Fabulous time at Citi Center

Raghu and I had a great time at Citi Center this evening. As has become the norm of late, his wife refused to accompany us and in a way it suited us well.

The vasool in the mall was simply superb. It may not fit into the top 3 all time vasool days, but it is easily in the top 10. We got to fill out the free parking coupon by giving a wrong phone number. We played Hoops Fever and today was definitely my best effort at the mall till date. We played 5 games and I had scores of 57, 42 and 32 in 3 of the 5 games.

Actually, near the Hoops Fever enclosure, we found 3 hundred rupee notes in a folded manner. There were few girls who were playing before we went there and we first assumed it would be them. I wanted to return it to them or at least to the people at the counter. But Raghu said that anyone might claim it as theirs and asked me to keep it until someone comes in search of it.

None of those girls came around looking for the money and I was a bit sad that they hadn't realised what they lost by not coming to us - I mean it purely in terms of their search for their lost money.

Anyways, we completed our 5 games and decided that the money we recovered would go into some hundial. While we neared the stairs to exit, one of the house keeping staff came up to us and told us that he was the owner of the money. He said that he had lost the notes while he was around that area, cleaning up the consoles. I asked how much he lost and he said 300 rupees. I called in Raghu and he asked him few questions to check the authenticity of the claim.

The fact that he gave the correct amount kinda swung my faith towards him. At one point Raghu also agreed that we could give it to him. I did and while leaving we both agreed that probably we were conned. But I am still consoling myself that since he mentioned the correct amount, he probably did lose it.

Anyways, we roamed around as aimlessly as ever and called it a day after 2 hours in the mall. One thing to be noted is that we actually went to the car park twice in between. Once to keep a small shopping that Raghu did, in the car and the second time, Raghu realised while unlocking the car door that he forgot to buy something. So we returned and both times, we came by the same lift that brought us down. The lift operator must have had a sense of deja vu!

If the mall had a proper surveillance system in place, I am sure some security guard would have spotted our frequent movement between the car park and the mall. Since no such person came to us, we assume that they probably feel we are totally docile and harmless creatures.

Anyways, we finally left the place after 2 hours with a very heavy heart!