It was 10th October 2006, I joined Magnet Technologies in Kandivali E. The traveling if calculated from my home till the office was very hectic.
Dombivli to Dadar : 60 mins
Dadar to Kandivali : 40 mins
Kandivali stn to office : 15 mins
other time : 20 mins (waiting for right train.. crossing through bridges.. and all)
The one way time to reach office was approximately 2.5 hours.. so daily I had to spend 5 hours only in traveling. The office timing were of 9 hours. Aggregate my 14 hours in a day were supposed spend in this. I was not ready to sacrifice my 5 hours only in traveling for getting nothing. I decided to stay near the office. I was staying in Bandra with my uncle during the initial months. It was quite good experience to stay in Bandra. Bandra is coolest and happening suburbs in Mumbai. My uncle, aunt and brothers were happy with my stay and didn’t had any objection. I was very fortunate for this. I heard from many of my friends and colleagues how there relatives treat them if you stay with them. I was really lucky having such a good relatives. However I didn’t wanted to disturb much in their personal life and was desperately in search of a new house nearby office and fortunately I met Vivek Danej.. the newly joined php developer. I moved to Kandivali .. ‘Thakur complex.’ What a cool place it was!! We had a swimming pool below our balcony however I could not get an opportunity to swim there.
I was staying there with Mango (Mangesh), Aslam Bhai (Vivek) and Nagoba (ManojKumar). Later my collage met Pranav replaced Nagoba. We had lot of fun and masti.. cooking Egg Burjee.. Dal Khichadi… Chicken.. and many other Sabjees. I was quite lucky again.. about my room mates. All were very co-operative, friendly, helpful, caring and fun loving. Vivek was the best room mate I had. May 2007 was very stressful for the roomies as we had to leave the place. We were now in search of another roof to hide. Again.. another uncle of mine were there for my help. He suggested a room of his relative (Kalpesh) at Chandivali’s Mhada Complex.
Me with Aslam and Pranav shifted to Chandivali. The house was on the 6th floor. We got down our belongings from the tempo and checked for the elevator. oooooooooppps!!! Unfortunately the lift was not working. We had very heavy things with us like the Bed.. cylinder.. my dumbells of 40 pounds.. many pans and plates and other cooking material and of course our bags. Huh ! We three get all the things on our shoulder upto the 6th floor. We were very tired. We opened the room and found the next problem awaiting for us. The room was not vacant since the built up and was full of cement and dust all over. We then cleaned and washed the room and got the things in. The balcony view was very cool. We had a direct view of some part of the International Airport from our balcony. And as it was on 6th floor we had blessed with fresh air.
Again.. next issue we found was regarding the electricity. The room didn’t had a meter setup yet. I had to stay at Dadar with my brother. But Aslam and Pranav stayed on the room without Lights.. and Fan for two days. I cant believe how did they manage those two days. When I came back I got all set. Pranav went back to his home and we got two new roomies. Pakya and Umya who were Aslam’s friends.
The room was very small. It was the typical room where most the Mumbaikars live. Hardly 250 sq feet area and four people who were supposed to leave the room for office on the same time. But we shared a very understanding relation. Overall it was quite good experience staying with the roomies. I learned different things from all the room mates I had. It was 18th October, my last day in the Chandivali room. The roomies gave me a pleasant surprise party. They had ordered delicious food from the nearby hotel. Everyone had a few words about me during the dinner. They also asked me to share my experience staying with them. These will be the unforgettable days of my life.

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