HATE IT...LOVE IT...CAN'T IGNORE IT

Weird thing….I’m actually starting to enjoy my stay in Calcutta. Crib as much as I may, but I am glad that I came here*. This statement however comes with a star if you look closely.

* This however, does not mean that I do not want to go back to Delhi. Delhi is much better any day.

Getting back to the point, Kolkata’s never short of action. If it’s not anything else, it’ll be the rains which will bring the action into your life. Torrential is the word…I haven’t seen as heavy a downpour in my life ever. Just when u think it can’t get heavier it does…and just when you think it wouldn’t stop it does. It rains for 20 mins half an hour and then abruptly stops.

I’ve found this really cool bowling joint in Kolkata**. Not very expensive and it has beer too. (Not that I am a beer guzzler, but it always helps to increase the fun you’re having). So I usually spend my saturday evenings there.

** Cool by Kolkata standards, which as a matter of fact aren’t very high.

Talking about action…Rakhi Sawant was in Kol this past weekend. Now that’s some serious action for people here. The tickets were going for 600 bucks a person***!!! They were serving drinks too....

***(Okay…I admit I did ask for the price….but it was more because of me getting bored than anything else! I AM NOT A RAKHI SAWANT FAN!!)

Watched Ahista Ahista this weekend as well….decent flick…a lil slow!! But I guess, I should’ve understood that by the name …..Soha Ali looks good and acts well! I think shez the prettiest thing to happen after Preity Zinta… You gotta see it….its different….realistic :).

I also managed to get stuck in the rain a couple of days back. As a matter of pride, I refuse to carry an umbrella with me. I used to hate it in school and I hate it now. Then I had no option….now I do. However, all who’ve been in Kolkata would consider me stoopid after reading the statement that I just made. I don’t care….I wouldn’t be seen dead with an umbrella in my hand….not now…not ever! I guess I have something against umbrella’s!

Now…. Kolkata is dirty….and rains make it dirtier….The roads give in, there’s water logging everywhere and there are cars still driving at 60 kmph splashing the muddy rain water on you.

Here are a few facts…rather laws regarding Kolkata …!

• The probability of a passing by car/bus splashing muddy water on you is directly proportional to the importance of the occasion you are dressed up for.
• Between any two potholes there is always a road.
• If matters get worse, one pothole is always bigger than the other
• The depth of the pothole is inversely proportional to the product of its visibility and the speed you are driving at.
• No matter what you wear….No matter where you go….No matter what you do…you WILL get wet.
• No matter what you do, you cannot avoid a pothole. Avoiding one will lead you into another.
  Always be ready to take your shoes off and walk it. When it rains, there will be waterlogging and you will have to do it.
• No matter what you do, your clothes will never dry!!

Hey did I mention that I tried crab soup?? It looked more like a normal sweet corn with egg in it….I had to search for the crab in it with a magnifying glass which I forgot to carry with me….! The pieces were so small that they dint even have a taste….Disappointing crab!

Works going ok…september’s the D-month. Gotta finish my work by then…so a lil more seriousness has to come in….Can’t see it coming from anywhere.

More soon…..coz now is not forever!