.. onto Chennai .. the day I was born .. ages ago. Couple of meetings .. and then onto Pune. The night was eventful just as my birthdays alwasy are, this time it was Zara, Tapas and Cocktails all the way. Next day on the flight was eventful too .. upgraded myself (the day next to my bday .. ofcourse I deserve the upgrade :)) .. Ranjeet Anand, in the same row as mine .. and we caught up after a year almost. He was coming back from Sri Lanka, with some Aviva goras. Post work and a long drawn painful meeting at Piaggio it was dinner at Nisorg .. new discovery .. one of those joints that I so like .. frquented by locals and tourists dont know they exist. Seafood at its best. Wish I knew Marathi to catch most of the jokes floating around.
Ever been without a single rupee and felt happy .. I did today. All ATM's in Pune suddenly thought of going kaput I check the last one at the Pune railway station but got the same blank screen there. Wishing that the ticket back to Mumbai is not more than the money I have in my pocket, I trudge to the ticket counter to find out (happily) that the ticket is rupees two hundred and not two fifty .. my wallet has two crisp hundred rupee notes and I get the ticket. I dig in deeper and get a tenner and two coins. Ask the nearest vendor for the water bottle and he quotes thirteen bucks, I look at him with disdain and walk off .. go to the nearest stall and he is selling it for the twelve that I have in my pocket. Okay, the waters taken care of .. the munching part .. taken care of by the Chiwada that I picked from my hotel room. My wallet is absolutely empty and I am happy ... nice ride .. nice person on the seat next to me .. water to drink and something to munch on .. what else could I ask for !! And the moment I get down at Mumbai, go to the ATM get some money out and order myself a Pizza, I splash mustard all over my shirt !! buy a cheap new shirt and move on to the office ... money sucks !!! :))
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