Satish's Tag.
Must confess it was a tough one....
1. What could be the 1 wish you will ask if a genie comes in front of you?
A: Start flight services from Chennai to Bhubaneswar
2. What could be the 1 period you would want to go in a time machine?
A: I am happy in my current state :)
3. What will be the 1 question you will ask if you happen to meet the captain of a UFO?
A: How long are u gonna keep me? :S
4. What will be the 1 thing you would do if you are to go invisible for 1 minute?
A: Just being invisible that too for just a minute wont be of any use for me.
5. What will be the 1 thing you do if you have 1 crore rupees rite now?
A: Invest 75% of it, and go for nice trip around the world with family.
6. Who will be the 1 person with whom you would love to live life long, apart from your Parents, Partner, Bro or Sis ?
A: K of course
7. What is that 1 song which you always hum, without even sensing that you are humming it?
A: It is usually the continuation of my ringtone. I keep some song as my ringtone. So generally the remaining song stays on my lips :)
8. What is that 1 mannerism in you which can be easily noticed by others?
A: I think I walk fast. But am not sure if I walk noticeably fast. Enlighten me people.......
9. What will be the 1 thing which you would want to take with you to your grave?
A: Some books if they can go further with me :)
10. What is that 1 habit of yours, which are trying hard to get rid off?
A: I am impulsive in speech sometimes.
11. Who is that 1 person who deserves a tight slap from you rite now?
A: The speedsters on the beach road near my house. Those absolute @@$@#%^^ morons who think driving fast is cool. I wish I would beat the living day lights out of them.
12. What is that 1 food item you will not say NO, anytime when offered?
A: I would not say food item - but tea is a beverage I wont deny. Anytime is tea time :)
13. Who will be that 1 dead famous personality, whom you would want to come back alive?
A: What good would they do by being alive now ?
14. Who is that 1 teacher, you would not forget anytime in your life?
A: Just 1? I had so many teachers whom I would never ever forget. But if I have to say just one, it will be Sharda Chadha, my English teacher.
15. Who is that 1 friend, whom you are missing so much rite now?
A: No one.
16. What is that 1 thing you would do if you know your death date?
A: Learn tennis. Learn some musical instrument preferably a piano :) And get all my savings and spend them off. (Of course I would leave quite a bit for my darling sis and hubsu :) )
17. What is that 1 thing which you are planning to dispose for a long time and hasn’t done it yet?
A: I am not a person who keeps things which are not needed. Many a times I discard things thinking I wont need them but end up missing them later :( and buying new ones all over again.
18. Who will be that 1 famous personality, with whom you would badly want to date?
A: Mel Gibson
19. Who is that 1 person with whom you are madly in crush rite now ?
A: Crush!!!!!! I am past that age I think :D
Ashma you should do this tag....
Any one else feel free to pick it up ....
Monday, June 9, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008
Tagged by Nitin
Reading:Still reading Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri in at home and The Broker by John Grisham on my way to office. Can t carry Unaccustomed Earth with me cos its a hard bound book and my purse already weighs a ton.
Finished Reading:Ice Candy Man by Bapsi Sidhwa
Listening:Zaraa si dil mein de jagah tu From Jannat
Wearing:Fridayyyyyyyyyyyy so blue jeans and white t shirt. My fav combi :D
Watching:Hmm nothing in particular.
Thinking: Yea to thode se hain paise... Hazaron khwaishen aisi ki har khwaish pe dam nikle :(
Loving: Sleeping. I get very few hours to do that... but I simply love it.
Hating:Chennai traffic and unscrupulous auto drivers
Missing:Mummy, Dad and sis :( :(
Been 5 months since I was with them :(
Hoping:To own a car real soon
Craving:For some ginger tea. Got a bad bout of sneezing since the morning. Not a rare phenomenon with me.. But since I am blogging write now... thats one thing I am really craving for.
Ok so my dear readers I tag any one whose chances by my blog.
