Another weekend

Another weekend's here, and it could mean only one thing -- go to the new flat and check out progress of the carpentry work!! It was okay at first, but now its getting a bit too monotonous. Work is going kinda slow, and its very boring to sit there! And my batteries are drained even before the next week commences! Life's gotten into a rut!

I guess that explains why I usually don't have much to write about.

Today was a little different. The PUGs had a meet today at Empire (now Mascot) on Residency Road, near St. Patrick's Church. I wasn't very sure about the route to the Church, so decided to tag along with Kailas. He suggested that we park our bikes inside the church, as the parking there was free and that it would be safe there. Now the money was hardly a consideration. But the fact that I could leave my bike for 2 hours in a place where some incompetent parking attendent, or some bungling motorist, wouldnt leave scratches on my beloved Blurr, by ineptly handling other bikes while parking, was enough for me to agree. Little did I know that I would regret this later in the evening.

I was supposed to meet Shy after the PUG meet, so I didnt order much food. Just had a half plate of yummy grilled chicken! *slurp!!!* The PUGs who met up are -- Divyan, Kailas, Sanjay, Bijesh, Sampath, Vamsi, Sekar and me. Sekar arrived late, cos of work. Well, at around 9:05, Shy called up saying that she was done watching the movie. That was my cue to leave the PUG meet. I told her that I'd meet her at Corner House. Came out of the restraunt, and the gate to the Church which was right next to the restraunt was locked. So I walked all the way to the main gate and saw that there was a sign that said "Gate closes at 9pm". I was relieved that when I got there, the gate was still open. But it was short-lived when I started my bike and tried to move. SOMEONE HAD PUT A CHAIN AROUND MY REAR TYRE AND LOCKED IT!!!! The watchman told me that I was not supposed to park there cos I had no work in the church. I pleaded innocence, heck I desparately wanted to get out of there. But the guy just didnt listen. He said that I'd have to go to the office tomorrow and talk to the authorities and then take my bike and leave. I started arguing that I can't go anywhere without my bike. Then some elderly guy came and said the same thing, that I'm not supposed to park my bike there. I apologized and he asked the security guard to let me go. While I was leaving, the guard shamelessly asked me to pay him something for "coffee". Paid him 10 bucks and got out of there, swearing to think twice before parking on private property again. That's one lesson learned the hard way.