Amazing Weekend

This Saturday me and my roomate(we both look similar like Sumo giants) so we decided to have lunch in Naivaidyam(Hauz Khas). We started by around 1:30 in the afternoon somehow my Fiero was able to carry a Lorry load(ie we both) at 90 Km/hr in the DND flyway, it was real tough time for it. So we reached the hotel in 25 min(that is nearly 20 Km from my place) and we took a Unlimited Meal there, wiping the entire food stock of the hotel.

From there we roamed about in South Extension for about 1/2 hr where we visited Delhi Haat and had Chuski Kulfi which is a hand made ice soaked in Jal jeera, sure to make a south indian(not me,i'm a converted Northee) vomit. Then just to have a Lassi we decided to go near R.K.Puram, there we had a Big mug of Lassi that was much heavier than the lunch we had.

While returning we decided to take a VCD of a Tamil film(JOR, starring Satyaraj Sr&Jr.) and nearby in the Bikanerwala had a Dry Fruit Kulfi all this located Mayur Vihar enroute to Noida. Just within 5 KM of travel to my house we had a Mango shake and a Sugar Cane juice in Noida. So our stomach was really a ONYX (Wastes carrier of Chennai) on that day, the amazing part was that after returning home we still cooked a heavy meal with Sambar, Ladier Finger curry, Vadam and Dahi of course including Rice.

Wait this didnt stop........

Then came Sunday, again we went to Andhra Bhavan for an unlimited lunch, purchased 4 Jeans pants for 200 INR and 2 shirts for 100 INR in Janpath and returned touching Mayur Vihar(of course we touched Pav bhaji, Gol gappas, Matka chai etc). I was very ashamed of myself because i paid nearly Rs.60 for covering my Vehicle seat the day before, but got myself a Jean for just Rs.50, this made my vehicle more worthier than me.

All of this resulted in my Bike giving strange noises (i dont which horror movie it resembled)from the next day. I know you are thinking much more than that would have happened to it, i'll find out the rest of the damages while giving my vehicle for servicing.

Change of Address
Since my roomies have been transferred to Hyderabad, im the only one left behind, so decided to shift myself to another apartment(just oppositte to the existing one).

Shifting apartments in NOIDA you have to consider a lots of factors, first thing is the POWER BACKUP, ensure you get 24 hour Backup other wise your life is ruined. In Noida during summer the power cut is only twice, which is 8 hours in the morning and then 8 hours in the night. Each apartment here should also equip themselves like a factory in the industrial area.

The second factor is Drinking water, of course as a Chennaite im used to the worst drinking water, NOIDA is far better. But still you have see whether your Society has a Mineral water facility.

The third factor is the Security and Maintenence, this is required because NOIDA is much near to Ghaziabad which is were Criminals are bred and distributed for the entire state of UP(heard anyone can get an AK-47 there for 5000 bugs, i didnt go for it since i had already taken revenge against most of my enemies).

Now it is time for me to getting accustom to my new home still will be missing the beautiful view(Cool Chics) from the balcony of my existing apartment.

Lakshya - Watchable

It was this cloudy Sunday morning i got the tickets for the film Lakshya from my Office(my office is a regular donor for tickets at a affordable price). So had a quick break fast in a nearby dhaba in Sector -18 and then to Centre Stage Mall where Waves Multiplex is located.

The film had already begun as I entered the hall, to start this film belongs to Hrithik alone. All other characters including Mr. BigB and Priety have vanished under the shadow of Hrithik tree. The film is all about a Easy-Going guy with out any aim(Laksh) in his life, finds one later in his life after joining the Army. Through out the film the keyword in all dialogues is LAKSH(aim). It had so much impact on us that even if I sneeze it sounds as Lakshhhhhhhhu(instead of akshuuuuuuuuu!!!), hope the dialogue writer didnt find any alternative word for that.

