BaNgLoRe BuGs !!!

4 days and 3 nights in banglore.. and i am already doing a countdown of the hours i am left with in banglore !!! what crap this city is !!!! with a few good things.. it has been a pain so far being here...

first a queue for about 25 minutes to get a pre-paid auto when i reached here on sunday night... i managed to reach the guest house by 2340 hrs.... and the good part was the lady managing the guest house was really sweet.. and arranged for my check in to the Guest House smoothly.... nice large room... the best so far in my trip !!!

10th floor... with a large balcony... a nice wrought iron bed... the flat also has a washing machine, a fridge, an oven, a coffee machine, an ironing board, dsl and dial up internet connection, color tv, big almirahs... and an AC ( hv not used it though).. fundoo...

and where did i have to go for training.. about 15 kms away... ok.. that is in kilometres... and an hour and 15 minutes away in terms of time !!! what the heck !!!

and the travel time increased every day by 15 minutes.. one way roads... roads.. no.. sorry streets.. very few streets that qualify to be called roads here... and then most of the actual streets have been turned into roads for the traffic leaving the residents in those localities in pain !!!

Met vinay for two days after the office... and it was great spending the time with him.. he was kind enough to take me to places were we could eat all sorts of junk local crap !!! I loved it... different versions of the Chaat that we get in delhi.. a strange looking jelly custurd straberry ice-cream was on the list of the things that i ate.. also went to the Commercial Street.. and that street was phulll of sunder sunder kanyaas... very good place.. but the entire bloddy street is about 200 metres.. so not much eye tonic could fit into this cramped street.. par jitna bhi thaa achcha thaa...

second evening was much better..
ok.. before i start... picture this...

a paper plate...
and then a small newpaper on it..
followed by a small 6" by 6" banana leaf cut
and then the real different stuff....

lots of gulcand ( the sweet stuff made from rose petals) and then a li'il bit of butter mixed in gulcand... and then a fresh banana cut into small small tukde followed by two scoops of icecream and some additional taste added by small pieces of fresh cut apple and a wafer and a cherry...

yumm !!!!

and then some phirni with badam milk...
and some excellent dosa with gooooooood chatni...

the funduu icecream... some biiig buildings.. the longer then usual bus.. and a long empty road-can be called a miracle too...

and then a good night sleep... good two evenings..

the days have been hectic...
the traffic screwed up...
the evenings good..

met up with some old friends...
sushant came over to the guest house.. his office is two minutes from where i stay...
met arun, sammy, shubhu.. they are just like family.. and its always good to meet your family members...
and yesterday.. rather today morning at 0500 hrs.. i met jassi in his office.. sushant also is in Oracle.. so both of them were there.. and we three went to the Oracle Cafeteria.. and talked our hearts out.. its always fun to be with Jassi.. his non-stop funny sentences.. with the icing to the cake added with the Gaali every sentence.. make the conversations more interesting... and his views about banglore... were hilarious if not anything less !!!!

i plan to go to mysore on saturday.. lets see if i can go... i really want to get out of banglore seriously and not turn back towards this city !!!!

and hey.. i had heard bad bad things about the auto walas of banglore.. even jassi has a wish that he can beat the hell out of one of the auto walas before he heads out of this city... BUT for me.. so far so good with autos... thank you God...

ok.. here is a small list... hehehe thanks BASTM.. i am making lists as well now..

things i do not like around me this week..
~ TRAFUCK... oops.. it should be TRAFFIC
~ MG Road... i can show the people around here bigger better roads...
~ Roads, streets, lanes, bylanes, footpaths
~ the SMOKE... why can't they move to alternate fuels.. most of the autos and the nigger vehicles are smoke machines here...
~ no seat belts, no helmets

a still from the shatabdi.... lotsa fresh bananas... a view from my balcony... the traffic.... no helmets.. and the strange auto shapes...

things i liked...
~ my room in the guest house.. what a view from the 10th floor...
~ ummm....
~ the junk food that i ate so far.. thanks Vinay...
~ meeting family... Arun, Shubu, Sammy, Sushant and Amit Kumar, and Jassi... mera Spectra ka goodie good friend...
~ umm...
~ i guess thats it...

will write more !!!