Finished Reading:Ice Candy Man by Bapsi Sidhwa
Listening:Zaraa si dil mein de jagah tu From Jannat
Wearing:Fridayyyyyyyyyyyy so blue jeans and white t shirt. My fav combi :D
Watching:Hmm nothing in particular.
Thinking: Yea to thode se hain paise... Hazaron khwaishen aisi ki har khwaish pe dam nikle :(
Loving: Sleeping. I get very few hours to do that... but I simply love it.
Hating:Chennai traffic and unscrupulous auto drivers
Missing:Mummy, Dad and sis :( :(
Been 5 months since I was with them :(
Hoping:To own a car real soon
Craving:For some ginger tea. Got a bad bout of sneezing since the morning. Not a rare phenomenon with me.. But since I am blogging write now... thats one thing I am really craving for.
Ok so my dear readers I tag any one whose chances by my blog.
Monday, June 2, 2008
2 Weddings and Cherrie :)
Some time back I wrote a post on one of my friends doing a groom hunting. Shes finally landed up with her match. Well I cant say he satisfies all the business and functional requirements. But my friend chose him. Despite a lot of questions she boiled down on him. Even when she had to go to meet him, she was very pissed off, as she had a lot of qualms about his career streak. Since he had attempted getting into business after completing his graduation which in due course did not work out fine, his actual work experience add up to be less than hers. This made her a bit jittery initially.
But then, marriages are made in heaven as it is said(and the price is borne on earth ;) )So with a lot of questions in heart she went ahead with the alliance. After the match was fixed, the usual rigmarole of late night phone calls, thinking of gifts for each other etc etc started. But at times my friend used to pop up the most unusual questions to me - "Have I done the correct thing?" "Every one asks me I should feel something different and special, but I don't. Is that OK?" "I think I wanted some one smarter - many a times he does not understand my jokes/satire/comments." To all this, I reply "Hang on dear you will be happy with him".
After a point I started getting amused with her questions. Sometimes she would be like, he talks a lot yaar, I hope I don't get bored with him (What a quintessential Indian girl I would say, who has thoughts of getting bored with her husband. :| ) I feel like an old granny even though I have been married for 4 months only. And I think Bachchu shaadi kar le, fir baat karte hain :D
Somethings are not answered before one actually starts living that life. But it is hilarious to hear all the questions from her. I am not sure if I too pestered her with a question bank :)
At the same time, another very close friend of mine is also getting married. And she is a different specimen altogether. She too had a lot of apprehensions from the word go. Initially she used to take the whole alliance as a compromise only. But slowly when she started to get to know the person, a lot of her perception changed for the better.Her fiance too talks a lot(I think its a myth that girls are more loquacious), and sometimes she tells me"Radio ki tarah bajta rehta hai band hi nehi hota" Now this is a slap on the face of the creative directors of the Airtel ads where Ms Vidya Na-real Balan huskily reprimands Maddy for having called her 8 times. Here this my friend, has laid a curfew on the number of smses he can send and the duration for which they should talk. Earlier they used to talk from 1700 hours till 2100 hours and send smses till late at night. But then she realised, they never had anything concrete to talk, but would just while away their time. And sometimes just hanging on to each other for the heck of it, used to lead to frequent fights which she wanted to avoid.
My friends are shattering all ideas of lovey dovey couples snuggling with the cell phones till the wee hours of the morning. Even I never used to talk for long hours because K was a stickler to the rule of getting at least 8 hours of sleep. At that time I thought I was an aberration. But I think I have a lot of like minded people around me :)
I wish I could clairvoyance to know what your futures look like. But I am sure you both will make the best of the lives that you have chosen. You will over come the fears and uncertainties and forge relationships of a lifetime with your partners. And while you enjoy your courtship period, I have to figure out what to gift you both on your D days :(
But then, marriages are made in heaven as it is said(and the price is borne on earth ;) )So with a lot of questions in heart she went ahead with the alliance. After the match was fixed, the usual rigmarole of late night phone calls, thinking of gifts for each other etc etc started. But at times my friend used to pop up the most unusual questions to me - "Have I done the correct thing?" "Every one asks me I should feel something different and special, but I don't. Is that OK?" "I think I wanted some one smarter - many a times he does not understand my jokes/satire/comments." To all this, I reply "Hang on dear you will be happy with him".
