frns forever !!!

Just got hold of this pic, thought i would share it with you .. As you might have guessed its a post b'day photo .. bums ke baad aise hi haalat ho jaati hai, jaise ki anchal ki hai is photo mein .. waise i m lucky when it comes to bums, i always manage to escape just in time .. :D

Gourmet, epicure, connoisseur !!! am I ???

Pizza Hut
Pop Tates
Cafe Coffee Day
Cafe Mocha
Newyorker
Cafe Mondegar
this is the list of places i have been to in the last 24 hrs ..


At this very moment let me guess whats in your mind.
Pretentious... Grandiose... Pompous...
Well if thats the case, then let me assure you that i am not being boastful here and wait i can prove you that. Firstly because hardly anyone knows about my blog, and even if he/she does there's simply no reason why i would expect them to read it. So bragging about me been to places seem a waste of time and efforts. Secondly, the purpose of my writing this blog is quite different. It' for me to remind myself of the good old days i spent at IIT.
10 Years down the line as i sit down in front of the idiot box with a cup of tea in my hind and absolutely no excitement in my life, this blog would probably bring a smile on my face as i would recall the time i spent wid my pals .. be it the bird watching at mocha or the booze at pop tates. You may say i am being nostalgic .. but guys i have a good enough reason to be ..

Now that you have come all the way, i would like to make it bit worthwhile. Here i share with you my experience. Hope you find it useful.
Pizza Hut - Awesome pizzas, garlic bread worth a try. Ambience is formal, It's a place you would like to go out with friends not neccesarilty your gf/bf. Wallet gets lighter by around 200 per head.
Cafe Mocha (My favourite) - Ambience very informal, sure you would like it. Known for its hukka, shakes and desserts. A place you would like to go with someone special :) .. Wallet gets lighter by 300 per head.
Pop Tates - Awesome ambience, heaven for those who booze. State of the art Sizzlers and Pastas. Lasagne worth a try. Economical, an ideal place for a good treat.
Cafe coffee day - Cafe Frappe & Sizzling brownie worth a try. Avoid juices, you would end up eating only ice. Nice ambience and music. Need not worry about wallet getting lighter.
Newyorker - This was my first time. Formal ambience, 'Nachos' not to be missed. But more than that i had an awesome time 'bird watching' :P

One night @ South bombay

Its 3 in the morning and i am sitting right outside Pizza hut with Rahul, sipping tea, sharing some of our innate secrets. Out of the blue i say 'Lets go to Marina Drive' and the next moment we are in search of a petrol pump.

At 100 kmph, with droplets of water in our eyes, a small mistake may mean a lot. But that's what the whole excitment is all about, isn't it !! At fifteen minutes past 4 we are at the Gate way of India, hiding silently in the darkness of night, overshadowed by the glitter of Taj. The next few hours were spent wandering aimlessly covering marine drive, chaupati, haji ali, worly seeface ... By the time i was back to hostel it was around noon and we had already travelled more than a hundred kms ...
These are the times when you feel a sense of freedom, independence .. i cherish such moments of my life.

Mumbai marathon - The sprit of mumbai

Had heard a lot about the spirit of mumbaikars ... Marathon 2007 reflected it in a true sense.
'Dream run' as they call it, is just 6Km as many would say. But for me 6Kms was a tough target. Thanks to the cheering that i finally managed to complete it, though i did feel awkward seeing uncles and auties run 21 kms.

Shirdi

From Shirdi

Just back from Shirdi

hukka@mocha

Well to start with let me praise mocha a bit, i am tuely a fan of it .. The ambience, the cuisines, shakes, desserts and not to forget the hukka are simply awesome. So it was the obvious place for my job treat. The only hurdle being that i wasn't sure if there was one in hyderabad. But with bit of googling i found out that there is indeed one in banajara hills around 25 kms from where i stay.
With 3 of my closest friends with me it was bound to be among the most momorable of the treats. We spend around 2-3 hours smoking hukka .. (its tobacco free!!) ... you do feel a bit dizziness but that's due to the smoke. Seeing abhijath struggle with the hukka was more fun than hukka itself. All in all great fun, just that i would have liked a few more of my friends to have joined, but may be some other time.

Happy New Year

Happy new year .. may 2007 bring you all the happiness in life ..
for me '06 went quite well .. this was the year in which i entered 8 (my CPI),won dept. elections, got placed in Indcutis .. made wonderful friends .. all in all an awesome time .. well one resolution which still stands nowhere near completion is to have a gf .. but theek hai '07 ke liye bhi to kuch chodna chahiye na