Irony...

camping in a protected bird sanctuary gorging on fried chicken and drinking kingfisher...

Season's Greetings...

I'm so angry I wanna kill someone...

The past 24 hours has been one of the worst in my life. Certain things have happened which has left me tired, exhausted and devoid of any motivation. I've been so angry I wanna kill someone...

It was finally blogosphere that has come to my rescue... Was contemplating a few courses of action.. Am now thinking otherwise... After reading two entries; one by a close friend and another by my best friend. Even without asking, the universe has conspired to bring advice my way.

Bhadra
Narendran


Thanks a lot J.
and BN, DB & MK.

stumbling...

Isn't it great when we stumble upon something and suddenly like what we've discovered.. be it a book, or a dish or a song or some place to some hithero undiscovered part of your attic or backyard... I've always loved stumbling upon stuff..

"Stumble Upon" was one of my favourite passtimes while in bschool.. esp through some really boring lectures.. of late, I've rediscovered stumbling.. I randomly type urls and see what's in store.. two such sites which have kept me busy for the past coupla hours are:

http://www.grumblemagazine.com/
http://www.bloodyhell.com/

While the former has some write ups which make for interesting reading while the latter has jokes/ anecdotes with liberal doses of sarcasm thrown in..

I'm so bloody tired

I'm feeling so lazy... I'm so tired... Don't feel like working at all... In fact I don't feel like doing anything at all... For timepass, watched Sweet Home Alabama. now am feeling all homesick...

Big wheels keep on turning
Carry me home to see my kin
Singing songs about the Southland
I miss Ernakulam once again

Sweet home Ernakulam
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet Home Ernakulam
Lord, I'm coming home to you


... Sigh ...

Am not able to sleep.. Not able to read... Not able to make contact... Not able to talk... just plain lethargy and a pretty much queasy feeling...

Doing something ironical...

I'm really really sleepy and tired. And I absolutely hate cricket. Even I'm not sure why I woke up early on a sunday and came all the way to VCA stadium to watch the match. Well, its kinda exciting though. Might as well enjoy the day!

neat.. ain't it!!

a lil something I saw on a recent trip to Bangkok

crossing the silver jubilee...

How I hate working on Sunday...

Well, another beautiful Sunday down the drain.. Gosh! I really hate working on holidays. But such is fate (or my job rather).. Anyway, I was not about to let go so easily..

So after I met my team members in the morning and wrapped up the pep talks by noon, I slowly set off for home; to finish preparing for my meeting tomorrow. But, the beautiful sidewalks of Nagpur lured me into a walk which later turned to a totally aimless amble.. The city is really beautiful.. and before I knew it, there I was in front of CCD. And it suddenly started to drizzle... the perfect icing on the cake..

So here I am, sipping a hot cuppa.. at my fav haunt in Nagpur.. part working.. part blogging..

Hoping to finish off a good chunk of work before my roomie (who also ended up working today) turns up.. Planning to go watch Rock On! in the evening.. really need to destress myself...

Home Sweet Home...

Just entered Kerala an hour ago. It looks absolutely gorgeous. Its rained the night before. All I can see are vast expanses of paddy fields and the place has exploded with a million hues of lush lush green. Man! This truly is 'God's own country'

Celebrating I-Day

For the first time in my life I am celebrating independence day while on the move. Am going home after a long gap. Am on the kerala express which will take me home by tomorrow morning.nothing much in celebration so to say.not even a tri-colour to wave. Just a smug feeling and proud to be an Indian!
Vande Mataram...

Watching history in the making...

Just watched Abinav Bindra shoot his way to winning the country's first individual Olympic Gold medal... Felt great to watch history being made...

And life is beautiful again...

After a month and a half of waiting, whining, incessant calls to NOKIA Care and threats to go to consumer courts.. I finally got my phone back...

Realisations after a phone under repairs...

My first phone was a Nokia 3100; one which had a glow-in-the-dark border and looked like a lil devil with horns in the dark. I absolutely loved it. But felt the need to upgrade, what with all the peer pressure and friends flaunting the latest models. Last Dec, I switched to the Nokia5700 XpressMusic. Again I knew I had a great catch. Good OS, nice looks, great features, fantastic music and above all, very few people had it unlike the ubiqitious NSeries which every TDH has these days.

Back to the topic at hand, I was on a market visit, a few weeks ago when it started acting up. The keys got jammed; the OS went haywire and I eventually had to take it to Nokia Care and was told that I'd havta wait for a month to get it back. D-day is yet to arrive; I'm missing my phone and it was a huge stepdown switching to a 1100. I used to listen to the radio a lot while travelling and I'm missing that as well. And the added burden of taking my digicam on every market visit.

