We were sitting on low couches, right opposite where the blasts took place last Saturday, sipping on our drinks, weird music playing in the background taking us into a tizzy of randomness (Yet again!!) ; seeing the world go by; TV reporters reporting the scene a week after; sitting there; music getting more and more random.. This is a bit of the conversation and it just got weirder after that...
Ada: There is no cause and effect to it
Me: Of course it is always based on cause and effect
Ada: sometimes I feel we are just a piece in the jigsaw puzzle...waiting to be solved...a part of the larger puzzle (okay she dint say the last bit :P)
Me: Hmmm, there is no jigsaw, I think we are a part of a bigger picture
Ada: The food is really good here!!
(By now both of us had realised the music and the ide had taken its toll on us and we were being completely random...trying to make sense of whatever we were saying..n both of us knew it was nonsense)
And so we paid the bill and left...
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Its something unpredictable...
Another turning point;a fork stuck in the road.
Time grabs you by the wrist;directs you where to go.
So make the best of this test and don't ask why.
It's not a questionbut a lesson learned in time.
It's something unpredictablebut in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.
So take the photographs and still frames in your mind.
Hang it on a shelf
In good health and good time.
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial.
For what it's worth,it was worth all the while.
It's something unpredictable but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.
(music break)
It's something unpredictablebut in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.
It's something unpredictablebut in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.
I heard this song after a very long time...it was playing on the radio in the morning while I was on my way to work, before Bank of America had taken over that company and I had reached office...and this has been on my mind since then...
Okay...cut to sometime in early December...Charni Road, our second abode after Sundance :)
The place where we grew thick, cooked the countless meals, ordered the countless meals, chatted away the night sitting by the window, while all three of us struggle to enqueue our song on "the playlist"...varying from bizarre Punju numbers (i dont know why I insist on listening to Mika when I am drunk...well doesnt that explain the punju in me!!) to Kid Rock, MLTR to the Eagles, the AIESEC jives to anything under the sun cos the married woman insisted that she had the best taste...
It was on one such night after sitting till very long... The gujju was by the laptop... Mallu was by the window stubbing her last and I was somewhere trying to make conversation about how lucky we were to have found with eachother in Bombay (I am guessing thats what we were talking about, cos on such nights the conversation always used to steer in that direction...now alcohol does that to you :P) and then Gujju caught us unaware...
"Guys I dedicate this to you"
And yes we were an eclectic bunch :) ...a punju, a Mallu and the Gujju (i can almost hear the Gujju screaming...aye I was only brought up there, I ama full on Maharashtrian!!) okay okay we give it to you...Maharshtrian Gujju...
So what do you expect...three girls, spending girlie time together, sappy lyrics, high on life, high on alcohol, looking at eachother, giving the "awww" look and the reactions
Gujju was still by her seat..looking at our faces, waiting for our reactions
Mallu got up to get her next smoke and fix our round of drinks (she was a pro at it)
and I was sitting there wondering what happened to the conversation!!!
So the song ended, we hugged and we were back to being our ususal selves...That was a moment :)
Cut to the present..
Mallu is happily married and in the States
Gujju is in Mumbai, not in Charni Road but :(
And I am back to Punju land and loving it :)
This was long overdue...had been wanting to capture it for my own self and for the greater good for a long time :)
Cheers to the Sundance musketeers :)
Time grabs you by the wrist;directs you where to go.
So make the best of this test and don't ask why.
It's not a questionbut a lesson learned in time.
It's something unpredictablebut in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.
So take the photographs and still frames in your mind.
Hang it on a shelf
In good health and good time.
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial.
For what it's worth,it was worth all the while.
It's something unpredictable but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.
(music break)
It's something unpredictablebut in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.
It's something unpredictablebut in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.
I heard this song after a very long time...it was playing on the radio in the morning while I was on my way to work, before Bank of America had taken over that company and I had reached office...and this has been on my mind since then...
Okay...cut to sometime in early December...Charni Road, our second abode after Sundance :)
The place where we grew thick, cooked the countless meals, ordered the countless meals, chatted away the night sitting by the window, while all three of us struggle to enqueue our song on "the playlist"...varying from bizarre Punju numbers (i dont know why I insist on listening to Mika when I am drunk...well doesnt that explain the punju in me!!) to Kid Rock, MLTR to the Eagles, the AIESEC jives to anything under the sun cos the married woman insisted that she had the best taste...
It was on one such night after sitting till very long... The gujju was by the laptop... Mallu was by the window stubbing her last and I was somewhere trying to make conversation about how lucky we were to have found with eachother in Bombay (I am guessing thats what we were talking about, cos on such nights the conversation always used to steer in that direction...now alcohol does that to you :P) and then Gujju caught us unaware...
"Guys I dedicate this to you"
And yes we were an eclectic bunch :) ...a punju, a Mallu and the Gujju (i can almost hear the Gujju screaming...aye I was only brought up there, I ama full on Maharashtrian!!) okay okay we give it to you...Maharshtrian Gujju...
So what do you expect...three girls, spending girlie time together, sappy lyrics, high on life, high on alcohol, looking at eachother, giving the "awww" look and the reactions
Gujju was still by her seat..looking at our faces, waiting for our reactions
Mallu got up to get her next smoke and fix our round of drinks (she was a pro at it)
and I was sitting there wondering what happened to the conversation!!!
So the song ended, we hugged and we were back to being our ususal selves...That was a moment :)
Cut to the present..
Mallu is happily married and in the States
Gujju is in Mumbai, not in Charni Road but :(
And I am back to Punju land and loving it :)
This was long overdue...had been wanting to capture it for my own self and for the greater good for a long time :)
Cheers to the Sundance musketeers :)
World economics changes blah blah blah...
Okay so I accept that I didnt know that
- Merill Lynch has been aquired by Bank of America
- Lehman Brothers has filed for bankruptcy
I mean ya it sounds a little uncool in the corporate world but really now if I get to know two hours later(probably it was a few more hours more than that! but still) how does it matter?!?!?
My sister who is an employee of Bank of America, India gave me a call andstarted excitedly talking about the happenings of the corporate world and tells me "beta paper nahi padhte ho kya!!"
Okay if the profession that I am in, I should have known but its okay right...nahi pata chala nahi pata chala...Not that I am going to sit in a board meeting of either two and make a difference to world economics...maximum what I will do is form an opinion and again try and act pseudo - intelligent...and that can also happen five days later...so for news like this for me its not the immediacy but how pseudo intelligent I can sound when pseudo people (no offence meant there!!) around me will discuss it!!
