Finding money

I have always found money when I'm in need of it... literally. I don't know how I manage to leave them there in the first place. I find money in the clothes drawer, hidden pockets of my purse or in the back pockets of my jeans :). The beauty of it is that you find is, when you need it, not a day too soon :)

Highway to hell

My ride back home tonight was just like it is everyday... on the edge. Im sure I can now perform all kinds of stunts on my bike, courtesy, the AP registered bubblegum pink private busses, the Vajra KSRTC busses and the very cock Meru and the many other cab providers.

I guess my favorite [or most hated, take it whichever way you want], would be Vajra. I mean, by the mercy of god, I cant even HEAR them sneaking up beside me!! They virtually make no noise and since they re a dark red, certainly not very visible at night. Slow down guys, it does not have to take a disaster to set you straight.

Next, the pink and ugly [i never thought i would say "pink" and "ugly" in the same line as I just love everything pink.. almost i guess] AP busses. I almost rammed into one when the driver breaked without notice. And yes, to help the situation, they dont have any tail light, so how do you know when they break or slow down? Intuition??! [right, eat my socks]

Meru and the others, calm down will you? It should be made a crime to bully riders off the road. To look at, the drivers are under aged and sleepless. And they drive like, yes that's right, the under aged and sleepless.

Once my cabbie was speeding over 120 kmph back from the new airport and got pulled over. He got away with a Rs.300 bribe to the cop. Is any honest govt official reading this? [not likely]

Airtel- let me "Express Yourself"

With a tagline that says "Express Yourself", it sure has a crappy customer service. No, I'm not trying to badmouth a big telecommunication giant to get attention. Its just that it shouldn't be this hard to speak to a customer care exec. The first one had the worst soft skills and promptly hung up on me, duh, not surprised..

The second time I barely managed to get someone on line. I mean, do you really have to tell me that your IVR menu has changed blah blah when all it does it make me wonder if the IVR was made in Pakistan?! The golden option to speak to a human is virtually BURIED under layers of menus.

I think I'm so happy now that im a Vodafone customer! Phew.

Bangalore's worst traffic jam ever!

18th November saw the Indian Silicon Valley's residents' worst nightmare come true, literally. For what seemed to be an eternity, traffic in the central to North Bangalore came to a standstill. Riders and drivers on their way back home, switched their vehicles off and got out to take a walk in whatever little space was left among the huge jam. The reason, my friends, is as frivolous as they come. HDK, an ambitious ex chief minister of the state held a rally for the rural mass. His press conference after the mess this caused did not contain a note of apology. Instead, he goes on to defend the rights of the rural mass, which is reall besides the matter. The inconvenience he has caused could in no mean be quantified.

I sincerely do hope such events are held outside the city henceforth. And I can only hope that certain thick-headed people realize their folly.

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