I was really proud of the fact that I had over 300 contacts in my phone book. And used to self congratulate myself on the fact that I was in touch with a lot of people, right from my school days. But I started realising one thing. Many people with whom I was really proud to 'be in touch with' never called; not ever once. Not a soul from my school days and just two of my best friends from college. Did people really forget or was everyone tied up with work-promotions and all that crap?? Or on a more alarming/depressing/demotivating note; did it say more about me than the 'firnds' I'm cribbing about?? I couldn't help but wonder...

But on the plus side, I had a few surprises as well. People I never thought would call, actually gave me a buzz. And most of all, I realised that I have a lot of good friends from work. Coz it was my friends from work who first started buzzing me when my calls stopped. Guess, I need jolts like these to keep me grounded in reality...

A strange dream...

I had a dream.. (wow! feeling a lil like Martin Luther King when I say that). Anyway, I had a strange dream yesterday. I dreamt that I was playing tennis with Novak Djokovic.
What could it mean? When I am one person who is far removed from sports.

A need to get organised...

Today I decieded that I will not work after 6pm. So I shut the laptop and ventured out. It'd been a while since I went to CROSSWORD. So decided to go there.

The book I have been reading got sold out. So there was no real point in spending too much time. Really wanted to pick up a few books. But already I have a jam packed schedule and a few books left to finish. So decided againt it and spent a good amount of time flipping through a coffee table book on Cocktails.

Anyway, didn't leave empty handed. Bought a spiral bound notepad. Ive been putting off a lot of work, some big some small for a while. Time to get organised. Now if only I moved my ass and started writing down stuff to do in my "Things to Do" book. If only I could overcome this sudden bout of procrastination.

Well maybe tomorrow :)

a renewed hatred for rains...

Why did it have to rain on a Sunday.. of all the bloody days of the week, it just had to rain today.. and that too right after I got dressed and was about to leave the house...
Well, now I'm all bored just watching random movies on my laptop

Grrrrr... I just loathe the rains!

Inspired...

Had just wrapped up work in the evening... my roomie's boss was visiting and so he'd be late... so decided to watch Before Sunrise for the nth time... this is one movie which I love to watch over and over again...

dunno whether it was the movie or the pile of Outlook Travellers spread on floor, the travel bug just hit me... it hit me strong and hard... all of a sudden I had this urge to go somewhere, just to get away... eventually wrote a mail to my 3 best friends from college suggesting a trip! really hope atleast one would reply in the affirmative...

The Good Run Continues...

Well, the Sunday turned out to be pretty good. Went to watch Aamir at the newly opened Inox. We reached a good 20mins late, but there was hardly anybody at the theatre. People were probably flocking for the multistarrer SarkarRaj. Anyway, we had just settled down when suddenly it was the interval. With a running time of 90mins, the movie was pretty short by bollywood standards. And I had a doubt whether it was a copy of Cellular. But it wasn’t and actually turned out to be a pretty good movie. Good background score, convincing performance by the fresh face Rajiv Khandelwal and an amazing cinematography that captures the essence of arterial Mumbai.

Went book shopping at CROSSWORD later, followed by a good cup of coffee at CCD before returning home. Also strolled along near the All Saints Cathedral at Sadar on the way. It had just drizzled and the placed looked all green and fresh! Picked up two books today: How Starbucks saved my Life (highly recommended by a good ole buddy) and Tokyo Cancelled (just liked the theme).

Hope they turn out to be good. Dunno how much of time I’ll get to read coz the coming week is jam packed with work. Hoping to catch a lil time while I’m traveling on my tour…

pics courtesy- http://i.indiafm.com/firstlook/aamir.jpg; http://www.readinggroups.co.uk/books/default.aspx?id=30464; http://juergenalker.com/blog/2007/09/16/starbucks-saved-my-life/

its Sunday!!!

Yay! its Sunday (finally)... and I'm not working for a change... I'm actually doing nothing... just ambling about the house, listening to the radio and calling people randomly... feels good actually.

Woke up early morning today.. Being a bachelor and having a job that keeps me away from home most of the time; cleaning takes a low priority. Decided to clean up the house in the morning. I was lifting a pile of mags that has been lying on my table like forever; and to my horror, there was an entire ant colony nesting underneath it. Now they're everywhere. Even, inside my laptop. Am waging a losing war. But, give up! I will not...

A bookworm gets happy!!

The day started with a powercut, which resumed after a gap of 4weeks. Couple of hours later my laptop got discharged and the power was not due for another 3 hours. Decided to do some market visit. Went to a different part of the city today; where I've never been before.

