trip to kanpur

TRAIN : the journey was rather uneventful. there was daal to eat all the time. there were some mallu an tamil ppl(bank an rail officers) who kept on eating someone's mothers chapatis and cracking schoolboy jokes and giggling like girls!! We reached on sunday at 1130 am. there was a chap from DrPhani's(valyachas student.) office who received us at the stairs(MRS Ramachandran IITKanpur, read the printout). the car was indica.

Kanpur is dirty. there are no raods.there was one flyover. cycle-rickshaws. cows


IITK is some 2000acres. and very clean. there are peacocks roaming around.
we went and registered.
then checked into the Visitoors Hostel. it was amazingly plush. a suite. with cable n comp.nice sofas, very comf.

soon, after we took our bath.lunched at te place downstairs. buffet, nice. DrP and family(wife mamta, kid mansa- 11th)came. then we went to his house. he left to interview more ppl. he sed we are rather useles.. and that workEx counts a loooot.

at his house. we sat anround. ate grapes. the water in K tastes different- in a not nice manner. i read asterix and the actress. then we left an came back. we then met again at his place 4 dinner. aunty 4got to serve the chapatis that she had made.

saw some tv. i slept at 11.

Monday: interview!!

1st a ppt .
then taken to interview place.
dided into grps.
there were 5 girls 4 the mornig session. there were 6 grps. each girl was in a different group. most ppl had work ex. very few were freshers. hm

interview wasnt too good.
gd was nice

then waht...

back to room by 1230.
lunched.

then saw some tv:)
at 830 taxi came. drP also came to station.

caught a diff train than what had bn booked as that one was very late. tatkal. only one confirmed. other rac. valyama an i had to share a 3 tier 2nd class berth.

TUESDAY: reached delhi in the morning.
took a taxi
reached airpt at 0730
brushed etc.
original time of departure - 0955
called to board - 1030
announced departure time - 1045
sat in plane till - 1130
took off at 1130

food given; also cd see all relief an landscape . very nice/ also saw wing flap etc during landing..

hyderabad - 230 or so. ppl got out . ppl gt in . quick

330 pm - cochin. 359 pm - out ,met valyachan.

440- reacched home.