Travel cafe

Yesterday Vishal, Mudit and myself had to spend to spend the peak afternoon time waiting @ Hauz Khas village for Vikas to come back from his office where he is interning for the summer.

The hands down choice was Kunzum Travel cafe (http://kunzum.com/travelcafe/). Now to admit the truth I had no idea what the concept of a travel cafe was or how was it different from a normal cafe. :?

So, it was a small cozy place with pictures sent in by travellers adorning the wall, travel books which one can either read at the cafe or buy. Free wifi and the unique concept of this particular place - you can have coffee and cookies and pay whatever you want...

You can sit the entire day and laze around, use the wifi and there is no compulsion to buy anything...you can  sit on the sofa, the cane chairs or even on a comfy rug on the floor.

Spent a couple of hours lazing around talking about nothing in particular and wishing I could work from home from this great place. :)

Anything for you Ma'am

Well, I just finished reading the ebook-Anything for you Ma'am a few hours ago, and if you are a fan of the typical Bollywood masala movies, the one where you already know the twists and turns and how it will all be a happy ending...you might like the book.

In the story, an IIT Delhi student who loves a girl who lives is Chennai ( who is also the classmate of the guy's sister..) plans and goes to meet her in Chennai.

The story starts from the an Industrial tour which our hero (Tarun) wants to bunk and go to Chennai within that duration. Now because it is a Bollywood type script, he is bound to get into trouble with the Professor in-charge in a drunken party in his hostel ( where our hero doesn't drink, but is caught in the wrong place at the wrong time- typically Bollywood.) The prof then feels that the hero is faking the excuse that his brother is getting married to bunk the industrial tour and then wants him to produce proof that his brother is getting married..How our hero then goes for the tour, searches for a doctor in Pune who can give a medical certificate that he is hurt and needs bed rest ligament, to how he goes to Chennai from pune, how there is an attempted robbery on the train, how he meets another IITian ( from IIT Madras this time..) who is heading to Chennai to get married to his love of 9 years ( who incidently was in Delhi while he was studying in Chennai AND who happens to be the brother of our heroine, Shreya with whom oyur hero,  Tarun is in love with. Coincidently, the third person sharing the coupe with them the same Professor from IIT Delhi who was in-charge of the industrial tour and our hero was in his bad books of. How our hero saves him and comes in to his good books finally ( And if you haven't guessed it yet, the Prof is heading to the marriage of the daughter of a Prof from IIT Chennai ( who is his partner in some project.. ) who coincidently happens to be the father in law of the IITian's who our hero has already met on the train..So all three of them are heading to the same destination )

Ohh..I forgot..there are also some songs which the hero manages to conjure at the right time... :P

Typically Bollywood..or in Divya's words- Cheesy.


You can STILL read the book once though..and in case anyone wants, I have the ebook with me..

Weekend :)

Weekend-> 2 trips to Office,2 visits to GIP and 2 rides in the metro and trip to CP.

or

Weekend -> Catching up with friends at the Airport, Railway station and spending time with my cousin brother who is in town for college vacations.



And who says weekends are for relaxing???


During the first weekend, we had to go to the office for some online training on Saturday. Fortunately or unfortunately the thing refused to work. So we were @ Noida and we had nothing to do. So we spent the morning playing pool and TT. But then we realized that we couldn't do this the whole day, so while some people went home, others still playing Pool and TT, we decided to head to GIP (The Great India Place). Spend the entire afternoon doing nothing in particular...strolled about in the mall, went to a pet shop where Ruchika and Divya couldn't have enough of the cute puppies they had there and Manu couldn't wait to get out...and spend time @ CCD.

(At the pet shop)

(All of us At McD: From L to R-> Ruchika, Me, Mohsin, Manu and Divyanka)

We then headed back to office but the online thingy still wasn't working so we decided to head home...BUT my destination was Meet's place where we had decided to spend the weekend :)

Meet was still busy at office (I am now not very sure whether he works at BHEL or not...in office at 6:30 PM on Saturday :0 ) so Vishal and I sat in the park and talked and talked :)

When Meet returned, there was still some time before dinner, so we decided to head back to GIP (2nd trip in within a space of few hours..) but this time we took the Metro, and the station is just outside Meet's place...and it was a change from the overcrowded stuffy buses...

