Different struggles you face while hunting home for rent:

Hi all,,, it has been a long time since I posted anything. Well I have been busy. I located to new place and then I went for a vacation!

Today’s post is going to be about house hunting. Here is the scenario... You have just landed a new job.. You are away from your family in an alien city and you don’t want to continue living in any dingy hostel... this is the time when you are desperate to rent a home for your own. A peaceful place where you can lead your life as you like!! As good it may sound, finding your own dream place is nothing more of a nightmare... here is my list of struggles you can go through while house hunting!

1. Decrypting the Ads:

Have you ever came across those advertisement which sounds too good to be true?

The rent is just in your budget. It is close to your place of work /university. It has all the things which you had mentioned in your checklist! And the next thing you do is say “Shut up and take my money”. Well, my advice is to find the invisible * sign of the terms and condition applied!

No deal and I repeat no deal is perfect. You should have thorough knowledge of what you are getting into before signing any agreement. Yup, that huge room as posted in the ad sadly shrinks the day you visit it.

2. Obnoxious landlord/tenants:

Now I don’t want to sound judgemental but all of us are creepy in some way or the other. But what completely baffle me is how the person who is renting out his/her home is so ridiculous with their demands. If you live in India , then you must be familiar with the ads which have too many terms and condition. Some of them are..

·     You should be vegetarian

·     You should non-smoker/non-drinker

·     You should follow a particular religion only

·     You should be a virgin OR should be married with minimum two kids

·     You should be an adarsh balak(ideal boy)

·     You should have six packs abs

Okay I admit that I have exaggerated few points but most of them are true!

Just explain me one thing... if the tenants are so paranoid about their home... why to rent it in first place :/

3. Locating the house:

So now it is the time to go and take a tour of the house, you are interested in. The address mentioned in the ad suggests that it is “really” close to the nearest taxi stand or the bus stop thus making it such a tempting location. Well, best of luck finding that apartment in the first place. Now the definition of “really” close may vary from person to person, it appears. Oh and don’t forget to wear your jogging shoes as it is going to be a long walk ;)

4. Cynical society authorities:

The worst of them all! These are breed of old, retired uncles or bored middle aged aunts whose only mission remaining in the life is to hassle the young generation. They will ridicule you with their judgement which dates back to the Victorian era. They will list out “rules” which has to be followed at any cost. They will give you dirty looks whenever you come late or even pass aside them. They take their role of society secretary/treasurer way too seriously... and to some extent where you want to tell them to calm the f**k down!

5. Your wallet:

Last but definitely not the least... your beloved wallet i.e your bank balance. You did your research, went through many resources and finally zeroed down to your dream place when suddenly you read about the deposit to be submitted! Good bye dream house.. let’s look for some other mediocre place.

But hey after going through this path of fire, we definitely find that “home sweet home” for us.

So never lose hope and keep hunting! 

Finally

Three cheers for the search engines

For making our hunts easier!!!

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7 types of irritating passengers you will meet while travelling in Indian railway

The summer vacation ended in India recently and I am sure most of you would have taken a vacation to either meet your relatives or simply to explore new destinations.

Being one of the largest railway networks in the world, the Indian railway carries more than 23 million passengers every day. With so many people travelling from the train, we are bound to meet every type of passenger during the journey. While every person has some bad traits, these traits get highlighted during the train journey. Here is my list of the types of irritating persons you will find in Indian Railways.

1. Gossiping Aunts.

These are the army of middle aged ladies who gather around two opposite seats and cramp up together to gossip about each and every person living on this planet. And you know what is the worst part, subconsciously you get involved in their conversation and thus you get know some amazing facts such as someone’s daughter eloping and someone’s son being sent to prison!!

While the ladies are not the only persons who are the chatterbox, it’s the gentlemen as well!!!

This brings me to my next point.

2. Political Uncles.

These are the breed of men who survive on newspaper. If you listen to their conversation properly, you will get to know that the government is responsible for everything bad happening in our country. They would blame government for each and every step they take and act as if they have all solutions to the world’s gravest political issues. They pretend to be the greatest diplomats, having the answer to problems such as world hunger or even alien invasion!!  But gets tongue tied when you tell them to elaborate their ideas…..

