Saturday
As usual came to the office and started doing the nothings that I'm supposed to do. Did some corrections and stuff, read some stuff over the internet and sat idle. *yawn* Finally the time came when I had to go for the survey. This is something I really look forward to. :D Encountered really weird people that day while surveying. Everyone gave us a different way for the same destination.
IPL Final
The match was so unworthy of being a final. CSK literally demolished RCB. Gayle storm was reduced to a baby blowing his birthday candles. I think there should be a new phrase now, 'As lucky as Dhoni'.
I saw half the match at Nandan ji's and rest outside a Panwallah near my flat. The scene there was totally awesome. People buying cigarettes, pan and cold drinks and sitting around this TV on the porch or on their motorbikes and uttering comments on every happening. 'Yeh Dhoni toh saala kismat wala hai, jisse choota hai sona bana deta hai', 'Yeh Dhoni saala koi kala jadoo karta hai, ye doll banake unka gala ghotke aata hoga'. I had never heard people cursing so much on somebody's victory so much!! But whatever Dhoni once again proved that it can't just be luck because for it was just luck then he couldn't have achieved so much.
CSK is a big match team. It has people that raise their performance in crunch situation. Half the side is regular Indian team memebers. Dhoni, Raina, Ashwin, Murali Vijay, Badrinath apart from Hussey, Morkel and Bollinger to choke the opposition. Probably CSK will win the next two season's as well with such a formidable team.
Sunday - Fun Day
At last a holiday. A much awaited one. Arguably, I've never waited for a Sunday more than this one. I decided to make use of it to the maximum. I wanted to go out and asked flatmate for company. He said it was too hot outside so he would just rest at home (it was indeed pretty hot outside). So I started off for my first holiday. I decided to watch Hangover 2 as I had been waiting for it for so long and it was really hot outside so AC was a good bet at that time. I went to this mall called 'Treasure Island'. The mall was pretty big and for the first time I saw some pretty girls in Indore which otherwise a pretty dry state in this matter. *evil grin*
Hangover 2 to disappoints in providing the same entertainment and laughter quotient as the first part but if you don't compare the two it has a pretty decent story line and has some great funny moments which will make you laugh to the core.
After that I decided to do some local sightseeing and first stop was Rajwada. It is the most important building in Indore and was home to the Holkars who were the rulers of Indore. It was really beautiful. Multistoreyed, very intricately carved pillars, marble work, openness and enclosure features were very admirable over there. Then I went to see Krishnapura Chhatri. It is a combination of three temples, I guess, whose top dome is in the shape of a conical umbrella (that's where the name comes from). It was very serene and the detailing of carvings over there was astonishing and spell-bounding. At both the places I felt that people of Indore do not come here much. As both the places were very ill maintained and lacked attendance (attendance part may be because of the heat aspect as well). But its such a pity that people of the city aren't worthy of their heritage and this is not just in the case of Indore, its true for any city.
Came back home and slept. Power went of off. That's when I woke up but I was very reluctant to get up so I just kept lying there in the heat. And suddenly the fan started rotating. I love that moment when the fan starts again after a power cut. Suddenly you feel that nice cold when wind hits your sweaty body. *bliss*
Then we went to this new place for dinner as Nandan Ji is closed on Sunday evenings. The place was suggested by one of my colleagues and its called 'Chappan Dukaan' meaning 'Fifty-Six Shops'. It had 56 shops which are all eating joints and the range of food is awesome but non-veg jyada nahi hai. I had mutton roll and then veg biriyani. Anybody who comes to Indore must visit this place if not anything else. Must see on my list of Indore places. :D
Monday, May 30, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Indore Journal 6
Life is getting boring day by day I guess. Its getting pretty monotonous. Get up, do your chores go to the office, go to have dinner, come back, watch a movie and sleep. Bah! Booorrrrriiiiinnngggg!! You need free time to enjoy a new place and there is a serious shortage of it here. I have to be in office even on Saturdays, yes all of them. *chokes*
It rained yesterday. Moti moti boondo wali baarish. Everyone was so excited to see the rain. The place where the planning wing is seated is right besides the window so as soon as it started raining everyone clobbered around the window to see the pleasant sight. They opened the window pane to let the fresh and cool air to come inside and to fill the room with the smell of the soil. Its amazing to see the effect of rain on women, I don't know whats with them when they see rain, 'Ah! Rain! Rain! Rain!' lol
My boss is on holiday for 3 days now. Yaaaaaaayyyy!! Less work. :D I just need to complete the survey task till the time he comes. We went for survey yesterday as well. For me survey = helping Nilesh a bit for the mapping part + exploring the city. The latter part is the one I personally look forward to doing. I saw the Krishnapura Chattri yesterday. Its on the bank of a river (totally converted into a nallah). It was beautiful. We were driving through the old city and at every half kilometer there was either a mosque or temple, it was I think like a competition between people at that time as to who would have more temples or mosques.
