In Pune now; reached here on the 7th. The company had provided us accommodation at Hotel Silver Crest, in Viman Nagar. The rooms are pretty good; they're air conditioned,have TVs and only after a couple of days did we discover that there was net connection too. But the luxury was intended for 15 days only. :( We had to find a place to stay by then.
Last few days, mammen and I were busy looking for flats to stay, somewhere close to Magarpatta City (thats where Amdocs has its office) or Hadapsar. We did contact many people and also check the flats personally and finally yesterday we decided on a 2-bhk flat in ECP Vastu campus, in hadapsar. Its a new construction with 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a hall, a kitchen and a balcony. All the rooms are quite spacious. The flat is in the 6th floor; so with the huge windows, there is good breeze coming in and is well lit too. And they have a gas connection in the flat already installed and a person would visit every month and take the reading to bill Oh, I forgot to mention the rent. Its Rs.7000 per month with Rs.25,000 deposit. I believe its a good find, as most of the flats were either too far from our office, too old, or were offered for a very high rent. So we're quite happy now and look forward to have a nice stay there. :D
Gonna continue reading 'The Godfather' now. Yea, I know I should have read the book long back; better late than never ;). Didnt watch the movie yet too, as i was advised to read it first.
I shall post a few pics taken in Pune soon. Until then, hf.
My new home ;)
How to: sleep well in a bus when the next person is snoring?! ;)
Situation:
Bored sitting at home, i decided to go to blore to my cousin's place, last week. So i booked a ticket for the same day and boarded the bus at 1030.The bus, KSRTC volvo (airavath) was quite comfortable. They provide you with blankets and a bottle of water.
But regardless of how good it was, I always find it really hard to sleep in a bus. And there was no question of me falling asleep as early as 1030 in the night! So I enjoy the view outside
thru the large windows of the bus .After a couple of hours, I decide to try sleeping. But then...the person sitting next to me starts to snore like a truck with some engine problem! 
Thoughts:
I could elbow him or wake him up and ask him to stop the truck and ride a bicycle.
But that would stop the snoring only for a few minutes. As he went back to deep sleep, he would start it again. So i had to stop him from sleeping well so that i could :D
Action:
As we passed the ghats, the mercury was dropping. So I adjusted 4 a/c vents above so that all of 'em blew air directly at the person
to my right. Trust me, not many people know that you have adjustable vents there. :)
Result:
Within 10 minutes, he woke up and started pulling his blanket.
and...it was my turn to sleep now!
Yea, I am wicked!
PS: Got a new phone yest...samsung star S5603. With the 3 inch screen, touchscreen, 8 gb memory and a pretty good cam, its really cool.
Got my joining date
I was slowly making plans for these holidays. I was expecting it to be a long one; atleast around 50 days long. But unfortunately, mammen called me up to say that we had to join Amdocs on 8th this month!
Yep 8th...and today is 2nd! Wat the hell! Yea, i was hoping for an early joining date, with some of my friends having their offers canceled and some deferred. But isn't this a lil too early! My last vacation has just started.
Now all the plans have to be cancelled. I will prolly be leaving Mangalore on the 6th. That leaves me with just 3 days. I just got my unlimited net connection yesterday. But i can hardly use it now. :( Let me see what else could be done with these 72 hours. Hmmm...
PS: Ofcourse I am not very upset about the date with the current scenario; but perhaps it would have been better if I was informed abt an early date in advance. I'd have been mentally prepared for it.
PS: Nadal out, murray out! Will FedEx do it this time at the Rolland Garros?!
