The other day, as usual I came out of the guest house thinking of going to restaurant for having a cup of tea. I was shocked to see a big vehicle rushing fast towards me, blowing heavy smoke, which almost covered the whole of back, for a moment I did not understand what to do! I ran back to the guest house and was inside in a minute. The vehicle passed by, and the whole street is covered with smoke, it did smell something, I did not bother, I was wondering what the f*** is happening. I saw some kids running behind that vehicle in their cycle in that smoke, so I was kind of relaxed as to it may not be a toxic smoke. Now I started smelling the smoke, it smelled something between petrol and kerosene oil. I was still wondering what it could be, with these thoughts still in my mind I walked in that smoke till restaurant. While having tea, I asked our guest house owner about the incident, he said, its municipality people spraying smokes to control mosquitoes!! Alas!! I wish BBMP to do something similar to prevent Chicken Guinea and Malaria etc.
The amusement still did not stop that day; I came out of the restaurant and was sipping my cup of tea watching the 40 storied Samsung building next to our guest house on the other side of the main road. A fellow came in car, was dressed neatly, pulled out some road blockers and placed around a drain opening, he put on another jacket type dress to cover his body, opened the lid, placed the ladder (which was present inside) and got inside that drain opening. After a while, he came up, took off the jacket and placed the ladder back, and came back to car. I thought his work is over! I was thinking how professional it is, can we expect this in India? to my surprise he came back with his bag, pulled out a sheet of paper, seemed like some receipt, and filled in some details(must be the drain code number !) and then placed it next to the drain and took a photo with his digital camera!!. Oh god, see how they are using the technology, in fact they are not using it they are exploiting the tech to the max possible. He packed and left, but I was standing there still thinking, man how far we are from them, how long does it take for us to catch up with them?
Few days later today, I was coming back from office to guest house for lunch, I saw a pizza guy giving the order to someone, as usual. He calculated and said you have pay "Some X" amount; the lady gave her credit card to the pizza guy. He had a wireless swiping machine; he swiped and gave her the receipt. That confirmed me that we are too far in using the technology for day to day life. So let’s go Korean :)
The amusement still did not stop that day; I came out of the restaurant and was sipping my cup of tea watching the 40 storied Samsung building next to our guest house on the other side of the main road. A fellow came in car, was dressed neatly, pulled out some road blockers and placed around a drain opening, he put on another jacket type dress to cover his body, opened the lid, placed the ladder (which was present inside) and got inside that drain opening. After a while, he came up, took off the jacket and placed the ladder back, and came back to car. I thought his work is over! I was thinking how professional it is, can we expect this in India? to my surprise he came back with his bag, pulled out a sheet of paper, seemed like some receipt, and filled in some details(must be the drain code number !) and then placed it next to the drain and took a photo with his digital camera!!. Oh god, see how they are using the technology, in fact they are not using it they are exploiting the tech to the max possible. He packed and left, but I was standing there still thinking, man how far we are from them, how long does it take for us to catch up with them?
Few days later today, I was coming back from office to guest house for lunch, I saw a pizza guy giving the order to someone, as usual. He calculated and said you have pay "Some X" amount; the lady gave her credit card to the pizza guy. He had a wireless swiping machine; he swiped and gave her the receipt. That confirmed me that we are too far in using the technology for day to day life. So let’s go Korean :)