After we came back, Vishal picked up his guitar and we sang a lot of songs (in a bad out of tune voice...but who cares :P ). We talked and sang and finally slept at 3.

Next morning, I was the first to wake up at 10. We did not have any specific plan for the day, so we started off from CP ( kyonki..in the 4-5 months he has been in Delhi, Meet hasn't gone anywhere in Delhi...)

Going to CP involved another ride in the Metro, but this time it was pretty crowded...and Rajiv Chowk seems to be a underground city altogether...so much crowd, so many shops and all..

We roamed about in Palika, inner circle, had Chole bhature from a street vendor.

We then headed to the central park and we were actually Embarrassed (note the capital E) with all the public display of affection all around...

This weekend was equally good. Spent an entire afternoon with Shreya who was on the way to Lucknow...having 'Ghar ka khana' at Delhi Airport.

Today I had gone to the railway station where Atish and Ankur were coming from Goa. It was also Atish's birthday today, so it made the trip all the more special. It was great to catch up with them, couldn't spend time with them because both of them had to go in different directions...Looking forward to spending more time with them on 3rd when they head back to Goa.

And tomorrow, I have to go to my aunt's place to meet my cousin who finished first 6 months at Med School... :)

40.2

Well That was yesterday's maximum temperature at Delhi(the highest till now for the season)...It is just mid April, but the mercury is already sky high...Pata nahi baki Summers mein kya haal hoga...

Today I also managed to observe a few more numbers since I wasn't feeling sleepy in the morning (Only God knows the why and how..) and did not go off to sleep in the bus. I observed that our bus driver took 13 minutes to cover the 5-6 km of travelling in Delhi from my stop (South Ex-1) + 6 km of the DND Flyway + waiting + paying the toll at DND too..
Further he covered the 23 km of Noida-Greater Noida Expressway + 4-5 km within Greater Noida in 30 minutes... No wonder he is one of the fastest drivers at ST. USki bhi galti nahi...our bus covers the route from Greater Noida to Gurgaon via Delhi (one of the longest route that any ST bus covers)..agar fast nahi chalayega..to din bhar road par hi hoga..

And another number info for you. My PS Diary for this week has been written in 5 minutes and 40 seconds flat.(because we were suddenly told that she was coming today..)

Me off to get my PS diary signed now..CYAO

ST@ST: Moments

As most of you have probably realized, PS II is not all about work. Thodi der kaam karo, uske baad break leni hi padhti hai..

And at ST, the trainees are not supposed to have any net access, but some mentors save their passwords for net access…but unfortunately mere ko manuals hi padhni thi..so net access ki zaroorat nahi padi hai :( . To abhi tak net access maang nahi paaya hoon.

Anyways we use the internal mail that has been provided to us- for chatting…Consider these snippets of our conversation.
Rishi
@krish: Oh my god, working so seriously :O
@others: kya baat hai, kya baat hai
Aaj to fursat hi nahi mil rahi hai kaam se.

Shashank (reply to all)
@Sanket: Mar jayega padh padh ke (mera copyright dialogue :P)
@others: Bahut kaam kar raha hai Sanket..aaj to monitor on karne ka time bhi nahi mil raha..

Sanket (again reply to all, thode time baad)
Chalo bhai…time ho gaya chai ka….jaldi pahucho saare…

Within 4-5 minutes, me,Sanket, Rishi and sometimes Krishna meet in the common pantry for a break and a drink (chai, coffee ya soup :P )

Our PS instructor visits us every Wednesday. So that’s the day we write our PS diaries. On one Wednesday when our PS instructor called me and told me that he would not be coming on that day..here are some of the mails that went around.

Me: Please note that our PS Instructor will not be coming today.
So PS diaries bharna band karo..aur kuch kaam kar lo :P

Rishi: Damn..abhi khatam kari thi yaar..