So I will form an opinion now and bullet it here for my reference and for the greater good (if it changes the face of world economics...u can never say =) )
Heres to the pseudo opinion!!
Cheers!
Me :)
Sunday, September 14, 2008
I think I will just go!
I
I think
I think I
I think I really
I think I really can
I think I really can do
I think I really can do with
I think I really can do with some
I think I really can do with some chocolate
I think I really can do with some chocolate sundae
I think I really can do with some chocolate sundae and
I think I really can do with some chocolate sundae and mississipi
I think I really can do with some chocolate sundae and mississipi mudpie
I think I really can do with some chocolate sundae and mississipi mudpie a la
I think I really can do with some chocolate sundae and mississipi mudpie a la Big Chill :)
I think I will just go!
I think
I think I
I think I really
I think I really can
I think I really can do
I think I really can do with
I think I really can do with some
I think I really can do with some chocolate
I think I really can do with some chocolate sundae
I think I really can do with some chocolate sundae and
I think I really can do with some chocolate sundae and mississipi
I think I really can do with some chocolate sundae and mississipi mudpie
I think I really can do with some chocolate sundae and mississipi mudpie a la
I think I really can do with some chocolate sundae and mississipi mudpie a la Big Chill :)
I think I will just go!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
The world is coming to an end tomorrow while I will be in office...
I can see the "world coming to an end" business is reallly bothering me! I mean I am still up and writing when I should be fast asleep...well no it isnt reallly bothering me but wat if it really is coming to an end??
The profession that I am in makes me think there is obviously some publicist at work in some corner of the world.. I think being in the profession that I am has given me a false hope for all the disturbing things that I read through...somewhere at the back of my mind I start thinking "there has to be a publicist who pitched this story to a journo who found it interesting enough and now its disturbing everyone" (this is an side!)
Okay what if I believe the world is coming to an end at 12:30 tomorrow...I will be in office just half an hour away from lunch break and then the dude is going to press the switch to create the moment that was right after the big bang, when the universe was formed blah blah blah
So if it has to happen at 12:30 tomorrow, there are a couple of things that I think I should bullet again..
The pros of it happening at 12:30
Cheers to a post after 12:30 pm tomorrow (I know I will be attending that darn call)
ME :)
The profession that I am in makes me think there is obviously some publicist at work in some corner of the world.. I think being in the profession that I am has given me a false hope for all the disturbing things that I read through...somewhere at the back of my mind I start thinking "there has to be a publicist who pitched this story to a journo who found it interesting enough and now its disturbing everyone" (this is an side!)
Okay what if I believe the world is coming to an end at 12:30 tomorrow...I will be in office just half an hour away from lunch break and then the dude is going to press the switch to create the moment that was right after the big bang, when the universe was formed blah blah blah
So if it has to happen at 12:30 tomorrow, there are a couple of things that I think I should bullet again..
The pros of it happening at 12:30
- If it is at 12:30 exactly then I can escape the long call I had to sit on and be a silent spectator to:)
- I wont have to go for gym and instead would be able to chill with a friend of mine who is leaving for Bangalore
- I wont have to clean my cupboard
Well I am sleepy.. droopy - eyed! Lets hope I get to sleep well and get to book my tickets for my trip to Amritsar (wheeee looking forward to that one :)!!)
For further details on the big bang experiment..pls visit the link below and I will go and sleep
http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20080907/982/tsc-will-the-big-bang-test-end-the-world.htmlCheers to a post after 12:30 pm tomorrow (I know I will be attending that darn call)
ME :)
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Seen: A signpost
HAVY VEHICLES, GO STRAT!!!!
And being the Punju that I am...I loved it and was laughing my head off...I mean you can almost imagine a loud Punju saying...
"Oye Traffic aage HAVY hai, I dont think STRAT jaana chahiye hai!!"
Friday, September 5, 2008
A conversation!
me: ya its a blah day; feeling useless
A friend of mine: happens
Now I am very blah and I have no work and I will sit and analyse this...
what is with the "happens" I am blah I am blah you have to either entertain me or you have to symapthise not say "happens" and shut up about it!
Or I should get the hint that I cant whine or I should get the hint that I am supposed to shut up or I should get the hint that "a friend of mine" is busy or I should assume that blah-ness will not be tolerated!
So why cant I whine, I can whine because I want to whine because I am blah and you are supposed to say "what happened, y r u blah?"
and why should I shut up I want you to know that I am blah and want you to help me be less blah
and why should I get the hint...why cant you just tell me...
Okay this is very random but as you can clearly see I am blah and I need entertainment! or I will just write some more or maybe later
Cheers!!
A friend of mine: happens
Now I am very blah and I have no work and I will sit and analyse this...
what is with the "happens" I am blah I am blah you have to either entertain me or you have to symapthise not say "happens" and shut up about it!
Or I should get the hint that I cant whine or I should get the hint that I am supposed to shut up or I should get the hint that "a friend of mine" is busy or I should assume that blah-ness will not be tolerated!
So why cant I whine, I can whine because I want to whine because I am blah and you are supposed to say "what happened, y r u blah?"
and why should I shut up I want you to know that I am blah and want you to help me be less blah
and why should I get the hint...why cant you just tell me...
Okay this is very random but as you can clearly see I am blah and I need entertainment! or I will just write some more or maybe later
Cheers!!
Did you know?
I have just come across the following things through the week and I want to bullet them for my reference and for the greater good :)
- A 10% increase in teledensity in a country means a 1% increase in the GDP of the country...impressive huh (this was one of my "intellectual" moments - Refer below)
- That reaching on time anywhere does not help...especially in the morning when you have to reach at 7:30 in the morning to take your cab
- shopping with mom can be fun
- that Mirinda orange and Absolut Vanilla dont taste nice
Thursday, September 4, 2008
I am feeling INTELLIGENT :)
Well there are days when you just feel you are intelligent...when you think that you have understood a few of the many "intellectual" things that you ought to know...and when you grasp one of the many "intellectual" things and can make "intelligent" conversation...you just feel intelligent!!!
Today was one of those days... I could talk to a bunch of "intelligent" people and sound "intelligent" (even if they could see thru my pseudo intelligence i dont know!!) I felt intelligent and am still beaming....if you talk to me tomorrow or the day after that you will only hear me talking about this...its a nice feeling to feel intelligent even if its pseudo :)
Cheers to being pseudo intelligent!!
