Hi.. First of all let me introduce myself. My name is Sarvesh, 24 yrs of age. I am originally from Goa but right now I am doing my internship in a company called Symantec in Pune. I am basically doing my MCA final semester project/training over here. Well this is not a matrimonial advert so let me continue wit the actual post about how I spent the last weekend in Pune and all the exciting things that happened.
Well it started on friday the 13th, (nothing bad happened just in case you'll are thinking on those lines) I left office a bit early that day (at 7), just in case u'll r wondering about my actual work timings its from 10 to 7 but I normally end up being in office till 9 (and that is not because of the free food as some of my friends think). After leaving office I walked around 2 kms with my friend sudesh to a dentist (Sudesh was getting root canal treatment). Sudesh is my classmate and roommate in Pune. His treatment has been going on for quiet some time now, he has already visited the dentist 5 times and each time he had to pay 200 - 300 bucks plus at the end of the treatment the doctor will be putting a cap for the tooth which will cost him atleast 800 bucks. Now sudesh thinks that it would have been better to have the tooth removed for 100 bucks than to spend around 2000 for the root canal treatment.
We left the dentists office at around 8:15 and traveled by rick to the Gold ADLabs multiplex in Kalyani Nagar (I mostly go to this multiplex because its 15 mins walking distance from the place I stay). We were going for the movie "Bheja Fry" (For more details read my first post). We reached home at 11. I did a bit of reading after that and went to sleep at around 12.
Saturday morning began early as usual at 8 am. I reached office at 9:30 or 10, had breakfast and started surfing the net. I mostly go to office on weekends for time pass. Its the only time I get to read about things that interest me, plus the net speed on weekends is really good so I get to download more stuff. My friend Fritz (who is in Goa rite now) was telling me for some time to start blogging and since I had some free time I decided to start blogging (you can read Fritz's blog here).
In the afternoon another friend Neeraj came to office and the three of us (Sudesh, Neeraj and myself) decided to go roaming in pune. Neeraj is from Haryana, he has some degree in chemistry from IIT Kanpur and is currently working in Symantec as a developer. This guy has joined the company recently but when it comes to unix this guy is better than anybody in his team. I had to buy some books from a book store on FC Road (FC stands for Ferguson College) so we decided to go there first. From there we headed to the Landmark store on MG Road. The road that the rick driver took was unknown to us. On that journey from FC Road to MG Road we saw a different side of Pune. It was in contrast to the glamorous Pune that we are used to seeing every day.
One tip for anybody who plans to work in pune. GET YOUR VEHICLES WHEN YOU COME TO PUNE. I am saying this because unless you have your own vehicle traveling becomes very hectic and expensive. Most of the times especially at night rick drivers refuse to take you to some places and even if they agree you have to pay more than the metered amount.
Incidentally MG Road and FC Road are the two places in Pune where you would need to go if you want to do some birdwatching. From landmark we went to the Pyramid Mall and sat there for some time watching the crowd (Girls) . I took something for dinner from YO! China and Sudesh and Neeraj got something from KFC. We went back to the company and had dinner and then left for home. That night I saw the movie "Red Dragon" on my laptop.
On sunday morning I went to the company as usual. In the afternoon Sudesh, Neeraj and me went to a fast food restaurant close to the company, Neeraj had told us that they served good biryani, so we decided to try it (The biryani was good, if anyone wishes to try it the name of the place is 'Chop Sticks', its close to Pune Central). In the afternoon I had plans of going for a movie with another friend of mine, Abhimanyu. Abhimanyu works in PSPL Pune and he is the only person I know who spends half of his monthly salary on Music CD's and Movie DVD's (And the other half on Movie tickets). He is a unique personality, Has seen the movie 300 5 or 6 times (Abhimanyu forgive me if the count is wrong). I met him and his brother at Landmark before the movie. I was not surprised to see the book he was buying, it was the graphic novel 300 by Frank Miller on which the movie is based.
We reached INOX on time. We had gone to see the movie "Eragon". The only thing I knew about the movie was that it was something to do with dragons and magic. The movie was average special effects were good but the story was not that great. After the movie got over I witnessed my first rain in Pune (Actually it was my second.. First time it had started raining when I had left Pune while on my way to Nagpur, but that was 3 or 4 years ago). When the rain had subsided a bit we decided to go to Barista (Indian version of Starbucks) on MG Road. So we walked around 1 Km from INOX to Barista (It was still drizzling). It had hardly rained for 1 hour but the pools of water had accumulated on the roads (We had clicked a snap with Abhimanyu's phone but the snap was too dark).
Barista is supposed to be one of the place where you would find young and rich crowd of Pune hanging out. I had thought's of having a nice chilled coffee drink after the 1 Km walk but I was surprised to know that the menu in Barista was of not much use other than for killing flies, around 3/4 of the items were not available (I am exaggerating, it mite not be 3/4 but around 1/2) . So we went to Dorabjee to eat something (Its the second most crowded place after the Pune railway station). After that I headed back to the company where I had left my bag and from there I went home.
