Hilarious Video

I am sure by the end of this, Sagarika Ghose was left saying - Ram Ram!

Who needs traffic signals

Funny video of how good (or bad) Indian drivers are...from the autos and buses, seems like Hyd/Chennai

Finally friday

Heylo pplz...finally it is friday...winters are setting in and it is even tougher to get up early now...and sleeping late does not help....anyways, such is life....

We guys finally met that day....minks and bobby were busy but mamu, divya and gc came...had a good time...kaafi der tak toh we played jua only....then after dinner also,some IMT stories were passed around...these guys left at 2am I think...and this was a weekday...so u can imagine how all of us would have been in office the next day...the most funny part though was going thru some of our old pics...trips to rishikesh, jaipur,kasauli etc....I think looking at old pics is the only way I realise that I am growing older ;-)...but it was good fun

Boss calling, will continue later

vellagiri

congratulations anubhav for completing 1 yr with porsche. may u get a hike soon.
i wish i had come down to chennai last weekend to see vid-anubhav. school walon ne latka diya. our new session was to start on nov 2 but cuz of the visa problem of the faculty it has been postponed by another week. kuch nahi hai karne ko ooty mein. was thinking of going for a 4-5 day bike ride to kerala but my co-riders backed out. so going to blore. will meet srikanth and chill out for the wknd there.
julia will be there in delhi in a weeks time and so will be mili in almost a month. so the dilliwallahs will have a good time meeting old pals. baaki bhasad main karoonga after dec 20 but i think julia will be gone by then. buddy if u can, please stay till 22nd atleast. it'll be great if we can call devas and singhs over sometime arnd christmas/new year as manwanis will also be there. daaru piyenge aur gaanja maarenge

Nov is here too

Heylo pplz....I think the blog is slowly going down its old path...sometimes I think it is because all of us are so busy...sometimes I think it is our inability to write well and express ourselves.... and sometimes I think ki agar hindi mein hota toh more people would have been able to contribute ;-)

I think why I have become lazy is 'coz of Twitter...somehow I think that whatever I am tweeting is anyways visible on the blog so if anyone logs in they can see I am alive ;-)....will try and be more regular

Today I complete one year at Porsche...and time has actually flown...like we discuss, whenever we meet, this year has gone by in a blink....good or bad, it actually flew

K toh aajkal is too busy collecting compliments and being modest...I'm actually surprised to see him post on the blog :-p....well thats how it begins buddy and I hope it continues..jahan tak party karne ki baat hai,ur explanations are useles...we all know the truth...Vagabond maine kitne time baad suna :-)...Mili, dont use it on pendus like him...he'll start flaunting 'coz it has "bond" in the word ;-)...

Mili - how were ur exams...scholarship and all pe jaana is so cool na...kisi aur ke paison pe aish karne ka maza hi alag hai...halloween toh del mein bhi kaafi tha this time...hope next time K is covering such parties and we also get to see what it is

GC, Mamu and Div might drop in at our place tonite....tentative plan hi hai....The weekend gone by all of us were out of del....both of us had gone to Chennai....Mamu had gone biking with office guys to Ranthambore, Divya was at an offsite in Goa and Akshay Vidya were in Goa...hope u guys remembered to wish Akshay on his b'day...it was Oct 30th....so we should have some stories/pics to share tonight, if we meet

So long then guys....take care and have fun

ya ya

Ya ya Kaushal..
We all know you had fun on the beaches with WOMEN..for a cancerian, you are quite a vagabond..and heard from Anubhav that every time he calls you you are partying..hmm
whatever u need let me know now..its just a month to go..i will need to order the stuff and have it here in time..

anyone else needs nything pls let me know now..
I am going to Philadelphia next week for the American Public Health Annual Conference..got a scholarship..so everything is paid for..Might go to check out DC..depends..
feeling exhausted after Halloween..though did not do much..Went to Frenchmen to look at people all dressed up...they really do the number here..Its been very cold..

N m so exhausted right now..nyways whats up with everyone? vidya hasnt written in long..Nidhi understandably must b busy with in laws...

Take care people..

Mili

time really flies. last i wrote was somewhere in the first week of sep. am glad you 4 are keeping it alive. diwali didnt feel like diwali at all. we had to go out and shoot for an open assignment. so we started on the morning of diwali and went to a friends place in coorg. no diyas, no crackers, no mithai, no pooja. but somehow i didnt miss the action. probably cuz i know im gonna be back home in a few months.
and dude dont spread wrong info abt me. i dont party mch. infact have gone to the only lounge bar in town (which, ofcouse, is the most popular hangout joint of the batch) only once. party karne ke liye toh life padi hai. btw, since NRIs are coming in nov and dec, i'll ask them to buy some equipment for me if (i) its reasonably cheaper there and (ii) you can buy it without any hassle. will let both of you know.
weather is great in ooty these days. so all of u are once again invited to come n see how beautiful nilgiris is. AB and vid are coming dwn to chennai for the wknd but unfortunately i wont be able to go n see them.
any good new movies?? has anyone seen blue. movie wud be crap i guess but wud hav loved to see lara in bikini on big screen. yahan toh shayad lagegi nahi

Its the same here Mili

I just read that NY and London are celeb Diwali in a big way...I'm sure it is a policital move and no1 cares about the feeling...Obama's pic with folded hands and the Queen's pic with a Bhangra group has been all over...

But seriously Diwali, and most of our festivals, are only meant for smaller towns...not people producing machines like metros...yahan par there is just no connect,no feeling...and problems like traffic,kill whatever joy is left....I mean how can you expect anyone to be happy if he/she spends 2 hours to travel 10 kms...its just insane.

Mili,I know what you mean though about being home at Diwali....it always is special...last night only we were remembering the excitement of getting ready early morning, dragging dad to buy crackers,then buying sweets and waiting for the evening so that puja is over jaldi so we can go to each friends house....it was good fun...and like all other things, time has changed this also...now we are against crackers 'coz they are harmful to the earth, sweets are not good for health and for who are not with their family, puja is a formality and most friends are busy...well,such is life and all we can do is try and not give in to the laziness/indifference which the current generation seems to embracing...its not cool ye know ;-)

So cheer pp Mili...ethg can be as good/bad as we make it...we'll try make it up for you when u r in India :-)

Ta

Moving and inspiring

I am sure all of us are thankful to God for what we have, but as Vid reminded me that day...we conveniently forget this and crib a lot :-)....not to lecture, but this video is really humbling...and the 6.5cr views it has,may have led to a lot of realisations...came as a fwd to me.

One day a son asks his father:
"Daddy, will you run the marathon with me?"
The father answers yes and both run their first marathon together.

One day, the son asks his father if he wants to run the marathon with him again and the father answers yes. They both run the marathon together again.

Then one day the son asks his father:
"Daddy, will you run the Ironman with me?"
(the Ironman is the toughest...it requires a 4km swim, 180km biking and 42km running).
The father says yes again.

This all sounds easy...see the video now.

US celebrating it big???

You must b kidding Anubhav!!

I had to email people today one day before Diwali that please lets organise a pot luck and puja at someone's place before the day goes by like ny other day and I am depressed in the evening..

Though somehow festivals specially Diwali has always been very nostalgic for me..and I don't remember a single Diwali when I don't cry but I do miss taking ma to the mandir and then just standing with her in our balcony and looking at the fireworks in the sky..its a special moment..just me and her..its quiet but special and then she makes some nice paranthas and we talk late into the nite listening to her fireworks outside..Its not a very loud diwali at my place but its still special!!
This time my sister is in Chandigarh so I am glad my mom won't b alone..

Though Kaushal's parents will feel it..This is the only time in the year he is religiously at home with them and his bhaiya bhabhi...

Nidhi will be with in-laws..M sure NY will have better diwali than Nola...what are others doing for diwali??

So guys wish you all a very very happy diwali...have loads of fun..

Love and Hugs

Mili

Festive Season...where

Heylo peoplz....should I just start saying hello mili and nidhi :-)...since you both are abroad and would not have seen the coverage on the launch of Panamera in India, let me have the pleasure of telling you that the new Porsche Panamera is here....finally, if I may add ;-)....not that life has changed drastically, but yes the madness has gone down by a degree....

Yest nite we were planning a cards party....and we also got a special poker chips set like this


but bob was busy so both of them dint come....divya got stuck at work and then the traffic was crazy so both of them dropped out...we had invited some more friends who also got stuck at work...so all in all it was a huge success...2 of them came at 11.30 and then we played till about 1...and I won Rs 500 :-)...first kamai of the season...2 days before the season ends...great na!!

We are planning to go to bhopal for diwali...but again it will be a 2 day trip...life is so consistently hectic...only constant for all of us I guess...except for our ace lensman maybe...jisko jab bhi phone karo, ya toh party chal rahi hoti ya get together...and what is the diff...acc to sir, party is when u have music playing...but achcha hai...he's finally put up some pics on FB,which again shows ki usne 2 mths mein kaam sirf yehi kiya hai

Any other update,hmmmmm.....Motu is buying a new car...I think he has booked the Ford Fiesta...GC is a little less than a month away from being a proud father...Vidya M has fully recovered and is back at work....Uncle as usual is super busy...was in del for a week...but I just met him for like 10 mins...and the fault is comply mine, as it was a day before the Panamera launch...

Anyways, back to work guys...hope you guys have a nice Diwali...heard both US and Japan are celeb it big time this year...good for you...'coz yahan toh the only way u realise that it is festive season, is the traffic

Ta guys and Happy Diwali!!

