#BangaloreDiaries: One World, Uniworld!
The Journal's Journey,
so far:
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so far:
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1. The Prelude.
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A roller coaster search ensued!
It is true that the recent technological boom has filled our lives with convenience. I browsed through several websites, installed many applications on my smart phone and started short-listing accommodation options.
Dilemma gripped me on several occasions.
I remember my search quest was a couple of weeks old when one of the weekends I decided to book a cab to visit one of my college friends, who stayed in a hostel-cum-service apartment, located on the outskirts of the city.
It started to drizzle by the time my cab halted at the gates of the majestic building. I paid a hefty amount to the cab driver for the hour long journey from one corner of the city to the other and called my friend.
Moments later, I was silently following Varun who issued a visitor pass for me. Both of us exchanged nostalgic pleasantries as we entered the main hostel compound.
Something made me gaze at the skies.
And then, I was mesmerized.
I gasped at the symmetry of the majestic building on entering it. Every corridor was carefully lined with overhead lamps and neatly marked floor markings. On each side were wooden doors neatly labeled with room numbers.
With every walk round the corridor, peaceful vibes embraced me. The cream colored walls, although dull at appearance, had an appeal of a thousand stories in itself.
My heart pumped with excitement, waiting to unravel what hidden messages did the walls hid?
After visiting several "disturbingly shady" paying guest accommodations, this one got my instant attention.
I heaved a long breath and turned my steps towards the reception area.
The past couple of weeks taught me that beautiful places like this always came with a hefty price tag. Owners would demand ten months of rent as advance security deposits, that too for unfurnished apartments. Where I stood, every room was so neatly furnished.
The chirpy guy at the reception briefed me about the do’s and don't s of the place, the facilities, the surrounding spots, the vacant areas and finally disclosed the dreaded price tag.
I screamed in excitement as I reached out for my credit card - for the rent, including the deposit was well within my budget!
Minutes later I was assisted to my deluxe room. My luggage safely transported.
I remember spending the first couple of days unpacking and decorating my room. Decently sized, it came with an attached washroom, a small kitchen equipped with a mini fridge a microwave oven and a cute little balcony that gave a splendid panoramic view of the ever changing Bangalore skyline.
I decorated the balcony with Tibetan prayer flags that I had bought from Himachal Pradesh. Every color bearing a different meaning would flutter with cool gushes of wind.
I would peacefully sit to meditate in the balcony whenever my sweet soul craved, the wind-chime making sweeter tones overhead.
What else do you expect in lieu of under ten grand monthly rent?
I was sold!
I soon started sharing my room with Varun, after his existing roommate shifted. He was staying here for more than two years. He described his stay at Uniworld as life changing.
Social meetings over glasses of beer or rolls of grass was a common sight. It was an adorable sighting.
No two days or nights were same there.
Little did I know, my brief stint at Uniworld would transform old acquaintances to closely knit bonds of friendship. You start realizing the importance of friends, who slowly take up important spaces in your life, often filling up old voids of emptiness. There were times during my stay when these newly made friends garnered memories precious than my own family.
Friends away from home become your family.
A few months old, what started as a friendly acquaintance, converted to the inseparable wolf pack. We would scream in unison at the slightest of occurrences.
Every smallest of the event in any one's life was celebrated with eager happiness.
If not, every weekend was decorated with fond memories, so vivid that flashbacks were needed on the weekdays to recall the happenings over the weekend.
We laughed, we danced, we tripped, we cried - did so much in so little time.
From spending sleepless nights to watching the first rays of sunrise, together.
A journey of a thousand moments, spinning and re-living one at a time!
The fact that Uniworld provides you the exact kind of space, facilities, vibes, resources, surrounding people and location you require to cherish and outlive your life!
Due to such exciting incidents or phases in your life, that pass with such great ease, you start realizing that time is just a quantitative measure of the moments we fill our lives with.
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And as I complete writing this blog post - that I started a couple of months back, but couldn't give a definite outline to it - I question myself that, isn't the sole purpose of each of our lives is to paint this empty canvas bequeathed to us, with the best and exquisite of colors, so that when we look at the painting of our life, from a greater distance, we sigh at the sheer magnificence of the artist.
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.Epilogue.
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The intricate forces behind the subtle movement of the life form are designed such that it doesn't pause; no matter what wave you sail while surfing the vast ocean of life.
Life changes; or at least the set-setting around you change. Faces around you change, the swirling energies surrounding you change - that collaboratively contribute towards changing the thoughts your mind digests on; eventually bringing a total change in the objects you keep manifesting around you. You are the true creator of your destiny. The changes that surge through your life, at the behest of your destiny or coincidence - whatever you believe in - are solely conspiring to help you achieve that you subconsciously wish to weave!
Change is truly the only constant.
Like, as I was bidding goodbye to this place, turning back and sighing with a heavy heart - for the last time - staring blankly at the walls of his place, I had called Home for so long,
little did I know, I was destined to meet Bhole Naatha!
**To Be Continued**
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