After a point I started getting amused with her questions. Sometimes she would be like, he talks a lot yaar, I hope I don't get bored with him (What a quintessential Indian girl I would say, who has thoughts of getting bored with her husband. :| ) I feel like an old granny even though I have been married for 4 months only. And I think Bachchu shaadi kar le, fir baat karte hain :D
Somethings are not answered before one actually starts living that life. But it is hilarious to hear all the questions from her. I am not sure if I too pestered her with a question bank :)
At the same time, another very close friend of mine is also getting married. And she is a different specimen altogether. She too had a lot of apprehensions from the word go. Initially she used to take the whole alliance as a compromise only. But slowly when she started to get to know the person, a lot of her perception changed for the better.Her fiance too talks a lot(I think its a myth that girls are more loquacious), and sometimes she tells me"Radio ki tarah bajta rehta hai band hi nehi hota" Now this is a slap on the face of the creative directors of the Airtel ads where Ms Vidya Na-real Balan huskily reprimands Maddy for having called her 8 times. Here this my friend, has laid a curfew on the number of smses he can send and the duration for which they should talk. Earlier they used to talk from 1700 hours till 2100 hours and send smses till late at night. But then she realised, they never had anything concrete to talk, but would just while away their time. And sometimes just hanging on to each other for the heck of it, used to lead to frequent fights which she wanted to avoid.
My friends are shattering all ideas of lovey dovey couples snuggling with the cell phones till the wee hours of the morning. Even I never used to talk for long hours because K was a stickler to the rule of getting at least 8 hours of sleep. At that time I thought I was an aberration. But I think I have a lot of like minded people around me :)
I wish I could clairvoyance to know what your futures look like. But I am sure you both will make the best of the lives that you have chosen. You will over come the fears and uncertainties and forge relationships of a lifetime with your partners. And while you enjoy your courtship period, I have to figure out what to gift you both on your D days :(
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
As you like it
There have been so many posts on similar lines that I left the name of the title to be decided by the reader.
Any one who has as much as put a toe nail in Chennai will surely mention this feature of the city - the auto rickshaw drivers. And I have set up my home here - how would I not pay my homage to a credo of this city.
On a working day I commute using auto rickshaws. Now for the first one month, each day was full of suspense as to which auto I would take, how would the driver be, how much would I end up eking out. There were many options available to me - namely - picking up an/any auto plying on the road after stepping out of the house. Since the drivers could read "alien" written on my forehead in Comic sans font, they would spell the most atrocious, humongous amount their brain could imagine at that moment. I would give a look of utter disgust/amusement/surprise/anger and many more depending on my frame of mind at that juncture. Then after quite a bit of haggling and waste of time, I would get the ride.
The other option was a "Call Auto"(I salute the creative and entrepreneurial genius of the person who started this!) In this format I would call the "call auto" center ( their services are available from 0700hrs to 1900hrs everyday of the week), and book an auto for the designated trip at a particular time. Now this class of auto drivers do a unique thing that NO OTHER Community of auto drivers do. They use the ELECTRONIC METER!!!! And a major service for the well being of the aam junta. But they too have a household to run, kids education to be financed, fuel to be filled, booze to be had :| , how would they manage these simple mortal chores with the paltry income. So they just charge Rs 20 extra. This works out much cheaper than the price one would reach with any degree of passionate haggling. But, But, But - who said life is all rosy dandy? There is a CATCH! They call up 30 mins before the time you want to move and confirm whether they have an auto for you or not (resource scarcity you see) This means you remain on tenterhooks till the celestial call comes. It worked fine sporadically for me. 2 days in a row I would get an auto, but then 3rd day, the auto would have its gear wire messed up. And I would have my schedule messed up big time. I endured it for quite some time. But every time why the bloody gear wire messing syndrome with me!!???? One day I took the number of the MD from the driver who used to frequently ferry me and asked him to come up with a new excuse each day. The gear wire getting damaged was getting a bit monotonous. Puncture would be another good option.
