May 1st : I had invited my family [ dad,mom, younger sis and bro ] to arrive but they had postponed the plan by a day a week ago and you know, since it's an International Labours Day and to add a plum on a pie, it's a holiday in India [ not every country grants this day as holiday , love to be an Indian techie ] so had to spend whole day with my lazy roomie's .But we began our adventure of cleaning the complete home. It turned out to be more tiresome then what it takes to make it dirty ! I was awake till 3 am that day all excited watching movies on my ThinkPad . Day finally ended when I had no other choice to sleep as I had to recieve my parents next morning .
May 2nd : 7 am : My alarm [ also used as a mobile phone ;) ] woke me although I was so reluctant . A quick fresh up and off to Bangalore City Railway Station by 8.05 am . What a peace over there on a Saturday morning on Platform 4 ! It really feels good when still the world around you is waking up . You know, these cases are rare as my day usually starts @ 9. But from now on, I have resolved to start my days early, minutes before 9 . Anyways back to SBC [Railway Code: Bangalore City Railway Station] , I have grown up learning these codes from my dad who is a veteran Indian Railways fan and ofcourse , an employee working in Central Railway Zone.
Oh again , deviated ,so sorry ! It was so peaceful where I grabbed a cup of coffee and The Times of India copy, train arrived at 9.20 [ Expected time:8.50 ] By then I had already finished all the leaves of the paper and before that, two kids who were cousins one studying U.K.G in Bangalore and the other one finished his Senior K.G in Pune [Trivia : Senior K.G = U.K.G , I learnt from them this terminology :) ] just stood beside me, took the Blore times.Now, it striked you that they were exploring the pics of any beautiful lady's which even striked me ? NO ! they wanted to sit and displace/rather push me out of the seat meant for a single adult but still, I helplessly sat just to pass time with those naughty kids .Plenty of space was created for them and they started to tussle over an serious issue : Door of a train is foldable or not ? - Gosh ! They made so many arguments between them that I began to question myself that why the door is really not the way they explained .I had no other choice but to enjoy their silly but to be true, they were out-of-the-box statements from kids of age 5 who were so smart . Wow! The future of India is really in safe hands ! They can even make a train run without the tracks or create doubt in other's mind that the train bogie's really need a door. I was just looking the funny side of it ,now jokes apart -
I received my parents , a warm welcome too . We were in our flat (rented) in a Volvo which took just 30 min where usually it takes 45-60 minutes to reach for me any other day. I had a good nap after heavy lunch @ home .Later, in evening , the ever magnificent Shiv Mandir was refreshing to my pious mother .
A bit of shopping at the crowded Total Mall ,expected on weekend and that too, a first weekend of a month where everyone's bank account is credited with their salary . :) A good tasty dinner at Udupi Park but these guys made us to wait for long to get ready with the table for five. We reached home around 11pm and retired around mid night for a touring day tomorrow .
May 3rd : I had booked a cab for a day and after lot of calls a day before from driver1-> driver2->driver3, and finally driver 3 turned up .The first 2 drivers gave the way to the lucky one who complained of their unavailabilty .
Driver named Srinivas turned sharply at 8.45 am when we stepped out of home. And Bangalore Round started literally.
Ragi Gudda Hanuman Temple ,J.P.Nagar -> Nandi temple + Mahaganapathi temple ,Basavanagudi -> ISKCON ->Veer Anjaneya Temple,Mahalakshmi Layout -> Halli Mane , heavy lunch along with an expected rush on a weekend -> Science Centre + Govt.Museum , Cubbon Road -> Shopping @ Commercial Street.
On the way, all were quite pleased to get the glance of the beautiful Vidhana Soudha ,High Court, M.G.Road with closed shops and ever-industrious 'Namma Metro' staff who have spoiled beauty of MG road as of now and then, the list goes on and on ;) We reached home around 5.oo pm ,after fresh up, packed our luggages ,boarded in the cab and zipped off . Karnataka Express was scheduled to be @ 7.20 pm .Driver and I started fearing when it began to drizzle . As you know, when it pours, chaos and traffic jams rule the K.G Road near Mysore Bank Circle on the way to Majestic, headed to SBC[ Read above again if you dont know whats SBC ].
Confirmed seats in A1 coach was a sigh of relax before we left our rented flat here, because a waiting list in KK Express or Udhyan Express will hardly ever fetch you a berth to even sit until you reach your destination unless you grease the palms of TTE . There was an emotional see-off as expected but I invited them again for a longer weekend again in future . :)
I came back room , watched RCB win against MI and guys, to be true, Anil Kumble is the lucky mascot for the trouble-struck and sad-to-say a downtrodden fair-playing team . But yes, they are turning back as phoenix after a hiatus in IPL season 2 .
So this was the weekend what it was supposed to be , and I enjoyed it thoroughly with my family .Feel free to comment on places I visited and the one's which I could not !