At the end of three days I realized that I had ended spending more than any of the previous weekends that I have spent in Pune. I had never gone for 2 movies on a single weekend (Abhimanyu's current maximum for 1 weekend is 5 movies.. And he is trying to make a new record by going for 6). I had a blast and hope that such weekends come more often.
Over and out..
Well it started on friday the 13th, (nothing bad happened just in case you'll are thinking on those lines) I left office a bit early that day (at 7), just in case u'll r wondering about my actual work timings its from 10 to 7 but I normally end up being in office till 9 (and that is not because of the free food as some of my friends think). After leaving office I walked around 2 kms with my friend sudesh to a dentist (Sudesh was getting root canal treatment). Sudesh is my classmate and roommate in Pune. His treatment has been going on for quiet some time now, he has already visited the dentist 5 times and each time he had to pay 200 - 300 bucks plus at the end of the treatment the doctor will be putting a cap for the tooth which will cost him atleast 800 bucks. Now sudesh thinks that it would have been better to have the tooth removed for 100 bucks than to spend around 2000 for the root canal treatment.
We left the dentists office at around 8:15 and traveled by rick to the Gold ADLabs multiplex in Kalyani Nagar (I mostly go to this multiplex because its 15 mins walking distance from the place I stay). We were going for the movie "Bheja Fry" (For more details read my first post). We reached home at 11. I did a bit of reading after that and went to sleep at around 12.
Saturday morning began early as usual at 8 am. I reached office at 9:30 or 10, had breakfast and started surfing the net. I mostly go to office on weekends for time pass. Its the only time I get to read about things that interest me, plus the net speed on weekends is really good so I get to download more stuff. My friend Fritz (who is in Goa rite now) was telling me for some time to start blogging and since I had some free time I decided to start blogging (you can read Fritz's blog here).
In the afternoon another friend Neeraj came to office and the three of us (Sudesh, Neeraj and myself) decided to go roaming in pune. Neeraj is from Haryana, he has some degree in chemistry from IIT Kanpur and is currently working in Symantec as a developer. This guy has joined the company recently but when it comes to unix this guy is better than anybody in his team. I had to buy some books from a book store on FC Road (FC stands for Ferguson College) so we decided to go there first. From there we headed to the Landmark store on MG Road. The road that the rick driver took was unknown to us. On that journey from FC Road to MG Road we saw a different side of Pune. It was in contrast to the glamorous Pune that we are used to seeing every day.
One tip for anybody who plans to work in pune. GET YOUR VEHICLES WHEN YOU COME TO PUNE. I am saying this because unless you have your own vehicle traveling becomes very hectic and expensive. Most of the times especially at night rick drivers refuse to take you to some places and even if they agree you have to pay more than the metered amount.
Incidentally MG Road and FC Road are the two places in Pune where you would need to go if you want to do some birdwatching. From landmark we went to the Pyramid Mall and sat there for some time watching the crowd (Girls) . I took something for dinner from YO! China and Sudesh and Neeraj got something from KFC. We went back to the company and had dinner and then left for home. That night I saw the movie "Red Dragon" on my laptop.
On sunday morning I went to the company as usual. In the afternoon Sudesh, Neeraj and me went to a fast food restaurant close to the company, Neeraj had told us that they served good biryani, so we decided to try it (The biryani was good, if anyone wishes to try it the name of the place is 'Chop Sticks', its close to Pune Central). In the afternoon I had plans of going for a movie with another friend of mine, Abhimanyu. Abhimanyu works in PSPL Pune and he is the only person I know who spends half of his monthly salary on Music CD's and Movie DVD's (And the other half on Movie tickets). He is a unique personality, Has seen the movie 300 5 or 6 times (Abhimanyu forgive me if the count is wrong). I met him and his brother at Landmark before the movie. I was not surprised to see the book he was buying, it was the graphic novel 300 by Frank Miller on which the movie is based.
We reached INOX on time. We had gone to see the movie "Eragon". The only thing I knew about the movie was that it was something to do with dragons and magic. The movie was average special effects were good but the story was not that great. After the movie got over I witnessed my first rain in Pune (Actually it was my second.. First time it had started raining when I had left Pune while on my way to Nagpur, but that was 3 or 4 years ago). When the rain had subsided a bit we decided to go to Barista (Indian version of Starbucks) on MG Road. So we walked around 1 Km from INOX to Barista (It was still drizzling). It had hardly rained for 1 hour but the pools of water had accumulated on the roads (We had clicked a snap with Abhimanyu's phone but the snap was too dark).
Barista is supposed to be one of the place where you would find young and rich crowd of Pune hanging out. I had thought's of having a nice chilled coffee drink after the 1 Km walk but I was surprised to know that the menu in Barista was of not much use other than for killing flies, around 3/4 of the items were not available (I am exaggerating, it mite not be 3/4 but around 1/2) . So we went to Dorabjee to eat something (Its the second most crowded place after the Pune railway station). After that I headed back to the company where I had left my bag and from there I went home.
At the end of three days I realized that I had ended spending more than any of the previous weekends that I have spent in Pune. I had never gone for 2 movies on a single weekend (Abhimanyu's current maximum for 1 weekend is 5 movies.. And he is trying to make a new record by going for 6). I had a blast and hope that such weekends come more often.
Over and out..
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