At the end of this month I shall pack up and move to Oslo, Norway. I’ve been offered the position of a “Product Manager” by Opera Software and it requires me to move to Oslo. Norway, the country of the vikings, aurora borealis, midnight sun, dark cold and long winters.

This also means that I won’t be working as a Web Evangelist anymore. I loved Evangelising, meeting new people, traveling around - this is going to change. My new job will have more office based responsibilities. I’ll need to get into a 9am-5pm routine. At the same time though, I think it’s a really good professional next step for me I’ll be responsible for some of the main products of the company. That is a lot of responsibility.

On the personal front though, I thought I was getting close to being a “responsible guy”. I’m not. Not at all. I don’t know if or when I’ll ever be one. The lure of breaking out, being “not responsible” is too much. But more than that, much greater than that is the fear of being “responsible” itself. I’m not sure how good or bad this is, but I know my life isn’t going to go otherwise at least for now. I definitely know this hasn’t left everyone around me very pleased with me, but I just have my tail between my legs when it comes to being that “responsible guy”. Maybe moving to Oslo will let me think more into this, or it might help me grow out of this, or even make me realise what I really want - but I guess thats the only option I have for now.

So I’ve spent quite some time in Oslo already - I was there for almost 3 months last year, and spent this May & June there as well. It’s quite a decent place (although I haven’t witnessed the winters yet - which they say are NASTY). I’m sure there’s gonna be plenty to keep me busy in Oslo. Snow boarding, sailing, traveling around Europe etc etc etc. I am looking forward to all that, but right now I am going through a phase where I’m thinking more about the things I’m going to miss. Especially Bangalore, I was enjoying my time here more than ever. It’s not so easy to say good byes, but I wanna meet as many of my friends as I can before I leave.

My schedule looks like:

Now - 17th July = Bangalore
18th July - 19th July = Delhi
19th July - 23rd July = Chd
24th July - 29th July = Thailand (woohooo !! )
30th July - 1st August = Chd
1st August = Fly to Oslo

So if we can meet up somehow, do let me know. I don’t have a working phone these days so emailing me (preferably a bit in advance) is the best way to get in touch.