7000+ Kms in a fortnight

I travelled around 7300 Kms in a fortnight.

I travelled from Bangalore to Dhanbad (via Kolkata), Dhanbad to Jammu(Vaishno Devi) via Ranchi , back to Dhanbad (via Ranchi) and finally from Dhanbad to Lucknow in a fortnight. This gave me a little time to be at my home but it was good travelling and enjoying with the family.

Thanks to Sid, Chummi and Vivek that I got all my luggage loaded at Bangalore station. Loading 8 pieces of goods in 2 minutes, that too when the bogey you are supposed to get in stops at some distance from you, was no small thing. Then thanx to my childhood friend Batti that I had a good time at Howrah station waiting for my train to Dhanbad. But it was really tough to get used to hot and humid weather after pleasant summers for continuous three years in Bangalore.

I had a unique experience during the trip of Vaishno Devi. We had tickets in 2nd AC. After half the journey the AC of our bogey broke down. And so the emergency window had to be kept open for the last leg of the journey. It was fun keeping emergency window open in an AC bogey for the sake of air.

Its really good to be the only young leg among the people going for a sacred place and thereby getting a lot of blessings from others for your efforts.Overall it was a memorable trip.

I will try to share the stories of reaching Lucknow and intial experiences here in few days.

Last 7 Days

This is my last Tuesday in Samsung. Coming Monday I will be released. Past few days have been marked with parties full of celebration and nostalgia. Especially the treat that I gave to my team mates was full of nostalgic talks. Everyone remembered the last 3 years that we spent together. That recently team got split up made others too remember the good old days.

Bangalore and people (except few Autowallahs) here treated me well for last three years. Many things happened in these years, both personally as well as professionally. So again it will leaving back few good friends, good memories, good times, good place and also good weather. Again a stage in life coming to an end. The best part has been the satisfaction that I am taking along with. Its about leaving in minds and hearts of everybody out here, good thoughts and memories about me. And that I think should be the motive of time spend at different stages of life.

Be it my bakaiti, insights, solutions, listening to people's thoughts and above all humourous behavior, people will do remember me. Be it at breakfast table, be it in cubicles, be it during tea meetings or be it during snacks people will do remember my antics and needless to say I will too remember those moments and people.

Be it my manager, my super manager, my juniors, my colleagues, my old friends, my new friends, my room-mate, my ex roommates or others, I enjoyed the company of everyone and I believe they enjoyed mine too.

Thank you Bangalore. Thank you everybody.

Mumbai Indians Out :(

Mumbai Indians' loss to Chennai Super Kings ensured they are out of IPL2. It left me with a dilemna of whom to support now.

Being a cricket fan from Jharkhand who lived in Delhi for 4 years and now living in Bangalore for last 3 years I need to find a new team to cheer. Mumbai Indians was the first choice for the sole reason of Sachin Tendulkar. Wherever GOD resides followers too reach there. I found that the case with most of the people who are not from the states to which IPL teams belong. Sachin's presence drew a lot of support from neutral people all over India. Infact few from IPL states also supported Mumbai because of Sachin. When Mumbai was playing Rajasthan in a close encounter few days back, I was matching match in one of the Malls here in Bangalore. Except one or two rest of the crowd cheered Sachin's batting and team. Unfortunately they lost and everyone left the Mall disappointed.

I guess I will cheer my present living place for today's match which they need to win at any cost to remain in the league. The opponent tops the points table and have been a dominating side for the whole season. Hopefully Bangalore wins and I will not have to look for the next option again. Any ways the party tonight gives me a chance to watch the match with much more people than the other matches.

Here and There

Last weekend I was supposed to meet someone on the MG Road. I took an Auto from my house for the place. As usual in Bangalore, a huge traffic awaited me at Ulsoor. While waiting on one of the traffic signals, when there was enough time to even get a nap, an uncle started looking inside my auto with some interest.

"Are you alone?" He asked.
"Yeah" I replied back.

"Where are you going?"
"Kumble Circle"

"If you don't mind can we share your auto till there? No empty auto is coming this way. We have been waiting her for last 10 mins." One old aunt, probably his wife, was also standing nearby.
"Yeah sure"

They got into my auto and then we moved on.

"We need to go to Malgudi Road. We took an auto from my place but auto meter was faulty. It usually takes 17 rupees from my place till here. But meter was showing 20. We left him here itself and was looking for another one. Most of these autowallahs do like this. "
"Yeah many of these auto meters are faulty." I myself do take care of auto's meter to distinguish faulty from correct ones. But never tried changing auto mid way. At most few times I complained autowallah about his faulty meter after paying him the faulty amount. But I do always compliment them if their auto meter showed real distances and amounts.

"So where are you from?"
"Jharkhand" I never risk telling people Dhanbad where even Jharkhand sometimes create confusion.

"Oh so from our Dhoni's land. You have come from a far off place. What you do here? Working?Studying?"
"Working"

"Where?"
"Samsung, CV Raman Nagar"

"How long?"
"Almost three years here in Bangalore, but will be leaving it soon."

"Going back to your own place?"
"No, going back to studies"

"Good Good...Study.. work...again study...good."
"Good beta....keep going" Aunty jee complimented too.

Then we talked about how good Bangalore was and what it has become now-rain, climate, temperature, traffic. I also joined them with nostalgic feelings and experience of mine with Bangalore.

I reached my place, got out of auto and paid the money. They blessed me and then went ahead in that auto. It was a good experience talking to them.