Kp: Shit..5 din ki diary likh li thi yaar

Somanchi: Shit..my day just got longer :(

The instructor called Rishi sometime before he came on an unscheduled day, so Rishi mailed everyone about the new development. Check out the mail for the same.

Rishi:
Suno Suno Suno

Tiwary ji (our Instructor) 12 baje aa rahe hai
Auro ko bhi bata dena

Dhanyawaad

Aapka pyaara
Rishi Trainee

(Check out the salutation- actually ST has given us id's that shout aloud to the rest of the world- "YEH TO TRAINEE HAI..LOL")

Mornings are generally more productive for most of us…after the great that ST gives us at subsidized rates..generally neend to aati hi hai…

Here is a conversation between Somanchi and me, all on e–mail discussing how sleepy both of us are feeling.

Somanchi: Me feeling bored and sleepy :(

Me: Me too…I think I'll go and grab a cup of coffee and come back.

Somanchi: Today has been the least productive day so far, I don't even feel like working.

Me: Ya..today everybody around me is feeling sleepy too…

Somanchi: I just went to the bathroom, washed my face, drank 2 cups of water, 2 cups of tea and came back. If I feel anymore sleepy, I'll bang my head on the table to keep myself awake.


On another day I mailed Somanchi asking him about his project. Here is the convo that ensued-again all of this via mail.

Somanchi: I have to write some PERL scripts for something.

Me: Oh so basically software job da..

Somanchi: yaa..Software team naa..what else would they give..

Me: Oh…kk
So like me, you too will write some code that'll change the way ST works ;)

Somanchi: Yaa…my life's ambition getting fulfilled. :P

Waise it seems Somanchi ke paas kaam ki kami hai... because according to him he has chatted with everybody on his g-talk list to such an extent that people now tell him to shut up and work... and he has googled and read about topics from Cold War to Origami.. last heard he was reading about Research and Analysis Wing..pls koi usse baat kar liya karo ;). Believe me…when you are feeling sleepy..aise mails really work wonders..saari neend bhaag hi jaati hai… :)

Soni de nakre, sone lag de

(PS: the title of the blog will be explained later..)

I have nothing to do now,though I have CAT within a week, but ab padhne ka mann nahi kar raha yaar... so was just going thru some blogs, and came across this exercise here, and have decided to give it a try...

Exercise
"Put your MP3 player/Media player on shuffle.
For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
You must write the name of the song no matter what."

Lets see what happens…

1. If someone says “Is This Okay?” you say?
Jhoom Jhoom Badalwa Barse
Jhoom Jhoom Badalwa Barse…(Fuzon)

LOL…maana Goa mein kafi baarish hoti hai…but aisa bhi kya ;)

2. What would best describe your personality?
Mujh pe to jadoo, tera jadoo chal gaya (Race)

-wtf

3. What do u like in a guy/girl?
Something about the way u smile, I may never know the reason why – Sa ni dha pa ma ma ga re sa (Colonial Cousins)

Perfect match :) :)

4. How do u feel today?
Teri aankhen mujhe yaad aayen , tera chehra mujhe tarpaye, teri bheegi aankhen, mujhe jab yaad aaye, teri beegi aankhon ko..bhualana chahu na bhula paaon..dil yeh bhula nahi paye…( Fuzon)

5. Whats your life’s purpose?
Bulla ki jaana mein kaun…bulla ki jaana mein kaun….(Rabbi Shergill)

Good match again ;)

6. What is your motto?
Zehreeley zehreeley (Rock On)

Wow….yeh to mujhe bhi nahi pata tha :P

7. What do your friends think of you?
Kahi to hogi who..duniya jaha tu mere saath hai… ( Jaane Tu…ya jaane naa)

Woops!!

8. What do u think of your parents?
Cash to your left baby, Cash to your right ..cash on my mind, making money all the time (Cash)

Omg, no comments…

9. What do u think about very often?
Naa hai yeh paana, naa khona hi hai….
tera naa hone jaaneeee, kyon hona hi hai….
tum se hi din hota hai, sur maye shaam aati hai…tum se hi, tum se hi…( Jab We Met)

Hehe…now thats starting to get funny...

