COOL!!

April is when we moved to Bangalore & now its July! God! time really flies! I have to tell you what i've been up to. Bangalore is sure a city that is COOL! How?? Read on.........

My holiday in May comprised of visits to Mangalore & Udupi .The wedding of a dear cousin where we had a great time & a trip to Davangere complete with a vist to Kollur made my vacation memorable! June brought us back to Bangalore. My kids & I still in the holiday mood forgetting we are going to stay put here. Fromthe 10th onwards reality dawned that we are going to be here henceforth.

13th was the first day in school after vacation. They came home & seriously asked me" Amma! is there no way we can go back to Chennai?" I felt bad for them and for myself. Two years in one place , in one school is reason enough to get bonded & miss it too. As for me, I grew up in the city & it has always made me smile when I look back. Trying to tell them all nice things about their present school & making them look at all the nice things around...... they soon stopped complaining.

But I had a horrible taste of Bangalore traffic when I was to meet a friend on Bannerghatta road. A 20km journey from home I gave myself 11/2 -2 hrs to reach her place. Not wanting to add on to the congested traffic I decided to take a bus !!!Litttle did i know what was in store?? I was stuck in jam after jam & finally reached her place after 4 hours ! Tired and dehydrated. I entered her house looking like I drove the bus! God I haven't seen traffic like this ever! By the time i reached, it was time for me to return as my kids would be back from school. Sad but this reality was too shocking! I've heard of how bad the traffic in Bangalore is but this easily takes the cake.

The optimist that I am I'll tell you the brighter side of my Bangalore life. I watched some really good movies-

a)Mungaru Male- a kannada Superhit. The songs are superb & so is the cinematography

b) 73 Shanti Nivasa.another Kannada film. Loved a dialogue in it which is" It is simple to be happy but difficult to be simple"A remake of Bawarchi it sure had its moments.

c) Shrek 3- A wonderful movie!Total Paisa vasool!

d) Sivaji the BOSS- This Bachelor of Social service sure did things we dream of... but it was Vivek I enjoyed in the first half & Rajini only in the second half. Another typical Rajini flick & for those who understand Tamil the wonderful oneliners!

A get-together in mid June with about 20 of our family members was another great one. The advantage of Bangalore is that we have many relatives here. With the kids now slowly getting used to their school , I too am trying to see the plus points of Bangalore. Am still confused what to do with myself though! Either way, one thing nice about Bangalore is the weather.......So i decided to look at small things first & derive happiness . I'm starting now........ looking out of my window & sure it's COOL!!