A Trip Toward The Horizon


I could not find a home after roaming around the whole day. Losing taste of food after hearing the flat rent, my throat is getting dry. Monthly minimum $1700 (about 150 thousand in my currency). And more, the rent for those luxury apartments is 3 to 5 thousand US dollars. And then there is more irony. More than two people (not even their child) are allowed to stay in a two-room apartment: such a weird renting policy that I have ever heard of. They even counted the head of my 10-year-old daughter. Since we are three, they won't rent a house to us, lol.

However, when the North Pole, including Canada, and many cities in the USA are shaking in the winter, here is the mood of spring. The temperature is so beautiful all year long, I mean spring is here for 12 months. While walking on the street, I felt like, there is a divine feeling with the sweet sun.

Of course, I'm talking about one of the southern cities of California called San Luis Obispo. Believe me, the weather in this city is something else. I don't believe there is any better place to live than this place on earth; at least, I do not know in my experience. Just brought 11 months assignment to this city. Maybe I have to leave later, but it will be hard to forget such a beautiful environment.

Started touring on Jan 5th, and, today, I stopped in San Luis Obispo, one of the southern counties of California. My trip ends here for the next 11 months.

I have never posted so many photos on my Facebook before. But in the last few days, I have visited such amazing places, e.g., Grand Canyon and Death Valley, which I could not resist sharing. But one thing is being noticed by many, the background of my photos is being changed with time, whereas my clothes are not. That's because, for the last few days, I've been in the same dress in all the pictures. This is very true. I'm not miserable, but I don't want to buy myself anything for luxury. I love to have very few clothes for myself. Sometimes my wife forcefully buys some clothes for me. It is not that I am lacking money to buy some stuff, I do it intentionally. Because I prefer living simply with minimum things which I need.

Let me tell you a story about my few clothes—when I was home in October, one day, I went to see my bosom friend. Started from my father-in-law’s house with a rented motorcycle, while on the way, some mud sprinkled from the motorcycle's wheel and washed my pants, I fell into trouble. So, taking out another pair of clothes from my bag, wearing that, put wet pants in a polythene bag, and headed toward my friend’s house. Once I arrived there, first, I went to the roof to dry my wet pants. Seeing this, my friend laughed and was surprised, too. I told him, friend, I only have one pair of pants, so I brought wet pants with me. Now if it doesn't dry, what will I go out later tomorrow.

May my future life be so simple as it is now, never be filled with luxury, that I wish from my heart.

My long trip since the last few days actually was not a fun trip rather was an assignment given by my office. We had the responsibility of delivering a piece of scientific equipment at a great distance of three thousand miles by driving a moving truck. Basically, we were moving the setup that I will be using in the next 11 months.

Fortunately, I had an American colleague with me named Kevin to drive the truck. Kevin is such a nice person that I ever met in my life. He is a father of two sons and an adorable daughter with three cute ‘Golden Retriever’ dogs. Wait a moment, please! Now, I don’t wanna share everything about Kevin, because I need to write a book on him. Kevin is a good person; he is a very good father; a good husband, and a pet lover. So, here I stop about Kevin, but, one day, I will reveal his biography to surprise you for sure.

Our trip was easy because of my friend Apu’s help, he drove us to see the giant corporations' headquarters, e.g., Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Facebook in Silicon Valley. Moreover, I had the chance to meet a colleague named Tanmoy on the way to Silicon Valley. Again, credit goes to my friend Apu for his patience time. On the other side, brother Delowar gave us a campus tour at Stanford University.

By the way, you learned a bit about my simple living style by seeing my limited clothes, but you will be surprised to know my eating habits for which you should interview my wife.

So, make life simple, cut luxury, don’t think selfishly, eat less, wear less — because if you do so, you will see, the whole universe will think for you, desperate to succeed you. Believe me!