Chaddha Saab’s 444
I took your advice. I am moving out of the bug-house. Yay!
For the uninitiated, here’s a shortened version of what I’ve been going through: I moved to Delhi a month ago and I’ve been living in a house room that is crawling with insects, bugs, reptiles, rodents, dust, dirt, spiders, cephalopods, earthworms, leaves and pods; the first eleven from the depths of Hell and the last two from a weird tree in the courtyard.
I’m finally moving out!
I wish it were that simple, right? As it happened, the Insect Palace’s landlord refused to give me my security deposit back – 15,000 bucks – and claimed that I hadn’t given him a month’s notice before moving out. I fought with the old raccoon and after a fair bit of verbal jousting, he agreed to pay me 70% of the money. He wasn’t happy about it. Neither am I, so I’m gonna trash the place today before leaving! I have some spray paint cans and eggs in my bag! Yay!
Anyway, I started the hunt for a new place yesterday and came across Uncle Chaddha. He seems to be a perfectly harmless 70-year-old retiree living in a peaceful location. He’s got a huge house and a nice little car with which he drives his meat-mountain wife around. I met him and he showed me his studio apartment on the 2nd floor, and I liked it immediately. It’s got a nice terrace, a decent kitchen, a sturdy bed and two of the basic necessities of life – a television and an air-conditioner! Better still, I didn’t see any bugs! Yay!
So, I paid him some money today and I’m moving in this evening. Weirdly enough, his house number is 444. This morning, I started thinking that there must be some history associated with this number. I did some research and found only two relevant hits – 444 is the number of the Devil’s cousin and 444 is a lucky number for Malaysians. You wouldn’t believe it but I googled “insects 444″ to cross-reference my worst nightmare with a potential new one, and found nothing of interest. Yay!
Anyway, that’s an update on my life. Living away from home has it’s own thrills. And it’s share of weirdness.
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Glad you decided to move out of that jungle! Enjoy your stay at 444
So he’s only 2/3rds the devil, is he?
Cheers,
Quirky Indian
Ssup macha ?? .. I’m back to Mumbai !! .. hv been reading ur posts but was not able to comment on them ..
Wishng u a wonderful stay in 444 .. I never knew devil has a cousin and his number is 444 ..
meat-mountain wife .. LOL !! that was insanely hillarious !!
The number sure IS freaky, good thing you googled it up !
Hope you live a bug & rat-free existence! 
Good luck with the new place!
I’m having a feeling that it is some kind of strange co-incidence that happens in movies. 444 a freaky number. Be on your toes until you make sure you dont see any of those little creatures. You can never be too sure. Heh! all the best with 444 and Chadda Uncle ji.
Ouch man the devil has already taken over you? Trashing the place and all
PS: You’re gonna give devil an inferiority complex; I bet
all the best for the new place.
meat-mountain wife ? lol thts freaking hilarious dude … lmao …
all the best at 444
cheers
Great … lucky you. Hope Chadda sahib is not nosy. A friend of mine got a long lists of thing a tenant should NOT do.
All the best ‘TO’ the new place
All the best Nikhil….hope u dont get any crawly guests
Don’t worry macha, there will be less insects in AC apartment as insects like natural fresh air (no farts)
Thank God it was not 666. I can almost imagine him digging his teeth in your neck in the night!
Hope you have a better time with this guy….but be careful, Delhi is full of weirdos
all the best …but be careful…444 is a dangerous number…u never know….the place mite be haunted!! lol!
congrats! may you and only you live happily ever after…
wow u gt new house.kewl man!
Congos Dude!!
Those insects will miss you
Spray Cans and Eggs are good but make sure that u get ur money first, this is Delhi, u never know
I guess each place has its follies and here you are getting the first bite of the city…. good luck call me for any help…. if needed.
you should have stayed at the same place, because i know this person, his daugther had commited suicide in that room..people say that preeti had some mental issues she used to say that she can see thru people, before she died she wrote the number “23″ on the wall , no tenant there has stayed for more than a month.. i hope you dont belive in bhoot pret…
Good for u.
444 huh? might be lucky for u as well !!!
If you still can go back to do some damage, I have a better idea than spray cans and eggs:
Get a lemon, poke a big enough hole in it or just simply slit it in two… pour some indigo/neel/safedi in a bowl and dip the lemon in it. Hide it in some obscure place… and RUN…
Believe me, the smell is so unbearable u have to desert the place, and if the *old racoon* cant find the source, it will stink for quite long!
By the way, make sure you check underneath the sinks @ 444…
i’m malaysian and this is the first i’ve heard about 444 being a lucky number for us! i don’t know about the malays or indians in my country, but for us chinese 4 is not a nice number because it is a homonym with the word ‘death’.
As a Malaysian myself, I “DITTO” every word of Sulz’s comments
Good luck buddy 
444! That is a magical, angel number that suggests that “the angels are surrounding you” and “everything will be OK” according to Dorene Virtue. The move will be a good one and certainly there’s “someone” looking out for you! Check me out at http://www.soulstrand.com for more info on sychronicities surrounding the number 444.