I had this think called Mango Rabri Faluda. I don't know where the hell does these ideas come into these people for mixing up such unrelated things. It wasn't bad though. :D
I watched True Grit last night and realized that the new True Grit is the exact remake of the old one. Both of them are good just that old one is more charming because of John Wayne.
It rained yesterday. Moti moti boondo wali baarish. Everyone was so excited to see the rain. The place where the planning wing is seated is right besides the window so as soon as it started raining everyone clobbered around the window to see the pleasant sight. They opened the window pane to let the fresh and cool air to come inside and to fill the room with the smell of the soil. Its amazing to see the effect of rain on women, I don't know whats with them when they see rain, 'Ah! Rain! Rain! Rain!' lol
My boss is on holiday for 3 days now. Yaaaaaaayyyy!! Less work. :D I just need to complete the survey task till the time he comes. We went for survey yesterday as well. For me survey = helping Nilesh a bit for the mapping part + exploring the city. The latter part is the one I personally look forward to doing. I saw the Krishnapura Chattri yesterday. Its on the bank of a river (totally converted into a nallah). It was beautiful. We were driving through the old city and at every half kilometer there was either a mosque or temple, it was I think like a competition between people at that time as to who would have more temples or mosques.
I had this think called Mango Rabri Faluda. I don't know where the hell does these ideas come into these people for mixing up such unrelated things. It wasn't bad though. :D
I watched True Grit last night and realized that the new True Grit is the exact remake of the old one. Both of them are good just that old one is more charming because of John Wayne.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Indore Journal 5
Hey!
I finally got hold of my sewer line work! Finished it by lunch. Then I had to go for field survey. I was waiting to go to the field from the day I was here, to check out how the city actually is. :D
Today's blog will be more about the city rather than what Nandan ji made or what happened in office or how dumb I feel in the office. lol
So we set out for the field survey at 4 pm on Nilesh's bike. Oh! You aren't familiar with Nilesh. He is the one I was talking about who keeps working all the time, he never even lifts his face. He doesn't speak much as well. He has a very likable personality though. A very sweet person. So, I was the pillion and we started our journey.
Indore Jail: The first striking thing when we were going that struck me was this flyover which was totally covered and you could see the faintest bit of what was behind it while driving, finally I had to ask Nilesh what it was. After seeing that I really don't want to go to prison, totally cut off from the outside world. Life would suck there, I guess, well you never know. ;)
Endless Nallahs: I think the city has endless nallahs flowing everywhere, even the river that flows through the city has been converted into a Nallah and the colour of water is totally black but that's the case with all Indian nallahs I guess. I sometimes wonder how nallahs inside Delhi are so black. How does sewer water turn black? Loads of industrial waste gets dumped into the nallah, these wastes include all kinds of chemicals, residual material and stuff. But since all the industries in Delhi have pushed out of the city into the periphery, how is it possible that the drains are still black. Bhai kya karte ho subah?? :P
Senseless drivers: You cannot miss senseless drivers over here. They are totally insane its like a 5 grandmas spinning their yarn sticks together, that's how motorists move here. Losers!!
Old City: Roaming around in the old city was an amazing experience. Its almost the same in character as Delhi's just the scale is smaller. Muslim dominated, amazing aroma of freshly prepared food, lots of bustle, narrow lanes and people walking chaotically all around.
Rajwada: Rajwada is like the centre of Indore and arguably the most important heritage building here. I didn't get the chance to go inside, I'll make sure that I go there before leaving. The entrance gate is magnificent with multiple floors in red and white. I think its red and beige sandstone work and has influences of Rajput and Maratha styles.