After that I severed all ties with Call Auto services.
And the knights in shining armors were the auto drivers from the local auto stand. Now they charge the normal Rs 150 drop me at office, but no other hassles. No crib session by them, no confirmation calls to make me all jittery; I have in fact started recognizing some of them :)
Now so much was for my auto rides for getting to my office. The chronicles of the return trips have a story of their own.
To get back home I use share autos - these are huge toad shaped auto rickshaws in which anything from 6-12 people can travel. Before I get into any of them I make it a point to ask the driver where is his vehicle bound to. Some times, the drivers choose not to reply. I seriously feel like slapping the buster and flinging some choicest slangs at him. Come on what about the great Indian tradition of Customer being king?? Atleast minimum courtesy the dude can reply where his auto is going right? But no. Hmm.. Whatever.
The share autos don't go till my home. So from the last stop I have to haul another auto rickshaw and reach home. Each day I get to meet a new specimen of driver. Yesterday the driver wanted to get rid of me ASAP. At every intersection he asked, Madam shall I drop you here? Madam shall I drop you here? I was like WTH!!!!!! With the rudest voice, I shot back, Mister I will tell you where you have to drop me. Look at the road and drive on.
He gave the most sulky look any mortal could muster and muttered something about the distance being too much and I paying him peanuts. (It pays not to understand the language fully :) )
Each day of travel is a travail for me in fact.
Any one who has as much as put a toe nail in Chennai will surely mention this feature of the city - the auto rickshaw drivers. And I have set up my home here - how would I not pay my homage to a credo of this city.
On a working day I commute using auto rickshaws. Now for the first one month, each day was full of suspense as to which auto I would take, how would the driver be, how much would I end up eking out. There were many options available to me - namely - picking up an/any auto plying on the road after stepping out of the house. Since the drivers could read "alien" written on my forehead in Comic sans font, they would spell the most atrocious, humongous amount their brain could imagine at that moment. I would give a look of utter disgust/amusement/surprise/anger and many more depending on my frame of mind at that juncture. Then after quite a bit of haggling and waste of time, I would get the ride.
The other option was a "Call Auto"(I salute the creative and entrepreneurial genius of the person who started this!) In this format I would call the "call auto" center ( their services are available from 0700hrs to 1900hrs everyday of the week), and book an auto for the designated trip at a particular time. Now this class of auto drivers do a unique thing that NO OTHER Community of auto drivers do. They use the ELECTRONIC METER!!!! And a major service for the well being of the aam junta. But they too have a household to run, kids education to be financed, fuel to be filled, booze to be had :| , how would they manage these simple mortal chores with the paltry income. So they just charge Rs 20 extra. This works out much cheaper than the price one would reach with any degree of passionate haggling. But, But, But - who said life is all rosy dandy? There is a CATCH! They call up 30 mins before the time you want to move and confirm whether they have an auto for you or not (resource scarcity you see) This means you remain on tenterhooks till the celestial call comes. It worked fine sporadically for me. 2 days in a row I would get an auto, but then 3rd day, the auto would have its gear wire messed up. And I would have my schedule messed up big time. I endured it for quite some time. But every time why the bloody gear wire messing syndrome with me!!???? One day I took the number of the MD from the driver who used to frequently ferry me and asked him to come up with a new excuse each day. The gear wire getting damaged was getting a bit monotonous. Puncture would be another good option.
After that I severed all ties with Call Auto services.
And the knights in shining armors were the auto drivers from the local auto stand. Now they charge the normal Rs 150 drop me at office, but no other hassles. No crib session by them, no confirmation calls to make me all jittery; I have in fact started recognizing some of them :)
Now so much was for my auto rides for getting to my office. The chronicles of the return trips have a story of their own.
To get back home I use share autos - these are huge toad shaped auto rickshaws in which anything from 6-12 people can travel. Before I get into any of them I make it a point to ask the driver where is his vehicle bound to. Some times, the drivers choose not to reply. I seriously feel like slapping the buster and flinging some choicest slangs at him. Come on what about the great Indian tradition of Customer being king?? Atleast minimum courtesy the dude can reply where his auto is going right? But no. Hmm.. Whatever.
