Such is Life

Yes! I am alive and kicking, inspite of the fact that my world has officially collapsed. Read on to know how....
For the uninitiated, I am now in Rajkot trying hard to meet sales targets for HLL - yes work has begun...
Yesterday i strode confidently to an ICICI bank ATM and found that my account had indeed received a fairly decent sum from the HLL accounts. I was obviously happy and quickly decided that this was to be celebrated - however it being a Sturday and hence a working day meant that any plans of immediate celebration had to be shelved. They were merely postponed to what promised to be a very lazy Sunday. So you ask - why not celebrate on a lovely Saturday evening? Fair Question! Simple Answer - This is Gujarat - Dry as ever. No fridge in Hotel room means no bootlegged beer could be arranged for a private celebration....
Well one decided that alcohol can be abandoned for the next 6 months (yeah! mighty resolve and all). So one decided that one would go out to the best hotel in Rajkot - mind you HOTEL and not restaurant. One thought that atleast the best hotel in Rajkot would have a number of good restaurants where one could feast to ones hearts delight and enjoy. But horror of horrors!!! This BEST hotel in Rajkot does not serve non-veggie food. My world has officially collapsed for the next 6 months.... There are only 2 known restaurants in Rajkot - one of which i have frequented and one which believes that a Chicken Schezwan Fried Rice is a orange coloured rice with huge chunks of chicken in it which suspiciously resemble Chicken Tikka - but then such is life! Bhaagte Bhoot ki langoti hi sahi!

Then one thought - one should go out and see a movie in one of Rajkot's theatres. Apart from the fact that the theatre smelt of amonia perrenially - one should avoid watching Tom Dick and Harry, even if one is alone with no one to talk to. Seriously sitting alone in a hotel room that is hotter than the ambient temperature outside is a MUCH better option. On the other hand, one could have waited patiently and watched the Monaco GP instead....but then such is life!

Arrival at the friendly neighbourhood Reliance Web World has treated me to a mail from my tutor that includes a project brief of 7 pages that promises to squeeze out all remnants of life from me. Its scary - really scary but then such is life!

Anyway enough blabbered. Apart from all the sarcasm - Rajkot is really a decent place save the scarce availability of good chicken. The only problem with being alone is that anytime i wish to speak to someone, it has to be an STD call. But the people here are fairly good and helpful. Oh btw i have come to the conclusion that all Gujjus consume some form of tobacco - gutkha and paan and supari being most prominent - hence the existence of more spitoons than ashtrays here. The best part of the town though is the availability of shuttle autos, which mean that you can travel across the length of the city in 5rs.

So this is it till i feel inspired enough to post again