Long time.. i agree

Hey Guys....

Hows life with everyone... though i assume.. this question will be read by only a few...

Life has been good... the weather has really improved...its autumn time here...so jackets in the evening... and a nice hot cup of coffee makes it all the more worthwhile....

A friend of Akshay has been with us for about 3 weeks...so we are having a good time with him....We are out almost daily and he reminds me of Kosal as he has a thing for butts....lol

Im going to US on the 6th...so karva chauth, to diwali will be there.... Hopefully should be fun... Will be in DC and NYC.... dont know of anywhere else...

Mili- i will call you dont know about meeting..... so send me your number please....

I'll be in saddi Dili around Nov mid.... so looking forward to another wedding and home food....

Hopefully the beezee gang will take some time out for me....

Rest all well... shall keep in touch with you guys....

Enjoy the festivities..... and see you soon....

Ciao

Time is flying again

Heylo pplz...looks like everyone has a Panamera launch coming up in their lives ;-)...no one has been writing except Mili...and it does feel nice to know whats going on in her life...waise toh kisi ke paas time hai nahi, and that includes me also...

Even if I keep work apart, life is hectic...but the big news first...Vid and I are legally married now :-)!!!!...full jugaad laga ke bhi we had to wait for 2 hours to get the SDM to sign the certi...although thanks to the jugaad, we were comfy in an AC office of the Block Development Officer for South Del...nice stories he had on the corruption and land scams...

Pujo eshe gelo in CR Park and we have not been to even one pandaal...not even the one behind our house...such is life...tommorrow is saptami and thats when the fun starts but we are going to bpl...and we are back on mon, which is dasshera...

Spoke to Uncle a few days back...after really long...he may be in del in first week oct...dont know if he'll have the time to meet...all of us are very keen, its been really long.

In a way, I think we are moving back to the school days...when only dec hols would be fun...mili, K and Nidhi will be here...lets hope ki sab mil saken...baaki hum localites toh kaam ke bojh ke maare hain....

Next year London jaane ka ek aur jugaad ban gaya hai...Mayank has moved to London for 2 years...he has joined a London univ for M.A. in Culinary Arts...and they have a 2 week pub fest...a lot like Mili's school I think...where every night is a party,different themes and only 24 pounds...for 14 days..

Its 9.51pm and my boss sends me an sms to check an email....kya life hai...catch u pplz later

Rainy Weekend

hey guys.

well so kaushal wud be in mumbai next year displaying his photographs..wow..kaushal that frend of mine who is doing photography fm NID was talking about sm school in England for a higher level course..do u want me to find out which one?though m sure being there in the institute u wud know which are the gud ones..

Anubhav..it makes me feel good tht u hv the car til 20th but it wud hv made me feel much better had the car been there in december wen i come..i really needed it then..but nyways..i dont wana talk bout it...dont even want to know wen its going..

as far as phd is concerned, let me tel u abhi padhai ho gayi toh ho gayi...its a pain coming bk to study after shadi n kids..wen u r in the rut u might as well get dirty..fm work to come bk to study also took me a while..to adjust to the whole school thing again..n in ny case phd is plan b for me..plan a wud b to look for a job..but if i dont find one then its phd..

hard rock cafe took a long time to open up in delhi..it shud hv opned sooner..but neva mind...its been raining here all week..there are flash flood warnings for the weekend too..yest infact people were putting sandbags outside the school for the fear of flash floods..

school is as usual crazy...i find 24 hours less to do my stuff..n to top of most of my fav tv shows are premiering their new season now in fall..bones, fringe, desperate housewives, castle...how wil i keep up with them :) been watching a show called defying gravity..its in its first season about 8 astronauts n their journey to venus n mars n stuff..pretty interesting..has nyone read sheldon's latest mistress of the game??give me the review..its for 30 freaking dollars in the book store..i hv made a request at the public library for it..lets c wen my turn comes..i hv also been forever wanting to read harry potter..might sound amazing but i hvnt read it..n i wana read it frm the first one.. another of my agendas...

every day seems like one day gone for my trip...i cant wait...m broke now buying the ticket for india...guys no money left for shopping..but once i start earning definitly loads of stuff for u..tht reminds me anubhav let me know atleast a month in advance bout ur wii..cuz i wil b ordering it online...n there are so many models..wich one are u talking bout so that i can atleast look at how much are they selling it for??

yest was the beer crawl here..wich means "abita" is sold at 1$ a pitcher..amazing...it starts frm the university pub thats right next to my house and goes to a couple of others...well no i dint go..one my throat still hurts n moreover i hate this pub right next to my house..its full of undergrads n its loud and really really bad..

oh guys u know wat..the project that m working on for my practicum with the office of public health? its launching next week..i wil send u the link to the website n its tweeting..do give me the feedback of how u guys found it..it will help me put in an international perspective to my report..its about preconception messaging and we came up with a very interesting idea to social market it...i wont spoil the surprise..though my role has been more into formulating a monitoring and evaluation plan for the project but its interesting hw its shaping up...

chalo the sat has just begun..n the house calls me to clean it...

have a great weekend everyone...

Mili

Next year K will be here

Exhibition of Images by Light & Life Academy Batch 7 & 8


Light and Life Academy, Asia's premier photography institute is hosting a Seven day exhibition of professional photography, at, Ravindra Natya Mandir, starting on 1st November, 2009. Mr Shiva Kumar, MD, Nokia India will inaugurate the exhibition for public in Mumbai.

More than 200 images created by 40 students, who have completed the one year full time Diploma course in professional photography, will be showcased at the exhibition. The exhibition is expected to be an overwhelming draw for photography enthusiasts in the city.

The graduating students hail from a myriad of cultures. This eclectic mix of creative thought provides the ideal environment for any student of photography, and this is evident in their masterfully created images.

This batch emerges as the next generation of Indian photographers ready to revolutionize image-making in the country. The exhibition would be a platform for students to interact with people of photography fraternity, advertising and marketing professionals, serious buyers of photography and photography enthusiasts.

Light and Life Academy is the only institute of its kind in the country, imparting photographic education of international standards, with well equipped studios and international resident and visiting faculty. It is spread over 4 acres in the scenic city of Ooty, which has inspired photographers and film makers for decades. The secluded environment of the Academy facilitates a focused approach to photography, in an atmosphere of continuous interaction, experimentation and learning. The course provides a good grounding in the aesthetic, technical and personal qualities required to pursue a professional career in photojournalism. Students are exposed to the issues of style and genre.

Craziness continues

Heylo pplz....it has been raining since last night and you cannot imagine how bad a state del is in....I mean we have 4 different walls in the house, which are increasingly becoming waterfalls...there is a parking lot behind my office which looks more like an extension of yamuna....and I think I should not even talk about roads....I think the cars in delhi have their brains in the tyres...as soon as the tyre is wet, they stop running....no reasons but mile long jams....its just crazy...

Taking of Pelham 123 is one zippy movie....there is maybe 1 scene or 2 where the movie allows you to kinda sit back....I havent seen the first one,but then travolta and denzel are their usual selves....one time watch for sure

Mili - I can understand the emotional attachment....but you gotta do what you gotta do, right.....the car is with me till the 20th, if that makes u feel better :-)and why are u thinking of PhD now....I think you are ageing before time :-p...pehlaan vyaah karao, nyaane fadao K nu pher daaktar ban jaana

Went to Hard Rock in del on tue...mayank was in town, so minks, mayank and I went...it is really nice...very spacious and music is good too....for a tue, it was quite full...and it was good to see the 40+ junta there as well...enjoying their gen songs...and the best part, is no crap about dress code and shoes...you can come in shorts and sneakers also...which is the clincher for me, I guess...I mean, you should be allowed to be yourself when you are going out to have fun...I propose the HRC as the next venue for any get together...whenever it happens...K had complained that it is too brightly lit...I dont know what u were upto and did not want light ;-)

Will continue later...Ta

no hindi, no geography

hey mila, u r getting sick very frqntly these days. do take care of urself esp whn u have nobel there. and there was never anything concrete abt my coming to delhi in sep. my classmate whoz also frm delhi is goin for a few days in mid-sep so anubhav asked me to come along. but i cant go right now. dec 21st is the day. aur car ka kya boloon. saansarik cheezon se itna lagaav mat karo. sab moh-maaya hai.

and vids, if a large part of northies think andhra is a part of madras, ppl frm ur land fair no better. only places they know in north is delhi and punjab. other day, one of my classmates said tripura is a town in assam !! imagine. lagta hai yahan ke schools mein hindi ke saath saath geography bhi nahi padhate.

and anubhav, im also looking fwd to the launch of panamara. koi jugaad fit kar lena. i have to drive it when im thr in dec.

PS: and mila, its not nitya lakshmi, its "nithya lakshmi" ;-)

sore throat

hey people..

vidya@i wil check the issue once I go home..

in case you guys know i lost my phone yesterday. so on my way back I went to the Tulane police to tell them (just in case they find it) and i was in their office for an hour telling three different officers how i lost it, how it looks like, where will they contact me..

oh they take so many details..good..though i dont think I will find it..i wil b going to the store in a while to get a duplicate sim..dont mind the dots..

and i hv fever and sore throat and cold..no its not swine flu..its tonsils but m afraid of sneezing in the school before they start looking at me like m the outcast..after all v hv had cases in the day care as well as in the tulane football team..

i dint know bout kaushal's development that he can come in sept...thanks for telling me one more thing that i did not know bout..

m super sad about the car being sold..anubhav pls keep my key chain too...I know he has to sell it but m just sad...

i went for the Indian ocean concert on Saturday..n man it was awesome..the hall they played in hd awesome acoustics..it was pure simple wonderful..i really wish i had taken sum firangi friends..

its a long weekend here for labor day..but god i hv so many readings to catch up on..and a humongous assignment too..not to mention a literature review that i gotta submit..m planning to take the online exam for driving next week, so at least I would have a learners license..and not hv to carry my passport to every pub as ID..