Today was one of those days... I could talk to a bunch of "intelligent" people and sound "intelligent" (even if they could see thru my pseudo intelligence i dont know!!) I felt intelligent and am still beaming....if you talk to me tomorrow or the day after that you will only hear me talking about this...its a nice feeling to feel intelligent even if its pseudo :)
Cheers to being pseudo intelligent!!
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Its our time together...
I thought after staying in mumbai for a year on my own, in a crazy PG in Mahim..going back home would have its pros and cons.. now that it has been a good 6 months(Whoa! its been long) I can say that coming back home about which I was so apprehensive...has not been a bad bet at all (well who doesnt like coming back home!!)
Something which has now become a part of my daily routine and which I thoroughly look forward to is the post dinner conversations that I sit and have with my parents... even though all of us dont have dinner together many a times...it has become a ritual and I love it...
even though we sometimes have nothing to say to eachother...my parents come and sit with me before I go to sleep and then we either do our own thing or we sit around and talk about how our day was.. It is just something that I have got used to...be it whatever time in the time we sit for a bit and then they head to sleep.. Don included (thats my dog!!)
Like today, its Saturday but I am at home ;) while I am typing this.. dad is reading, ma is doing a sudoku (which she claims she has become a champ at and needs to go one up one the difficulty level) Don is looking at all of us wondering when he will get that scoop of chocolate ice cream which I have to serve him ;)
Its one of the quieter days today but there are days when we have the craziest of conversations... its our time together when we sit around and spend "quality time". for me more than the "quality time" I look forward to sitting and chilling with them...
And guess what when they are in the mood they even tuck me to sleep and even though some of you will say I am too old for all this... I love it!! who doesnt like moms and dads kisisng us goodnight??
Just felt like writing about it.. thats the time of the day my ma decides what she wants to give me for lunch tomorrow at work, my dad decides on what time I should wake up, we take eachother's case, fight about the AC temperature and timer, talk randomly and then I announce I need to sleep...
Well ada's coming over tomorrow for lunch and I am looking forward to that...
Cheers to every night like this!!
Me :)
Something which has now become a part of my daily routine and which I thoroughly look forward to is the post dinner conversations that I sit and have with my parents... even though all of us dont have dinner together many a times...it has become a ritual and I love it...
even though we sometimes have nothing to say to eachother...my parents come and sit with me before I go to sleep and then we either do our own thing or we sit around and talk about how our day was.. It is just something that I have got used to...be it whatever time in the time we sit for a bit and then they head to sleep.. Don included (thats my dog!!)
Like today, its Saturday but I am at home ;) while I am typing this.. dad is reading, ma is doing a sudoku (which she claims she has become a champ at and needs to go one up one the difficulty level) Don is looking at all of us wondering when he will get that scoop of chocolate ice cream which I have to serve him ;)
Its one of the quieter days today but there are days when we have the craziest of conversations... its our time together when we sit around and spend "quality time". for me more than the "quality time" I look forward to sitting and chilling with them...
And guess what when they are in the mood they even tuck me to sleep and even though some of you will say I am too old for all this... I love it!! who doesnt like moms and dads kisisng us goodnight??
Just felt like writing about it.. thats the time of the day my ma decides what she wants to give me for lunch tomorrow at work, my dad decides on what time I should wake up, we take eachother's case, fight about the AC temperature and timer, talk randomly and then I announce I need to sleep...
Well ada's coming over tomorrow for lunch and I am looking forward to that...
Cheers to every night like this!!
Me :)
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Reading thru...
So yesterday a friend of mine sent me a link to a blg of his friends...going thru it, reading it...I realised that my poor blog would really be feeling ignored!!
So whats up blog?!?!?
So whats up blog?!?!?
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Once upon a time there was a blog....
Yesterday I had met a friend for coffee and thats when I was reminded that once upon a time I had a blog which after the initial excitement had not been updated..in fact she also told me that she misses reading the updates (forgive me if I have misrepresented or exaggerated, cos now that comes with the profession you see!!)
So after coffee we went to do some grocery shopping for my sister and in our attempt to find iceberg lettuce.. (I almost felt like a knight from King Arthur's time who is out on a quest and wants to achieve it) I discovered that grocery shopping is not for me at all..
So because of the meeting over coffee I realised that I need to write and express...and now I shall go for a haircut :P
Cheers!
Me:)
So after coffee we went to do some grocery shopping for my sister and in our attempt to find iceberg lettuce.. (I almost felt like a knight from King Arthur's time who is out on a quest and wants to achieve it) I discovered that grocery shopping is not for me at all..
So because of the meeting over coffee I realised that I need to write and express...and now I shall go for a haircut :P
Cheers!
Me:)
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Update
I know its been ages and such irregularity is not appreciated!! but a lot has happened in the month that went by!! so have to start from the beginning :)
- got my nose pierced:)
- was chilling in Mumbai...completely lived it up totally!! had the time of my life :))
- was upset for some time...
- shifted base back to delhi
- started work
- getting used to Delhi
and now I have two trips to look forward to - Kerela and Goa!!!
this is like a headlines type post but i intend to write loads more :)
and I think IPL is completely useless...dint enjoy that first match at all
and I also think that offices should strt at more earthl hours
and baby sitting should be made voluntary
and Delhi should get a life...i know i will have a lot of ppl pouncing at me for this but i wouldnt mind debating on this!!
Cheers!!
Friday, March 14, 2008
And thats the way my bubble was burst....
The movie had just started and I was all set to sit through two hours of sappy romance and girlie stuff... I was completely in the mood and through the movie I wanted to go back to my romantic world (which I must confess I live in more often than not!!)
There on the screen was this perfect guy...singing for his girl, taking care of her, telling her how much he loved her, doing those small things that go a long way in making a relationship...I had just started slipping away into my dream world...
and BANG there is this switch to reality....
"Men are not like this in real life...be realistic!!!"
This is what my friend who thinks I am too much of a romantic had to say to me when we were not even five minutes into the movie....I was upset (I think) I want my man to be like this only in real life!!! I dont care but he has to be exactly like this...I thought in my mind.
(Well thats a different matter that she was the one crying away to glory till the very end!!)
"P.S. I love you" was sappy, cute (I dont like the word), cry-able and just the kinda movie I would want to watch when I am in my "one of those day dreaming" modes. the movie wanted me to continue living in my romantic world, wanted me to continue to dream and think on...happiness and just the feeling of being loved by someone!!
