Cognizant-Coimbatore

I reached Coimbatore a day before we were supposed to report to Cognizant.We(me, manu n noufal) decided to stay at a lodge till we find a place to stay.Induction program was there for 3 days. After being in search mode for few days, finally we found a good house to stay.Over the last two weeks it has become a home i guess.The other two guys staying with us are from Kerala only.Then after the induction program i was(along with manu,ganesh n nimish) placed in the Advanced Java batch.We started the training session with Oracle which is our technology for database mgmt.Next week we have an exam on Oracle.After that we ll move on to java, i am told.

Last week we all were down with food poisoning.Manu and Nimish had gone home.I had to stay back as my bro had visited me that weekend.others along with my bro went for the movie Wake up Sid.Movie was good.Later that night my body started showing symptoms of food poisoning.That night i threw up n times(i missed the count:)).Next day was a testing day.With the help of noufal and ajith bhai i was on foot the next Monday.Then the week before that i was down with fever.Thats all for now i guess.I ll jus say the plus and minus of Coimbatore in my view.

plus:
*climate is kinda similar to Kerala.At this point its much colder but i am told in summer the temp cud rise up to 35-38.Anyways climate isn't an issue as of now.
*Bus charges are surprisingly low.With 2Rs you could travel anywhere in the city.To travel outskirts you wud hv to pay 3.50Rs.
*People are nice it seems.Never felt like a stranger in the city.40% of the city population are malayalis.There are many tamils who speak malayalam too.So anywhere in 'cbe' language is never an issue.

minus:
*water is a major concern.drinking water causes all the diseases.But again its in cbe u get the best drinking water in TN.But our stomach finds it really impure i suppose.
*food is another problem.the tastes are very different though both the states are close by.