401 Primrose

Since graduating from ISB in April, I haven’t had a place of my own ... Lived with my folks for a month before they had enough of me and kicked me out.... So I roamed around Delhi, Jaipur , Ajmer and Jodhpur till it was time for me to be gainfully employed .... When I joined my first job I was put up at the Company guesthouse in Thuraipakkam Chennai for 10 days ... Then they transferred me to Hyderabad and promised free acco for 2 weeks... Having spent shit loads of money learning the concept of Value appropriation at ISB , I wasn’t gonna let the Dollar rich company get away with this cheapness ... I refused to move out and extended my stay till the day I quit.. Which happened to be a good 2 months from the day I checked in ...

After I moved to Mumbai ,I crashed at G's place ... and a couple of months down, I’m still there ... I have been told that living rent free at your friends place defies all norms of decency and civility... I have also been told that G can actually have the police arrest me for illegally squatting on his property and sue me for causing him grievous mental torture day in and day out ... Given how awesome his apptt is ,that’s a risk I am quite willing to take … Neways it my last week there ... Would be moving into my own place after almost 6 months... Looking forward to it ... Am not too fussed about shifting, coz all my stuff fits easily in an auto ... What I am fussed about it furnishing the damn place ... Fortunately it has a dining table, fridge and TV, but I will have to buy Whisky Glasses, Beer mugs, Wine cork opener, stirrers etc .... And yeah also a Bed and Mattresses...

Over the years , I have seen my share of apptts and shifting... I lived in 14 different houses before I left for Hostel ... After Undergrads , I shared a 2BHK in Pune with 4 guys !!! I cant begin to explain how badly that hit my social life ... I moved out of the place in 6 months coz the neighbors weren’t fond of us and the housing society passed a resolution banning bachelors from their building forever ... My next apptt was just fantastic ... It had marble flooring , color coordinated wood work , a patio , garden ...The works .... and when the agent mentioned the rent , I snatched the agreement from his hands and signed it right away ... That’s when I learnt the theory of No Arbitrage the hard way … The place got running water for 2 hours in a day ... Desperate as I was for some privacy , personal hygiene wasn’t something I was willing to sacrifice...Moved out in 2 months to an apptt which had much humble interiors, but allowed me to save big time on deodorants.

My next abode was in England ... In true English style , it had wooden flooring which make weird noises ,a fireplace which didn’t work and was older than what its architect designed it to last for ... My roomie then was a total Nincompoop... He was known as Bangy coz his last name was Bangalore (and he was also from Bangalore)... Mr.Bangy once managed to lock himself inside the house... I tried replicating the scenario again , but couldn’t figure out how someone could lock themselves in the house... In true Rajnikant style, Bangy decided to jump from first floor to the pavement... An old world war-2 vintage lady who lived downstairs saw him climbing out of the window and started yelling and screaming as if the Krauts had landed on Brighton Marina ....But that wouldn’t deter Bangy ... No sir... He jumped, sprained his back and collapsed on the floor ... Fat bastard had to be admitted in a hospital ... Well at least he invented a new sport... It’s called Bangy jumping .. It’s just like Bungee jumping , just without the cord...
I told the Moron to stop eating junk food from Pound store and also to stop watching Tamil movies ...I think the inspiration of his dare devilry came from watching those fat ass south Indian heroes who jump around like chimps on steroids ... He is married now and is expected to be a father soon ... I guess I had overestimated how risky Bangy jumping can be ;-) ... On the flip side ,he is gonna procreate his genes... As a firm believer of the theory of Evolution , this pains me no end …

Neways coming back to my apptt , I have appointed Marvin as the interior decorator. Big
Mckinsey consultant is gonna help me pick curtains and tell me where to put my table and chair and hang my dartboard ... I wish I could give her more stuff to express her creativity , but unfortunately that’s all she has to make my apartment look classy and soothing while also being exciting and contemporary ...I have also decided to get myself an aquarium ... I like watching those dumb fish swim around aimlessly waiting for me to drop some food so that they could continue their pointless existence ... Makes me feel good about myself ...
I guess I have my work cutout for this long weekend ... Trillian was kind enough to throw me a house warming party and would be sending out formal invitations soon … So in case you don’t get one , who know who to suck up to …