Calling out as to who goes the bathroom every morning, or pushing someone to go finish their “task,” so that you can snooze your sleep a little more. That was me, during Hostel and which continued once I started working as well.
How? Well, I lived in a PG with a few friends of mine. Although ‘6’ is not exactly few.
Food was bad. I mean most of the time; I had to spend eating outside. I actually would have explored every eatery in the vicinity. The only time we had to eat was when the month end would dawn upon us.
It was not just the food, but cleanliness too. Living with your friends ends up making you realize how different it is. The adjustment part sucks. More when you happen to be the male version of Monica.
Truth be told, I was not like this. Dirty laundry spread across the room during college was one of the trademarks, but then my roomies were decent too, so It didn’t matter that much then. But, now? Comparatively, I was a Monica. I became Monica. To the uninitiated, she is a cleanliness freak. On an entirely different note, if you happen to have not watched Friends, then skip the post here and watch it.
Finding a flat in Bangalore is tough; tougher is to find a roommate. I didn’t want to live with someone I didn’t know. And the people I knew were scarce in Bangalore. I mean, people I could live with without cribbing about their habits.
But It was time to start over. Time to kick the mood swings because of the place and people I stayed with. It was time to have a home away from home.
With luck, got my college senior back in Bangalore. As luck would have it, he ended up getting a job in my company itself. How great is that ?!
House Hunting began. It was time for #StartANewLife.
We searched it all o the Internet. Got a few leads but either it was the distance from office or just the high rent. Something or the other kept getting in our way. We even ended up hiring a broker for the job, even though we hated it. Who loves them anyway?
All the house hunting websites were so confusing that even after putting so many filters, you just cannot find what you’re looking for. You search for location A, and you get results near F. I mean WTF!!
Nothing seemed to have worked. And then out of the blue, I came across housing.com. We typed in the location, options and lots of options. Not just that, complete info about whether it has been listed by Landlord or agent, map-based search and display, price and negotiating details. All in one place. You might think this is what others have as well, right? But believe me, this is good. Even the UI is very user-friendly.
We shortlisted the options and fixed appointments on the same day, and voila!! We got ourselves a good place in less than 3km from our office. How great is that?
Starting over with the new place, was such a relief. I not only started cooking, which I tell you is one of the best things to happen in quite some time, but I could be at peace with myself. Life has been good. It is good to #StartANewLife
Bushra M
I like the personal touch you give to your posts. 🙂 My blog is dieing because of the lack of the same 🙁 Anyways, cool post! 🙂
mohammadfarooq
Yea kind of like writing it that way. There’s less to think and more to write 🙂
Thanks for reading!