Wednesday, February 24, 2010

A toast to fallen friends

Death is a werid thing and all of us at some point will have to stare at it in the face. But its us who are left behind who have to deal with the loss of a person or a pet(who can be more of people than people its self).  
On Monday morning I got news of a bike accident in Bangalore of an acquaintance (a friend) and that he never made itto the hospital. Naveen Jangid and I met briefly at a couple of Rider Mania and last I saw of him was in November in Goa. I dont know more than the fact that he was a great rider and we have had a few laughs at Rider Mania. But it hit me hard to know that he had passed away and that too on his bike. He will be missed and not forgotten.

Today we had to put down Hershey after she suffered two months with cancer and a rash that was literally eating her alive. She was 12 years old and was one of the greatest dogs we have ever had. When she came home 12 years ago she was so small that we made a sweater out of a sock for her to keep warm. She grew to a size where the sock was well just a sock. whether she was sleeping on my bed when I would come home from a mad night of partying or waiting at the gate  because she had heard my bike at the corner her tail would always be wagging. A happier dog i have never seen. Hershey we will miss you. 

Tonight I drink to the great lives of Naveen and Hershey both great friends and people i was glad to have come across and share some time with. You will be missed and never forgotten. 

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Great Quote had to share it...

Dont tell me how educated you are, Tell me how much have you traveled ?- Prophet Muhammad

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Mac D

I must admit I do enjoy a fillet of fish at Mac D's every now and then but what gets me is they have just recently launched the Chicken Mc Nugget (I cant believe it took them so long to do it) any way you can either get it with BBQ sauce or mustard... If you want both then you need to pay Rs15 for a small pouch... Now this is the same company that everywhere else in the world has tubs of differnt sauces to use and all for free but no come to India lets make these idiots pay for it? Why I ask Why?

Here is another one that gets my goat... Why cant we get a free refill (i dont even drink coke anymore) but the principal if it all is why only in india do we not get free refills. I get it we are that kind of race that goes mad when we encounter the word free.. but come one how much coke can we drink man ....Again why us why ?

On a whole different topic for later why do KFC's fries suck every where in the world you eat em?

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Housekeeping

Ok so i never stay in real good hotels but when i do it seems house keeping is always trying to get into your room and if you don't dead lock your hotel door you can find them in your room because they thought you were out. ok whatever but what happened to the hot women in who work in housekeeping how come they are all men these days.Anyway that is a question for the ages.
Its coffee time and then to finish of that book i was reading its been a while since i read a book and now i need to finish it its nagging me.

Queenstown

Maybe i have not been here long enough but its the second day since we got here but i love queenstown already it has to be one of the coolest places i have visited.

Watching the sun set at 11pm last night drinking a steinlager and walking the streets of Queenstown (yes you can drink your beer in public apparently the cops don't seem to have a problem.. The cops that is a whole different discussion once i see even one we shall have it) eating super Pizzas and Hamburgers to die for are just some of the reasons everyone should come to Queenstown for..

Trust me there are many more reasons to come for but for a start those should be enough to start with..

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Easy as pie

I was not such a bad smoker who am I kidding I was. 6 months ago I quit when I turned 30 (yea i turned 30) and I am not going to bore you with the why, the how and the who of it but I must just tell you this it was Easy As Pie.

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

2010

Udaipur was a better place than Mumbai to celebrate the new year. Under the stars with Amrita, Sabrina, Nyma and the whole crew of a reality show that i care not talk about in a fantastic hotel on the top of a hill looking over Udaipur and the lake palace. I mean we could have been in Chandigarh and that may have been cooler but I am not complaining. The drive there and back was not so bad either but i must say Gujrat has to be one of my least favorite states (maybe its the fact that i cant get a cold beer whenever i feel like that bugs me). I dont want to spend a moment extra there its so werid any way we didnt so no complaints there.

Well its the new year and my mind is doing the usual "What does this year hold for me" and i must tell you it is exciting i have a few things I am working on and if they work well super.

I am going to New Zealand with the wife (she is shooting a new movie) and i must say i am quite kicked. I think i always wanted to go and well I just couldnt say no to it when Amrita told me she had got me tickets to go with her.. Actually I am quite excited.

I have promised my self this year to be better on this blog (no one really reads it but hey i think its kind of thereputic for my sanity or maybe i just enjoy it whatever it is), I plan to keep my website updated ( I shall not share the link now untill I get it to the place I want it to be) and a few more random things. Lets see how this fares...

As usual Random just like i like it straight out of my head...

