Every Cloud Has a Sliver Lining....*

I have decided that I will not torture you with the morose details of my mundane existence in this last place that God made (On second thought, this wouldn't have even been the last place that He made. I am almost sure that he Bangalored this job and this is what man came up with!) I will not complain. I will not whine. I will not crib. I will not get bogged down. After all, every cloud has a silver lining.

Ladies, Laddies and Gentlemen, let me introduce you to the multiple benefits of staying where I do:

1) It's a hole away from home. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife**
2) While the whole of Chennai faces a water crisis, this is NOT a problem here. One day, there was no water in the morning and I got to do all ( READ "ALL") my daily rituals in mineral water!!!
3) You get the bestest of hostel food. Parattas which are much tougher than the sorry roads of India (EJ, parattas are similar in shape to pancakes-it's not the best comparison but the best I could think of). It's almost like chewing rubber. Guaranteed to make you a tougher person-atleast you get tougher jaws;if you have any left that is!
4)The rain gods occasionally grace this resort of mine. The past two days have been bleary, dull, grey, sombre, cool, bleak-in short: BEAUTIFUL! The ground seems to be pretty amenable to these watery outbursts from the heavens. So amenable that my shoes seem to sink into the ground with every plod I take. I have to squish my way from one place to another. Isn't it lovely? (This last line is stolen from "My Fair Lady")
5)On Weekends, if you have tired of seeing only stray cattle,stray dogs, and stray people, feel free to step into the city which is only about one and a half hour's drive away in an authentic state of the cart Government bus.
6)After a long drive, courtesy a very Schumacherisque driver, step into Spencer's Plaza. The Plaza has it all-food,mementoes,trinkets,clothes,shoes,accessories,skin- all on walking talking live models!!!! It gets so crowded that you easily get to 'bump' into people regardless of whether that's what you want or not.***

Now tell me-Aren't I one lucky person???????????????????

* that should have been "silver lining" and not "sliver lining". It was Sharon 'hot' Stone uncrossing her legs in my roving mind's eye. The mental image was too moving. The error is deeply regretted. It will (not) happen again.
** provided you do not count about 1000 plus adult males in their puberty as people.
***Holy Shamoly!! It sometimes seems as though I was in a Virtual Reality version of Hot or Not!!! I hardly am able to restrain my eyes from popping out..next time I'm gonna get me some blinkers...