14th January 2008 :: A dead leaf... a dying resolution

One of the resolutions of the New Year was to remain positive and I guess it is not as easy as it may sound. Every so often I start accepting the life in Bombay and something happens that reminds me how uncomfortable and difficult it is. Looking for an orthopedic doctor was an exercise as the last one we went to was quite greedy. The others are not available daily and there is some problem or the other. Finally went to a doc in a hospital that is about 5km drive from out home and he was an hour late. When we entered his chamber, he was on phone with someone and fixed up an appointment for 1.15 pm. That explained why he was able to see 9 patients in 30 minutes and a couple of minutes later we figured out how he was able to. He didn't really listened to Mira's problem and quickly wrote a prescription. He actually spent more time talking to Manu than to Mira. Either he is damn good and figured out everything or he was just not interested. In all of this I wasted half of my day and the thought of spending 90 minutes going to work post lunch was an uphill task. More on in tomorrow.