Sunday, January 27, 2008

Do Write more frequently !!!

I toootally agree !!! Infact we realised that we have been having so much fun off late that we hardly got time to pen down stuff [:P] Naaah !! got tooo busy with work. Boss was around and some very important 'googling' was underway which caused the delay.
It is that juncture in my career where I am looking for yet another change. Will keep u guys posted on the what happening veeery soon [:)]
Apart from the sooooper hard work we are putting in at work, life seems to just move on seamlessly through the malls and theaters in Bangalore. God bless the retail boom.
There is this new mall from TATA which had come up a month back. Its called the Star Bazaar. One word to describe it.... I dont believe in one word descrptions. There was nothing which was not available there. We went in to just see the place and shopped for quite a lot by the time we even realised. Gaining inspiration from my dad I was veeeery tempted to pick up a 32" LCD screen too, displayed in Croma. But as mentioned earlier, we are working our way through the hard times[:P]
(hard times : def: One of those times where we are regularly eating at home only to save us some pennies to go watch more movies)

I guess its time for me to hit the gym !!!
So lemme end this out of the blue blog and get back to you guys very soon.

Cheers !!!

Adi

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Peak before Recession

New Year saw a blast but the impending US recession seems to have hit us! Our expenditure sheet says so too. Our lazy weekend got so lazy that we sat in the car debating, for half hour, about our evening out!!!

It's a cycle, you see! This reminds of what my brother said - If your neighbour's selling his house, it's recession and if you end up selling your own, it's depression!!

If you are wondering where Adi is....he's busy preparing a presentation which has so far run into some....hmm....hmm......hmm......slides! (Lost count :-P )

Cheers,

Paddu

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Celebrity celebrations - counting our way down to New Year


We've had amazing feedback for the very initiative of 'shaadirocks' and had everyone waiting for the next post. So here we are, not to disappoint you so early in life!

The usual question that everyone loves to throw at us is, "So...how is married life treating you?" That's where the problem takes root! Married life is a lot simpler if only the question was the other way round - How are YOU treating married life!!!

And we decided to treat our week before New year as a married couple with a blast!!! The slow yet thoroughly enjoyable blast started on 24th Dec. And this is how our agenda for the next few days ran until 1st Jan.

24th Dec: Christmas Eve Dinner at Paparazzi (Royal Orchid Central), which Conde Nast lists as one of the 100 best restaurants in the world. It's on the 10th floor with a great view of Bangalore. One helluva expensive dinner but awesome ambience. For all those couples scouting for a romantic candle lit ($Dear$) dinner, Paparazzi it is!!

25th Dec: Christmas - "Meet the Parents" session coupled with Ghar ka Khaana and accidentally treated ourselves to this cute movie - Bee Movie! One adorable movie that takes you through the natural animated process of honey making. Towards the end, the fight for justice remotely reminds you of Guru sans Ash :-)

26th Dec: Off to Commerical street and Cake exhibition - fed ourselves all possible junk we could lay our hands on

27th Dec: how could we miss the sister road - Brigade road beautifully lit up with year-end sales. Checked out Croma - the recently launched Tata store for Electronics. It seemed like we lost touch with cooking at home and saw ourselves sitting opposite each other in no time at Kanua - restaurant that serves Konkan cuisine; dim lit with old wooden furniture (ranging from school benches to 130-yr old roof) and gentle music resonating out of tree trunk.

28th Dec: Every rule has an exception and so did this! One-off day when we actually worked for our respective employers. The only outing we had was to Adi's new swanky office and Paddu's unconventional ad agency.

29th Dec: The silence before the storm - that best descibes 28th. 'cause 29th saw the beginning of a storm of Awesome Foursome at WONDERLA (Adi, Paddy, Manu, and Anu)! Roller coasters to wave pools, dashing cars to water slides - insanity defined in various forms! Laugh we did, all the way back to "The Only Place" , an Italian Restaurant on Museum Road where we could have asked for no more cheese than we cared for!

30th Dec: Lazy Sunday with lunch at MTR and Akshay Kumar's Welcome at Urvashi theatre

31st Dec: New Year's eve - all geared up for a Home Party at our aunt's place! Food, movie, and more food, games, and food again defined the evening's agenda!

1st Jan 2008 - New Year came and we were back home to meet Paddu's parents and ended with a cozy dinner at "Wok with Chung" with our relatives. Now that's how you would start a New Year - couldn't have got better!

All the way we were reminded of the movie "Over the Hedge" where RJ says [pointing to humans], "They *always* got food with them. We eat to live - these guys live to eat! Let me show you what I'm talking about!" Read more (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327084/quotes)

And now we are glad to be back in office for pending bills beckon!

Cheers,

P(Addy)