I hate doing group work in school and why is that in every group you are blessed with one such person who does not wana move her/his ass to get anything done????sucks..big time..

anubhav@ I so badly wanted to see taking of pelham 123 but could not..though I have heard some people say that it did not match up to the one that came out in 70s..nyways I might watch it over the weekend and online..but by all means go ahead and watch it..i also might go for inglorious bastards..

oh i hv nther thing to crib about..after being in the usa for one year, I am still unable to get a credit card..this economy is a sucker..i mean if you dont give me a credit card how am i supposed to have a credit history???

I also spoke to my Dean about a Phd and he went al out to tell me that I should apply to Tulane, though I don't want to..I want to go to New york or sumwhere that side..enuf of NOLA..

nyways..m at work right now..and have a class at 3...n hv this bad feeling that she is going to spring a surprise quiz on us..so gotta go people..

Mili

silver lining to YSR's death

so..auto wallah in Delhi asked my friend today "Andhra kahan hai". She said "South".
Auto guy: "Woh kahan hai"
my friend: "madras ke paas"
auto wallah: "acha.. aaj tak toh madras ka hi sune the"

Moral: As one by one our old Southie CMs kick the bucket.. the north indians will realise...gradually but eventually.. that there are actually FOUR states and not one all encompassing "madraas".

Anyway.. due to YSR death its big news day and newsroom is like a fish market right now. Baaki I went to Andhra Bhawan on the day YSR died coz a friend was assigned to cover Andhra Bhawan and shhe insisted that we have lunch there. Wrong decision!!! Spent an hour stuck in traffic on Ashoka Road. When i finally reached, it was SO CRAZY at andhra bhawan. I assumed that they would be mourning and hence the canteen would be shut. But there was a serpentiine queue for lunch coupons!!! should have turned back then and there!!! But i had to get in and see fat, dark, ugly motu uncles sweating while they eat!! eerrrghhh!!! Disgusting.

And now m back at work.. no story to file today.. just bored! I need a job! BTW mili.. u should check out this months Frontline. great issue on H1N1 management in India and the effect of teh pandemic on public health care infrastructure- which is already crumbling!!!

Anyway.. tata people.
And guys....ur missing nothing staying away.. stupid apna haath jagannath is nothing worth fretting about! Yahan kuch nahin badalta.

Crazy week

Heylo pplz....this week is really maddeing and its going to get worse till Oct 6...for those who have not heard me sing about the upcoming launch, yet...the first four door sports car from Porsche - the all new Panamera launches in India on Oct 1(Mumbai) and Oct 6(New Delhi)....so it is a crazy time...but its good fun...the car is phenomenal, like any other Porsche...I saw it when I was in Stuttgart and have heard from people who drove it....I kinda like the way it looks also...plz share your opinion....INR prices are 1.41 crores to 2.05 crores...I will be happy to take your bookings :-)



Rest assured, my coming posts will tell you what all I am busy with....apart from work there is not much happ....we are trying to catch a movie tomorrow...'Taking of Pelham 123'...reviews from NRI's are welcome....desis dont have the time to contribute I am sure...

K has an option to come to del during Sep 26-Oct2...but I think motu's qualities are rubbing off to him....and I sure he is enjoying it...sick joke,sorry ;-)....but I dont think he is coming and will land only in dec...makes sense 'coz Mili is also here then...ab sirf hum logon se milne kaun aayega....

Chalo back to work

A new week

Heyloz....monday again....and like Mili said it is the same for all of us....and Mili plz feel free to crib, I am sure all of us will be able to relate it in some way or the other....rem dukh baantne se kam hota hai ;-)

Weekend was good with Man U defeating Arsenal and two really late nights with someone or the other over for drinks....both nights I think I slept like 4-4.30 am....wifey refused to go for QMG saying it is fun for 10 mins on TV but not when it is a 2 hour movie...and since the subject is sensitive, toh I have agreed....waiting for more reviews to convince her.

Uncle called that day ki dono bhai mil ke meri FB pe baja rahe ho, but I was in office so couldnt talk...and then vid tried calling him but then some things never change...his phone was on waiting ;-)

By this weekend, K's Wagon R will be sold I think....and I will be looking for a car...I dont know if you guys know but he has been a great help and I have been using his car since a bastard started driving mine....but then shraadh begin by this sat so for another two weeks I will be without a car...I dont know if it happens with you guys, but the urge to buy sthg new is so strong during shraadh that its not funny ;-)....the options that I am considering are Ford Fiesta, Fiat Linea or the DZire....has to be under 7L otherwise Safari is the choice...if you guys have time, look up these cars and then lets do some tp.

Chalo back to work now...Ta

Running Against Time!!

Hi people..

M sure everyone has a crazy busy life..i know i am living one..

The biggest disappointment was Kaminey..na na not the movie but the fact that I could not watch it. Apparently movies here in the solitary hindi theatre are put up only for two weeks and somehow everyone watched it but me :( So now I am waiting for the dvd print to be released on line..which I know is going to take forever...aah..m pretty pissed at that, specially wen someone drove all that way to watch the movie with NITYA LAKSHMI who is ready to go again next weekend..

ok kaushal before you get mad, m assuming reading her post..but nyways me n nidhi are the only ones who havent watched it..
but season 6 of desp housewives has started, so I am not complaining.

I feel as if I am running against time.Its not even been a week since classes started but I can already feel the pressure..there is my internship, classes, 20 hours of job, the same old story...I am sure u guys arent interested in listening to my cribbing..

but I agree with kaushal on one thing. I hv no idea wat the hullaboo is al bout..sumtimes I feel I hv no clue whats happening in India over what, though I dutifuly do read the times of india epaper..oh gosh..did i say that??vidya wil complain now :)

so wt is the jagannath thing is al bout??

i hv to take a core course this semester which is health systems management and I hate it cuz its all about the US health system, which I already do not know much about and wen people debate crazily about the current health reform I just listen..But its been very interesting because I am learning a lot about the health system, its loopholes n stuff..I used to think their system sucks and it got reaffirmed attending the class that it does..

on the top of my head, I dont know wat else to write bout..sumtimes there is nothing great happening, yet so much...hv recently seen super active deva on facebook..3 updates in one day :) and bobby also managed to write one..though wt was she super happy about I don't know
why is vidya sick?

Kaushal hd u heard me and taken ur tv along with you wouldn't hv to buy one now..

nyways people..better get working..

u guys hv a great weekend..

mili

sunny days are here again

saw the promos of quickgun in the interval of kaminey. looks funny as well as stupid. wud be fun to wtch it in a house full of tams. for kaminey i rode for 200 km, for rambha i can ride for 1000 :-) i wont be surprised if CG-6 goes for the first day first show. and anubhav, wht is ths halla over "apna haath jagannath" in kaminey. will call u in th evening to know more. im completely out of touch with the outside world for the last 3 weeks or so. aaj airtel DTH toh lag jayega but i dont think it will work of on PHILIND tv (yes, ths is the brand of the TV which our landlord has given us, that too without a remote). will get a new one though, dont want to miss out on the EPL action anymore. goin to a bar to wtch chelsea's game costs 150-200 bucks (yes, the bars are not very expensive here. but then they can't afford to be since they are not that great).
its sunny here today after almost 5-6 days. so good light to shoot. have two back to back submission on fri n sat.

Quick Gun Murugan

Heyloz...yes the faymus south indian sooperstarr is now in a muvee....by the same name and guess who is making a comeback in the movie...Thunder Thighs Rambhaa...K and CG-6 will defi watch this movie...it releases this fri and maybe we will catch a show soon....btw people from 'in-law' land are very upset....their biggest counter is that has anyone from south made fun of how ridiculous mithun da and his movies are ;-)....touche saar....but sometimes I feel, getting upset is more of a publicity stunt than real feelings...like the times Darjeeling burned 'coz RJ Nitin called the Indian Idol a gurkha or how the Puri Trust is upset over 'Apna Haath Jagannaath' in Kaminey...I mean I agree there is a fine line b/w insult and humor but people seem to deleting the line deliberately for publicity.

Work toh is as usual....feeling much better now...but vid is not well now...once she is better she will share her story

Minks sent a wonderful article from WSJ yesterday....on how FB can ruining our real world relationships....I am sure all of us feel the same about a lot of people in our real lives....here is the link http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204660604574370450465849142.html#articleTabs%3Darticle

I know that social networking is supp to bring us closer etc...but I think where we go wrong is we mix personal, professional,social,family ethg on these sites...I mean once you add someone from work then cribbing about long working hours is not an option...once u add your cuz then a pic of you drinking cannot be put up and so on...I know there are times when I want my real friends to know that I had the most amazing chaat....but then sms is a much better medium I guess...and for the NRI's, I have this blog ;-)

This saturday toh is the first killer match of the EPL season...Arsenal vs Man U...the telecast timing, laziness and our age will ensure that we dont watch this match together...but irrespective, I hope it is a cracker....CG-6 ki team toh is already performing as per expectation....

