Bhajji Talk... :P

Well today i had a close view on a guy (40ish age) i was waiting in a place and close by there was a bhajii-tea shop. and so i was so bored so i started analysing how many bhaji's each guy were eating.. :P on a average a guy ate 3 bhajis .

den came dis guy i am talking abt. he comes with a grin in his face, starts crap talk with the bhaji-maker...... and den he says de bhaji-guy to make fresh bhaji's and dat to he wanted the bread bhaji type . so the bhaji-maker made bread bhaji as he ordered. and it was steaming hot. and it looked yummy.. :P(all dis time he still keeps talking crap with the bhaji-maker just to while away his time).

then after the bhaji's were ready he orders for a single bhaji and asks for 5 to 6 pieces of news paper. he put that lone bhaji into the paper and starts crushing it like we crush lemon for lemonade :D. he keeps extracting the oil outside for like 13 minutes and asks for more paper. it was like he was trying to get a liter of oil*DUH*... then he slowly opens the paper throws all de papers asks for more papers and den starts eating the bhaji with the smallest pieces i have ever seen. this went on for another 20 minutes, i cudnt hear the conv but he kept speaking non stop to the bhaji-maker.

finally after his successful completion of one bhaji he asks for bill and it costs him 3 rs. and i was like *staring* at him, after the 37 minute non stop talking, wasting of paper, squeezing of oil he paid 3 rs and left,

wait wait its not finished he came back after some time and asked for few more papers as tissues.. :D LOL. funny guy,

finally i had a nice time analyzing this guy.. LOL

The day I paid 275rs for a glass of CRANBERRY juice.:P

It was a gloomy saturday and my friends and me were bored, so we planned to go to a pub and i was personally very excited cos i've never been to a pub before..and so we all reached dat place. and like i said i was really excited about the whole pub thingy and when i entered the first thing i noticed was

If your less than 21 yrs of age pls LEAVE.

my friends told me nt to worry and that they read that everywhere they go.:P

and so i entered the pub and it was very dark, and very bluish, perfect settings for grp to come drink and hangout and get sloshed :D. i took the menu card and was just checking wat are the possible alcohol drinks available and bloody hell everything were really expensive and i was talking to myself 'wat the hell is der in a 30ml vodka for it to cost 175' and i was really fascinated with 2 things vodka and tequila cos dats wat they always show in dese tv shows and movies.so i ordered 30 ml vodka and de bartender said it wud be really good with cranberry juice and so i ordered my first drink and i took like half an hour to decide this .

By this time my friends ordered like couple of drinks and almost on de verge of burning their pockets.:)

so drink came along and i saw a mug with cranberry juice and it being my first time i thought it was already mixed with vodka. and so i started too drink and it tasted really nice i also tried to act like i was drunk and drink in a slow paced manner (just like in de movies) LOL....

and so after like 45 min i finished my glass of drink and i was nt exactly high but had to act high cos dat was my first drink :D and so then everyone were done an i realised there was a small shot glass with vodka in it and bloody hell i realised i had to mix it with cranberry juic nly then..lol me and i acted high with just a glass of cranberry juice.lol me.. so i was deciding on wat to do and a fnd said leave it to him and he just drank it and sucked on a lime after dat, (i still dont know y the lime part).

and so finally the sad part of pubs came and adt was paying the bill and i was shocked to see my drink came up to 250 plus 25 tax....

AND IT WAS THEN I REALISED I HAD TO PAY 275Rs FOR A GLASS OF CRANBERRY JUICE... :( :(

But on the whole it was a good experience .

My First Day With RangDe.

May 20th


The day started of with mom yelling at me and i realized that i was sleeping with one of my legs on the Keyboard ...:) Luckily the keyboard still works..:)..

the sky looked dark cos of LAILA..:) and i slept for like another hour..:) then got up to check if the movie's i was downloading was over and i realised i got a mail and i checked the mail . and i realized that i had to meet Ram at 11 in his Rangde office... i was all excited but the name Tnagar just gave me a slight shiver cos i have never been to that part of Chennai.

But there's always a savior i have on the net so i googled the address and i got the perfect map as well. I was totally excited cos it was like a treasure hunt cos i just had a map and my car with me.. :) and i started of my journey. the time was around 10.15 when i left my house and due to laila the roads were empty..:) and i just cruised along to Tnagar, and after few struggles and wrong turns finally i reached RangDe.

RangDe is a Non-profit organization that deals with MicroCredit. in simple words the HAVE's lend(not-donate) money to HAVE-NOT's and they use that money and make a living out of it and return the money back to the HAVE's..:) www.rangde.org

so then i finally reached the office and I was told that Mr.ram was waiting for me from an energetic lad Srihari.finally i met Ram and he told me all about rangde and then co-founder smitha came and told me more about the workings of the company and the fields where i can help them out.And then i was introduced to the interns and the people working with RangDe.

After the introduction part, i was explained about how the system works by Srihari and i was browsing all the photos of the field trips they made to meet the borrowers.:)

Then Srihari,Kunal,Priya,Aashita and me had lunch at Punjabi dhabba. and we somehow managed to crawl back to the office after a heavy lunch.:P.

It was only my first day and i was told to accompany them to an educational trust to finalize the eligibility of education loans.Myself and Priya were the official Tamil translators for this visit.. :D Finally at 5 we finalized the loan details .

I never expected my first day would have so many stuff to blog about and it was indeed a unique experience.

You can just click on the image to know more about RangDe.

I Plan to start blogging again now after a 10 month break(^_^)

well its been almost a year since i've blogged and i've never been so excited to start blogging again..:) well excuses for not blogging for the past 10 months can go on and on from lack of time and lack of time and lack of time..:P....