The real reason why I am not excited for tomorrow's trip. What do you feel about it?
So as we have a 3 days holiday(Good Friday and weekend), we are going to this hilly and lush green place named Sakleshpura which is in the Western Ghats of the state Karnataka in India and it's about 220 km from our city Bangalore which is also in Karnataka state. It's a beautiful lush green place but I am still not excited. That's because I am not just going with parents but my dad's ex colleague Debdas uncle is joining us too with his wife and he is Abhishek dada's(i used to post about him often a couple of years ago on here so I guess some of you know him) dad. Abhishek dada is 32 (dada means big brother in Bengali and yeah now we are adults so I shouldn't be calling him dada now even though as a kid he was much older) and I am 25 and he is working in Hyderabad City now so he isn't coming for the trip. But the main problem I have is because Debdas uncle show off and boasts a lot. They are Bengali too like us but they are from Kolkata and we from Siliguri but living in Bangalore long-term.
So yeah Debdas uncle boasts a lot about things like his son studying in a good tier college, he (Debdas uncle) going to foreign countries like Spain or UK for work assignments, his promotions or salary hikes in office and also puts down others who aren't doing good. I am already facing this job search pressure in home with mom scolding me about it often in a demotivating way but my parents also lied to my relative and even family friends including Debdas uncle that I am working now just to save their faces as reputation is a big deal in India and many poke noses unnecessarily into other's business. Debdas uncle especially is toxic as I remember in 10th grade board exams(a big deal in India), I got 85%, in 12th grade board exams i got 82% and also did my engineering in a lower tier engineering college so sometimes he would gossip about me in the Bengali family friends circle that I was incapable which is ironic as Abhishek dada himself got 77% in 12th boards and even though he did engineering in a good tier college, he too got backlogs and took 5 years to complete it instead of 4 and also struggled to find a job and even after finding one, he switched multiple times.
Only after I entered MBA, Debdas uncle could no longer gossip or boast as me as none of the sons in the family friend's circle did an MBA. Even Abhishek dada tried to go for an MBA but he couldn't so yeah that phase he didn't boast or show off much. So yeah if they came to know I am still job searching, he will definitely gossip a lot. So yeah this combination of job search pressure+Debdas uncle being in the trip and maybe even question me things about my job is what is making me less comfortable about the trip to Sakleshpura. Thankfully during the journey, me and my parents are going in our Maruti Suzuki Baleno car with a driver hired and they will go in their car so yeah on the highway it will be fun as I will get to see our car overtaking other cars and our driver will go at 100-110 Kmph sometimes even touching 120 Kmph and I will film the overtaking and post it on Instagram stories showing how fast our Baleno is. But yeah the main problem is when we get together while eating or in the homestay I am staying in. It's a shame because Sakleshpura is beautiful but because of them and job pressure it will be harder.
So yeah Debdas uncle boasts a lot about things like his son studying in a good tier college, he (Debdas uncle) going to foreign countries like Spain or UK for work assignments, his promotions or salary hikes in office and also puts down others who aren't doing good. I am already facing this job search pressure in home with mom scolding me about it often in a demotivating way but my parents also lied to my relative and even family friends including Debdas uncle that I am working now just to save their faces as reputation is a big deal in India and many poke noses unnecessarily into other's business. Debdas uncle especially is toxic as I remember in 10th grade board exams(a big deal in India), I got 85%, in 12th grade board exams i got 82% and also did my engineering in a lower tier engineering college so sometimes he would gossip about me in the Bengali family friends circle that I was incapable which is ironic as Abhishek dada himself got 77% in 12th boards and even though he did engineering in a good tier college, he too got backlogs and took 5 years to complete it instead of 4 and also struggled to find a job and even after finding one, he switched multiple times.
Only after I entered MBA, Debdas uncle could no longer gossip or boast as me as none of the sons in the family friend's circle did an MBA. Even Abhishek dada tried to go for an MBA but he couldn't so yeah that phase he didn't boast or show off much. So yeah if they came to know I am still job searching, he will definitely gossip a lot. So yeah this combination of job search pressure+Debdas uncle being in the trip and maybe even question me things about my job is what is making me less comfortable about the trip to Sakleshpura. Thankfully during the journey, me and my parents are going in our Maruti Suzuki Baleno car with a driver hired and they will go in their car so yeah on the highway it will be fun as I will get to see our car overtaking other cars and our driver will go at 100-110 Kmph sometimes even touching 120 Kmph and I will film the overtaking and post it on Instagram stories showing how fast our Baleno is. But yeah the main problem is when we get together while eating or in the homestay I am staying in. It's a shame because Sakleshpura is beautiful but because of them and job pressure it will be harder.
22-25, M
