Black Friday Dawns...

The biggest sales event in the year has finally arrived, and the queues have finally begun to move into stores oozing with all sorts of merchandise. Stores like BestBuy have opened at 5 A.M to allow the customers camping outside the store in to burn their money.
Fortunately for me, BestBuy was man enough to give me a discount voucher, meaning that if the computer i purchased goes on sale, i can go in there and get a refund equal to the discounted amount. Nice.

Just about everything is on sale, and the madness is only beginning.

pictographical representations of our current lodgings.

here we have a view of our lobby/dining/seating/lounge/drawing room from the service counter of the kitchen....

...and here is the miniscule pentagonal kitchen, equipped with an eighties-era range...



this is our backyard, complete with its own pond stocked with game such as duck and turtle for our consumption(not really, they are for ornamental purposes only.)

Turkey Vs. Aloo Paranthas

Thought i'd become more american and wish you all a happy thanksgiving...a strange festival, given how you first thank the original Americans for helping stave off hunger, and then later down the line, you proceed to murder one and all. Nobody seems to be thinking of the Original Americans when they sit down in front of their HDTV's to eat turkey and drink beer until they pass out.

Anyway, there's no point discussing History and Genocide. Mom's aloo paranthas can beat any old turkey-and-corn dinner anytime.

Those Idiotas at ICICI Lombard seem to have Snafu'd my payment to the hospital for my emergency treatment after that bike collision. I recieved a letter from the hospital requesting more information, despite having furnished all details on the same night. What's more, that Austrian guy still on the loose, looking for me. Bart has had to face the man several times and tell him outright that he doesn't know me at all, and tell tall tales of how i've moved to Ohio or someplace...not that bart has a problem with it, though...

More Bad news- the Camera's SD card that contained all those lovely pictures of timmy, meenu and sanveer, niagara and our stay at bhuajee's got corrupted. I tried recovering the data, but to no avail. Fortunately, the card is OK, and i won't have to buy a new one.

Computor!

Hey all,

I've finally got myself a laptop, and an internet connection will follow soon. we have also applied for an Fixed line telephone, and the service will be activated from tomorrow.

Despite the advice from certain individuals, i have got myself a pretty basic but nonetheless brand-new machine, which i feel is a better investment than going for a suspect used laptop...the applications we may use this machine for include teleconferencing and VOiP, and it is essential to have a well-configured laptop for this.

Anyway, Our new apartment is nice and cosy(meaning small, rather; eentsy) and as of yesterday, has three pieces of furniture in it- a 4 seat dining table, a chest of drawers and a bookshelf, all purchased from a used furniture shop. We have no matresses or beds, and the carpeted floor serves as our bed. I'll put up some pictures soon, so you guys can have a look.

My job is going really well, and i like what i get to do at my workplace. the envoirnment is very relaxed and casual, the pizza boy has a crush on me, and my boss is a real swell gal. I get to do lots of pastry work, baking, and final prep. I also do other stuff like tarts and flans, cheesecakes, pies and the like. we are extra-busy these days, as thanksgiving is around the corner, and we have over 500 orders to fulfil.

i'll have to drop off here, as this is being written across some moron's unsecured WiFi network that i pried into, and sooner or later, he's gonna notice some unusual activity on his modem...actually, i'm just about ready to leave for work, and i don't want to miss that bus...

Alert to All

To Everybody,

I may not be able to update this page for quite a while from now on. I'm moving away from my point of internet access, so hang in there until i get a computer and everything......

This Page has moved to http://....

So we've finally got all the paperwork necessary to initiate our move to the new place, and now the problem of how to get our stuff across the distance arises. Bart asked us to take some of the matresses lying at this place along with us, but it's a problem to move those Gaddas...we really have nothing else to move, just about 12 pieces of luggage and a small plastic box. It could be accomplished with a few cab rides, about $20 one-way. Movers charge $90 an hour, and we really don't need a 24-foot truck to get our stuff out of here...so let's see how this goes.

Looking at the current bus schedules, it looks like a touch-and-go situation for me to get to the job in time. My week has different timings everyday, and not all of them fall within the operating hours of the Sarasota County Area Transit bus service. The new place is about 15 miles from the job, so biking down is a lengthy proposition. Since we have next to no money to make even a statutory down-payment, leasing a car is a no-no at this point. In any case, a car means an expenditure of at least seven hundred dollars a month, which is more than half of my monthly pay.

Looks like i'll have to haul-ass for a while.

first day, first show.

hi all,
my first day on the job was basically an induction and training sort of gig. I start regular work tomorrow, and i have to get some new chef coats and pants to work.

I'm going to go with bart and see if we can get the realtors to lower our rent at the new place. Bart is looking for a place to stash some more nurses expected in the next year, so if he can work out a deal, we want to be part of it.