Ha Boss...ek hot coffee..aur ek...um....ha..ek egg sandwich...

Ha Boss...ek hot coffee..aur ek...um....ha..ek egg sandwich...

those are the first words that i utter at MG Road...at the Indian Coffee House(ICH)...the ICH is a nice place...reminds you of the old times...reminds you of The Raj...ICH was set up very early...i dont know how old it is...but all i can say is that...our grand dads must have gone to ICH in their young days as we go to CCD today...but the cultures quite different...we go to CCD to eat a 50 Rs Chocolate and to drink a 40 Rs Mocha...at the end of the day...you feel good that yeah...had something nice...but ICH is not about the food...or the coffee...its about the waiter...i would say that the dress of the waiters wat ICH woudl impress me anyday more than that of CCD...i like that dress...nice ones...and i like the old posters on the wall...promoting Coffee!!!ha ha...they are nice...i like the way ex-service men walk into the place...and sit with the daily newspaper...they have an air of the typical service man...dont know wat is it...but the moment you see an ex-service man...u knw that once they did wat a normal human being wont even dare to...risk his life for people whom he doesnt even know...but i see them everyday...walking into the palce...and the waiters know them too...they say hi to them...i so wanna talk to them...cos i see them everyday...i wanna share my table n breakfast with them...u can approach people for talking to them for the first time only in ICH...not in CCD..never never can you do that in CCD...and if you are of the opp sex...then thats it...the person will think that you are hitting on them...and as they say---"a lot more can happen over coffee"!!!there are many frequent visitors at ICH...like theres this one girl..must be in 2nd or 3rd year of college...she comes there everyday...takes out a novel...n reads it with enormous amount of concentration...n then orders the same order...omelette n coffee...then her friend comes...she talks to her...sips her coffee and then goes away...the others change...new people come in everyday...and different kinds..day before yesterday i was sitting in ICH...n there was this mother daughter..the daughter was some three years old..n the mother looked like a single parent to me...she looked self confident and that "i-earn-my-own- money" look...that baby was so naughty...she wanted her mums attention all the time...so she would hit her hands on the table and then tell her mum that shes hurt...one cute one she was...else to get her attention...she would just throw thinsg on the floor...her mum somehow managed...and left...theres one more thing that i like abt ICH...its the fact that there are cats out there...some days back i saw a big one...but a cute one...day before yest i saw this cute black kitten...i wanted to lift it..but was scared...the people i mean...a 20 year cuddling a kitten...they would have shot themselves...

i have never tipped a waiter in my life but once...but at ICH...i have started to tip waiters...cos i feel nice when i do that...i feel that they deserve it...

i am just loving my morning breakfasts at ICH...i look forward to it...feels good...i just feel sad that i eat alone...with no one to share my morning happiness with...even at office...i am a bit sad that i havent made friends...not cos they are unfriendly...but cos i cant stop acting formal...something in me is stopping me from being friends wid them..am alone during lunches too...i work hard at office...i so wanna give my best to them...to prove that m really into radio...n that am not among those who just experiment...but i wanna do more n more of radio...i wanna prove that i am good...or atleast i wanna become good by practice...so if during the office i need to take a break...the only thing that i do is go to the loo...n come back...thats the only break that i take...but am glad that i will leave this place satisfied...that i gave my best...n i did something good...that i dindt intern by looking at the studios...but by recording in them...that i did work...n gave them some really good stuff...i hope worldspace finds me competent enuf to work in stressful conditions...that i have it in me...that will do...i will return to my college like a man...whos proved himself...thats it..."well done...you were good"...i just wanna hear those words from my bosses...thats it!!!