Ma Day

The Home

Today I got up to a rather slow morning, ( I did everything slow, so it was a slow morning :P) I decided to take more time getting ready and give my morning 9.00 o'clock bus a miss. I had 20 minutes before my meeting and so I tried watching TV, could not find anything that could hook me for 20 minutes so decided to listen music on my cell phone. It felt bit odd listening to songs on phone while at home doing nothing, So after a while I decided to go out and take a walk. Finally ended up boarding bus while on the run and attending status meet on cell phone. I reached office at around 10:00 and waited for my colleague in India to call me back .

The Office

After 2 hours I realized, there would not be any call. So I passed  time chatting on Gtalk , reading blogs, articles on Forbes. I completed whatever work I could and decided to leave at 5:00 pm. I was in my usual  melancholic and bummed out state when it suddenly hit me, I should be happy that I went to office at 10 and came back at 5:00 after working for about 2 hours.

The Home

Anyway so when I came to my hotel room I thought I should may be do something else instead of  watching TV as usual.So I opened my laptop and started looking for places I can go to. I found a good bakery but it was a mile away and there was no bus for another hour.But I was not ready to give up, So I decided to at least go to front desk roam around for few mins,walk a little and then come back.I went to front desk told him two lamps in my room were not working , took some change for laundry and headed out for a walk. While walking I decided to finally go to tat bakery.

The Bakery

Assisted by Google maps on S3 :d I reached bakery. It was a nice little place but kind of place where you walk in knowing what you would eat. But I was not sure so I took my time browsing  through menu and the attendee hat to ask me couple of time 'are you ready sir?' , making me feel kinda stupid .I decided to go  with Cinnamon bun and a cold lemonade. When asked whether 'to go' or here I said 'here'. Then I saw 'Veggie Burger' and I thought what the hell not many places serve good veggie burger I might as well try it for dinner . So I told her ,I will also have a 'Veggie Burger to go' .What I meant was 'Lemonade and Cinnamon Bun '  for  'here' and 'Burger' as 'to go'. What she heard was just 'To Go' so she made me a cinnamon bun and lemonade 'to go' . I walked outside with Cinnamon Bun and Lemonade and thinking WTH  am I doing outside @ 100 f degree  walking with cinnamon bun and lemonade. Of course I could not go inside now, it would be too embarrassing.There was no way I could walk a mile holding those things. So I walked little found a nice little pavement and sat there and started eating like a Bum :). I decided to sit on my handkerchief which was of course a big mistake because if you have ever eaten a cinnamon bun you would know how sticky it is.You want to have kerchief nearby .I did manage to complete it in spite of few prying eyes.

The Road ,The Bus and The Road

Now the heat had increased even more and was getting to me, So I decided to go other way and wait for buy instead of walking back. I waited for 10 minutes ( I could probably have walked back to room in 15 mins ), finally got on bus and on next signal I realize there is a super market there and I could use milk and bread. So just before the bus is about to start I rush out through the door . I get my milk and bread and head out just after walking 20 yards or so. The head really hits me, I feel dehydrated, I think I won't be walk to my room ,knowing I am badly out of shape so much that walking 500 meters in sun reminds me of my great great grandmother whom I never knew. At one point I seriously think I am going to either faint on the road and end up in hospital or throw my milk at bystander and just go plain crazy.Finally I do make it to my hotel room.

The Room

So from bright sunny, monstrous summer I walk into my cold ,dark (remember broken lamps), untidy yet comforting room. I take a shower, turn on TV and start writing a blog post.


PS .I tried to review and correct it, but it was so incredibly big and boring that I had to leave it half way.If you have managed to read it even half way, congratulate yourself for you have increased patience to crap today. Peace Out