Apartments, Laptops, Visa Stamping
Yes, I said that in my last post that I would re-write a post that I had written on women liberation, but I don’t have the hosh and josh at this moment to rewrite all of my thoughts. So I am going off on another tangent and just speak about the coming days. 
Weekend has been alright, it always could have been better. I had scheduled some appointments to view apartments in my city with my best friend, Beth, so we did that on Saturday afternoon. The apartment hunting is for Neeraj, and the two that we looked at were quite bigger than I expected. They had a sitting room + bedroom which also had a full bath and kitchen. The first one that we checked out I liked better, but it was more expensive (439 dollars per month) compared to the second one which Beth liked better (400 bucks). The second one had a smaller bathroom, no AC in the bedroom, and older kitchen appliances. Location of both were decent. So the search will continue as I have three more appointments in the next week.
Monday morning I am off to Chicago for a two day meeting/training thing. I am going to drop off my laptop at our office’s computer support place so that they can fix my mouse that has been hounding me for the past six months. 
I will be staying downtown and the meeting/training is in our hotel’s conference rooms only. The office, where I need to drop off the laptop, is also just two minutes from the hotel, so it shouldn’t be an issue. You may not hear from me/see me online until Tuesday night (I may not get the laptop until Tuesday afternoon then got to drive home).
Neeraj is at the US Consulate as we speak. His passport has dried so he has gone for his visa stamp again. Rain in Mumbai continues this morning there, but this time he’s on the third floor staying with a few guys who had helped him on that nightmareish Tuesday. If the trains are operating correctly, then he will be on the train Monday night to his home.
Have some tennis action going on Wednesday with some friends, and then the apartment hunting of course will continue. I am also searching around for a laptop for Neeraj. I have decided on Dell because its reliability, and the wonderful discount that I get from my job. I want to order it by Wednesday to ensure that its here by next week when Neeraj comes.
So that’s that — in a nutshell. Rain is nowhere in sight here, but I hope we do it get for the sake of the farmers. 
Alvida. Jai Mata Di.
July 31st, 2005 at 9:39 pm
My 346th comment on your blog…
chalo coming to the topic… yeah its raining again … just thinking ki kab rukti hai yahan barish???? got sick of it now!! mumbai hasn’t seen sunlight for the past 10 days i guess!!
Wishing u guys all the best… u guys are good planners… main hota to i would have kept on postponing everywork to the last min…
hope everything goes on well with u ppl!! :)
July 31st, 2005 at 9:41 pm
oops, looks like Poonam doesn’t like spam!! i lost my 3 comments…
July 31st, 2005 at 9:42 pm
Spamming se golden award nahi milega.
Par don’t worry..maine Ankur ke bhi combine kiye..dono ke barabar.
July 31st, 2005 at 9:47 pm
Galat baat.. spamming to hamara janam se adhikaar hai… we will fight for it!! :)
July 31st, 2005 at 9:48 pm
July 31st, 2005 at 10:02 pm
oh lucky Neeraj.. he gets an apt ready be4 he comes.. hmm… well I have been on many apartment hunting missions myself… gr8 experience always… :)
August 1st, 2005 at 12:45 am
Good luck with the apartment hunting, good luck with that…..
Oh O.. one bad news I just read in newspaper today that consulate would remain shut today ..
i got all ready and all with document and stuff coz even i had to visit today… luckly read the newspaper before leaving
August 1st, 2005 at 2:31 am
Naya ghar, naya laptop, Badhiya hai
just kidding
Glad that things are going well for both of you, ask Neeraj to get out of Mumbai as soon as he can, you can be never sure of rains.
Good luck in apartment hunt….
August 1st, 2005 at 5:30 am
Yes Puneet he did go to the Consulate only to find the same thing as you said that it was closed.
Took him two hours to get back to Powai. Anyway, let’s hope that it is open tomorrow. I will suggest to Neeraj to try to listen to the radio before he goes. Which newspaper did you read? Would it be on the net, like closings and all?
Yup Satya, slowly but surely we are getting ready. Yes, he was suppose to leave today from Mumbai but with the Consulate being closed his work wasn’t completed.
He will stay tomorrow and hopefully the Consulate will be open, and also the trains will be running. 
August 1st, 2005 at 11:55 am
Oh wow…too much to do. Neeraj must be so excited. Is his apt. going to be close to where you live? I am sure that would make things easier and simpler for both of you.
Well keep hunting for the apt and I am sure soon you will land up on the one you would want to get.
Rain?? I have literally forgotten what rain looks like. We have had the longest stretch of this dry weather here in midwest.. The farmers sure are in need of some rain.
August 1st, 2005 at 1:16 pm
..so its more on dance, party and happenings.. after Neeraj reaches amreeka.. waiting for the blog to rock then on..
August 1st, 2005 at 6:48 pm
August 1st, 2005 at 6:55 pm
Neeraj, Lucky Fella! :) mmm wait! just like me :) I had the same thing done by my then boy friend and now hubby when I moved to Bangalore :)…that is soo sweet!Poonam…
August 1st, 2005 at 8:14 pm
August 1st, 2005 at 8:37 pm
Good Luck Neeraj & Poonam
Poonam, I have replied to your post here…
August 1st, 2005 at 9:10 pm
Good ! Seems like everything is going better now
Hope Neeraj will get the visa stamp soon and nothing happened again 
Apartment hunting
I like doing that … look at different places, it’s really fun. However, it will not be fun anymore when I like an apartment and I can’t get it 
Talking about Laptop, is it true that we are able to get big discount if we buy Dell laptop because we are working in Accenture ???
August 2nd, 2005 at 2:12 am
hey Poonam, good tht u’ve planned all these thigns before Neeraj lands thr.. Hope Neeraj too won’t have any troubles in getting his visa stamped….
heard tht its going to rain in Mumbai again.. hope its not as worse as it was last week.. but don’t worry.. everything will work out well for Neeraj.. :)
August 2nd, 2005 at 8:36 pm
Yes I hope it works out this time too Mona. He is still going to the Consulate…still not fixed as of yet.
Hopefully today will be our day. 
Yes we do dear get a discount. Check it out at the portal, then click on discount directory.
Troubles continue Prasad unfortunately.
Neeraj had gone yesterday and the consulate people had said that the passport is still not dry enough. 
Let’s hope for the best today. 
August 4th, 2005 at 2:05 am
- but it was more expensive (439 dollars per month) compared to the second one which Beth liked better (400 bucks)
wow….cheap appts. yahan to atleast 1000 - 1100 ka milta hai (one room)