Travel Bag Contains

After a few travels, thanks to Nirvana, the company which pays me, I have come up with several DOs and DONTs when it comes to what (not) to carry when you are traveling. The list is composed, by and for me, but might come in handy, if you are like me, like a Desi!

So, bhaiyon and behno, here it is:


DOs:

• Buy a really good quality Winter Jacket. This comes in handy when you are on the flight; it might get really chilly. I used to be brave and didn't use to carry one, until I was on the ariport grounds at Paris, where I was transiting, and had to walk several meters at -7degrees.
  
• Buy a leather pouch for your passport. Always keep this in the Winter Jacket, you just bought. This will surely, help you to not lose your passport at the innumerable security Checks.
• Buy an Universal Adapter, so that you can stay connected to your IPOD, no matter where you go.
  
• Being a desi, it never hurts to carry - Peanuts, Pickle, Papad, Soups, Upma Mix, and Maggi Noodles. Use the above only as side items, and do not survive on "Maggi", please.
• Carry a medicine pouch, along with a prescription. May you never use it, but always does helps.
• Carry a pair of slippers. Walking to the breakfast table, in shorts and formal shoes, don't match up!
  
• Buy a 25ft (7.6m approx) long ehternet cable. This cable is to connect your laptop to the wall socket, located several meters away. Chatting with friends, never felt better when you are still, on the bed.
  
• Load your laptop with a lot of Hindi Movies and Songs. I was never a big fan, but when you are on a trip for several days, these movies and songs, make you feel at home. This is the first thing I do, before I even install all my softwares.
• Carry a big empty back pack in your check-in baggage. This ensures that, if you get on a shopping spree, it will carry the stuff for you, without having you to buy a new bag.
  
• Wear loose clothing, while traveling on the plane. If you are comfortable in your jogging track-suit, go for it! Doesn't matter. I met this guy in his 3/4ths and a loose t-shirt wearing slippers.
• The most important of all - 7 underpants and socks! They smell!
  

DONTs:

• MTR, Aashirwaad Ready to Eats taste really bad, they are pathetic. Never carried them after my first trip. Instead buy milk, juice, bread and chocolate, after reaching your destination.
  
• Never Carry Oil/Butter/Ghee or any semi-liquid stuff for that matter. It will spill, and will be a nightmare, when you could smell the Desi Ghee on each of your shirts! Happened with one of my colleague though.
  
• Never carry TOWELS. There are plently out there in any hotel room, where you stay!
  

I am halfway, and still want to enhance this post, but its time for my office, so I'd better leave! You could always.... bbye tc gn sd.

All but 3 Idiots!

"3 Idiots: India's biggest hit. Rs. 315 crores in 18 days. "
The film's success comes at a time when the middle class is tightening due to food prices. Last week, when the movie shattered all records, food inflation was on a 11-year high.

Source: Hindustan Times.

Have you tried buying vegetables? Or Dal? Its really expensive these days. I don't bother much about fruits, as they seem to be a luxury already! Even the daily vada-paav costs 8 bucks already!
And then, I read the above news!

What's the trend with the "Spending Power" of the public? Has it increased over the recent years? Rs. 450/- for the 3 Idiots (just referring to the movie name; stop getting judgemental)?

Help me with the delusional statements below. I am still recovering, from the after sh0cks.

• I think watching a movie today, is not enough! Where you watched the movie, and where you had the dinner after the movie, is equally important. Yeah, the dinner; if you watched a MATINEE show, you are a moron.
  
• This comes at a time, when Piracy is at its peak. Every movie, is available on the internet, on the very second day. A good quality pirated DVDRip, is available, probably in the next week. But, could we ever wait, that long?
  
• "All our arithmetic, all our calculations have been proved wrong" said veteran trade analyst Taran Adarsh. All such researchers, are going jobless, very soon! The Math is all random now.
• We could really use up some money off the Rs. 315 crore mark, to fight off the 11-year high food inflation. If people get food today, they'll live more, and they'll go to more films, and eventually pay back to the film fraternity. Vicious circle, eh?
  
• From last what I've heard, Bipasha Basu got Rs. 13.5 lakh per minute, to dance on the new year's eve. If she probably danced for 5 minutes, hey, she could buy a flat in Bandra! Which, if I happen to buy, will spend my entire life paying the loan back.
  
• This movie, is generating Rs. 315 crore, when the 22 of India's top hockey players have rejected to play for the Asian Games, lined up next month, due to lack of incentives that they get. "Its a struggle for survival" says Balbir Singh, who got a bronze in the 1968 Mexican Olympics.
  
• I wonder, what will happen to the economists today, as they cannot add up any numbers! They have the dilemma of reviving the dead economy, while watching getting Bips paid several crores for a few minutes, and Indian International Hockey team getting dissolved, due to lack of funds!
  

Well, I reckon that there are only a few family-watchable-worthful films, and if you've spent Rs. 450/- per head already watching the 3 Idiots, may be its a (read PAUSE) thing... but please stop calling them the "3 Idiots" !

Interesting Things That I did in 2010

Hi All,

This post is dedicated to all the interesting things, that I am, and would be doing in the new year - 2010. So, this post will keep updating itself, over the course of the year!


Dividing this post into two parts - Wish List Things and Been There, Done That things.

Wish List Things

- Eat at following places in Pune:

Panchavati - Bhandarkar Road
Sukanta - Deccan
Rasoi - Shanivaar Peth
Shreayas - Apte Road (DONE)
Mathura - J M Road (DONE)
Krishna Dining Hall - Law College Road
Baadshai - Tilak Road
Girija - Tilak Road (DONE)

- Learn well to drive a four wheeler (am currently good at two-wheeler).
- Learn well to swim.
- Cover a few trek points.
- Grow socially, and perform a few social activities.
- Want to visit the race course at Pune.

Been There, Done That things

• Jan 01 - Food@Shreyas, Apte Road (near JM Road), Pune

Want to have some authentic Maharashtrian thali? Well this is it! It is a great place, to have a thali, with your veggie friends and family! The ambience is quite good, and cleanliness is maintained really well. Be ready to spend around Rs. 150/- on a weekday, and be really hungry!

• Jan 04 - Pune to Sinhagad biked

One fine morning, just get up early, pack your bags, and get going! I hate to ask friends around, and keep co-ordinating, to plan out an event! On-the-spot plans are always a hit. So, there I was, alone, on my Unicorn, on the way to Sinhagad Fort (Yes, you can really go on the top, with your bike).
Start Time: 06:30 hrs (from Magarpatta, Pune)
End Time: 11:30 hrs (to Magarpatta, Pune).
Round Trip: 80kms
My breakfast@ Sinhagad: The Bhakris, Vaangi Bharit (brinjal curry), Kaanda Bhajji (onion pakodas), Taak (buttermilk). The best spicy food I've had in months!!! Only for the food factor, I would like to go there, all over again.

• Jan 24 - Skiing at Snoqualmie Pass, Seattle.
  

Well, Ski(ied) for the first time, and it was real fun. 80$, was ofcourse, heavy on the pockets, but was definitely worth it. Was really surprised, to see Snoqualmie, a place fully covered in snow, with my hotel, barely 20 miles away, to be so dry! Fell for innumerable times, but got my basics right, in the end. Now, this is a tiring sport!

Other Events... Coming Soon!