Till take off, I neither had any friend in Bangalore,
nor did I know anyone.
Hello everyone, today I am going to share an experience with you.
When a software engineer leaves North India
to South India, how is it like?
So specially, to the Silicon Valley of India
Bangalore.
You can call it either hardwork or luck that I personally
got to work as a software engineer right in the US.
I didn't get to work in India for which I am still sad.
But today I am going to experience it and show you.
So let's go, quickly pack and I am really really excited.
I cannot carry the camera. It becomes very heavy.
And this is my Indian SIM card phone- Pixel. This is charged.
And nowadays I never carry my iPhone charger.
My M1 MacBook Pro charges my iPhone 3 times with this type-C to lightning cable.
So this is my powerbank and this is also my charger.
I usually charge my laptop, the iPhone also gets charged together.
And specially my office laptop.
I have to charge this. Without this the video is not possible.
Because a software engineer has to work on one of these.
And Apple watch charger - that I always forget.
Oh my God! I just realized that I didn't even switch the outlet on.
Bound to habits..
Now it's charging.
Do you want to go to the airport?
You just imagine, I am in India only..
Only 3 hours flight away.
Not 24 hours!
Okay? Only 3 hours flight.
- Take care of yourself. - Sure Nani, I will. Okay bye!
Bye!!
Oh my God!
I have never seen the Amritsar airport so packed.
...It's being Sunday.
This is not for the Delhi guys.
You have to scan bags two times in Amritsar.
Once by Airport authority of India. And once by Indigo.
Airport is packed from outside but it's empty from the inside.
And honestly speaking it's not something less than a privilege to travel
from Amritsar to Bangalore in less than 3 hours.
I still remember, when my uncle became a software engineer,
going to Bangalore from Amritsar took 48 hours on train.
Because that was the only option. Since the maximum salary was 20-25k
how could you afford a 10000-Rupee flight.
But I feel so glad and privileged and happy
that I got the chance to fly from India
- Amritsar to Bangalore via flight.
So I met Hercules here. Hi Hercules, nice to meet you!
- Which company do you work in? - I work in Intel corporation.
Intel? Nice nice.
So you are returning back home? Amritsar is your home, right?
Yes, it is.
So you came to visit home?
Yeah, since there were vacations.. It was also New Year..
And Covid Phase 3 also came...
So since office started again, you have to go back to Bangalore.
Yeah.. Very nice meeting you.
Boarding started.
Ready for Bangalore.
Gurdwara inside airport.
Okay, so we are going to Gurdwara?
I didn't know there was a Gurdwara here!
I just checked, NCR from Bangalore Airport is 34 minutes.
My plan will be to shoot a day in the life. Let's see how it goes.
We have Vicky sitting next to me
He is also going to Bangalore.
So where are you from?
I am from Punjab.
Which company are you in? And what's your position?
I am an Assistant manager..
Incredible! We reached in 2 hours and 45 minutes!
So glad that I took the correct flight route.
Else, it would have taken me 9-10 hours from Delhi.
At least 8 hours honestly
Thank God! Correct time.
From here we have to take AC bus straight to the city
which is around 30-40 kilometres, right?
It's very far from the airport.
People come to the airport to spend time? Why so?
They come here to drink tea..
The vibe is great.
The night life in the airport is great!
The airport is very much developed.
During the night it is even more beautiful.
What are these trees called?
- Coconut trees. - Coconut trees? Nice.
So the bus journey starts.
4 hours before, till take-off, I neither had any friend in Bangalore
nor did I know anyone.
But till landing, I already made 5 friends.
They became friends so soon. Didn't even realise.
So 265 Rupees ticket to Bellandur
where there's Microsoft and Samsung office
I'm so excited to see them all.
Finally reached Bellandur.
It's already 4 pm in the evening. We left airport at 2 pm
and it took us almost 2 hours checking in to the flat.
I feel so blessed now- I didn't know anyone till I reached Amritsar airport
and after reaching Bangalore I already know 5 people.
And I got the opportunity to see the apartment of one of them.
So let's check out the flat of a software engineer in silicon valley of India.
Your apartment is very beautiful!
So meet Hercules. We met in the plane.
- So what's your rent? - It's 20000 per month.
Per month 20k? So 7k each for 3 people?
Electricity bill? 1k approx.
So less? My electricity bill in Amritsar reaches 5000 at times.
I think since there is no AC.
It's because of the weather... There is no need of an AC.
The best thing about Bangalore is.. My cousin also told me. When he started living here
that in Bangalore you can manage with the fan for the whole year,
AC is not required at all.
Only 2 months it is humid right?
February, March, April only.
So can we check the room as well?
After getting ready we went out to see the night life of Bangalore.
Another problem of Bangalore, we are waiting for a cab since the last 15 minutes
Uber, Ola.. on two phones! Can't even find one ride.
Auto, car... Nothing!
I am getting rides but they are cancelling.
I mean there is so much demand that we can't even get one.
They completely shut down the system during rains.
Look there! That's spiderman!!
All these cables look like Spiderman's web.
It's a mess all around.
Okay! Our Auto finally came.
Now, it's time for the night life of Bangalore.
So right now, I was learning Kannada.
If I want to say that I need to go to the airport, then.. "Airport Ke Vetu?"
This feels like a complete different country.
The ambience is great!
So this is our first bar, "Daddy's".
So you don't have Bourn Vita??
Can I get milk?
There's neither milk nor bourn Vita!
Virgin Mojito.
I asked them for Bourn Vita but they didn't have.
I saw the night life as well. It was an exhausting day
but Bangalore was fun.
And this is my hotel in Bangalore.
So this is my ZIP hotel.
I got this for 1000 Rupee per night from Easemytrip's website.
But I wanted to cancel one night but they were not letting me
and the problem is that I have got twin bed.
I expected to get a Queen bed.
But let's see if I can change it through a call.
Getting under the blanket after a whole day of tiredness
is indescribable.
It was a great day in Bangalore.
Will see you tomorrow with a day in life of a software engineer in Bangalore.
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