Another weekend ..But with difference

Another Weekend & I sat down to pen down a blog
Weekends are fast becoming pastime for me to blog.But this time with a change.Pramod goes India trotting..............
It was 1700 hrs on Friday & I came rushing out of Office to reach train terminal, without many hiccups & hassels I was there.The Brown reptile without any scales was right on its way to its destination.The Brobdingnagian serpent was waiting to suck me, Its tail was long enough to provide me a morning jog if I were to run across it.But this is a good snake ---nulla pambu ( the only tamil word which I have learnt thru a story when I was in class VII).Snake was Train of Indian Railways which would ferry me to Bangalore.Soon my friend Maxi also made it to station & our journey began.
Habitually a disliker of journey , soon started loving it because of the cold breeze sweeping across & overcast conditions cheering my mind up.Maxi was my former colleague who works with Microsoft now.We had a long chat about Microsoft technologies , managers & salaries.Strike of 10PM raised alarms & co passengers were on " turn off lights " spree & we were forced to sleep on berths not very comfortable but well maintained. I could just lay on berth which restricted my movements to minimum.Clock ticked on & we were in Bangalaore by 0700hrs.
Maxi has been to Bangalore many times & this was my first visit.I was happy following him. We were at a PCO to call our host Amit ( Another Former colleague of mine working for Microsoft now ).We have taken down the address. I had first taste of Bangalores expenses by paying Rs 8 for two local calls.Worst times were just ahead.
Soon we were at Chowdhury's residence & couple were hospitable & very receptive which they do best.After a small nap & opulent food we headed to Domulur & were at Amits office in 15 minutes. His workplace rocks Needless to say MS pays a lot of attention to their infra.There was this Golf course right beside the office where the fat burly rich & affluent people hit the ball to holes.Soon we were back at home & headed to Garuda a uptown shopping mall to do lil window shopping.I hate to recollect the small altercation with auto rickshaw driver over the pay.It was tiring experience of checking all the items on sale & display aimlessly having no intentions what so ever to buy.This reminds me of my fav statement " Happy as long as its free ".It was at this shop where I had a peek at Chetan Bhagats books One night@ call center & five point someone. Books with no real sense but fun.
Here we enter the INNOX movie theatre to watch Mi III.I already had pack of Zea mays everta with desi touch & couple of samosa costing 30 bucks.That was expensive.Movie was good. I thought this was best version of Mi.Very thought of dreaded reality of going back home in an auto boiled brains. I can think of my nerves being cooked as noodles when autowallahs charged rs 100 for journey back home. To travel the same distance we were charged Rs 30 four hours ago. The distance between two points is not the same always.
We had Leechi for supper , Bengali version of Puri prepared by Mrs.Chowdhury. India's good batting display on day one second test Vs Windies was another high point of day.Over supper we exchanged strong reasons of dislike towards the city
Day two .....rest rest & rest. marathalli was the agenda & nothing else. This place hosts a lot of shopping outlets. we wrapped up our shopping in three hours & were back at home.by 9 PM We were at Bus station & soon boarded Volvo & we had a feel of Karnataka again when we were forced to watch Kannada movie.It was a matter of time before I slept again only to find lovely Hyderabad welcoming me with it arms wide open in the morning.

Lucky..Lucky ..Me..

All living & dead..(regardless of their place in life cycle ...plants , trees , humnans , animals ) who are with GMT + 0530 are here on saturday , referred as Sabbath for Jews & few Christians. The most awaited day in the week for me...
By and large , fast moving big unit during weekdays ( thats me ) shift gears & pace down all my efforts to start a lazy weekend. I couldn't ask for better way to commence it by hosting a supper for my colleagues who gleefully accepted the invitation. After a sumptous meal devoid of wine , Mouth-watering Icecreams @ Bask&Rob brought abt climax to the long week.
Before going to sleep , I had no clue what a saturday morning had in store for more...I will give you a detailed account of turning heavy pocketed from empty...
The strike of 8" brought about the urge to wake up , but the my body laid allover the bed defying any such attempt. The sight of newspaper at the corner of bed , brought a feel in me & started pulling bed sheet to reach out for paper. ( perfect sight of Laziness associated to saturday )
Sooner in the day ,left home to fetch money from ATM.While standing in queue , nonchalant look towards the road connecting ATM to highway proved more than just disinterested look.Gleam of an object whose nature that I am unaware of ..caught my glance . Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting..I started moving closer to it , the glittering indeed was more as I was close to it...With everyone glaring at me , I couldn't get smirk off my lips as the identity of the object revealed.I bent down with feeling of intense dislike to pick it up ..Wiping the dust Off it I pushed it down my pockets discreetly.
Indeed I was richer by 5 rupees at end of day but my fingers are all crossed at the prospect of Luck which this beautiful mint is going to bring with it.
Watch out for more.............

X & Y of me

Do I call it love for long & straight hair which is making me go against comforts of short hair
cut ? Do I call it the dreaded fright of getting tanned that forces me surrounded by 4 walls or ?
Do I call it my conscience to appear attractive which makes me pay visits to parlor ? Do I
call it pursuit of love towards to Cardio workout that makes me run miles away from weight &
strength training. Do I call it hatred towards dreaded russian water which was my best companion
over weekends few weeks back or is it an effort to kick the hellion out of me. Is it lack of
strength or feel of vulenarability..
Donno if there has been any permutation in pairing of X & Y chromosomes in me , But loving every
moment of change...End of days for Callow teens....Days for transmutation IN....
( Ain't a sequel to Mafatlal )