Life in a Metro....

Recently i had been to New York City...the Big Apple....the financial capital of Uncle Sam...one of the victim of the 9/11 terrorist attacks...standing there by the waters edge riverfront i could imagine how the twin towers would have dominated the NY Skyline...i was really amazed by the well planned and constructed Subway system which not only runs through New York but also Connects to New Jersey...people running like crazy to catch the train fittingly called the Metro...here life is on the fast lane...get up around 10 when the alarm goes off...putting it to snooze..i fall back into the bed and after 4-5 snoozes and an hour later i unwillingly get up...head straight into the restroom....brush...bath....and come out and do my prayer...and grab a glass of juice...gulp it down and look at the clock and start running as it is getting late for my bus...life is on the run...just like my life back in Chennai...the picture is slightly different as it is not the alarm snooze but mom and dad taking turns to wake me even before the sun was out cuz i was getting late for my office(yes office i used to work the early morning shift...mostly 6:30...sometimes 4:30 sometimes 5:30). A quick shower...gulp down the coffee and off to work...10 hours later am just itching to leave the office...with the same hustle and bustle i dash out...get into my car (parked in spot 127...incidentally even today after 2 years the spot still bears my name call it bad information management or whatever!!!)with the stereo switching between "Hey Goodbye Nanba" and "Honedo Dil Ko Fanaa" i race along with one hand on the steering wheel...the other busy on the cell phone dialing in a friend to talk on the way home...even though it takes me only approximately 8 mins to reach home (mount road to mylapore in 8 mins impressive aint it!!! yeah i just litreally fly....)i just recount the day with the friend...then decide what i would be doing the rest of the day...and getting to know the other persons idea of the perfect evening...i hang up as i pull into my parking garage...home atlast....

as i enter...mom is all ready with some good old home made lunch...it just takes a nod from me for her to go into the kitchen and mix some rice and sambar put some vendakai on the side and bring it to me....while am already on the sofa in front of the TV where i plan to sit for the next 2 hours atleast....tuning into the cartoon channel(yea cartoon...so what if am 25 who said cartoon is only for kids!!!). it is almost 7 when "endendrum punnagai...mudivilaaa punnagai...." rings...no its not maddy singing but a friend calling me on my mobile...while he would have heard me singing "ninaithu ninaithu parthal nerungi arugil varuven..." instead of the boring tring tring....i jump out of the chair...a quick face wash...i first run the comb then my fingers through my hair...wollah all set for a night out...the car stereo starts where it was left hanging but now plays couple more songs since it is crowded and it takes me a while to reach sangeetha in mandaveli...where i patiently wait for this friend of mine....who left from his office about half an hour ago but still isnt here...when i just start to get suspicious whether april fool's day came a bit early this year...he drives into the parkway in his super duper honda...not the accord or the city but his activa....we hit the tables...order some sambar vadai...pav bhaji...a masala dosa...an a paratha kurma...while we hogg on this inviting array of items we just chit chat about evey tom dick n harry that we can think of...even the president is not spared...then comes a more serious topic our past present and future...finally its ring ring time again...this time its "ennai konjam matri....from khaka khaka..." n my mom is on the line...really curious as to where i am....a quick glance at my rado shows that its way past 12....no wonder mum called....assuring to meet him online in about ten fifteen minutes i bid adieu to my friend and head home...this time trying to beat the stereo...well i had this freaky habit of trying to reach my destination before the third song finished....(not all destinations ofcourse...but since this was a short 10 min drive...i knew i had a fair chance of making it)....9 mins down and just 2 songs had finished when i park the car into the garage after doing a bit of a circus act....first take the car wayy forward then put it in reverse and get it into the garage...i had quite perfected the technique...not even our driver could do it as fast as i could...once that was done...i head upstairs...straight into the computer room...where my PC is waiting for me....i sit around chit chat some more with people on yahoo...play a few rounds of yahoo pool...cursing my bad luck when i lost...i finally feel its time that i hit the bed to get atleast couple of hours of sleep...checking on the alarm clock i finally hit the bed and call it a day...well night...well midnight...no actually daybreak...cuz in a few hours...mum would wake me as i have a 4:30 shift...