I am reading 'In Spite of Gods' by Edward Luce these days...he was the earlier Financial Times correspondent for India...married to an Indian who works for the WB...the book was written in '06 and like most expat accounts, tries to expose the real India....read corrupt,casteist,under developed,illiterate etc etc...In case any of you are reading sthg, please recommend....like the ladies recommend TV shows ;-)

Back to work again guys....take care

hunting for a 2nd had TV and bsnl broadband

scary pics of del monsoon man. things are better here. baarish toh roz hoti hai but no such madness. normally the mornings are bright and sunny and it starts to get cloudy by noon n then rains in the afternoon/evening. it means lesser or no dust and ofcourse no summer heat like delhi.

went to coimbatore (abt 90 km one way) to wtch kaminey. strtd at 8 in th mrng. rchd thr at 12:30 and came to know that its no longer showing in the theatre where it was released. so went to another theatre, whch happened to reliance's big cinemas. but the show was at 6:30 pm. so waited for almost 6 hours. had lunch, 2-3 rounds of coffee and other coolers, played wii and wht not to kill the time. and when i entered the hall, i felt as if i've entered a DTC bus. big cinema had the smallest hall i had ever seen. it was only 8-seats wide. 4 on either side. anyway, it was AC and the movie was good so didnt mind it.

in the process of getting a TV and internet connection now. will wtch all the videos mili and anubhav hav put.

yellooz

aloha everyone...
sorry been a lazy bum and didnt feel like writing in... and then thought sab ka yahi haal hoga toh then back to square one...plus mili and anubhav and vidya are putting in loads of effort so should do my little bit...

Options of tv- Lost-can get to you after season 3 though
House- seen the 1st episode today...quite interesting... all medical stuff.. but nothing like greys
Greys anatomy- for puri drama in english.. but awesome... it just holds u glued to the TV

Rome- i guess this is not going to be aired in India... but see the DVD's... all abt the time of Julius ceaser... very enjoyable, captivating... and you will not want to get up... i saw 22 episodes in 3 days.. pretty much non-stop

baaki- desperate housewives, old rereuns of sex and the city and ugly betty are fillers....

so now u guys know how entertaining my life is..;)

and a yr back i was crying for a break....hahahahaha

and Vidya-- abt the earthquakes... unfortunately i dont have an option abt living here...if i did i wouldnt be anyway near any earthquake, tsunami zone....apparently there is a BIG ONE that can come in the next 20 odd yrs... which will kill pretty much 50% of the population here... called the Tokai earthquake- you can wiki it for more info... just pray to god tht i dont see tht...coz tht will be crazy....

anubhav- how are u feeling... are u still quarantined.... or now free....

swine flu scare was crazy here...esp if someone who has travelled abroad comes visiting you and leaves your number as a contact point... but they are great at managing it at the airport itself-starting with thermal cameras...that pick up any sign of high body temp...
then they call after abt 5 days to inquire abt the travellers health... to check for any flu symptoms... and tell you to come to a clinic where they will give you appropriate medication....

anyhow the Japanese population is quite paranoid abt cold, cleanliness etc... khud cold hota hain toh mask pehenke ghoomte hain....

i hope things become slightly manageable in India... i have my sisters wedding and the last thing i want is anyone falling sick then.....

rest all well... recently had awesome biryani made by someone from lahore.... seekh kebabs and biryani ....

Mili- please keep some time off in delhi when you land...coz ill be there definitely..so we should catch up....

hows the rest of the junta.. are they alive or the corporate life has eaten them away....

im dying to see kaminey after reading tons of reviews... waiting for good pirated version.....
:)

anyhow.... take care guys... have a lovely week....
ciao

lost..

pls pls lost dekhna..
its damn gud..
u wud want to watch it back to back..

yaar aisi baarish yaahan roz ho rahi hai..but trees are yes not falling..but m not too optimistic as this is the hurricane season..n they hv startd arriving now...

yaahan par univ ka day care band tha last week cuz v hd two new cases...infact the univ might close down too cuz v hv hd so many new international students..wil be careful though..

nothing much..its a working sat for me too..though from home...

leme know wt u guys did for the weekend..

wish gc wen ever u meet him..

n yes v r going old..me definitely..

love

mili

hey....

hey guys... after reading the posts i realised that i had been missing in action for a long long time.

First the Swine Flu update- Mill/Nidhi i guess u both are in countries where the first wave is almost over. In any case, just watch out for one symtpom. If anyone u know has fever and is breathless.. Run to the hosp. breathlessness means the lungs have been infected... it will become pneumonia..

Btw Nidhi, ur lionhearted!!! And I was worried about Delhi being a seismic zone!!! :) i'd run like hell if i were in an earth quake prone region.

Anyway.. i guess Anubhav and I should also start watching some serial, usually have nothing to do after coming from work.. I think TV channels conspire and show crappiest stuff when u have time to watch TV!! Khair...the choice is between Lost and Entourage.... wat say?

Its a working Saturday so i will leave in a bit. These days you have no clue what lies in store when u leave the house!!! The rains keep getting crazier each time... i was so glad the tree dint land on any car yesterday!! anyway;... gotto go now. BTW Today is GC's birthday... but the dad-to-be is spending it at work and then meeting family for dinner. We are all ageing at the speed of light! (dunno why that thought occured so suddenly!!!) anyway.. tchao!

When it rains in del

Heylo pplz...yest was another rainy day in Delhi..and the usual madness followed...vid saw trees falling in front of her, with her car in bumper deep water, cellphone networks failed...a road caved in...the airport's roof partly collapsed and more such stories....as many FB status's reflect, delhites are happy that we dint have a regular monsoon....

Some pics courtesy MSN....this is 4.30 in the afternoon

Quarantined...almost

Heylo pplz...I think with my current state of cold and cough, blogging is the safest way to communicate....yesterday evening I stepped out of my house after 50 hours...thanks to the swine flu panic....luckily I have not had fever or any other symptoms yet...just a bad cough and lil cold...lets hope it doesnt worsen.

I really liked the video mili...thanks...I am sure it must be great working and studying in such a multi cultural environ...and we all are looking fwd to your coming back....this year has actually flown by....I mean its already been a year u went there...but I think all time which has passed seems like it has flown

With Kaminey gone, the next movie I am really keen on is Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds....the US release is today so I am sure the NRI's will go one up on the desis on this one....

spot light

he he..

guys u hv to see this video..n cuz i feature in this..better not miss my "moment of glory"

on a sincere note, it wil show u sum glimpses of nola that i really want u guys to see..

http://www.sph.tulane.edu/admissions/orientation_video.htm

enjoy..

mili

benny lava

Hey

not busy but yeah kinda i guess..
my roomie got bk from india after 3 months..so caught up with her on sat..sun was gurudwara..it was grocery shopping yest n putting up drapes...

the classes start next monday for the fall semester..n it feels like time just flew..m kinda not looking fwd to classes..i mean sumtimes i wonder wat am i doing studying so much..its just that there is sooooooooooooo much to do..

its been an year today since i got on the plane to be here..and it seems like ages to me..

anubhav lemme know i wil check the prices..m coming for a month plus 4 odd days...

really looking fwd to it..scratch each day off the calendar..

posting a video..pls pls see it..its by sumone who puts subtitles for songs by just listening to them..

this is really funny..provided u guys havent seen it before..
sum how i run late i guess..watever i post u guys hv seen it before..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1NoOOoaNw

tk cr

mili

Looks like everyone is very busy again...or maybe the blog is on its old route again....

The weekend was interesting...saw Kaminey, The Hangover and New York...in the order of my liking....Vishal Bhardwaj gives us hope that spending Rs 225 on a ticket is not a bad idea....it is a very well made movie, though the climax did disappoint me a bit...not in the execution though...it has a mix of languages from Bangla to marathi to some afrikaans...without any sub titles except once...must watch movie in a long time

HT City has an article by Jaydeep Ghosh today which gives a new meaning to FB...according to him, gone are the days when the initials were used as a an acronym for facebook...now it is f**k buddies and the trend is catching up...he mentions that women mags have also started promoting the trend...i did know of a couple like this when I was with genesis but then I thought they were just being cool...times are changing quite fast

@Mili - when u come to India, can you check on the prices of the Nintendo Wii....will let you know well in advance if I need it...for how long are u coming

The rest is just the same....not feeling very well today and every cough is scary with the flu in the air...2 people in office have been coughing since last week, so maybe they have passed it on...lets see

How men (abroad) talk to their wives

None of the guys on this blog can pull this off...with their wives ie...we have done it with motu a number of times though ;-)

Happy Independence Day guys!!! Lets hope this year is better than the last for India!!

Lord Krishna would have liked this

Cheerleaders and belly dancers at the janmashtmi celebrations by NCP in Mumbai....this is why politicians need to have a Ghajni'esque memory....they were the ones who closed the dance bars ;-)

All kaminey in del

Surprising that kaminey ke liye junta is ready to ride for 7 hours...and kahan it is used to be a bad word....waise aajkal most of the radio channels have something or the other on with kaminey or kaminapanti or sthg like that...subah ek mrs handa called one channel and was complaining about her friend's kaminapanti...she doesnt pay for conveyance when we go for shopping and movie mein jab paapkorn ya coldrinks lete hain toh woh kehte hai ki haw mrs handa main apna 500 ka note dressing table pe bhool gayi ;-)

As the resident health journo predicted, Swine Flu is here to stay....and now the govt is trying to ease the panic by saying that it is just another disease...dont panic etc etc....

