It's been a while since I blogged, partly lethargy and partly due to the fact that my Dell keypad has only a few functioning alphabets. I have quickly changed my laptop password from the overly complicated one to a more simplistic one. Hoping that one button also doesn't fail! Anyways to avoid further disruptions of my widely read and acclaimed blog ( if you don't appreciate, yourself no one will! ) , I took the cheap route out. Bought myself a keyboard at a throwaway price of 150Rs and it's doing a pretty damned good job too. Somebody please inform Mr. Dell that we need jugaad here in India and not expensive sell your stereo type prices. So what if I have to carry around an extra keyboard where ever I go.. I think it makes me look so cool. you know like the hacker types ( See Die Hard 4: All hackers have it! ) . Got myself a laptop but I gotta use my own customised keyboard yaay!
This is India where it matters not how you reach from A to B but whether you are at B when it matters. Or you just missed the Gravy train from B. Coming to the point of jugaad, one another entire sector that needs to know is the fact that needs to seriously focus on this is Aviation industry. I had an interesting chat with a film production head on one of my famous trips where I wished I had my laptop. He raised some very serious issues regarding arifare and the necessities of a sandwich on a 1 hour trip. Can you not survive that 1 hour without a sandwich! Does your tummy do somersaults in an airplane? So the airplane guys charge you 3000Rs extra for a sandwich and a coke. So what ! It's the way to live. Bindaas jeena , bindaas marna! Well, somehow overpriced sandwiches and bottled water for a 1 hr plane journey is really not my thing. Go to a pub for that I say! :D
College Days
During college days, it was all about jugaad. I would like to list out my favorite ones (not necessarily in that order)
1. I remember that we once heated pizza using an iron box. (The owner of the iron box wasn't too impressed but we did save all that money). Some guys even used to use the same iron box to warm up wet undies. Having a selective memory helps:)
2. Another favorite was cooking maggi in the kettle and it was deliciously tasty too, especially when cooked in the wee early morning hours (post 1 am)
3. A friend of mine during his day zero interview used a black marker to darken his shoe. Lack of shoe polish, a common tragedy during interview days. Lack of ties was also another common difficulty, but one that could be easily averted, after all only so many interviewers. One tie to unite us all!
4. You know those parties where you invite a few people and more show up. Booze is the best invite. Well now you can't dissapoint anyone in a booze party, well atleast until it has not started yet. You don't have . Aloha! You cut a 500 ml cold drink plastic bottle in half and voila!, you have 2 glasses. Be careful to make clear, clean cuts though or you will be having a bloody mary throughout!.
Well these are some of the ones that I do remember, will update the list after a few more chats with the mates drinking overpriced alcohol in pretentious pubs. Until then cheers! and lage raho :)