The share autos don't go till my home. So from the last stop I have to haul another auto rickshaw and reach home. Each day I get to meet a new specimen of driver. Yesterday the driver wanted to get rid of me ASAP. At every intersection he asked, Madam shall I drop you here? Madam shall I drop you here? I was like WTH!!!!!! With the rudest voice, I shot back, Mister I will tell you where you have to drop me. Look at the road and drive on.
He gave the most sulky look any mortal could muster and muttered something about the distance being too much and I paying him peanuts. (It pays not to understand the language fully :) )
Each day of travel is a travail for me in fact.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Deeps's Tag
1.Last movie you saw in a theatre?
Hmmmmmmm I think its 10,000 BC :(
2.What book are you reading?
Ice Candy Man
3.Favourite board game?
Ludo?
4.Favourite magazine?
Anything lying in the salon. I aint much of a mag fan
5.Favourite smell?
Davidoff Coolwater :) :) :)
6.Favourite sound?
Mebbe the ringtone of my cell phone :)
I also like the sound of a fan starting up when the power comes back after a cut :) It fills me with divine happiness
7.Worst feeling ever?
Uncertainty
8.What is the first thing you think when you wake up?
Damn! Its morning alraeady????
9.Favourite fast food place?
At my home town, the place called Market Building
10.Future child's name?
If its a guy Kanishka
Beti ka naam socha nehi but A se kuch rakhenge :)
11.Finish this sentence " if i had a lot of money i'd..."
Invest some spend the rest :)
12.Do you drive fast?
Nopes....
13.Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
I am allergic to fur. :|
14.Storm cool or scary?
Kewlllllllllllllllllllllll
15.What was your first car?
:(
16.Favourite drink?
Coke
17.Finish this sentence "if i had the time i would?"
Mow down alllllllllllll the books in the world
18.Do you eat the stems of broccoli?
Green veggies have protein which is good for hair, and I can do anything for good hair. So yes.
19.If you could dye you hair,which colour would it be?
Thanks but no thanks.
20.Name the different cities /town you have lived in?
Bhubaneswar, Kolkatta, Rourkela, Hyderabad, Chennai
21.Favourite sports watch?
Cricket
22.One nice thing about the person who sent you this?
:) Shes a sweet person
23.Whats under your bed?
Its a box bed. There are actually a lot of things like :-
The vacuum cleaner
Winter wear
Bed spreads
Extra pillows
Wedding gifts we wont be using for the time being
And some more stuff I am not able to remember now
24.Would you like to be reborn as yourself?
I want to try a guy s life :)
25.Morning person or night owl?
Depends on what I have to do. If its a movie night owl. If its exercise morning person :)
26.Over easy,or sunny side up?
Sunny side up
27.Favourite place to relax?
On the couch cell phone in hand
.28.Favourite pie?
I hate pies
I tooooooooooo tag everyone who visits My Blog :)
Hmmmmmmm I think its 10,000 BC :(
2.What book are you reading?
Ice Candy Man
3.Favourite board game?
Ludo?
4.Favourite magazine?
Anything lying in the salon. I aint much of a mag fan
5.Favourite smell?
Davidoff Coolwater :) :) :)
6.Favourite sound?
Mebbe the ringtone of my cell phone :)
I also like the sound of a fan starting up when the power comes back after a cut :) It fills me with divine happiness
7.Worst feeling ever?
Uncertainty
8.What is the first thing you think when you wake up?
Damn! Its morning alraeady????
9.Favourite fast food place?
At my home town, the place called Market Building
10.Future child's name?
If its a guy Kanishka
Beti ka naam socha nehi but A se kuch rakhenge :)
11.Finish this sentence " if i had a lot of money i'd..."
Invest some spend the rest :)
12.Do you drive fast?
Nopes....
13.Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
I am allergic to fur. :|
14.Storm cool or scary?