3. Wailing babies.

We got men and we got women… then who is missing? Babies! Now, I don’t want to sound rude, but babies have tough time travelling in the train. They feel claustrophobic and really uneasy thus they cry a lot. Now having full sympathies with them, I would like to highlight the plight of fellow travellers . Nothing gets on nerves as bad as wailing babies. Worst case scenario: a baby wailing during night!!! Last May I was travelling with my aunt and my darling god daughter on a train from Ahmadabad to Mumbai. She was only four months old and she was really uncomfortable during the journey. She was very fussy and the only thing which soothed her? The lullaby “hush little baby”. I and my aunt sang almost half of the journey, making the fellow passengers learning the lines of the lullaby by heart!!!!

4. Mr. /Ms. Theater

They carry with them their latest tab/laptop/mobile/phablet (did I miss something?). But they intentionally leave behind their head phones, because their sole intention is to entertain the whole compartment. They put on the latest Bollywood movie they have (which they got by illegally downloading from internet or from a friend who illegally downloads them) and enjoys it shamelessly. While you try a lot to distract yourself from the corny lines said by one of the Khans of Bollywood, you still get involved in the movie, glancing on the screen from time to time. Then Mr./Ms.  Theater suddenly gets tired and all sleepy and without any warning, turn off their gizmos and goes to sleep, leaving you wondering about the climax of the movie!!!

Oh and wait until they wake up and put on some Honey Singh’s rap.

5. The chit chat initiators.

They are people who get easily bored and long distance journey is sort of nightmare for them. Though they do not qualify as gossip mongers, but they are still interested in knowing all the mundane details of their fellow passengers. I don’t know want to sound rude, a friendly banter in a long journey is ok I guess, but introverts like me don’t like it at all!!  And yeah! Wait until they bore you to death by the story of their own miserable life!!

6. The litterers.

These are the people who are solely responsible for keeping our trains so dirty. Almost everyone have come across a compartment which is littered by peanuts shells, wafer’s packets etc. they are lazy morons who don’t even think before throwing the garbage inside the compartment. According to me, this people should be arrested immediately and sent to do community service which involves picking up garbage from the trains. These are the idiots who are responsible to make our country dirty and thus we are striving so hard to make our country clean or “swacch”…..

7. The newspaper stealer.

They sit beside you or opposite to you. And then, you commit the biggest mistake of your life. You start reading a newspaper. Even though they own one paper , they are still interested to read yours as if it has map of hidden treasure island. So while you are reading, they move their head in such an angle in order to read articles, which may even put a gymnast to shame. When you get irritated by all those movements and you decide to put down your own newspaper, they go back to reading the one they own or worst, ask you give the paper to them as you are not reading “at the moment”!!!

So this was my list of irritating passengers found on Indian railways….

Have you encountered any such passengers or am I missing someone?

Do let me know !! 

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Things you do when your exam schedule is out!

This article is written from a point of view of a college student. I guess, things what I am going to say doesn't apply to school kids.

Here I am trying to list out things we do after our exam schedule is out by the university. Obviously this list includes things other than studies. So, while I type this, I am just finding a way to escape from my studies. Procrastination level: 1000!!, also toppers, stay away!!

1. Panic:

While the whole semester is either wasted in the college fest, TV shows marathon, sleeping or doing …”nothing”, when the schedule is out, we start freaking out that we have so much to study and then complain about the lack of time given for preparation. Quite a valid point , I guess

2.Visit library:

Time to visit library. Yup, it’s time to go and  issue books and take it back to your room with a great zeal. But the time we open the text books, everything seems to be written in a very secretive language which would take a lot of time to be deciphered. Alas ! time to buy the reference book. 

3. Go through syllabus:

We usually  go through syllabus to know the numbers of chapter we need to read and number of chapters we need to skip to pass the examination. We usually start choosing important and long chapters to read but end up skipping it. 

4.  Plan a group study:

The most fun part of the exams.. planning group study! We all plan about the night stay at our friend’s home , we discuss the subject we would “read “ and finally end up having a long discussion about the latest movie we saw( read : Interstellar). Who studies at the group study anyway.

5. bang your head/ promise to read from next semester:

This happens right before the day of exam. That night when we are crying over all the long formula and theory which we couldn't get at all, the books have their revenge finally  taken from us.

