The upside to being unemployed and a home renter, versus being a cubicle prisoner and a home owner, is the ability to pack up and move, either on a whim or after deep thought.
Less than a year ago, when my humans decided to disrupt their children’s lives and move to India, simply because they felt like it, they were both gainfully employed and paying a hefty mortgage.
10 months into their Indian adventure (yes, that’s how mom sees it, as an adventure) with neither a job nor any other form of security blanket, the humans have decided to move again - simply because they feel like it.
“Arrey, you guys just came here. You’re moving already?” asked an acquaintance. “All that packing and unpacking. Oof, baba, I don’t think I can do it,” shuddered the woman.
The school principal handed over the children’s school leaving certificate asking, “Husband getting a transfer aa?”
“Yes,” smiled mom, lying through her teeth.
“Has he at least started looking for a job?” asks grandpa worriedly over the phone. "The cost of living in Chennai is lower; you'll realize it as soon as you move."
The humans know little about the city they’re moving to. As the majority of its inhabitants, my humans will also be outsiders, fighting their way through mind-numbing traffic and communicating in languages other than the local one.
“You said the weather’s nice there, mom,” the children exclaim. “Then how come they have lizards if it’s not hot?”
Can you guess where we’re moving?
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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Bangalore? Good luck with the move!
Bangalore? or Mumbai? good luck with the move - we're moving, too, albeit 50 miles away to a new home. :)
Bangalore? Can't be Mumbai, it is hot (and humid) there. It has lizards though.
Veena
Tell me it's Vizag...and you got a deal ...Srikanth
bangalore?
it has way fewer lizards than bombay.
terri:
no you're not!! are you guys really moving to namma bengalooru?
bengalooru sounds about right - i bet most places in usa are less expensive than chennai right now, so usa is ruled out! and bengalooru is probably where unemployed can expect to be employed. and you could still talk to your maids in tamil (or hindi).
if it really is bengalooru that are you moving to, i look forward to meeting you on our next visit.
- s.b.
Australia
bangalore, i can bet on this.
your next stop should be paris. you shouldnt leave out a complete continent like that:)
-sachita
b'lore wud be an obvious guess...so i know it is not b'lore, too soon to get back to US...i guess i shall have to wait!! good luck with the move :)
gau
terri:
this has nothing to do with the price of tea in china or chennai, but ...
"... paying a hefty mortgage."
in spite of, or because of, your penchant for the hyperbole, i have a tough time believing that! on the other hand, chains like those bind newer homeowners like us much stronger, especially in the current environment when folks and their houses - believe it or not - turn upside down faster than you can say "terristurf!"
- s.b.
hmmm wonder where? ;-)
let's see - not hot, still has lizards...mind-numbing traffic, languages other than the local one - very good clues...namma bengaluru..
good luck with the move!
- ganesh
What? Nobody suggested Timbuktu?!!!
Hi, I read this blog regularly, and am delurking to wish you good luck with the move.
Guessing it's Bangalore too.
If it is Bangalore, I can report that we are a lizard-free house so far. We saw a couple of small ones when we first moved in, but they seem to be gone. May be the pollution killed them :(
-DS
sounds like Bengalooru alright!! :) Good luck!
Bangalore it is then! Good luck with the move!
Let me know if you need some Grand Sweets maal couriered to you ;)...I live quite close to it!
hey terr,
if i may, can u have gooddaysunshine courier a LOT Of things from grand sweets? ;-)) their mysore pak, tomato and gongura chutneys esp .... yum!
and yipeeeeeeeeeee u're moving!! tell mom there's some good gaspacho and chat session waiting (if she remembers what i'm alluding to, that is!)
call sometime soon.
ara
Bangalore is my guess too!
Bangalore.
Or would it be Delhi?
ah no! and here i was planning to meet u in july! nooo!
Wow, that was a rhetorical question people. I didn't think I'd receive so many responses. Majority wins, as they say, so yes, our new digs will be in the neighboring metro with killer pollution, suicidal drivers and overburdened infrastructure. We'll miss the sound of the waves, but the mating calls of the lizards will elicit the same reaction wherever we are.
