Friday, July 25, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Holiday!
Got so used to these short weekend trips that this 5 day vacation seemed almost unreal. Though the so called objective of the trip was to attend Chins' wedding, it actually turned out to be an after-thought. With all the con-calls notwithstanding (which are nothing more then silly cacophonous banter and winner's take all mud-slinging contests) for the wedding plans we must have actually spent just about 3 hours there over 2 days.
Day 1 - Safe Landing on a Turbulent Flight: Took the flight to Pune with an irritating old aunt who simply wouldn't stop talking about how she has never travelled in a LCC, why she won't eat during travels and what not. However I am really proud to say that my ability to totally filter out white noise helped me put a fake a smile and nod as I read my book.
Day 1 - Safe Landing on a Turbulent Flight: Took the flight to Pune with an irritating old aunt who simply wouldn't stop talking about how she has never travelled in a LCC, why she won't eat during travels and what not. However I am really proud to say that my ability to totally filter out white noise helped me put a fake a smile and nod as I read my book.
360 degree reach - Indigo ad on the conveyor belt.We, Swat, Ghone and Tipsy took off to Ynis-Ynus! Surprise! Surprise! Dino was already there and so was Setty! Now who is Setty? Setty is a young kid doing his grad from IIT M who by a quirk of fate landed in 309! Now how's that for life experiences? :P
We headed off to attend the 1st ceremony in the evening, only to leave the
location within 15 min to watch JTJN. Would leave that for another post.
Day 2 - Hitched! :
I believe this pic covers the essence of the wedding! Can you believe it??!!! :D
Moha, Zak and Nak joined the troupe in the morning. And Teja in the evening. Now Teja is quite a dude - he broke away from the system and is pursuing a career in film-making today.
Day 3 - The road trip minus the dope :
Rented this cab!
Notice Teja's film-making skills in the next. Though I was reluctant, it came out pretty well. The guy who was walking past and took this snap didn't know what hit him in between our squabble.
Drove down from Pune via the "Legendary Highway" in Setty's words.
Light at the end of the tunnel. Took this one as Vara zoomed in at 120! Moha not being behind the wheel scared the hell out of us.
Lonavala! I also happened to save a life here. Unfortunately for me and fortunately for him - its was a guy. Held on to him as he as he fell of a ledge.
Day 4 - Local Train to Matheran :
After droping the car :( at the airport we headed off to Vile Parle.
Vada - Paow in Mumbai.
Lala in his typical 'bickering old lady' style cried all the way to Matheran lamenting the fact that we took the local.
Treking in Matheran- If we don't have the photos from Matheran, then blame it on Dino! He remembers to bring his stupid American football and Mitt - baseball glove but forgot to charge his camera. BTW he only plays poker and blackjack these days. American returned A-hole :P 
Day 5 - Back to our Mallu roots (Courtesy: Moha, Zak & Nak):
Had lunch at Rice Bowl and everyone flew back one by one. Lala totally freaked out on being fooled by Nak & Zak of another local to the airport. Poor guy! :))
Best 5 days in recent times. Wish we could do this more often. :)
Friday, July 11, 2008
A brief intro to junta
Maybe I am getting nostalgic today, another email from my favourite one on the junta. No one could have done this better.
oops!
Ok here goes...allow me to give a brief intro to the crowd here. And i think i'll introduce Nakul and Chins first 'cos the ladies will be curious and before I start, here goes the
Disclaimer: The views expressed herein are totally mine. I'd written them under the influence of a sleep-inducing lunch. Nobody can hold me responsible for any vicious aftermath.
1) Nakul - the guy with a toothy grin has his way with gals. His nick while playing black hawk down was tweety! Now tell me, which girl would'nt wanna know more about this "oh! so sensitive, sweet, soft spoken" guy ;D
2) Chins - he was touted to be the "most handsome guy" in the girls hostel (now you know how "good looking" the other guys on campus were!). And I can remember quite a few junior gals batting their eyelids with hopes of catching their attention. lol.
3) Mithun - this true blue mallu boy loves to think he is of the leather jacket-harley-beer gut guys....gimme a break! He is the total opposite of course!
4) Gunz - this is the guy who'd eat curd rice irrespective of the place! A tamilian, his sentences start with "hamare keral me..." and he thinks Mohan Lal is God!
5) Vara - this is the gentle giant... and in his own words "I am a sportsman!" This creature (dino) is slow moving like the sloth and ppl have to strain their ears to listen to him (this kinda behavior can be observed outside the basketball court)
6) Pot - this guy would probably want to have a serious discussion on economics on his honeymoon (if he ever gets married that is!)
