Thinking Aloud!

Here are a few things that I have learnt/realised in past one month of living away from home!

1. Living at 8th floor doesn’t mean that monkeys cant climb to your balcony,so leaving the balcony doors open isnt a good idea(though I still wonder why and how the monkey did that!).
2. Pieces of onion will smell really bad if left for more than 24 hours and even the smallest one is sufficient to make the whole kitchen smell of rotten onions.
3. It will be really difficult to dispose off rice(or daliya/sabzi etc) if they are left for more than 24 hours in the vessel in which they were cooked. And your flatmate will hate to do it as much as you!
4. It isn’t difficult to clean your home yourself especially if its mostly empty.
5. It isnt difficult to force open the lift doors(atleast the ones used in our building) if the electricity goes off when you are inside(or maybe we were just lucky  )
6. I prefer climbing 8 stories through stairs rather than using lift when someone is inside the lift with two dogs!
7. I prefer climbing 2-3 stories rather than using lift even if there are no dogs 
8. Liquid blue (like ujala) works wonders with your white clothes and should always be used.
9.Its very easy to skip food when u have to cook it yourself(or go 2-3kms to fetch it!)

The tag from TGFI has been staring me for a long time now (and I have been staring at it  ). Finally I decided I can’t write it as such. I mean yeah I am proud of a lots of things about me but don’t feel like listing them here on my blog in points! TGFI ji plz don’t mind!!!!

Plz plz plz…

I know you will understand, or atleast I hope!!!

This is a test post to see how opera mini can handle posting on wordpress. If u are reading this,that means it works!

We (me and my flatmate) shifted to our new home today and the whole day we were running from one place to another to buy all the odd household stuff( and to complete a few formalities to finalize the deal). I wish I could write about all this in detail but its quite late and am too tired to write a long post!
So, in short, two young (and totally unexperienced in this regard)guys spent the whole day trying to get all the stuff needed to convert a “flat” into “home”. Though I feel we were quite efficient and managed to get almost all the necessary things( going to “Big Bazaar” helped a lot as we got almost all the things at the same place), but still a lot needs to be done. Have to buy things like cooker, pateela (don’t know what its called in English) , brush to wash bathroom,some kind of table, some kind of almirah (the flat doesn’t have even a single), a matka (to survive until we get fridge),water purifier, curtains etc etc
Have to call plumber and carpenter for minor repairs, have to find some kaam wali and some good place to eat!
Phew!! Am tired and have to wake up early tomorrow for office  But still somehow it feels good!
Thanx SSS for the helpful tips,will need more of them 
Hope I will be able to put more details soon!

So, here we are after one week of staying in Gurgaon, and it has been a mixed experience(like always  ). Agreed that one week is too short a time to judge any place (esp when you go out rarely like me!)
But, anyways,here is what I think about all the things that I mentioned last week in my expectations(reading the original points below before these will be a better idea):
1.Few roads are really really bad, but then there are lot many which are as good as anywhere else, and looking at the kind of construction thats happening everywhere in Gurgaon, we should give them some some chance!
2.After living for 10-15 years in Chandigarh, power cuts seem highly unbearable,as of now, am staying in guest house which has a huge genset for power backup, so its not a problem as of now. But as soon as i start living in my own flat/room it will be really a big problem and inverter is highest priority item in my list of things to be purchased with home/flat!
3.Malls were a big disappointment. More on that some other day…
4.Haven’t been stuck into any jam in past week but you can say I haven’t been to the busiest places at busiest hours.
5.Didn’t need to find such a place as of now, coz food in guest-house is really nice.
6.This is one biiiiiiig problem esp for bachelor guys 
7.Hope this won’t be much difficult.
8.Surprisingly (even to me) this is true (almost)!!
9.Nah na 
10.Yeah!!! There are around 10 stations stored in my phone and though lack of nice speakers means that I don’t listen to them much but still radio is very nice here.
11.Cost isn’t a issue when you are not able to find any when you want!!
More  stuff coming soon 

Now that I will be reaching Gurgaon tomorrow, so its right time to write about my expectations. I have never been there but have heard a lot from others.
Shopping malls, call centres, bad roads, traffic jams, power cuts,MNCs, high rise apartments, DLF are among the most frequently used words whenever anyone talks about Gurgaon. So, here are few of my expectations from the city:
1.The roads wont be as bad as people say.
2.Power cuts will be bearable.
3.Malls will be really nice.
4.Traffic jams will be limited to only a few busy roads/areas.
5.I will be able to find some good (and not-so-costly) eating place!
6.I will be able to find a flat/room at reasonable rate 
7.I will be able to make trip back home every other weekend.
8.I will be able to wake up around 6 am and go for walk/jog.
9.I will be able to sleep before 11pm 
10.Radio stations will be much much better than here in Chandigarh 
11.Auto-Rickshaws, buses wont be very costly and I wont need to buy new vehicle!

Okey okey, agreed this all is totally wishful thinking, but am sure it will be a nice place to live