My ex-room-mate has got a house on his own and is moving shortly. We went to HomeTown, in outer ring road, last week to buy lamps and glass bulb covers (Is there a name for it ?) Hometown has a massive collection of everything you will ever want to buy for a new house, under one roof. We felt the prices were a little too high and somebody recommended this mysterious place called ChikPet. So, today we went there.
I assumed: ChikPet = Chicks + Pet : and hence a place where chicks (and there is no wiki page for chicks) will come with their pets. Instead it turned out to be a place time-jumped straight out of 1980s. There were numerous shops in the narrow streets. Most of the shops have rented very small spaces that they have a seperate godown section somewhere outside where you have to go, in case you are buying more than a piece.
Prices are damn cheap. Nothing is sold in MRP. Make sure you take someone who can bargain well. If you are buying in large numbers (7 sets of lamps, a dozen cfls, 4-5 fans etc.) , you get good discounts. The same set of things a person bought for 20k somewhere else, we could buy for ~7k. One simple instance is: 15 watts CFL bulb is atleast Rs.20 cheaper per piece.
My Kannada skills, with a not-so-foreign accent and a very limited vocabulary was put to test today and I managed well. The kannada shop owner even complained about some of his Tamil customers without realizing that I am one. Later he had an embarrassed smile when we spoke with each other.
However, If you want to go, a few words of caution: a) Preferably, go as a gang of guys. b) Not at all the place for a rich looking software engineer carrying a blackberry (stick to HomeTown) c) Not a place where you can take your wife and kids to select and buy d) There could be damaged, shattered pieces in the glasses. Check them well before packing. e) many shops are closed on Sundays f) I heard this place is famous for sarees (one more reason why u should never take (old ?) women)
P.S: I'm tempted to use a lot of text-within-paranthesis for meta-things. Is there a name for this addiction ?
On a Bored Evening ...
... I sat in the Forum top floor staircase, right in front of the escalator. I was looking at the people coming in the escalator and moving to PVR and observed some obvious facts.
- More than 95% of married couple coming to PVR have a nice, round pot belly. Men make it more pronounced by wearing belts. Women suppress it nicely with loose fittings.
- When I was a young kid, most of the children whom I played with (and /me as well) were skinny. On the contrary, More than 90% of the kids that came to Forum then, were extremely obese.
- More than 90% of fathers were hyper-caring about their female children, while coming out of the escalator. They even suspend their mobile phone conversation. Boys on the other hand are just ignored ;-)
- 75% of the people coming were either couples or families. ~25% were male bachelors. There was just one gang-of-girls. So, if u belong to the 25% and came looking for single girl(s), probably you are in the wrong place.
- More than 99% of ugly women show a lot of fake excitement when they meet other ugly women. A surprisingly large number of ugly women bump into each other, near the escalator end.
- More than 99% of the guys who accompany the ugly women are weird looking. Rings in wrong places, faces unshaved for months, Hairstyle reminding beggars in Ganges banks, etc.
- More than 90% of ugly woman use kaNmai (what is it in English ? Eyepaint ?) (which makes me think what is kannada for eye, kannu?)
- 100% of young girls (< 8 years) seem to have feet with springs and a never ending source of energy. They somehow lose their charm after 8 years. (for varied reasons)
- More than 90% of kids (7 - 12 years) wear eye glasses. After 12 they probably switch to contact lens.
- A ugly woman is ugly even if she wears costly clothes and heavy makeup.
I observed some other obvious things which I don't recollect now.
All observations are interpreted in a way that will suit my thoughts. So, dont bother to correct my observations, if you find them wrong. It is probably intentional ;-)
This post is a warmup post, as I forgot that I can write non-evolution posts, for years now. I have setup proper labels, my normal blogging should resume. Not that anyone miss my posts, but blogging personally helps me enjoy reliving my moments.
- More than 95% of married couple coming to PVR have a nice, round pot belly. Men make it more pronounced by wearing belts. Women suppress it nicely with loose fittings.
- When I was a young kid, most of the children whom I played with (and /me as well) were skinny. On the contrary, More than 90% of the kids that came to Forum then, were extremely obese.
- More than 90% of fathers were hyper-caring about their female children, while coming out of the escalator. They even suspend their mobile phone conversation. Boys on the other hand are just ignored ;-)
- 75% of the people coming were either couples or families. ~25% were male bachelors. There was just one gang-of-girls. So, if u belong to the 25% and came looking for single girl(s), probably you are in the wrong place.
- More than 99% of ugly women show a lot of fake excitement when they meet other ugly women. A surprisingly large number of ugly women bump into each other, near the escalator end.
- More than 99% of the guys who accompany the ugly women are weird looking. Rings in wrong places, faces unshaved for months, Hairstyle reminding beggars in Ganges banks, etc.
- More than 90% of ugly woman use kaNmai (what is it in English ? Eyepaint ?) (which makes me think what is kannada for eye, kannu?)
- 100% of young girls (< 8 years) seem to have feet with springs and a never ending source of energy. They somehow lose their charm after 8 years. (for varied reasons)
- More than 90% of kids (7 - 12 years) wear eye glasses. After 12 they probably switch to contact lens.
- A ugly woman is ugly even if she wears costly clothes and heavy makeup.
I observed some other obvious things which I don't recollect now.
All observations are interpreted in a way that will suit my thoughts. So, dont bother to correct my observations, if you find them wrong. It is probably intentional ;-)
This post is a warmup post, as I forgot that I can write non-evolution posts, for years now. I have setup proper labels, my normal blogging should resume. Not that anyone miss my posts, but blogging personally helps me enjoy reliving my moments.
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