Aaj toh the drive to work was super sweet.....3/4th of the offices are shut due to janmashmtmi....so no traffic at all....the only silver lining of coming to work when the rest of the world is off on a long weekend

Chalo ji...back to work...happy Janmashtmi peoples, happy Independence Day in advance and enjoy the weekend

no kaminey in ooty

good to know tht mili n julia had a great time. white n dirty linen looks really interesting but fireworks?? i really dont think so. i dont understand why firangs are so crazy abt them. 80 min long......must have emitted more smoke than all the chulhas of india do in one year. fucking hypocrites.

i know vidya it must be extremely boring to file the same story everyday. every job sucks. dont think too mch abt it. and anubhav, i hope u didnt upset ur stomach with those rayjma rice. kaminey was one movie i was waiting for. i mite ride down to b'lore (abt 7 hrs) to wtch it. faahid n piggy chops.

PS: iss computer ki space key kaam nahi kar rahi hai. maa ki $%&*#

Best swine flu joke

Credit goes to Mamu...i have just updated the figures

1100 people get swine flu and the entire world wants to wear a surgical mask. 20 million have AIDS but still nobody wants to wear a condom.

But jokes apart, swine flu is spreading quite fast....the resident health journalist says that since the symptoms are exactly like normal flu it is quite difficult to catch...and also, it is here to stay...for like a good 2-3 years....so everyone should be on high alert and not ignore any symptoms.

Mumbai and Pune toh have shut schools and multiplexes...airlines and hotels are sufrering too...lonavla has appealed to tourists to avoid coming during the aug 15th wkend...so in all not very good

Just one more day for the weekend....:-)

another fan :)

Hey nidhi I cant tell you how excited I am to know that you are a lost fan too..

I literally stumbled onto lost when I was on abc's website checking out shows on a bored weekend..oh fish........after the first episode I watched all seasons back to back..I mean my frends had started saying that may be m appearing for a lost exam thats y I am onto it..and I just can't wait for the last season..

Anubhav my headaches are still the same.. I have just stopped thinking about them.they come and they go and come again wo warning..I had a lovely deal for dec tickets for 1100 dollars n my agent screwed it up an now the same ticket is costing 1500 dollars..wtf....

If I had to start explaining to Sandra what a dhoti is god save me..

M looking fwd to Kaminey too....

gotta get bk to work..m knee deep in it..

ciao guys

Anurag Kashyap's next

I am not sure but maybe u guys know....his next movie is Doga with Kunal Kapoor....again dont know how many of u know Doga....he is a cross between a dog and a man (some weird tharki bastard and Raj Comics to blame)....so basically its a man with the head of a dog...and AK says it will be multi million budget with spl effects etc....

Is he also going the RGV way....I hope not...although I wont mind other guys making movies on Super Commando Dhruv or Nagraj :-)

Heylo pplz....good to see that all our NRD's (Non Resident Delhites) are contributing regularly....or maybe I am just reading the blog after a long time :-)

After a hectic weekend, we were graced by CG-6 who was coming down from great heights....he had gone to Kullu,Manali and Leh....even Akshay and Vidya were in town....so it was good to catch up with them as well....Varsha was busy with the family so she dint come and CG-6 was too full so just had one beer and no food....who said marriage wont change him ;-)

@Nidhi - How come these developed countries have firework displays at every occassion and blame us for pollution on diwali :-)....and considering how earthqauke prone japan is, i think you experienced one quite late....I hope you dont have any more, but then such stories are good to tell when u come to india...the only earthquake I exp was the del one....in 2001 I think...and that also, I slept thru...not that I wanted to be awake thru one ;-)

@ Mills - Yaar yeh umrikans toh sab se fukre hain....but then what can u expect from a country which had Bush as prez for 8 years...maaf kar dete hain unhe....but I am glad ur having fun and can take out time to tell us the stories...how are ur headaches btw?...hope better....and ask Sandra to take a guess why dhotis are still the preferred garment for 70% of India...that might answer her question ;-)...or she has to visit the land of K'sutra(pun intended) to find an answer

Twitter is basically a micro blogging site, where u cannot post more than 140 chars....Mili, the ones which start with 'http' are the links which you can click on and read more details....it is good fun, but only if you want to keep a tab on news or your fav topics...not at all like FB or any social networking site....atleast in India, where the usage is quite low.

As far as Manoj ji is concerned....I dont know why but sms's dont reach him...ek toh he has taken such a tough number to remember...and he says this was the best one....somehow I have a mind block with numbers not starting with 98...they just dont seem like cell numbers too...including my official number....

My boss just called me to ask if I know the recipe of "Rayjma Rice"....she is getting that made for me today :-)....considering thats what I order every friday, its not tough to guess what I like....and my non fussy nature of liking very few veggies helps

Will get back to work now....saw LAK btw...on a DVD and trust me its not even worth the time...forget the money etc....deepika looks good but her yaccent is too much jee...and saif toh hasnt come out of the the 'hum tum' mould....rishi kapoor looks more foolish than ever...dont know why the sikhs protested against saif's look, they should have done that for rishi kapoor's look....all in all, complete waste of time....the movie of the year will be kaminey....aug 14th it is.

Quite a week

Aloha....

Ive had quite a week..... after the bday... (thanks a ton for the lovely wishes all of you) i thought i will start leading a better... more mature life...

but AHA..... i dont think i can..... akshay and me picked up DVD's of LOST...and there we got hooked to it.....

since then we have seen each and every episode of LOST.... on the 4th season now..... and pretty much back to back......

in between however i went a saw the fireworks at the Tokyo Bay.... they have about 80 min of fireworks.... on the bay to celebrate summer.... and its gorgeous.....

everyone and anyone who is in Tokyo goes around the bay... and sees the fireworks.... people come all dressed up in kimono's and yukatas.... get their food and beer... and sit around with family and friends and enjoy the 12000 boom factor spectacle...... and the team responsible doesn't let go very easily.... they are very innovative.. making hearts, smileys, carnations, shooting stars, mickey mouse bows, cats etc from the fireworks....

and of course the biggest and the loudest display gets all the WOW's from everyone... and trust me when you're sitting with so many ppl and suddenly every one goes WOW together...its awesome.....

anyway... so while seeing lost.... i experience my first earthquake... .and guys i mean it.. everything around me was shaking... water was moving... glasses were making the noise... i actually held on to the table coz i was scared..... and though initially i was laughing and excited later on i was scared....

and guess wat... again today on the morning at 5 there was an earthquake......
and i can confidently say im not looking forward to any more.....

@ mili- good to see you're having a blast... and don't worry... even i thought its Indians who run for free food and drinks..when i see the locals and even expats here who run for food and drinks... i cant help but laugh..... bas khana de do....life is perfect for them...

@ vidya- i can imagine how reporting for swine flu can be irritating.... but its becoming worse there right..... so you should be careful yourself....

@ kosal- buddy im happy you're enjoying you're new life....hope you're doing a great job of the assignments...and you make all of us proud.... send us some nice snaps of ooty.. ive always wanted to go there..... and if i remember correctly mithun chakroborty has a big hotel there... so maybe u bump into him there.....;)

so now i get back to my LOST... have some breakfast.... and pray for earthquake free stay in japan.....

enjoy ure day...

Dirty Linen Night

Hi all..

Hope you have a fun and uneventful weekend!

I had a good weekend too in New Orleans style..

Friday evening was dinner at a frends place. thanks to one of my frend who is leaving for Baltimore for Phd I get invited to all his good bye dinners..

And Saturday I went for the Dirty Linen Night. Nola is full of parties and I think they don't need an excuse for a party. So Dirty Linen Night is basically in response to the White Linen Night that takes a week before. Since Aug is a slow month for Nola in terms of tourists (owing to the hurricane and all) the New Orlenas Art warehouse association holds white linen night on Juliet street where all the art galleries are free and open to the public. You get good deals at the art work of famous and budding artists, you also get to see artists showing their work right there. Juliet street has some of the most expensive and famous art galleries of nola so the street is closed and it almost is a pedestrian mall where you can venture around galleries. People have to wear white (I don't know why except maybe cuz its classy) and there is great music and stuff..

Dirty linen night started 8 years back as a response to white linen where galleries at the Royal street said why should we miss out on this and so they named it dirty linen night. People are encouraged to wear the same linen they wore for white linen which is stained with wine and dirty and come and have fun..

Now the great thing bout dirty linen is tht the galleries serve free wine and food..So Sandra (my frend) and me had tons of white wine, then red, then champagne, then there was a beer keg, also free pizza..so all in all its fun..We checked out some of the most amazing art stuff and ofcourse I kept on getting wine glasses for Sandra..for every glass Sandra had to say "isn't it awesum to be having free liquor" ?? Well..me not being quite a drinker dint have much to say but I must tell you Americans have sumthing about free food and liquour..they will go any place, wud do nything for free food..I mean I know Indians have this whole thing bout free liquor too but its a bit too much with Americans..they would help you move ur stuff if you have beer to offer them..they wud come to ur temple gathering not understanding a word but cuz there is free dinner after the sermons..they would call u up and say lets go to this place..hey cuz there is free food..