Please dont tell me that nothing like this happens in the real world... I want to continue dreaming, continue being the hopeless romantic...well thats one side to me that I would never want to change :)
Cheers to me and my world!!
There on the screen was this perfect guy...singing for his girl, taking care of her, telling her how much he loved her, doing those small things that go a long way in making a relationship...I had just started slipping away into my dream world...
and BANG there is this switch to reality....
"Men are not like this in real life...be realistic!!!"
This is what my friend who thinks I am too much of a romantic had to say to me when we were not even five minutes into the movie....I was upset (I think) I want my man to be like this only in real life!!! I dont care but he has to be exactly like this...I thought in my mind.
(Well thats a different matter that she was the one crying away to glory till the very end!!)
"P.S. I love you" was sappy, cute (I dont like the word), cry-able and just the kinda movie I would want to watch when I am in my "one of those day dreaming" modes. the movie wanted me to continue living in my romantic world, wanted me to continue to dream and think on...happiness and just the feeling of being loved by someone!!
Please dont tell me that nothing like this happens in the real world... I want to continue dreaming, continue being the hopeless romantic...well thats one side to me that I would never want to change :)
Cheers to me and my world!!
Sunday, March 9, 2008
A Sunday well spent!!
No I am not the kinds who can just sleep whenever and where ever a bed is shown and its not that I dont enjoy sleeping but it was just one of those Sundays where my sleeping was interspersed with minor activity (Read chatting on the phone, eating lunch, browsing the internet and sleeping some more!!)
So this was how my Saturday night was:
After a trip to Alibaug(more on that will be coming soon...) I was mighty sleepy so I just came and crashed...was out by 12!
Then around 1:20 a drunken girl read our 23 year old Mallika - e - Hindustaan wakes me up to tell me how much she loves me and expects me to make some conversation with her...in my daze i mumble something and try and get her out of my room...I mean thanks for the proclomation for all the love for me but how about looking at the watch first?!?!?!
Then while I am tossing and turning I bump into my side-table (No I dont have the luxury of a side table but I dont know what to call the little wooden dent coming out of the corner!!) and I continue sleeping...
get up at 11 and then read the newspaper
go back to sleep
get up at to have lunch
go back to sleep
get up to have some juice and browse the internet
go back to sleep
get up and browse the internet
get back to sleep
get up and do some nonsense!!
and now I am preparing to go back to sleep...
I am guessing it is just one of those daze :)
Good Night and some more sleep
Cheers!!
Me :)
So this was how my Saturday night was:
After a trip to Alibaug(more on that will be coming soon...) I was mighty sleepy so I just came and crashed...was out by 12!
Then around 1:20 a drunken girl read our 23 year old Mallika - e - Hindustaan wakes me up to tell me how much she loves me and expects me to make some conversation with her...in my daze i mumble something and try and get her out of my room...I mean thanks for the proclomation for all the love for me but how about looking at the watch first?!?!?!
Then while I am tossing and turning I bump into my side-table (No I dont have the luxury of a side table but I dont know what to call the little wooden dent coming out of the corner!!) and I continue sleeping...
get up at 11 and then read the newspaper
go back to sleep
get up at to have lunch
go back to sleep
get up to have some juice and browse the internet
go back to sleep
get up and browse the internet
get back to sleep
get up and do some nonsense!!
and now I am preparing to go back to sleep...
I am guessing it is just one of those daze :)
Good Night and some more sleep
Cheers!!
Me :)
Saturday, March 1, 2008
The most exciting Saturday night ever!!
I have fever and I dont like it...I cant get out of the house and I want to get out of the house!! This is my medium to whine and act like a brat and no one can tell me to shut up also...I wanna go out have a large gelato and chill at Carter Road and then sit at Barista and have a cold coffee Grande(the way they pronounce it!!) and then go to Prithvi n chill there and then go to Sundance even if I am on antibiotics and then also go to Kemps Corner and then go to bandra Gymkhana and chill some more and then go to Not Just jazz and have wine and then go inside and listen to the band playing inside and then go and have coffee at Marine Plaza and then still dont wanna get back home...I WANT I WANT I WANT!!!
but...they say if wishes were horses!!!
Guess what?? I will be at home popping one Crocin after another and watching some sappy romantic movie and probably sleep off...so heres to the most exciting saturday night ever!!
Cheeerrrss!
but...they say if wishes were horses!!!
Guess what?? I will be at home popping one Crocin after another and watching some sappy romantic movie and probably sleep off...so heres to the most exciting saturday night ever!!
Cheeerrrss!
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
But I don't know...
I think everyone who knows me is blessed!
No I am not taking away from the fact that you would have done something great in your past life to have known me (Ila flickers eyelids!!)
I sincerely believe that God has given you the innate power to understand what I mean when I say "But I dont know"!! I have been made fun of, have been scolded b y many and have been made to realize that I need to communicate!!
Just by saying "But I dont know" I can't assume that you would know what I want to say!
But the beauty is I assume and I am understood!! I hope I am not saying this a litle too early but I really don't know!
Am glad all of you are blessed with this innate ability!!
Cheers!!
No I am not taking away from the fact that you would have done something great in your past life to have known me (Ila flickers eyelids!!)
I sincerely believe that God has given you the innate power to understand what I mean when I say "But I dont know"!! I have been made fun of, have been scolded b y many and have been made to realize that I need to communicate!!
Just by saying "But I dont know" I can't assume that you would know what I want to say!
But the beauty is I assume and I am understood!! I hope I am not saying this a litle too early but I really don't know!
Am glad all of you are blessed with this innate ability!!
Cheers!!
Four loong hours: My Tribute!
Someone told me that when you got to watch that movie...go with someone you love and now I know why?!?!!
You REALLLY need to go watch it with someone whom you deeply love and are meeting after ages (I have further helped you classify your company!!) Go watch JODHA AKBAR!! with the movie comes lots of time in between to catch up and make conversation...Whilst Mallika - e - HIndustan is having her lunch you can actually talk about matters you have been wanting to discuss for a looong time!!
Well, I went with people with whom I actually spend every waking minute in Bombay and still made so much of conversation...so you can imagine the advantages of watching Jodha Akbar! its not a bad bet at all..you get the person's undivided attention for four hours...not a bad investment at all!!
We went for the 6'o clock show and now when I think of itI have no idea why we were so excited and why we even went in the first place!! Running to buy the tickets...we reach the counter, stand in the queue and teher is this man who is standing behind me who I assumed was also waiting to buy tickets...I turn around and this is the conversation I have
Man in queue: Madam bhada?