Hah! Glad to see mom has seen the light and moved to the *only* decent city in India!
M (yes, a Bangalorean, who is now g, d, and running as fast as possible from missile flinging Chennaites!)
P.S. all your angst over TP has a solution as well, see? Best City..as I said :-)
Has mom passed on her extreme obsession of lizards to the young ones?
-sachita
Yippee! Bangalore it is! Welcome to the city of all flavors!! :-).
May be i could participate in one of the get-togethers and get to meet you.
- Shree
What?? You leaving to B'lore? Sighhhh!
Pagal khandaan hai pura!!! come back here.. i'll pay for the anti- gecko pest control till one of you gets a job. totally pagal.
Guddi, there might be a cure for cancer, but there is no anti-gecko pest control. Mom has researched the subject. The only thing left is to get a cat as a house pet.
Chitra, why the sigh?
Shree, I'll keep you posted.
sachita, where do you think mom got her phobia from? Yes, from her own mother.
M, what is g and d?
desigirl, maybe our paths will cross. I'll just be a 5-hour train ride away.
Pretty Woman, I wish it were Paris.
ara, send me a list before I leave. Who makes gazpacho? Is Maharaj still there?
gds, thank you for your kind offer. I hope to shed those last five pounds now that Grand Snacks will be out of sight. From what I see, the temptation is worse in Bangalore.
The Muser, thank you.
DS, just the fact that you had lizards to begin with is worrisome. They can always come back, like cancer.
wordjunkie, ganesh, new people, thank you.
Vijay, you were among the first few to know.
s.b., any mortgage is hefty, especially if you have to pay for 31 years.
gau, thanks. We've been told not to move out of India for at least one more year. Feelings are supposed to change by then, it seems.
sachita, ah, Paris, Rome, Madrid. I'll even take frigid London at this point since they don't have creepy crawlies.
WA, not unless it's lizard-free New Zealand. Our hotel room at the Great Barrier Reef had geckos behind the bed and in the bathroom. I hated that part of the vacation.
s.b., when is your next visit to nimma Bengaluru?
broom, really? You make it sound as though Bombay is crawling with lizards. How do these celebrities live there? I feel I'm the only one here with this irrational fear.
Srikanth, no Vizag or Hyderabad. At least we have family and friends in these other parts we're moving to. We might as well move back to the U.S. if we have to move to a place where we know nobody.
Veena, sands, thank you.
Mystic, good luck to you too. I'm not even sure where you live.
Ooof!
I'll be in MDR for a fortnight this summer and was planning to meet your folks, Terri. :( I didn't realise the idea terrified them so much!
Sue, you are cordially invited to Bangalore. A fortnight in this heat? Wow! You're brave.
yay! I shall see you soon!
Yay! We can meet! My brother lives there!
ra, muser, let me know when!
School hol. Besides, my folks have a pool in the apt. :)
No chance of B'lore this time, but next time I go, I'll drop you a line.
Hey Terri
Welcome...suswagatham!! I am sure we will here a lot more interesting accounts from you about namma bengaluru!!
Enjoy madi :)
Happy Bangalore, Terri and family.
When do you move?
All the very best in your new city.
Hi, ditto your feelings on 'A Mighty Heart'. Actually felt a little guilty about not feeling anything other than unease at how COLD Jolie was.
wordjunkie, I'm still trying to figure out if the problem was just with Jolie or the entire film.
dipali, thank you. We'll move as soon as we find a suitable rental. Given mom's hard to please disposition, it seems to be taking time.
ano, BangaloreMom, thank you.
sue, pool in Chennai apartment complex? Not in my neighborhood then. Sounds so refreshing.
Hey Terri.. stumbled upon ur blog a few days back.. like the way u write.. some of ur posts are so hilarious! thanks and keep up the good job :)
I thought another move meant another set of house/maid/cook-hunting stories,the neighbourhood maamis and not to forget the favorite paunch showing, proud displayer of all the degrees ever earned neighbour . please start the posts soon:)
A journey called Life, such kind words! Thank you for reading.
Sachita, still in Chennai. Will move after we find a rental.
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