Bus Ride: Bus journey was good. Any city is best experienced either on foot or its public transport. Foot pe karne ka itna time nahi tha toh socha chalo bus me chad lete hai. Can you believe, bus stops here have electronic boards to tell what time the next bus would come!! Delhi please grow up (in this matter only, lol). Saw some nice buildings on the way out of which I could recognize just one called Gandhi Bhavan. It has a huge clock tower. Bus ride was fun with the locals chit chatting about their daily events (couldn't resist eves-dropping). :D
Just one more thing in this blog. Saw Bandit Queen last night. Amazing amazing movie. Seema Biswas!! Hats off to you lady. What a portray of Phoolan Devi. Absolutely spell bounding.
I finally got hold of my sewer line work! Finished it by lunch. Then I had to go for field survey. I was waiting to go to the field from the day I was here, to check out how the city actually is. :D
Today's blog will be more about the city rather than what Nandan ji made or what happened in office or how dumb I feel in the office. lol
So we set out for the field survey at 4 pm on Nilesh's bike. Oh! You aren't familiar with Nilesh. He is the one I was talking about who keeps working all the time, he never even lifts his face. He doesn't speak much as well. He has a very likable personality though. A very sweet person. So, I was the pillion and we started our journey.
Indore Jail: The first striking thing when we were going that struck me was this flyover which was totally covered and you could see the faintest bit of what was behind it while driving, finally I had to ask Nilesh what it was. After seeing that I really don't want to go to prison, totally cut off from the outside world. Life would suck there, I guess, well you never know. ;)
Endless Nallahs: I think the city has endless nallahs flowing everywhere, even the river that flows through the city has been converted into a Nallah and the colour of water is totally black but that's the case with all Indian nallahs I guess. I sometimes wonder how nallahs inside Delhi are so black. How does sewer water turn black? Loads of industrial waste gets dumped into the nallah, these wastes include all kinds of chemicals, residual material and stuff. But since all the industries in Delhi have pushed out of the city into the periphery, how is it possible that the drains are still black. Bhai kya karte ho subah?? :P
Senseless drivers: You cannot miss senseless drivers over here. They are totally insane its like a 5 grandmas spinning their yarn sticks together, that's how motorists move here. Losers!!
Old City: Roaming around in the old city was an amazing experience. Its almost the same in character as Delhi's just the scale is smaller. Muslim dominated, amazing aroma of freshly prepared food, lots of bustle, narrow lanes and people walking chaotically all around.
Rajwada: Rajwada is like the centre of Indore and arguably the most important heritage building here. I didn't get the chance to go inside, I'll make sure that I go there before leaving. The entrance gate is magnificent with multiple floors in red and white. I think its red and beige sandstone work and has influences of Rajput and Maratha styles.
Bus Ride: Bus journey was good. Any city is best experienced either on foot or its public transport. Foot pe karne ka itna time nahi tha toh socha chalo bus me chad lete hai. Can you believe, bus stops here have electronic boards to tell what time the next bus would come!! Delhi please grow up (in this matter only, lol). Saw some nice buildings on the way out of which I could recognize just one called Gandhi Bhavan. It has a huge clock tower. Bus ride was fun with the locals chit chatting about their daily events (couldn't resist eves-dropping). :D
Just one more thing in this blog. Saw Bandit Queen last night. Amazing amazing movie. Seema Biswas!! Hats off to you lady. What a portray of Phoolan Devi. Absolutely spell bounding.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Indore Journal 4
hello people [actually just a couple of you guys who read this ;)]!
Day at office:
So you know what work I was assigned right, yeah the tatti thing, lol. It is such a fucking mess. Sir explained me what needs to be done and while explaining he also did more than half of my work and then it was my turn. With 1/3rd work left, I kept sitting with that work for the whole evening but couldn't complete it. It is still incomplete. I feel like a total jackass in this office. Saala everybody is working and I am fucking sitting like a moron gazing at the screen and wondering that a miracle would happen and apne aap sab ho jayega.
Anyways you guys must have noticed the transition from 'Boss dude' to 'Sir'. Yeah he actually is. There are some people who just know it all.
Today flatmate decided to skip the dinner as he had to go to some office party. So I had to go to Nandan ji's alone. But that's fine I was pretty prepared to be alone all the time. So I went there watched the match for sometime. Gautam Gambhir was a bad bet, saala dhang se chala hi nahi, I hope next time wo SRK ko jeetaye. I packed food for him and bought his breakfast and went back home. So I went back home, big house and chota sa mai akela. I washed all my clothes. I totally endorse Haier washing machines. They are amazing! Just put the clothes, click the button and forget about it. I sorted out all the reading material that I am carrying though I'm not sure if I would work on it anytime soon. lol.