6. Procrastinate :

 It means to put off work for final moment. And that is actually what we do. When it’s time to sit and study, we find  some very “urgent” task to do at that time. Oh come on! My imaginary cat needed a bath!!!

So these are the things which usually I go through after my exams come knocking at my door.

So wishing those ,who have their semester during this period, loads of luck . As for now, my exams start from this week and I am going for a brief hiatus. Next post after December first week .  Till then.. Take care..(What?? I too have some loyal followers!!)  

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Reasons why I think November is the best month!

Only a week is left before the November month ends. I really like this month and every year I wait for November to begin. As the month is about to end , I would like to round up the reasons because of which, I think, November is the best month!!

1. The dawn of the winter:

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Yes... the winter is here. After going through all the heat and getting parched through all those months,, the winter seems welcoming in November. It is because of the fact that the winter have just started setting in and have not taken the vigorous form during this month. Time to take out those sweaters and jackets!!!

2. Festivals:

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A tons of festivals are just waiting for you in the month of November. Most of the religions have big festivals in November. Diwali,  Muharram, Guru nanak Jayanti and many more. Not only that , many cultural festivals like Thanksgiving Day  is also held in November.  Many important day are also celebrated such as No-shave november , International Mens' day, children's day and many more!!!

3. Weddings & birthdays:

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The wedding season just begins in India in the month of November. Not only that, you would find a lot of people having their birthday in November. Now this statement is purely on my personal experience. But everyday, during the month of November, atleast two people have their birthday on facebook account! even i have my Birthday in November. So get ready to be invited for a lots of treats and functions. Delicious food alert!!!

4. Food!! :

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All the foodie will agree to one fact. That all the best veggies is available during the winter. And November is the first month in which you to get to taste your favourite vegetable after a long hiatus. The feeling you get when you taste the first veggies/ fruit of the season.... bliss!!!

So it's time to go Nom Nom during November. Now can someone get me Gajar ka Halwa  ?

5. Picnics/ trips:

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Winter is the best time to go for a trip or a day out. The clear sky and the fragrance of flower in the air makes the trip more amazing. While the picnic season continue till winter, but November is the best time to go as the cold has not set in properly and thus no fear of adverse nature. What are you waiting for... go and plan a trip!!

6. Nostalgia:

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As the month of November ends, we come to realise that only a month is left before the year completes itself. Thus we all start to get nostalgic about the whole year. We plan out to do the things, which we couldn't do in the whole year. All the resolution we made in the beginning of the year , finally starts to get implemented. Because hey , it's never too late to start. So thank you November, for giving us a last chance!

I know that all the months and season have it's own charm. But I like November the most! if you agree with me then cheers!! 

7 things you go through before appearing for your first job interview

The last year of college is a real decisive year of our life as most of us apply for job. Here's a list of things we usually go through before appearing for our first job interview.

1. Make your resume/C.V

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Making resume is a huge task. It is the first impression the interviewer get of you. Sadly, it is one of the dreaded part for us student. Suddenly we are out of all the talent we thought we had and end up bluffing in the resume.

2. Read about the company/post you are applying for:

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 From knowing the name of the founder of the company, the name of the current CEO and knowing it's current market cap... we do a whole thesis about that company .

3. STUDY!!:

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Yea... study... do the thing , which most of us have not done in all those year while we were religiously bunking the classes.

4. Improve communication skills:

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Yes, communication skills. Most of you who are good at this won' t understand the problem faced by people who are bad in communicating. Simple question like "tell me something about yourself ?", could make them go speechless!!!

5. Shopping:

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The only up-side of going through the interview, wait... if you hate shopping, then one more downside. We all need to be dressed well on the interview day. Most of us don't have formal clothes...  thus we go shopping!!!. quick question? does anyone knows how to tie a tie?

6. Grooming:

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I guess this apply mostly for  us,guys!!! We need to shave our precious beard, clean our nails, trim that unkempt hair of ours... and finally... take a BATH!!!! phew! so much to do :/ 

7. Panic:

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We start to panic a lot... "what if I am not selected/ what if I cant answer the question/ what if the interviewer turns out to be a monster and eat me!!" and all sort of question start racing our mind when we sit through the interview process and wait for our turn.

So these are the basic things which we go through while appearing for our first interview. We may pass it with flying colours or fail at it... but one thing that we all must remember is that the best is still out there for us ... and that we must keep trying for the best :)