Kewlllllllllllllllllllllll
15.What was your first car?
:(
16.Favourite drink?
Coke
17.Finish this sentence "if i had the time i would?"
Mow down alllllllllllll the books in the world
18.Do you eat the stems of broccoli?
Green veggies have protein which is good for hair, and I can do anything for good hair. So yes.
19.If you could dye you hair,which colour would it be?
Thanks but no thanks.
20.Name the different cities /town you have lived in?
Bhubaneswar, Kolkatta, Rourkela, Hyderabad, Chennai
21.Favourite sports watch?
Cricket
22.One nice thing about the person who sent you this?
:) Shes a sweet person
23.Whats under your bed?
Its a box bed. There are actually a lot of things like :-
The vacuum cleaner
Winter wear
Bed spreads
Extra pillows
Wedding gifts we wont be using for the time being
And some more stuff I am not able to remember now
24.Would you like to be reborn as yourself?
I want to try a guy s life :)
25.Morning person or night owl?
Depends on what I have to do. If its a movie night owl. If its exercise morning person :)
26.Over easy,or sunny side up?
Sunny side up
27.Favourite place to relax?
On the couch cell phone in hand
.28.Favourite pie?
I hate pies
I tooooooooooo tag everyone who visits My Blog :)
Monday, May 12, 2008
Tagged by Ashu
8 things I am passionate about...
1. Writing
2. My wardrobe
3. Cleanliness
4. Exercising
5. Books
6. My independence
7. My career
8. My education
8 things I want to do before I die...
1. Own a big independent house
2. Be self employed
3. Step on atleast all the continents of the world
4. Write a book
5. Be on the front page of the newspapers for one day atleast :D
6. Take my parents on a world tour
7. Have a library of my own
8. Die looking just the same (I know skin will be wrinkled and all but I dont want to be a fat corpse for sure :S )
8 things I say often...(Thats 8 fold version of my own tag in the 2nd blog)
1) Awesome
2) Kewl
3) What the hell
4) Morrrrrrrron
5) Argh!
6) Oye
7) Chill
8) Fine No probs
8 books I last read
(Marriage has decelerated my reading pace for sureeeeee sniff sniff)
1. The glass palace
2. The Japanese wife
3. Many lives many masters
4. For one more day
5. The memory keepers daughter
6. Water
7. How starbucks saved my life
8. The Ice candy man (Currently reading)
8 songs I could listen to over and over again...
1. Chal chalein apne ghar
2. Likhe jo khat tujhe
3. Dance with me
4. Everything I do
5. I want to spend my life time loving you
6. Naa hai yea paana
7. Tumhi dekho na
8. Shape of my heart
And many many more
4 people I think should do this tag...
Ashma
Abhishek
Deepshikha
Shallu
1. Writing
2. My wardrobe
3. Cleanliness
4. Exercising
5. Books
6. My independence
7. My career
8. My education
8 things I want to do before I die...
1. Own a big independent house
2. Be self employed
3. Step on atleast all the continents of the world
4. Write a book
5. Be on the front page of the newspapers for one day atleast :D
6. Take my parents on a world tour
7. Have a library of my own
8. Die looking just the same (I know skin will be wrinkled and all but I dont want to be a fat corpse for sure :S )
8 things I say often...(Thats 8 fold version of my own tag in the 2nd blog)
1) Awesome
2) Kewl
3) What the hell
4) Morrrrrrrron
5) Argh!
6) Oye
7) Chill
8) Fine No probs
8 books I last read
(Marriage has decelerated my reading pace for sureeeeee sniff sniff)
1. The glass palace
2. The Japanese wife
3. Many lives many masters
4. For one more day
5. The memory keepers daughter
6. Water
7. How starbucks saved my life
8. The Ice candy man (Currently reading)
8 songs I could listen to over and over again...
1. Chal chalein apne ghar
2. Likhe jo khat tujhe
3. Dance with me
4. Everything I do
5. I want to spend my life time loving you
6. Naa hai yea paana
7. Tumhi dekho na
8. Shape of my heart
And many many more
4 people I think should do this tag...
