0n 9thof Jan. our owner asked us whether we r willing to stay at his home for a yr more…v said yupp, its an honour to be hre for an yr again..its always nice to give some lift to whatever one says... George Philip was happy an next day he came an said dear all,the rent has been hiked to 6000inr. wat!!It was a tuff to fathom at first, a hike of nearly 100%..
aravi regained his good senses and asked whether tre is any lowering.. gp went for a thought and said he will pay for the society too.. for us it was a mere gain of 500 bucks.. gp continued ..That’s it..its the last and final offer..dont xpect me to go down further..as though toughening his stand said tre r a lot of wannabe tenants waiting to get the house 4 this rent…it was a perfect catch 22 for us..live or leave..Aravi said the obvious.. V R MOVING..it was a daredevil stand considering the fact that till15 mins b4 we didnt ever had the remotest idea of a shift..he simply held the charging bull by its horns..gp gave us a weeks time for thinking..
We rushed to ammachi…ammachi was the quintessential guide and problem ..she was the last word for all our glocal issues..as always she guaranteed us help. the housing complex Sec. mr.Nair had newly bought a flat @ morya bldg, a 250m walk from our present domicile.. an ammachi talked with the nair fly an it was finally decided tat v are fit to stay tre for a rent of 4700inr…. I had a talk with Nair and made sure tat the society had no probs with housing bachelors ….it was now payback time and i foned gp an informed abt our readiness for the move..it was a bolt from the blue for gp.. he never expected us to get a home that soon…Mr. an Mrs. gp rushed in an, I with a lot of arrogance, said stubbornly tat the hike was highly unreasonable an the opportunism shown erased all the respect we had for them..this was too much for the hubby wifepair, a 20 something fellow dictating terms in a highly irreverent way..they took all my verbal volleys with dignified and discerning silence..i went on and on, giving quite an earful for the couple. .both looked pale and took leave..i pasted a “ all world at my feet” kinda smirk on my face..
as was promised.. v shifted the entire household items on tat nite…all by ourselves… we transported verything,the almirah, beds,cloths all..the first two days were gr8....peace didn’t prevail long.. some neighbors (goondas) came at midnight and told aravi tat they will beat us if v prolong our stay for more than 15 days there..v again contacted Nair, an nair’s daughter a full blown NRI (SPEAKS ALWAYS IN ENGLISH) took toll of the situation,and said the situation is quite bad an its always better to hear our polite neighbours..she forced her opinion by saying that they have the distinction of keeping their words most often..ammachi also didn’t had any alternate view on the matter..
the writing was on the wall..its time to homehunt again..but the NRI came out with a backup plan.. a week later, the NRI wud be taking the entire nair fly out of India for 6 months..nairs house will be ghost ridden for that much time..so till v fully succeed on our home hunt, Nair was benevolent enuff to allot the hall of his home to us..…nair also said tat he will keep his new house( the one in which we shifted) to himself an would rent out only after he ruturns from abroad…so that meant the shifted things can stay at morya bldg an v can shift the household items to a nu house or to nairs room at our own pace..as if showcasing our gratitude to nair and co.,our tv was kept at nairs house and tv also was not working then.. the plan was okayed… for one week after which they will lleave for uk, we got the permission frm goondas to stay@ morya bldg….everything look settled and after some sleepless nites we all slept huddled together on that serene nite..as always, when it rains it pours,,destiny had certain other plans..
Nair’s and in turn our hopes wre thrashed as his family was denied the visa and their trip stood cancelled for the moment…question marks were wat we cud all see around us..v were in dire straights as v didn't had a place to shift after the week as v had first tot of shifting to his home..enter gp..sensing this opportunity gp again contacted aravi an said tat they r willing to rent the house for 4500inr…the long line of tenents who were waiting for gps home was a nothing more than a paranoid claim...he was running behind ppl to get the home housed..
v also had no other choices…so v said yes an told him tat v wont pay a months rent an asked him to paint the house b4 v shift tre… the Eveready ammachi in the meanwhile started doing consultancy services for the nairs an readied another family for our present ( nairs) home…the goondas had no opposition to flys staying there..so we had the deadline set 4 Feb. 1…that meant we have to shift to gps house within Feb. 1..the coming tenant wanted Nair to paint the house an nair responded well by starting the painting without consulting us, an faizoo an aravi stayed all throughout tat period in the house…as I had already decided I took aweeks sabbatical from the turmoil and descended to my home sweet home..aravi anf Faizoo stayed and braved the painting sessions at the home..faizoo olfactory systems got areal hammering and was down with fever for some days..but the painting didn’t stop and went on..
the painting got over and the time was up for us to shift to gps home..as it sud have been for our bad times gp started the painting at his house.i too was back frm home.. we without much choice lived at gps home while the painting was goin in full swing.. I believe no one on the face of earth has to deal with such backlashes in a way v 3 had in these two weeks.P.S.All except v 3 laughed it out thru the 2 weeks…Nair , an ardent idea star singer aficionado, njoyed all the episodes with OUR t.v, whle we were paint ridden in his other home..
got an under repair house rented 4 15 days 4 3000inr…kudos NAIRji..u rocked..
Ammachi still frightens faizal sayin…dhairyammayittirikkada njaan ellam sariaaki tharaam ( be brave..why fear when I am here..)..