Thanks to Kashish again I received some updates about the game. I think he is the only person who has time to text, everyone else seems to be really busy! :P Watched 'Crank' last night. Jason Stathum was good as usual but it was a pretty crazy movie. Not bad.
I received a really unexpected call last night. <3 Everyone has somebody whom when they listen to you feel so carefree and out of the world! :D
keep calling. ;)
Day at office:
So you know what work I was assigned right, yeah the tatti thing, lol. It is such a fucking mess. Sir explained me what needs to be done and while explaining he also did more than half of my work and then it was my turn. With 1/3rd work left, I kept sitting with that work for the whole evening but couldn't complete it. It is still incomplete. I feel like a total jackass in this office. Saala everybody is working and I am fucking sitting like a moron gazing at the screen and wondering that a miracle would happen and apne aap sab ho jayega.
Anyways you guys must have noticed the transition from 'Boss dude' to 'Sir'. Yeah he actually is. There are some people who just know it all.
Today flatmate decided to skip the dinner as he had to go to some office party. So I had to go to Nandan ji's alone. But that's fine I was pretty prepared to be alone all the time. So I went there watched the match for sometime. Gautam Gambhir was a bad bet, saala dhang se chala hi nahi, I hope next time wo SRK ko jeetaye. I packed food for him and bought his breakfast and went back home. So I went back home, big house and chota sa mai akela. I washed all my clothes. I totally endorse Haier washing machines. They are amazing! Just put the clothes, click the button and forget about it. I sorted out all the reading material that I am carrying though I'm not sure if I would work on it anytime soon. lol.
Thanks to Kashish again I received some updates about the game. I think he is the only person who has time to text, everyone else seems to be really busy! :P Watched 'Crank' last night. Jason Stathum was good as usual but it was a pretty crazy movie. Not bad.
I received a really unexpected call last night. <3 Everyone has somebody whom when they listen to you feel so carefree and out of the world! :D
keep calling. ;)
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Indore Journal 3
Well, so I got my first task. Ammu always used to tease me about what my job as a planner is 'potty ki lines bichane wala', and that is exactly what I got as my first task, sewerage. lol. Kali zuban wali!! Boss dude explained me all that is to be done and spoon fed me with the information and everything. The work is pretty ok but a little time consuming. I just hope I have the patience to do it.
I was over with my work for the day by 7:30 pm but had to wait for Boss 1 and Boss 2 to leave so that I could leave with them. But they kept on working which was a blessing in disguise though. I could use all that time to surf and fill my internet hungry stomach.
Finally at 9 we left for Home Food Centre for Nandan ji ka khaana. :D
Nandan ji made Roti, Chawal, Aaloo beans (again very salty, >:P), Dal and Gatte ki tari wali sabzi (Super Yum!!). I just kept having that, I ate around 9 rotis and 3 servings of rice but its like a small bowl so don't go OMG Such a demon!! lol
IPL was on in there and RCB was smashing it all around the park. I told Boss 2 that even then CSK have an upper hand, CSK lifts there game in big matches.
There was a very interesting chat going on between a couple of students and an uncle (i felt he had an angel hat on his head like the ones you see on cupid's head, yeah the circular one, lol), he was talking all the wise things in the world. Ok, so the discussion I think was on entrance results and which are the best colleges and stuff.
Psuedo Intellectual Guy: IIT me toh nahi hoga, maine check kiya mere 200 kuch ban rahe hai, 9000 ke kareeb rank aayegi, usme toh kya hi hota hai.
Wise uncle: Haan its ok. Nirma me kya situtation (I don't know may be some college)
Psuedo Intellectual Guy: Haan, waha toh ho hi jayega. Uncle NIT kaisa hai?
Wise uncle: Achcha hai bohot badiya hai. Waha mil jaye toh better rahega. Fees bhi kum hai.
Psuedo Intellectual Guy: Haan ye toh hai. Maine suna hai ki IIT ki fees 9 lakh karne ka 'prastaav' hai.
Wise uncle: Arre ye toh bohot galat baat hai.
