Got to experience Diwali after a long time. Though Diwali was on October 26th, I could hear fireworks through that entire weekend as well. Some of the major establishments had such huge ones, which went up and blasted into many smaller ones. It was fun to watch. Personally, I am not a big fan of …
Category: Bengaluru
3-Month Anniversary in Bengaluru …
Finished 3 months in Bengaluru and fast approaching the 100-day anniversary. Thought it is a good time to Blog about some of the experiences. (A) Health Overall, we have been doing quite okay. Each of us have had a minor ailment, with varying degrees of recovery speed. I got the worst of it. I had …
Kolar Gold Fields (KGF)
We went for a really enjoyable weekend trip to Bangarapet in May. We stayed at a place called Morrit Farms. Since the trip was right after the driver fiasco, I was real glad that my friend offered a ride to KGF. The road we took was quite bad, though the area was quite beautiful, with …
Four weeks in Bengaluru …
Last week, I was busy with the sudden and unexpected responsibility of tackling the big bad wolf (a.k.a Bengaluru Traffic) and hence other than the Horror Movie post, I could not do much. I have been driving 10 days for all kinds of errands and purposes. So far, mostly due to pure luck, nothing has …
Driver No:1 (A 3-D Horror Film)
Rating: PG-13 Details: Some offensive conduct, some 4-letter words and some action. A month old car got into the 4th minor accident within 15 days, yesterday, and I fired him then and there. Hopefully my experience will give some inputs to those of you planning to employ longer-term drivers, especially in Bengaluru. Why does one keep a …
Two weeks in Bengaluru …
Another week zoomed by and following are some thoughts from this last week. Internet connections are quite good and if the speed is as advertised, then getting on the Web would be seemless. Airtel installations are happening at our place and hope the technician knows what he is talking about. (A) The badass driver: For example, …
One week in Bengaluru …
Overall, I would say that it went according to expectations, though there were a few surprises thrown in. Week1 is in the books! (A) Car accident(s) within one week: Both happened in one day. The driver is a local guy who speaks Malayalam! How about that? He is pretty decent except when he starts mouthing …