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<h1 class="p-name">A day well spent?</h1>
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I wake up one morning reminiscing about the place my friend talked of the other day. This cafe in a tech park
where one would relish…
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<p name="197d" id="197d" class="graf graf--p graf-after--h3 graf--trailing">I wake up one morning
reminiscing about the place my friend talked of the other day. This café in a tech park where one would
relish working remotely. Most importantly, it was close to where I stay and beats the suffering from
traffic. So, I got dressed up, packed my bag with laptop, charger, headphone, USB cable (to charge my
phone’s battery if it dies) and a bottle of potable water. My mother was generous enough to cook me a
delicious breakfast with Idli and Saambar (one that only mothers know how to make). After relishing
this stable and filling food, I take out my car to head for this place in the hope of getting some work
done.</p>
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dilapidated roads and frenzy, I reached the gates to be greeted by the security guard who asked me for my ID
card. When I showed my driving license, I realized that he was asking for something different. Lowered my
window glass and said that I had to go to a café inside (recollecting from my friend’s experience). For
which he agreed and let me pass. Parked my car in the visitor parking area and started climbing a hill to
reach the top where the café was located. To give you some perspective — this café is located in a tech
park which is built on an encroached lake. The lake is non-existent; however, the depths of it are still
felt. Finally, after a bit of physical exercise, I reach this café with its neon lights reflecting on the
glass panes of the building. Took a while to settle in as there were no power plug points to charge my
laptop. After finding one, I started checking my mail as usual only to realize that the internet bandwidth
on my phone was snail paced. I could probably go to the loo and come back by the time the webpage could
load. All this effort is in vain. Without the network, there was no way I could work. Saddened, I reached out of the
building to get some fresh air only to be struck by the sight of a food truck serving Chicken Biryani. I
said to myself, “At least, you could eat something you liked and head back home.” I checked the time on my
phone to realize that it was barely noon. I somehow had to stall for some time to get the next quota of
meal that my body 'deserves.'</p>
<p name="beab" id="beab" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">So now, instead of getting work done at the
café, I had to pass time for lunch.
How productive of me!
I started looking at people nearby, walking
from the cafeteria to their offices—all dressed in formal attire to impress their bosses and clients.
Most of them seemed obese and in their mid-twenties or thirties.
Obesity is an outcome of their
sedentary lifestyle.
I wondered if I were one among them what horrors I might have to go through.
A bit
of this and a bit of that, I am quite the time killer as one imagination paces to another, I see that it’s
noon.
Hurray!
It’s lunchtime (tad early today).</p>
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to complete and the most easy and desired one.
I check the prices and find that it was modest
considering the quantity they had been giving to others.
Before that, I had to check other's quota to be
clear on how it looked and ascertain the number of chicken portions in it.
Quite satisfied with my
observations, I head to the food truck and ask for it.
The server (not the internet one) took a leaf
bowl (called <em class="markup--em markup--p-em">Donne</em>) and filled it with the spicy rice first.
Then, he filled it with a few pieces of chicken, half sliced boiled egg and then some onions and lemon.
Quite a craft.
“He’s doing more productive work than me”, I said to myself.
There’s only one thing left
now and that anyone can do — binge.
I lost sense of time as I started eating.
It was finished in no time.
I felt contentment and walked towards the lounge to sit for sometime, to allow myself to relax for a while
before I could head back home.</p>
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