relocate to Bangalore for short term. There was an opportunity for Project Manager Role, and this was the dream role I was looking in igate.
I moved to Bangalore and meanwhile Shubhi also started for relocation in IBM itself.
Fall@Bangalore
Shubhi also got permission to move to Bangalore and we were together again. One Sunny afternoon, we visited one of old friend and there She complained me for stomach ache. I thought it's a normal gastric pain I gave her my family medicine 'Zintac' but NO relief at all. We tried many other home made remedies before Shubhi doubted whether she is pregnant. We immediately rushed to buy Pregnancy Test kit as soon as we got the idea and the results were positive. We could not believe and we wanted to verify it again and again. Same results :|
It was a kind of shocking news for us and we both did not know how to react to it. Shubhi went for a long walk and I was waiting for her in living room staring to the roof for long hours. Few hours later, we discussed that we should get it confirmed from a Doctor and we went to Brooksfield Hospital. There was a Long queue in hospital but that gave us ample time to sit down together to understand the situation. We realised that this is the time to joy and we should celebrate it now. 'You guys are Pregnant.'Doctor did some initial check-ups and uttered these momentous words with a smile.We were so excited to call our friends and relative to share the news.But we were cautious also as we were scared of 'Buri Nazar' also. Shubhi made a call a Richakshu to share this from the hospital itself.
Now we have started getting advises from parents. Some of them were very unusual but we wanted to follow them all as did not want to take any chances with our first baby. My Mother-in-law told me to get Fresh coconut water every morning for her so that baby can have fairer skin while my mother advised her to eat green coconut first thing in the morning. Some has advised her to stay away from her favourite deserts, chocolates and ice creams.
Then it came the month of July, Birthday month of Shubhi. I wanted to celebrate this one as very special one so we booked a luxury Hotel in Bangalore and moved there for the day.
During these days I got selected for a Malaysian company to work on.
Winter@Gurgaon
My project work was over and we were back in town. We decided to stay in parents' house till the time we get our visa and other formalities. I suspected it might take couple of months and I decided to take other assignment for 3 months in Mumbai. It was End of November when we announced to our parents that we are moving to Malaysia and would be India for a week or so. I wanted to have a Baby Shower function in Indian style. It was not advisable for Shubhi roam around so we decided to have it in Gurgaon. Although it was a short notice to all but my mother-in-law arranged it very nicely.
Spring@Kuala-Lumpur
Because of the effect of sun angle on climate most areas are within the tropics are hot year-around. But it was not pleasant spring for us as we had to start researching for the doctors and hospital for Big day. We moved to Kuala-Lumpur all our own. We were confident that together we will overcome all the obstacles. We finalised hospital and Doctor and started visiting weekly check-ups to doctor.
To be Continued...
