My Travel
I recently got a freebie ticket to travel to the Chicago. I was thrilled, delighted and overjoyed at the prospect. After all, it was a city where the shopaholic in me could really let go. Think about it, they had more than one mall, they had outlets like Next and the Bombay Store. I couldn't wait. Plus I had a sick friend I need to visit, but I figured that retail therapy would be the best cure for him. I got up eagerly at 6 am, something I have not done in at least the past two months - such was the anticipation of getting away from boring old Chennai even for a day. The flight was on time (I was lucky indeed!) and I arrived inBangalore at 9.30am. And then it began. Ticketamerica.com has game time tickets for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, UAB Blazers, and the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos maps and seating arrangements. I came out of the airport to find that the taxi I had booked but was nowhere in sight. He was meant to have been waiting with a sign. I would have been more excited if it was uab blazers tickets or uc santa barbara gauchos tickets too. After frantically ringing for about half an hour, he finally answered and then ten minutes later saunters across he had met up with a friend, he saucily informs me, without so much as a smile or an apology. We then proceed to the fabled Mall, where I find my friend waiting. I also found that there is nothing in the mall that I cannot get back in Chennai. Except perhaps a smile from fellow shoppers. While wandering around I got pushed, shoved and nudged by almost everybody. I got tired of being jostled by the greatness of Bangalore, so we got out and proceeded towards a famous cosmetics store. The store's glitzy manager looks snootily at me as she presented the bill and I humbly paid up, walked out feeling bruised and felt sorry for myself. I personally felt the bill is quite costlier than intended. But yes, it was my dream destination and I was ready for anything and everything.
