Into the waters of Pune

This had to happen.
Relocated to Pune last week. Though i was prepared for it, wasnt expecting to so abrupt.
Packed my things and left to yet-to-explore city. Had two days time.
I had to find myself a place for a month in two days. Strangely i wasnt worried about it much. Call it a blind faith or luck or both or yet another exhibition of dumbness. But it worked.
A friend's courtesy resulted in sharing a 15 by 15 ft. room for time being. Reminded me of life of yester years. Its been 2 weeks here and getting used to the new city.
Here are some of the conclusions so far:
1. The auto fare has no relation with distance you travel. Same distance can result in drastically different fares. Auto drivers haven't found the use of meters yet.
2. The bus stops has nothing to do with the city buses. Bus drive takes the call on whether to stop or not. Number of people waiting at bus stop is not his measure to stop
Same bus can travel in different routes. The only constants are start and ends. Back to back buses indicate's a big wait for next bus which can stretch to even a couple of hours.
Bus conductors retain the rights to give back the change or not.
3. The direction given for an asked destination is dependent on which language you ask them. The only way to find out is to ask as many people and proceed based on the concensus.
4. A 10 minute walk should be assumed as a minimum of 5-6 kilometer distance.
5. Brokers decide on who should stay where and how much they should pay. The comission is annual, not one time settlement.
6. Laundry guy owns no responsibility of your clothes. Its uour job to follow up, get it pressed and help them find out your clothes from the filled up racks.
7. Finding an ATM is a treasure hunt.

Food and weather calms you down though