Gp is also vry happy…mrs gp said to aravi tat “aa ithiriponnavante (me) samsaaram ottum shariyalla”… (“That mass less (me) creature’s attitude sucks. Ask him to mind it”)..
if luck favours chankaran veendum thengael.My take: somethings in life comes wen u least xpect it. dont prepare yourself for that day as whatever u do it will surely boomerang on you. the only thing tat u can truly do is to sit back and enjoy..
We rushed to ammachi…ammachi was the quintessential guide and problem ..she was the last word for all our glocal issues..as always she guaranteed us help. the housing complex Sec. mr.Nair had newly bought a flat @ morya bldg, a 250m walk from our present domicile.. an ammachi talked with the nair fly an it was finally decided tat v are fit to stay tre for a rent of 4700inr…. I had a talk with Nair and made sure tat the society had no probs with housing bachelors ….it was now payback time and i foned gp an informed abt our readiness for the move..it was a bolt from the blue for gp.. he never expected us to get a home that soon…Mr. an Mrs. gp rushed in an, I with a lot of arrogance, said stubbornly tat the hike was highly unreasonable an the opportunism shown erased all the respect we had for them..this was too much for the hubby wifepair, a 20 something fellow dictating terms in a highly irreverent way..they took all my verbal volleys with dignified and discerning silence..i went on and on, giving quite an earful for the couple. .both looked pale and took leave..i pasted a “ all world at my feet” kinda smirk on my face..
as was promised.. v shifted the entire household items on tat nite…all by ourselves… we transported verything,the almirah, beds,cloths all..the first two days were gr8....peace didn’t prevail long.. some neighbors (goondas) came at midnight and told aravi tat they will beat us if v prolong our stay for more than 15 days there..v again contacted Nair, an nair’s daughter a full blown NRI (SPEAKS ALWAYS IN ENGLISH) took toll of the situation,and said the situation is quite bad an its always better to hear our polite neighbours..she forced her opinion by saying that they have the distinction of keeping their words most often..ammachi also didn’t had any alternate view on the matter..
the writing was on the wall..its time to homehunt again..but the NRI came out with a backup plan.. a week later, the NRI wud be taking the entire nair fly out of India for 6 months..nairs house will be ghost ridden for that much time..so till v fully succeed on our home hunt, Nair was benevolent enuff to allot the hall of his home to us..…nair also said tat he will keep his new house( the one in which we shifted) to himself an would rent out only after he ruturns from abroad…so that meant the shifted things can stay at morya bldg an v can shift the household items to a nu house or to nairs room at our own pace..as if showcasing our gratitude to nair and co.,our tv was kept at nairs house and tv also was not working then.. the plan was okayed… for one week after which they will lleave for uk, we got the permission frm goondas to stay@ morya bldg….everything look settled and after some sleepless nites we all slept huddled together on that serene nite..as always, when it rains it pours,,destiny had certain other plans..
Nair’s and in turn our hopes wre thrashed as his family was denied the visa and their trip stood cancelled for the moment…question marks were wat we cud all see around us..v were in dire straights as v didn't had a place to shift after the week as v had first tot of shifting to his home..enter gp..sensing this opportunity gp again contacted aravi an said tat they r willing to rent the house for 4500inr…the long line of tenents who were waiting for gps home was a nothing more than a paranoid claim...he was running behind ppl to get the home housed..
v also had no other choices…so v said yes an told him tat v wont pay a months rent an asked him to paint the house b4 v shift tre… the Eveready ammachi in the meanwhile started doing consultancy services for the nairs an readied another family for our present ( nairs) home…the goondas had no opposition to flys staying there..so we had the deadline set 4 Feb. 1…that meant we have to shift to gps house within Feb. 1..the coming tenant wanted Nair to paint the house an nair responded well by starting the painting without consulting us, an faizoo an aravi stayed all throughout tat period in the house…as I had already decided I took aweeks sabbatical from the turmoil and descended to my home sweet home..aravi anf Faizoo stayed and braved the painting sessions at the home..faizoo olfactory systems got areal hammering and was down with fever for some days..but the painting didn’t stop and went on..
the painting got over and the time was up for us to shift to gps home..as it sud have been for our bad times gp started the painting at his house.i too was back frm home.. we without much choice lived at gps home while the painting was goin in full swing.. I believe no one on the face of earth has to deal with such backlashes in a way v 3 had in these two weeks.P.S.All except v 3 laughed it out thru the 2 weeks…Nair , an ardent idea star singer aficionado, njoyed all the episodes with OUR t.v, whle we were paint ridden in his other home..
got an under repair house rented 4 15 days 4 3000inr…kudos NAIRji..u rocked..
Ammachi still frightens faizal sayin…dhairyammayittirikkada njaan ellam sariaaki tharaam ( be brave..why fear when I am here..)..
Gp is also vry happy…mrs gp said to aravi tat “aa ithiriponnavante (me) samsaaram ottum shariyalla”… (“That mass less (me) creature’s attitude sucks. Ask him to mind it”)..
if luck favours chankaran veendum thengael.My take: somethings in life comes wen u least xpect it. dont prepare yourself for that day as whatever u do it will surely boomerang on you. the only thing tat u can truly do is to sit back and enjoy..
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kollam.... nee oru vazhakalliya ippozhum!!!try maxm to keep ur head out of problems & i thnk aa ammachi athra shariyalla ennu....keep postin more....
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