A week back, I came to a blistering hot Gurgaon with mom and dad. While the 2.5 hrs flight was pleasant, the food on board was pathetic. And then, as if to welcome a true blue Bangalorean, the Gods took pity and the weather remained Namma Bengaluru like; with rains, clouds, breeze and gentle sun. Dad left for home on Tuesday evening and the Gods decided to seek revenge. It’s been blistering hot again with lots of sun, heat, dust and sweat!!
Let me begin from the beginning. That Murphy’s laws come alive where Arundhathi Ganapathy is concerned is something I’ve come to accept over time. To begin with, the flat I’m supposed to share with 3 other girls would not be ready before 10th of June and left me wondering how and where I should put up till then. One roomie-to-be who was planning to stay at her naani’s place till our flat became available invited me to join her there. It had not even sunk in that my problem was solved when it went for a toss; her naani got unexpected guests and there was no place for me.
Now, thanks to dad’s colleague’s daughter, my parents and I were staying at the daughter’s friend’s place. They were two brothers, both bachelors and working. When my roomie-to-be’s naani got unexpected guests, it meant I was required to find an accommodation for 2-3 weeks or stay on at this nice guy’s place. Land rates are exorbitant at Gurgaon just like in proper Electronic city or White field area back home and I had to shell out 3 months’ rent for a PG or a single room flat even to stay for 2-3 weeks. When we couldn’t find a reasonable deal anywhere, mom agreed to extend her leave till I moved in to our flat.
I feel way too guilty thinking of mom’s predicament and despite her claims about family being important than anything else and all that, I feel bad about not being able to do anything about it. I mean I feel good she is here when I’m back from college and I can yap away to glory about everything that happened through the day and we even go on walks every evening to catch some warm (yup, warm and sometimes even hot but never cool) breeze. I even get good mom-made food unlike my PG counterparts and just today, mom and I went to see the very loveable Captain Jack Sparrow in 3D!! Did I tell you? The place I’m staying now is about 10-15 min from college thanks to Sridharan (Delhi Metro, I mean) and is just a 5 min walking distance away from the umpteen multiplexes and malls of MG Road.
Oops, I nearly forgot!! Mom has predicted that I shall not be returning back to Namma Bengaluru post MBA after visiting MG road and the countless malls here. Lol, I’ll return for sure but yeah, I sure am crazy about malls and multiplexes. I strongly believe they are a perfect blend of the modern man’s intellect, creativity, money and a sense of appreciation of whatever one can see, hear, read, wear and taste.. :P
Coming back to where I was, I was really uncomfortable about having to stay with 2 strangers, bachelors too and so, mom’s staying on till I move into my flat. Anyways, while dad was still here, the three of us visited the college and also the flat I’d be staying in. It was a beautiful Sunday last week and we had a heavy masala dosa breakfast thanks to mom and Rajesh, the younger of the brothers at our place. When the great weather continued, we decided to visit the Akshardham temple. Unfortunately for us, about 10000 others also felt as we did and had landed at Akshardham before us. After a 40 min Metro journey, we had time and place to have a cup of tea and biscuits at the counter next to Akshardham gate before returning home.
To continue with the Murphy’s laws, I got a sim card from the Airtel vendor at college. But due to some technical complications, I’ve neither got the number nor is the sim activated which means I have to use my Bengaluru number on roaming. When I could not stop worrying about this month’s bill, I finally gave in and got mom a basic handset and a prepaid connection. At least we can be reached without having to worry about incoming tariff!! :D
There have been many more such instances like some problem while connecting to SOIL Wi-Fi at college which I alone faced and required a good 5 ex-IT, tech savvy classmates to rectify. The seniors hosted a rocking freshers’ party that I had to miss. I was guilty enough for troubling mom and did not have the heart to leave her home alone. When I sometimes catch her conversation when some deputy colleague of hers is discussing some work related stuff on phone with her, I can’t help cringing but sorry mommy, I’m really helpless!! :(
Thinking of all this, I can’t believe a week has already passed. I’ll get in touch with all of you ASAP and I mean as soon as I get my own cell phone connection. The college part of this week shall be a different blog altogether.
Till then.. Mwaah, love ya… :)
