So between the both of them, who’re pretty bushed by the end of the day, it’s just me… and it wouldn’t be that bad, but my god do we have a blazing hot summer this year in Hyderabad… just read it in the paper the other day how the temperature was soaring close to the 50’s in the city (that’s degree centigrade by the way, my god) and after the first few houses, grunt. I give up, my body just says no, and it’s mom’s purse I run to for shade, taking some money and getting a bottle of coke or pepsi, anything that’s in a 600 ml container at least.
But lately, mom’s started filling up this huge thermos that we have with really cold water and then adding as many ice-cubes in it as can fit, and wow—is it just what the doctor ordered, because these carbonated drinks are for shit compared to a glass of ice cold H2O… and that’s what we’d both be having for the last few days… mom’s in Mumbai right now, she went there to visit her mother and sisters, and a few cousins (((hi Javid Bhai))).
So today was a Friday, my day to go to the mosque, otherwise I usually just end up praying at home… and after my dad and I’d come back home from the mosque I told him I’d be going and having my lunch out today, and he said fine… I thought I’d go to Subways (they’d be having their Roasted Chicken on Friday’s I think, or Chicken Sheekh, both equally good) but then at the last minute I changed my mind and decided to go to McDonald’s. It’s not that I have anything against Subways, love their sandwiches, but going to Subways is like going to your Grandma’s house… at least that’s how I feel, and I’m not all that right in the head so don’t take my word for it…
So McD was the next choice, it was a couple of feet away anyways, and the chain that I was going to is in a mall so you have the added benefit of doing some window shopping while you’re there as well… but I was there for the food, so yeah, that’s what I ended up zeroing in on… Ajaaz was a nice guy, pretty helpful, but you could guess this was his first day or something, so I asked him “you look like you’re new here” and he showed me his Under Training card, and I said you’re doing a good job so far. I then took my meal and turned around and saw that the entire ground floor of the place was full, so started climbing up the stairs to the first floor and found a good two seater in the corner right next to the windows from where I could see the autos and cars whizzing by underneath.
A couple of minutes later this group of girls, probably college friends came up behind me and finally decided to sit at the only table that was empty from the sounds of it, but it didn’t have enough chairs in it so one of the girls asked me if she could take one of mine, and I said sure, and then another one of them came up to me and picked up a chair and started taking it back to her table and then saw me and asked if she could take the seat, and I said “oh, I thought you weren’t going to ask, please” and I just sat there, peacefully, and had my Spicy Mc Chicken and left.
Nicky, if you read this by any chance, I found out about Donna Summer last night… man, what a shocker—I had no idea she was fighting Cancer… I don’t think I’ll ever be able to hear her sing “she works hard for the money” the same way ever again.