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Passport photographs

Whenever we join a new course or open a new bank account or get our passports or get a new license made we are asked for passport sized photographs.

Passport size photographs are like the worst pictures of you that you can get taken... Never in my life have i got a great picture taken in this size (and trust me i have got lots taken). Funny how most of your life is documented with these images..

I hear that mug shots come out much better.. "oh police man can you help me .???"

yes i am feeling a bit random....

The Simple Life

[As told to my sister by our Dad]
Back then-
Everyone wore shirts that said 'Make love,not war.' [as cliched as it may sound]You didn't say 'HI', you said 'PEACE'. 'You rode your bikes slow, so the girls could check you out.There were only about eight bikes and five scooters in Chandigarh.They called themselves the 'Dooks' and the 'Yanks' .A movie cost one rupee fifty, the chinese cost two rupees and a cola was fifty paise, so your date cost you about Rs.5.The movies changed every day, with one English movie showing on Wednesday.You could hear your friends bike from a mile away (literally).Bell bottoms were cool.Every one had a nickname- Fly, Flatty, Squeaky, Gooey.You got your jeans from Jean Junction.Walking was the way you got everywhere- to college and back, to sector seventeen and home.Yelling across the park for cold coffee was normal.So was the cow that lived in your friend-across-the-parks-house.Morni was exciting.Sitting on the round-abouts drinking rum for two rupees was the way to spend your evenings.It was all so simple.This is how it could've been.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

What is a parantha?

According to Wiki - A paratha (or parantha) is a flatbread that originated in the Indian subcontinent. It is usually made with whole-wheat flour, pan fried in ghee or ... simple no then explain in any form why it makes me feel great alive and ready to do something.
I dont get to eat them much these days but still i could eat parantha's for every meal and never get sick of them..
On the road its the best food, in chandigarh its the best food, in mumbai its superb food and at night with egg oh my god i only remember sitting at the bus stand at odd hours waiting for my tandoori parantha...
Parantha's have revived my blog too .... I love parantha's

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Been a long time since I .....

So its been a while since I wrote anything on the blog … its been a hectic mad couple of months from the wedding in November to the various trips I have taken ( Rajasthan, Bheemeshwari, Rider Mania 08, a drive from Chennai to Calcutta and now from the Ferrari Magic India Tour).

Also with Amrita’s movie and her trips to Miami.. it has been lots of work for both of us.

I guess instead of writing I will just upload some pics and hope that I will get back with another entry soon ..






Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Sunday, November 04, 2007

It has begun

So it has begun Mumbai has been left and Amrita, Sabi, Nyma and me with our 15 bags have made it to chandigarh thanks to Jet Airways (I must thank them since it would have been a pain if we had to come thru Delhi) and every day people are arriving ... so its about time .. all the planning and running around has come to this... like Amrita says the biggest performance of our lives it has begun.

Amrita and Sabi passed out at the airport after an all night packing fiasco...

so i guess keep watching this space... all you guys who cant make it will be missed and I swear we shall dry and drink and party for you guys too .. I know its hard but what to do it has to be done ... and once we are married we go to start the parties all over again for Aastha and Ambers and Shiv and Himanshu and Simrit.. Someone recomend a Detox clinic in Mumbai, Delhi and Chandigarh we are all going to need it ...

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Chennai - Pondicherry

Hindustan Times 12th October 2007 - Chandigarh
Hindustan Times 10th October 2007 - Mumbai

So between mad wedding planning I got to make a trip out here it is ... I was alone for this one I thought it would be hard to travell for so many days but it turned out to be lots of fun .. met a great guy by the name of Gary Barnes he is travelling around India for a year. We shared quite a few kingfishers and maybe he will show up for the wedding if he is in that part of the world. Anyway here it is ...

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

So Finally November it is

So it is final the Nakai wedding is going to be in November this year.. dates have been changed from Feb 29th 2008 to November 2007. Final dates to be decided yet !!

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Friday, April 20, 2007

BIG BAD ASS BIKER



So here i am the big bad ass biker who did a tango with a school bus a few days ago and well when had to make a decision do i hit the bus or do i brake hard and try turning the bike.. so i took the second option and guess what SLIP, CRASH , SKID, BOOM down I went.. Outside a hospital i must say so once Ouseph and Joy came from the office and saw that i had a problem while walking off i was sent to see the doctor who said "you need to wear the splint for three weeks and if there is a problem after that come see me"..

So that was what happened on Monday and since then I have been home hobbling around the house, playing video games and watching T.V. Let me tell you I AM BORED SHITLESS... Aghhhhhhhhh

More later ...:) this one was truly random