Mumbai... 3 months now... If I think of it, time has just flown. Its been a very different life here. Life would rather be a misnomer. The entire day goes with just office and more of it. Whenever you talk of Bombay you talk of the local trains and the amazing rush everyones in. 3 months after moving in here I feel very much a part of the crowd I used to be awed of at one time. The wierd thing is being a part of the crowd you don't realize you're a part of it.
Everyday I wake up and its a race; to the dining hall, to the train, to office and then the whole process in reverse. By the time I'm back after 12 hours, energy level wise the day's over. But not everything is that awful. The good feeling that accompanies the salary debited to my bank account in the beginning of every month is new. Its a nice cyclical thing, where every month by the latter half you begin looking forward to the month end.
Talking of which I must talk of my first big buy with my salary. I bought a Sony Ericsson K 550i. Comes with a 2 megapixel camera, radio, mp3 and all the regular stuff you get in phones nowadays. It's my fanciest possession till date. And it feels so good to have bought it off my own money. A fast track watch also was bought.
Parents keep calling to ask when I'm going home next. I will miss pujos for the first time in ever I guess. Pujos, though, had ceased to be the crazy festival ever since Kgp happened. Most Kol friends had left the city after school. But nevertheless... now even the few Kgp-Kol friends have left what is/was home. So I wouldn't know what to do much other than the para pujo. But still something special always turned up every pujo. The thought of which at this moment makes me smile.
The post is rather haphazard. With so many things that could be put in here, it's always that way. Shall leave it at this for now.
5 comments:
you need to booze more!
roy- hehe.. will keep it in mind :)
i hear you. sometimes you can't tell one day apart from the other. these days, because deep inside i'm a self-therapy-and-karmic-healing-prone hippy, i make sure i do something different every single day.
alas, the 'different' usually ends up being ordering a different kind of booze. ah well. at least u have your ericcson and i have my vodka. that's something.
i'm so glad you're writing again, you know. also, sorry for wild and uncontrolled rant. :-[
reminds me of my intial days at bangalore, it was great fun with out any real responsibility . Enjoy till this lasts ...Great to see your blog. Rinkupisi
rainbeau- yes its been a long time. as long as theres something different, its all fine. and you're absolutely welcome to make the most use of this space... i'm too infrequent :)
pishi- whoa! this is a major surprise! responsibility i feel is relative, right now i feel theres so much. later on i'm sure i'll feel there was nothing.
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