Gurgaon Weekly 3.0

The trip to Noida was up the sleeves. but the barrier was the contact with dinkan. he hadn't taken the cell no. nd we were in the course of learning gurgaon-delhi route. unlike KSRTC, DTC has a website which provides all the info. so i were busy amidst the classes in finding a route 2 noida nd back !! at last i found a bus with no. 392.

The Noida Trip

We wanted 2 mak sure chacks nd ikka joined the trip. ikka had jst landed the previous day at delhi. nd chacks never went out of the guest house 'coz he was afraid of getting lost somewher !! so we asked him 2 come 2 our place at 9.30. previous day we foned dinks frm the office ( here local calls r free) and made-up the plans. chacks arrived right-in time at 10.00. he had reasons 4 tht !! in ggn it's easy 2 lose ur way !! so i believed him. we took bus 2 dhaula kuan frm our place ( all the delhi-ggn buses passes thrg a jn. here). . ther ikka was waiting !! as per our plans , v xpected 2 get bus as soon as we land ther !! but first we had 2 find the bus-stop wher v'll get noid bus. meanwhile dinks was busy sending "theri" messages coz t'was already 11. "flattinnu purathu irangaathavanu , delhi-yil yaathra cheyyan ulla prayaasam manassil aavumo ??? "...at last i made sure he sent no more messages . v had 2 walk a long-way acrross a overbridge to reach the bus stop. in b/w we saw a 392 no. bus nd chased it 4 some distance...but it ne'er stopped... by the time v got bus t'was past 11... the mercury was high in delhi !!

We reached ther by 1.00. though we walked her n ther 2 find the apartmnt, he finally came down 2 receive us!! b4 reaching ther he gave the info tht couple of girls r stayin' in the next flat ....the flat's spacious !! only 5 of them r ther. but no furniture stuff. but itz gud !! v spent some time ther wwith the usual "dinkan vadham aatakadha " ..we called ikka's friend "asker" also. he then took us to a nearby market 4 lunch. damn hot t'was nd we wer sweating lik anythin'. luckily we had a lot of ATMs nearby ..so v kept moving in nd out 2 keep ourselves cool !! then v went to Induslogic !! he took us around the gym, cafetaria, library, training room etc..v tuk pics of the facility ..!! then the food was free there !! all brkfst, lunch nd dinner...but ystrdy he foned nd was saying they're thinking of charging 4 food which we'd foreseen tht day itself ...we ransacked the cola tht was ther in the fridge...he showed us his cabin !! it's told STD is free ther..(guys note the point)... Later we moved to Asker's company !! jst 100m away..

Next destn. was Atta market !! the autowallah wasn't sure of the way ..with 5 people nd hav agreed a ride 4 50 bucks he trvld some 100 bucks worth distance !! at last we reached ther !! there we moved to Centrestage mall... t'was nothing new 4 gurgaon guys !! all the same story....but the diff. was "ruby tuesday"..a pub.. 4 ur info !! dinkan was taken in like a chicken in the stall ... to be killed !! but 2 his luck t'was "Happy hour" i'e u buy one beer u get one free !! but remember , one costs 160 bucks...but still v bought enough ! t'was like "kadalil kaayam kalakkal" ..

We took some snaps inside the mall though one guy told t'was banned. Once out of mall tis time to return. we waited at the atta market 4 a dhaula kuan bus nd even sought the help of a traffic police . dinkan was packed off first..ikka nxt ..then v..no bus 4 a long time...we met a bengali wrkng in ggn. he was also waitin 4 the bus. we agreed 2 take n auto for 120 bucks...4 of us somehow managed a ride in the auto ....nd thus reached DK. frm ther again the waiting..not even a single bus in view !! all buses to some other 'nagars"..nothin' 2 ggn. !! bengali was runnin' here n ther askin' 4 lift !! we ran behind him ..at last the bus came !! the "new yr" xperience of getting into "muthappan puzha' bus at calicut stand helped us..i guess!! but bengali couldn't board the bus..thus v somehow managed 2 getback ....