Leave

After a loooong time, I decided to take some time off from office. Spend some time at my new home in Udupi, then roam around and meet friends, catch up with my reading and stuff. Unfortunately, this vacation was almost ruined because of the sheer dearth of cash in my bank a/c. When I was just about to plan my holiday I realized that my bank account has hit rock bottom. Luckily, Girish gave me some 2 grand which he owed me. Am surviving on that now.
This would mean to I will have to stick to destinations where I can rest assured that I will be granted 2 square meals and a place to sleep free of cost - which essentially means my home in Udupi, my sis' place in Pune and mebbe a couple of friends' places in Pune and Mumbai. :)
In my case, Free time and ready cash have been like the Sun and the Moon - rarely together. This also means that I will have to indefinately postpone my "Nowhere to nowhere trip" again - sad but true :(
On the itinerary- stay in Udupi for a couple of days, catch up with my reading (brought Simon Singh's 'The Code Book', Emile Zola's 'A priest in the house' and some tidbits of Greek and Roman mythology), then head for Pune, a trip to Mahabaleshwar with Sis, Bro-in-Law and others, then meet Manjesh, Ashu, etc. in Pune, then spend the weekend in Mumbai, meet Meeta, Arvind, Makrand, Monu, etc., come back to Pune on Monday and catch the train to Bangalore, come wed and will be in the same office mode. So I have abt 8 days to live my life.
Till then it's goodbye.
Cheers,
Guru.