A to Z Challenge - Day 3 - Chennai Life.!

Being a south tamilian girl, I was always fascinated by the infrastructure in metropolitan cities. It was during my 9th grade, when we made our first visit to Madras (as was known to me by this name then) for attending  my relative's marriage. As it was a typical family trip, we went to some temples. I went back to my hometown with all those pleasing memories.
My next visit to Chennai was during my pre-final year to attend a tech-fest at IIT-M. That was my first outing with friends. We named it as outing :P . Once our event got over, we went to a mall, as I never had been to one. "Express Avenue" the mural read. I was totally awestruck by its infrastructure. My friends made fun of my so called nervousness for using the escalator. I was never used to it either. Being carried away by a lot of  stuff, I made up my mind to settle in this "Detroit city"
A year and a half passed by. It was during my final year of engineering. After getting placed in a renowned software company, I was asked my preference of location. What else would my mind think of other than  this city which attracted me like anything. Without having a second thought, I made the choice of preference as follows:
1.Chennai
2.Trivandrum (as it is close to my hometown)
3.Bangalore (to have some beautiful sight seeing  *wink*)
I was on cloud nine when I saw the job location in my joining letter. "Karapakkam,OMR,Chennai" it read.
Right from my day 1, I was always excited to explore this splendid city. Though it seemed new to me at the beginning , I started feeling at home as days passed. The most tricky part was the bus routes, which confused me like anything.
Once I went to Tambaram station as my friend had told me to wait there.I rang him and said that I have reached. He in turn asked me which part of Tambaram I was.I seriously didn't know there was something called East Tambaram and West Tambaram till then. And whenever I asked about some routes to him in the next few months, he used to say 'the place where u stood that day blinking like an idiot' instead of saying East Tambaram!
I never stayed in my hostel during the weekends. I used to roam around places and do shopping all by myself. I felt very happy to see this transition in me.

Then,
Me to co-passenger (in bus) : Guru Nanak stop vandha konjam soldreengla?
She: Na anga dhan eranguven.
Now, (an incident that happened yesterday)
Co-passenger: MMDA stop epo ma varum?
Me: Enkooda erangikonga. Nanum anga daan ponum.

I really feel elevated to find a home away from home. My love towards Chennai started increasing day by day and that I have started to roam more. Since I believe in
"The best practices are self learnt"