Ila: What?? Nandita didnt you pay him?
Nandita (a little irritated cos she is fighting with some lady): Who??
Ila: The auto man!!
Nandita(vehemently like she thinks its the auto man's fault!): No
I think she was more interested in fighting with the lady at the counter...she didnt want her to get tickets before we did, so she just turns around gives me a 100 rupee and turns back to the counter. It was war!! such juvenile friends I have who claim to be 23 I tell you!!
Since we are catching the movie right after work, we are lugging around our laptops with us. quiet tedious and quiet a sight, three women, three laptops, one take away bag and three flights of stairs!! So we find our seats and this gentleman who is sitting next to me has come alone and I have no clue how he managed! and we finally settle down!
The national anthem begins playing...all three of us are sitting with laptops in our laps and Neha just isnt getting up! I look at her and give her "where's your patriotism ddue" look and she says
"Ye pakad laptop yahan se!!"
Okay then!!!
(The enthu uncle to my right full on patriotic is singing away to glory with full fervour!)
The movie starts and enthu uncle screams "Oye Red Fort"
and then I thought that was the end of it but after 5 minutes again
"Oye Red Fort"
So with this guy going "Oye Red Fort" every five minutes. the little attention that I was paying to the movie also went for a toss!
My observations -
Why do I say "I guess"?? Because guess what we got up towards the end...the prospect of cheap alcohol and chilling was seeming like a far more enticing prospect! so we went to Bandra Gymkhana and before the alcoholic hangover we had to deal with Nandita's Jodha Akbar hangover and her want to be called "Mallika - E - Hindustaan" and let me remind you yet again that our Mallika - E - HIndustaan is 23!!
Cheers and Takliya!
You REALLLY need to go watch it with someone whom you deeply love and are meeting after ages (I have further helped you classify your company!!) Go watch JODHA AKBAR!! with the movie comes lots of time in between to catch up and make conversation...Whilst Mallika - e - HIndustan is having her lunch you can actually talk about matters you have been wanting to discuss for a looong time!!
Well, I went with people with whom I actually spend every waking minute in Bombay and still made so much of conversation...so you can imagine the advantages of watching Jodha Akbar! its not a bad bet at all..you get the person's undivided attention for four hours...not a bad investment at all!!
We went for the 6'o clock show and now when I think of itI have no idea why we were so excited and why we even went in the first place!! Running to buy the tickets...we reach the counter, stand in the queue and teher is this man who is standing behind me who I assumed was also waiting to buy tickets...I turn around and this is the conversation I have
Man in queue: Madam bhada?
Ila: What?? Nandita didnt you pay him?
Nandita (a little irritated cos she is fighting with some lady): Who??
Ila: The auto man!!
Nandita(vehemently like she thinks its the auto man's fault!): No
I think she was more interested in fighting with the lady at the counter...she didnt want her to get tickets before we did, so she just turns around gives me a 100 rupee and turns back to the counter. It was war!! such juvenile friends I have who claim to be 23 I tell you!!
Since we are catching the movie right after work, we are lugging around our laptops with us. quiet tedious and quiet a sight, three women, three laptops, one take away bag and three flights of stairs!! So we find our seats and this gentleman who is sitting next to me has come alone and I have no clue how he managed! and we finally settle down!
The national anthem begins playing...all three of us are sitting with laptops in our laps and Neha just isnt getting up! I look at her and give her "where's your patriotism ddue" look and she says
"Ye pakad laptop yahan se!!"
Okay then!!!
(The enthu uncle to my right full on patriotic is singing away to glory with full fervour!)
The movie starts and enthu uncle screams "Oye Red Fort"
and then I thought that was the end of it but after 5 minutes again
"Oye Red Fort"
So with this guy going "Oye Red Fort" every five minutes. the little attention that I was paying to the movie also went for a toss!
My observations -
- If you can say five words in Urdu you just lost an employment opportunity with Jodha Akbar
- The process in which dialogues were rattled off...1..2..3..DIALOGUE!! I am very sure!
- The swagger with which our man Roshan walks and talks is so not like an Akbar's .. its like the next thing he will say is " Wheres the party tonight dude!"
- Aishwarya rai was at her best when she was playing with the rabbits
- that Sufi song where Akbar suddenly gets divine enlightenment and starts dancing with the other sufi singers who according to Nandita were wearing teracotta pots on their heads has lyrics that go "Shaam ka shampoo"
- "Takliya" all three of us felt was Urdu for f off!
Why do I say "I guess"?? Because guess what we got up towards the end...the prospect of cheap alcohol and chilling was seeming like a far more enticing prospect! so we went to Bandra Gymkhana and before the alcoholic hangover we had to deal with Nandita's Jodha Akbar hangover and her want to be called "Mallika - E - Hindustaan" and let me remind you yet again that our Mallika - E - HIndustaan is 23!!
Cheers and Takliya!
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Theatrics!!
The stage was set, the music was playing...a brilliant symphony adding to the wait...the stage was low, the lighting was just perfect and I was excited!!!
It was a 9'o clock show and I was waiting, all excited and loving the experience of being where I was. Now where was I?? (From my previous writings you would have observed I am very good at creating suspense...n I can almost imagine you wanting to know where I was with baited breath...modesty I tel you!!)
I was at Prithvi...waiting for the curtains to draw (not that there were any!!)...waiting for the play to start...I was loving it, every second of the experience...for two reasons -
one because I was about to watch a play after a fairly long time...the last being when Prithvi had come to Delhi with Footsbarn and that was almost some two to three years ago and secondly because I have been part of plays and have done my share of theater and the "theatrical" me was getting more and more excited with every passing second...expecting something out of the ordinary!!
I had gone to watch this play called "C for Clowns" and it had the most brilliant actors as part of the cast - Vinay Pathak, ranvir Shorey and Rajat Kapoor (directed also by him)
The play started at 9 and from the word go I was thoroughly enjoying every minute, laughing out loudly...BRILLIANT is the word!!
These guys did it so effortlessly and naturally that the effect was completely and absolutely stunning...I was at a loss of words and still am...they touched the perfect chord with the audience and the end result was a job well done!! It was a good start to getting back to theater after the hiatus!
After the play we chilled at the Prithvi cafe and it was a brilliant end to the amazing evening!!
My only regret being I discovered this place a bit too late :(
Cheers
It was a 9'o clock show and I was waiting, all excited and loving the experience of being where I was. Now where was I?? (From my previous writings you would have observed I am very good at creating suspense...n I can almost imagine you wanting to know where I was with baited breath...modesty I tel you!!)
