Indians I met in NZ

The first week was just browsing at home and talking to people at home .
so did not get to meet or go out and see the new place.

In office , interestingly I met a Indian... Vijay , who happens to be my project mate and what else he was also from banaglore.So he was very helpful to me in finding my accomodation and the things that I must know in a foreign country.
Another surprise , the client place which is at Ministry of Social development, which is a government organisation and I could find lot of Indian faces in my floor where I work.Something that I had not expected when I left home.Still have not met all of them , but have known few like Dhiraj , Darill , Satya , Neela who happen to be working in my project.
Others in my project are mostly Kiwis , who are helpful and are more serious about their work.Something that I have not seen in India.People tend to do more of their personal work than for what they are paid for..
It is not that all of them are like that .. but many are.

Work wise , it was difficult to understand their process , the project back ground , as everybody was busy with their work. After a month , looks like I have the hang of most of them.The process is very methodical , heavily documented and follow the standard software cycle.
Nobody interferes with others work, and hence it is a calm environment with 8 hours of work.

The second week was interesting , met few
Indians(Jaya,Shiva,Saravanan,Shankar,Mahendra,tarun) from EDS company in my apartment who had just arrived . All of them were from chennai or Bangalore and hence it was easy for me to communicate in tamil or kannada.Some thing that I am known for .. behave like a Kannadiga in a Kannada group and as a tamilian in a tamil group.

The second weekend was fun , met my room mate vijay..guy form chennai ...who was moving to wellington , whom I had not seen before but had contacted thrugh email... thankfully .. he is a nice and calm guy and hence it was no problem in getting along with him.
The weekend ended with all of us visiting a Murugan temple in wellington, the pooja took almost an hour and it was nice to pray for some time in a foreign soil..

Suddenly it was feeling at home , talking in Tamil , Kannada , Hindi.....never felt I was in wellington.Thanks to the friends I have made here .. and all have been good to me ....