Also it was the red dress run day in nola on saturday morning, so in the evening when we went for dirty linen there were men all over dressed in red dresses and sneakers..the history of red dress run is a bit too long to be writing here so you can google it if interested to know..what I can tell you is that men and women dress up in red dresses and when I say dresses I mean dresses..u wil see men in red skirts, frocks, long dresses and sneakers and they run a trail of almost five miles and so the end is celebrated with crazy amount of beer in the end..so french quarter where dirty linen happened was swarmed by men in red..I will put sum pics on facebook for you guys to see...

tht was a good weekend..

and I saw the ugly truth on thurday last week which was an amusing movie..the script seemed to be "inspired" from one of the hindi movies..guy helps the gal trap another guy cuz she likes him and in the process falls for her himself..but it was funny...it was definitely a raunchy comedy with a lot of penis and vagina thrown in but it was fun...I think it released in India and if any of you gals like Gerard Butler then u must not miss the movie..

speaking of which at the cost of sounding crass, Sandra asked me if Indian men are good in bed and verbatim her question was "Mills I have heard brown men have small p....".. Is that true?? Are they good in bed?? When she comes up with these kind of questions out of the blues I have to collect my thoughts before I answer her..

@Anubhav: I can only see your twitter updates but can not access it..Is there an article you have been writing there or is it just an update..M clueless about Twitter and m sure that shows..

@Kaushal: Good to know you are having a good time..how did the assignment on sunday go? Did you do a good job? and may be if you started cooking urself you wouldn have to eat out every day..

OK people..enuf for today..

catch up with u later..

Mills

Back 2 work after a whirlwind trip to bhopal

Aawww kaushal... mera dil paseej gaya!! Was immaging u in a cyber cafe.. bad keyboard.. no electricity, language barrier!!!

i guess m unnesserily getting senti.. Even i have also u caught huffing and puffing a couple of times... sure ur having a great time!

Nothing new in delhi..bad weather, power cuts... traffic jams. all the same! we are planning to watch some movie this weekend.. either hangover or LAK... hopefully next weekend will be more interesting..thanks to kameeney..if we plan ahead we can watch it together.. wat say Divya?

Baaki nothing else to update.. waiting for husband to reach delhi....filling my zillionth H1N1 story this week. Its boring filling the same story everyday but i guess exciting for me might mean more deaths, mutated virus strains and scary stuff like that! So, its better boring and uneventful than interesting and eventful.

Anyway.. tata..deadline time

no tamil, only inglish saar

thanks for updating the gang abt me bud. looks like all of u are having a gud time wtchng movies, rasool puttar and EI. I reached ooty on the evng of 2nd. took a cab from coimbatore. its a 3-hr journey. the driver, mr. ramaswani kept on talking to me in tamil inspite of my replying to him only in english. but i also didnt tell him tht i didnt know tamil. because of a few words vidya taught me, i understood when he asked me should he stop for dinner, and do i need water etc. classes were supposed to start from 5th but iqbal sir thought it right to start on 3rd itself. and the last 5 days have been really eventful. got this visiting faculty from boston, tim linch. more than 2 and half decades of exp and a great sense of humor makes him a brilliant teacher. classmates r fun too. got a good house after some jaddo-jehed. we shifted yesterday morning and since last evng, thrs no power. so just running arnd to find a linesman frm the elec board to fix it but today and tmrw is a holiday. so lets see how we manage.

weather is great here. and people are also pretty nice. yaar yeh cafe ke keyboard mein saala "N" kaam hi nahi kar raha. bchod 10 baar dabana padta hai. anyway, mast north indian khaane ke liye ek adda dhoodh liya hai - "pankaj bhojanalaya". serves good marwari food. btw, evrybdy here calls a parantha, "parota".........and there are scores of such words. so im having my share of fun. my bike is coming on monday hopefully. the ooty will rock :-) thanks anubhav, for all the pain u took. oh btw, abhi abhi naya nmbr liya hai. will msg in the evng. writing it here is no fun. and its not safe also. adam-teasing u know ;-)

equipment khareed khareed ke bank a/c khaali ho gaya hai but the list doesnt look like ending. abe N haraamzaade chal bhi ab. anyway, as i told all of u earlier, pl strt saving 5k per month for me. will need ur help nxt year :-) please dont go by the smiley, im really serious.

K update

Since our dear Manoj ji is busy in Ooty, I thought I will update the well wishers on his behalf...

His beloved bike is on the way to Ooty....and he has almost finalised a house...being the good friend he is, the house he has chosen has enough space and loos to accomodate guests, with a small lawn and all....he is still using the del number and plans to get a local one by the weekend...classes have started....but most of time that I have called.....he picks up the call heaving and panting,out of breath types....so I am sure he is enjoying the class ;-)

CG-6 and Manwanis are expected to be in town over the weekend but both Vid and I are in bhopal....like I told CG-6 last time...everyone meeting at one go, is almost impossible....esp when visiting guests refuse to answer any calls and are busy having beer at the Beer Garden ;-)...so hope the rest of you can catch up

These days we have an Eddie Izzard night every day, thank you Divya :-)

Has anyone seen Public Enemies already...Johnny Depp movie which releases tomorrow in India....maybe worth a watcg after dumb movies like Kambakht Ishq and LAK....the success of these movies just reflects on the audience...we are going the US way as well anything....if the mktg is good, we buy the product...quality anyways is subjective :-)

Read a very interesting article on the new texting lingo....will paste a link if I find it online...just to make all of us realise our real age

Convergence on the blog as well

Heyloz pplz....I have added my Twitter updated to the blog...on the right hand side....

This is basically me being my lazy self, yet again.....this will save me time to paste sthg interesting on the blog....which I found on twitter

I know half of you dont read/care and the other half will not bother....so just an experiment, please bear with me till it fails ;-)

Puppy love gets a new meaning

This is where most dog lovers are finding love for their dogs :-)

www.puppylove.in

www.dateyourpet.co.in

www.dogmateonline.com

Thank you....

Hey guys....

thank you for the birthday wishes....ive been pretty much out the whole weekend... shopping... eating...drinking....and basically doing nothing.... and the best thing...not COOKING..... ;)

its been a hectic last week for me... so this week shall take it slow and easy.....

hearing great reviews of Love aaj kal... any one seen it yet....

so kosal has gone now.... hats of to him,... i don't think i could have done what he is doing.... so kudos to him...and best of luck too....

and while youre seeing videos online..see the goodness gracious me episodes... its hilarious.. and check out borat too..... fabulous.....

enjoy your tuesday...

Happy Birthday Nidhi

Wish you a great day and an even better year ahead!!!

The day is as all mondays are....each second seems like an hour....good news is that only 3600 hours left in the day to go

This blog is turning more into a video blog and it is good fun, atleast for me....
Thanks to Divya,we spend almost an hour watching EI...except for his weird dressing he is hilarious

@Mili - India mein bhi log RP ko jaante hain ;-)....you should see the bollywood movie wala show...where he says and the heroine goes "Dudddud Duddddud"....its too funny

Post some more ppl....

happy birthday nidhi!

Hope u had a great weekend... No posts so m assuming everyone was busy with, hopefully, a pre-b'day bash.
happy birthday... hope u have a great year ahead.

Well, we spent the weekend helping K out.. and that's pretty much what we did! Dropped him at the airport, said our fond farewells! Oh and ofcourse saw Rakhi Sawant ki shaadi...... she is such a drama queen!! Did anyone else see that?

@Divya.. thanks for Eddie Izzard clip, hadnt seen his clips in years! I used to have two of his shows on my comp... .. it was a laugh riot. U should check out his take on empires and India..
its quite entertaining... so if russell peters, but i have not seen any new clips/jokes ...atleast on youtube.

Nothing much... another week starts... atleast we all have a mid-week break due to Rakhi.
Anyway.. ta guys
Happy birthday Nidhi

Russell Peters

hey guys..

I am sure you guys would have heard of Russell Peters..but like a lot of other things I discovered him only when I came here..He is funny..always cracking jokes on india and china..n blacks...

he is of indian origin from canada..

posting one of his videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qtrAMK7_Qk

Mili

Funny Video - Eddie Izzard Death Star Canteen

Very old one..saw it again today. Its completely hilarious..hope you guys like it!

Centre Fresh new ad

This is one ad which I liked after really long....much better than the fastest indian type Pulsar ads ;-)

dullest day ever!!!

such a boring boring day... at work i feel like murdering a few people. Stories are not working out.. the ones that are working out aren't qualifying as a story for my boss..so all in all .. quite eventless.
M thinking i should join swimming classes... need to cut the flab!
Atleast have something to do in the evening...anyway..ta

Party tonight

Heyloz....yes today it is confirmed that we are meeting....CG-6 has kept us in the dark still...with promises that he will definitely be there...but then we know his promises and also that he has changed...the venue will most prob be my house (which doesnt have an A/c in the living room) or K's (which doesnt have chairs)....One day last week, he climbed on his baby(thats what he calls Sekhar) while baby was on the chair...and the over flowing passion melted the chair and its legs gave way...I had turned my back on them, ignoring sekhar's cries(pain/pleasure) but the loud bang made me turn...and the sight was not a pleasant one ;-)

@ Divya - It is a terribly depressing movie....I dont understand why u guys continue to watch these movies...as the HC told our fighing MP's - the remote is in your hand, dont watch it :-)....I know the radio really had bad songs in the morning...anyways, plz msg what would u like to drink...I have a couple of beers, vodka and bacardi at home

@ Mili - Why dont u get the tests done for the headaches...I would like to think ur missing India and K, but still its better to confirm :-)...or send Vid the symptoms and she can fwd it to someone for an opinion

Getting back into training..ta pplz

When thursday feels like a monday...