The war scenes taken in this film etched better, a few commented that to be equivalent the film LoC. The film though drags at some places can still be ignored. But the negative point is that the depth needed in mentioning the Hero achieving his Aim is still missing. The back ground score is also not that noteworthy except for the Main Aisa Kyon hoon Song.

Priety does a role of a Journalist imitating Burkha Dutt of NDTV, nothing much to do in this film, worth mentioning is that she is dressed fully througout the film.

But surely this film is a thousand times better than Main Hoon Na, and is worth watching once even though if you are not a hardcore Hrithik Fan.

Hyderabad blues

My company had given an option to transfer to Hyderabad, I didnt go for that option, who the hell will leave such a good place like Delhi and go to Hyderabad. Also i'm an great fan of the Delhi food which was the main reason i didnt opt for HYD.

Got enough scolding from my Southee friends(to such an extent that i was named traitor of South Indians). I had informed them that im in look out for a rich father -in- law (without brains of course) which i feel can get only here.

Do you speak politically correct English?

This is an interesting one which got posted in my company club,just to share it with u.

   Do you want to call someone "You Fat, Lazy, Stupid Bum!"  but still
   want  to be politically correct?
   Call him: "You Horizontally Challenged, Motivationally Deficient,
   Differently Logical, Non-goal-oriented member of society!

   Boring: Differently Interesting, Charm-Free
   Crazy: Emotionally Different
   Bald: Hair Disadvantaged, Follicularly Challenged
   Fat: Horizontally Challenged, Larger Than Average Citizen, Person of
   Substance, Possessing an Alternative Body Image, Differently Sized
   Failure: Incomplete Success,
   Unemployed: Indefinitely Idled, Involuntarily Leisured
   Lazy: Motivationally Deficient, Motivationally Dispossessed
   Sloppy: Specially Organized, Nontraditionally Ordered
   Chronically Late: Temporarily Challenged
   Clumsy: Uniquely Coordinated
   Incompetent: Uniquely Proficient
   Alcoholic: Person of Differing Sobriety
   Alive: Temporarily Metabolically Abled - as in "He's temporarily
   Metabolically Abled!" shouted the doctor.
   Fail a course: achieve a deficiency
   Lazy Bones: Person of Torpor
   Long-winded: Alternatively Concise
   Loser: Uniquely-fortuned individual on an alternative career path,
   person with temporary unmet objectives
   Sidewalk peddler: Unpremisesed business person
   Shoplifter: Nontraditional Shopper
   Stoned: Chemically Inconvenienced
   Stupid: Differently Logical, Cerebrally Challenged
   Ugly: Cosmetically Different.  As in "His favorite movie was 'The
   good,  The Bad, and the Cosmetically Different'
   Lie: Categorical Inaccuracy, Counterfactual Proposition
   Drunk: Sobriety Deprived
   Dead: Terminally Inconvenienced
   Fail: Achieve a Deficiency
   Girl: Prewoman
   Old: Chronologically Gifted, Experientally Enhanced
   Uneducated, Illiterate:  Alternatively Schooled

   A dog who resides in the United States: Canine American
   Prisoner: Client of the Correctional System
   Vague: Differently Focused

   From The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook' by
   Henry  Beard and Christopher Cerf

Olympic Tor(ture)ch in Delhi

Delhi is one place full of braggadacios. At first they boasted about the fit for nothing Delhi Metro which can not be compared to that of the MUMBAI electric train, and now it is the Olympic torch run. If you give a close look see who all are going to carry the torch across the city, it is going to be Aishwarya Rai, Vivek Oberoi, Aamir Khan and Rani Mukherjee' sarod players Ayaan Ali and Aman Ali Bangash, singer Palash Sen. Now where the hell are these people related to Olympics, do they really know how many circles are there in the Olympics??

In The Times of India(another rotten aspect of Delhi) there is a big advertisement asking to join the run along with the favourite cine stars!!! Everyone is aware that India does not promote sports except Cricket. But still there are a few who won atleast some medals in past Olympics, for eg P.T.Usha, Prakash Padukone etc. But none were present in the Scene.

