Some of the memories from the rest of the month, not chronologically nor in any particular order are : -
The train journey to Kalyan – If u thought western lane was the actual representation of Mumbai locals, I don’t know what u ll think if u travel via the central lane. The journey was normal from VT till Dadar. The scenes after Dadar made me realise that getting into, stayin put and getting out of the train was a combination of art and science. Many of the nuggets of scientific wisdom learned during the school days were coming in handy (and at times rewritten) for many of the travellers –
1) Force = Mass * Acceleration – To get out of or into the train, u need to have either the mass or acceleration. The hulks used their physique to push their way thru, while the davids used the A component of the equation to generate the F one.
2) Every action has an equal (or greater) and opposite reaction – For every newton of force applied by the alighting crowd, the boarding crowd applied an equal (or greater) amount of force.
3) Then there was Bernoulli.
4) Every conceivable particle is made up of several sub-atomic particles – From the stretch from Dadar to Kalyan, I ceased to exist as the well oiled human machine. Many of the parts, physical and mental just weren’t present. I was just the sub-atomic particles, which by themselves didn’t make much sense.
The tightly packed compartments, which redefined the extent of permissible spacial violation of a human being, inside which the travellers didn’t budge an inch during the 3-4 min stretch during the stations, and the subsequent explosion and the uncontrollable force at the which they were thrown or threw themselves out of the openings known as the doors can be compared only to a constipated person hit by bouts of loose motion.
N it always felt as if the number of people who boarded the train was more than the number of people who alighted.
Dinner at New Yorkers – When Anil, my foodie buddy from Chennai n now at A, came down I had to take him to a good restaurant for old times' sake. Based on recommendations by some Mumbaikars we decided on New Yorker, a veg restaurant (for a change) near Wilson College. After standing in the queue ( I have always wondered y it was ‘ queue’ n not ‘que’ – may be it is to give that word that long n first-person-is-so-far-away feeling. After seeing the Mumbai queues I feel the word should be queueueue rather than queue) for around three-quarters of an hour, we had high expectations from the Mexican sizzlers and falafels we ordered. But the food sucked big time. Branding is an awesome phenomenon, but the quality of product is the foundation on which the entire concept of branding can and should be built…
The workouts n the interesting people I met/ continue to meet there – This and other workout related stories n my views on the topic requires several independent and dedicated posts.
Some of the interesting pics captured
The train journey to Kalyan – If u thought western lane was the actual representation of Mumbai locals, I don’t know what u ll think if u travel via the central lane. The journey was normal from VT till Dadar. The scenes after Dadar made me realise that getting into, stayin put and getting out of the train was a combination of art and science. Many of the nuggets of scientific wisdom learned during the school days were coming in handy (and at times rewritten) for many of the travellers –
1) Force = Mass * Acceleration – To get out of or into the train, u need to have either the mass or acceleration. The hulks used their physique to push their way thru, while the davids used the A component of the equation to generate the F one.
2) Every action has an equal (or greater) and opposite reaction – For every newton of force applied by the alighting crowd, the boarding crowd applied an equal (or greater) amount of force.
3) Then there was Bernoulli.
4) Every conceivable particle is made up of several sub-atomic particles – From the stretch from Dadar to Kalyan, I ceased to exist as the well oiled human machine. Many of the parts, physical and mental just weren’t present. I was just the sub-atomic particles, which by themselves didn’t make much sense.
The tightly packed compartments, which redefined the extent of permissible spacial violation of a human being, inside which the travellers didn’t budge an inch during the 3-4 min stretch during the stations, and the subsequent explosion and the uncontrollable force at the which they were thrown or threw themselves out of the openings known as the doors can be compared only to a constipated person hit by bouts of loose motion.
N it always felt as if the number of people who boarded the train was more than the number of people who alighted.
Dinner at New Yorkers – When Anil, my foodie buddy from Chennai n now at A, came down I had to take him to a good restaurant for old times' sake. Based on recommendations by some Mumbaikars we decided on New Yorker, a veg restaurant (for a change) near Wilson College. After standing in the queue ( I have always wondered y it was ‘ queue’ n not ‘que’ – may be it is to give that word that long n first-person-is-so-far-away feeling. After seeing the Mumbai queues I feel the word should be queueueue rather than queue) for around three-quarters of an hour, we had high expectations from the Mexican sizzlers and falafels we ordered. But the food sucked big time. Branding is an awesome phenomenon, but the quality of product is the foundation on which the entire concept of branding can and should be built…
The workouts n the interesting people I met/ continue to meet there – This and other workout related stories n my views on the topic requires several independent and dedicated posts.
Some of the interesting pics captured
' Hindu Swimming....' , ' Building for Parsees' - What the hell ??? India is growing. Y not Indians ?
Innovative/weird ways to add to the topline
U find these kind of boards in every shop in the Fashion Street. N in every shop u haggle with the shopkeeper, starting at 1/4th of the price n finalising the deal at around half the price.
Somebody in the restaruant is good at arithemetic
Nice name for a hospital
An ash tray which conveys the right message
4 comments:
Good that u still rememberall those physics lessons by Usha teacher ...
And I guess Mumbaikers still refer VT as VT rather than CST, which technically speaking is the new name
Should have never tried Veg in the first place!
So having a blast out there?
@ Akhil - Those are among the rare stuff i rememmber :)
@ ap - hihi tats true...having a good time...nice to c tat u r also travelling a lot
Real good one dude :) You write really well yaar..
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