It's Thursday morning and precisely one more day left before the weekend kicks in and yet I'm at my grouchiest best :-X
Woke up in the worst mood ever..I guess its a combination of sleeping late and watching a very disturbing movie last night. We saw something called Matribhoomi yesterday - directed by Manish Jha. Not sure if you guys have seen it - it's a story about female infanticide, a village without any women and how the lone eligible girl is married off to five brothers and the exploitation she undergoes. Decently made but again very very depressing and disturbing.
I listen to radio ever morning while doing household chores and that usually keeps my spirits high...but just today, all channels without fail kept playing the crappiest music ever- that didn't help either!
And the icing on my already rotten cake was a client meeting that i just got back from. Met this fat, not so pretty tobacco chewing woman who was a dyke for sure, rude and basically very unpleasant. I almost wanted the meeting to end as soon as it started.Lets see if the day changes for the better soon. And i'm really wishing it will end on a good note as we are meeting Kosal, Anubhav, Vidya, Aabhas and maybe Mufti. Should be fun. I think i want to drink tonight...

Damn the thursday morning bluessssss...damn!

Wss up

Wass up people..

Divya@good to see ur post

seems like in all everyone had a good weekend...mine was chilled out too..some cooking, helping a frend move her stuff to her new apt, trip to the gurudwara on sunday..

at work now and seems like my head will burst..i soooooooooo hate these headaches..
BTW I loved the place that I saw in the PDF file that divya sent..it was awesum..holiday and me don't go hand in hand..Abhi toh india aane ka time mil jaaye woh hi bahut hai..

read an interesting blog today on sum show called "sach ka saamna"..sounded so spooky..
had heard some odd conversations about it among the desi frends last weekend but never gave it an ear..but coming back to the blog it seemed interesting (the blog not the show)..and I will go home today and see what its all about..another reality gimmick??

nyways nidhs@ i see all my hindi movies online too thanks to bhejafry and mufttv :)
the theatre that plays hindi movies here is too far off and u gotta ask a ride from someone plus its worse than a theatre in any of the small towns in india..but if these guys give a gud review bout kaminey then we would go..
but man..these website people they are fast..friday nite i can see the link to the new releases online...of course its a theatre print :)

aabhas@if you are reading this then m sorry for not responding on facebook..i was in the gym and saw it only wen i came back..m looking for those posters for you by the way :)

awrite people..
tk cr

mills

Indian superstars

Interesting conversation between one South African and two Indians on Indian stars who have a rag to riches story:

SA: Who is this singer, Ameer Kaan (gets it right in the 3rd attempt)? I see him a lot dancing in music videos and on Tata Sky?

Ind 1: No no he is not a singer, the singer is A R Rahman...the guy from South India who won the Oscar for Jai Ho (pride in his voice)...have u heard the song

SA: No No, I know AR Rahman...this guy is Ameer Kaan....the one who got a weird hair cut for his film, Gajeeni (struggling again with the name)

Ind 2: Ya ya, that is aamir khan but he is not a singer...he is a crorepati film actor...has lot of money (pride again)

SA: Oh...but if he is not a singer than why does he do so many songs (surprised)...every hour I see him on Tata Sky

Ind 1: That is 'coz he is their brand ambassador...that is how these guys make money ('andar ki baat hai' tone)...

SA: like Shah Khan (happy that he got it right first time)...or what his hame

Ind 2: Yes yes Shah rukh khan...you know he recently bought 6 floors in a building in Park lane in London....and u know the reason...'coz till his dad was alive they lived in a rented house and now he wants to have house in every major city (incredulous)

Ind 1: He belongs to del....worked in a serial Fauji on Doordarshan(the world famous channel, every1 knows it) and then in another called Circus (who could have missed that) and now he is a super star

SA: How did he become a super star suddenly (amazed)...how did he start

Ind 2: He was a theatre actor in DU...and then he worked in tv serials and now he is a super star (so simple,eh)

Ind 1: His is a classical rags to riches story(finally used a cliche)....no money, no house and now everything...

SA: I must be doing sthg wrong...how come I am not earning money (laughing)

Ind 1: You must start doing sthg in bollywood...thats how he became rich (earnest response)

SA: Should I move to mumbai then....del doesnt seem to be a good option (continuing the joke)

Ind 2: No no, like I said SRK is also from delhi...and u know the Singh is King guy, Akshay Kumar (who doesnt)...he is also from del..old del...used to be a waiter in a lane which sells only parathas (really)...and a black belt(scary)...and now he owns bungalows(wow, dont tell me)

And SA gets a call...so the conversation is interrupted.

my day off :)

and so i cleaned!!! and then cleaned a little more!
Did nothing at all other than that.....
Got up at 6 am to drop K to the railway station ( thankless guy!! Atleast he cant complain about dropping/picking me anymore)
Spoke to Akshay.. they are coming over next weekend.. so m hoping everyone gets together . I guess from now on all of us will have to arrange our social calenders accd. to outstation guests... its becoming increasingly difficult considering almost everyone is outstation!
K has also done his time in Delhi.. few more days left....in all honesty m gonna miss that idiot a lot. Already miss him actually!
Anyway... have some friends over for dinner. so i'll get back to my lemongrass/ginger chicken.
Ta..

Weather News

Heavy rains lashed Pune and many parts of Western Maharashtra this morning, reviving the wet spell in the region.
The monsoon has raised hopes of bridging the considerable rainfall deficit with favourable conditions for Kharif sowings.
Reports of good rains were received from Kolhapur and Satara also with a 4 ft rise in the Koyna dam water level, official sources said today.
The Meteorological department here attributed revival of the monsoon in interior Maharashtra to the low pressure area formed over Bay of Bengal and predicted continuation of heavy showers in the next 24 hours.

With so much being written abt rains in delhi, just thot i would update on the H2O scene in the western region. I could well imagine how much it rained in delhi by how much has been blogged abt it.
Anubhav tht Karachi stuff was funny.....
Kaushal ....for you ........go on this link....www.indianaturewatch.net....go to "mammals"......goto "eye of the tiger".......the photographs clicked are by Vinay Subramaniam...on his trip to Ranthambore....nd they are unbelievable....

Vidya...stop tht "look what i found" ..stuff......

Rain might play spoil sport....but dont let the SPIRIT die......inspite of the failures "THE PLANNING MUST GO ON".....

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”
Alber Einstien

Bravery or stupidity

Shocking images...A school near Chennai did this show to mark some stupid b'day celebrations of K Kamaraj

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS-City-Chennai/School-uses-kids-as-props-for-stunt/articleshow/4827903.cms

Delhi gets rain.....and how

Yesterday evening seemed like Rain Gods were fed up of the millions of Delhites asking for rain everyday....so they got up and just shut everyone up...it rained for 4 hours and I happened to be on the road for three of those lucky hours....the papers claim that 69mm is what it rained in 4 hours and normally delhi gets that in a month....so then all the blocked roads, floating cars,people walking back home is expected na....not when you are in the car for 2 hours when it takes you 20 mins everyday

It was unbelievably crazy....From my house to the chirag dilli flyover it took me 35 minutes....I was on my way to a friend's house (where I am never going again, next time there may be an earth quake) in VK and it took me an hour....and once I was there, I was like - it feels so good and finally it rained etc etc....I left for home at 10....and reached at 11.50....tried all possible routes but each was worse than the previous...metro construction helped block all short cuts and turn roads into rivers...really missed my Safari when I saw a scorpio cruise thru the rivers,splashing every1 else on the road....at essex, there were atleast 4 cars and 2 buses floating....people started walking back home...and maybe mumbai is used to it, but in del if you see people leaving their cars and walk you do get scared (to put it mildly, without abuses)...

Had it been any of my earlier co's, I might have come late to work today...citing maniacal traffic trauma....but then I have realised that when u work with expats, you are an employee later but a representative of ur country first ;-)....ethg becomes another excuse to blame India....I mean all of us love to hate the country sometimes too...but then thats just a good topic for conversation....nothing personal na....

Breaking news: K was supp to take the 07.20 shatabdi home and the train is only 2 hours late....poor guy has been sitting at the stn since 7 am, w/o his camera....

I still hope rains continue but with lil pre-conditions....rains only after 10 pm and all of us at home with a hot cup or a tall glass, thinking about poor sods like me who were stuck in traffic ;-)

Hola ppl!!

Hola ppl...

My first post on this blog after almost 3 years!!! Feels great to go through all the old posts..some of them go back to the same year when Amit & I got married...Nice Nice!! Realised last week that the blog was live and kicking but due to some technical glitches I could only read the posts and not write in. Thanks to the invite from YAITSME :-) ab hum likh aur padh dono saktein hain.

This weekend was a real bummer...mills/ Gulia (Hello to you guys btw) - no weekend plans materialised. But this time it was largely my doing...didn't plan properly earlier and then some relatives showed up at the last minute so had to call off the whole thing. On sunday we were shuttling between Delhi-Gurgaon-Indrapuram so no rest either. I'm already looking frwrd to the next weekend.

Kosal - me sorry that your farewell soiree didn't turn out the way we planned. But I promise we'll make up for it this week. I'm told CH-6 is here on Friday. So definitely doing something on Thursday/ Friday.

Mills/ NG..I'm glad you guys are a part of this. Since most of the group is spread all across now..it doesn't matter if you're in a different state or continent..the regular posts just make u feel more connected...wah wah- very profound!!