Psuedo Intellectual Guy: Kyu? Waha toh har jane ka itna grand package milta hai kya farak padega.
Wise uncle: Arre toh ye sahi thodi na hai ki bache ke daakhila hote hi uspe 9 lakh ka karza chadha hua ho.
Psuedo Intellectual Guy: Haan mera toh agar ho bhi jayega tab bhi mai nahi jaunga.
It continued for some more time and all the while I was thinking about how arrogant the time was and what a mess this country is in. People are just fighting for a seat in the top college. And what coaching centres are doing to the youth. I think coaching centres have a big role to play in the diminishing standards of kids in top universities. All they do is give the question and tell a method to solve it in the fastest way. What this does in makes the poor guy think in only one way and not about the alternative solutions or possibilities. Sucks!
We went back home and I was too tired for anything. I very enthusiastically bought Tide and thought that I would wash clothes today but all I managed was to soak them in water and go to bed. I watched 'The Last of the Mohicans' before bed. Dude Daniel Day Lewis, alright I like you but what kind of movies do you choose man?? Its a okayish movie. I liked the fact that he doesn't do the hero things and lets everyone take the centre stage.
Thanks Kashish Arora for sending match updates I was craving for them. But all the while when you said that RCB is going great and stuff I knew that CSK is going to win. They just have a knack to win big games. Raina and Dhoni are big match players and Morkel came to the party too. But I don't want them to win IPL this season! Come on Mumbai, Kolkata and Banglore you can do it!!
I was over with my work for the day by 7:30 pm but had to wait for Boss 1 and Boss 2 to leave so that I could leave with them. But they kept on working which was a blessing in disguise though. I could use all that time to surf and fill my internet hungry stomach.
Finally at 9 we left for Home Food Centre for Nandan ji ka khaana. :D
Nandan ji made Roti, Chawal, Aaloo beans (again very salty, >:P), Dal and Gatte ki tari wali sabzi (Super Yum!!). I just kept having that, I ate around 9 rotis and 3 servings of rice but its like a small bowl so don't go OMG Such a demon!! lol
IPL was on in there and RCB was smashing it all around the park. I told Boss 2 that even then CSK have an upper hand, CSK lifts there game in big matches.
There was a very interesting chat going on between a couple of students and an uncle (i felt he had an angel hat on his head like the ones you see on cupid's head, yeah the circular one, lol), he was talking all the wise things in the world. Ok, so the discussion I think was on entrance results and which are the best colleges and stuff.
Psuedo Intellectual Guy: IIT me toh nahi hoga, maine check kiya mere 200 kuch ban rahe hai, 9000 ke kareeb rank aayegi, usme toh kya hi hota hai.
Wise uncle: Haan its ok. Nirma me kya situtation (I don't know may be some college)
Psuedo Intellectual Guy: Haan, waha toh ho hi jayega. Uncle NIT kaisa hai?
Wise uncle: Achcha hai bohot badiya hai. Waha mil jaye toh better rahega. Fees bhi kum hai.
Psuedo Intellectual Guy: Haan ye toh hai. Maine suna hai ki IIT ki fees 9 lakh karne ka 'prastaav' hai.
Wise uncle: Arre ye toh bohot galat baat hai.
Psuedo Intellectual Guy: Kyu? Waha toh har jane ka itna grand package milta hai kya farak padega.
Wise uncle: Arre toh ye sahi thodi na hai ki bache ke daakhila hote hi uspe 9 lakh ka karza chadha hua ho.
Psuedo Intellectual Guy: Haan mera toh agar ho bhi jayega tab bhi mai nahi jaunga.
It continued for some more time and all the while I was thinking about how arrogant the time was and what a mess this country is in. People are just fighting for a seat in the top college. And what coaching centres are doing to the youth. I think coaching centres have a big role to play in the diminishing standards of kids in top universities. All they do is give the question and tell a method to solve it in the fastest way. What this does in makes the poor guy think in only one way and not about the alternative solutions or possibilities. Sucks!
We went back home and I was too tired for anything. I very enthusiastically bought Tide and thought that I would wash clothes today but all I managed was to soak them in water and go to bed. I watched 'The Last of the Mohicans' before bed. Dude Daniel Day Lewis, alright I like you but what kind of movies do you choose man?? Its a okayish movie. I liked the fact that he doesn't do the hero things and lets everyone take the centre stage.
