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Ever since I moved to Bengaluru, people have been asking me how I find this place. I've always got the same answer..."Mumbai was far better!!" And why do I think so? TRAFFIC!!!

Yeah that one thing that irritates one and all around here. And to add to the inconvenience of the already-late office-goer, the authorities suddenly decided they'd make the roads more narrow!!! Yup with all those widening n fly-overs n under-passage constructions...

Anyway at times this slow traffic kinda grants favors too ;-) Like the other day when I'd almost reached the climax of the book n sooo wanted to complete it before I reached office....Or yesterday when I was meeting friends n considering that all of us were moving at this wonderful pace of 1mm/min, I'd wished I would be the last to reach the spot..! :-)

Today was one of those super-exciting-rush day!!! So when I asked the bus bhaiyya to drop me at the signal, he started cursing me! Oh yeah as if I was paying to get dropped off where he wished!!! :P  I got down and it was all chaos at the junction!!! Well what's the point of having wider roads, when there're actually no signs to guide??!! Oh n did I mention it was raining too!!! Forget the auto, I decided walking would be better...N yeah I was right :-)

Hello you I-know-how-to-make-the-city-better people, where are the sidewalks??? Am I supposed to zig-zag past the almost-moving cars and have a great time??!!! Oh n what's with you biker, don't you realize you're not the ones who're on the road???? I was grateful to that someone who thought of putting median strips...

So there I was jumping puddles and dodging hits from I'm-in-a-hurry bikers who decided they'd pave their way out through those medians...To all of them "Watch it mister!!! I hope (*comments censored)" Oh n to all those honking and sneering at me, for walking on the "correct" side of the road and minding my own business "Hehe you have no idea what's in store for you ahead!!" :-D  To those auto-wallahs who decided to turn their meters for this one time, instead of blurting out atrocious rates "Well done!! You guys are rich today!!!"

Phew finally I made it home. Almost 45 minutes..! All those cars moved 3 inches within this time, so I heard!!! ;-) Now what was the point of carrying an umbrella? I'm drenched from head to toe!!! But thoroughly enjoyed walking in the rain....! If Amma was here, she would have snapped at me for making those wonderful prints on my favorite white salwar.

Sadly after this whole adventure, I realized my bag wasn't in fact water resistant. N all my stuff is laid out under the fan right now (including my laptop)

N me....Watching the rain from the balcony, with a hot cup of coffee....