And Mills very proud of you for making 100 phulkas. I'm a fairly decent cook myself but completely suck at making phulka/ paranatha and the likes. 100 is really something!!

Vids..welcome back babes..Hope you're well rested now after your weekend cleaning expedition. Lets all meet this week for sure...and ya..i'll be waiting for my fridge magnet :-)

I think its pouring outside..will sign off now step out for a coffee break. Hope to be more regular with blog thing..see u all soon :-)

Busy people

Hello all....

well the weekend was great.... sunny so mostly didn't move out of my house during the day... evening was pleasant so went around....

was actually seeing online episodes of gilmore girls... i used to love that serial and i got the whole 7 season pile online.... so enjoying that....

vidya your pictures speak a thousand words... im sure the trip was fantastic...and about coming back to a welcome of garlands..- any pictures.... i would love to see the look on your face.... some paparazzi should have been there to complete a picture...

and yes anubhav - how come you didnt go.... tell tell....:)

and where are the other busy ppl.... one hello on the weekend is not much to ask for i guess....

how was your farewell party for kaushal.... finally did you guys manage to go someplace or not...

and wat reviews for kaminey... atleast mili can watch Hindi movies in theater.... yahan toh release bhi nahin hoti theater mein..... sab online pirated version dekho ya phir wait for DVD release.......

mon is a slow day even though everyday is a sunday for me....

you guys enjoy your week..

Bollywood goes hi tech

Interesting article on how B'wood is turning the dream world into a hi tech dream world....

That fabulous apartment in Dostana, with the Miami skyline as a backdrop, New York’s memorable shots of the Big Apple, or those 50,000 fans cheering the Chak De girls in the grand finale... were never there.

Otherwise, why would a film shot in Philadelphia, go under the name of New York and become the biggest hit so far this year? Or one shot in Jaipur goes as Delhi-6 , while almost 50% of Karan Johar’s genre-changing Dostana, with its Miami based storyline, is shot in Mumbai’s film city.


On cost, Chak De is a super case. Shot over two months in Australia, across stadiums, a live shoot would have required at least 10,000 people for those many days as spectators in the stadium. With an artist’s rate at $80 to $100 a day, the cost would have been huge

For the Before and After pics, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/quickiearticleshow/4818713.cms

Perfect (domesticated) sunday

Heylo pplz....today was the sunday I want during the week but when I got it, I actually dint know what do with it...

Got up late, helped wife clean the house, had a nice meal,started & finished a book,had a friend over for dinner and then won in Golf (PS2)....did not even step out of the house for a min....complete chillaxed day.

Hope you guys had a good day too

For Anubhav's sake...

Dint wanna disappoint Anubhav, so here goes.
The house was a royal mess!!! Everything was under layers of dust!!! Things were growing on clothes as (for some unexplainable reason) my husband refused to get them washed!!
So when I landed, dog tired, he had just enough work to keep me occupied for days!!
And yes, the maid was at the receiving end (because the man i married does nothing and poor maid suffers)

PS: Girls, what do you think about Anubhav not even coming to receive me, after promising that he would!!

back to the grind.. AND LOVING IT EVERY BIT!

Hey guys!!!
I was reading the old blogs. Just realized that we have all come a long way. Also that some things do not change.

Anubhav is still the one trying hard to keep the blog alive J (closely assisted by Nidhi ofcourse) I hope history does not repeat itself and we can all do some serious blogging this time!

Nidhi/Mili- its good to have you guys back in our everyday things. Feels like old times.
Kaushal- M never gng to within a mile of the airport with u!! U come with a fucking garland to receive ppl!!!!
Anubhav- Where did u say you found that ‘Karachi se’ video?

Well enough gyaan. Now about Cape Town.

a) They have penguins there!!! I never knew Southern hemisphere had penguins!!
They also have rather unfriendly Ostriches, baboons (nasty ones) and disgusting ghekkos….

b) I think sometime in the history, all African women gathered around and decided to wage a war against fabrics!! So even when it is freezing, they keep as far as they can from clothes, using it to the minimum!! Take for example Lola (friendly neighbourhood restaurateur where I had most of my dinners)!!! When I was wearing two layers of sweaters, jackets, ear muffs and gloves, Lola wore NOTHING but a micro mini top which barely covered her tits. BARELY!! You should know that Lola is super fat!!! And all the while starved, ill-mannered and not-so-subtle Pakistani journos kept drooling onto their plates, hoping for her boobs to pop out or something!!

c) God alone knows what the entire world has against water!!! Water is more expensive than aerated drinks!!! Morons!

d) It is a city filled with thugs and goons!!! Shops close at 4 pm, people disappear by 6. At 8, the streets are positively out of bounds!!

All that being said, it really is a beautiful, beautiful city. Cant say that enough!! I went to the table top mountain, to all the waterfronts. The high point ofcourse was where Africa ends- The Cape of Good Hope!! You have to see it to believe it. At one point, the Atlantic and Indian oceans meet and it is so overwhelming to stand there, on the tip of that cliff.
I stood there for 20 mins.. just looking into the sea….. the cape of good hope comes under the Table Mountain National Park, again beautiful and nothing like the forests we find in India.

Personally, my high point was meeting Dele Olojede- the journalist who won the Pulitzer for a series on the Rwandan genocide. Brilliant guy.

Anyway, I came back with lots of fridge magnets J so those in Delhi please decide the venue soon.

Sat has just begun

Hi people..

Just got out of bed and enjoying the morning cuppa...Went to bed at 3 last nite after an awesum dinner of palak daal and paneer masala, which I did not cook..Was invited to a frend's house who is a very good cook..its not so fun sumtimes to be the only girl in your gang and yest nite it was 4 doctors, and one chemical engineering doctorate so you could imagine how hard I would have tried to turn the tide of the conversation at points but gave up :)

Yeah I know Kaushal cuz he would laugh at me for getting senti at people who sell stuff at traffic intersections and buying it too..and he never cribbed much about del traffic, mind you delhi..and cribbed loads wen it came to ghaziabad traffic..I so wish he was this good a driver when I was there :)

this seems to be a interaction only bw dada, nidhs, kaushal and me..where are the others..but chalo theek hai..aa jayenge AT SUM POINT IN TIME

pls let me know how kaminey turns out to be and then I would decide if I am spending 10 dollars in the theatre or not. There is one old theatre here which plays hindi movies and I havent been to it yet..Thought would go for kaminey..that reminds me Indian Ocean is playing in NOLA in Aug and I am going for it :) Also I got my ticket yest for my first ever SAINTS game in the Superdome.Now I can atleast say that I have watched a Saints game staying here :)

I agree Iphone is good but there are more phones in the market that would do a similar job like the Iphone does..Aur abhi toh vaise bhi I think they are out with the new model so they have dropped the prices of Iphone. I am eligible for an Iphone upgrade in Jan 2010 so waiting to get a new phone then :) For now I am using the phone Kaushal got me but the band and network seems to be a problem. Though it works here but signal reception aint' great. I miss india again.you can just walk in and buy a phone. Here unless you are buying a plan, phones are freakingly expensive...

Ok people..hope you are having a dancing nite..I have to help a frend move today and then cook for her. As she puts it Meelee can you cook chicken teeeeka for me :) well not chicken teeeka but will feed her some chickpeas and paneer..have fun people...

nidhs@ what you doing for sat nite??

Another working sat

Just came back from a shoot with ET Now...it was fun tho, 'coz I got to lower down the roof like 6 times and then bring it back again....and getting to do this in a red 911...good fun....I think sports cars look great in bright colors like red,yellow and even orange...tho I wont mind one in fuschia pink (yes I know thats a color)

Wife is back....tho very tired...but not 'coz of the flight....'coz she got up at 7am in the morning and took the maid's class....A resignation is in the pipeline...I wont steal her thunder and she can tell you guys about how her trip was.

K aajkal aise bohat se nek kaam karta hai....since its K its not restricted to girls only....yes he gets senti sometimes...and Mili it is cool....not all women know him as well as u do ;-)

Weekend seems to be disapp by the second...though we seem to be having a consensus on the dancing tonight....most prob it will be Howzzat at ggn....Divya had recommended it long time back but somehow we nev went there....as K put it, since we are a nuclear family now it might be easy to decide on a place...but like all other things,its not final till we dont return from Howzzat

Kal CG-6 also called K....his dog has become a father...so plz join me in congratulating the dog...

The new movies which released today - Luck, Night at the Museum, have got terrible reviews....I dont judge them by reviews only but the story sounds crap...I think the next must watch will be Kaminey...aug 14th it releases in India

Now going to see a new phone for wife, as suggested by the PR Manager for Nokia (she lies that she is in HR) and a laptop for K as suggested by the most hardworking HP employee....ta guys....have a nice wkend...

friday night...

hello hello....

kosal.... ure selling stuff tht aint buyable.... so take it with u... might just add some historic value to it....also dont crib abt picking up friends.... kabhi kabhi toh ache kaam karta hain... keep up the good work.... i wish wen i come you can pick me up from the airport too... it will be such a privilege

mili- i agree...though everyday is a Sunday for me...but nothing beats getting up late... i will never complain abt it...

guys in Delhi who are just abt enjoying there Friday night... continue enjoying....and meet up guys... kosal is going soon.... phir kab miloge....

@video not seen both...so will see and comment later...

i enjoyed fri night..its raining here and got drenched.. after tons of wine...

have a super weekend guys.....