To Mumbai I fly!!!

Last year, when I got placed in the green dot, I was almost sure that I would be going to Hyderabad this year. My dad was continuously asking me to call up someone in Hyderabad and ask them about the life there. I, the lazy bug, paid no heed to his requests until mom too joined the bandwagon. So finally, I got the phone numbers of some of my seniors. Two other girls in my class are joining the company too, so we decided that we would take for rent, a three-bedroom apartment. One day, we were talking about the apartment we would stay in, our plans for the weekends there and so on. My only regret was that Hyderabad did not belong to the coastal region. I am a diehard fish-curry lover.(Ask mom about it!) Fish may survive without water; I cannot survive without fish. And Hyderabad is more famous for chicken biriyani than fish.(sob!)

So we were talking. None of us know how to cook. On top of that, the other two are diehard vegetarians committed to enlightening the poor ignorant non-vegetarians about the harm they are causing.  So I was very doubtful about my future life. Imagine me becoming a vegetarian! I'd rather spent a night in the castle of Count Dracula all alone.

Then I got a call. The lady at the other end informed me that I'd be going to Mumbai and not to Hyderabad. I couldn't believe it. I asked her to repeat what she had said. My head was in a whirl. I was so happy. I have got an uncle and an aunt and an umpteen number of cousins and relatives there. And more importantly, there IS fish.

I got mixed reactions when I informed mom and dad. Both were initially shocked. But they are out of it now. I'll need to find accommodation, however. And that is going to be difficult.

There is a thing that dampens my spirits. Till now, I am the only person from the college who is going to Mumbai. That means I may miss my apartment and the Dum biriyani. The other two haven't got their calls yet and I pray that they may come to Mumbai as well.