Monday, April 26, 2010

Surviving with "Chhiyalis rupaye" - Survival techniques

Ever wondered how to survive in Bangalore (with a bike to maintain and a 2BHK flat to maintain and a foodie inside you to maintain) for One whole week with just 46 rupees? I did. and frankly I am proud to share my survival techniques which range from Social engineering to brazening out of situations.

Day 1:
You wake up at 8 its Saturday and need to brush and have breakfast.
So don't wake up at 8, ensure that the previous night you played video games, watched downloaded movies, read some boring books and managed to sleep only after 4 A.M.
Now with the previous day schedule you must wake up post noon the following day. Being a Saturday follow the same for today. You at least can bypass the breakfast.
check the fuel level in the bike (I had 2 liters left approximately, and roughly that can take me around for 80km). Do not brush when you wake up (It makes you hungry). Check the amount of rice and daal you have. No vegetables makes no difference as having daal and rice itself makes you a lucky chap. Prepare rice and daal with precision as in only as much as you eat. Get yourself some achaar and put a nice hard tadka on the daal.
Have a good meal around 4 P.M. Walk down to nearest mall call up a few friends. Fortunately I have a postpaid connection :)
Buy an egg for Rs 3/- and then mix up the egg in the daal to make it (delicious) egg tadka and have it in dinner. Repeat step one.

Day 2: Money left 43/-

Repeat the activity of day one till dinner. and the dinner can be made as egg noodle. It will cost you 10/- + 3 /- = 13 rupees. Sleep early.

Day 3: Money left 30/-
Wake up early have a good bath and press your cloth yourself to save those precious 5 rupees.
Get to office dont take and idly or dosa in brekfast. Take two large bananas. (3 rupees each) have cofee at office and gear up your sense of humor. Plan a prank and convince other to force some one in the office for a lunch treat (mayb be just a south Indian thali still a paid meal). Have a stomach full one. On the way back to home grab a pack of good day for yourself from office. Prepare rice daal and have with achaar.

Day 4: Money left 24/-
Repeat the day 3 activity except for having a paid meal. Go to a regular restaurant whre you eat mostly
eat a good meal and say Ohh I ahve forgot the wallet. Will pay to tomorrow. Being old valued customer the restaurant guy wont mind it. For dinner have egg noodles (13/-)

Day 5: Money left 11/-
Repeat the day 3 activity and get a paid lunch from a friend. have biscuit and tea for dinner.

Day 6: Money left 11/-
See if some Bday or anniversary is on in office. Grab yourself a few good chunk of cake and chocolates. Have it for dinner. Lunch anyway they will treat.

Day 7: Consume all the 11 rupees and try a trick from step 1 to 6.

And thats how you survive a week (last week of the month) till you get the salary. :)

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