The day we stepped into Chennai!

Day 0

May 31st, 2011

May 30th, 2011. 10:45 pm:

Me, Vijay, Nikitha, Shruthi Nayak and Shruthi Ranade met at Bangalore Railway Station. The train left Bangalore at 11.45 pm. My home for the next 2 months would be a furnace. But I was excited by the way things turned out. I had slept for 2 hours on the previous day. And this night, we were chatting till 2 in the night. There goes my sleep! I managed to get some shut eyes at 3 in the morning and woke up at 5. So, mathematics tells me that I've slept for 4 hours in 2 days.

We reached Chennai at 7.30 am in the morning. We were in constant touch with Sudarshan Iyengar, our Mentor for the internship. Shruthi's Dad's friend had come to receive the lot. Me and Vijay left for Park Town Railway Station across the road and headed towards Indiranagar in search of the Youth Hostel. I felt that morning was a hot one. It turned out that it was one of the cooler ones. Youth Hostel was supposed to be our temporary stay for a day or two. Sudarshan had been in contact with us via e-mail. He guided us to the hostel. After freshening ourselves up, we headed out for breakfast. We had to buy some accessories too. The mobile had lost its charging and was almost dead. And I constantly needed to be in touch in Sneha, a friend's sister. She lives and works in Chennai by the way. She had searched for a nice good PG and we were keen on checking in into the place.

After being guided and misguided for a long time, Me and Vijay decided we should walk for the Indiranagar Railway Station and take the local train to Kasturibainagar. IITM was at a pretty walkable distance from there. And so we did. We reached IITM front gate and we were thrilled to know that there was a bus service to get to places *inside* the campus. We were also amazed to find out that deers roamed around freely inside the campus. We went to the Hostel blocks there and found out that accomodation wasnt feasible there. I called up Sneha and asked for her assisatnce in getting a PG Accomodation. Later, we went back to the Youth Hostel.

I finally found a charging spot for both the mobile and the laptop. Vijay was tired and told me he would go to sleep. So, I sit there for around 3 hours with my laptop. When I stood up, my leg had started to swell and pain a lot. I thought it would go away on its own, but later I found out that it did not. Sneha had asked us to meet her at Indiranagar Railway Station at 6. So, we checked out of the youth hostel and went to Indiranagar Station at 6pm. Sneha called up and told that her friend would meet us at 7. Around 7.30, we met Sneha's friend, Ananth. He took us to the PG and it was quite comfy, except for the heat factor though. The night sleep was absolutely mesmerizing. The girls had a different story though, mosquitoes! It seems they had bugged them a lot. Me and Vijay were ready for the next morning though, all set to charge! :D

Phrase of the day: Tamil Teriyadu Da..

Oh.. and one last thing, I do count from 0.