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7 comments:
At chennai?
welgum bak to Chennai!!! :D
wetfingers,
yup!!! good ol' chennai!
aravind,
thank you! let's see if we can meet up sometime..
yeah, india is like that.. my native coimbatore, after going back there after 2 years ns here, i felt the same as you said.. cant just adapt.. no more coffee shop, no more ice milo huh! lol.. but india is india.. slow internet.. but you keep blogging, k?
Hey! You're in India :). That's great. Wish I had a longer holiday so that I could go back too. Have fun! And take photos!
bajji sometime
ramnarayan,
haha.. guess you didn't realise the tone of the post.. it's home despite everything you mentioned.. and hey, internet in india isn't slow anymore, you know!
ranajay,
i'm back! sigh. even before i realised it.
kausik,
i'm back! it was my most screwed up vacation in terms of going out! but i managed to have one molaga bajji and a cutlet..lol!
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