Rant

WHERE THE F@#$ TO HOUSEOWNERS IN BANGALORE THINK THEYARE............Nariman Point, Malabar Hill???if anyone says bangalore...........i swear i will force you head downa toilet hole and let you to soak in the atmosphere the next time i see you.......

As most of you probably know by now, i have been asked to relocate tobangalore.....actually last fri Pl asks me while i pass by his cabin"What do you think about relocating to bangalore". I told him i'd liketo stay back.........actual words were "there's no option....uhm....noproblem"...he looks at me and says no option? ........and me thinks.........Hell, I digress.this is supposed to be a rant.
Well....seeing that we are going to be here for awhile, we decide to start looking for a place to stay on saturday. Further it being bang and all the things we have heard about the high rents here we decide we'll have a look at PG accomodation. Come saturday ...one starts bright and early at 1030 and goes to BTM (an area close to infy.....close hear being 15km......and just outside town). Get the classified paper....narrow down to a few ads that look reasonable. We reach first place ... ask for PG.......response "Hindi, EnglishGothila" (Gothila means don't know)....Me tries luck asks"Tamil?".....the bloody help there shakes head happilly and me has to converse in me dodgy knowledge of the language and hope some info gets through with the help's dodgy knowledge too. Showed rooms with 4 beds and cupboards in a room wat.....lets say......1/4th the size of the BE classroom. Price quoted ... you won't believe it....blasted Rs.2500......this for a dingy room in a house where some 20 odd ppl stay. We said no....and moved on thinking something better would beavailable........ but no.......this f@#$ing city offers nothingbetter. every1 asks 2 - 2.5 K for basically shite. trudged around till 6 in the evening. by the end of it all we decide balls to the PG.....4 of us will get together and look for a flat

So Sunday comes we leave at 10....move on to koramangala...slightly closer to the city....20 km from infy. Contact this agent.. tell him looking in the range of 6-7k with reasonable deposit.......dude tells us "Sir, Excellent house. Only 5 min away". then proceeds to take us for a good 15 min walk to wat seemd like each and evry by-lane inKoramangal 8th block....and comes tyo this house. Then he goes up this stair ...which if i am going up no1 can come down.....and shows us this flat. Now flat was advt as 2BHK so we thought we'll have some space.......We go in.....in me honest opinion .... the total space there would not be more than 4 cubicles of second floor in B-1.... to the unitiated tht would be abt....200sq ft. the moronical agent then tells us rent 6k, 10 months dep sir........Virtually give him thefinger and goto other places. Similar story elsewhere.....end of dayzilch success......me in one of me better moods...

Anyway........still searching........

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The one decent thing about sunday......finally found a place that reasonably resembles b'bay.........For going to koramangala we went through Majestic........After some searching we reach this mass of crowd going to a subway. on asking are told that subway leads to majestic. the subway has the complete feel of Churchgate subway.....complete with the crowds and the hawkers........

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Frustrated ...not yet.... getting there...yes