Thanks Kashish Arora for sending match updates I was craving for them. But all the while when you said that RCB is going great and stuff I knew that CSK is going to win. They just have a knack to win big games. Raina and Dhoni are big match players and Morkel came to the party too. But I don't want them to win IPL this season! Come on Mumbai, Kolkata and Banglore you can do it!!
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Indore Journal 2
Alright where did I stop yesterday, umm ok, office. Or lets just rewind a bit. I was getting bored in office yesterday. At 6ish I asked flatmate/ junior boss if I could leave and then I would have met him for dinner later. Everyone had left except him. There were just 2 people in the office. He explained later that all the ladies leave earlier and the gents stay uptill 8. I was like ok, grrrrrr. He asked me to surf for sometime. (well this is something I am looking forward to, hahaha). I texted everyone and was chatting with people who were replying back. Thanks for replying otherwise I would have been bored to death in the God forsaken place.
Food seeming very costly I decided to try out the tiffin system which is quiet popular here. I went to this place called Home Food Centre. A nice quiet place with pink walls. It is on the first floor of a building with a Philips TV kept in the room and a bench with seating on either side of it. A really warm and nice guy who has a squint came up to greet us into the room. His name is Nandan. You have to remove your shoes before entering the room. Flatmate made me introduce to the guy and he then served us food. The typical thali consists of 6 rotis, some rice, 1 dal and 2 subzis which normally would be ok for a person but you know me for the monster I am. lol. Yesterday he served roti, chawal, aalo ki sabji and kundru. Aaloo ki sabji made me feel like salt was free in this state. I just had one serving of it. There is no limit to food if you go to the bhojanalaya and eat unlike the tiffin which is sent to the office which is fixed. Rotis are rationed from being unlimited at the bhojanalaya to 4 in office, 2 sabzis are reduced to 1. The food was ok/not bad sorts but the best part that would make you return to the place was the manner in which he served it. Always with a smile. The comforting smile would make you return and have food everytime. The charges are nominal. The package I took would give me 56 meals for Rs. 1600. I hope there is a lot of variety in the future. :D
Went back home then and watched back to back movies. Firstly, Alice in Wonderland (Johny Depp, you are the man!!) and then 127 Hours (umm okayish movie barring 2 scenes when the guy and the 2 chicks jump off the cliff and the scene in which he cuts his hand.
I woke up real late today but got ready just in time. Came to office at 11 and just sat down on my chair. Spoke to my colleagues for a couple of minutes when one of them shooed the other saying that boss is going to come any moment *rolling eyes*
Suddenly I found a really interesting book lying on the table called Vintage Indore. I read the whole of it and found some really interesting facts about Indore (would blog about it later). It had a lot of pictures of how Indore was earlier and about the heritage of the place.
Entry of the boss:
How do you imagine a boss to be? A man in formal shirt, rings on one hand, tummy, mid forties, authoritarian voice but here comes this man barging into the cabin and asking for updates on various tasks that were to be performed. He wore a red round neck t-shirt and jeans with sports shoes. His hair was a mess too like he was straight from the bed. He would give orders and every time he does that he would make his hair fall back. lol. Seems pretty learned and a good manager.
He asked me to read about the project they were doing and as always whatever he was asking from me either I didn't know about it or I absolutely lacked interest in it. The thing which I was so keen on working was already completed *heartbroken* but whatever, jo kaam dega kar dunga, par wo ek baar kaam de toh sahi.
So here I am sitting waiting for my task, until the next blog, bois!!
Food seeming very costly I decided to try out the tiffin system which is quiet popular here. I went to this place called Home Food Centre. A nice quiet place with pink walls. It is on the first floor of a building with a Philips TV kept in the room and a bench with seating on either side of it. A really warm and nice guy who has a squint came up to greet us into the room. His name is Nandan. You have to remove your shoes before entering the room. Flatmate made me introduce to the guy and he then served us food. The typical thali consists of 6 rotis, some rice, 1 dal and 2 subzis which normally would be ok for a person but you know me for the monster I am. lol. Yesterday he served roti, chawal, aalo ki sabji and kundru. Aaloo ki sabji made me feel like salt was free in this state. I just had one serving of it. There is no limit to food if you go to the bhojanalaya and eat unlike the tiffin which is sent to the office which is fixed. Rotis are rationed from being unlimited at the bhojanalaya to 4 in office, 2 sabzis are reduced to 1. The food was ok/not bad sorts but the best part that would make you return to the place was the manner in which he served it. Always with a smile. The comforting smile would make you return and have food everytime. The charges are nominal. The package I took would give me 56 meals for Rs. 1600. I hope there is a lot of variety in the future. :D
Went back home then and watched back to back movies. Firstly, Alice in Wonderland (Johny Depp, you are the man!!) and then 127 Hours (umm okayish movie barring 2 scenes when the guy and the 2 chicks jump off the cliff and the scene in which he cuts his hand.
