It has been a long time.
The first 6 months of 2009 saw an adventure in my life.
When I agreed to go to Kazakhstan under the loving compulsion from Luca, I was looking forward to more work, more responsibility and more challenges. Tecnimont was having a lean period and I thought I would go and see till Tecnimont becomes a busy place again. But it proved to be a misadventure.
Atyrau is a hard place. AGIP advises its employees not to venture out alone in the city during day time and not to go out during night time. The site is 40 km from the City and there are no other inhabited areas in between.
There was not much work contrary to my understanding and I was lost in the sea of local employees AGIP filled their offices with. Actually, there was nothing interesting, challenging or comforting there. I was feeling nostalgic all the time. I missed the secure, friendly atmosphere in Tecnimont. I missed the trust I had from everyone in Tecnimont. I missed the load of responsibility I thought I had on my shoulder in Tecnimont! May be those were all excuses and I just missed my friends in Tecnimont.
After the first few days there, I felt the strong urge to go back. And every day I stayed there more, the desire grew strong. Or I made up my mind to come back before I left. So strong was the reaction from my mind against leaving Tecnimont, my home for past 16 years!
To make the story short, I am back in Tecnimont after 2.5 months in Agip and 6 months after leaving in January. And I feel like I am at home:)
End of a misadventure....
