Gettin it on in Nippon

6 am and the rain is falling…
Its chilly outside with the hope of snow! Oh how I’d wish to see it fall!
Clean roads glazed with sparkly rain water! The drops are oh so tiny.. and soft!
And then this sudden chill down my spine from feeling cold and lonely far away from where I belong. In the balcony staring at the tiny droplets of water I wish for garam chai and bhajji’s but alas! If wishes were horses…. Anyhow I get my lazy arse back inside and keep the tea to boil…I like it creamy and gingeryy … I bring out my last haldiram’s packet of bhujiya and enjoy every last bit of it with the chai. Playing in the rain like a small girl I come back with wet hair and a sneeze! Achhhoooo!!!! Mummy come dry my hair!!! But well I get the towel and do it myself.
As the day progresses and im at work… A new place … new culture… new rules and well new violations!!! So lets see what do I see around…. Short people scurrying to work and being totally cramped in the train??? Quite contrary… They’re not as short as we think… I believe the “mingling” with the Germans and Americans have gotten them to mix up the genes!!! :D Disorganized? Well certainly not they have instructions to walk and stand and even bloody pee so how can anyone fuck up there! They’re so mechanical that they live by the bell!! I mean it … there is an entry bell at 8 am and then at 9 with a lunch bell at 12, where all the lights of the office are switched off so that one can take a power nap after lunch, then a reminder at 12 55 that one should wake up and then a 1 pm bell to get back to work ,with the lights all turned on to give u that feeling of finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel!!! This is not it there’s a “Go home bell” at 5 for those who came at 8 and then well another at 6 for the entries at 9… finally a “Fuck go home bell” at 7 forcing employees working late due to incompetence or plain tardiness to scoot home!!! This amazed me for a bit but well there’s more. Since from time to time one doesn’t complete his “Power Nap” within the stipulated hours you’d find a few snores in the bathrooms! To add to all this most people here have a nightly bathing ritual or something coz they just wake up in the morning, get ready and begin their mechanical lives. To compensate for missed activities office hours are conveniently used to brush teeth and well complete morning ablutions. :) These people work real hard and stick to their 9-6 jobs and then party harder!!! Well anyways they’re sweet and helpful especially when I don’t know jackshit Japanese!
So the week goes by in a whiz and the weekends here!!! Yay!! So here I am with a handful of Indians and an even lesser number in terms of cool quotient! So we decide to try our hands at some skiing or rather legs!!! We traveled to this awesome place called Nagano – Hakuba :D and Whoa it was cold and we saw some tourists spots – Castles , mountains and bars hehehhe Got sloshed and well sang our hearts out!! Next morning hit the ski zones and well by the end of it were dead tired and sleepy!!! All this fun on my first weekend and I started getting greedy for more
Following weekends weren’t as dramatic or far fetched but had good fun bowling and oh yess!!! Shopping!!! And ofcourse pubbin :D
Nightlife in Japan is in no way compared to Bangalore…. The night’s done at 11:30 in Bangalore where as here public don’t hit the bars till around 12 or 1…. Partying all night is a common thing and people just flock streets and go pub hopping! Its full of colours and booming with technology… They have some small lil gadget for like everything!!! Trust me u’d love the Toilets… or Super Toilets as they call it. Right from flushin ur arse to warming ur butt ( the best thing in the winters)they actually take ur arse and in a nice way  hehehhehe
Kids and Adults all alike are crazy about Video games and any game in general and most people here alongwith their day jobs do social work or teach at community centres or schools. All in all they balance their lives well!!
My stay here was more than what I’d expected it to be and well all thanks to the kudmud gang here that showed me a gud time!! ;) Awaiting my next visit here and the places I’ll be hitting.
Well till next time I’ll sign off sayin
Domo arigato gozaimasu, Sayonara (Thank you very much, goodbye)

Bangalore Blues and Greens ...

I know its been real real long since the last post but traveling, shifting and finding a roof to shelter me in exchange for money and not smiles or major ass kickin.
So I landed here (read Bangalore) on the 7th of December, 2008 to find myself lugging around bags to my hotel room with the help of an already drained dude ( Rohan Rocks!!!)
Then came the first day of office and the excitement was killing. After a real long time I’d be ticking another item of my list of must do / have. The day was done and everyone was warm and welcoming. Looking forward to every day at work and the usual first month went by in a jiffy just adjusting and assimilating everything around you.
After hrs on the other hand was something that I looked forward too as it was the most fulfilling part of the day. And all this was possible thanks to the most lovable guy I met a few years ago and ever since every ass kickin session’s been nothing but pure fun!! Yes I guess he knows it’s him but I’ll single him out nonetheless - Shanky a.k.a Modi a.k.a Wanky (don’t kill me for the last one its K Baby's i believe). Anyways we’ve had some serious times too ( just so that he doesn’t pass off as an ASS) its just that it makes no sense to write about serious stuff :). He introduced me to the most enthusiastic bunch of people full of energy with a dash of madzzznezzz :D Everyone’s weird in their own cute way :D. Since day one its been endless laughs and doses of herbs and spices ;) apart from the regular overdoses of ITC products :). Top it off with some chicken wings and kathi rolls and oh yeah not to forget the ever famous DBC’s (for those who don’t know Death by Chocolates that adorned our kitchen on new years) Ofcourse most of my creative juices were spent in weaving a nice warm blanket of friends for Madzz ;) (she is gonna kill me soon for all the ass kicking :D)
Come weekends and I’d chill with the gang or once in a while meet the other Dawgs I know :D (Shvets + Rohan, Saurav , Chunnu and Sagar). Once in a bit as Naga calls him “Macho Man” would come around and we’d hookah or chill :D. So I believe basically there’s been a lot of enthusiasm shown in lazying around and oh yeah singing at the top of our voices to ruin almost everyone’s sleep :D
Moved into my own place in Jan and so far still unpacking and still managing to sneak a few days back to shank’s warm lil nest which by the way is probably the only best place I know in Bangy. The “Inmates” (called so as this jail kinda makes someone wanna stay on forever) Gunjan and Vipin are probably the warmest people I’ve come across making each day of my then so undetermined length of stay very memorable and leaving me wanting more :). Anyways I see I can go on forever about each and everyone I met and everything I did here so far but I feel something’s are better left unsaid
So till next time…