I was at Prithvi...waiting for the curtains to draw (not that there were any!!)...waiting for the play to start...I was loving it, every second of the experience...for two reasons -
one because I was about to watch a play after a fairly long time...the last being when Prithvi had come to Delhi with Footsbarn and that was almost some two to three years ago and secondly because I have been part of plays and have done my share of theater and the "theatrical" me was getting more and more excited with every passing second...expecting something out of the ordinary!!
I had gone to watch this play called "C for Clowns" and it had the most brilliant actors as part of the cast - Vinay Pathak, ranvir Shorey and Rajat Kapoor (directed also by him)
The play started at 9 and from the word go I was thoroughly enjoying every minute, laughing out loudly...BRILLIANT is the word!!
These guys did it so effortlessly and naturally that the effect was completely and absolutely stunning...I was at a loss of words and still am...they touched the perfect chord with the audience and the end result was a job well done!! It was a good start to getting back to theater after the hiatus!
After the play we chilled at the Prithvi cafe and it was a brilliant end to the amazing evening!!
My only regret being I discovered this place a bit too late :(
Cheers
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
BIRD SHIT!
Ever since i have started writing... this is my third post wat to do my muse isnt inspiring me only =)
hardly any blogging happening...disappointed i knw cos all of u had been waiting for me to post...i knw i knw!! so back on public demand..its not a gd thing to make a writer write under pressure you know...but all your enthusiasm couldnt stop me!
Well Tuesday was all about bird shit n the luck it brought with it!!
I am running late for office, while crossing the road a bird shits, I mean a bird shits yes but it shat on me!! I was super pissed but then what my ma used to tell me "if a bird shits on you its lucky!!" thought came to my mind!
I then thought lets ignore the shit part of it and start anticipating a lucky day ahead:) i think the optimist that i wanted to be!! Tuesday turned out to be... Read on!
So i enter office with bird shit on my kurta trying to hide it with my bag hoping and pleading to God that I dont meet anyone on my way...but when its ur lucky day God wants to shower you with all the luck you know....i meet the very person who is overlooking our work!! =) I mean couldnt get luckier!!
And then this new pair of shoes I just bought ... wearing them for the third time, I was just standing around and the heel breaks!! Luck i tell you...great now i have to walk around office with a broken heel all day and the day has just started..so here I am walking with one broken heel on brand new shoes in my hope of passing it off as "IN" but I think the person that I am it only came across as a broken heel! sigh...
It doesnt end here...
And then I was told to introduce myself to someone BIG in the organisation...
Ila: "i am a graduate in English literature from Delhi University"
BIG MAN: "So who is your fave author?"
Ila: "right now its JK Rowling (I genuinely like her)
BIG MAN: Blank look trying to tell me weirdo you are a lit grad you ought to be more intellectual than that
Ila: (BEAT THIS NOW) I say from "Classic Lit" its that man!!(What was I thinking pls tel me!!)
BIG MAN: Blank look trying to tell me weirdo you are a lit grad you ought to be more intellectual than that
Ila: Takes 2 mins and says "Salman Rushdie"
I am sorry if those of you who know me are disappointed in me or are laughing at me in all probability but thats how bad an intro can go u know!!
So the BIG MAN probably went away thinking I am a freak of nature who the company recruited by mistake and trust me I was feeling the same!! It was insane!!
Then careless me also managed to drop chocolate sauce on myself...so in all wow!!
It dsnt end here yet...God wanted it to be a far more luckier day you see!!
I was supposed to send a mail to the person I met in the lift with an attachment, I sent the mail but WITHOUT the attachment and I leave the office, rch home check my mail and the man from the lift had replied back saying
hi,
You forgot the attachment :)
and I just wanted to say ya watever! the guy probably was thinking what an idiot..but now i was beyond thinking!!
so I reach back home and I am telling ma what a royally screwed up day I had and I start off with "Bird shit" and Ma says...GUESS WHAT
"if a bird shits on you its lucky!!"
I tell you its a vicious circle...
wat can i say
LUCKY ME;)
hardly any blogging happening...disappointed i knw cos all of u had been waiting for me to post...i knw i knw!! so back on public demand..its not a gd thing to make a writer write under pressure you know...but all your enthusiasm couldnt stop me!
Well Tuesday was all about bird shit n the luck it brought with it!!
I am running late for office, while crossing the road a bird shits, I mean a bird shits yes but it shat on me!! I was super pissed but then what my ma used to tell me "if a bird shits on you its lucky!!" thought came to my mind!
I then thought lets ignore the shit part of it and start anticipating a lucky day ahead:) i think the optimist that i wanted to be!! Tuesday turned out to be... Read on!
So i enter office with bird shit on my kurta trying to hide it with my bag hoping and pleading to God that I dont meet anyone on my way...but when its ur lucky day God wants to shower you with all the luck you know....i meet the very person who is overlooking our work!! =) I mean couldnt get luckier!!
And then this new pair of shoes I just bought ... wearing them for the third time, I was just standing around and the heel breaks!! Luck i tell you...great now i have to walk around office with a broken heel all day and the day has just started..so here I am walking with one broken heel on brand new shoes in my hope of passing it off as "IN" but I think the person that I am it only came across as a broken heel! sigh...
It doesnt end here...
And then I was told to introduce myself to someone BIG in the organisation...
Ila: "i am a graduate in English literature from Delhi University"
BIG MAN: "So who is your fave author?"
Ila: "right now its JK Rowling (I genuinely like her)
BIG MAN: Blank look trying to tell me weirdo you are a lit grad you ought to be more intellectual than that
Ila: (BEAT THIS NOW) I say from "Classic Lit" its that man!!(What was I thinking pls tel me!!)
BIG MAN: Blank look trying to tell me weirdo you are a lit grad you ought to be more intellectual than that
Ila: Takes 2 mins and says "Salman Rushdie"
I am sorry if those of you who know me are disappointed in me or are laughing at me in all probability but thats how bad an intro can go u know!!
So the BIG MAN probably went away thinking I am a freak of nature who the company recruited by mistake and trust me I was feeling the same!! It was insane!!
Then careless me also managed to drop chocolate sauce on myself...so in all wow!!
It dsnt end here yet...God wanted it to be a far more luckier day you see!!
