bangalore- frst outing

well, this is not exactly a travelogue. i found my very recent trip to bangalore very amazing.

I'm not a person who likes to travel in big groups. alone is heavenly, a good understanding friend in company is good, two understanding friends in company is okay, and three understanding friends usually dont have my company. now since it was Rony with whom i have had recent cherishable travelling expeditions, i decided to lift my lazy bum and give it a try. and it was his own idea that we squeeze the cash out of our high earning seniors- manu, who has almost lost his bachelorhood and whose younger bro is the 3rd rank holder in med entrance, deepth, who looks half his age and still works in Texas Instruments and Dj-who was a political kingpin at college.

now if i start giving u every detail like the bus i travelled in, the way the grl next seat batted her eyelids at the boy next seat, the brand of soft drink i bought, i'll end up writing a bloody boring travelogue. to sum up all, we reached bangalore after a journey which seemed like a pain in the ass to me and quite okay to rony.

They(my seniors i mean, with due respect, deference and reverence) lived somewhere close to forum mall which was coincidentally close to where SmR spent her vacation.

As it had just dawned when we climbed down from our bus with heavy luggage and very less cash, we had the chance to see the city with almost no traffic at all. the walk till home was pleasant. we then found that our seniors had really managed a grand welcome for us, with almost everyone sleeping and some snoring too. it was a crowd in there. 12 ppl in one single house, which was built and rented for four. however, the first thought which crossed our presumably shrewd brains(mine and rony's) was not scarcity of space." if one of them puts in some 300 bucks, that makes it 3600." which is like huge for both of us at the moment. we were quite excited by the thought that we were about to witness the grandest treats of our life.

after the initial planning, we decided to find refuge on their beds. meeting SmR still in mind.

like true NIT-ians, we slept till maybe 11.00 or 12.00. i then gt up, had a bath, and took off to forum mall, where after the initial exploring, i call up SmR. She shows up exactly 50 minutes later. i sigh as its one of those rare occasions when i wait for someone. im so used to reaching late that some people mistake me to be from a different time zone.

okay, now she shows up like a true diva.diva in the sense with a vanity bag and a complete cat walk. i agree to her proposal that we have something to drink from mcdonalds, which in turn marks my frst visit to the retail food chain,which is supposed to be a real big thing. what followed was quite unauspicious, we enjoying the drink standing, as there are no seats left. bad start, i say. not to the date(now this is a very dry unromantic date), but to my link with mcdonalds.

after that, we have a really long chat in the porch of forum mall. Smr suggests that we whisper to each other as the porch is full of mallus. its common knowledge that u cant walk in bangalore without rubbing shoulders with other mallus. then we decide to go on lunch. i am quite amazed by her knowledge of the city. i for one get lost most of the times in a new city.

we have a somewhat okay lunch,( sadly, green salad ws a new term for the hotel guys, dude, im an aspiring fitness freak!!) and discuss a whole range of topics like life after college, diet, attitude et al. then i leave her alone. or rather, she shows me the way and then we leave each other alone.

i figure that the next time i meet her may be some 5 years from now, wotever she says.

after that, i retire to our new home, take a nice shower, watch my seniors play football with kids and then live happily ever after for the rest of the night. at purple haze, that is.

okay thats all for the frst day,which as i said ws quite amazing. i dont know if it was the money which ma seniors shelled out, or the lunch with SmR, or purple haze, which im told is one of the poshest pubs in the city. but i really enjoyed the day.and the night too..