chennai chronicles-2

From Wednesday evening.the rain god(s) went beserk.we got some food packed and got it home, me completely drenched. The rain which started on wednsday evening, didnt pause even for a minute all through thursday. Chennai was completely shut on thursday. Our situation was more horrible. There was no power all through the day. With heavy rain pouring outside, we didnt dare to step out. after much deliberation, we decided to cook the lunch. my cousin suggested the boon vegetable for all bachelors..ie.,. Potato. and i asked, "ok..potato.And???"...with a frozen look..half-open mouth, he asked " And aa? is that not enough..oye! this is not ur home... One curry and 2 pickles and something like Kandhi-podi...that will suffice..dont expect full-course meal with 12 items now.." Rice and potato curry happened,he had "Asalaina Vantakam"(if you dont know what that is..Pity!!) and Mango pickle. Had lunch and slept like logs, with oting to do. It was like a solitary confinement.
In the evening, though the rain didnt pause, we dared to go out to get some groceries but..as i said..Chennai was completely shut. fortunately, we could find one supermaket open, and bought some eatable stuff like Ready-to-cook packets etc.,. drenching ourselves again..top to bottom.We heated the left-over rice, and few Ready-to-prepare Chapathis. fortunately, without drivingus more mad, the power was restored by the time we came back. so, we watched the news..the pictures of chennai being marooned and all..thank god, i cancelled my tickets. anyway, the trains were all cancelled. after dinner, we watched parineeta on his laptop. the movie was ok, a lot of drama though. in between i had to message a few friends of mine...

The shock came the next morning(ie.,. today morning..).the balance in my mobile dropped down by 110 bucks...all for just 3 messages i sent... i could have as well made a call. bastards!!!!

In all, the chennai trip was one adventure...with drives in rain ( in short..D-rain..).perhaps i will be the only soul, on this earth, who has the record of going to chennai and not eating Sambhar.Longing to go to home sweet home.

we have our Bus tickets booked for today evening and i hope the rain doesnt disrupt it.