I was supposed to send a mail to the person I met in the lift with an attachment, I sent the mail but WITHOUT the attachment and I leave the office, rch home check my mail and the man from the lift had replied back saying
hi,
You forgot the attachment :)
and I just wanted to say ya watever! the guy probably was thinking what an idiot..but now i was beyond thinking!!
so I reach back home and I am telling ma what a royally screwed up day I had and I start off with "Bird shit" and Ma says...GUESS WHAT
"if a bird shits on you its lucky!!"
I tell you its a vicious circle...
wat can i say
LUCKY ME;)
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
As good as it gets!!
okay first let me make it clear...these lyrics have been googled, i dont know them...i swear to God i dont know them!
Nashta Tyyar Hai Sir,
Aur Kuchh Chahiye Bulein to Mein
Yeh just give me some hip hop
hip hop hip hop hip Let's go
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Hey Hey
Work it girl
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Hey Aye
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Work it girl
Meri pyaar ki dariya mein meri love ki dariyaa mein, ek dupki lo na sir
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Kya tu bak rahi hai
Aise tak rahi hai
Khopdi pak rahi hai
Ruk ruk ruk ruk ruk ruk ruk
Baksheesh bhi diya
Bonus bhi diya
Chahiiye tujhko kya
fut fut fut fut
Tere Ghar mein bartan shartan Manjhti hun main brabar
Tu kabhi to Mere dil ke ghar mein pochha kar diya kar
God! She thinks she's hot like rekha
Maybe but she's not my flavour
Loving her is too much labour labour labour
How can I start her hip hopper
She's my bai just a part time naukar
it-----------
just give me some hip hop
just give me some hip hop
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Work it girl
Mere pyar ki rikshaw ko
Mere love ki rikshaw ko
Ek dhakka do na sir
Aye hip hopper Aye hip hopper
mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Ish! Sir lo na phone
Shhhh!
Meri girlfriend aa rahi hai tu kab ja rahi hai
Kyun sata rahi hai
Ruk ruk ruk ruk ruk ruk ruk
Usko pata jo chale to hoga woh
Socha na hoga jo
fut fut fut fut
Tujhko har din khana vana main khilati hun paka kar
Aaj mere dil ke taway pe rotiyan tu sek le aakar
there's no bai I know quite like her
if my girl finds out she'll strike her
coz she's the bomb
damn I like her like her
lock the door bend down lets do it
mop the floor turn around lets do it
all the bai's cook it up lets do it
just give me some hip
hip hop hip just give me some
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Mere pyar ki basti mein
Mere love ki basti mein
Kuch masti ho jaye sir
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Alrite alrite...if you got thru that!!
can we please discuss what the motivation behind the lyrics of this song could be?? i mean i know i am a literature student and all of that...but critical analysis fails me here!!
Inexplicible!
" Meri pyaar ki dariya mein meri love ki dariyaa mein, ek dupki lo na sir"
Ek dupki lo na sir and then a crescendo..aye hip hopper!! these are such hilarious thoughts and the creative genius behind this song really needs to be saluted! i mean the song moved me enough to write abt it(the fact that I am jobless is another issue!)
how does someone take a dupki in the love ki dariyaa? I can almost imagine a Bo Derek like figure coming out of the water!! (sorry thats the first association that I came up with)
" Tujhko har din khana vana main khilati hun paka kar
Aaj mere dil ke taway pe rotiyan tu sek le aakar"
Ingenious i tell u...the likes of jaaved akhtar need to start worrying...so meaningful!! such depth!!
" Tere Ghar mein bartan shartan Manjhti hun main brabar
Tu kabhi to Mere dil ke ghar mein pochha kar diya kar"
Just because "the part time naukar" washes the "bartan shartan" in an orderly fashion??
I will need all your help to go deeper into the understanding such an abstract piece of art and appreciate it. I am so sure the lyricist and the singer are trying to promote world peace throughthis song. there si surely a deeper more profound meaning to this!! and I am seraching still!!
Cheers!
Nashta Tyyar Hai Sir,
Aur Kuchh Chahiye Bulein to Mein
Yeh just give me some hip hop
hip hop hip hop hip Let's go
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Hey Hey
Work it girl
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Hey Aye
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Work it girl
Meri pyaar ki dariya mein meri love ki dariyaa mein, ek dupki lo na sir
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Kya tu bak rahi hai
Aise tak rahi hai
Khopdi pak rahi hai
Ruk ruk ruk ruk ruk ruk ruk
Baksheesh bhi diya
Bonus bhi diya
Chahiiye tujhko kya
fut fut fut fut
Tere Ghar mein bartan shartan Manjhti hun main brabar
Tu kabhi to Mere dil ke ghar mein pochha kar diya kar
God! She thinks she's hot like rekha
Maybe but she's not my flavour
Loving her is too much labour labour labour
How can I start her hip hopper
She's my bai just a part time naukar
it-----------
just give me some hip hop
just give me some hip hop
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Work it girl
Mere pyar ki rikshaw ko
Mere love ki rikshaw ko
Ek dhakka do na sir
Aye hip hopper Aye hip hopper
mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Ish! Sir lo na phone
Shhhh!
Meri girlfriend aa rahi hai tu kab ja rahi hai
Kyun sata rahi hai
Ruk ruk ruk ruk ruk ruk ruk
Usko pata jo chale to hoga woh
Socha na hoga jo
fut fut fut fut
Tujhko har din khana vana main khilati hun paka kar
Aaj mere dil ke taway pe rotiyan tu sek le aakar
there's no bai I know quite like her
if my girl finds out she'll strike her
coz she's the bomb
damn I like her like her
lock the door bend down lets do it
mop the floor turn around lets do it
all the bai's cook it up lets do it
just give me some hip
hip hop hip just give me some
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Mere pyar ki basti mein
Mere love ki basti mein
Kuch masti ho jaye sir
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Aye hip hopper mujhe pyaar to kar aye hip hopper
Alrite alrite...if you got thru that!!
can we please discuss what the motivation behind the lyrics of this song could be?? i mean i know i am a literature student and all of that...but critical analysis fails me here!!
Inexplicible!
" Meri pyaar ki dariya mein meri love ki dariyaa mein, ek dupki lo na sir"
Ek dupki lo na sir and then a crescendo..aye hip hopper!! these are such hilarious thoughts and the creative genius behind this song really needs to be saluted! i mean the song moved me enough to write abt it(the fact that I am jobless is another issue!)
how does someone take a dupki in the love ki dariyaa? I can almost imagine a Bo Derek like figure coming out of the water!! (sorry thats the first association that I came up with)
" Tujhko har din khana vana main khilati hun paka kar
Aaj mere dil ke taway pe rotiyan tu sek le aakar"
Ingenious i tell u...the likes of jaaved akhtar need to start worrying...so meaningful!! such depth!!