Ashma
Abhishek
Deepshikha
Shallu
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Some Day!
Well.. Today I just had to write this post. Morning I was feeling so strongly about this issue that I decided no matter how much the work load, no matter what the deadline, no matter what is my state of mind, I will write this post.
First of all, commuting was problem number 1 for me. Work arounds were galore. But for me, travelling comfortably is of vital importance. No matter what, I should travel in utmost comfort, at any cost. And I am shelling out some Rs 200 per day for commuting. If we consider 20 working days per month this comes to Rs 4000 only. And per year ahem ahem a wooping 48K. People might find the numbers eye popping. But I have decided to turn a deaf ear to what others have to say. For me, I dont want to reach office drenched in sweat neither to I want to reach home pissed off because of travel. So better invest this money for peace of mind.
Anyways the mathematics of my travel cost has motivated me to lay 2009 July as the milestone date for owning a car. Amen.
Now for problem number 2.
One problem that peeves me to no end in life is Water Problem. And see my destiny - Chennai has no dearth of it. On all my prior stays at Chennai, I have been blessed with a really smooth existence. I some how loved being in this city. But now I feel, they were all baits by God to lure me :S
I had heard Chennai has water problems. Hmm there is a difference between hearing things and living them! :(
Every day I literally come prepared that some new water related problem will be there.
In our house, we have lines from which saline water comes. And there is a separate tap for fresh water in which the water comes for some 10-15 mins from 0730 hours. This water is stored in drums etc for cooking and bathing purposes.
2 days before I landed here, in our apartment provisions were made for 24 hrs supply of saline as well as fresh water. My joy knew no bounds. I some how dont get that fresh feeling if i take bath in stored water. So I was very happy with the arrangements.
But 2 weeks down the line, we got a circular from the apartment management, that the supply has not been able to meet the demands and some other lame excuses, so the old sys of 24hrs saline water supply and 10 mins fresh water will be the norm. I was like Ok fine.
It would have been all rosy dandy, if this had been the state of affairs. I was slowly getting acclimatised to using water sparingly (how I hated it initially ) . It was K who complained about my using a lot of water. I asked, You expect me to use less water. He said A lot LESS. That day onwards I mended my ways to suit Chennai :)
Ever since I became a good girl, water started throwing tantrums. Some day, the fresh water would not come for the adequate duration ending in all the drums not getting filled up. I would be pissed off that day. Some day salt water wont come for some time rendering the flushes and basin taps useless. I would be pissed off that day too. And now we have a new problem - no salt water but fresh water for 24hrs - means no use of any tap/flush in the house except for the one tap. I have forgotten the joy of opening a tap and water running down, small simple things I used to take for granted.
I remember when I was in school, and we were staying in dads government quarters for some years. There water used to come from 7-10 in the morning and 5-7 in the evening. That was BIG WATER PROBLEM for us. Apart from that, I have never faced any water woes, no matter in which part of India I have resided. Here when I told the same, my sister in law said," If fresh water comes daily for 10 minutes, people in Chennai say there is no water problem." I was shell shocked.
And today, when I came back from the gym, my mother in law was standing just like that(usually shes scurrying around the house) When asked she said, no fresh water also. So many emotions ran through me like :O :S :( :(( :'(
K had to push off first. So he took crows bath and left. And I was left waiting. The last thing I want to hear when I come back all sweaty from the gym is "There is no water" But that was the first thing I got to hear today.
The watchman said at length that water would be coming in some time. We waited and waited, all we got from the tap was a hiss. Since I was getting late, I asked my mother in law, if I could borrow a bucket of water from the ground floor residents in case they were getting it. She consented and accompanied me. But see my luck, we hardly filled half a bucket, water stopped running. Mom in law told me to wash face and leave for office. I geared myself for it. But when I stepped into the bathroom and saw the precariously less quantity of water, I balked. I decided, I will go late to office, but I wont go unclean.