10. What is 2+2??

Khuda jaane yeh kyon hua hai, ke ban gaye ho tum mere khuda.. (Bacchna aae haseenon)

Maana tough question hai…

11. What do u think of your best friend?
Dhoop tashan mein, raat tashan hai,
apni to har baat tashan mein….kaise bhi haalat tashan hai…

…apna jeena to…..jeena tashan mein..tashan mein (Tashan)

That’s true…jo karte hai…tashan mein ;)

12. What do you think of the person U like?
Heere moti main naa chahu, main to chahu sangam tera….
main to teri saiyaan…tu hai mera…
tu jo chu le pyaar se, aaram se, mar jaaon…saiyaaaaaaan..( Kailash Kher)

Can’t deny this…

13. What is your life story?

Koi fariyaad tere dil mein dabi ho jaise.. tune aankhon se koi baaat kahi ho jaise..
jaagte jaagte ek umr kati ho jaisi… (Tum Bin)

Abe yeh meri life story hai ya main kisi ki 3^rd person story bata raha hoon :P

14. What do u want to be when you grow up?
In dino, dil mera ,mujhse yeh keh raha, tu khwaab saja, tu ji le zara..(Life in a…Metro)

True…live for the moment…

15. What do think when you see the person u like?
Dhadkane khamosh hai..kuchh kehti nahi….yeh akhiri alvida naa ho…
chahate aankhon se behti rahi…yeh akhiri alvida naa ho..
iss dard ko dil mein, dil mein rehne do..
jo khwaab hai aankhon se aankhon se kehne do..
dukh ki nadi chup chap behne do..
jo kehne hai tum dheere se keh do…
Yeh akhiri alvida naa hoooooooooo….(OST Shootout at Lokhandwala, Strings)

Alvida kyon????? Who bhi akhiri… :(

16. What do ur parents think of you?
Aankhon mein jiske, koi to khwaab hai..
khush hai wahi jo thoda betaab hai..
zindagi mein koi aarzoo kijiye, phir dekhiye..
honton pe jiske koi to geet hai…who haare bhi to,
uski hi jeet hai..
dil mein jo geet hai, gunguna lijiye, phir dekhiye…( Rock On)

Waah..inspired..

17. What will you dance to at your wedding?
Kabhi shaam dhale tu mere dil mein aa jaana,
Kabhi chand khile tu mere dil mein aa jaana…
Magar aana iss tarah tum keh yaha se phir naa jaana…. ( Sur)

Nice…

18. What will they play at ur funeral?
What Ive felt
What Ive known
Turn the pages
Turn the stone
Behind the door
Should I open it for you?

Oh, what Ive felt
Oh, what Ive known
I take this key
And I bury it in you

Because youre unforgiven too
Never free
Never me
cause youre unforgiven too ( Unforgiven, Metallica)

Nice, one of my favorites…

19. What is your hobby/Interest?
Bachna ae haseeno, lo main aa gaya…
Husn ka aashiq, husn ka dushman,
apni ada hai auron se juda…( Bachna ae haseeno)

Omg…aisa bhi kya desperation ;)

20. What is your biggest secret?
Patiyala peg laga ke, teri galli wich aake, sab sud bud hosh gawa ke,
deewani main pagal main talli ho gayi,
main tulli , main tulli ,main tulli ho gaya( Ugly aur Pagli)

That’s a gud one too…

21. What do u think of your friends?
Dooba dooba rehta hoon aankhon mein teri,
Deewana ban gaya hoon main chahat mein teri…(Silk Route)

No no..thats definitely not right…

22. What do u post this as?
Soni de nakre, sone lag de mainu, soni de nakre, sone lag de..(Partner)

Waah, the subject of the post is nt even related …
maine to pehle hi kaha hai…bandiya…saara credit inhe hi milta hai :x