//Read Chapter One before proceeding to this one//
CHAPTER TWO
A TRIP TO SARAVANA STORES
JULY 31st, 2007
8:30 A.M.
After a good night's sleep, I woke up at around about 8:30. I looked through the window and found to my surprise that it was pouring in Chennai. But still the humidity didnt make much difference to the climate. I go to other room to check on the other guys, they were already up. Arun was trying to listen to his favourite Ilaiyaraja numbers and Mithin was digging his bag to find something. Meanwhile, Nishant was getting ready to go to office. He said he will come back only in the evening. Nishant asked "What are u guys planning to do?". I said "No Ide.." but Mithin interfered before completing my sentence he said "We are going to Saravana stores da... We need to buy some essential things like bucket,mob,mugs,etc" I was shocked. These guys had planned it without my knowing. I asked "Then what about karthik's cousin... he said he will arrange stuff for us and deliver them at our door-steps.. I mean don't u think that would be easy for us...". He looked down and said "No da...It would be good if we go to Saravana stores and picked out stuff on our own besides it would be cheap there...". I was shocked because I got a feeling this guy didn't trust my friend. I had no other option but to adjust with these guys because I have to "get used" to these changes. Somewhere at the back of the mind I had this feeling that none of us were getting along well with each other.
10:30 A.M.
We all got ready. Then we were a hunting a spot to have our breakfast. We found a place and sat down to have Dosas again... I was kind of pissed off and said "I dont know for long we will be eating this dosas for the rest of our lives." I said that because ever since we landed in Chennai we had been eating nothing but dosas. Arun said "We have to get used to these conditions or better start looking for a hotel where we can get good food". I said "May be we can do that in the noon or evening after coming back from Saravana stores". After having quick breakfast. I take out my purse and see I had only some 50 bucks. I said to Arun " We may have to go to ATM before going to Saravana stores". Mithin replied "I have cash da no problem, we will sit down later and calculate the share-of-money accordingly. For once I felt he had spoken sensibly. We then were waiting for the bus to come. I asked "Shall we take an auto instead of waiting here for the bus to come". The Auto-fellas were asking too much, again tried bargaining but all in vein.
11:45 A.M.
After 45 mins, a bus came but it was over crowded. I asked Arun "Should we (take this bus)??". He replied sarcastically "I dont wanna wait for another bus to come". What he meant was probably that he didn't want to wait for another 45 mins. We all boarded the bus and I was literally getting crushed because of the over-crowd. Luckily Mithin got a seat after a couple of stops but Me and Arun were totally getting crushed. It was quite an experience. I said "We should have taken an auto" and Arun replied "Tomorrow if you go to work and you have no other option but to use public transport, you need to get used to the rush". I was hoping we reach our stopping soon. After half an hour, we reached Panagal park.. Arun said "Lets get down and walk from here."
12:15 A.M.
We had to walk about 20 minutes to get to Saravana Stores after we got down from the bus. We got in to the shop and while we were picking out stuffs, there were too many quarrels between Arun and Mithin like "Don't need that.. we will take this.","What is the use in buying that.. You would hardly need it.", "That item doesn't require so many quantities" etc etc. I coudn't take any of it so I went to a corner and sat down to look at these two go at it for silly things. There was a huge argument and guess where it took place.. the sports section. Arun was planning to buy a cricket bat (I don't know why it was important for him to buy it at that moment). Mithin started arguing about stuff like "We have just come to Chennai and already you have cricket in mind".
After 2 hours of shopping, we stopped to have our lunch in a nearby place. After having lunch we were walking back to catch a bus,auto or a metro-train. I stopped near a shop and asked Arun to click a snap so that I can upload in Orkut and make my friends envy me. I said sarcastically "We should take photos wherever we can and upload them in orkut." And this was one of them. We were discussing about the mode of travel back to our apartment and finally we decided to take an auto. We didnt have space in the auto thanks to Mithin and also all the stuff we had to carry. I would count myself in too because I am not thin and tall guy,lol. I asked "Do u think we will fit in this auto??" Arun and Mithin said "Let's Adjust!!". After I got into the auto-rickshaw, I asked Arun "Do u want to sit on my lap so we could a little more comfortably with so many stuff taking half the space?". Arun said "No need". But I had no option to sit in an awkward position by coming forward so that everybody got some space to sit in the auto-rickshaw.
2:50 P.M.
BANG!! BANG!! BANG!!
We all were stunned by the noise but it was a traffic cop ramming the roof of the auto with his lathi-stick asking the auto-rickshaw to get a move on by not disrupting the traffic. So off we were on our way to our apartments hoping to start our new bachelor lives...
