Having had no break, virtually , for 2 months, yesterday was a different story. Vinay and me have completed the first half semester, and I am relieved and happy. More so because I did not have to wake up late nights to study for the internal assessment and assignments.
It was a Saturday to roam about, after a long time :). Where else can Vinay and me think of going other than the famous SP road? So, there we were, on the SP road. It was 1 O'clock in the afternoon, sun shining brighter than ever, it was draining...
We decided to have food first and then do all the shopping. After having a filling meal at Pai Vihar (next to the LIC office - Corporation), we set out to roam about on the SP road. The first thing that we bought was a web camera (this one for Aayi), next were the DVD+Rs, then came the experimental remote control and screw drivers... Some how, electronics and gadgets that can be tinkered with fascinate me... By this time, the sumptuous meal that we had was showing it's effect :). Vinay and me were tired... Although we had many plans of purchasing things from the Majestic, we had to cancel all of it.
As a last thing to be done, we thought of roaming about on the JC Road to see if we find something useful. Entering the JC Road,to the other side of the road, we saw the Ravindra Kala Kshetra... There was a large banner that said ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನ ಮತ್ತು ಮಾರಾಟ. :) That was enough to drag both of us in...
There were many stalls (around 30) representing the different exhibitors (publishers and universities). There was the Hampi University, Mysore university, Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Sumukha Publishers, Ramakrishna Aashrama, Shri Krishna Math, National book trust, etc... All stalls were full of books... Books ranging from short stories to novels, History and great people, Ramayana and stories, Cooking and housekeeping... you name it...
As always, we were in search of short stories :) We went on buying... small story books, Ramayana, Mahabharata, and some more books... Finally, we had 2 bag full of books and Vinay was too tired carrying it around. if I were not there, he would have leaned on a parked scooter and we would for sure have had a chain reaction of falling vehicles :). To bring some energy back into him (and me too), we skipped across the street and quenched our thirst with tender coconuts.
I wanted to get home as soon as possible and sleep... To our bad luck, there was a traffic jam and our bus took 2 hours to reach Benniganahalli. Anyways, we were home :) We came home, cooked dinner and had it. I must say this... "A person must be fortunate to have food cooked by me" :) I cook so very well :)
The day ended with Vinay and me seeing a movie and going to bed. Never the less, it was again a hectic day.
Day 2
Sunday
The MS class again! We rushed to the Classroom at 9am. By the way, the classes are held in Adarsha B School Building (South end Circle). We were to have back to back classes today. Both the classes started on time and it was a okay-okay day at the classroom. Nothing much to talk about....
The classes ended at about 3.10pm. We then headed straight to Vijayanagar, to Praveen's house. Mallikarjuna (Malli) was already there. Rakesh (Karade) was also there... We had a short chat and in a few moments, Santosh too joined us. Tired and sleep deprived Santosh was not the normal, clean shaven Santosh.
We'll go to Sankey Tank... that was the group decision :) Travelling for a good 15 min, we reached Sankey tank. It is quite clean and one of the few tanks that does not have any entry fee :) We started walking along the pathway lining the edge of the tank, chattering, commenting on the people around and listening to Malli's expert commentry :) Malli should have been a lawyer, seriously. Most often he has some or the other reasoning for his comments and observations, and his reasoning is non challengable... You cant win ...
Roaming about for almost an hour, we saw all the people around, walking, jogging and most of them sitting on the cast-cement benches and lawns. It was quite good, roaming about in fresh air with friends :). Just before we left from there, we met Srinidhi (IISC), again, we had a small talk on how he was doing, etc...
By this time, I was exhausted...
We left at about 6.30 and reached home safely at about 7.30. It was again the routine of cooking and having dinner....
That is it... The weekend is again gone....
I am hopeful of having a wonderful week :). Hope is one thing that I believe we should never lose. It keeps me going!
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