" Tere Ghar mein bartan shartan Manjhti hun main brabar
Tu kabhi to Mere dil ke ghar mein pochha kar diya kar"
Just because "the part time naukar" washes the "bartan shartan" in an orderly fashion??
I will need all your help to go deeper into the understanding such an abstract piece of art and appreciate it. I am so sure the lyricist and the singer are trying to promote world peace throughthis song. there si surely a deeper more profound meaning to this!! and I am seraching still!!
Cheers!
Monday, February 4, 2008
"Are we sundancing it today??"
"Are we sundancing it today??"
This is a question my ears were conditioned to hear every single evening (well almost!!) and now that we have been dislocated I have decided it is time to give this place, our haven a tribute!!
Located 5 mins away from Churchgate station...this place Sundance became our second home, the first being the shady mahim PG(on that some other time!)
we would rush to reach at 6:30 , order and start chilling.
Now who are the "we", "us" and what is the order and why 6:30??
one at a time...we includes anyone who would want to join the sundance musketeers(yes thats what Neha, nandita and me(more on Neha and Nandita later!!) have started being called) for a chilled evening over "the order"(boy do I know how to create suspense or what!!) and mind you there used to be quiet a few who would want to join the "sundance musketeers" so its not that we were completely useless, not that we dont like spending time with eachother alone!!
And yes now "THE ORDER" -
It always used to be Nandita "Bhaiya 2 vodka large, 1 rum large aur 3 cokes"
Bhaiya: Coke nahi Pepsi
Nandita: haan pepsi, acha bhaiya diet pepsi hai?
Bhaiya: Haan
nandita: acha 2 diet pepsi, aur bhaiya namkeen and loads of lemon slices
this is the conversation like it happens every single time!! no changes even in the articles...i swear!!
6:30 - 8 in the evening - happy hours at sundance and boy did we take that phrase seriously? and did we live up to it?? i dont think i would want to give any prizes for guessing that!!
"what is discussed at sundance stays at sundance" was the first rule that was set and do we follow that to the tee!! endless sessions of gossip and more gossip and even more gossip!!! thinking about the future, fantasising and fantasising some more...then after sometime realising that all this is so temporary(senti stuff i wil save for the end though)
the second rule that we set but have not been able to stick to - nandita should not start singing after downing her first drink!! and it has been so difficult to keep her shut that even the uncle has come up to us and told us that he does not have a license for people to sing and if the police comes we would have to pay 15000 bucks(no I am not kidding!!) that still does not keep her shut!
In the middle of these sessions I take my regular walk down to the cigarette man and pick up cigis for these people and I owe so much to this place...I actually got to understand the difference between the different brands, I now know that it is Classic milds and Goldflake lights(more on that later too)!! so sundance not only lets you be, it also helps you grow in terms of the kind of knowledge that you carry back!
It is just the feel to the place...the lighting, the arm rest where you can lean and sit, be screamed for it, laughing away to glory, just chilling, laughing away to glory, having repeat after repeat and then calling for another repeat! its just the best place to be, to chill!! so this is my first favourite thing - SUNDANCE!!
CHEERS!!!!
This is a question my ears were conditioned to hear every single evening (well almost!!) and now that we have been dislocated I have decided it is time to give this place, our haven a tribute!!
Located 5 mins away from Churchgate station...this place Sundance became our second home, the first being the shady mahim PG(on that some other time!)
we would rush to reach at 6:30 , order and start chilling.
Now who are the "we", "us" and what is the order and why 6:30??
one at a time...we includes anyone who would want to join the sundance musketeers(yes thats what Neha, nandita and me(more on Neha and Nandita later!!) have started being called) for a chilled evening over "the order"(boy do I know how to create suspense or what!!) and mind you there used to be quiet a few who would want to join the "sundance musketeers" so its not that we were completely useless, not that we dont like spending time with eachother alone!!
And yes now "THE ORDER" -
It always used to be Nandita "Bhaiya 2 vodka large, 1 rum large aur 3 cokes"
Bhaiya: Coke nahi Pepsi
Nandita: haan pepsi, acha bhaiya diet pepsi hai?
Bhaiya: Haan
nandita: acha 2 diet pepsi, aur bhaiya namkeen and loads of lemon slices
this is the conversation like it happens every single time!! no changes even in the articles...i swear!!
6:30 - 8 in the evening - happy hours at sundance and boy did we take that phrase seriously? and did we live up to it?? i dont think i would want to give any prizes for guessing that!!
"what is discussed at sundance stays at sundance" was the first rule that was set and do we follow that to the tee!! endless sessions of gossip and more gossip and even more gossip!!! thinking about the future, fantasising and fantasising some more...then after sometime realising that all this is so temporary(senti stuff i wil save for the end though)
the second rule that we set but have not been able to stick to - nandita should not start singing after downing her first drink!! and it has been so difficult to keep her shut that even the uncle has come up to us and told us that he does not have a license for people to sing and if the police comes we would have to pay 15000 bucks(no I am not kidding!!) that still does not keep her shut!
In the middle of these sessions I take my regular walk down to the cigarette man and pick up cigis for these people and I owe so much to this place...I actually got to understand the difference between the different brands, I now know that it is Classic milds and Goldflake lights(more on that later too)!! so sundance not only lets you be, it also helps you grow in terms of the kind of knowledge that you carry back!
It is just the feel to the place...the lighting, the arm rest where you can lean and sit, be screamed for it, laughing away to glory, just chilling, laughing away to glory, having repeat after repeat and then calling for another repeat! its just the best place to be, to chill!! so this is my first favourite thing - SUNDANCE!!
CHEERS!!!!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
The peculiarity of being PECULIAR!!
The dictionary defines peculiar as: /pɪˈkyul
yər/ Pronunciation Key -
But i think is peculiar actually peculiar??
I mean its such a sweet little word why would you want to call the poor thing peculiar?
Would peculiar have wanted to be named peculiar??
why would you do that to peculiar?
yər/ Pronunciation Key - | 1. | strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings. |
| 2. | uncommon; unusual: the peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats. |
| 3. | distinctive in nature or character from others. |
But i think is peculiar actually peculiar??
I mean its such a sweet little word why would you want to call the poor thing peculiar?
Would peculiar have wanted to be named peculiar??
why would you do that to peculiar?
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