Its strange … the first post that I am posting from Hyderabad comes almost a month after I reached this place and more importantly, when I am locked out of the house … one of the other roommates has the key and yours truly returns back from a hard day’s work to find the room locked while the others are having dinner elsewhere.
Hyderabad has been a nice experience this far. There are places named Hitech City and Cyberabad(I am not kidding this place is actually called Cyberabad). After using Hyderabad roads for a few days - you start falling in love with the place. Bangalore seems decades behind - atleast while comparing the state of the roads, the flyovers and the other stuff. And the traffic - makes riding a bike fun all over again. Something which Bangalore has totally lost it. At times like these you actually begin to wonder, whether you have been living in delusion about Bangalore being the best city(And considering the manner in which Royal Challengers Bangalore have been playing there is hardly anything to cheer about). That and beyond the only thing that works against this place is the weather. Blazing hot sun through the day. But except the weekend, we hardly get to see the same. As Prof. T would say back in college…we are a part of the cold chain now. We step from Air conditioned homes to Air conditioned offices to Air conditioned malls back to Air conditioned houses. The only thing missing from the cold chain mentioned was Airconditioned vehicles to ferry us around… something which has been replaced by the ingenious ‘Share Auto’ where there are 5 passengers in one tiny bajaj auto, two on either side of the driver and three behind. Anything as long as the auto fare is split. Well, on a related note Auto drivers are still canny … if you dont speak the rough telugu + urdu combo…be rest assured you will always pay a couple of 10 rupee notes above the going price.
House seems to be a good place, but we pay a whooping 35K in rent for a 3BHK…aint it scary about the kind of times that we live in? But luckily we can divide the rent by the 5 inmates and it seems affordable then. And yes, before I forget you need to add 5K for the AC’s electricity bill and 4K for the broker and 2K for maintenance. Yes, the math indeed gets murky.
But wait, why am I typing all this here…well, for starters I am still locked outside and these guys show no signs of being anywhere nearby and mosquitoes are making life miserable for me. But thanks to the wireless connection that seems to be coming out of our room, I still am connected to the internet.
Ok, now about work. Work has been decent so far…but surprise I have to wear a formal shirt and formal trousers and formal shoes and head to work. After being accustomed to Yahoo!’s informal work culture this does come as a shock and more so as a pain - but well, things could be worse like few folks in Mumbai who have to wear a blazer everyday as well. So no complaints there.
And yes, did I tell you I played cricket(the leather ball kinds) here for the company team. Playing after leather ball cricket after 10 years(last played in circa 1999 - Cottonian Shield, Bangalore for Presidency School). Well the experience was extremely forgettable given how draining Hyderabad heat can be on a Saturday morning. So no more cricket for me…
And finally how did I even remember that I had a blog? The name.com domain registration cames for expiry this month end. And if I am going to be paying $14 I might as well type in something occasionally.
More later…
PS: No sign of these guys yet….
pretty steep for non Mumbai rent.
Loved the “cold chain” concept.
Works is cool, looks like.
And cricket too!
Hot hotter hottest ..I dont think u would believe it is same here in bangalore .Cant imagine you in formal wear though ..tell me more about ur work life must be so different from yahoo