(to be continued...)
CHAPTER TWO
A TRIP TO SARAVANA STORES
JULY 31st, 2007
8:30 A.M.
After a good night's sleep, I woke up at around about 8:30. I looked through the window and found to my surprise that it was pouring in Chennai. But still the humidity didnt make much difference to the climate. I go to other room to check on the other guys, they were already up. Arun was trying to listen to his favourite Ilaiyaraja numbers and Mithin was digging his bag to find something. Meanwhile, Nishant was getting ready to go to office. He said he will come back only in the evening. Nishant asked "What are u guys planning to do?". I said "No Ide.." but Mithin interfered before completing my sentence he said "We are going to Saravana stores da... We need to buy some essential things like bucket,mob,mugs,etc" I was shocked. These guys had planned it without my knowing. I asked "Then what about karthik's cousin... he said he will arrange stuff for us and deliver them at our door-steps.. I mean don't u think that would be easy for us...". He looked down and said "No da...It would be good if we go to Saravana stores and picked out stuff on our own besides it would be cheap there...". I was shocked because I got a feeling this guy didn't trust my friend. I had no other option but to adjust with these guys because I have to "get used" to these changes. Somewhere at the back of the mind I had this feeling that none of us were getting along well with each other.
10:30 A.M.
We all got ready. Then we were a hunting a spot to have our breakfast. We found a place and sat down to have Dosas again... I was kind of pissed off and said "I dont know for long we will be eating this dosas for the rest of our lives." I said that because ever since we landed in Chennai we had been eating nothing but dosas. Arun said "We have to get used to these conditions or better start looking for a hotel where we can get good food". I said "May be we can do that in the noon or evening after coming back from Saravana stores". After having quick breakfast. I take out my purse and see I had only some 50 bucks. I said to Arun " We may have to go to ATM before going to Saravana stores". Mithin replied "I have cash da no problem, we will sit down later and calculate the share-of-money accordingly. For once I felt he had spoken sensibly. We then were waiting for the bus to come. I asked "Shall we take an auto instead of waiting here for the bus to come". The Auto-fellas were asking too much, again tried bargaining but all in vein.
11:45 A.M.
After 45 mins, a bus came but it was over crowded. I asked Arun "Should we (take this bus)??". He replied sarcastically "I dont wanna wait for another bus to come". What he meant was probably that he didn't want to wait for another 45 mins. We all boarded the bus and I was literally getting crushed because of the over-crowd. Luckily Mithin got a seat after a couple of stops but Me and Arun were totally getting crushed. It was quite an experience. I said "We should have taken an auto" and Arun replied "Tomorrow if you go to work and you have no other option but to use public transport, you need to get used to the rush". I was hoping we reach our stopping soon. After half an hour, we reached Panagal park.. Arun said "Lets get down and walk from here."12:15 A.M.
We had to walk about 20 minutes to get to Saravana Stores after we got down from the bus. We got in to the shop and while we were picking out stuffs, there were too many quarrels between Arun and Mithin like "Don't need that.. we will take this.","What is the use in buying that.. You would hardly need it.", "That item doesn't require so many quantities" etc etc. I coudn't take any of it so I went to a corner and sat down to look at these two go at it for silly things. There was a huge argument and guess where it took place.. the sports section. Arun was planning to buy a cricket bat (I don't know why it was important for him to buy it at that moment). Mithin started arguing about stuff like "We have just come to Chennai and already you have cricket in mind".
After 2 hours of shopping, we stopped to have our lunch in a nearby place. After having lunch we were walking back to catch a bus,auto or a metro-train. I stopped near a shop and asked Arun to click a snap so that I can upload in Orkut and make my friends envy me. I said sarcastically "We should take photos wherever we can and upload them in orkut." And this was one of them. We were discussing about the mode of travel back to our apartment and finally we decided to take an auto. We didnt have space in the auto thanks to Mithin and also all the stuff we had to carry. I would count myself in too because I am not thin and tall guy,lol. I asked "Do u think we will fit in this auto??" Arun and Mithin said "Let's Adjust!!". After I got into the auto-rickshaw, I asked Arun "Do u want to sit on my lap so we could a little more comfortably with so many stuff taking half the space?". Arun said "No need". But I had no option to sit in an awkward position by coming forward so that everybody got some space to sit in the auto-rickshaw.2:50 P.M.
BANG!! BANG!! BANG!!
We all were stunned by the noise but it was a traffic cop ramming the roof of the auto with his lathi-stick asking the auto-rickshaw to get a move on by not disrupting the traffic. So off we were on our way to our apartments hoping to start our new bachelor lives...
(to be continued...)
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