Zen: Endurance Test!
I have been driving this Zen for past three years now. I always believed in my car but today I really got to see what it was really capable of! Just about a 1000cc with a weight of about 800kgs, it managed to take six people. Now don't ask me how we managed that, but we were just able to do that (unfortunately I don't have any pictures to show you this time, it was just to blurred).
Ok, so I am back trying to write another blog but am just not sober enough to think clearly what to write! Fine, let me complain again this time and talk about Bangalore a bit! It's one of the most cosmopolitan cities in India. You can find lots of young gals and guys from all over the country, just out of college or maybe an year and some, working their ass off from like nine to seven-eight. Also, you will see a sizable chunk of expats. Now, after all this hard work what do they need? Some place they can get relaxed, maybe have a few drinks, shake their bootys and forget about what's in store for them coming Monday.
As always, who thinks logically, who cares about what the majority wants, or at least, the majority who really cares and contributes think. So, one fine day, someone think, hey, these guys in Bangalore are having just too much fun meeting friends, getting drunk and creating (the so called) lawlessness later. So, let me be the one who decides what is good for them. Close down all the dance places, order all the clubs and restaurants etc. to be shut down by 11:30pm. And that is the sad story in Bangalore these days.
Well, we are quite used to it now. But not to be outdone, people have a lot more house parties these days. So, get kicked out (very politely unlike the clubs in the US as my dear firang friend pointed out today!) from these places by 11:30 and get together at a friends place. Now, you drink, play music, dance, no one bothers you (unless you live in a really annoying neighborhood with all these really fussy neighbors who keep complaining about all the noise you are making). Fortunately for our neighbors, we were quite considerate and keep the music just at the level that no one bothered.
Anyway, my point being, this is one good thing that has come out with the whole 11:30 bandh thing. You can really talk now. Without all that loud music and total strangers, a bunch of friends gathered together, you really get comfortable. You talk like you would never had in some club. Even for someone who meets others for the first time, it is better than the club atmosphere, you really talk and make more than just acquaintances.
This still doesn't do away with the fact that we are mature enough to know what is right for us and don't need some stupid cop telling us when to go home. That apart, I think Bangalore is a great place to be in. Over the past couple of years or so, I have driven and traveled so much around the city which I never did in my whole life. Leave for Goa at two in the morning or have a lifetime rafting experience after twelve hours of continuous driving, go on a trek at some abandoned railway track or be in the midst of all the wildlife, you can do all that here. No wonder then that I have been pestering this friend of mine to come to Bangalore for a long time now, only if she relented.
That is it for now. Time to sleep, will be back with something more interesting or more stupid soon. Till then, borrowing from The Truman Show, good morning, good afternoon, good evening and good night.
Ok, so I am back trying to write another blog but am just not sober enough to think clearly what to write! Fine, let me complain again this time and talk about Bangalore a bit! It's one of the most cosmopolitan cities in India. You can find lots of young gals and guys from all over the country, just out of college or maybe an year and some, working their ass off from like nine to seven-eight. Also, you will see a sizable chunk of expats. Now, after all this hard work what do they need? Some place they can get relaxed, maybe have a few drinks, shake their bootys and forget about what's in store for them coming Monday.
As always, who thinks logically, who cares about what the majority wants, or at least, the majority who really cares and contributes think. So, one fine day, someone think, hey, these guys in Bangalore are having just too much fun meeting friends, getting drunk and creating (the so called) lawlessness later. So, let me be the one who decides what is good for them. Close down all the dance places, order all the clubs and restaurants etc. to be shut down by 11:30pm. And that is the sad story in Bangalore these days.
Well, we are quite used to it now. But not to be outdone, people have a lot more house parties these days. So, get kicked out (very politely unlike the clubs in the US as my dear firang friend pointed out today!) from these places by 11:30 and get together at a friends place. Now, you drink, play music, dance, no one bothers you (unless you live in a really annoying neighborhood with all these really fussy neighbors who keep complaining about all the noise you are making). Fortunately for our neighbors, we were quite considerate and keep the music just at the level that no one bothered.
Anyway, my point being, this is one good thing that has come out with the whole 11:30 bandh thing. You can really talk now. Without all that loud music and total strangers, a bunch of friends gathered together, you really get comfortable. You talk like you would never had in some club. Even for someone who meets others for the first time, it is better than the club atmosphere, you really talk and make more than just acquaintances.
This still doesn't do away with the fact that we are mature enough to know what is right for us and don't need some stupid cop telling us when to go home. That apart, I think Bangalore is a great place to be in. Over the past couple of years or so, I have driven and traveled so much around the city which I never did in my whole life. Leave for Goa at two in the morning or have a lifetime rafting experience after twelve hours of continuous driving, go on a trek at some abandoned railway track or be in the midst of all the wildlife, you can do all that here. No wonder then that I have been pestering this friend of mine to come to Bangalore for a long time now, only if she relented.
That is it for now. Time to sleep, will be back with something more interesting or more stupid soon. Till then, borrowing from The Truman Show, good morning, good afternoon, good evening and good night.
posted by Nilesh at 2:07 PM
3 Comments:
sahi keh rahe ho nilu..i always prefer a silent and open place where friends can sit at ease and talk abt anything under the sun..
yeah!:)....you going to Jaipur btw?
if nothing unexpected happens, shud be in jaipur on friday morning..
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