Thursday, November 15, 2007

Olive




Lemme introduce to you, Olive. Olive is a Bakery coupled with tea shop, situated in Electronics city Bangalore. It is near SBI bank.Our {NCSTians} evenings were mostly spend at Olive. Initailly the populae who used to visit Olive were very very small. Gang size used to grow slowly. We considered it as a great place to have chit chats and tea.



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The Olive nightouts is something we all NCSTians remember. NCSTians after heating up the brains throughout the day , used to take a sip of hot tea and puffs from here. This was an off campus caffeteria for us.



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The circle of friends rushed to Olive during 800-1000 pm timings.Jokes, chukkles,giggles, gossips all were spun together and everyone had a great time to rejoice and enjoy. We made lots of noise and lots of fun packed evenings. The funnier part was somebody will be made the scapegoat . He will be asked to pay the billed amount. Like this almost everyone got their chances.



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We orgainised parties , farewells and functions there at Olive premises.Olive used to cater our needs of tea parties.



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This snap was shot before one of my close friend Anuj Pandey left the course in pursuit of Job.We had lots of fun at Olive.






When the last semester was going on, by that time everyone used to have a visit to Olive.I think all of us have visited Olive everyday without any attendance failures.



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Thursday, November 01, 2007

Chain of Unxpected Events - 01/11/2007

The date 01/11/2007 took me by suprise, with the least expected incidents.
I am mentioning some of them and some of them are censored.
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Todays plan was to somehow apply for a PAN card, since the deadline was approaching. So I was bit lazy to catch the usual 8:00am Society bus. Even I do maintained a delay in all things, I got the bus. Usually, I will be in a hurry and I will be catching bus , just before it starts rolling.
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I reached Thane and enquired where can I find an AXIS bank (previously UTI ).Two of the persons give directions to reach there. Since I dont want to waste the energy and time , I asked a stranger who was sipping tea from a near by hawker shop. This simple man, aged around 50, and whose words were not that clear, directed me . But the contradiction was the direction was opposite to what other two have asked me to follow. Later he took me to some extend and give directions to reach there. I was asking "Are u sure , Are u sure". He replied "I am sure , just come with me". I indicated him that, other two said a road which was totally opposite to this. I being doubtfull , followed his directions. And finally I reached there at UTI bank, proving that he was right.
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Since the banks timing was from 09:30am. I had to wait. I just went out in search of a hotel to spend time. Finally I got one, which was a good Veg hotel , that too in the hear of Thane. I ate food and had tea. In between, the person, whom I queried about PAN, entered the hotel. He had talk with the staff there and had some prayers .Finally against all the odds, he acquired Managers chair. I was really surprised,knowing he is the Manager/Owner of the hotel for years. When I made the payment, this man stood up with a smiling face and enquired if you find the place or not. It was almost like , a "filmy shot" for me.
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Later, I positioned myself in the Queue for PAN application.I had to get form. The lady at counter asked me something in Marathi. For the first time , I spoke Marathi for some neccessity. "Marathi ethnai" . She smiled and continued conversation in Hindi. Filled the forms and submitted the applications.
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I walked so slowly and lazily. But I was able to catch the train, which was like waiting for my arrival. It was not crowded also. Local are carrying 3 times more than its capacity.
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During office hours, I used to use Gmail, where one of my friend used some shocking words. Since the person was someone close to me , I dont want to disclose the name. But I hope it was done by somebody else with that persons label. It was really shocking and unexpected. I dont want to drill down more on this.
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Later, I got the Society bus, so as to return to Flat.Since our bus was having Pass system, everyone is upposed to show the pass and then board the bus. Those who are not a pass holder has to board the bus after all pass holders step in. Usually it was checked. But today, this was made a real issue by a lady. And this time the victim was the bus's helper. He was a strict person, who always check passes. He was caught , for a onetime error. I was realy amazed. This inputed me that, even if you remain clean, one simple mistake will spoil ur image.
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Thane was lashed by rains today. That too the rainfall was very huge and lasted for hours. The potholes were all filled up with water.Rain was a surprise gift, but at the same time , people really got trapped , because the least expected happened.
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Later I and my friend , went for a film "JAB WE MEET". I was really against Kareena Kapoor and her films. I didnt viewed one till now. So this one all of sudden plans were made and we viewed it.
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So these is one of the chain of unexpected and most shocking events .It was a great experience.
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