as i mentioned a post or 2 earlier, i recently completed one year in bangalore...a place i hated to come to..nothing personal against this village but just generally, i hated to leave mumbai and my family..and the power cuts, the 11pm deadline and the fact that i cant go for a walk alone after 9/10 pm didnt help.
And yet here i am 1 year later..in this village. So, now its time to look back and take stock of the situation..what i have and what i have not managed to accomplish in this past year. Ask me why i have decided to write such a post out of the blue. Answer: its not out of the blue. I have just taken my GMAT and this was one of my primary goals when i came to this village. So i decided to take a look at all the other things that i have/havent done.
1. I have taken my GMAT and managed to do pretty well.
2. I got a learner's license for 2-wheelers. I didnt do anything about it though. I was all set to get a 2-wheeler from a friend but the damn thing refused to start and my dad gave me his car, so i forgot about 2-wheelers.
3. I bought a complete catalog of stuff you need for a house: refrigerator, washing machine, tv, cooking gas, every single thing thats in my house with my own money :)
4. I managed to see the trash collection vehicle after one year of staying here. This part sucks about blore..early in the morning, one guy and one gal and their loud speaker teach you the civility of not throwing garbage on the roads and stuff. AAAHhh it sucks!! its the most depressing thing to hear early in the morning. And it took me close to one year to see the source of this wrath. Though they had disturbed my sleep quite a few times.
5. I havent yet managed to go to commercial street..the shopping mecca.
6. I have become a loyal benetton wearer coz the store is really big, spacious, beautiful, and a 2 mins walk from my house. Also, i love the clothes and colors. One of the reasons why i didnt go to commercial street.
7. I havent gone to nasa..the pub. This was the place i went to when i first came to blore in 1997 with su and maggi. But ive discovered some other good places.
8. Power cuts dont pyshce me any more. The first time i experienced a power cut i went into a depression. The second time, i was like what if the power doesnt come back for 2 days. But 1 year in this village has made me more comfortable with power cuts. When at home, I keep my laptop, mobiles charged and you'll never catch me without candles at home.
9. I am done with my trip to orange county, coorg..another one in my to-do list that i made before coming here. and it was beautiful.
10. I am yet to see nandi hills though.
11. I havent started my guitar classes or dance classes.
12. This one takes the cake: I have got (or shud it be gotten...damn you GMAT) used to driving without wearing the seat belt...it has been a real problem for me..i just cudnt go even 100 mts wihtout wearing the seat belt and i could see that here it was absolutely fine to drive without it. But I could never do it..somehow. But one day after almost one whole year of wanting to do it, I suddenly realized that I had been driving without the seat belt for some days without even noticing. So a good habit..given up.
13. I play baddy and TT and carrom now :)
14. I havent gone for a trek.
15. I sat on my terrace in awesome weather (really f**king awesome), listened to great music and had wine. I even drank in the rain. something i cant even imagine doing in mumbai. first the building has 34 floors and i need special permission to go on the terrace..second, the weather is just the opposite of really f**king awesome. i would sweat to death.
16. I saw a rainbow from the door of my house. Again cant even imagine this in mumbai.
17. I often see monkeys from my office terrace.
18. I have never seen such a beautiful night sky from my window like the one i see here. (for that matter, even day sky)
Cheers to one good year!!
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3 comments:
Try finding another village like this?
1. First city in Asia to electrified.
2. Bangalored: official dictionary word which means layoff in the western country.
3. A city with biggest industry cluster in Asia(Peenya).
4. Pub capital.
5. Rock capital.
6. City with highest number of scientific research institutes.
7. City with highest number of patents registered.
8. City with highest engineering colleges.
9. City with highest software exports.
10. City that speaks maximum number of languages.
etc Its difficult to list all of them.... Still if you want to know anything more about this city rather village plz google it.
I have right to say only about my city.
Next regarding your 11.30pm deadline.
you know what is the deadline in Bombay (In the law book). Please find answer for your self.
The good rule is not the one which you are comfortable, its the one in which society is comfortable.
Congrats for completing one year.
anniversary Party kab hoga ..........?
Nice to here you also have few good feelings about my wonderful city(Village).
Happy to here you also took up the GMAT(I wont tell to anyone....).
Aaj se tu meri inspiration hai...(Don't tell to anyone...).
at last thanks, for saying you had a cheerful year..... Hope you continue to have great days here........
they have a 11.30 pm deadline too...no doubt..but certain establishments are allowed to do business after that, the five starts for eg. Here also, if empire can serve dinner at 2am, why cant Leela palace have a disc thats open till 2am?? and those who cause discomfort to the society do so in broad daylight also..i dont go barging into people's homes after parties...i go home and sleep :)
Let me start with your last statement "I don't go barging into peoples home after parties... I go home and sleep."
If you can promptly modify the statement "We don't go barging into peoples home after parties.. We go home and sleep." That makes more responsible statement. Because rules are never made for "I", they are made for "We". Your point is well taken but can you with same sense of awareness represent everyone in the society.
When police break rule and if its favors us, we never debate on that, But same police break another rule and unfortunately we are on the negative side of the consequence, then we same people thrash the police. Just its the matter of which side you are.
If rule was made, then it must have been thought upon. Everything in this world has the negative and positive, but only thing to be thought is how much positive and negative.
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