This is really a shame to Indian Sports Committee or Sports Ministry, atleast if you dont harness good sportsmen it is not neccessary to insult them by replacing them with Cine stars just for the Face value.

Delhi-Agra-Mathura-Delhi

One of my long pending trip was fulfilled last week to visit Agra and Mathura. Me and Roomies planned for this trip this saturday. We booked for an Tata Indica but what we got was a 15 day old brand new Tata Indigo with Govt. Of. India label(it happens only in India, the driver also mentioned that he had removed the Flash light over the top of the car to avoid being caught by the police). So the road NH2 can be described as Laloo said "Hema malini's cheeks" , it was so smooth and luckily the weather was too pleasant.

By afternoon we reached Agra to visit the Taj Mahal. I feel that Taj Mahal has lost its glory it is shown white only in photos as such the Marbles colour has turned yellow. Although the government says that it had banned all polluting industries near Taj, nothing seems to be effective, and already Yamuna which was adding beauty earlier to the Taj is now in a sorrow state(we have named it as MOBILE COOUM). Of course we took some snaps there(tommorrow we we will use them for Bride hunt, atleast for personality of Taj edavadhu mattum).

Then from Taj we went to Mathura, the place of Birth of Lord Krishna, I thought Lord Krishna was born in a Jail dark and dirty(much like my room), but when i went there i found that the place where he had born was quite big(In fact if that cell space was available in Mumbai, it would have been divided and would have been rented atleast to 3 families). There is a big Krishna mandir adjacent to his birth place, most irritating part is the security restrictions to enter the temple. Since the temple is located adjacent to a Mosque, we were ripped till our underwears before entering the temple(but i dint see any security restriction to the Mosque, quite an irony).

The most important place in this trip was a Sikh gurudwara which was enroute to Delhi from Mathura, First i thought it to be a Hindu version of Taj Mahal but later found that some canadian sikh had built this fully Marble gurudwara, it was worth watching with beautiful lighting in the basement.

Then we returned back by night to our home where we ended our trip with a DOMINOS PIZZA

French-Cleared

Yesterday i got my results for the french exams i wrote, unfortunately i have passed and the guy with whom i had copied during the exam for answers had failed.

Anyway "dieu est grande" - god is great.

My trip to Gangotri-Gomukh

It was a clear warm night when we started our Gangotri trip from Noida. There were eight of us in two different tractors(Tata Indica). Our first stop was at Rishikesh about 230 KM from our place from there we had to take the NH94(Rishikesh-Yamunotri National Highway). It was very early in the morning when we reached Rishikesh we had to wait for about an hour or so since the Highway is closed from 8 in the night to 3 in the morning.

Then started our up hill climb with the mighty Ganges juxtaposing us throughout (although that started right from Haridwar). Enroute to Gangotri is the Tehri Hydel project site where a huge dam is being constructed for power generation across Ganges and then Uttarkashi, we had lunch there in Uttar kashi me and one of my friend trodded along the narrow lanes of the town to visit the Kasi Viswanath temple with Bhagirathi(Ganges) flowing nearby. It was about evening when we reached Gangotri. We stayed in a State owned hotel(Hope i need not say anything about the ambience).

Next day early morning we started our trek to Gomukh which is 17 KM from Gangotri. The place throughout was like heaven(i have seen those kinda stuff only in Wall papers) with Snow clad mountains and forests around . From someone from Cooumpatti it was like Switzerland. Ganges emerges from a steep glacier in Gomukh which is really worth to watch.

Some tips to share if you plan for this trip(which we failed to follow)....

1) Do some regular walking before starting trips to any of these places
2) Best season to visit Gomukh is during Summer months of May-August.
3) Carry enough winter clothes, Medicines.
4) Never try to cover the distance in 1 day, plan your trip so that you stay for a night before returning back to Gangotri