7) Akhil - he hates ppl calling him lala (so, pls refrain!). He has truly graduated after his MBA from being a milk drinker at bars to drinking alcohol
8) Dips - the baby of the gang! Need I explain more?
9) Swat - fondly known as the Mother Hen and World Bank (both of which are self explanatory!) And NO HR faff pls...
10) Me - i'm just the cool guy with long hair! :)
oops!
Ok here goes...allow me to give a brief intro to the crowd here. And i think i'll introduce Nakul and Chins first 'cos the ladies will be curious and before I start, here goes the
Disclaimer: The views expressed herein are totally mine. I'd written them under the influence of a sleep-inducing lunch. Nobody can hold me responsible for any vicious aftermath.
1) Nakul - the guy with a toothy grin has his way with gals. His nick while playing black hawk down was tweety! Now tell me, which girl would'nt wanna know more about this "oh! so sensitive, sweet, soft spoken" guy ;D
2) Chins - he was touted to be the "most handsome guy" in the girls hostel (now you know how "good looking" the other guys on campus were!). And I can remember quite a few junior gals batting their eyelids with hopes of catching their attention. lol.
3) Mithun - this true blue mallu boy loves to think he is of the leather jacket-harley-beer gut guys....gimme a break! He is the total opposite of course!
4) Gunz - this is the guy who'd eat curd rice irrespective of the place! A tamilian, his sentences start with "hamare keral me..." and he thinks Mohan Lal is God!
5) Vara - this is the gentle giant... and in his own words "I am a sportsman!" This creature (dino) is slow moving like the sloth and ppl have to strain their ears to listen to him (this kinda behavior can be observed outside the basketball court)
6) Pot - this guy would probably want to have a serious discussion on economics on his honeymoon (if he ever gets married that is!)
7) Akhil - he hates ppl calling him lala (so, pls refrain!). He has truly graduated after his MBA from being a milk drinker at bars to drinking alcohol
8) Dips - the baby of the gang! Need I explain more?
9) Swat - fondly known as the Mother Hen and World Bank (both of which are self explanatory!) And NO HR faff pls...
10) Me - i'm just the cool guy with long hair! :)
Coldplay, Long Tail and an Email from my favourite friend :)
listen to violet hill by coldplay if you've not already..
Pot - to bring an esoteric angle to it which otherwise will not titillate you enough to listen.. coldplay's latest album, viva la vida has cleaned up the charts in the US, UK, Aus and other parts of the world. This is more like what Chris Anderson says..they sold 125,000 copies in 1 day in UK alone and has become one of the biggest selling records in the first week of release.. they have all the makings of becoming a good marketing case study esp for records. They did a free gig in London with a few select songs from the album and used social network sites and other music download sites to promote 2 of the 10 songs from the album by offering free downloads. The song also features in iTunes' latest ad campaign.. So music companies are still managing to reap profits despite the digital barricades when marketed right!
I'm bored at work and need to do something fun to keep myself sane.. so today, I'm gonna leave work at 4 and until then just reply to mails and not do any work.. :)
So, all ye buggers, pls reply
Pot - to bring an esoteric angle to it which otherwise will not titillate you enough to listen.. coldplay's latest album, viva la vida has cleaned up the charts in the US, UK, Aus and other parts of the world. This is more like what Chris Anderson says..they sold 125,000 copies in 1 day in UK alone and has become one of the biggest selling records in the first week of release.. they have all the makings of becoming a good marketing case study esp for records. They did a free gig in London with a few select songs from the album and used social network sites and other music download sites to promote 2 of the 10 songs from the album by offering free downloads. The song also features in iTunes' latest ad campaign.. So music companies are still managing to reap profits despite the digital barricades when marketed right!
I'm bored at work and need to do something fun to keep myself sane.. so today, I'm gonna leave work at 4 and until then just reply to mails and not do any work.. :)
So, all ye buggers, pls reply
Monday, July 7, 2008
Batte Royale
What a match? What more can you ask for in a Wimbledon final? 2 best player of this era taking on each other in a gripping 5 setter.
In fact its more like the end of an era and start of a new one. Wish Nadal had waited for another year! :(
Anyway! Overall its a big :D
In fact its more like the end of an era and start of a new one. Wish Nadal had waited for another year! :(
Anyway! Overall its a big :D
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