I woke up real late today but got ready just in time. Came to office at 11 and just sat down on my chair. Spoke to my colleagues for a couple of minutes when one of them shooed the other saying that boss is going to come any moment *rolling eyes*
Suddenly I found a really interesting book lying on the table called Vintage Indore. I read the whole of it and found some really interesting facts about Indore (would blog about it later). It had a lot of pictures of how Indore was earlier and about the heritage of the place.
Entry of the boss:
How do you imagine a boss to be? A man in formal shirt, rings on one hand, tummy, mid forties, authoritarian voice but here comes this man barging into the cabin and asking for updates on various tasks that were to be performed. He wore a red round neck t-shirt and jeans with sports shoes. His hair was a mess too like he was straight from the bed. He would give orders and every time he does that he would make his hair fall back. lol. Seems pretty learned and a good manager.
He asked me to read about the project they were doing and as always whatever he was asking from me either I didn't know about it or I absolutely lacked interest in it. The thing which I was so keen on working was already completed *heartbroken* but whatever, jo kaam dega kar dunga, par wo ek baar kaam de toh sahi.
So here I am sitting waiting for my task, until the next blog, bois!!
Monday, May 23, 2011
Indore Journal 1
Well well well.... So finally I'm in a new city all by myself. And the adventure began in Delhi itself. Indian Railways was the first one to give me a shocker by not confirming my ticket. Bitches!! I had a AC ticket but had to travel all the way in the sleeper coach. God bless that guy who let me share his seat. He kept sleeping all the time and I had to adjust in whatever space was available but whatever I atleast got space to sit and keep my luggage. God bless him, I don't know if I would have let someone sit on my seat like that but I sure will from now on. The train was so crowded with lots of people like me in it. lol. Ticket but no reservation is what I mean.
So I got to this new city.
Here is a free universal fact: Autowale har jagah ke equally kamine hote hai!!! They can go fucking take a hike!!
But whatever I finally reach my new room, mind you, MY, my being the important word. hahahahaha. Ok i open the door and enter and blast of dust comes on my face. It was like opening a haunted mansion after centuries. Lots of leftover stuff from people who used to live there before, cigarette buds, liquor bottles, match sticks and a hukka lying on the floor. The floor so muddy and sticky, you would puke if you touch it with your hands.
New flatmate:
New flatmate is a really nice fellow. A senior from the same college I am from. He has done masters from there and had been in Libya until political unrest there forced him to come back to the city and finally end up in Indore. Bad luck really. He seems like a sweet, conservative Indian fellow. Thanks man you let me use your bathroom. And thanks for taking me out for dinner. It would have been hard without you to arrange all the stuff.
Between I made my utterly dusty and dingy room into a much habitable room into a reasonably livable place. (Pics will be uploaded soon)
Prince (ex-room owner) had put up these super cool lights in the room. One is a green color light which gives this super cool doped atmosphere and the other one is a bulb + red light effect again a super romantic/ colonial look. He also had a round glass bowl, I haven't found a suitable use for it but it looks super cool. (I'm thinking of buying fishes, lets see). And a very strange looking tribal man statue. And there is a amazing banner of Che Guevera which he used to use as table cover. I mean how could you???? I have kept that for washing will do that asap and revive its glory.
Food:
I don't if its with me or its with the new place I am hungry all the time and no amount of food is sufficient for me. I had something called 'Dal Bhafle Ladoo' for lunch yesterday. It was okayish but a different experience. Overpriced though. The new flatmate took me out for dinner to 'Udupi King', a small south Indian joint which doesn't know how a Mysore Masala Dosa tastes. Losers! And it was so tiny I was hungry throughout. Then we went to a place there were rolls. I had a single chicken single egg roll. It was okayish but trust me on this one till now Delhi has way way better food and options. :D
Had 3 rotis from flatmates lunch today afternoon I was in such hunger that I could have taken all his food but I stood up and went downstairs to buy some more food myself. Went to the same rolls' place and had Chowmein this time (sucked!!).
