Musings of a budding driver!

To the amazement of fans of this blog who silently comment in their minds about what I write, it would come as a pleasant surprise, that I have undertaken the task of driving on Bangalore roads. And for the benefits of the people who hit on my blog, I decided to come up with a list of points which will aid in their survival.

First of all, I sincerely request everyone who drives in Bangalore, to start reading Gita. It goes without saying the old Indian adage of “do your bit and don’t think of results” apply very aptly to Bangalore roads. I sincerely advice you to do things right and leave your safety in the hands of other drivers on the road and in worst case your insurer, if you ever have one! All said and done I am not trying to scare people by saying this; all I am saying is that driving to me is a spiritual experience. I feel closer to god.

For making my second point, I will give a bit of context, I drive very early morning or early evenings when the lanes are empty and my destructive tendencies can cause least damage. However, at any given point of time, the complete selfless natures which I am gifted with come to rescue when I am behind the wheels. To start with respect people who walk on the road, don’t frown or honk as it might be rude, when people come in your way taking a stroll in the middle of the road. I say this with utmost sincerity as any form of honking will be followed by words which will drag half of your family in some ugly conversations. I always remember the famous Beatles song of “Let it Be” while driving.

Anyone vaguely familiar with Bangalore roads will realize the good intentions of having one way streets.  These boards are put up by traffic people to add zing in our otherwise dull lives. Don't stick to the literal meaning and proceed in one direction. In metaphysical terms, it simply means that you cannot proceed in two directions at once. So drive as you like, in reverse throughout, if you are the fussy type.

As everyone knows, sarcasm is the last thing I would ever want to engage in, I must add a positive point also. Rash driving in residential areas has been prevented by providing a "speed breaker"; two for each house. This bump, incidentally, covers the drainage pipes for that residence and is left opened for easy identification by the corporation authorities.

I hope everyone feels more safe and secured armed with this knowledge!

All in all it is always fun to drive here! ;-)

When you live at a place long enough, you are that place!

When you live at a place long enough, you are that place! That is the mood in 701 these days. As the days pass by and we all part our ways to chase what we wanted, we are split between gut wrenching fear about the new and agony of parting and memories of good times.

My millions of silent readers (shh..sniff..no sarcasm here :p), spare my emotional outburst for this post.

To begin with, I doubt, we will ever have the rock nights on Saturdays and Sunday mornings we used to have till now. Banging our heads and playing Guitar till dawn breaks. Needless to say, cold drinks did help us get through the night. J

The mindless invention of totally awesome dude games like Palate, skipping tiles, ingenious magic tricks, lazy chess, flat tennis, gully cricket and carom doubles will be missed. I kind of feel sorry for the world, that it would be deprived of these inventions.

Off late, few dudes in 701 (not me though) also started playing cricket after 1 AM in night till 6 AM after a heavy dose of cold drinks. To my amazement, these dudes find insulting that someone complains about them. But I cannot blame them the culture of 701 runs through their blood and mind you this blood doesn’t run cold!

I would miss incessant chatter patter with our dear neighbour upstairs. The talks and walks of life, office and relationships. I would also miss the incessant knocking on the doors for food or remaining episodes of how I met your mother. Most of all I would miss irritating someone! 

To my regular readers of the blog, it comes as no surprise that I am witty and humorous. (Warning: For cynics and pessimists, don’t frown, buhu, I am those two and get a life, stop judging!!). I suppose, these guys will miss everything about me. As I always say, I am proud of my modesty, they are surely going to miss my humble and silent nature. :p  

Via this post, I would like to highlight, how awesome 701 was and how it has now become an integral part of all our lives. When I am stuffing my boxes for taking to a new place, I remember a clip from Rock Balbao (for the people who haven’t seen Rocky 6, they deserve to go to hell, so log on to torrent and download a pirated version to prevent yourself from going there!).

Rocky: When you stay at a place long enough, you are that place!

And as I drag my final box out of the house, I am leaving a part of me here. 

Peace out!