And lo! there it was.. CROSSWORD.. my fav bookstore. Never knew there was one in Nagpur.
Now I know how my weekends will be. Can't wait for my next Sunday afternoon...

A wish unfulfilled...

Work takes me to Mumbai once every month. I rarely get time to roam around as I usually reach by the last flight of the day and leave by the first flight out. But one of the good things is my company guest house at Prabhadevi. Right beside the beach, the GH is on the 10th floor offering stunning views of the upcoming Bandra-Worli sealink.

Now there is this certain actress (well, not among the top heroines but more of an item number gal; but what the heck!) who lives on the 7th floor. Every time as I take that elevator and the indicator show "7", I wait, patiently, praying... that at least for once, it opens… opens to her... But nah! not happened in last five months..

But optimistic; that I am... one day... one great day... one fine day... the day of all days... those sliding doors will part.... Jannat!!!

Finally a Good Weekend...

Of late, work has always kept me busy with me ending up working on most Sundays.
This particluar weekend was different. Had to come down to Bombay for a meeting with my boss. Friday night; dinner party at Not Just Jazz by the Bay. I do prefer the adjoining Pizzeria coz it is open you can feel the sea breeze. Nevertheless, the dinner was grrr8.

Had loads of work on Saturday as well and by the time we got out of office it was 10 in the night. But a friend suggested we go to this place called Oven Fresh for dinner. Another round of Italian, puurfect.

Met a good ole friend for lunch today. Felt really good to see her. Its been almost a year since we last saw each other. I just love the momos at Noodle Bar and we went there for lunch. Great company, great food and booze for lunch. Man! I really had a good time. Also picked up a bottle of Red Wine and the latest Chetan Bhagat on the way.

Hoping to get more time to read. Got a few books to finish off before my next round of book shopping.
And my increasing weight.. is something that I reaally should start worrying about now.

Home… Sweet Home…

There was a time, when all I wanted was to travel. Now that I’ve traveled quite a bit, all that I want to do is return home… Gosh! I’m so homesick these days.

I'm sitting here in the boring room... It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon… I'm wasting my time, I got nothing to do (yeah, yeah, I’ve borrowed this from the Yellow Lemon Tree song; but hey! Its actually kinda true)

Anyway, just started browsing through my photo album. Started missing Kochi all over again. All I want to do is watch sunset while walking along marine drive munching on peanuts... take a boat ride…or spend a lazy Sunday afternoon ambling along the streets of Fort Kochi, watching the fishermen work the Chinese fishing nets with ships sailing in the background.. Just feel the wind in your hair and taste the salty air… Oh! How I wish I was home right now…

pics taken from my cell during my previous visit home last Christmas

Vidarbha...

courtesy: my trusty NOKIA 5700

Sunday, bloody Sunday..

Well, I'm sick with life. Job's giving me a lot of pressure of late and I'm bored to death.
Have nothing to do and I'm stuck in my hotel at Raipur. Am not feeling like going out also. Was contemplating whether to get out of bed and go for breakfast. Decided against it, as there is a good 2hours before the coffeshop closes for breakfast. Was flipping through channels. Nothing interesting to watch. Then stumbled upon Zee Studio where Meredith Wilson's: The Music Man was going on. Watching the musical has certainly lifted my spirits. Its been a while since I've seen a good musical. Planning to watch The Sound of Music and Singing In The Rain once I reach home and get my CD collection. Hope, my Sunday.. bloody Sunday turns out to be a Musical Sunday...

pic courtesy: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/valentines_day.jpg

I have...

* a messy room
* unwashed dishes
* clothes to clean
* an unmade bed
* a sore throat
* bloodshot eyes
* told all my secrets when my sister called up
* scrapped random people yesterday night
* a bloody hangover...

I am soooooo.. drunk

My first JC meet just got over...
Gave a treat to my team today...
There's a certain chaarm in crrashing into your apatrment in the middle of the night toatlly senseless and start blogging..

Boy! Am I druunk ot whaaat!!!

Those old moves....

Was watching TV after a really long time... By some strange coincidence, I went watching dance shows all evening.. Started with one of my all time favourite, Boogie Woogie on SONY... There was an amazing composition by a team from Vadodara... really superb... then there was some show on SURYA TV, Vodafone Taka-Timi on Asianet and Rangoli on SURYA... Felt really good to watch some good performances...

When was the last time I went berserk and danced like no one was watching?? (or dance when no one was watching)... I really don't remember... Have got so tangled up with my job that I really don't get to do the things that I really care for... I stopped reading also for the past few weeks...

Am a mess right now... Hope I see clarity soon...

pic courtesy: http://www.purepartydjs.com