Hyderabadi

Setting up a rented flat can be a pita. Now, we have a flat to shelter so whats next , the immediate question that rested on our heads was what to do for our sleeping, bathing,eating and other inging processes?

We made a list of all that needs to be bought

Classified into four sections

Bathroom / Bedroom / Kitchen and Hall

WoW man!! typical like a software professional made into modules of storage places

Bathroom - Mugs, Buckets -bought thes two and forgot the shaving mirror.

Bedroom - Mats , mattresess, blankets, pillows - We did not remember the hangers

Kitchen - Gasstove, Gas connection, Microwave, utensils - forgot the stuff to prepare

Hall - Chair , TV but forgot for the cable connection

We have also planned internet thro a beam network. This guy should call me , i had promised to call him and i lost his number and the guy did not turn up. Now wondering what to do.

For a software professional, a life without anything can be ok but not internet. Internet connectivity is like food for thought . stomach and everywhere else.

Hmmm.... planning to go to the hitex exhibition so that i can buy off all i forgot and all i wanted today itself otherwise would have to sleep in the cold on the mat :(

Now anyway a 2 bedroom with a full fledged hall, kitchen for a single person? Mom was shouting at her top of her voice. Why dont you get a single bedroom apt. How will i ever make her understand that for getting a double bedroom apt itself was like a penance and where will i get a single bedroom apt. I said its ok..

She said, take care probs to avoid boredom get a flat mate. I too was thinking in the same lines. But she added , ensure that person is a guy. Sic!! what a tragedy. As if i would get a girl to share my flat :(

anway another MVP (most valuable professional) joined my company and he said why dont we share the flat. Sounded a good idea and he fell in to the picture properly and he understood what i wanted.

So, he joined..... and took me 4 days to understand the person.

After 8 years, i am back in hyderabad to work. The previous time i came hyderabad was a smaller city with banjara at one end and uppal at another. I used to stay in Somajiguda working @ secunderabad. It was the dawn of IT in hyderabad.

What a transformation

Today, i see a different hyderabad. Covering kondapur, gatchibowli and wherever i see its development.

When i got the offer from Microsoft hyderabad, i thought oh no!! Gosh, i have to go to this dirty traffic indisciplined city, where my car would have nothing but dents.

I come to begumpet airport and see wow!! what a transformation. Probably since my expectations were in -100 even 10 would mean to me 110. So perception counts. Still its not much different, the cab driver who drove the car drove like a maniac at the wee hours in the morning when there was no other vehicle around.

Made me feel, anything can change but not attitudes :(

Anyway, i have arrivied.

This is the most interesting piece of House hunting in hyderabad. Started looking for a decent apartment. Dad (who know hyderabad pretty well) told me dont pay more than 4k for a double bedroom apt. I planned for 5k the max for rent. Called up one by one broker who all took me for a royal ride

everyday in the last 10 days 5 brokers. It was more than the fantasies for the girls i had. One new broker would come in and show 3 houses and says sir, i showed you 3 houses today rest will show tomorrow pls pay 100 Rs.

You can cross it in the brokerage fee. Once i gave it and next day the broker got vanished. Arre!! i realized i was taken for a ride, felt solace when my colleague who gave me this broker no told me that this broker took 1000 Rs/=. Baba! i lost only 100.

Atlast found the house nearer to the office, by agreeing for a rent of 6000 ( 50% more than my father said). What to do. i dont want to drive in this crazy place and get dents in my car instead stay nearer to the office and dont drive and save 3000 on the gas.. makes the calculation easier right?

I save 3000 - 6000 rent = 3000 effective rent. Whereas if i had taken house at a distance

3000 + 4000 + 5000 (for dents) = 12000 which is way beyond the planned. What do you say? am i not smart enough?

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