Bye Bye Bangalore

the last one week has been a good bye process to the city of Bangalore. I was there for 13 and a half months working at a very cool place doing this and that. time flew by as it always does and before i knew it i had to leave the place so that i can go and study at a foreign university. Even though i dint stay much at the city it was always a good feeling to come back from my travels. there was a hidden satisfaction in the growl, "back to the grind!!!"
why? i dont really know. before i cam to Bangalore i knew only one person there-my friend from Ajmer- who had also started studying at the same time i joined my job. When i left I had increased that number to 4-5 and some really good acquaintances. Now i truly feel that a place is what u make of it. the choice lies within you.
I will miss Bangalore. I will miss the long walks in the cool breeze with a heavy laptop bag, waiting for an auto to stop and agree to take you to your destination (we shall delve in this matter a little later). I will miss the hours of reading novels sitting at coffee shops (esp. the one on MG road) and 'whiling away time measured in coffee mugs'. I will miss head-banging and singing at the top of my voice at my 2 favorite pubs in the city. I will miss laughing at long queues of people outside movie halls on weekends. I will miss going for a ride in the airport bus just for heck of it. I will miss discussing work related issues over breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner, drinks and late night snacks--and having idealistic chats. I will miss having Gmail and Skype group chats with people sitting in the same room and building (and 5 people in the same room laughing out loud suddenly). i will miss the deserted brigade road on weekdays. i will miss the all-english-song radio channel. i will miss making fun of friends, who by the way are a fabulous set of people :)
I will miss the kitten i nearly adopted (i might even miss the dumb dog at my PG--just might). I will miss the starlets at my PG (we had some really fun times commenting on soap operas that i was really disgusted with, but had to put up with sometimes)
the list would go on and on. so all in all i will miss the place and the people that made it memorable.