Office:
Office is pretty close the house, just 5 minutes walk. Office is nice like the usual private firms with cabins and cubicles and lousy people sitting in front of their desktops and doing their stuff. Occasionally opening facebook and then retaliating the moment the see that someone is looking at them. lol. But they don't realize that people who are looking at them also are waiting to do the same. (like me) Till now there are a 3 ladies and 2 gents in the section I am sitting.
Flatmate: Keenly looking at the computer and doing some stuff.
Lady 1: Working/ facebook/ youtube/ thesis
Lady 2: Working/ Serious types/ facebooking/ Searching for alternate jobs
Lady 3: Can't see what she is upto but she is very restless
The other guy: Seems to super mehenati, can't see him, constantly sitting on his chair and doing something.
Overall 2 days have been pretty okayish. Boss was absent today so not much work.
Waiting for my life to get screwed when he comes back. lol.
Till then bois!
So I got to this new city.
Here is a free universal fact: Autowale har jagah ke equally kamine hote hai!!! They can go fucking take a hike!!
But whatever I finally reach my new room, mind you, MY, my being the important word. hahahahaha. Ok i open the door and enter and blast of dust comes on my face. It was like opening a haunted mansion after centuries. Lots of leftover stuff from people who used to live there before, cigarette buds, liquor bottles, match sticks and a hukka lying on the floor. The floor so muddy and sticky, you would puke if you touch it with your hands.
New flatmate:
New flatmate is a really nice fellow. A senior from the same college I am from. He has done masters from there and had been in Libya until political unrest there forced him to come back to the city and finally end up in Indore. Bad luck really. He seems like a sweet, conservative Indian fellow. Thanks man you let me use your bathroom. And thanks for taking me out for dinner. It would have been hard without you to arrange all the stuff.
Between I made my utterly dusty and dingy room into a much habitable room into a reasonably livable place. (Pics will be uploaded soon)
Prince (ex-room owner) had put up these super cool lights in the room. One is a green color light which gives this super cool doped atmosphere and the other one is a bulb + red light effect again a super romantic/ colonial look. He also had a round glass bowl, I haven't found a suitable use for it but it looks super cool. (I'm thinking of buying fishes, lets see). And a very strange looking tribal man statue. And there is a amazing banner of Che Guevera which he used to use as table cover. I mean how could you???? I have kept that for washing will do that asap and revive its glory.
Food:
I don't if its with me or its with the new place I am hungry all the time and no amount of food is sufficient for me. I had something called 'Dal Bhafle Ladoo' for lunch yesterday. It was okayish but a different experience. Overpriced though. The new flatmate took me out for dinner to 'Udupi King', a small south Indian joint which doesn't know how a Mysore Masala Dosa tastes. Losers! And it was so tiny I was hungry throughout. Then we went to a place there were rolls. I had a single chicken single egg roll. It was okayish but trust me on this one till now Delhi has way way better food and options. :D
Had 3 rotis from flatmates lunch today afternoon I was in such hunger that I could have taken all his food but I stood up and went downstairs to buy some more food myself. Went to the same rolls' place and had Chowmein this time (sucked!!).
Office:
Office is pretty close the house, just 5 minutes walk. Office is nice like the usual private firms with cabins and cubicles and lousy people sitting in front of their desktops and doing their stuff. Occasionally opening facebook and then retaliating the moment the see that someone is looking at them. lol. But they don't realize that people who are looking at them also are waiting to do the same. (like me) Till now there are a 3 ladies and 2 gents in the section I am sitting.
Flatmate: Keenly looking at the computer and doing some stuff.
Lady 1: Working/ facebook/ youtube/ thesis
Lady 2: Working/ Serious types/ facebooking/ Searching for alternate jobs
Lady 3: Can't see what she is upto but she is very restless
The other guy: Seems to super mehenati, can't see him, constantly sitting on his chair and doing something.
Overall 2 days have been pretty okayish. Boss was absent today so not much work.
Waiting for my life to get screwed when he comes back. lol.
Till then bois!
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