I returned to Bangalore nearly two weeks back. And, as is expected, the frequency of my blog posts has dropped. However, I must confess that  for a change I’ve actually had two relatively light weeks.

By light, I mean, I have been able to leave at a official times or maybe an hour later.

Last week was also eventful. Maria celebrated her birthday on the 8th and she invited me for dinner at Magnolia, the most convenient place in Koramangala.

I reached there a bit earlier and before Magnolia we went to the Cafe Coffee Day nearby. This one is in a rather weird location. This one is located on the first floor of a supermarket!

While I spent last Saturday at home lazily around, I spent a good portion of Sunday outside the house. Vincent and me first went to the Pizza Hut in Forum. This was under renovation the last time we went there and so we couldn’t eat there.

After pizza, we watched Sherlock Holmes at the PVR in Forum, followed by some window shopping at Landmark.

Work caught up this week, again, not as bad as last year. Won’t be heading off to work tomorrow, however, I will be working from home.

On the WordPress plugins front, I have two new plugins that I plan to work on over the next two weeks. I also have updates for three of my plugins. Should start on the updates tomorrow.

One thing I love about where I work is that I don’t need to wait six months before I can take leave. This is usually a requirement of most companies. Out here, I’ve planned my leave well in advance, the first one begins today, for a week.

This blog post will take you three weeks back. I’ve had three weeks which have been so filled with work (yes, that is a usual statement I make) that my initial plan of updating the blog took a back seat.

Anyway, three weeks back, I met up with Maria, who, along with her sister, has been complaining that I’ve spent more than two months in Bangalore and hadn’t even seen them! The main reason has been my prolonged effort to settle into the city that I haven’t yet called home and the lack of a full weekend out here yet. I haven’t seen much of Bangalore yet and I don’t know when I will be able to. The few places that I have visited have been Church Street and Brigade Road area on two separate occasions.

Maria picked me up from near my house in Koramangala on that Sunday morning and we headed over to “The Only Place” in Brigade Road. “The Only Place” is famous for its steak and I decided to try one of those. Well, it was also a while since I had some good meat. We then walked down Church Street to the Levi’s store at Brigade Road. My current pair of blue jeans had started to fray and rather than make a fashion statement, I decided to pick up a new pair.

From what I have seen, shopping in Bangalore seems to be more expensive than Mumbai. I’m going to verify this on my trip back to Mumbai as I hunt for some clothes. Anyway, I found a decent pair of blue boot-cut jeans for a little more than 2K and picked them up. It turned out to be a smart thing to do because my jeans finally frayed and well, they are now a pair of torn jeans that many people pay so much extra for!

After this, we walked over to one of the Cafe Coffee Day’s in Brigade Road, where they insisted that we have to take addons on Saturday and Sunday. I have definitely not seen this at any other CCD and we told him that we refused to do that. Why should I take chocolate sauce in my coffee, when I don’t want it?

We didn’t spend much time there, because we decided to drop into Garuda mall for a while, which is supposed to be one of the biggest malls in Bangalore. Well, I still prefer InOrbit in Mumbai, which is not only bigger, but definitely better planned than any of the malls here in Bangalore.

Anyway, I decided to go window shopping for suits. Saw some excellent ones which were 7K and above. Decided to check the same out in Mumbai over this week. I need a good business suit for work. The one we got in college was good for college and the one I got at home is too party types.

We hung out at Garuda mall a while and after that tried to find out the mass timings at the nearest church out there. We found out that we had to wait for at least an hour for mass and so decided to rush back to the one near Forum. It turned out to be a mixed language double-feast mass where we found ourselves standing far far away in the dust and the dirt and the crowd. We just gave up hope and headed back home.

Stay tuned for yet another post with the events of the last two weeks. Until remember you cankeep track of updates of my blogs and me of course by following @ajaydsouza on Twitter.

This has been one really jam packed week.

Began the week on Monday by putting one full day of work. Went for choir practice in the evening after a long long time and quickly learnt a new Christmas hymn that they were practicing. A nice one called Sun Gleams Bright, which is an Australian carol.

Tuesday was regular, I could have made it for prayer meeting, however wasn’t sure if it would have rained or not and Mumbai roads are pathetic!

The rest of the week just flew buy and I have been rather absorbed in my work. Madam C has been having her exams and so she has been busy as well. However we do begin our days listening to each others voice (it sure makes the day go good). And she calls without fail after her paper to tell me how it was.

Friday was yet another great day at work as things came into place. The code I have been writing has been coming out really well and I had a little polishing to do.

Chose to go to work on Saturday for the first time since I joined L&T to complete my project. Reached work only at 12pm thanks to the disgusting roads of Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.

Planned to work till 5pm, since I had to meet Madam C around 6.15pm. Unfortunately, got stuck up working that I left only past 6pm. Reached Bandra only past 7pm, but got to spend an hour with her (well exams!)
She actually retimed her schedule to find some time for me. (Can I stop praising her? )

It’s bed time now. Am really exhausted and I really need the rest, especially since I know I have a long week ahead from Monday.