I read and re - read the morning newspaper as I waited for water to come. Finally at 0930 hours there was water!! I felt like a villager in the movie Swades, just like they rejoiced for Bijli I was doing a hurray when water came!! I was smiling at the sight of water for a good 5 minutes!!
First of all, commuting was problem number 1 for me. Work arounds were galore. But for me, travelling comfortably is of vital importance. No matter what, I should travel in utmost comfort, at any cost. And I am shelling out some Rs 200 per day for commuting. If we consider 20 working days per month this comes to Rs 4000 only. And per year ahem ahem a wooping 48K. People might find the numbers eye popping. But I have decided to turn a deaf ear to what others have to say. For me, I dont want to reach office drenched in sweat neither to I want to reach home pissed off because of travel. So better invest this money for peace of mind.
Anyways the mathematics of my travel cost has motivated me to lay 2009 July as the milestone date for owning a car. Amen.
Now for problem number 2.
One problem that peeves me to no end in life is Water Problem. And see my destiny - Chennai has no dearth of it. On all my prior stays at Chennai, I have been blessed with a really smooth existence. I some how loved being in this city. But now I feel, they were all baits by God to lure me :S
I had heard Chennai has water problems. Hmm there is a difference between hearing things and living them! :(
Every day I literally come prepared that some new water related problem will be there.
In our house, we have lines from which saline water comes. And there is a separate tap for fresh water in which the water comes for some 10-15 mins from 0730 hours. This water is stored in drums etc for cooking and bathing purposes.
2 days before I landed here, in our apartment provisions were made for 24 hrs supply of saline as well as fresh water. My joy knew no bounds. I some how dont get that fresh feeling if i take bath in stored water. So I was very happy with the arrangements.
But 2 weeks down the line, we got a circular from the apartment management, that the supply has not been able to meet the demands and some other lame excuses, so the old sys of 24hrs saline water supply and 10 mins fresh water will be the norm. I was like Ok fine.
It would have been all rosy dandy, if this had been the state of affairs. I was slowly getting acclimatised to using water sparingly (how I hated it initially ) . It was K who complained about my using a lot of water. I asked, You expect me to use less water. He said A lot LESS. That day onwards I mended my ways to suit Chennai :)
Ever since I became a good girl, water started throwing tantrums. Some day, the fresh water would not come for the adequate duration ending in all the drums not getting filled up. I would be pissed off that day. Some day salt water wont come for some time rendering the flushes and basin taps useless. I would be pissed off that day too. And now we have a new problem - no salt water but fresh water for 24hrs - means no use of any tap/flush in the house except for the one tap. I have forgotten the joy of opening a tap and water running down, small simple things I used to take for granted.
I remember when I was in school, and we were staying in dads government quarters for some years. There water used to come from 7-10 in the morning and 5-7 in the evening. That was BIG WATER PROBLEM for us. Apart from that, I have never faced any water woes, no matter in which part of India I have resided. Here when I told the same, my sister in law said," If fresh water comes daily for 10 minutes, people in Chennai say there is no water problem." I was shell shocked.
And today, when I came back from the gym, my mother in law was standing just like that(usually shes scurrying around the house) When asked she said, no fresh water also. So many emotions ran through me like :O :S :( :(( :'(
K had to push off first. So he took crows bath and left. And I was left waiting. The last thing I want to hear when I come back all sweaty from the gym is "There is no water" But that was the first thing I got to hear today.
The watchman said at length that water would be coming in some time. We waited and waited, all we got from the tap was a hiss. Since I was getting late, I asked my mother in law, if I could borrow a bucket of water from the ground floor residents in case they were getting it. She consented and accompanied me. But see my luck, we hardly filled half a bucket, water stopped running. Mom in law told me to wash face and leave for office. I geared myself for it. But when I stepped into the bathroom and saw the precariously less quantity of water, I balked. I decided, I will go late to office, but I wont go unclean.
I read and re - read the morning newspaper as I waited for water to come. Finally at 0930 hours there was water!! I felt like a villager in the movie Swades, just like they rejoiced for Bijli I was doing a hurray when water came!! I was smiling at the sight of water for a good 5 minutes!!
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